The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24

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sensl interest only viii 4, 49, !
business or personal NV,
All correspondence shor,s I n
letter Boz. car. Houston ,s "a $ ny
a .afso number OF question. ~.
Always BE- siysn prsr,us
what is the onst,tus,a..,
vico president, seratcs ~ 4 ..
this country? ana conf
tn, The president and vIc. .,.u. III
unlted states must be Is VII,
a'0'' must be 80 and r.ps.s,s,, Y !,
w. 5 q!
what is dumdum bn,,.., slss's
,,,,, ms oullet has a metal tsslnr ".
bullet nearly to the point M M ~
lead exposed. 1t tears n. ~ NJ
bones. but does not hav. ~ ~ q 4
the full-petal-covered bullstl
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WHAT Is the financial v.,,,. 4. Z. a n!
Oh harvard college and NM " ~
expend annually? NV mn ~
IN round numbers thu ANNA,
expenses of Harvard colies, \. . ~
N'zaO'ooo. Its gifts and r.ssAh
OF income, each year ara ~.
principally as permanent mn
treasurer's report shows inve,,,, I. & y l.
SIC, 900, 0o0 ses u
Who Is Charles Macrum ~, ;.
torla? s'n' out eonRd L
1t is stated that Charles y NJ \
VINO represents the American ~ ~.
at Pretoria. is ysus I. !. \
such responsibilities, his ia No 4 l.
was appointed United States conan J, : n
n June 1888. Mr.. Macrum had nol No.
any consular or official experl,n.. v, y
manager of glass factory at f., w. b
ohio' He Is native Of PIttsburr
/. Who built and who now ~. /.
'rois tue suez canal? 2. How lopr AZ!
axe letter to reach capetown, AHA Y
Kofl
l. 1t was built under commission ~,
~ the Egyptian government 70 NJ
engineer, Mr.. Ferdinand De Le,,su !,
work was begun in 1869. English c,Dl,,l
lave acquired majority Of the sto,t p
placing the canal practically under d,
rol OF Great Britain. O. To capstcvi I;
New York and London, thirty dau
wv
In q discussion asserted thai tbe 4.
american war was the shortest VA, Lssj
n the last nifty years. Am / corrects Hill
The spanish-American war was IL. A.
st OF the century. The Napoleon. (,
elgn lasted sixteen years; the war 4 4
lore than three years; the war Of Cred
ependence more than seven Year,,
'rimean war two years; the Italian VIZ n,
han one year: the civil war In TIE uas
tates more than four years; the rr,,s
russian and Russo-Turkish wars saeh M
ne year.
l have often heard Of "dry moon III
wet moon" according to the way The III
loon appears In the heavens. ID ther. N
asis for the belief that the position d i
loon indicates the kind Of weather VI ID
spect? STU
The popular belief that the amount d II
be expected may be learned from tie lap
the horns of the moon is one Of tAs ID
walls OF astrology which never had NY IL
isis. 1t is an excellent Illustration n 4
srsistence Of the helief Of lunar intses
pom mankind, though repeatedly PROV
lse.
What canal project was furthered BY q
MT Canadian legislation? CAM
At the last session Of parliament q,
as voted for the improvement Of ths wa
.tawa navigation. 1t WAS generally uiaf1
pod that this was for the purpose Of Hs
the obtaining Of a survey Of The ogs
ID Georgian bay canal At al tsaah
rvey Is now in progress, and Il tbs ga
nal is opened 1t will soon be ,hs M
starting an immense development u
pissing district, district which amu'l
spruce and mineral wealth
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Why is not A. D. 1900 leap yearf WV
rhe Gregorian amendment OF lns wv,
lendar has been adopted througnoH
ristian world except in Russia and . &
Ialler European states. Pope GreEcr "
creed that ten days should BE- deis2
I'M the year 1889 by calling wbr!- aess
, the old calendar, would have le'ss,
the 9Th of October, the 18th 81 ~
further ordained that every naaels
,r not divisible by 400 with no re'i,'1'
s for example, 1900. 2loo, 1900. et'-- ~
be counted a leap year. This ~ z
order to make up the difference ts'Ns
civil and the natural year. lp
.r 1900 is not leap year.
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'hat Is the length oi q" T.DI
lasso is about forty feet lons-sonsus
y feet-and out of that must BE- dsapS
amount taken in making the noes
part retained in the hand. ~.
rage cast is about twenty-five y
t, and the roper" who can VIZ
where near fifty fete with aceuli'
Ity. In California they sometimes 9
e as long as sixty feet, but here 10y n. \"
have habit Of throwing an ens'naps
70 loop--much larger than = 49, ~ m i
y. In actual work, however = Y. M.
nd that mans hand Is not ial M.
perly to hold much more than 'a
.ope when rolled ready to tnros'
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n interested reader would liks ~ ~
es lhosaesdeo Jewish population q noS
mt countries OF the world. n b
stimates of the number o. ~ ~
ID. Of course, more or less sv.ss.
Mat. heir total at about ie'e'e,
CHI .,5oo. 900 are comprised IN a. '..,. M z
ipions. and 1900, 900 in the Au.' !, nj
iea states come third with $1,000, = 2
100 are in New York alone . ~ ~ "a ~
mania have respectively s0s ..,.,,s n
the British Isles but iovvvn Ian fpts
a like number, and huIops' .dti6