The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-26

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cusstions that are Of ecnstai interest. ~
main ohjsct IL 70 supply sut-cf-ths.Wsy faess
and curious Information. Questions Of psr~
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business or personal addresses viii s. ofvsn
All correspondence should BE- addresssd to The
letter Box, care Houston Post Owing to the
large number Of questions received. answers
can not always be given promptly
VIII you please inform me through The
s rSst wssTs Yais college r. and whss !; va
Yale university IL At New Haven. Com.
Tho college was founded in 1901.
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| My geography states that Mississippi pro
duces more cotton than any other State In
the recitation this statement was Questioned.
xsnes Young.
Your geography vas evidently written
many years ago. Texas 10 far ahead Of ali
other Southern States in the production Of
cotton and In some seasons has raised one
third Of the total United states crop The
other States come In this order: 2, Georgia.
5. Mississippi. I. Alabama. 5. South Caro-
lima, q. Arkansas. Z. Louisiana. &. North
Carolina, o. Tennessee. 10. Florida
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What is lydditc' GAR.
1.yddite shells. which the British are usinx
orairst the Boers, end which mako such
friShtful havoc here they explode, are used
solely in the British service. Lyddte. .
secret compound. something like tho French
tpelinitc, is high explosive. six times more
powerful than punpowder. and the shells sep
arate ir,o thousands OF fragments. making
Il trishttui instrument OF war.
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r rs3 s,,s 70 describe tho As Of the R 9sps'
Tho flag OF the Orange Free state has sew
en- horizontal stripes: beginning at the top
and tho lett they are nrst stripe. nrst half
red. second half white; second stripe first
half white. second half orange; third stripe.
FIRST half blue. second half white; fourth.
stripe. orange: atth stripe white; sixth
stripe. orange, and seventh stripe. white
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! What ia the relative strength OF the army
forces Of Japan and Russia In the East2
T,R,T
Tho London Daily Mall ia authority for the
statement that on land the grand total OF the
Russian forces in tho far East Is under 6S.-
900. with i6o guns. Against these japan can
put into field lS divisions. each 1900 strong,
besides providing troops for garrison pur-
poses at home. Thus her total men ayella-
bio Is 10000. with ile guns. nehind tbem
would stand trained mon to tao number Of
10000 as reserves and garrlaon troops,
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Is Germany producing as much sugar now
as formerly? HOB.
OF refined sugar. more; OF raw sugar, less,
According to the statements obtained In
that country the quantity OF refined and
manufactured sugar produced In Germany
during tho year. August l. 1898. to July 81.
1909 was 1.iS6.6SG tons. as compared With
]. 2o7 $50 tons during tho year 1Ss7-9s. The
quantity OF raw sugar produced WAS i.5i5,beS
tons in lSss-sa. against i.eei.26s 10 tho pre-
ceding sugar year. Tho quantity OF raw bcets
used in sugar manufacture is stated to have
been l2,144.esl tons In is9s-es and lss9Isai
| tons In 1898,
| What organization Of United States sol
diers Is opposing tho Admission to congress
| OF Congressman elect Roberts2 C.C.c.
We suppose you refer to the Spanish war
veterans to whose adjntapt general. Liler,
Miss Helen NJ. Could addressed letter gay
Ing that II the matter commented Itself to his
Judgment sho would like the soldiers TO take
part In the movement against the seating
| OF hCDerts, VINO, IL seems. mas IL ieA'l
three wives. and advocating and practlcins
tho principle he does, he should not be- wc
women think. allowed to hnvo scat in tho
highest iawmnkng body OF our land"
Can a husband be released from the pay
ment OF alimony 10 his wife by discharge
In bankruDtcy? R.B.T
II is not our intention to answer legal
questions IN this column. This question.
however. has n wide bearing, and common
interest ana wo reply THAI II has been held
that such discharge does not release. Judge
Tuthill OF Chicago recently decided that a
discharge in bankruptcy did not release ono
Hurlburt from the payment of alimony to
HIS divorced wife. He said: The decree OF
the court directing the payment OF ailmony
is an order for a limo OF conduct by the de-
fondant. and can not be nbsolved by pro
ceedings in bankruptcy
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Has capital punishment been abolished
IN Russian Tc.v
Capital punishment Is Indicted in Russia by
civil courts for political offenses and by
courts martial for number of common felo-
nies: prisoners serving their terms at hard
labor may be sentenced to death for crimes
committed during Imprisonment Further.
in those provinces which are governed by
martial law private citizens may DO brought
TO trial before court martial. and may be
sentenced 10 death according TO tho military
code even for ordinary felonies. II Is true.
executions are not frequent in Russia. still.
capital punishment not be said TO have
been sbolished there.
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VIII you please to describe in brief the
new government printing office at Washing
ton? ADD.
The new government printing Office will
cost about t20o0.00o. and II is said that even
after It's completion 1t will not be large
enough to meet the demands upon IT, Thu
new building will be eight stories IN height.
and It's floor space win DO about nine acres.
The noor will sustain q load Of s5o0o.ooo
pounds Access to the various floors will
DO obtained by twelve electric elevators. The
building will be lighted with 1000 incandes-
cent lights A refrigerating plant viii FUR
nish cold filtered water every floor for
drinking purposes. A large cremAtory win
destroy all the refuse material. and this Will
aid in heating water. etc.
VIII amateur photographers b. permitted