The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-25

anu CURIOUS information. Quest,n
sohal interest ONLY VIII not be anss
Al, correspondence ahcuid be sddrs. r.
Letter Box, care Houston Post 0vt2
large number OF questions receivsa
can not always be given promptly.
Somewhere have seen the s,a,.r.
the rpilroad rates In India are Far 49,.
in this country. Is this true? II A.
tne cause Tray
IRE statement Is true. The AVERAGE
ger rate in India is 0.e45 cent per mils
Mseras line It Is only o.f4 cent ~.
ger mile. or about 1915 to go distant 4.
New York to Chicago. or sI4 from NJ:
to Sar Francisco. These low rates
attributed to the dense native popu,. "
the lilies, which furnish the railroad.
enormous number Of passengers. n r.
estimated that the average traInJoss NJ!
country is forty-two persons. In ~.
III. or more than five times the No.
Who vere the Irggic.onlans,
The Muggletonians received their ,..,'s
one Ludowic Muggleton, a tailor ~h-r
ished 10 the seventeenth century. q
convicted OF blasphemy In January ,rs
aud John Reeve had declared th., n. r
Father had left he government a, H.
Elias. and came down to earth. vbe,. u !.
suffered death in a human form. ~,
asserted that they were the two las, q.
Of God who should appear before n. 4.
the world. The huggletonians existed !.
sect until the middle OF the present M.
Whether or no they still maintain or,.,,.s
We do not know.
Has the Mexican government any ~.
so. how large is It?
political annual for this year may. \
following statements with regard to ,h. Z
lean navy: There is a feet OF tvo a...'
vessels. launched 1916. and two un,,,.
gun vessels, launched 1874, each Of b, h.
aud As horse power and severaliy armsS n
a four-ton Notwithstanding gun and fop, ~
breech-loaders. steel training shin \
Zaragoza, 1900 tons, was built at Har.
1891; four Gunboats are building, and m
vessels are projected; FIVE frst-clsss t,..k
boats have boon ordered. The feet q n,,,E
by about ninety officers and 500 men
Were the planters allowed TO vote thei,
grOes during the war, or any time nry5X
| to the war. IN either senatorial or Stas n
tons, or by proxy an
The slaves in tho Southern States AZ Il
vote. but in order that the slaye-bo,38
| States should not suffer a dlminutiou d Y
| litical power. the slave population was ,p&
ed in the apportionment OF repressatljI
which. in the words OF the constitution, M
I.,. 80 -, -. M
Of free persons, including those bouu
service for term OF years, and, ertlr.&
Indians not taxed. three iiiths Of all VI
persons"
| I. About what salary does motormr
a dyrGmo tender on an electric stree! u
way line usually receive? =. What Chg
! for promotion and success does az oceups.<
of this kind offer sober. industrious ia
men, JAtE
| Ir Houston the wages range from " \
l7isc per hour. according to the lenGi
service The days work averages about y
hours. 2. There is very little to loci
ward to In this kind OF work. but the R4
named Is assured.
Please decide the following: A bets u
a ton OF sugar cane yields more than atgS
beets. JIG
The percentage OF sugar in both cant 4
sugar beets varies. In sugar cane It avtne;
from 10 to l. per cent in Louisiana, Is pr II
in Cuba and Is pc, cent In Hawaii. The NJ
beet has been developed until 1t now iht
13 to Is Per cent. and In exceptional casdf
TO 10 per cent.
What was the cost of the battlesh!p hs
The Iowa cos. over $4,000 Of which Z
ooo.0oO was for hull and machinery. aW{f
for armor. Sl,oo0.o 600 for guns, si,coM
equipment In addition. she carries At "
81 100000 worth of ammunition and N
stores.
According to statistics, was not the =
yer 1895 the only year that our export
e1eced our imports? VI
Our exports have frequently exceeded
Imports: this was the case In 1894, wm'
exports were s2s7, 1889 in excess Of as
ports. IN 1898 the exports we're s75,5sS,@ n
than the Imports in 1896, slo2,sS2,sN x
1897 s2s6. 263.lA
From what battle is the royal mo u I
England derived. IN
The motto of the arms OF great Bruil
not exactly derived from battle. III
battle oil Glsors in France in llss Re1Ii
who Gtieated the French, adopted as MS n
for the Gay "Disl ct mnn droit' Goa
my right'), which was afterward adasML
the purpose referred to.
Who is the author OF the quotation. u
hath charms to soothe the savage Drear
The correct quotation is Music has ~
to socthe the savage beast" and II
The Mourning Bride" by Congrere
Please let me know what Is the area 4
Island Of Luzon: also its population ~
entire population of the Philippines! nv
Luaon has an area OF 4l.ooo square mus 4
q reputation OF 100000. The entire p'71
ton Of the Philippines is 10000.
What distance will one OF the new
riiies shoot? What thickness OF pine
go through? MI
Tit extreme range of the United u
magazine rifle is 1910 yards. The pei
ti"l in pine at 100 yards is ll.4i inches
Tan you tell me through your "oua5
column whether or not Henry Georges ~
tax is in operation in any country:
so. what is the result? V-J.hia's}
1t has been tried in New Zealand sHt
been very successful.
SHAME nnt u,puoaI ynTGS