The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-28
THE r0sr's LITTER BOX.

facts ani curious infor na,ion. question.
a. personal Interest only will not he nm
. iresse. VIII he given. All correspondence
1 should he addressed TO The Houston
Posts Letter BOX. OWING to The lars.
no, siwsy ~ gwen p Prompts answer" car
Feese s,ye me .cnss figures r.eard.n
While q IL impossible 70 secure An.
reliable figures IN regard to the tota
number Of Bibles ever printed and CIR
) culsiei, there are some statistics whicl
will give some idea OF the enormous CIR
cuia;ic, OF the book For example: Tn,
British and Foreign Bible Society Of Lon
don has distributed since IT'S orsanlnA
ton "a years ago esoc 40 copies Of IN,
BiSle. One arm alone. the celebrate.
oxford Prcss of England. manufacture
and sslls each week enrn Bibles o,
over ono million copies each year. And
this press has sustained this output .o
years. For this in' n,ense otI,p put she skin:
OF 1850 animals are used FIR the Biblt
covers. while over am On sheets Of gold
| leaf ara used 20 letter the hacks OF IN.
volp-le-. each year. Last year IN Londor
| there ware slS.els Bibles actually sod
| and distributed. In America over 400 OK
! zones were sold During these twelve
,llcu.hs the Bible was printed n forty
one different languages. There Is a,
r-ese NJ no tongue in the world into whrch
,hs Bible has no. been Translated. While
a large percentage Of the Bibles printed
20 - heather lands the horne niarks. IL
not neglected. AS proof of this. aoNl0
Bib.es were soii In America las, year.
over 3l,j copies OF the edition printed
especially FOR the blind in raised letters
were also Sold. The total circulation e
The Is.ble, could the figures he arriv, d
a.. would reach far into the billions and
tr.ilons. They would be sufficient 20
SHOW. az least. that no book ever pub
hshef has in any way approa he'd the
circrla.o on OF the greatest OF all books.
In the title John Smith Dry Goods Com
pany. Limited" VIVA, does the word lin.
Yea mean? y A. l.
Companies are described as "l.,iitol'
or unlimited" according as tbs liability
of their shareholders is or IS not limited
4, common law every person is liab,e.
upon his contracts. etc, up TO the whole
amount Of his estate. and every partner
Is % liable upon ali the contracts. etc.,
Of The partnership. So extensive a liza
hilty Is apt to prevent persons from on
sag!rr In business as partners, and m.
principle Of limited liability has some
wat recently been generally recognized
Ia England the limitations wAr. frst
brought into common and popular use IL.
lsll hy parliamentary act. In the case
Of Unlimited" company each share.
ao,ier S liable to contribute TO the debts
% tho company 20 the fun amount Of his
property. but in limited companies the
liability of each shareholder is limited by
the number Of shares he has taken, 80
that he can not be called upon to con-
'fioute beyond the amount Of his shares
In Great Britain a company formed for
profit must. L the liability OF its members
Limited Fave the word limited" as tho
last word OF rs name
W Ra'rh "aldo Emerson Christian
DID he believe In a future life? Ii D.
1t would he difficult TO say exactly
waat Emerson did or id no, believe II
IS vol known that as early as 1872 he |
announced In a sermon his unwlliingness /
10 administer the Lords supper. In n
bret biography of TT erson, the we'll /
known historian. Thomas Wentworth !
Higrlnsoa SAYS. 1T IS nell known tina. !
his position on religious questions was
that OF philosophical radical and that
ha f-carne entirely distracted from the
church organizations OF the time. He !
took his position. once for all. in SEN |
icrce whieh attracted much attention. In !
his Divinity Hal Address. The as.
sumption taat the age OF inspiration Is |
past. thai ihe Hihle is closed. the fear |
81 degrading the character of Jesus Christ |
i,y N srepresenting Him as man. indi- |
Gale With sufficient clcarness the false
hood OF our theology His precise atti- |
tude a. 10 ire conception of a Deity and |
he belief In personal immortality might !
bo harder 10 define. He declares eloquent
y however, in one OF his oratlons that
there is sublime and friendly destiny
hy which the human race is guided-,ne
race never dying. the individual never
sparcd-to results affecting masses and
eyes,"
VINO was the author Of the quotation,
caps shat cheer but not .nohh,n,'ate'",
II is from cowper's task. and is found
IN connection with the following lines:
And while the bubblng and loud kissing
urn
Throws up n steamy column. and the cups
That cheer but not inebrata wall on
each.
SO let us welcome peaceful evening In.
You will notice that It is cups tina
cheer and not coup that cheers" as II
Is generally quoted.
Please explain the meaning Of Rosary
as used ny the Roman Catholics.
i. II. r.. j.
II Ia name given by Roman Catholics
10 certain form Of prayer recited ON
frins of beads, and tn The beads them
ewes. ms form OF prayer was instituted
In the thirteenth century as a means OF
mHditn'lng on tho mysteries of Christ's
NE IT consists OF ff'cen times ton small
beads, every ton small ones bning prc.
e""ri ny one larger. Al each large head
me l>ordr Prayer is rccited and at
each OF the smaller ones the .IIaIl Mary