The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-15
HOUSTON POST LETTER BOX

questions that ARE OF general tnterest ~
main object Is to supply out-of-ths-wy facts
and curious information. Questions Of psr-
senai interest only will not be answered. 30
business or personal addresses will be given.
All correspondence should DO addressed to Ths
letter Box, care Houston Post. Owing to thu
large number OF questions received, Answsrs
can no, always be given promptly
Can the expression 'in respect OF" ever be
used properly? OBJ.
Yes.
How old is President Kruger of the Trans
wal? I have seen conflicting statements on
this subject H'PsT.
tober. 1925.
A belled buzrard has been seen several times
in the vicinity OF Lometa and wish to make
inquiries through the Letter Box as to where,
when and by whom Il was belled7--as 1t is
quite a curiosity to us. S.H.B.
who can answer for the bclled busEard ana
satisfy the curiosity OF Lometaf
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What IN the estimated population OF tho
United States Mt this time and the per cent
OF increase since ls90Y wv.
The population In 1890, as the Letter Box
has often answered. was s2.e22.2oo. 1t is va.
riously estimated now at figures ranging be-
tween 74,ooo,ooo and 7e,ooc,cc0
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Please tell me II there is a place in Texas.
or any other State where Boer soldiers are
enlisted for tho Beers. csc.
Montague White. the Boer representative In
New York city. will probably see that any
one in this country who desires to enlist with
N. ,,pftx 81 An ~.
open recruiting office would be allowed by the
United States authorities.
noticed In your paper an act passed In the
army appropriation bill admitting Confederate
soldiers &c the National Home. Does 1t mean
men who. served in Spanish war or AL. Con-
federates? Bell,
An amendment by Mr.. Burleson of this
State was attached to the army appropriation
bill allowing admission to these homes OF
ex-United States soldiers regardless Of their
former service as Confederates. II is not
understood that this privilege applies to ''all
Confederates.''
What are the veldts which We hear so much
about now In the Transvaal7 NJ.
veldt is Dutch word sometimes spelled
without the final 81" 1t means an un-
forested or thinly forested tract OF land what
cowboys would call grass country" The
highest tracts. entirely destitute of timber.
are called the high veldt; areas thinly covered
with scrub or bush are known as bushveld..
The great veldt OF the Transvaal is the Hooge
Of the Dralsenberg range, whose edge attains
"a height at the summit. named Mauch, or
SIPS feet.
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The attendance at the convention consisted
Of twelve delegates; out OF these twelve one
was chosen chairman, and question or rather
n motion was offered which required a ma
jority vote only to prevail; the chairman
voted with the affirmative, thereby making an
equal division OF tho vote and declared that
in as much as there was tie, and no ma
jority, the motion was lost. Was the chair
man correct in his procedure? BEL.
Yes. the chairman was not deprived of his
vote as q delegate simply because he was
chosen chairman. This is well settled rule
of parliamentary law.
when did Gresham become republican
candidate for PRESIDENT Did 1ngersoll nomi-
nate him? On what occasion was lngersoll
Kissed and hooted In making, nominating
speech for president, and for whom? G.WB.
Hon. Walter @. Gresham was one OF the
candidates for the republican nomination for
In Chicago that year was placed in nomiua-
ton. not by Ingersoll, buteby Leonard Sweet.
II Ingersoll was ever missed and hooted" for
making a nominating speech for presidential
candidate the Letter Box does not recall the
incident 0
About what Is the number OF young Indians
graduated annually at tho Carlisle. Pa. In
dian school, maintained by the government
and what generally becomes OF these gradu-
ates? H.T.O.
At the last commencement thirty-six young
men and women representing eighteen DIFF
terent Indian tribes. received their hard
earned diplomas and eleven Of tho thirty
six have made definite arrangements to con-
tinue their education. some In normal schools,
some at business colleges and several Mt
Drexel institute, Seven have already secured
positions Of some sort, or are going 10 work
on farms and in families. The remaining half
Of the class expected to go TO their homes i'm
mediately after their graduation.
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VIII you give me through the Letter Box
some idea or description of the island of St
Helena. to which the Boer prisoners have
been sentg EH.S.
The island is an extinct volcano with an
area ol apoub forty-uNe square miles ana a
population of about 1000 people. 1t is 1850
miles from the coast OF Africa, 1900 miles
from South America. the Same from Cape
town. 1850 miles from England OF which II
has been dependency for $50 years. Since
the suez canal was opened the island has had
little Importance; II has been used by the
British as a prison for the exiled Napoleon;
two or three African princes have been de-
ported to the island. and now IT has again
come into prominence.
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In last Sundays Pos, noticed that .'the
young ladies Of the First Presbyterian church
are rehearsing a play, When Greek Meets
Creek There is no such expression, ]
venture to say, to be found in the writings
OF any author. II is a fragrant msquotatisn
of what appears in the play OF Alexander,
the Great" by Nathaniel Lee act ", scene
2. written about 1892 II Is there said when
Greeks Joined Greeks, then was the tug OF
war" It's a perversion OF history TO speak
Of Greeks meeting-of course, to fight.
Greeks. There never was any rebellion in
Greece. but the quotation I give implies that
when two or more Grecan armies, march,
ing TO oppose a common enemy, meet--then
would come the tug Of war b.
IBIS" remarks as to the perversion OF the
oft heard quotation are correct. but II is a
mistake to say that Greek history contains no
ground for speaking OF Greek meettne