The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-19
HOUSTON POST lET7ER 60x

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since december l. 1SI II - a. VINO as tho
hient Hon Daniel Talon came to this coun.
Wy 70 raise fund IN the interest Of the
ralnei monument' ana anotner for the Far
nen estate. ~ very rare Tor the lord
VAsor ot puoNn 20 noiu once longer than
one year
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santa s,rn- ,,omn,s,,s ~ss.rs, 80 - ="
sauna Ssu1 mountains recentiy, anu was saved
| only by running suction pipe Into one Of the
tanks and mourning 10000 gallons OF wine on
the flames. BY the use OF $4,000 worth OF wine
buildings worth ten tines that sum wore
| saved,
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How do the collections oy int.rna, r.vsnro
now compare with what they were In the
o'v't werF P.oR.
~ .ne present rake ~ wnich internal reyc-
nus 'eceipts are corrected the aggregate for
'ne entire hscai year VIII hc over $500. ooo 900.
sum greater than was ever before collected
irom this source. Tho largest amount eyer
taken heretofore In year was sos. 600 900 IN
point
4 How many ,ontsa ~, ~. ranar. =, 49,.
Smithsonian institution at washinrton ara
| printed and how are thew s,stribmtea ) n I r -
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orders. OF the ronort ~ ,ho sm,thsor,on a..
stitutlon. 600 comics, looo eon,es sor ,hs
senate enoo for ,,a nonsa. sonn ~ ,,s,u,s,,
ton bv tho smithsoplan lnst,,,,,on Ana oooo
for distribution NV the Nations, ,,,,,s.nn, rha
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nuanv ,,d ,se nros,,ss,,. ,,,,,.,ra,,s
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cs $3.50
York State has nffeetod no numSer ~ saioon.
and the quantity of revenue derived Bed.
| During the excise year OF 1886, under the
old law. tho whole number OF liquor licenses
issued IN the State was 32,257. and the revenue
derived from them amounted 10 sa,s17,t etol
Tho licenses issued under the new law during
the year ending April 30 1890, numbered only
2b2H, but the revenue from them reached
tue enormous total OF Nl'S2a,h56'22. Thus Il
appears that while the number of liquor
licensos actually fell off moro thsn snos arr
nr tho period under revlew Tho revenue NO.
eruinr from the trafao amounted Ia over
IS. 900 600 more than thev did under rho old
law.
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silver proportonete with {hs larrnr oness
Pleasc TO give dates when issue OF certain
eoin 4, Mns ""snV''"eu anu "heh orueTea us
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,rosop, n,o,ch, -, nok .rnt,s Th. ,u.a,.
do,la. fapthoriyo, rohrnary 10 ,s-a ana Az.
continued rohrunrv IN ,ss7, ro,gboa s9o
prnins rho snvor b.,t do,,,, ,,ot,ho ,,o a
gralne tho Columbian SILVER ba,, ao,iar
weigbs 1929 grains. ina common silver onar.
Tor dollar wa,rhs oe AZ sroIrs.f ~ s,,,on Or.
cen, n,ecs watched - "a cr.,n. f,r,,or,,ad
Mareh 4. 1s75 and discontinued Nav . ,s7s,.
I}he silver dime weighs gsks grains. ne s,yor
hair dime (au,horged April . 1892. dlscol,-
grains, and finally 10 1872 grains; and tho
silver 3-oent pieoa authorised March 1sst
and discontinued FEBRUARY ~ 1s-a, weiybss
first 1884 grains and than 4, 70 yr.ins
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earthed thnt nv Tho oldest data In T.,y,t l,
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The details OF this hnd were laid before
the International congress- of 0rientalsts at
Rome few weeks since by Or. Borchardt.
OF Germany, who assisted at the unearthing
Of mass OF papy,l near The pyramid OF
Usurtesen H., about fifty miles south of
Cniro These papyri contain temple records
that. in the seventh year OF the
reign Of Usurtesen III of the 18th dynasty,
the rising Of the star slrus was celebrated
or the 10Th day of the fourth winter month
Now the Egyptian calenda- year was ono
quarter OF a day shorter than the astrononl-
ical year. This is the basis for calculation.
II clpdns tho movements of Sirius. which
shows that the seventh year of the reign of
Ill. was either 1872 or 1876 before
four years - unavoioatle.
7 he reign OF Usurtegen III has been reck-
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oheu an ia"lps Hpufiy WV fed'" e'''s' 'n'n
The above date
Please rive dissertation NJ Cecil Rhodes
BAT,
Cecil Rhodes was born In England OF