The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-06
HOUSTON POST LETTER BOX

m Il his department W. intcnhed 10 answ'
| qucstiona that arn Uf general interest.
l. | matt object IL to supply out of ne-wny fact
v, aud cuftoua Information Questions OF pc,
/. sorai interest only viii not be answered. :
y buhiness or personal addresses will bo gvci
n All correspondence should bo addressed
The Letter Box. caro- Houston Post. OWN
10 the large number of questions rcroiv''
o nrswcrs can not always be given promptly
WHY Is thr dollar Of 1894 SO valuable? Ca
= you tell me anything OF Its history?
r Tho whole affair Of tho 1904 dollar is cloud
> I'd IN mystery. There arc dozens Of dinfcrcr
!, stories concerning H. most OF which III
! United states mint can not, or will not. den,
. The mint records, however. arc authority 10
the statement that 1850 silver dollars wcr
coined In 1soi. beyond that tho history doe
not punctrntc Whether they wcro lost at sen
i tired 10 pay tho sailors engaged In the wa
with Tripoii. who made advantageous trade
i with the natives because tho coins were ncs
and bright. or whether the coins wero hell
over and struck In later date. We nre nn
able to say positively. Statements as to Thu
number Of genuine 1901 dollars cxtant mr.,
nlso unreliable. Some dcelers say there mr.,
four, otbors eight. while w. u. skinncrs, Thu
washington collector. locates twelve. The
vaires placed upon the coin vary somewhat
r,.... ., as...i,.,a.s .na,., !. ,ror,
800 ~ ~ '"V''' ~ =
Sivvo 10 szoVo.
Car. You. give mo the origin of the term
| "dpnd,ioaGg" M,SP.
| II Ii thus accounted for by one authority:
4 Fifty yoars ago tho principal avenue OF the
city OF Detroit, Mich. had n tollgatc close TO
| the Eimwood cemetery rond Az the cemc-
4 terry had been laid out some time previous to
/ th.. Ian ~ tho ,,In
rnngod That all FUNERAL professions should DO
H'o"eu 70 pnss nionR the 'atter to'i iroe' ohe
| u"s as pr' VICE. wen KNOWN physei"n'
s"pre' 10 pay nus ION nc s"'u 10 ."e gate
Ae'Pol 'oh'iu'r'hs ,he peneVo'un' chhr"o-
er vi our proiessoh' : ,h'hN yo" ought 10
ny US p'u'" 'rcc VI ohuiBe' No. no, ooo''''
'ep''s" '"u man W. e"n "no.u 'n"'' you
SOU , wv p'.'ns ''"u"'"us ."'ousn "oro "s
20 ~ We '.,'''' W WV "'''o' nm.
travelled far and wide, and over afterward
those persons whose occupations entitled them
to travel free ON railways. steamboats, and
public vehicles. or to admittanoc to places OF
amusement without charge, received the name
OF "dcGdhcads.'
ip,nie au,bor,,v In ine,s,a,ura - any ius,,
tho price OF telephone services In n city nny
mar, than thnr. Ia, a.. 49, A. ,,,i,. a.,
A. .ranhnnhnnas, Ana ~ 70 .iu p' .,,, ". noui
limit chnrscs, may city do its N.T Ray
Tbo leslsloture Inns n right "a ,,r,n ,c,o.
"'' 'e"s y" ''"'' WIZ
80 Se" 20 .'i. 'v''p"'eo
~ ooincn, d,,rn,n n Ia ,,s,a a.. M ,,,,'s,,,
..,,,a.o :. ,,a,,a,ta.,e =, ,,a. 49,, , .,',, ~
~, W ~ :. ""o wv Wv 'is"' "
-. w. " h'"r"op'o'Vs' w.
V'"so 'hc r'sh' VI eminent uo'ha'h IL not
'No'Fe" IN 'ho'r n'h'"iae'ure. true one
may 90 without q 'oiophono' ana many do
80, ''' 80 nasse"s't n''sht WAX II no oe-
aired or would rather do 80 than pay rail
right uuloss EXPRESSLY authorized by state
.,a,,,,s :, .,,o,, ,t,,,,a,,an A..
sthiutos To set such limitation. IL can do so
only as an agency of the state, because the
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naso,,as "''' ~ 10 ''''' ''""s' N''
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wha, Is st prandan's lsic7 R.o.K.
1t was an imaginary island of the Western