The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13

questions that are OF general interest. 1ts
main object is TO supply out-of-the-way fae8
aud curious information. Questions OF per-
sona interest only will not be answered. No
business or personal addresses will be given.
All correspondence should be addressed TO The
| Letter BOX. care Houston Post. Owing to the
large number OF questions received. nnswern
can not always be given promptly)
Please let me know through the Sundays
Post correspondence column what H. the
lcourt Language OF Russia subscriber.
The native or Russ language.
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10 IL true that Hon. J. w. Bailey IL younger
later R.B.C.
Yes. Hon. Marion Butler Of North Caro-
liina now the youngest man in the senate,
was born the same year as Mr.. Bailey, 1869.
but is about Ave months older than the lat
ter.
at day church wedding, Tor married lady
70 act as matron OF honor instead Of having
bridesmaid. Xf.N
II appears to DO tho new and proper
wrinkle" now--the accounts OF several fnsh-
Ionabic weddings OF the kind having been
noted recently in tho metropolitan press.
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| a nave SOU tntl nus served clEuLccu
months in the United States army during the
Spanish American war, he has an honorable
discharge, Is he entitled 70 donation Of
and how can set all required Information
TO secure same7 AS.
Tho Letter Box has not heard OF any such
donations OF lands to soldiers as suggested
in fact, there are none.
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Can person living near county limo and
owning or working land In both counties
claim either county MS his voting place?
GAS.
lie can only clam his voting place in the
county in which ne has his resdence--the
mere fact of owning or working land in
: county does not without legal residence
therein confer the right of sufrrago in such
county
what sized pensions do tho widows OF army
officers and soldiers get? U.X.B.
= A pension OF $50 per month is allowed to
widows OF officers above rank Of major. I'm
e less they have pull with congress TO secure
larger pension. Widows Of majors. s25 per
month; of captains. $50; OF hrst leutenants,
s17, aud second llsutenants. SIS. The widows
OF the enlisted men receive $i2 por month.
49,
"a Please give some information concerning
20 the special vcnre IL there law to Tine
party not answering Nne call tOr u bptSihi
. venire? II so. how much Is the hnc. AW.
The court orders the court officers 70 sum
mon a special list or venire to try certain
cases and any ono who Ia summoned but
fails to answer TO his may be hned
" in thu discretion of the Judge for contempt
Of court In falling to obey tho courts or
:, der. There is no fixed fine.
4 y b
win you kindly inform me II a few weeks
y ago you did not publish In The Post poem
by Judd Mortimer Lewis entitled Gambling
:. at Monte carloq" II so. can secure copy
Of that paper2 II am mistaken. please IN
form mo whore l can get copy Of tbs
poem. Ssp'
C. Mr. Judd Mortimer Lewis has not written
such poem rs mentioned. nor does The
i, Post recall, now. having published poem
~ with tho title suggested. Can not say where
you can get a copy OF 1t.
to Would you not be kind enough to settle
dispute among several OF your readers at
this point VIZ pia or d ror h resident Of the
United States9 can not conveniently hnu
paper giving Mr.. Bryan's letter a s
Ing this aud giving his reason, but parties
OF want your approval or denial OF this before
settling the question r'h
Mr.. Bryan voted for General Weaver in
1882 under instructions TO the Nebraska
democrats from the democratic executive
committee to fuse with the populists to pre-
vent tho republicans from securing the cleo
toral vote of Nebraska.
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Please give the method Of making ceme en-
IS and plaster paris OF gyphum, especlei.y the
amount OF heat required oNia
!; The process is simple. Grind tho gypsum
re- to -four or powder, put IT dry 50 In largo
cauldron, build fre beneath and around
the vessel aud heat the contents until the
Dbubbles" which Indicate the escaping moist
urc. cease--strrng In the meantime so as 10
T. keep tho heat distributed evenly throughout
w the mass when this dried or calcined gyp-
sum is then cooled 1t Ia ready for, barreling as
"A plaster paris or "inside cement" The
ground gypsum before being eaieined is q
~ good fertilizer
l. Who rs the abest constitutional lawyer
=, In tho United States? O. Which has ths
~ greater reputation rs constitutional i arar
choate? Q. Who are the three greatest
criminal lawyers in the United statesY =
Was Ben Thompson ever asqu,l1fsea ., s nis
- Antonio or was he himself killed before
"a Anal trialP Several Readers.
Possibly ex-senator Edmunds OF ver-
mont bears the reputation most generally OF
W. being the ablest constitutional lawyer IN TINS
country 2. Ex-President Harrison ). ~
~ would be almost lulpopsipio :" Day, 49,
a. every state and large city has criminal
lawyer OF eminent ability. a. You doubtless
mean the killing of Jack Harris. Thompson
was acquitted.
v,,bora do the wild geese go when they re-
y lturu NORTH in the spring from the sostaf
To lhelr breeding grounds from the M
ttc.tor Of Alaska eastward to the Hudson
I,sy country. 1t is estimated that fully iooo.-
Woo OF these birds return from the South every
lspring 10 pass over Canada on their way 20
khoir place OF birth TO reproduce their klnu'
lone-tenth Of thcir number Is annually
Slaughtered for the use Of the Hudson bay
sSfaeiaIs at the various Hudson Bay company
Forts. ana by the Montagnais Indians Of the
p.ahrador peninsula, and American sports
hnen are mainy responsible for the destruc-
Aion that keeps down tho natural increase
pt the species TO about rs normal size.
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