The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-11
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questions that are of general INTEREST. IS& J
main OBJECT = to supply out-of-the-w43
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swered No business or Personal nddrrseE |
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Houston Post. Owing to the large nun
Der OF questions received answers can MT
always De given promptiyo
what wa. or .s ,he corn law az yrnx&
land? 1t Ia mentioned very often In Cad
yie Tase ana Present. S.G.E
During Tour centuries aftcr tho conquNs
inc ceih INV OF chs's'" ssnihy was tHsN
eAp"f' OIL corn was Pronic'.eu' save II
sea's "a e~'ieihv pie"'9 unuet Aois. As.' "
s.a'o iicehse' anu '"a' ptou"oe''
'ne'' surplus s'"Si NV t"e he1aes. s"-s&
kee town anu SOU y. thete aoi wnus y
wouiu oTihs a"ohs 0hose VINO "ah'eu v
10 consume ana the sans rus proVanet
!" the pr'neipsi countries OF mo cVhe33t
heh'' Aui'hk 'he reign Oh Sharies - eSX
port ana import OF corn' whle hoHinaii Z
permitted. were aiihe SUBJECT TO heavMl
uuues' ana ior many successive years IN
ia"s w~fe III toree IN some TORN. InlS
corn statutes OF England are simply
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h's" POINT "heh All Inc n@turai economi3
causes In operation are opposed TO N
Since 1850 cora and other provisions havS
been admitted into tho United Kingdor4
free of all charge. ~
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ing people with the head ~ tho west osssytllS
nate? O.B,H.
Christians follow this custom IN tokci
of the resurrection ut the coming agair
of tho Sun OF Righteousness. There Ia III
remarkable cor sensus of custom anon,
both Christians and heather, cultureei
and savage races. for the practice OF lay
ang the body east and west, and IL Is In,
possible TO trace IT'S origin. r Tho custom
IL evidently due originally. however III
solar symbolism. aud the head is turne<l
10 the east or TO the west, according az
the dead are thought OF II, connectiot4
with the sunrise, the reputed home OF
y, 80 ~ ,.s
s'"" "a ''iN uOo"' ii'4' pi"Ne'ee' ho"eN's <
though nearly universal. Is not absolutely
so. for some tribes lay their dead north
ana south. and others, like the BongosH
bury men with tho face to the north and
women with the face TO the south.
Please tell me how the salute of 10
guns originated and when 1t is used.
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"a salu'o Vi IVA guns 40 uSc" oa'y VII go
'r"oruhary occas'ohA' AS 10 It's orisHi'
Opinions u.iler some say tha' ~ aoupe
iesS ETC" CUT VI 'ho uef'ia" custom "a
others claim n historic origin for II. II 81
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s"'u ti'a'' ""Ni -'t'1>-'ii''-N'' fc'"iiSd w
Germany utter a SUCCESSFUL campaign, y
brilliant recepaion WAS given 10 him at
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w" ~" Va - -
fouhus Oh CANNON were oraereu 10 DC 'teu
IN nus honor. Inc oiheet III eh"'Be' iosl
me thsDt ne h'pd hes!eo'eu inc eHacl mum
Der. ordered an extra fou1'u no De h'eAt
thus making VI lul' iho uo"h Oh Nuf e'ii1
berg, which MaAHaiiah next VISITED be-
Ing desirous oil proving l'eeH equaiiy 10y
al oiuefeu hNe sui"'e ai'o 'i'i' e'''"-
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| How long has coffee been known. and
by whom was 1t introduced in Eu " z, =
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| IT has been used there is not known. but
| A, ,,a., introau,el int, Eurone a, 1hht ~
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traveller. named Leonard Rauwolf, intro.
ouced A. into Western E,,rope and soon
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afterward coffee houses sprung up in all
M tnndnn wns onDned Inv n crack. in
| l6ie. Tho first one In France was opened
parI., On 1n7g
I, Ia taJc,,othv rogor,,cd as n subdivision
az h N,,notism? . SSouI1 van eali The COM,
w. =, ,,, ~ ,r,J Iva, y,.sn ,,ird NJ a ~
nc ,yno, W w., AZ ia yc run each
other telepathy2 3. Are there any res
corded Instances OF such eommnniesa l
ever eNlSV'"s ~ 80
l. NO y certainty II 'hiHu c''h VIZ
hiui'iclte WIN hht' who'i '''e pti l.', az
100 yards apart, the same comm u N'
ing were 1900 m1es. 3. Believers In teiepa-
Inv can doubtless furnish you with sew
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eral such instances WITHIN their personal
experience.
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Who originated the phrhse, Sn9V., iShS
as II h'esT 80