The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-07
HOUSTON POST LETr

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Please rarn@ The e.,antt,~ VIZ
Of c-1rsgyers.z and mare in nraS |
net Of Pres.tent McKIrfey.
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The Letter Bex haz MT Il. <3
publish the List OF caugresssc,,s, 'zs
tees. nor woa9td IT be OF xsne,,S '.5
ton. Ses the Ccuzrsssssr.sl r.;:@
/ regard 60 the presidents cat:u-v ~ 4
foEo Of the state depsrtrn-nt y. 29
Jctsr Sherman the s@crssarr y :; y
rry Is Lyman r. Gage: Russ~l1 "a !
= SECRETARY Ct war. Joun .. 49,
navy. Cornelius Bliss Of r. ~
James Gary Is postmaster sso.S,.s !,
MrEzerra attorney general ~ b
Wilson Is secretary or ag-scraf
Does the Star of Bzea.sheru 1...3
regular irtervalsz
The S-ar of B@shlehers or 49,.
pearsEes which. as dz.taSlesi 10 ~
Of Na THEW. Erssess, the wise ~
East to Beta1ef1ern. has heen . srsl
rzluch controversy an7ong the 1870
taking the gru"11d that 4 ~as
others a rseteor. others an sarrr,s
ais. Others maintaining that
sort Of sgns faLEGr1s. Ike a lack : y
such as may De Frequently seen /, ;.
zrc end Tbs uzuas Star az M
hzs by fancsf1I astronomers. ~
feared ON two or three comets. -
out historic reason
When WIS the Great Easefn -
b. WHOM was Z d@s1gredz d
The Great Eastern was de<kn.S
famous engineer l. K. Bruud
launched FRI lsss on the Thames. W
it's first voyage across the Ali,
June, 1850 Commercially The 81
a failure was employed IN ~
Sc eral years after in laying "a \
cables. then. when vessels Better \,
for tfss hristness came INTO use. ii.
er was degraded into a coaI sim
1856 was broken up for cid IN
length OF The vessel was $50 feet /,
depth 81, estimated tonnage is.av.
Are the rlanecs Represented b. =
same as n1oniEns7
In some quarters they are. Mss
said to he Influenced By the -
Venus By the ar1e5nyst: sIars, =
Saturn, turquoise; Jupiter, cornas
sun. diamond: rlaoon- crystal. M
Of the zos9iac are also representst
BY the ruby; Taurus anpaz. Geml
bGrcle7 Cancer. emerald; Leo. ~
Virgo. diamond: Libra. jacanth !:
agate; S.zsfttartssE znsethyst: caps
beryls AQUarprs. asz1; Pisces. iaq
Please give Queen vIcnoria's ful
The GGeel'S na.rne = Alexandria
torta- Her family ulaEae Is Guelph
queens took their h1ShAris' mar
same as common people do, her III
wculi be Alexandria Victoria
The reason for the queen adoFt1
second name has never been deH1tI
rahlashed. II 5 Thought hsr fat1l
fe-re1 the second because 81 was u
Of her uaotrer, the first being defhs
her godfather. the euzperor Of BIZ
What was thu Egyptian symha
fly? Was II tins crocod!tee
1t certainly was not the cr0ce&
represented 5iviTaitie-s .cransrtt
crocodIles. conce 1tE1srt and dtsofs
str1ct:on and fate. 1t may Be A.
tas Egypsiaus had a symhol fof
though III has beer sugs ested tn
as emclematlc of provisions. r.rfa
". might be an appnprsate
ChanpSlEon's great ilcticnary z
gIyph5es does not give the leaf -
slyphIc.
What does the word '-zelasn
ard 4 It used ncwf
The word IS from what IS cals
Latin You will find II IN the cscu
tbonary. but not in Webster, 10
or in the Standard. The sens
original Latin win readily adnf
being used. specifically. to denote
n matters o. rel q ous rsargfe
the zeal of his lukswarrn hretafS
Can you tell where there q
factory, either In Texas or Lou
where anyone raising tobacco 60
market for il. and would y ~
farmers 10 raiss IL as = cropl
There are several factories r.
Guiding two at Iioust5n1. n
crop has been found very pm
many Texas counties
Which is the longest street ~
IN Houston. and wh1ch IS the nese
THE Houston Heights belt is ths
beng ten miles around. The Bvss
comes next. but il includes ~
Heshts service. The Aransas
is third.
What persons are authorizes
81 axe the rites OF niatrtrnoN
Stats3
All regular licensed or or'ialnss
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