The morning call., 1892-11-13
CALLS" QUERY COLUMN.
The Alien Question in Land
Disputes.
"LEVIES AS LEGAL TENDER"
George Washington's Politics Called in Cues
tion-Uncanceled Stsmps-Why Dogs
Don't Like Music

ALIENS IN OREGoN-Subscriber Gardi-
ner. % California only grants the suffrage
to actual citizens; Oregon to citizens or
those who have declared intention
California requires registration; Oregon
does not. (2) When it becomes a mat
ter OF claim to land a person filing
a claim to land must be a citizen of
the United States. ~ The minor son OF a
foreigner who was naturalized in this coun-
try becomes citizen on attaining his ma
1ority without any papers. The naturali-
zation of the father naturalZe all the minor
children. (4 The claim OF such person,
whether as to State or Federal laws, must be
good in law. There is distinction between
United States and State laws, and you
should make sure to which designation the
disputed property belongs.
Docs AND MUsIC-M. E. G., San Jose.
Your question is subtle one and worthy
the attention OF metaphysicans. 1t would
seem that dogs are sensible to the effects of
music to a certain degree, just as serpshts
are said 10 be. 1t is not fact that dogs
howl and whine when they hear music, and
1T Is certain that they cannot distinguish
good music from bad. The average dog
will howl Mt a violin, whether played by his
expert. He howls at most in struments that
can be carried In the hand, and that is
probably the secret A dog will lie per-
fectly unconeerned when a parlor organ or
melodeon is being played with all the stops
out. IL is the same with the piano; he will
sleep While the instrument Is responding TO
fottissimo passages. But violin, cornet
or an accordion is more than he can bear
(2) OF course, sudden strains of music dis
tuibing the silence Of night will cause any
dog TO howl
POLICE CoMAussIoNERs-G. r., City. The
Police Comm ssioners are appointed under
lengthy and peculiar clause, for the full
text of which you are referred to statutes
1S77-7s, Cal, page $40. One OF tho present
commissioners was appointed by the Judge
OF the Fourth Judicial District, the second
by the Judge of the Twelfth aud third by
the Judge OF the Fifteenth Judicial Dis
trict Ihe last vacancy, created by death,
was filed by the Governor OF the Slate. (2l
Ihe Police commissioners, under the pres
ent statute. have no fixed term. They are
virtually appointed for life or good conduct,
but the statute is liable to be amended. (9
The Police Commission is not political
body.
UNCANcELED STAMPs-J. K, Jackson,
Cal. When "a forwarding Postmaste: fails
to cancel stamp on the envelope of
letter passing through his office, even if
there should be more than one case In
single day, be is not liable TO any legal
punishment. The proper case in such an
event Is this: The receiving Postmaster,
on noticing that a letter is received on
which there has neither been cancellation
OF stamp nor the official stamp of date and
office of issue, should take steps to recover
the envelope from the addressee aud for
ward it to the district Inspector. The latter
will submit the case 10 the department in
Washington. which. after inypstiuatiop
will either reprimand or dismiss the Post
master.
EAST OR WEsT-E. B. a., City. 1t has
been sought to be explained In previous
reply In this column that the earth cannot
be east or west OF the sun as seen from
the earth. When Saturn is In Leo he is
east OF the sun after opposition, say in
March OF April. and west of the sun before