The morning call., 1894-07-22

NATURALIZED CITIZENs-W. d. NJ, City.
Before a person can become citizen of the
United States he must have lived in this cOun-
try for five continuous years and have legally
declared his intention TO renounce foreign allie
glance two years before taking out his papers.
A man can become citizen If he has resided In
the United States for one year and been honor
ably discharged from the army. The law Is the
same in all States. In Arizona there Is some
sort of law that gives Mexicans the privilege of
voting at Territorial elections alter one years
residence on this side OF the border 1here IS
some doubt, however. about the law Delng con-
stitutiOnal. 1t was the Work OF the lasG Arl-
IONA Legislature, and has not been tried yet.
ENGLISH DRAMA-R. c. D., City. The reason
there are five acts to most English plays can
only be laid to evolution. 1t has been found out
by experience that that is good f1t They just
fill about three hours and give 1ntermissien at
the proper time to prevent the audience be-
coming tired. First acts are always made short
for several reasons, the principal one being 10
entertain the people already In the mouse ana
at the same time save the play Tor ihose
that are late. Several elaborate books have
been written on the subject that give tnou-
sand reasons for the questions you ask. Get
some work on THE Construction OF rays ana
you will find out more lhan could be told Ill
dozen columns Of The CALL.
ILLINOIS PRIsoNERs-L B., Maltemoro
Fresno County, Cal. r. l.. Allen, warden OF
the penientiary at Joliet. H.. In a letter says
that the proportion of natve-born prisoners to
foreign born in The institution under his charge
is about 70 per cent of the former to 20 per
cent of the latter. This proportion has very
closely held out since statistics were hrst taken
on this subject, twenty-five years ago. Inc
proportion OF United States to foreign born
parentage is somewhat more favorable TO the
former, 1t being less than 80 per cent. Inc
latest published report shows that OF the l42o
prisoners 1O51 were natives OF Inc united
States anc 369 were OF foreign birth.
INCREASING WEIGHT-W. X, City. II a
person is in good health he can increase his
weight by plenty of outdoor exercise, long
hours Of sleep and good wholesome food. II
tile thnness Is due to sickness or weakness get
some physician to prescribe tonic. If The
thlnneSS Is due to consumption go 10 some OF
Inc Dlgh plateaus OF Arizona ana New MEXICO
ana live In the open air as mucn as possible.
Some people are naturally thin and IL may not
De good Thing TO increase the weight 100
much. Find out the cause OF your trouble be-
foreattemptng to DO anything for IT,
CAUSE OF THE STRIKER. j. c., ella Bend,
Arz. The cause OF the Pullman strike was be-
cause the company would not put wages back
to where they were year ago, at which time
the company made TWO reductions that the
men accepted on condition that they were only
temporary. When the Pullman company took
should go back 10 the old scale, which was re-
FUSED. There was also some trouble about
house rents, which The people claimed were
too high.
POINTS CT LAW. f. X, City. The Presi-
dent of the United States can be arrested for
crime the same as any other citizen. A United
States Senator cannot be arrested for any crime
while performing his duties during session of
congress. This law applies only to the time he
is III the chamber; as soon as he leaves ii he Is
the same as any other citizen and can be take n
IN custody by any officer. The O'Neil law is the
law OF the land and railroad officials must sub
init to IL.
INNkEEPERS' RIGHTS-H. W., City. The
motel laws of California give an innkeeper a
lien on The baggage of all guests for unpaid
DIS AS soon as the bill becomes due he can
order the guest TO leave and seize all his be-
iongings hout further notice. However, the
landlord cannot sell the same for six months
put must hold II on trust TO give the owner q
| chance TO redeem It,
| STORY OF Al PICTURED. S., City Picture
| 4O7 ~ The art department at the Midwinte
Fair was puzzle to most of the artists in the
| city. 1t is entitled "Tbe Broken Idol'' an(
! there Is so little about the picture to warrant