The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-19

that queen, neither do they commemorate
any event In her history. They were set
up by Ramescs the Great
Winnipeg has shipped 10000 pounds OF
butter to the Klondike In hcrmctically
sealed boxes which will keep the butter
perfectly sweet and freah for at last two
years,
In total population OF a little over
s, 900, 900 Switzerland now has over 1,OO0,-
600 depositors In savings banks, with au
average for each family OF s275 In cash
deposits.
The busiest time on the Atlantic cable IL
between the hours OF 10 and ~ In the fore
noon. During that time on an average
about 300 messages pass over the cable
each way.
| a whale recently captured In Ar~ic
waters was found TO have Embedded In Its
side harpoon belonging to a whaling
vessel that had been out OF service nearly
half century.
| II Ia estimated that 200 hairs on tho
head. thirty nine on the chin. twenty three
| on the forearm aud nineteen on the back OF
the hand are respectively contained In an
area OF ono-quarter OF IN Inch.
| Dews are less abundant on islands than
ON ships In mid ocean. Seaman can, there
fore, tell when they are nearing land by
reason OF the smaller deposit Of dew on
| the vessel
There Is only one man living who has
| sat In the house OF lords since the begin
ming Of the first parliament OF William
| w. and he Ia the Earl OF Mansfield. who
is now 81 years OF age.
| Britain occupies very high place In
mining OF all kinds More than 600. 900 OF
her people are employed ut tho Industry.
and they produce over ES,0O0,00o worth OF
minerals annually.
| Detectives detailed TO look after profess
sional shopliftors always look to SEQ II
their suspects are wearing gloves pro
| fessional," II In declared, never works
with his gloves on.
| Statistics show that. though the birth
rate OF England ia highest OF the three
| countries Of the kingdom, longevity Is
lowest. Scotland shows a higher per-
centage. and Ireland the highest OF all,
! Japanese theates have their boxes so
arranged that the ladies can change
dresses, as II Is not considered stylish
for lady TO appear an entire evening In
one dress and with the same ornaments.
The coachman OF a rich resident OF San
Francisco has applied to the courts to re.
lease him from his wife and the local
newspapers head their accounts Of the
proceedings Divorce In High Life
A man well up In dog-io counsels In
tending purchasers Of u puppy TO let the
mother OF the puppy choose for them. In
carrying them back TO their bed the first
the mother picks up will always be the
best.
Nearly everyone has travelled sixty milei
an hour on the railway except the queen
who has never experienced tho sensation
OF whizzing through space 30 quickly. Thu
speed OF the royal train never exceeds
forty miles an hour
The estimate OF the area Of land unde
flax In ireland this year, issued by tn
British linen trade board. under the sane
ton OF the Belfast chamber OF commerce
Ia about 4S,200 acres. against an actua
, acreage In 1896 OF 72,30l acres.
There are still on the pension rolls tn
names OF seven widows and nine daugh
tiers OF soldiers who fought In the revolu
A tionary war. The widows receive $l2
month each under general act; tn
daughters n sum stipulated by an individ
ual act passed by congress for each one
J. National flowers have been adopted 4
= various countries az follows: Greece, violet
= Canada sugar maple; Egypt. lotus. Eng
land, rose; France. fleur-de-lIs German,
corn flower. Ireland. shamrock; Italy, Ill,
Prussia, linden; Saxony. mignonette; Scot
land, thistle: Spain. pomegranate; Wale
leek.
A sea captain has found that the sails {
a ship when filled with number Of sma
, holes bear II along more rapidly than whe
they are perfectly whole. He says that a
ordinary sail can not receive the fu
force OF the wind. owing to the bulk I
stationary air that fills up the hollow I
the concave canvas.
!. An oak tree was cut down at Barabo
Wis. recently. the trunk Of which hs
nearly 400 rings. which, according to II
generally accepted rule that new rim
3 Ia formed each year. would indicate thi
u the tree started on Its earthly career aft
Columbus first sighted the new world. tt
: tree was six feet In diameter at the has
J. Recently a small boy ate buttercups an
. as result died. Since then there b
been published list Of poisonous WI
: flowers. popularity consldered harmless
but certain to be fatal II eaten BY car
9 less person or ignorant child Thei
o flowers are buttercups, celandtne. WOO
anemone. dsffodils. narcissus, lily. SNOW
= >~a~