The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-02

sacrcd? 4. Can you tell me who the Assour-
rls are. CIVIC.
]. This question is timely. since II great
deal OF error prevails concerning the poop'o
who are giving England trouble In the Milo
country The people are not all "pervlshcs'
In tie fun sense OF the term. DcrNsh is tho
name applied to certain orders ot Moh0m-
medan monks; II Is not a tribal name. be-
fore Mohammed Ahmed "tho Mahdi, began
the work Of fomcnting trouble Ia Egypt he
boct me q member OF the powerful order of
the Ghoani Dervishcs. Thereafter known as
"Tho Dcrvsh, his followers, whether In
religious orders or not, were known as the
"pervlshes" .. KhNrtoum usually has a
larN floatinc population, consisting OF Euro
pepns Syrans. Turks, J,>ys Albanians and
Copts. During the troublos In the carly SOS
most Of the foreigners quilted the city, and
they are likely to have douc ga again during
the recent disturbances, 3, Some individual
members are said to hive been saved, T.
So far as we have been able to ascertain
Atscurr is the tribal name OF group OF
Arabs now conspicuous in the soudan,
Kindly inform me why the name Of Tom
Walker Is always associated with the dcyl,
|. g.. The devi aud Tom walker" SliP.
Washington Irving. In one Of his sketches.
processes TO give the origin of this saying.
which he mentions as a prevalent one in his
day in New England. lryng's story ia OF n
miser named Tom Walker, who lived In
Massachusetts In colonial days, and who
soli himself To the Evil one. The sketch Is
coi tanned In the "raics of a Traveller"
I. How many heavy coast defense batteries
are stationed at Galveston mud who are IN
1 conn ttI fI fgf
TO be taken into service st Galveston?
/. Heavy battery x. First artillery Was alta
toned at Fort Point until the late fever scare
when the most of the men were moved to Ard
more. !. Il. They arc in charge Of Lieutenant
Merrill a dcta ,hment q six men only IS
now NJ Galveston In charge Of Lieutenant
HALEY. . Think they arc recruited to fun
strength already.
l. would like for you TO inform me II the
=, girls of Texas or any other state have TO
| nece~arily BIO is years OF age before they can
| marry 3 II they are not u whcn they marry
| is there a law Gf any description that can
! force them to go back home? G.S'
l. II under Is they ara required to have the
consent Of their parents or legal guardian be-
fore a marriage license will b. Issued 2 No.
| As we look 10 The Post for al the news,
| knowing what wo read IN lts columns IL re,
| liable we wish IN ask. f,r a little historical
Information. In what country was stanley'
! the explorer, born? Abs
In Denbleh Walcs His original name was
| John Rowlands. lie took the namo Stanley
from the man who adopted him at Now Or
crts, having come to this country as cabin
bov.
Pl aso ftate am unit ~ &, ports 81 the n'lp-
| pnc Islands annually ''fS'
Spanish lnziDess ard incapact'y have pre-
vented the collection OF accurate Statistics
| regarding the commerce Of the Philippines
bur IA the political ycar-books the Imports
OF tho Philippines were In 1896 estimated at
| e2.ls7.500 and the exports at e',l5p,2a"
Who was Tho bllnd man that was postmaster
| general OF England, and now l"hs ~ Nc
| serve IN that capacity 49,
Henry Fawcett known the Blind POST
master General Of Englend, was bern in 1893.
His sign. was destroyed ia 1858 By an acei-
dent when shooting He was appointed to ina
postmaster genoralship in 1880 and admins
tered the dutL,s OF his Office with remarknhI'
ability introducing several reforms when
havc since proven their own value lie died
In 1884.
Please le, me know what relation the
Queen OF Spain is 10 emperor fi"nV,s ~
seph OF Austria. ''',n'
Maria Crlstina and Franeis Joseph are botf
great. grandchildren Of the Emperor Leopold
II. and are consequently second cousins.
when did yellow fever first make us ap
rearance in New Orleans last year, iN'e
The first case was declared September o.
Pleage oblige bcyy Of school girls bl
! giving the proper pronunciation OF tomatoes
IL h tomay-toes or tomaw-tppsF
C.N and others.
Either tomsy-toos or tomah-tces is correct
but not tomaw-toes.