The San Francisco call., 1896-11-20
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN JUsTICE-F. R. NJ
City. 1t is generally admitted that the ad-
ministration of criminal justice in England is
much severer than it is in the United States,
and that the magistrates are stricter
in the administration OF criminal law.
The statement that ''cruelty TO seamen
is practiced solely on board of Brit
ish vessels by British officers" is q very wide
statement that is not borne out by the record.
1t is to be regretted that cruelty has been
practiced on board of American ships by
American officers
REvENuE-Reader, City. During the first
six months of the operation of the wilson
German law the receipts were $134 1854, ,969,
and during the first six months of the McKin-
ley bill. the receipts were $199, JIG, ,977. Dur
ing the first nineteen months OF the operation
of the Wilson-Gorman tariff the receipts were
$481 ,423, sol, while under the Mckinley tariff,
during the first nineteen months the receipts
were 1856, ,914 ,004. The Mckinley nineteen
months showed surplus of $24, 9S3, ,22l over
the expenses, while the WiIson-Gorman nine
teen months showed deficit of SIC, ,157, 1884.
AN ALIENS WIFE-A. w., Ophir, Utah. The
laws of the United States declare that the
wife of an alien (she being an alien) becomes
an American citizen when her husband, by
naturalization, becomes a citizen OF the
United States The fact that her husband
dies and she subsequently marries foreigner
does not, so long as she resides in the United
States, alter her tatus as citizen. A woman
OF English Dlrth, VINO became q cltlZen Dy
virtue of her husbands naturalization, if
she married again, and the second time TO
/ foreigner, would be entitled, were she living
| in q State where women are entitled to vote,
| TO register and cast a ballot.
To POLISH SEAsHELL-P. B., City. The sur
face of the she'll should be first cleaned by rub
| bing it with rag dipped in hydrochloric
| acid until the outer duh covering of the shell
| is removed. 1t must then be washedsin warm
! water dried in hot sawdust and polished with
| chamois leather. Those shells which are des-
| titute of natural polished surface may be
| either vanished or rubbed with a mixture of
! tripoli powder and turpentine applied by
! means Of a piece of wash leather, after which
fine tripoli should be used and then little
olive oil well rubbed in, and finally the surface
| should be we'll rubbed with piece OF chamois
| leather. The hands should be protected from
! contact with the acid.
HYDE PARK RIoTs-L B. and H, City. The
riots in Hyde Park, London, Eng, occurred on
the 18th and 10th of October, 1887. There
| had been considerable trouble with the unem-
! ployed in London for some time prior to the
! dates named, and there had been riot of
some magnitude at Tratalgar square. On the
| 18th of October large number of un-
employed gathered in Hyde Park for
| a demonstration, and the authorities
believing tnat mischief was meant, ordered
| the police to clear the park. The mounted po-
| lice rode into the crowd, when collision oc-
| Cured and after sharp conflict the police
/ were driven Dhck. Inc pOllce, rearing that an
! attack would be made on the shops in the
! vicinity of the park, closed the gates locking
j the crowd in. In the wild scramble to get out
large mum Der OF people were trampled under
foot and injured.
MILITIA = Counts Precinct, Mendocino
County. Cal. 'Militia" embraces the whole
body of men declared by law amenable to
military service without enlistment, whether
armed and drilled or not; also body of men
enrolled and drilled according to military Law
/ as an armed force, but not as regular soldiers,
and called out in emergency for actual service
and periodically for drill and exercise; mill
tia is q name given to organized soldiery o.
some parts of the United States In Cali
fornia the militia is called the Ma
tant OF this State California; between the
ages OF 1S and 45. not exempt by law, is sub
ject to military duty; but no alien is Obliged
to serve or bear arms against the State &c
which his allegiance is due. Those exemp
from such duty are: Ministers, civil and mill
tary officers OF the United States, officers Of
foreign States, civil officers of the State o
California and all persons exempt from mill
tary duty by the laws of the United States
Every person between the ages OF 1S and 45
joining the National Guard must take an oath
TO support the constitution OF the United
States and that OF the State of California.
QUEEN ELIZABETH AND RALEIGH e B.
Berkeley, Cal. This correspondent asks: aCan
you inform me as to the verse said to have
been written by Queen Elizabeth of England
to Sir Walter Raleigh? The tradition runs
that she scratched it on window-pane with q
diamond during the time of Raleigh's contine.