The San Francisco call., 1910-07-31
Answers to Queries

RIGHT AND LEFT-C. c. B., City. Has it
ever been definitely settled why the human race
does not use the left and the right hand with
like facility?
1t is quite generally accepted among
scientists that primitive man was ambi
deXtrous This has been established by
rude drawings on bones and tusks
found in the French bone caves. How
the human race became almost eXclu-
sively right handed, or why so arranged
physically, is still open to discussion.
The theory most generally adopted is
that man became right handed in those
days when simple existence meant al
most constant warfare. 1t is thought
that the heart being the most vulner-
able part, the left hand would naturally
be used to protect it or ward off in
jury, while the right hand would be
used offensively. In consequence, the
right would become more dextrous than
the left.
IMPERIAL COUNTY Subscriber. City. It is
only recently that L heard the Imperial
county," California. and on looking it up find
this county listed in the Postal Guide. but can
not find its location on the map. Is Imperial
Where is it located and by what counties is
1T bounded?
Imperial county was formed out of
the eastern half of San Diego county,
1907, with FL Centre as the county seat
1t is the fifty eighth county created in
the state. Bounded on the north by
Riverside county, on the east by Ari-
zona, on the south by Lower California
and on the west by San Diego county,
its area is 4,14o square miles.
LIFE AND LIMB Subscriber City. In read
ing the amendments to the constitution If the
United States l in article V: Nor shall
any person be subject for the same offense to
be put twice in jeopardy of life or limb. What
is meant by .'or limb?
The first part means that an indi
vidual once placed on trial on charge
of felony that carries with it the pen
atty of death, if acquitted can not be
tried again for the same crime The
latter portion. "or limb" is a survival
of the old English law of the days of
barbarous punishments, when, as a
penalty for crime, the arms or legs
might be broken.
CLoVER-K. R., Oakland. Received a four
leaf clover on the back of which is letter one
What do these letters mean?
With love to you
/ RECRUIT subscriber. Is recruit in the
army the equal of private?
A recruit is lower than a private, for
knows He is taught orders and drill
ing and can not appear in dress parade,
company drill or go on guard duty.
1t usually takes three months to fiji
him for the privileges of a private.
Then he takes up his duties with the
rest.
KHAKI-A Subscriber. Georgetown. How is
the word "khaki' pronounced, and what does it
mean?
Khaki, also written khakee, is pro-
nouncej ka-ke with the sound of as
in arm and of as in even. 1t is from
the Hindoo and means dusty or dust
colored. The name is applied to cloth,
originally to a stout brownish cotton
cloth, used in making uniforms for the
Anglo-Indian army,
CATS-Reader Alameda. Issit true that eats
in the country can be made TO stay IN the house
by clipping some Of its hairs?
1t is said that a cat in the country
can be kept at home by clipping out
the hairs from the interior OF tic ears.
These long hairs serve to keep out the
drops of dew that fall from the leaves
and grasses. When the hairs are re-
moved the cat will stay at home rather
than claw the water out of its ears.
MAD AS A MARCH HARE r.. Oakland
March hare?'
1t is often written as you have it in
your query, but it should be mad as
a marsh hare" The ~Apophthegmes
of Erasmus" a writer 1467-153e. wrote
that hares are wilder in marshes than
elsewhere, because of their greater
fiatness and the absence OF hedges and
cover, and from this came the ex-
preston quoted.
BIBLE-Subscrber City When and where
printed?
In Boston. 175a