The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-03

recognized means of intercommuncati0n
While 1t is true that some ingenious per-
sons may have given meaning to the Local
tlon OF stamp on letter il is obvious also
that the opportunities afforded by the
change of locations will not permit of very
much OF conversation being carried on.
RED OVER BLUE OR BLUE OVER RED
NJ. }. l., City. 1t is difficult, if not impos-
sible, matter to answer intelligently which
IS proper or customary in decorating.
whether the red should go above the blue,
or the blue above the red. 1t would appear
that the decision is matter of taste, and
would rest to great degree upon the sub
ject to be treated, the designs to be brought
out ard the style of decorating decided
upon. In Egyptian painting. the painters
palettes were arranged with spaces for
seven pigments in the following order:
Red, green, blue, yellow, brown, black,
white. The object of the artist in laying in
bis colors was brilliancy of effect rather
than correctness OF detail. The Assyrian
artist was not remarkable for congruity.
and there was an independence in his
arrangement of colors that would have
startled the craft of the present day. His
strong points were lively perception of
color and a strong feeling for decoration
The colors used by him were principally
yellow and blue, followed in regular order
but more rarely by red. green. black
and white. The plastic mind of the Greek
lent poesy to his conceptions, and with con-
crete images clearly before his mind the
Greek artist produces a strong sense of
reality In the description of the most ideal
scenes. Without going into general detail,
the Greek appears TO bring out his red pig
ment by means of white or black back
grounds. When the canvas or the walls or
ceilings were light yellow, the colors range
from reddsh-brown to deep black, with de-
tails occasionally of violet and rarely of
white. Red was much used in the rural
paintings of the Etruscans and Romans,
but no mention is made of blue having been
used as contrast In fact, the decorations
and rules for contrasting cOlors are differ
ent in almost every school, and there is
distinctive and contrasting element in the
work of the French, German, Flemish,
Dutch, Danish, Russian, Polish Hungarian,
English and American artists. Probably
the best rule by which to be governed,
where an arbitrary rule is required, is to
submit to natural laws, and as, in the en-
ployment of homogeneous light, the wave
bands will be red on the outer edges and
blue on the inner edges, it may be better to
arrange the cOl0rs for general use In that
order, to wit: the red on the top and the
blue under, or inside.
He CAN Arrest. L. B., Turlock, Cal.
The law is very explicit on the subject, and
reads:
To make an arrest, If the offense is felony, a
private person; if any public otfense, peace
officer, may break open the door window In
which the person TO be arrested is, or in which
they have reasonable grounds for believing him
10 be, after having demanded admGtance and
explained the purpose for which admttance is
desired.
Any person who has lawfully entered n
house for the purpose OF making an arrest may
break open the door window thereof il de-
tanned therein, when necessary. and any officer
may do the same when necessary, for the pur-
pose OF liberatng person who, acting In his aid,
lawfully entered for the purpose OF making an
arrest, aud is detained therein.
Section $50 of the Penal Code says that an
officer may make an arrest in obedience to
warrant delivered to him, or may without a
warrant arrest person for public offense
committed or attempted in his presence; or,
when felony has been committed, though
not in his presence; or, when a felony has
been committed, and he has reasonable
cause for believing the person arrested to
have committed IL; or, on charge made,
upon reasonable cause, of the commission
of felony by the party arrested; or, at
night, when there is reasonable cause for
believing that he has committed felony.
FRANCE is THE LARGEST-H. K, City.
There has never been any dispute as to
which country, France or California, covered
the greatest superficial area. That of
France has long been settled and deter
mined as embracing 204, 147 square miles,
Owing to the topography of California and
the imperfect manner In which sur
veys were conducted. the estimates have
varied. The first survey gave the superb
cial area as l55, 600 square miles, and anoth-
er survey was made, resulting in n return
of 1S6,9Sl square miles. The last official re-
port makes the estimate 1881 square
miles, and this is unquestionably about the
right figure.
IT DEPENDs-E. A. B., City. The ma
tionality of person born in the United
States of French or any other parentage
depends altogether upon the circumstances
under which the child was born. If the
parents have become citizens, or have de-
clared their intention to become such, the
children born to them are citizens OF the
United States. Bnt If it is a mere accident
of birth then they are natives and citizens
of the country TO which the parents owe
allegiance. In the one case they are the
children of bona-fide citizens Of the United
States; in the other they are the children OF
Aliens
SHIP NORTH CARoLINA-H. f. R., Mill
vile, Cal The North Carolina, Captain
Foster of Baltimore. Md, arrived at this
port on June 5, 1851, after passage of 1T
days. She was clipper ship of 500 tons.
She made voyage subsequently from New
York to this bay, arriving here on June 6,
1854, after a passage OF ZIG days. on which
trip she was commanded by Captain Kear-
ney.
DEPOSITS BY A MINoR-F. L., Sacra-
mento, Cal A minor will not be permitted
in law to deposit money in bank without
the sanction and knowledge of his parents
or guardian. But having done so, the pa
rents could draw that money, if they saw
fit, with or without the minors consent.
No SUCH CoMPANY-J. K, City. There
is not at this time company known as
''the Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad
Stock Company" There was at one time
road known as the Monterey road. but it
has been absorbed by the Southern Pacific,
and has become part OF that system.
WHO CAN BE PREsIDENT-T. W., City.
That very little read document, the Consti-
tuition of the United States, declares that
''no person except natural-born citizen
: shall be eligible to the Office of
President"
Nor ON THE LIsr-H. F. R., Mllville,
Cal. The name of Captain Douglass OF
finger of the United States revenue marine
service does not appear in any OF the pub
lished lists of officers who have served on
this Coast.
MORE DENSE THAN WATER = W. H.,
City. A certain alloy Of bismuth and lead
has greater density than water above the
freezing point, 320 Fahrenheit.
Two THEATERs-C A. c., City. The
Grand Opera House has seated over $500,
the Orpheum 220O yet $500 people have
entered the latter in one night. szzzsSs
THE WALHALLA-C. T. B., City. There
is no record of the arrival in this port, be-
tween the years 1S49 and 1857, of any vessel
named the Walhalla.
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For Breach of Contract.
r. D. Hume & Co. have sued to recover
S4430 from j. j. Moore & Co., alleging that
they failed to carry out instructions in
handling consignment Of canned salmon