Show fr U I The T h Friend F of the People To receive attention every question must bear the name and address of the person sending it This does not necessarily necessarily mean that the name will be published when the question is answered only the initials will be used if the questioner so desires No attention will wilt be paid to queries to which the name and address of the sender are not appended Friend of tho the People Will you please toll fen mo me In your our columns columns columns col col- col- col something about the climate of ot California MRS L. L R. R R. R Answer Owing to the tho varied d elevation eleva clova- tion lion and the great roach reach north and south Bouth and thes ca ca breeze California bo had haa several different climates almost all aU except t equatorial In the extreme north winters sinters are aro severe so In the south and arid on coast they are mild mUd and tho summer delightful on account of bt tho the contiguous breeze breez from the sea Between tho the coast and Inland valleys Is a a. large district that possesses tho the best parts of or tho the two climates being even ev n and the tho lh most delightful in the world There arc properly two two sea sea- sons the d dry and rainy seasons simIlar similar similar sim sim- ilar to the winter and summer of the tho Atlantic coast Friend of the People Please state chapter and verse of or Bible in which you OU find according to I I your issue of or January the following follow follow- following ing In my m fathers father's f hers house there thero fOllOW I aro arc I many mansions C C. B B. B C. C Answer Answer- John ohn I Friend of ot the People Please give the exact quotation with context and dato date and circumstances of tho the saying War Var is hell Also Conquered Con Con- Conquered people should lie bc left nothing but eyes to weep with D. D D D. Answer War Yar is h hell has been popularly attributed d to General Sherman Sherman Sher Sher- man for tor many years cars but neither tho the context nor time and place Wh when n tho the expression was used Is given It Is doubtful it it he ever said taid id it it though as a n. soldier ho knew what war was In a aletter aletter I letter written in 1862 1802 he lie said Generall Generally Generally Gen war is destruction and nothing else Tho other eXI expression you ou quote as attributed to General Sheridan ia is of rather rathel doubtful authenticity In tho the summer of or 1870 General Sheridan visited visited vis vis- vis- vis Euro Europe o bearing a letter from President Grant introducing him to the r of or other governments as ono ono one of the tho most skilful l. l braVe and deserving soldiers developed by the tho great struggle le through which the United States government has just passed While at nt Berlin Prince Bismarck Bismarck Bismarck Bis Bis- marck entertained him at nt dinner with some somo other guests Germans an and AmerIcans Amer Amer- Some recent war events were discussed and a n. biographer of or Bismarck says Sheridan considers that In war it is 18 expedient even en from tho the political LI point of to treat the tho population with th the utmost rigor He expressed himself roughly as follows Tho The proper strategy consists in the first place in Inflicting as ns telling blows a an I possible upon the enemy's army and I then in causing the tho inhabitants BO so much suffering that the they must lon long for tor peace and antI force their government to demand it The Tho people must be left nothing but their eyes ei to weep with over the war That is the origin of tho the expression at attributed attributed at- at to Sheridan The person who ho reported the tho incident was JUU fl Hermann Hermann Hermann Her Her- mann Busch a a. German Journalist an and we wo do not know w whether he was present at tho the banquet or got hi his report of ot what General Sheridan n said at second hand x If It the reader asking for tor the poem Ln Lassa ca will kindly send addressed self envelope will mall a n copy of this poem Same can be obtained at the public library library- |