The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-29
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1. Were the bodies Z,
sctee ! and Ramesea Z II
served through the .rel
metnod 81 efiibalming INV; Is'
c ,,,aTad their age at death
their ages at death. ana ~
We. ght during life, resrsa29'!
the. Inhabitants OF fhc esasl
strength?
n !. The Egyptian methoS
was such that the m.smr.s
manned In a well preserve2 l]s
hundreds and even thopssr {
some cases, but the ares " N
inhabitants have not basn
that evidence alone. A NJ,
ology has been devised IS ~
OF the hieroglyphics OF ~. :.23
exact ages of the kings na,r.s
been determined. and a,,tbossssa NJ
fer as to the extent and NJ
reigns. One authority cla,r,. Y
! reigned fifty years, whs,s ..;I,Z
he was In power for only th,ss5
Maspero thinks Rameses n ,1l
30 in the 2ist year of his a
make him at least gs at ths Is
death. and 30 at his accexs,,,. ! ~.
III reigned "a years and !, 49,
was perhaps 20 or 25 years y
he ascended the throne. -.
Egyptians have been genera,iv VA
our superiors. both mentailv ~.
s.cally.
Can you give me some $500
stantiate my claim that 49,
greatest men in the world NJ
ana literature were the dssset
common people or tradesmeff n.
There are many names "a s,.s
statement. Thomas Hood was m
a bookseller; also Samuel 5nhs..as
zart. of bookbinder; Blackstos1 4.
inent lawyer. of silk mercsr.1.s.
Pope. of a linen draper: Sir NJ.
ton, of farmer; Thomas. Arra,s ).
collector; De Foe and Akens,ds 3 n
crs; DR.. Jeremy Taylor, Of 4 hs,,.',
the artist Turner, of barbAr. q.
pher Columbus, Of a wool cor.hs.
great astronomer HALEY. Of sa.s.
Haydn, of wheelwright. LINN,
miner; Lord Eldon, the fsrnour 4,
of collier; George Fox, q !.
Captain Cook, of an agricultural ~
ana last but not least. John HunnsI
a tinker.
l.. Where are United States ".
made? 2. How many are rnads y
years time? e' " y
l. All OF the stamps used BY IS M
states are printed at washinstop I
bureau of engraving and nrIntln.
same institution that turns out ~ Z
money of the government. Formsri, h
were made by the bank note emma,
in New York, but in 1893 Uncle III /,
Guided that, as he was going III
printing business very extensively Il
capital, he might as we'll save lie i,
on the stamp making. The bureau =,
the plates from which the starnr,
printed, does the presswork and MANA
lures the mucilage. Only the pspit
the ink are purchased in open ~
2. The exact number for the lat ~
which record is ohtainable was 1,1m
]. VIII you kindly publish IN W.
day edition the law in regard q
riages IN Texas. At what are u I
cense be procured? @ What il N 3
what becomes of the license? Ijf
THE law simply makes II necesofy
the male to be q years Of age sh6fu
Is before a license can be isEnsa NJ
out the consent of parents u ~
consent marriage can be legally 1pl
mated at the age of 16 (male), and = 4
male), respectively. Q. One dpll1so
fifty cents. 3. 1t is returned to III n
ty clerks office by the minister " u
other person authorized to pertosu
ceremony.
Please state the value, of mica b =
commercial world. Is 1t mined 0tcI
sively or IS 1t scarce article7 IN
heard 1t said that a mine of II y VI,
gold mine. LEE
Mica Is a widely diffused and plnla
mineral, entering largely into ~ 81
position of granite, mica-slate. and ns9
other rocks, veins and assures. nh "a
valuable to the commercial word ~
hardly equal to gold mine. Mca
markable for the readiness with Nhla
splits into thin, elastic plates, wn,c4
generally transparent, and which -
advantageously used in many wsyA
What is meant by the TX. ?.
spondence" in United States hitte4
1t is the name given to the dilpe'
OF the three commissioners to
Marshall, P:ckney and Gerry. consa
the insulting demands made BY
rand and the other directors e. ~
OF respect and courtesy to the 49,
republic. In the otherwise compleN
les published by congress
Adams substituted X, Y. and q " u
names of Talleyrand's emissariea
What was the duty on rice vac.
Wiison bill, and what is u wv
Dingley bill? b.
Tariff of 1894. Wilson bill-Rice c..
llac per pound; uncleaned, S-10c per ".
paddy, &c per pound. Tar,ff OF 49, !. ~ &
ley bill-Rice. cleaned, &c per pouna'
cleaned. 1hc per pound; paddy 80
pound.
What do the initials r. p. D
sent. when placed after mans a aiR
Rerum Politicarum Doctor-tDocH !.
Political Sclence). 1t is a Gefn'-.
gree ranking with PHI. d.
Is "tamale" the correct name ~
article generally tnus Gee
mated? es'..,
No; the singular of the word =