The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16
[ISTON POST LETTER BOX.

:. have been the greatest mechanics
ns~cisntifo discoveries during the last e
sc''A R.T.K.
~. bicycle. which is rsvolutionisins OF
49, md which existed In 1889 only in raj
smsns. bulky, indeed. compared with II
.y.su OF our day. 2. The horssiess cal
moved by petroleum or electricit,
t,turs 10 perhaps ever more promisin
,ha, Of the bicycle. 8. Tho electric rail
xhich scarcely existed In 1889, an
~ will modify in the next century tn
su,ons OF working Of the great trunk lincl
po,yphass currents. which enable us I
smit and distribute natural motor force
-..t distances. 6. The Laval steam tur
a new procsss--from the industrial
d,o,nt--for utilisirx steam at high pres
a The interior combustion motor O
pisssl, which 10 the most economical
n. now known for Transforming heat int
Calcium carbid. which gives ris
.,.ty,sns. one Of the illuminants of tn
century. 8. The cinematograph. witt
an We have been recently filled with won
N the point OF saturation. 0. The Roent
,svs. which are revolutionising the heal
.rt. To these nine discoveries or grea
.ntions. whose results are already ours snt
"a benefits we enjoy daily, we may add
LIQUID air for Industrial purposes, III
az photography, in which the latest results
INA Messrs. Lumiers have Just been pre-.
he'd to the Academy Of Sciences by NJ. Mas.
H. wireless tslegraphy. q process full
nrou,lss. u. Cold light, obtained by iumi.
eepcs Of rsrsHed gases traversed by the
trio current H. frequency currents,
which Tesla and D'Arsonvh have con.
ted such marvellous experiments.
~
hsrs DO We get most Of the chalk con.
led in the United states7 Merchant.
ost OF our chalk comes from the banks OF
river Thames and between $4,000 and
boo barrels OF the material are consumed
The United States annually. In its crude
remarkable flint fossils are sometimes
3D. usually tho remains of fish. The pro-
Of manufacture from the natural state
that Of form when It can be utilized
commercial purposes is simple. When
elved at the English mill the chalk is put
great machines and ground in water.
IN It Is noated of into watts of clear water,
ire all the impurities and foreign SUBJ
bees are precipitated. the water being
(rward drawn off by a series of altering
fatlons. and the soft rcsiduum dried by
Inn heat and exposure to the air Th.
stance Is then reduced to a powder of
Brent degrees of fneness bv grinding in
urr mill and betting, when 1t is ready to
packed in barrels and shipped for use In
erica the largest consumers OF chalk are
rubber goods manufacturers. Rubber in
crude state being sticky. upmanageable
available only for very simple purposes
pines vulcanized and hardened by adding
h chalk while 1t is hot. thus rendering IL
liable for the various uses to which 1t Is
A large quantity OF chalk Is also en-
ped in the preparation of paint and putty.
be termed whiting when in this form
~
have seen 1t stated that nearly all the
pit names Of English literature are with |
direct descendants. Is this true? MOT
les. Not single direct male descendant
Known Of Chaucer. Shakespeare. spenser.
fon cowley. Butler. DRYDEN. Pope. Swift
ison, Cowper. Goldsmith. DR.. johnson.
ft Byron. Shelley. Keats. Tom Moore.
prles Reada or R. l.. Stevenson. The same
frue Of many Of Britain's celebrities in
fr nelds. Cromwell's line Is now extinct.
Is also Sir Philip sidney's. Sir Walter Ra-
|h's. the first duke of Marlborough. Lord
erborough. the celebrated duke of Or
pde. Clarendon. tina historian of the Rebel
/; Horace Walpole. Bolingbroks. Pitt. Fox
Burke Sir Francis Drake and Nelson.
naval heroes of two great fighting epochs.
chiidless. The patriot Hampden's last
Pc descendant passed away "a lonely
|nelor' In 1894. General Monk. Duke OF
|emarh had but one son. and with him
pred the hardly earned and newly acquired
lily honor.
in what year. by whom and where was
,, hrst newspaper published in America?
, .ame the sixteen largest cities In the
tsu s1ates and also the population OF ,,
the first American newspaper was issued I
Boston September 20. 1890 It was printed !
Mchard Pierce and published BY Benja- :
harris. and was intended to be Issued |
month. but was Immediately sup
'sea BY the authorities. 2. New York q
a'er estimate) 100000. Chicago mayors
nate' 100000. Philadelphia (same) 1885,
81 Louis 6Ss,577. Boston 555, 900. Balti-
g $4,000 Cincinnati 100000. Cleveland 4O2.- q
punalo 100000. San Francisco $4,000. b
orleans 100000, Pittsburg $4,000. WASH e
oh S2S'ooo Detroit $4,000. Milwaukee 2sI- i!
Newark IN. J) 100000 These figures are v
esumates of the MAYORS Of these cities on s
larY l. 1898. furnished to the Worlds "
anac.
~ ~ are druggists prescriptions still writ -
- Ia''hs FAT. -
'e'e are good reasons for 1t. In the nrst o
:, Latin is the one language known and D
w scientific and learned men the world D
!, ana prescription can, therefore, BIZ n
Wherever drugs are to be obtained a.
~ many drugs have no English names.
l'' received simple Latin names which U
-a'e tneir botanical extraction. Think of a.
Sahger' too. of trusting uneducated peo- Il
~ prescriptions written In their own o
w. they would be killing themselves by n
al a.. wnat author is the quotation Cow t,
many times before their Deaths" W
!. IRIS. In,
: :, y, ~ snakespeare's Julius Caesar" the
quotation being: :.
.s ~ aie many times before their deaths. n,
!, ,a ,hl never taste Of death but once. n,
! .'Ae wonders that / vet have heard. n
fetr. 'AsA 'Ao"'o W
oor Aa' aeath. necessary end. a,
GUMS when 1t will come. =. ~