The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-17
HOUSTON POST LETT

Al correspondence ~ addressed 4
Til, letter Rox, car kan Post. OWN
I have CO. eseer and send |. !,
tbiau lsSnc sends 10 cents VII,
s ~ no.
n Ih~iSSVr copied by u. q, is another form
! 6lrtheVid chain letter scheme. Tho authcr o
s!is enc stating thN II tho chain is no,
\ broken when Il reaches 100 "amplc mean:
! viii de secured 10 buiia the church. Il Til,
/ person 10 whom No. / is sent is requested &c
| make three copies OF tho letter. putting the
] next higher number ut thu tcp. number all
| alike. md sign his or her name. onc Of those
| letters 10 TO be returned with 10 cents, to
the originator of the rhniu. The other two
/ are TO be sent 10 TWO fricrdS-lsStlN the request
| that they viii do the same, kN&6(eSis opera.
tion Is To be repeated until No HSkASsrhcd.
which Will end The chaln ThcfS&HESNyersl
| serious objections TO a sshcmo OF W4Skind
| fo- raising money. Let II he granted that
| the recipient OF No. writes to two Of his
| friends; each OF these is expected TO write TO
| ot,ers: SO that Ink No. . In the chain calls
| for four letters; link No. 3 for eight letters,
the number is doubled with every successive
link. md by The time the tinrtieth link is
| reached the number OF letters TO be written
would be more than thousand million.
There are not enough people In this wprld -
respond, and yet the author az tho chain
would have to so on The fortieth link calls
for a million million letters and tho fttietb
for thousand times million millonl "
Is very doubtful whether this many human
beings have ever lived on the face of the
earth. Ard the sums contributed by these
millions and millions Of people, II they all
responded would make twenty million littlo
piles, each containing million dolars, This
money, which is more than three hundred
times as much as all tho property of every
kind In the United States. certainty ought to
DO enough to build country church.
Could the United States recognize tho inde-
pendence of Cuba and be justified In doing 20
according to International law?
A Reader.
International law experts generally hold
that barbarities in tho conduct of war, es-
pecisily in civil wars, justify remonstrance
aud even the recognition of the Independence
OF the weaker power. Interference OF this
kind, however. is only permissible In extreme
cases--n fact, measure OF necessity. An
illustration might be cited in the case Of the
Grteian war for independence in 1891. Great
Britain, France and Russia interfered. even
TO the extent OF giving such aid that the
Turkish power in Greece was destroyed and
u Grecian monarchy founded. That reoogni-
ton. however, was paramount to a dcclara.
ton OF war against Turkey.
Can you tell me tho origin OF that old
metaphor that has reference TO bihulous
duct, take u hair OF the dog that bites you,
whereby you mean that IL your headache had
It's origin in champagne, champagne should
be your morning Triple, and Ii your mental
pangs had their origin In beer, beer should
be your matutinal beverage? C.DF
1t had It's origin among the canny Scots.
In that country there is popular belief that
few hairs of tho dog that bit you II applied
TO the wound will prevent an attack of hydro
phobia. Some old fellow wrote few lines
upon this subject. running In this wise:
Take tho hair, it's well written,
OF the dog by which you are bitten;
Work off one wine by his brother,
And one labor with another.
Cook with cook, strife with strife,
Business with business. wife with WHO.
What Is the origin OF the expression .nenf
ns IN adder C.T.o.
II has Biblical origin. In the Psalms VIC
NM these words. THE deaf adder stoppcth
~ ears and will not hearken 10 the voice OF
Sc charmer, charm he ever SO wisely These
kords, however. do not explain why the
EaddcT should be spoken of as deaf. but the
solution of that problem is found In an old
traction. In Eastern countries II a viper en-
tefs the house snake charmer is sent for.
who onticea Tho serpent Into bag But, nc
coIdng to an old superstition, the asp stops
his car, when the rharmer utlcrs his incan,a-
tior. By replying enc car u the ground and
twintlng his tan into the other.
Is Gibraltar the smallest colony belonE'ns
to a European power? S'o'p'
Yes; IL Is a rocky pronontory. two and
threo-susrtor milos long and three-quartcrs
OF milo broad; it's total area is one and
nipe-tenths square miles, 1t is crown coll
ony with military governor. The popula-
ton lie nbont 26,ooo including n garrison of
1854 men The smaleat of foreign colonies Is
Macao. Portuguese settlement on the south
rpast Of China the total area OF which. with
the isan%a OF colovane and Talpa, is four
and one half ssuare miles. Its population 10
$3.50.
kiosly explain the difference between the
insurgents and the roconceniradoss--
The insurgents are tho men in the ncld I'M
der arms who are opposing tie Spanish
troops. The reconnentrahos are the people
who have been living >between the Spanish
lines and the insurgents and were to some
extent neutral. but under the orders OF Wey'
Ter we're forced to come into the towns and
citles OF Cuba. leave their homes ami be UNI
der Spanish supervision, no provision BEING
made for their earning livelihood
VIII you please tell me the difference be-
NAeen cruiser an armored cruiser ana q
proiFssed cruiser7 JD.C.
Nan arni6faS cruiser has It's SIDES barbsts
and turrets profsse~d.by armor from to 10
inches thick. II liz desighrH-tGs sighting and
is from 1000 to 1000 tons larger than tre-ssai-
nary protected cruiser. The protected cruiser
has from ! to 2ls inches Of steel protecting
its guns and decks, but carries no side armor.
II is designed chiefly for a commerce de-
stroyer The ordinary cruiser is feet, Wei
armed ship. but has little or no protection
from the enemy's guns. and is used SIMPLY
for destroying merchant shlps.
.ia thy servant n dog?' Where does this