The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-12
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e INTENDED TO answer
~ Department ~ general interest. lts
rs ttM ae ualv out-of-.he-way iacts
ss,set IS 70 suy,ion. Questions OF per
rricus i nlo,l will not se nnswered; ny
'ss,,srest only Wa.dSressss will be given
"a or peTsope value etc. OF old COINS
Fans IS To- w be answered. Al cor
sarps WI "a be addressed 10 II
k,rdrce 81 uouston Post. owing W ,ns
Er pox, csiss questions receiyeu answers
haIr,o .ssys be given prompis'
=" 80. why It requires more
Plesse ID Texas 70 man. ni Y yn Hnw
ttsn u tne ,ss does Il require TO make
X popular w why does our judicial
Electoral WY Judge only every SIX years.
dtt elect l's 'svery two years. s.. Af.er
scus o'h ers for the issuance OF pun,
Ing an eiecusvn fnnd bonds when will
tsi and pl'v ssnnroved and redeemabieY
bonds rs,ty commissioner draw any
fsn any eo nast Of his Judgment for main
ksrt 10 tns ~. and bridge work. g. were
Emg punl.V ~ many failures and less BANK
Fe IT. he ,here we're this year, o: DO
|rlrss ,sas n Maine indorse prohibitionE
-, ,eouire more, as in this re-
vV' ',s,toral vote does not depend on
.s,.r vote. Each State is given as
p' .,sstoral votes as is equal to the total
y !, representatives and senator's from
.,. Thus Texas, with her thirteen
..r,,tives, has fifteen electoral votes
ysv York. with her thirty-four repre-
.,,s,. has thirty-six electoral votes Zach
:, ,ourse has two senators and the
!, ), representatives is determined BY
,.rustion, one representative for every
Il n4ople being the present basis. 2 Dis
,un. /, Texas are elected for four-year
!. and not for either two or six-year
Ths bonds are acted upon as soon
,.h,s after being submitted to the
APARTMENT at Austin. They are, OF
!. ,saeemabe at the end of the period
A. specified In the bonds themselves.
/. has authority to use, according to his
udsmeut. the amount appropriated to
district oy 'ne
more 5. In 1875 tnefe "ere A''-f@ i"''7
i me United States and bank clear
.noupted to SIS, $50 So, 455. This year
being completed II 49, oil course in'pos-
10 give full ngures' III 1899 lhere "eie
failures and the pahk clearinss were
M1Ti6. The failures of July, 1900.
h nearly twice as many as those OF July'
So far this year failures agsregating
ISl,T have occurred, as compared with
:aile for the corresponding period last
Il, G. They do not, Their platform has
lalk opposing it.
EIl you kindly give a list Of the cotton
snr '0 sns .crsoae sar tnr ave 1ast ave-
I. ths grade Of cotton produced in each
" medium and long staple cotton? What
lIss NE On tne ,nttease anu wnaI on
.'-,,,., 80, nrod,oi,o oo,,n.r;a. .,
y ps.A''p", 49, 80, e. sin 20 y.
a r.s gss2O NM halas and tho acreaga
W. -. ' y. ~, nan ~
nsio' loso's' crop ',-oNvV'' aoreage 1o.-
~ 1878 crop 1l.912,O00, acreage "a
"a, 1850 crop 70, 156. 900 acreage "a 967.-
o.,u. ..,,,,a.a 80 ~ -. -
Conservative estimate u 'ne crop VI
F-lM Is s,loVOOO and the acreage 23.52l, 900.
average length of staple in various
4. ,sryas fror, a. IN ala inches In
y 'sAe'' avn . "
ns nsures are as loiio"s' ths oate'
srup and the acreage being given IN the
er named. 1926 2.5Ss, 900. 1885,, 600; 1896,
sg si5.OOo, 1897. 2,172, 900, 16. O66 900;
aHi,oO 1851, 600; 1890, 2,7S7 600, 49,
a. Average length ot staple ranges
ID Y to l inch. Egypt; 1886. 6S4 900
\. $4,000 acres: 1867, 751, 900, 1900 600:
ss, ss,o0O, 1885, 900; 1S9S-99, 7S6 .OC0, L.
10. Average length Of staple IN III
ID. No accurate information as to the
tiss and erop of Brazil is obtainable:
No ranges from y TO III inches, The
question is answered bv the foregoing
res.
~
L a child is born in Europe, comes to
s'sa when ( years old, and his father
sraen Ae ,a IS naeGfazea Is t9e cnilu
bon stop his rentor from selling cotton
IN ne wants 70 run away without
. " MS rent! :. L htty land owners make
F.aVn 70 commissioners court from
, r@aS', II the county has six precincts,
Hs.snt stock running at large on the
III election in that I Droc qvwed 70 Issue
difference between 81 printed in ! iss so'e or
aay other Subscriber.
Tug light of suffrage comes from the
While naturalization is Federal gift.
I. .4' ana ABOUT one-half of the other
NO union an Individual would be
va !, . vote under the circumstances
-, 3 ' pslnE necessary for an alien merely
s y J. DIS intention of voting at varying
y, . time prior to the election, We pre-
4. y course that the father is referred to
\ ] phrase. before he is naturalized."
i !. y. ~, best consult an attorney in re-
I'D % efdered on the written petition
- q nifty freeholders of any subdivision