The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-20
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questions that are OF genersI' =!
main obje IT Is to supply ouf.osl ~
and curit us Information owS Il
sonal int est only will not 81 ssS ok
business or personal addresses 49, =
All corresj iondence should he saS.
Letter Box, care Houston Posi- 49,. ~
| large nuihber OF questions rcc>,S. /
can not always be given Promptly \;
In the flood of news thai ~.
| over the wires In REGARD to tho 49, e.
| pute there was constant referc.. A. 7l
| ton and reiteration of one WON ~ 4
/ know 1t referred to a title. ~
know exactly what Il meant Ts@ -
| Invariably prefixed to Sir Hcrt4sS r.
er's name: The siriar. Now. .,Sss
| by this word sirdar? WY 4
A quarter Of a century ago or !. 81 X
at the time when Great Brits,r h'ss!
might and not for any other res.s. =
Egypt and took the sultan's khes,s j.
its tutelage. one Of its first arts w
organize the Egyptian army, n,;,s.{
GERS then we're sent to Egypt ~ ~
the head of tho native troops. M NJ
drilled the troops, taught them m
Of arms and gradually instillcd h 1, b
same esprit de corps and enthu.s.,. !!
makes the British army itself sn,s N !!
pact and formidable body. The No. 4
were allowed to retain their co,nrs ~. D
and insignia, and all the paratA. n
war distinctivcly the attribute q e "a.
quered people. They. even allows ,l''3
military titles to remain. Il - !. "
thing to do; Britain lest nothing ~ b
the Egyptian warriors retained Al, n &
scntdmentaily sacred to them. Tn 4
fore. the very ancient words ~.
bashi. Jougoul. etc. remained Il X, b
The sirdar OF the Egyptian ar1nv ! -
eral in chief. The bimbashi d ( -,s,
jougoul captain. Sidar--lltera,lv Z n
officcr-ds as old an expression aim b
country Of the Pharaohs itself. In ~
word means head man. " The. ~
little stretch OF the imagination x :.
the term came to be given to tho Co.,
of tho Egyptian forces.
Twelve o'clock noon Is writtsr /,
woul6 like to know II there il mn \. y
Walton for IL o'clock midnight H.
+. III be correct: ~" III
The day is divided into two pcr,sA ?
hours each, both receiving names N Z,
eree to the meridian. or II o'clock III d.
This is the IN. used In abbreyiatlnr Il. n
From this m" or meridian. the A.,
counted till 12 at night as SO us., \
having elapsed of the period after msias
ii: Latin. post meridiem. After Il go
night the hours are counted as 30 MN,
having elapsed of the period before ma
or. in Latin. ante meridiem. THIN /
means that four hours have elapsa 7
twelve hour period after meridian, Of puI
ridiem. And n. m. means that M,
have elapsed of the twelve-hour perisa
meridian. or ante merldiem. So III
woule be correct. because it shows III
hours have elapsed OF the period ~
ridian. or post meridiem.
In recent dispatch to The POI Z
the following, which / do not quits
stand: Shortly after 2 o clock The Ia
mlssioners confronted each other acrua
table ON which in 1888 Ben amin Ffsukih
his colleagues signed the treaty Of III
pendence OF the United States" To VIM
toiical event does this refer?
In April, 1888, the British goyennSa
to David Hartley full powers to nxv,
definite treaty with the American ~
sioners. 1t was concluded and sipa|
Paris on the Sd day of SEPTEMBER m
Hartley on the part of Great Britain 4
DR.. Franklin. John Adams and JohI L
the part OF the United States. Thm M
pu. on the suit Of clothes which b ~
aside after receiving personal abuse ~
British privy council. with = sox ~
wear 1t until America was indepNla
England humbled.
Can It be substantiated by tho Bib -
18th was the first woman, and that -
the wife of Adam?
There Is no biblical foundation fm
gend of Lilith. which has Semitic
aud Is found not only in the legendi7
ture of the Jews. but also In thai
Persians. Arabians and other Oriental 2
According to the legend, Lilith va o
of Adam before the creation Of Eve, -
ing superseded by the latter, Llllth
a wandering spirit, which still haune =
bearing an eternal enmity to all vona
children, being especially hostile 70 ~
babes. The legend has been utilized pI
in Faust. by Moore in his Eastern poca
by other writer's.
What is the largest general cargo ~,
out OF New Orleans by Steamship
The British steamer Monarch, belo's
the Elder Dempster line. recently clea'e
the port of New Orleans for Liyerpd
cargo equal to the bulk Of 2iW
cotton. The Monarch's cargo cols'
20, $50 bales of cotton, 12S,511 bushes
ard 1884 pieces of oak slaves "
OF this immense load was B,SsSa
and the total value was $572,SQs.
Why was Missouri called the Bulligs
Mr.. Benton, when senator frop
was a strong advocate of gold and Nv
rency in opposition to banks ana w
rency. He was therefore mcknsr n
Bullion" and Missouri was called Nv
Stete."
VIII you please state in the cclusTe ~
Post IL there is publication x.
is devoted TO the hay interests ~
There are several farm journhs
articles upon this subject. but 10 ..
LEGATION devoted exclusively TO
dustry.