The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-14
THE CALLS
QUERY COLUMN.
Statutes with Cannon in the Army and
Navy.
England's Cinque POrts-saeking Of Lawrence
Presidential Age Quaifcation-The
Patti Sisters Grass Widow.

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SALUrEs WITH CANNoN-A. a, City.
Cd Tie salute in the army and navy is
compliment paid when distinguished per-
son presents himself, when troops or
squadrons meet, when officers are buried, or
to celebrate az event or show respect TO
flag, and on many other ceremonial 0Cca-
sions too numerous to specify. The salute
representing the exchange OF eOurtesies be-
tween a man-of-war when entering a
haTboT for the first time within a year and
the authorities on shore consists in firing a
certain number of guns, depending upon
the rank of the officer saIuted. The eti-
Quette Of the sea demands that a ship Of
war entering a harbOr or passing fort or
castle shall pay the first salute, except
when the sovereign or his ambassador Is
on board, in which case the greeting
should be made first on the shore.
SalutsS with cannon are fired only between
sunrise and sunset and as a rule never on
Sunday, national cOlOTs always 20 be dis
PLAYED at the time of firing salutes. The
national salute is determined by the number
of States composing the Union, at the rate
OF one gun for each State. aud Is fired at
noon on the anniversary OF independence
Day at each military post or camp provided
az D. H. 4
and departure from military post, or when
passing IN the vicinity. receives salute OF
Il guns: the Generat-ln-Chief, II; Lieu
tenant-General, 10; Major General, ID;
BTigader-General, Il; officers Of the navy,
according TO their assimiiated rank; also Of
marines and Of volunteer or militia in the
service Of the United States, according to
rank; NIce-President and the President Of
tie Senate, - guns; members OF the Cab
met Chief Justice, Speaker Of the HOuSG OF
REPRESENTATIVES. committee Of Congress
GthcjGlly visiting military post and Gov
em0rs within their respective States and
Territories. II guns; American or foreign
euYnys or Ministers, 10 guns; Ministers
Resident, is guns; Charge d'AffaiTes, Il;
GOuSulS-{TeneTal, 9. COusuis, I guns. 4 SOW
treign or chief magistrate of any foreign.
country receives the salute prescribed for
the President ana members of a royal fam
lis th1t due their sovereign. The salute Of
national flag Is q guns. II is the custom
D
OF in passing a fertilization to hoist at the
fore the flag OF the country in whose wa
ters they are and 10 salute il. On the COM
pleJion Of the salute one Of p guns viii be
promptly returned by the nearest fort bat
teTV, and II several be IN sight. or within
SIX miles Of each other, then the principal
one only viii return the salute. Naval YES
Sels ire personal salutes to officers entitled
10 them when the boat containing the officer
to De Saluted has cleared the ship. Il is an
.ffsl-rl 0y la Ion tn n
her oars from the first until the last gun of
the salute and for the officer Saluted to I'M
cover, then at tie conclusion 10 give way"
- Regulations recognize no salute OF 100
o. lOI guns. 90 That salutes shall be OF an
odd number IS a very ancient custom, based
on no better reason than that an even num-
Der was considered Unlacky.
CNoUE P0RTs-W. H., City. Cinoue
Ports were seaporls of England, namely,
Dover, Sandwich, Hythe and ROmney on
the coast Of Kent, and Rye, Winchelsea and
Hastings. on the coast Of Sussex. Their
number, as the French name imports (mean-
ju- five ports was originally five, Winchal-
sea and Rye and many subordinate mem
btr- having been subsequently added. The
original Cirque Ports were created by W IL
jam the ConQutTOr aud the others were
ADDED before the reign of Henry Ill They
were endowed with various Important
privileges IN consideration OF their furnish
IHg q certain quota of ships OF war properly
equipped and manned for the Kings ser
yice whenever demanded. The original five
were Hastings, R1mney, Hythe, Dover and
Sandwich, and their Incorporation had
origin n the necessity for some means OF
defense along the southern seaboard of En-
lland ami in the lack Of regular navy.
MAKING MEDICINEs-H h K, Free
port, Cal d If you intend to 60 into the
business Of selling or peddjng a medical
remedy YOU will need a license. The word
license ID this sense is not used TO mean
diploma. q Having license, there is
nothing to prevent you from putting up a
particular liniment OF other compound and
selling It TO druggists or Others if You have
not diploma as a graduate In medicine or
phamaceutics. - You certainly cannot
obtain a diploma without q knowledge Of
phaTmaceutcs OF medicine.
GRASS WDow-H. C. W, Sacramento.
Cal Grass widow" is a humorous term
in which the allUsion to grass is not
clear. but is used in provincial English TO
mean an unmarried woman who has had a
child; a wife temporarily separated from
her husband. Then, also, it is often ap-
llied to a divorced woman, or to wife VINO
as been abandoned by her husband; and
s., also. a grass widower a man who for
any reason Is living apart from his wife.
Kate Field has never been 2 resident of
California, though at various times a So
jouTner. % She has lectured here, and was
last here about three years ago on a return
from a trip to Alaska, about which time
also she became an earnest advocate OF
California wines. o. The paper which she
Is now publishing at Washington, ID. O., is
u weekly "a and was FIRST published some
thing less than two years ago.
UNDER THE LIQUOR LAw-H. W, City.
Whoever sells liquor to a person under Is
years of age is amenable under the recently
enacted law. Because a clerk has made
such a sale in the absence Of the proprietor
therefore that responsibility only attaches
10 the proprietor is an unheard-of propo-
sition. Every one is individually respOn-
Sible for a personal violation Of a criminal
statute.
He Is NATURAL BoRN-W. s., Oakland.
% The son born in America to an alien resi-
dent Of the United States would not be in
eligible to become President. The national
ity Of his parent would control during his
minority, however. ~ Such son need not
be naturalized he has simply at maturity
10 decide whether or not he is an American.
81 He would be aH American in the full
sense OF the term.
MUST BE 35-J. S. D., City. d The Con-
slitution Of the United States. with the pro-
visions Of which every natural born and
naturaliZed citizen is supposed to be
familiar. says that no person shall be eligi-
Die TO the Office of President who shall
not have attained the age of IS years. o.
There is no age limit after IS when
lac is ineligible.
REGARDING VELoCITY-J. 81. S., City.
~ The velocity Of a Tide-bal fired in any
direction will necessarily be much greater
at the moment of discharge than on the
return" 81 Two balls Of equal circum-
ference. but one of iron and the other Of
wood, viii not reach the ground at the