The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-20
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arPcs' u~et,N'e.i. answers can not
d Y s ssyer pronlpay'
,bc query put by fihe
s', week. the Letter BOX .ea''9 "
~ '',,ops mistake and one 10
4 .,1snt'on has Ssen sc ea simple a'e and
ln !. " absurdly wrong tha' even
(jsxel ~ Houston afternoon paper
al', ~, :, error, pine straw" asked hsd
fFvd az me- ' difference between one
|Aes nv ND one square mile9' The
\ sos answered that tn, there ,.t, was al.
y ~ explaining that the ,aa,sl tn, ",-
s as, ,a applied to farm would IN
W VIZ, four times as long as the
:. IA answer was wholly wrong ,,
me ,,s.rence between "one milo
~ zone square mile" although
s y, Of difference exists between ,'',,s,
v aea. ,,,ore and two square miles.
s lss was ons of the simplest ever
s", r..ps Letter Box column, was
ne ,sourht and was answered in
:" That Is all there 10 In 1t.
~ ~ this department does not
= !. infallible. He mas mao enar ~
,..,sr Box column for two years
~. 1910 questions have been an
/. correctly. Three simple eaten ave-,
it, the one above. have been
y. . ,neorrectly. A ratio OF $40 to ]
y Mad. after all. 1t does seem mat
.,,on gained from 1897 queries
i I, correctly, would offset the mis-
~ siyen in three that were not
-. Anne that is given to answer
,~.,vs or fifteen questions pub
!. ria department every Sunday
!. .how on the face of the matter.
auction that can be answered in
-. x,Il take four hours research
..aur.rt reader therefore appreci-
u work, consequently the depart
Considered one of the papers most
s,,,uros. That q few carping
4 IA occasion to gloat over an error
severed, merely shows that they
s.une the questions and answers
a dnd something wrong. and for
s,,o,. alone. 1t IS true that they
IA 10 their store of knowledge
|, bu, Of course lack the manhood
Eg So
I.,uaper man who is familiar with
,,trual grind on daily paper, who
ina, the stress upon the grey mat
N an editor carries under his hat
SAuryes that radlate from His spine.
sae or perhaps ton more than the
{tavs will give such work Its true
k.sn An alleged newspaper man.
tr IN come way managed TO get
a, on n newspaper desk. and
" a grievance against all
VA will lie in wait day after
lsw after hour. TO stab a fell
yisr. Criticism from such source
Ia weight or value the substance
pra Of a last years rainbow or the
10 dead bee,
rAny nations have captured the
tk Gibraltar, and how long has each
4! Rail-.
Noon were the first to fortify G.b-
md held 1t until 1909, when Fel di-
bN captured It, In 1888 the Moors re-
EM the famous stronghold and re-
wssesson of Ct until 146a. when IT
5hny taken from them by Henry "
hdA In July, 1904. the fortress was
kd BY en- English force under Sir
brooke, the Prince of Hesse-Darm-
u John Leake and Admiral Bying,
xilhtion taking place on the lis.
Ataath named. This affair was one
Incidents Of the war of the Spanish
RM, Gibraltar was taken possess
IN the name of the Archduke
Of Austria. whose claims to the
throne were being supported by
NJ But, seeing his opportunity Sir
Rookie saw fit to hoist the English
fs the place. 1t was finally coded
s7nd by the treaty of Utrecht. con
I'D In l1lS, ami has remained the
Iof that country ever since, though
= Efforts have been made to de-
England of II.
siate the year and month the
efldge In Scotland was opened
description of IT.. C.R.D.
saHh bridge was opened in March.
sms commences In April, 1883, The
cain the credit of the enterpras g,
H6e are those who say the hard
1M done by Italians. The Forth
. The greatest structure of the
ne world. Its extreme length is
- lnclaiing tho approach viaduct
.d' OF the great caMilevers are Csc
W and the orders between them
3as the longest Spans lTl0 feet, OF
Dagd than those of the Brooklyl
sae extreme height of the struc.
ASe the water rs $40 feet, the rail.
SEks being l5Gla feet above tn,
III The construction of this bridge
'0s Of steel, 100000 mvets. q ,00
cansa'' 707 cubic feet OF gran
a'M cubic yards of masonry wer,
: The surface covered with pain
u" twenty-five acres. The brlds,
tnut $4,000.
y became CT the Ark of the Cove
E.X.
y peginntng OF the reign of Jos a h
=. .l vi. iS) speaks of 1t as missinl
Dusly sought for, though Chron
Nv, ]. seems to Imply that it wa.
-'auy restored, But Jeremfo
mat the religious gnlfcanre o
a Is quite Independent NJ TIL
~Hi 'he Wild legends Of It's pre-
az me tax nS of Joru5alcm
ana elsewhere, only show, (.
yA OF many writers, that tn
@a was unab.e to share tn
sN 'ne ark Was now un obsolet
u '.s'e poe&cal is the tradition tina
n, 80 fa,zgd 10 heaven. there to 10
In. coming Of the Messiah. whlc
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