The San Francisco call., 1897-06-17
ANSWERS 10 ConRE sPoN ENTs.

AFGHANIsTAN-R P. B., City. The postage TO
Afghanlstan is cents per half ounce There
is no United States Consul to Afghanistan.
MARITAL LAw-Subscriber, City Martial law
is that military rule which, in time OF war, IS
conferred by the laws OF war in relation to
persons and things within the scope OF active
military operations, and which for the time
suspends civil rights and the remedies
founded on them SO far as il may appear neces-
sary TO the accomplishment OF the purpose of
toe war.
MOIST THANDs-Subscriber, City. Moist hands
indicate an aramic state of the ystem and
want of normal circul alton, the corrections
for which are nourishing food. a tonic and
cold baths. 1t is said that little powdered
alum in the water used to wash The hands will
tend TO check The moisture To sop the
moisture altogether would be impossible until
by means OF a good toaic and careful diet the
whole system regaIns its vigor.
PoNs AsINoRUM d, City. The asses bridge.
That is the name that was given by the stu
dents at Cambridge TO the fifth proposition,
book one, of Euclid, also called the Pytha-
gOrean theorem-viZ., that the square OF the
hypotenuse of rignt-angled triangl e is equal
to the sum Of the squares OF the two SIDES. 1t
is the first difficult proposition III Euclid
STUMBLE G block and q difficult bridge for the
stupid to cross. 1t is asserted hat Euclid him
| self, exa> perated al g student who unable
! to master the problem, said ''1htS Is q bridge
| that any one but al ass can cross" hence the
name.
! BALLADs-F s., Napa. Cal Neither OF the
following in your letter of inquiry are correct:
/ "Let me make the songs OF d country, let who
/ will make its laws" Tell me the songs OF
/ country and will tell you its laws" Andrew
Fletcher OF Saltoun, q Scottish patriot and
! politician, who lived from 1868 to 17l6, whose
! writings, originally in the form of anonymoUs
J tracts. were collected and printed in London
! in 1897, in letter to the Marquis of MonlTose,
I
knew very WISE man who believed that if q
man were TO make all The ballads he need not
care who should make the laws of a naTiou."
1t is not known who 81 he very wise man" was,
but 1t is the opinion of those who trace the
origin OF old sayings That's the letter Fletcher
referred to himself
CIVIL AND MISUNDERSTANDING, City. There
is no conf ct of authority between the civil
and the military authorizes in the State of
California in regard to crimes committed or q
United States reservation. The law of this
State says: 'The Legislature consents to the
purchase or condemnation by the United
states of any tract of land within this Stale
for the purpose OF erecting forts, magazines,
arsenals, dockyards and other needful build
ings, upon the express condition that all civil
process as NAV issue under the author
lty OF this State, and such criminal
process as may issue under the authority of
this State, against any person charged with
crime, may be served and executed thereon
in the same mode and manner and by the
same officers as If the purchase or condemnR-
tion has not been made" The civil authorities
purely violations Of army laws and regula-
tionS.