The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-24
How ola Is the chinese goyernment?

How old is the Chinese government?
C.T.U.
Conservative historians among the Chi.
nese claim for their race an antiquity OF
nj least 10000 years. while those whose
estimates are little wild assert that
the Chinese were the original Inhabitants
OF the earth. and that Chinese history goes
back at least 5oo.ooo. 900 years. The govern
ment records OF China place the founda-
ton of the empire at 900 3. c., and claim
that it was established by Toh who.
they assert. IS the Noah mentioned In the
Book OF Genesis. b. C. 22io There Is real
" no way of discovering the exact age of
the empire.
To decide a. dispute, please state In your
Letter Box column whether George Wash
where he could properly be called an
"aGent?" H.B.G.
This depends entirely upon what mean
ing you give to tho word agent In the
spring OF i74s Washington was employed
by Lord Fairfax to survey portion OF
his land This work occupied nearly three
years, and IT would be permissible 10 say
that Washington was Lord Fairfax's agent
during that time. AT THE outbreak of the
French and Indian war in 1753-5i. Wash
inEton was the agent sent by Governor
~ 20" - V'sn away rom
~ =. ''''s' anna
Who originated the expression, I'VE eat
70 I'VE. not I'VE TO 1 ca, = Isn't there sim
,rha n,',.,.al' y. '-'I ..s,, e. i"a'u'
49,. - n,'',,' 70 oc'a'eS'
said Is. bad men live that they may eat
and drink, Whereas good men eat and
drink that they may live" The Biblical
expression. to which you refer as similar
.,os,os. ~ cor,,,,on,a., ,,,.,,, -,
r,,,, h,,t No ho,,a- ,h,n 49, 49, De.huSe
thar ~ a., ~ - ar,n,, ~ l, Wv. ~"
,,.r,.. 'N
Was Washington the first man who
pore the ute OF rather OF MS country?'
No; the term originated with the Ro-
mana whom tho sen,to ana +ho ton,,,,
e., =. . -, . " '''
o'o'' - 10 ,d'r'"s i"r ms victories over
'"r hortheril "a' pat"ns' H. I. lo-' Marius'
"o"eIe'' Feius'i inc tit'e. CICERO SUISSE
quentiy accepted 1t when 1t was offered to
MN TOT unmaskihg cataiines conspiracy.
several other historical characters have
norne the ute
Mnat Is the so'hc year IN Persian i, chro-
hoioGyF CID.
The Persian year consists OF 365 days, so
tblt Ia to lf-t In
los, Avs amo,,t ia 4, yc,r !, ,,en ,..ara
and nc no,yod n, ,.so ,.a.r, >, na,iaa
yo,,t, n.r,od Tho ,o,r ,hrs ,,od,, 80, =.
rai,c1 ,ho so,,to ,,aar .,a, ,o.,,, -,
from sothis. the dog star, at whose rising
rt commences
tween The words ''annul" and 'disannuiP'
C.K.W
No; they mean exactly the same thing.
Thls' of course IS contrary to analogy,
Some ,,,,hor,,,os sa,. ,,,,. ,bo ,,o,., hal,
''''''N 9'N '"''- Wv VIZ" s"ouip
be rejected as 'Uirbaroifs,' others note II
as being merely intensive by reason Of the
prefix. The words ''unloose" and loose"
are examples of a similar want of analogy.
florence between son In the United States
and England; that - the difference IN the
number of pounds to the ton? H.L,R.
The English ton Is 22i0 pounds avoirdu-
nois tho same as the long TON or SHINING
ton of the United states. The United
sIIu,os ton as commonly used, and known
as the short ton. is 600 pounds Differ
enoc, 2io pounds.
What IA the name OF the largest pas
senger steamer aiioat and how many pas
sengers can she Accommodate? :, u w