The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-26

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Colonel Pollock l,sv,.
train for San Anton,o !.
City Of Mexico. H
CURIOUS coNDESsi,
In islands of too sm,r .
rivers, creeks are dinis.,
name. 1a
A Frenchman has n,.,..,
atus to take off and M j.
coat. @a
The Irish, in Siber,. !. !.
length, and drains 6O00oo !.
ritory. "
The most extensive ",
works in Europe an y 4" n
the Danube.
The Nile, from iu AN,
lakes of Central Afncs. I
niles in length.
Conveyances Of prope4ty !
times We're frequently ma
of a ring, this ornaireoi z
title deed.
Birmingham, Ala, 4 ss;a
a more rapid growth mi,
city not built In the gold sn
ing districts.
Providence. r. l., has lH,
ton and sixteen and one.,s,s|
miles. The city is worth "
and owes SD ,400,i3v.
springfield, ILL.,, is built !
onc-ha.f miles Of square ra.y
so, 600 population, who ows h
own S5S3.495.
The city limits of Brook,
seventy square niles, and N.
at the beginning Of 1885, M
at 1,053,396.
Milwaukee. the city Of I
breweries. is built ON,
square miles OF ground, and
Iauoh OF -'o'ooo.
/ Newport, for .ts size. 4
richest towns in the countr
assessed valuation Of $AS
owing but 1887, 1922
New York is the greats.
city. Nine-tenths of the insl
ports Of this country pass q
harbor of New York.
Accents were first usad.
language by Arist0phanes 4
a grammarian who taugt. \
dria about 2tA Il. c. Acws,1
used by the French in the NJ
XIII, about 1910.
Bauns. in the feudsl Law
emn proclamation of any
arose the present custom II
or giving notice before man
said to have been INTRODUCED
English church about LM
Cocus wood has for mann
used in the monufacture Il
cause il gives forth A fIeriI,
low sound: but Il has be1
certain flautistS that thk II
frequently poisons the lips.
The ROYAL Academy Al II
| an INSTITUTION similar n chmse
at Sandhurst. for the instruor
men in the sciences in whdS
be examined previous To ~
into the artillery and engineer
William Herbert. n deset,i,l
artist who Introduced ran
/ into England, resided, az q
| Gazette in Bristol about f;fp j
| and his works were very uui
| indeed for technical mert 4
never been eXcelied.
A keaper of EastweI eu
England shot n fine specias
golden eagle in the woods %
| day. 1t is supposed that TIE
mate of the one shot at St
| Kent, Recently. The bird d d
size.
Kiss" is not n sweet wod
qua ges. When the Bey Of II
a horizontal motion with The
omen, saving kiss" at the !
lit is equivalent 10 a dealt
The word has no other signa
Ara ban.
| Putting the feet in hot vat
variably cure A headache, Il
ever cause it arises. The }
when, from any cause, the
vessels IN the BRAN are w
/ ting the feet in hot watss
blood from the head.
Poison rings during the m
teenth and Fourteenth ceuta
very common in Italy. The J
ring WAS a hollow cup, op6
spring. and designed TO conn
tity OF poison to be used dtA
| eide or murder.
Several rich strikes Of rod
made within the two past w
Yellow creek in the Black Hi
and quito a rush is being ~
locality in question by nine
thar part of the state, as W
/ WYOMING and Montana.
i,,h,.,.,.. n.add,rc ring N
elaborate affair. contaiHing
lions of Mi The articles ussd
c.iix,on. the ladder, the crcs
the mails tho hammer, Tie
thorns were all shown 10 the
ence of This peculiar piece o.
M L.. h,,;I,,;rc IN the
ne uiu ,,',;, .',,.,.u,tsdIy usei
nurnoses ia ST. Marun's q
/ tanterhurv. England. The Dl
ar, rinallv erected for a chrit'
been regularly used as a pl
lig;oue gothcrinrs for more