The San Francisco call., 1898-06-07
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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 McKINLEY's CABINET Subscriber. Stockton, Cal. The following named compose the Cabinet of President Mckln- ley: William R. Day, Secretary or state Lyman T. Gage, Secretary of the Treas ury; Russell A: Alger, Secretary or ,nrar: Mar: eraI: John D. Long. Secretary of the Navy; Cornelius N. Bliss, Secretary pr the Interior; James Wilson, Secretary or Agriculture.
 MOVING TROOPS-W. J. S., City. The President of the United States is not sub ject to the orders of Congress in regard to the movement of troops. He derives his power to move troops by the author ity of the Constitution which declares that ''the President shall be commander in-chief of the army and navy or the United States, and of the militia of the several States when called into the actual service of the United States.
 ARMY AND NAvY-A Native Son. Turlock, Cal There is no way to deter mine how many men the United States could put into the army and navy. There are In the United States about 15,O0OO0O men of militia age, but it is probable qualified for service. How many Of that number would volunteer is something that no one can tell, but if it came to an invasion of the country by foreign foe, and there was a general call for defense. it is more than likely that nearly all of the available men would offer their Serv- ices.
 GENERAL LEES SWORDS. City. When General Lee surrendered to Grant at the house of farmer Mclean, at Ap- pomattox, on the 9th of April, 1865, he did not surrender his sword nor was it de- manded of him. While Grant was writing the stipulations of surrender he looked at Lee. who sat opposite to him. and nottc- ing his sword. altered the terms of the provisions, in that he inserted that officers should be allowed to retain their side arms horses and personal property. Lee was perceptibly moved when on read ing the terms, he noticed the interpola- tion, which meant so much to the solder.
 MAIL TO ST. MICHAEL-Chico. Cal. The Postal Department has regular days to send mail to St. Michael. Letters that go from San Francisco are sent to Seattle and from there assorted for northern points. All that you have to do is to drop your letter in your local postoff1ce and the authorities will attend to the forwarding. It is not necessary to in dorse the letter 'via San Francfsco.'' Letters that are sent so as to reach Se- attle by the 14th of each month for north- ern points will be forwarded on the 18th Mail will also be sent as often as pos sible when there IS opportunity to send by reliable vessels.
 POISON OAK AGAIN-Another corre-
  menting upon the remedy for poison oak suggested by another correspondent, says that "the' remedy Is that recommended by the United States Department of Agri- culture, which Is alcohol 50 to 75 per cent pure, containing as much sugar of lead as will dissolve in it. The year book of that department says: The milky fluid should be well rubbed into the affected skin, and the operation repeated several times during the course of a few days. The itching Is at once relieved and the further progress of the malady checked. The remedy has been tried in a large number of cases and has always proved successful, but 1t must be remembered that it is itself a poison when taken into the mouth" The correspondent adds that as the poison from the poison oak is itself an oil, one can readily see that any unctuous application would spread it. He also suggests that the clothing of the patient should be changed daily, that he may not take up the poison that has been rubbed on to his clothing from his affected skin.
 DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY-D. E. P., City. Upon the death of the wife the entire community property in California goes to the surviving husband without administration, except such portion thereof as may have been set apart by l judicial decree for her support and main- | tenance. That is subject to her testa- mentary disposition and goes to her descendants and heirs exclusive of her 1 husband.
 In case wife has separate property, dies without making will and leaves no 1 issue one-half of the property goes to the surviving husband and the other half in equal shares to the father and mother of the decedent. If either the father or mother is dead the half that would have devised to that one who died goes to the survivor also If neither father nor mother mother is living the property goes to | brothers and sisters and children of de- ceased brothers or sisters by right of representation in equal shares. If there | is neither issue. father. mother, brothers or sisters or children of deceased brothers l or sisters, the whole goes to the surviv- 1 ing husband. If none of the heirs enum- erated are living the property goes to the next of kin.
 Cal. glace fruit BOG per ID at Townsend's.s