The morning call., 1891-05-24

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NEBRAsKA's EXTRAORDINARY CASE
H. H. K. Freeport, Cal % 1t is true that
the Supreme Court of Nebraska has decided
that James L. Boyd, who received the ma
jority of votes as the Democratic candidate
Tor Governor and has been acting in the
office, is not citizen of the United States
and therefore busted him from the Office.
% What the effect of this decision, when
once fnality, will be upon legislative
measures enacted while lie was acting as
Governor is subject which presents such
nice legal questions that consideration Of
them is obviously not in the purview of the
Q. G. The controversy has not come to a
inality, and it is perhaps premature to con-
slider this phase suggested by your query.
90 Boyd's case is an extraordinary
one, to be true, but there is moth
ing in the facts to warrant your
mistaken conception of it that he was
elected Governor with his and the general
knowledge of the public that he is not a
citizen. Boyd considered himself a citizen,
having been in this country since his early
childhood, believing that his father had been
naturallZed citizen AID voting himself, II
the z. C.'S recollection is right. After the
election some one with apparently more
Intimate knowledge of the elects aatece-
dents than Boyd himself contests his right
to hold the Office because he is not a citizen,
and Boyd finds 1t impossible to produce
proofs OF his fathers naturalization. But
the q. c. also notes that an appeal has been
taken and that the strongest point in the
argument in his behalf is that he was a resi-
dent Of the Territory of Louisiana-pur-
chased of France-befOre such Territory be-
came State, and that by the terms of the
Enabling Act passed by Congress when the
purchase was made, all residents in any
territory of the acquired portion, before its
admission as a Stale, became citizens with
out the formaIty of taking out papers.
CALoRMErRY-L S. d., City. The meas
urement of heat as distinguished from Their
mometry or the measurement of temDera-
ture is called calOrimetry. 1t is established
by latent heat, the melting of ice. by the
evaporation of water, by means of the Their
mometer, comparison of caorimetric units,
and by dynamic al cal0rimetry. The instru-
ment used for measuring high temperature
is called a pyrometer. Since the middle O
the eighteenth century the methods
and instruments suggested have been
very numerous - in fact the variation
Of almost every physical property OF
substances, which alter with change of tenn
perature, has been utilized for this purpose.
Measurements Of the increase of pressure
produced in a quantity of gas while its
volume remains constant or of the increase
Of volume at constant pressure. OF the heat
given out by mass Of metal in evolving 10
an observed temperature, Of the expansion
of 4 metal or graphite or of a mass of clay
are those which have been most frequently
employed; but besides these the change In the
electrical resistance of a wire, the saturatiOn
pressure Of the steam of various liquids,
the pressure of gas ASSOCIATED from Yari-
Gus solids, the electrOmotive force Of q
therm0metric couple, the density OF the
vapUr of liquid, the change Of shape of a
compound spiral Of different metals have
been used-even the alteration In the wave
length of a note of given pitch has been
suggested as capable of being made use of
for pyrOmetric use.
STANDARD TmE-F. R., City. On Sun
day, November Is, 1888, most of the railroad
companies of the United States began to run
their trains by standard time" This time
is calculated for the meridians of 90, TO- 80
and 105 degrees OF longitude west from
Greenwich. Each of these meridian lines is
made the center of space or belt 10 de-
greeS in width, and over these spaces the
time of running trains Is regulated by
the t. Q at the center meridian line
Of each belt. This method OF COM
putting time has been generally, and
in many cities officially adopted. Six
tieth meridian time or Atlantic time,
applies to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,
etc. The next division, that from 81 u to
63R degrees, is governed by the seventy
fifth meridian, or Eastern time" This
belt extends from the eastern boundary OF
Maine nearly TO Detroit, Mich. Central
time" prevails for a space extending from
S2R to 97h degrees. The time between
81 y and f12h degrees is known as "MOun-
tain time" Beyond the 112h degree line
Western time" is the standard. The varia-
ton Of time between adjacent belts is ex
actly one hour, the faster time being at the
East. Thus, at II o'clock NJ, Eastern
time" it is IL A. NJ. Central time" 10 A. NJ.
Mountain time." and 9 A. NJ. Western
time"
SERVICE ON A JURY-C. 2. K, City. AS
regards natural ami mental conditions, the
code says that person is competent to act
as juror If he is sin possession of his nat
ural faculties and Of ordinary intelligence
and not decrepit," and if possessed of suf-
icient knowledge Of the English language"
Another section declares: "a juror shall
not be excused by a court for slight or triv-
ial cause, or for hardship or inconvenience
to his business, but only when material in
jury or destruction to his property or prop
erty intrusted 70 him is threatened, or when
his own health or the sickness or death of a
member of his family requires his absence"
You must bear in mind also that Judge is
invested with discretionary power to deter
mine whether a taleSman summoned for
jury duty has reason TO plead these eXcep-
tons, remembering also that citizens are too
prone to magnify trivial causes and all
ments in order to escape the duty, even to
procuring medical certificates. Yet the GER
tificate quoted in your query would seem to
be sufficient to have secured you discharge
from jury service.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY - A. W., San
Jose, Cal, and A. q. c., City. % The
@. c. does not understand that a conserya-
tory of music will be attached to the Stan
ford University. (2) 1t is proposed to have
the first school year begin on October !.
apply for circulars, addressing until June
10th, President David 5. Jordan, Bloom
ingtOn, Ind, and after then Menlo
Park, Cal. a. Exactly what the instruc-
ton will be cannot be told now
save in general terms because for the first
year, loJI-JZ, ctIdliS Will Dt BSbdDlSutu anu
instruction, undergraduate and graduate,
will be given in lines Of work. the charac-
ter and graduation OF the same 10 be adapted
to the needs of the students in attendance.
o. The subject of electricity must needs be
Included in such subjects Of instruction as
mechanical and civil engineering. physics
and chemistry, which are included in the
lines Of work.
ONE-HALF OF THE WAGEs-R. o. c.,
City. The Code of Civil Procedure exempts
from xecution and attachment the earnings
Of the judgment debtor for his personal
services rendered at any time within thirty
days next preceding levy or attachment
when it appears that such earnings are
necessary for the use of his family residing
in this State and dependent upon his labor !;
but when such debts are incurred for the
common neeesSaries Of life the one-half of
such wages are nevertheless subject To