The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-29
THE LETTER BOX.

In commenting upon the fact TINT there
are two fuu moosss IN pecember this Ss.Ar.
che on the "a and the other on thc ssS
ncwepaper clipping SAYS: the I'VE tuit
moons that will COME in December haNi
not occurred since the coming % Chtist,
iN6 years ago. and the aavcnrsts claim
that this strange coincidcnco Is snEhcicnt
evidence that The ariroacnius hoi-days
MIL weicore HIS second coming" is the
trsi rast OF this Statement; CORES;
The paragraph you quote can be given
tive cons. fractions. I. may mean that rot
since tho comiag q Christ. lSS% years aso,
have there been two flll moons tn one
MOUTH or that there have not been tw1
full moons in the noah Of December Tor
;,9s years. Either piece o. intended In
formation Is incorrect, however. 50 far
as the tirsi meaning - concerned. the oo-
currsnce % two fau moons In one month
Is 10; s., all strange or unusual In the
month % January, lssl there were two
r-H n1oons. ore on the % and the other on
the sis;- There are several other Instances
on record 81 similar occurrences. As TO
the second meaning. & IS generally known
chat after the lapse Of q lunar cycle, nine
teen years sometimes called tho Mclonlc
cycle. the rhsncalens az new and fun moon
recrf on he same days OF the year as
before the cycle. By glauelns at an altman
&C for ISIS. nineteen years ago. for ex-
ample, t; Will he seen that there were
two full moons I'm December OF that year,
enc or the lst ana the other on the 3oth,
The dates TINS year arr the "a and the 5ist
but when the exact hour OF the moons
phases IS reckoned. the recurrence IS found
20 tee close enough TO conhrm the Metonic
rule
Are there any ti'hes deman1ei ny thu
church of England at the prescn. time
And u such f. the case IS the land owned
by the debtor. subject - coniscation?
Please explain laws governing utAes.
+. 7. o.
Ti;hes are sim collected in England.
though they have been commutod by law
into rent charges, payable IN equal half
yearly payments. II IS provided by the
act OF lsl6, which we do not think has been
materially changed. that If the rent
charge he in arrears for twenty-one days
the person entitled "a II may, after ten
days notice IN writing distrain upon the
LANDS Nahle 20 the payment of It, II
I it be in arrears for forty days and there
be m srfficiclt distress on the premises,
a writ q hahore faclas possession may
issue directing The sheriff to summon a
jury - assess arrears. Not mora than
( two years arrears can b. recovered by
either means. 1t appears from these sec
tons of the act that the charge binds
the land alone and that there is no per-
slnal liability OF either landlord or ten.
ant Though the charge ia on the land
Z Il IS not on the inheritance. and It ha.
been decided that arrears are not recover
able by sale Of the lands out Of which tn,
l er,o
I ciM acts governing the collection of 1.-THE!
/ which 1t is Impossible to give In thl'
column owing to tho space required.
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plain the meaning of the word mo-k /
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= WI vou kindly state the names of q
/ ten most noted paintings I'm tho world?
: keokuiN
Yours Is a rather ditnouit question
/ answer, as scarcely any two persons wot
. asroe on that point. The art world re
orally agrees that Michael Angelo a.
! Raphael Stand at the head of the Worlt