The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-12

blem OF hunger and misfortune and Agnres
ns such from the earliest times Figures az
wolves are to be found on the tomhs N
ancient Egypt. having been Inscribed ,hera
during the fourth dynasty. 1000 wears ago
49, 1t has not.
Will you please state the approximate num-
Der OF deaths caused by oil can eypIos ions
during the period of year In the JInita5
states. How does the number comnsre uitb
The number of people killed during the span
ioH wal X.
The period OF a year. Is very ,ndesn,,.
as the figures for one year might vary ron.
sderahly from those Of another. Thu total
number of deaths from all causes during the
Hispano-American war was 2al0, While no
reliable statistics have yet been compi,od n
is likely that this number was larRel, ex-
ceeded bv the number OF oil can explos on
that 1t is very little If any, larger than the
number of deaths resulting from these acct
dents.
/. Will YOU please inform me II the South
African Beers have an office in Texas or the
southern States where volunteers can enlist
in their army? Il they have, where is IL
still fghtng? III,
/. There is not There is no such office In
the United States. At times since the be-
ginning of the war however, Boer agents
have arranged for the sending to the Trans
vaal of men who desired to ioin the goer
army, We know of no such agents at the
present time. 2. They are. News as to the
stuetion in South Africa is contained in every
issue of The Post
|. What is the meaning of the Greek verb
habitigo? Has II any secondary or double
meaning Q What is peant by the letters
g. How do they measure the depth of the
waters of the ocean where 1t is from four to
FIVE miles deep? J.W.c.
/. There is no such Greek verb as
"fahit!so,' II that is what you intended to
write. g The letters referred to stand for
grand old party" 3. In the same manner
as the lesser depths would be measured
bv sounding. Allowance is made for the
curvature OF the sounding line which re.
suits from the motion of the water.
/. Has any State in the anion ever elected
governor on the prohibition platform? If
so. what State when and who? g. What was
the name of the governor Of Massachusetts
, who sided with Senator Hill in the democratic
convention at Chicago In 1886 and who died
during the campaign of that year? 3. Did
Massachusetts elect a governor in 1894? II
, so. who and of what political faith?
Its.
I. Yes. John P st. John was elected gov
ernor of Kansas in 1879 on prohibition plat
form. He served two terms retiring in
1883. g. You probably refer to ex-Governor
Russell 8. Yes. Greenhage. republican.
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/. Please quote the law as to foot peddlers
VINO sell an article the spot. q Also those
that solicit orders for future delivery
D.v.B.
Your questions are very vague and The
Post can not devote to such a subject the
amount of space necessary to give the sew
eral laws in detail Assuming, however that
you wish to be informed as to the relation of
the two classes named in regard to the man
ner in which they are taxed, it may be stated
that there is no distinction, the same tax
being imposed on each
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Should. the earth cease to revolve would
the waters of the Mississippi river flow in
the opposite or the present direction?
Student
! This is iust triie obtruse. We fail to see
any reason WHY the direction should be
changed in the event you name. The flow
of rivers is generally by gravity. with which
the rotation OF the earth has nothing TO do.
Then too the trend of the river is from
north to south, while the rotation of the earth
is from west to east.
Please state in The Post which States lead
in railroad building for 1899 and 1900 to the
, present time. Also political texture OF said
r States as to States administration, e. Also
Bryan's popular vote in 1896. including Bryan
i aud Watson votes and Mckinley vote.
/ Texas. democratic; Mississippi, democratio;
Oklahoma Territory, republican 2. The popu-
lar vote for Bryan and sewsll in 1896 was
6,2sS, s66; for Bryan and Watson. 222.2o7; for
= Mckinley 7.1O7,s22.
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Please say through Letter Box how many
, rainy days there have been in Houston since
January l, 1900; also total measurement of
rainfall.
Detailed information on this subject was
given in The Post of Thursday. August 8.
During the time named. up to and including
August 7, period of 21s days rain has
fallen on 1o1 days, and the total precipitation
: has been 46.4S inches.
A saws that the United States government
: maid s2OOOO,oOo for Manila alone: contends
that the purchase included the entire Phil
irplne archipelago. Which Is correct2
Grand Scribe.
B is more nearly correct than A. The
purchase included all Of the archipelago be-
tween certain metes and bounds, some of
the smaller islands being left out.
:
Kindly let me know II a balloon when
, making an ascension. can take on as cargo
enough material for having 1t rehlled in case
it should land in an unpopulnted place? 2.
5 Did Andree when he started for the north
pole have aboard his balloon any material
OK.
1. Yes. Much depends on the kind OF bal
j loon used however. 2. Yes.
> TWILIGHT.
Softly now The peaceful twilight
Z steals upon the weary earth
Gone the day!-its troubles cnres