The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06
THE POSTS LETTER BOX.


main object is 10 o,,nn.y ou,.of-, h 10
facts and curious information. Quest ons
OF persohai ln,erHs. ohiy VIII not lie an
dresses viii he given. All corres nnndc"co
should be addressed to The Letter Rox.
v n',,', ,ouS'on doso, 'wIng 10 the large
can not always be given prom,,t,vS
,o W'tIn N .ne T ,,h' are me i'ost tribes
az lost? EdwaTd
The Lost Tribes are not mentioned as
such In the Bible. BY the Lost Tribes are
meant the ten tribes of Israel, which,
after the death OF Solomon, separated
themselves from the tribes of Judah and
Benjamin. forming a separate kingdom in
the north. known as tho Kingdom of
LII, 60 -. ..,, 80, VS.
'"''e'' i'V"' hs o"'ei Nio"' juan. At'er
''ofe than -oV years OF national exist
ence' israel was conquered by the Assy-
ran Sargoh IN III n large part OF the
Pop"iatloh taken captive and dispersed
among the provinces OF the Assyrian en-
pre- WINE they were replaced ny col
oi"s's sent mo lhe country ny 'he AS
inc vi putty always puFsueu
~ se -'"..'' wv"
- u ',,'S ,,
,,or ,a ,,,. $50 ,.o,,,,a,,,,,, .,s.N,
a., 80, ,r,,.a., r,,,a...,o. ,,,,a
o,ar ,.a, eo,r,sa ,aar,i,,,rn ,ho,, ,,,,t
the Auo,,o. s.xors the Auoricap tndtars
etc. Their ido,at,.ous habits however
made them likely to lose their nationaltv
aud IT Is most nrobablc that some min.
gled with the Assyrlans. others returned
10 the Southern Kingdom. and still 9TH
ers are yet to be found in scattered com
=, ,,a 1sraoii,as ,.,o asoonod ,ho ,ssv.
" wv "''7 WV NF" Wv 49,
ran captivity remained to mins'e with
the newcomers sent into the country by
the conouorors and form tho mixed race
NJ samoritans objects of CONTEMPT and
hatred to the Jews
an you luthIsn NV $1,000 ps,, INV r'
nhone comnanv's system? pYR
Tho fipuros ,,,ar balow ,re Far the 1st
of January rsN TN that date tbe 1ell
Te1enhope coup,nv Ind ss7 oxchangas
RIO hr,,,,,oef,cas go oas ,,,,,ss NJ xv,r. n,
ro,ns Al so5 mics Of wire on bui.d,rps
,.s os5 ,ruo. a, r,,ro urdsrcro,,rd 1s5s
,,,io. =, ,,.,ro s,,h,,,r,o :, 10. a,,,r,o,.o.
n,a az, 400 .,,t...,,o.g rho ,,,har "a,
,...... -,
e"'' ~ WY ""'O' "''
5s2 sos. The number of exchange connec-
fons dai,v Z, tho United s,o.os 10 oosS -
'"'' '' NV ''''" "'"''' 10 800
l53 or a total per year of over $50 900 00)
The average number of daily calls per
subscribers was -2. The company re-
cevcd IN rental of telephones m 1894
s.. -oo. 99217 1t pad the stockholders in
d.vidends in 1so, 60 ,oo ono 1.ho carit,l AZ
TIM comnanv 10 con Of0 mn
'"' COMPANY IS S-'Oo'""
When wes the game OF baseball frs
paaAVn as II y az INC present 0Ihe' u,Srr
rho c,r.. .. -, f. -
,,,o,.sa ~, tr~,'e,'os y, IT,, n
,s,c ,,s, as,,. ,s,,, 49,,
N."uS 10 nat Vihe Town nan nad p'eh
."e ,e"1 SAINT n"' So''e VI .''e ueNo,e'S
so' 'h"'r h'a's toRe'her and eVoiVed a
W. ''' Vi 'u''S' wiz" '"a"s '"e rPoi
baseball. The first team was organized
the following June that a match game
was playoi. 1t consisted of only four in.
beng first TO score 81 runs should win
the game.
can you give me some figures showing
Tho I;n,tad statcs3 VIA tW s,,an"!uH IN
cut? R.MU.
A very rough and probably liberal esti-
mate of the amounts of timber stnnd,ns
in the various regions of the initial
States ready for the or would civ. III.
following figures:
Ee,,
snulhern States .............. 100. ono, OOO 0oo
Pacific coast ....,...........1O 900 400 900 00o
49, lDY'VVV'o7V'VVo
no''' ''..'''''.'.'...,,.....2 300, 600 oOo, 900
me tNai annual cut. including all ma
" ''' r"P"lrlhg bolt Or log size. Is esti-
"a. "'W'ooo"~ ieot board measure.
'U"'per industries employ capital to
lne extent OF over $1,000 10000. They en-
W., p.uS n'o'e thah l'eo,oVo men, pay out over
SV0'"V'V" III annual wages. and produce
"'"'o uHdh S5Wo.unWo worth Of material.