The morning call., 1894-10-21

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| the square roots of their respective lengths. AS
strong winds are required, however, TO give
! larger vessels the full extent OF their advantage
| in size, and as such a scale OF allowance is not
adapted TO ordinary summer racing so per cent
only OF the allowance due TO The rule is given In
the table and may be stated thus:
Time son,,. : $500 3.6Oo( ? eoo r.nr...,+
-''-'' - 1''' n ~ ''OOO ''pi '''H'
| ing the number of SECONDS an hour, the small
yacht, L the large one.
Practically the formula is: - - five
tenths of $500 being l.SOO.
The figures in the table show in seconds and
| huudredths of second what a yacht or the
measurement opposite TO the figures would be
allowed by one OF l30 feet in sailing one nauti-
cal mile.
To find what yacht of any measurement
should receive from a larger one take the fig
ures TO be found opposite TO the smaller
measurement. From these subtract the figure
opposite TO The measurement OF the larger one
and the difference multiplied by the number Of
nautical miles in the course will give the
amount OF the allowance due the smaller yes
sci in seconds and hundredths of seconds
Example to find out The time that yacht OF
20 rect VIII have TO allow one OF 90 feet, racing
length, in a course OF 20 nautical miles:
The time opposite 65 feet tis................65.40
The time opposite 20 feet is...............57.29
Number nautical miles. .................. 20
Allowance l62.2O
Or minutes and AZ 1-5 seconds.
For fractions OF a foot In the measurement
use the nearest tenth TO be found in the table.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORs-E. H., City. The
law of the STATE OF California says that "a per-
son must not be held 10 have gained or lost a
residence by reason OF bis absence from a
place while employed in the service OF the
United States, or of this State, nor while en-
gagged in navigation, nor while student in any
institution Of learning, nor while kept in an
almshOuSe, asylum or prison. In every State
certain classes are prohibited from voting
Among these are included in the various States
idiots, lnnatics, persons convicted OF crime pun
ishable by Imprisonment in the penitentiaTy.
Chinese, pauDers, persons sending bringing or
accepting dueling challenge, non- payers OF
taxes for certain periods, United States soldiers
and marines, persons under guardianship, In
dians, persons convicted of blasphemy, per.
SONS betting on elections at which they
attempt to vote, deserters from the
army or navy during the Civil War.
Soldiers and sailors are persons en-
ployed in the service of the United States.'
and unless they were residents OF the county In
which they are stationed and were legal voters
at the time OF enlistment they would not be en-
Titled to vote. Officers and men OF the army
and navy cannot gain the right to vote at
place where stationed for the reason that they
cannot acquire residence while in the service
OF tno united states, put they DO not lose their
| right TO vote by being away from their civilian
! homes on duty. In other words, il man was
duly qualfed voter OF the city and county of
| San Francisco at the time he enlisted in the
army, and after enlistment was sent to Idaho,
| but returned in time TO vote at an election to
| be held in San Francisco at any time SUISSE
| quent 10 enlistment he wonld have the right TO
| have his name placed on the register and cast
| his ballot on election day but while stationed
| in Idaho be would not have had the right to
vote In that State, although he might have
been there the pre- scFibed time toientltle him TO
vote were he private citizen.
A MATTER OF DOUBT-D. A. c., Alameda.
Cal The japanese as well as the Chinese be-
long to the Mongolan division OF mankind.
This includes the following classes: MongoIs
proper, MantchOors, Koreans, Chinese, Tbibe-
tans, Annamites, Burmese, Siamese, japanese,
Samoyeds, Koriacs. Ourals, Ostiks, Kamtchat.
daes. Firms, Laplanders, Esquimaux and the
various tribes inhabiting Turkestan. or Inde-
pendent Tartary. Whether the japanese are
descendants of the Chinese Is a matter about
| which ethnOlOgists differ very much. The pre-
| else origin of the Japanese race is by no means
easy to determine, but iJ seems probable that
IL is an amalgamatlon of several different
races. The present Aino tribes are supposed
| TO be descendants Of the ancient aborigines
| or "saVageS," as the Japanese historians
! style them. These at first spread over the
| greater part OF The country, but were gradually
driven toward the north by an opposing race
| that advanced from the southwest. The latter
race, the ancestors of the true japanese people
are by some writers supposed TO have been OF
| Chinese origin. Japane ese annals make men
| ton of such colony as being founded during
| the year of the seventh Emperor. 290-2l5 b.
| G. There is no doubt but that the Malay
| tribes are also represented in the japanese peO
| pie, History also notes an invasion by "biack
| savages." which would seem TO point 10 the ma.
| tives of Papua or New Guinea. From the relative
| positions of Japan and Korea, too, IL seems
| probable that SOM of the inhabitants of the
| latter place may also have crossed the narrow
fufd fhaD fEcIac claf
! main island OF japan. Kioto and the prov.
| inces Immediately around IL were occupied by
| the conquerOrs from whom the modern Japa-
neSe descend. The ancient history of Japan
| as recorded in the native annals is so COM
| pleteiy enshrouded In neurological legends as
TO be absolutely untrustworlhy. In these
LEGENDS numerous deitles play a conspicuous
| part, The country Itself being called the Land
OF Inc Gods, and the pedigree OF The sovereign
| IS traced back 10 Tensho, "the Sun Goddess"
1 IL is asserted that there were seven genera
IONS OF heavenly deities who were followed by
| nve generations of earthly deities, who in turn
were 1oiloWed by mortal SOVereigns, Of whom
me present Is the one hundred and twenty
| second.
| NO RELIGIOUS TEST w. B., Concord,
Contra Costa County, Cal. II you addressed a
communication TO The CALL on this subject
prior 10 the 18th of October 1t never reached
the oflice, and that is the reason you failed to
receive reply.
| The constitution OF the United States de-
| clares that "no religious test shall ever be re-
| qulred as qualification to any Office or public