The morning call., 1895-02-10
No questions in arithmetic, algebra or geometry

No questions in arithmetic, algebra or geometry
Material for debaters will not be furnished.
Religious questions respectfully declined.
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ing the inquiry.
WATERLOO, GETTYsBURG-J. S. s., City. At the
battle of Waterloo there were engaged on both
sides, according to the best figures obtainable,
SS,4OS men. The loss of the allies, including
the Prussians, is given as %, 1875 and that of
the French 800, making a total of 59,4S5.
At Gettysburg there were engaged in that bat
tie &C, 900 Union soldiers and 100 900 Confed-
crates The reports of those actually slain in
this battle is given as Union soldiers 1910,
Confederates 1892 making q total OF 1862.
The exact number of men slain at Waterloo is
not given, but the figures furnished include the
number of men wounded and the missing
which according to the French method is the
number of men hors de combat The Union
army, besides the number killed, reported H.
497 wounded and 5434 missing, making total
of 23 O01 while the Confederate army reported
II ,706 wounded and $3.50 missing, making q
the losses of both armies, there were placed
hors de combat 43, 449 men.
SAM HousroN's DEATH-X W, Livermore,
Alameda County, Cal. Sam Houston of Texas
died at his home, Huntsville, Texas, July %,
1868, after an illness of three weeks. Mrs.
Maggie Houston Williams has furnished the
following account of the last scene of all In the
life of her father:
He received his death blow when Texas seeded,
and then came the death blow which fell on the
Confederacy with which lot was cast For
more than three weeks fatner nad Deen connned 10
his bed and when he passed away he was sur
rounded by every member of his family, except his
son, Sam, who was wounded and prisoner at the
North The day previous to his death he fell into
a comatose state from which he could not be
reused. The next forenoon heard his voice In a
of entreaty, and listening to the feeble sounds
heard the words, ''Texas, Texas" He had loved
and labored for his adopted State, and her memory
had gone with him to the brink of the dark river OF
death. Soon after my mother was sitting by the
bedside with his hand in hers and his lips moved
once again. "Margaret, he said, and the voice we
loved was silent forever AS the sun sank below
the horizon his spirit left this earth for the better
land: the loving father, the devoted husband the
incorruptibe patriot was gone.
CoPYRIGHTING SoNG-E. L., City. The law
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The printed title may be a copy of the title
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The style is immaterial, and the print OF type
writer will be accepted. In order to complete
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of the composition. The time of publication is
not limited by law or by regulation, but the
courts have held that 1t must be within q