The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-11
HOUSTON POST LETTER BOX.

eue,tbns that are Of senefa' intersss
main object Is to supply ou,coI.'n , =, ,,cr
md curious Informution. Quefiots ., ",
sorn, irtercs, only viii not be aaswersd. ~
busiress or n,rsonai nddretses VIII be 80 -
An correspondence should be acdIe.s .s -, ,ne
efter Bos. care Houston Post. owins 70 ~
large number OF questions received Snsw'
can not always be given promptly
The Letter Box column stat tee r Sseat orde
Known pieuse rive the origin OF y r""
state from what year u dates
II was established In 1894 Nearly everyoue
knows the pretty legend Of its fonnoauou
that At . court ball given by Edward III y"
Ccuptcss Of shaftcsbury dropped her gar.
snd tho king. picking II up ara oosefv'. - =
some Of bis courtiers smile as though NJ NC.
mot obtained the favor BY accident, excia'neu
IN loud voice: "Honi soit qui mel psnse.
aud declared that "they should see tna' -.
ter advanced 90 high In renown tnat 'no,
would deem themselves proud TO wear "
A more plausible story, generally acceptea
by heraids, IL that Edward used MS sa'se'
as signal for battle II Crecy. ana ocins sue-
cesefui determined 10 institute an oruei :"
It's memory The motto then SUBMISSION =.
self. Whatever it's origin, the order surely
dates from 1874. II Is the prouuest IN MI
Europe, its membership being conhneu "
soyereigns and persons OF the BLOOD royal
few Of the higher nobility and foreign poten-
tates. Besides the garter the tuii rseaiia "
a knight OF the irst class Is a mamie oi o,u i
velvet. crimson velvet hood ana coat ~.
den collar t.om which depends ngute o.
st. George and the dragon, olnck vslso.
hat with a tuit OF black heron's ieauherS Ahu
n white ostrich plume fastened toEether VIVID
q band OF diamonds.
who i,rst used the expression Sick Man N OF
Europe? ..,
concernins the expression the "slck man
Of Europe" Samuel A. Bent, In coiiecuo.
az short sayings by well known historical
characters. gives the following account
when In England In 1874, the Gear, N'eh-
oins conyersed with the Duke OIL WeiiiaB'on
md Lord Aberdeen. respecting the prosp's.'
i've dissolution OF the Turkish empire III
January and February Of 1858 he had CONVEX
sations on the subject with the English Am-
basss,dur at St. Petersburg, Sir George Ham
ilton Seymour. In which he used WORDS IKE
the following: We have OH our hanus d s'eh
man, a very sick man. 1t Will pc a great
misfortune II, one Of these days. he snouio
Slip away from us before the necessary ar
rangements have been made He, accoruins-
Nv. made proposals to both ENGLAND ana
France concerning a division OF the SICK
mans estate, which were. however, dsctlneu'
Lord John Russell replying that the disso-
luton of the pateut might be postponed a
hundred years"
Who originated the expression The voice
of the people Is the voice of God!
II Is common Latin quotation-'vos
pcruli vox dei''--and can not be traced to any
n
of passage in Isaiah "a voice Of noise
from the city. voice from the temple
voice Of the Lord that rendereth recompense
TO his enemies" One of the early popes. syl-
yeste, Ii. throws light on the real meaning
OF tie expression. In speaking of an appoint
MS mt he had made he said he had been guided
by the demands of the multitude, but he mad
done wrong. for as the voice of the people
had cried out for the cruciflxion OF Christ
every voice of the people can not be the voice
of Geo. Another ancient writer says: Nor
are those to be Needed who are wont to say
'vox populi. vox DEL since the tumultuous-
s.mI,, ). :, was Mirohea,, who gave the ex-
~. E.an,,, r.,,a-
"ession .osue on ..e w y. W. - A..
iu'ioh. iue,e are 10" "o''. 10, go "a
Al' 'onsue .nal
Kindly publish the burial places Of the dad
presidents OF the United States WISH.
Washington, Mount vernon. Na.' Jonn
Adams. First Congregational church, Quincy.
Mass; jefferson. Monticello Aloemarle coun-
ty. Va; Madison, Montp Fer. Hanover coun-
ty, Va; Monroe. hollywood cemetery, Rich
mond, Va; j. u Adams, Fbrst congregaaoaal
-. Nash,,,,a 1,.rr van p,rsn csr,st.r
hoai N"'e' -,
u. hi.ue'"eoA' y, =, -,
Hahii'on eou"v' ouo' .,s'' HoNy mo.4
cemetery rcnh'onu. va fe'N, 'oiN
Nashvilie. Ienh'. iayior' sprihgheiu' near
LouisSihe. NY; f,iiuore' rofsst Lawn CEN
etery. buhaio' ". T.. rieree, Mihot LOT, Ola
cemetery. concord N. a. nucnana' WOOD
ward Hill eemetery' Lancaster, fh.: Lincoln
Oak Ridge cemetery Springfield M 1onn
son. dreenville. Green county Tenn; GRAFT
hiVers'uc parh' ~" ioiA wy ii"soe' Cen
/. oa,,a,erv CLEVELAND ohm. Ar,hrr pura,
osn,s.e.. a,,,nv N
cemetery AIoahy' ~ !.
| what nassares in the Bible cover the sun.
ject OF heredityg J.P.T.
There are many passages In the Bltle which
| infcrcrtially inculcnte the idea that the de-.