The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-26
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SW$iS " No~ii$S II
MARY'S LITTLE LAMB-G WD City Are
the we'll known verses about Mary and her little
lamb founded on fact, they Imagination
The verses are founded on an actual
circumstances. Mary was the daughter
of farmer in Worcester county, Mass
One spring about 80 years ago the
farmer brought a feeble lamb into the
house and Mary adopted it as her
special pet. 1t became so fond of her
that 1T would follow her everywhere
One day 1T followed her to the village
school, and not knowing what else to
do, she put it under her desk and COW
cred 1t with her shawl. There it
stayed until Mary was called up TO the
teachers desk to say her lesson, and
then the lamb walked quietly after her
and the other children burst out laugh
Ing. So the teacher had to shut the
little girls pet in the woodshed until
school was out. Soon after this young
student named John Rollstone wrote a
little poem about Mary and her lamb
and presented IL to her. The lamb
grew to be a sheep and lived for many
years, and when at last it died Mary
grieved so much for it that her mother
took some of its wool, which was "as
white as snow" and knitted pair of
stockings for her to wear in remem-
brance of her darling. Some years
after the lambs death Mrs. Sarah ].
kale, celebrated woman who wrote
books, composed some verses about
Mary's lamb and added them to those
written by Rollstone, making the COM
plete poem as we know it.
PAY FOR SLAVES-A. s., City Did the gov
eminent Of the United States ever offer to pay
the south for the loss Of its slaves?
According to a suggestion by Presi-
dent Lincoln, Roscoe Conkling, on
March 10, 1862, offered the following
resolution in congress-:
Resolved. that the United States
ought to cooperate with any state
which may adopt gradual adjustment
of slavery. giving to such state pc
cuniary aid. to be ssed by such state.
in its discretion, to compensate for the
inconvenience. public and private. pro-
duced by such change OF system"
This was adopted in the house
March II, 1852. by vote of SO to 81.
April of the same year it passed the
senate by vote of 80 to 10, and was
approved by the president April TO- No
state subsequent to the adoption of
this resolution and prior to the -eman-
elpation proclamation, adopted any
plan of gradual abolition OF slavery,
consequently no state was entitled to
ask for pecuniary aid under the reso-
luton.
INCOME TAX Lave. City. What are
the IL objections ID to congress passing income
mitted to the states for action on this matter.
by each? 49,
The objections are constitutional
CD The idea of submitting the matter
to the states is not that they shall
take action upon 1t, but that they shall
~ n NJ 1T,7<a n
amendment may be prepared to meet
and overcome the present objection.
MoNADNoCK-F J.. City. Is the word
Monadnock of Indian origin? or Is there
mountain Of that name in the Adirondscks or
the Catskill mountains?
1t is of Indian origin. 1t is the name
given to an isolated mountain 3.71S
feet high in Jaffery township. Cheshire
county,. NewNHampshfre. Cd Monadnock
does not appear among the names of
the peaks in the Adirondacks or Cats
kills as published in ancient and mod
ern gazetteers.
INcREASE-A reader. city. What district
OF San Francisco has Increased most in popula-
ton since the fire of 1906?
Probably what is known as the Mis-
sion district but what the proportion
of increase has been in the various dis
tricts is not known, as no census along
that line has been taken.
DEPTH OF OCEANIC. c. City. If a rock Is
thrown into the ocean win 1t sink to the hot
tom? II 1t will not sink to the bottom but goes
only to certain depth why Is it that rocks at
the bottom of the ocean do not rise to the same
level?
A rock thrown in the ocean will go
down until vt strikes a density Of
water that will not permit 1t to go
deeper. The focks that are at the bot
tom of the ocean are not buoyant
Boards w, Oakland. Cal. Uhvl as !,
rule. do not the Chinese and Japanese have
boards?
Because it was intended by the Gre
ator that they should be without them.
BRookLyN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SAM, oren-
70. Cal. When Was the famous Brooklyn bridge
New York, commenced and when was it formally
opened!
1t was begun January 3. 1870. and
opened to traffic May "a, 1889.
GERMAN RULER-L. P. city. What is the
official title OF the present ruler of Germany !?
Wilhelm II. emperor of Germany and
king of Prussia.
ABOLITION Halls. NJ L. Alameda, Cal.
What was the date of the burning of PennsvIva-
MIA tAbolitionl hall in Philadelphia. Pa.
May II, 1898.