The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-22
What is meant by the Trent affair, .
which often see mentioned IN the PAPERS

NosH ~ hNtii tihNiiAis.
What is meant by the Trent affair
which often see mentioned N TIE PAPERS
Henry G. j.
In October. 1851. the Confederate gov
crnmant authorized James NJ. Mason OF
Virginia and John sndell OF Louisiana TO
60 10 Europe to represent their cause
before the courts OF Great Britain and
France The pair eludcd the blcckadirs
squadron al Charleston and reached Ha-
Nana. cuba whore they embarked for
St Thomas on the British mai. steamship
Trent, intending to reach England I'm ono
Of tho regular packets from st. Thomas
on the way the Trent fell Ia with the
American warshir san Jacinto. Captain
wilkes. thcn on his way home from AZ
rica. Captain wilkes had heard Of the
Confederate ambassadors at Havana
whore he had stopped Thinking he was
justified IN doing so by the English r~ulo
concerning neutrals ard beiiigcren;s. Cap
nin Wilkes brought the Trent to halt
with shot across her bow. Then Lieu
tenant Tairfax. "A relative OF Nlascn's was
sent OF board to demand the delivery OF
Tie ambassadors The Traut's officers re-
fused to comply. while Mason and slidden
refused to leave unless forced to do So
Lieutenant Fairfax then summoned assist
ance. and Mason was forced into one of
the san Jacinto's boats. Returning FOR
sldlel. Lieutenant Fairfax found the
ships company in an uproar. Cnutcmptu-
Gus illusions wore made 20 the lieutenant.
while the daughter Of SliideI went so
far as 10 slap Fairfax ia the face Finally
both men were placed on honrd the San
Jacin;o. on which they were conveyed
10 Boston. The British government pro-
nounccd the affair an outrage. and pre-
pared for war with the United States.
In the meanwhile congress and other leg
islativc bodies We're thanking CAPTAIN
Wilkes, but the United States government.
actirg mon tAe counsel of President Lin
coin. proc oded to disayow the act Of
Wilkes and 20 release tho prisoners They
were piacel on boar q British vessel
and went to England
WIN YOU please explain the following:
livery person is The offspring Of two par
ents. Each parent having had "A father
I.'Tr were. OF cuutSc, two i-randfathers
lheH parent having hdd two grandfathers
g.ii'', we ar" entitled 20 four great-graud-
tath"rs apiece. Continuing this calclIn-
uou, w" md our paterual prngcnltors in.
ltt5.l- a., an 3Hthmeilcal ratio, thut s.,
counting iu number for many generations.
'"iHIhtlhE ~ this way I und that thirty
E'Htl"Lols back, or about 1000 years. /
nea lg,.lt Sli of the great-srcat krd Of
number OF Graudmothers. canal to tho non.
ulhiiou OF tho earth Can Won uurtvel the
mystery ara puligc ma rh puzzled
Great Grand 'niidH
The Letter Box can not holm YOU any
n'' suggests that whoa You get tired wor.
ryins yourself over this triAe YOU might
try the Fifteen pu2aic' by way of relaxa-
uon.
What IS the Tai Mahalr c. Korn.
1t is tho most beautiful tomb in the
world The Tai Maha is situated in the
iindoo city Of Agra on the Junivia river.
This nausoleum WIS built by the shah
Jahan for himself and his wife Nourma-
hal In it's construction 20, 000 men are snid
to have been employed twenty-five years.
The cost was estimated at over 81. 001. 200.
II Is of white marble 1no feet in diameter
ana goo feet in height built in the form Of
an irregular octagop and rising from
high marble terrace. which rests upon an
othtr of red sandstone. Both the interior
ana exterior ara decorated with mosaics
OF precious stones ana the most beautiful
tracery The whole Koran Is said to be
written In such mosaics on the interior
walls.
Is it true that Washlngtons death was
duo 10 The mistaken treatment OF phygi-
'i"I7 LEG.
1t has been claimed that his death was
caused hy the practice OF bleeding patients
prevailing In th~-c days He was In OK
c'flent health the day before his death
historians state, ana seemed destined to
i've twenty years longer. Driving through
slcot storm on December L., 1889. Wash
ingion took severe cold. hut no alarming
was bed four times during that day, about
pint of blood being taken from his voins
each time Other heroic treatment of thic
character was inflicted upon him ard by
10 O'Clock that night he was dead--a victim
of phlohotomy, according to several
writer's.
Is the king of Bavaria crazy? II so.
mas any one been appointed ruler of that
country Mingo.
Tho king of Bavaria. otto wilhelm
Luitpold, is insane and does not rule the
Kingdom. Tho regent Is his uncle, Prince
Luitpoh, appointed In 1856 1t was re-
ported in n Berlin paper about a year ago
that the upper house of the Bnvaran
diet after two secret sittlngs. had agreed
to place the insane king under guardian
ship and TO transfer tho crown to the
heir presumptivc; again IT was reported a
few months since that Prince Luitpo,d
would be declared king June TO- 1895 ON
the tonih anniversary Of his regency
Who originated the oft used figure OF
| speech dropping buckets into empty
wellsY" Margaret
The figure has pcen used so often as to
become almost common property rs a
proverb. Thus it occurs I'm Cowpors
Task" book III:
prom reVcries so airy. from the toll
or dropping buckets into empty wells
And growing Old in drawing nothing up"
| And again In Lady Hollands 'Mumores
of sydney smith, "He has spent all his
life in letting down buckets into empty
wells, aud no is frittering away his age
in trying to draw them up again."
What amount was appropriated for
pensions I'm Texas last year? To whom
are pensions given in this Statee
DEP.
Under tho law of 1885 veterans and
widows OF veterans of the Texas rovolu-