The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-11
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can not always be aiyen prompuy')
| c. G. RIO. "a In teaching Latin n Oh,
schools and colleges is the Roman soIl.l
given the letters or not? t2) How Is Si.eIo
uitions. IL any, could a railroad urder con,
siruction be run across private ands W
was the law ever Otherwise? co. Are vac
Baosa5 trees of A6rie @b s.s,g e Ssn h eu star
route frauds?" Cd what o'clock do county
schools take in and turn ontg tSl boes ny
school law REQUIRE that Texas his'ols ~
taught before United states history OF tne
reverse3
A. % There is no rule to govern the mat
ter. However. we believe the Ronian pro
nuncation is preferred. (2) According to the
Roman Inethod. Kekero, with all vowels long
go BY purchasing the land from the own
ors thereof. or bv taking the matter mo
court, condcmning tho desired property ana
paying the owners thereof the valuation as
sessad by the board Of appraisemcnt appoint
. ed by the court. The properly owner mas no
recourse except in the way Of an appeal
, from the decision OF the appraisers ana IN
, tho meantime the railroad company may
continue the construction OF its line. N) We
, think not although there have been some
, limitations 80 The California Redwools
4, are said to be the largest in the word.
, 90 Star route contractors misrepresen'eo
the length OF the various routes and tne
amount of work necessary 10 deliver inc
=, mails and thus detrauded the government
= (6) There Is no rule that We known Of Lo'
4 cal regulations govern in such matters
a "a We have no knowledge of any such re-
Il ouirements.
+ X. CO. would like information
regarding recent changes in the goVernihe-
- forest reserves
@ A. Important work has been recently don'
b in the forestry division. Two of the existln'
:, forest reserves, the Prescott reserve in Ar
n zona and the Big Horn in Wyoming nav
Il been enlarged by l23 ESQ acres and llsOSo
% acres respectively The Olympic forest re
y serve In Washington has been reduced b.
ID .s2S, $40 acres in response 10 the urgent re
1t quests Of representative ciIi-cns ana com
n mercial bodies in that State. on the Srouh
ID that the reserve included a great deal q
d valuable agricultural land, which had bee
~ entered upon by bona fide settlers, one me-
ne reserve was created. that Of Santa fnez !
1t southern California comprising $4,000 acre
r. of land The object Of the reservation wa
to protect the watershed upon which nun
~ | mill 10 dpU9nded
g. their water supply.
Enumerator.--Q How and when is I'll
81. census OF Great Britain taken?
A. The census of England wales. Scotlan
and ireland is TO be taken on Sunday, Marc
y, 81. next year. Like the census OF the Unite
:. States. It is taken once in ten years re
years ago the census Of the United kingdo
., showed total of 37,7S2,7-2 This fell sho
az Of the official estimates by nearly tire
quarters of a million. OF that total EnglaT
"a and Wales contained % 0o2,525, scotlan
4.o25, 647 aud Ireland 4,7Oi,75o. The estima
OF the registrar general is i092l,3n Lond'
alone contains over 100000 1t is arrans
for taking the census all in one day
stead OF dragging It out through mont
and it may be well for our own country
profit by this.
80 AlIna.-Q. o. Is it not true that the 81
''' islands now bclong 10 the United SAFE
ile IA Is not poly gany prac ised there, ana 90
ly, not the United States government pay 10 y
sultan of Sulu 1850 per monIh as d pens
It'll 20 Keep quiet? 90 Is It not also rue u
49,, slavery has eXis ed, and does row exist
lie sulu islands with the consent OIL
one present admin rauonE
1t A. On The sulu islands belong to
INST United States % Poiygamy is pratic
hui in these islands the sultan OF which receiN
ten $3.50 per month from the United states &c
ge, ernuent. ts) slavery has existed ana n
ltly EXISTS, in the ISLANDS. Under the terms OF
'fer treaty however, slaves have the nsnt
Ems purchase their freedom
nor ~
not T. L. Woodward-Q, a When did colt
ar sell the lowest in the United states, ana
a what price did 1t sell? 90 Where 10 ~
.,o Land that is mentioned in the song ID
VIC i.and?" (Sl Whom and where was cot
first discovered? az Were julius Ceasar
nan Cieopatra ever married to each other
and A. "a In 1898; at AZ cents 1t went nea
in that low in 1895 (2l Generally speaking,
itics south--that portion of the eastern Uni
t of states south of Mason and Dxon's line
her we find reference to the use OF cotton
ward It.dia as far back as FIVE centuries BET
re- the Christian era. a. rhey we're not
the A Reader of Tho Post.-Q. Suppose ! {
, in work in one county ana begin worhing
anCther county; also move my oeionsh
uer- Nth the intention OF returning Should
I 60 lie my new locaton, can /, after ha'
etter beep gone FOR two months return ana
- In The first county or will have to '
lahS in the rev place? Can vote for county
iues precinot officers in the county in whic
bad first resided?
con A. You will be at liberty to exercise y
iton right OF Suffrage In tho county in which
4 US first resided.
+ II,
viii r. NJ. E-Q When was the great FIR
lii London?
,,esor A. London was nearly DESTROYED by FIR
~ 7ss; again in $50 1912 and 1866 The Ia
~ are is known in history as the Great +
~ II burned over territory of 4se acres,
Guiding 400 streets; l3.2oO buildings and p
i"us erty values OF s59oOOoO) we're destroyed.
10 e Do. DO the negroes in all the Sc
ein states celebrate June 10 as "Emauc
'slca+ ton day?" II not. explain why the days
that different.
i the A. So far as The Post is informed The