The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-27
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N~ -, 'hat are OF general inserest. Its
main object Is TO supply ou.-of-the-way facts
anu curious Information. Questions OF per-
sonal interest only will not be answered No
business or personal addresses will be given.
All correspondence should be addressed TO The
Letter Box. caro- Houston Post Owing TO the
large number OF questions received answers
can not always be given prompty0
Some years ago | saw Latin quotation
which read, as well as can remember, thus:
"Vidit ct errubut lympha pudcn deuui :"
whicf was rendered Into English In about
these words; The modest water ssw Us
Sou ana blushed." II was some NEUROLOGICAL
accounting OF the manner OF the origin OF
wine. Have ] used the correct Latin words?
G..
You have used the correct words, but not in
their correct or original order. The quota
ton Is from the Epigrammatum sacrorum
Liber OF Richard crashaw. British poe, OF
the Seventeenth century. The expression was
'Lymnha pudiea deum vidit ct erubuit,' ana
was translated by the author himself as "the
conscious water saw It's Cod" etc. Another
translation makes II the ''bashfui water
etc.
:, IL sells land to in Texas on I'VE years,
Time and c at the end of two years nays on
X : notes ana 4 makes regular transfer on
the back OF said notes excepting the vendor's
LEM. can collect said notes or Is the land
exempt from their payment j. a. j.
me lien does not necessarily follow the
ueot II seems from the case put that by
specific contract between A and G the lien
aid not pass with the notes. and we would
say that the land was released from the
lien, retaining only n personal claim
against d. But don't take our legal opinions
as those Of the court Of last resort, or act
upon them alone. The safest plan is always
to consult reputable attorney.
is there any difference between rep,,b-
lcan form of government and a democratic
form Of government? II so. what is the diff
Ference c. P. P.
In pure democracy the people. as whole
directly leglslate ard choose officers for
themselves, as was the case in some of the
arcient Greek States, and in the town meet
ipgs," formerly CT some of our own cities
In republic the system of government Is
through representatives IN this latter day
no distinction practically is drawn between
democratic or republican form Of govern
nient and they have come to mean the same
thing.
How much land does England now control
In Africa and how much does Germany COLI
troll? What is the population Of these terri
tories Of these two powers? J.F.P.
Exclusive of Egypt, the soudan and tho
two Boer republics England controls ter
ritory in Africa of about 2,4200Oo square
miles and containing a population of about
100000. Germany controls 100000 square
miles and population of about 10 200 900.
fha nd ha
would added to the present British possess
sions, give Great Britain more than 5000 900
square miles and close on to 4s.O0OOOO peo-
pie in its African empire
~
Please inform me through The Post Letter
Box to whom and when can secure Con
federate widows pension blank Mrs. M.E.F.
Your inquiry was mailed in Louisiana and
If you are resident of that State you will
have to write to some official, possibly the
secretary of state at Baton Rouge, as to the
provisions made by Louisiana, II any, for
widows OF Confederate soldiers In Texas
the comptroller at Austin would furnish you
with the blanks or information required. No
widow of Confederate soldier can receive |
the Texas pension, however, unless she has
resided here since 1881.
Is Chicago in the list OF the first half |
dozen or six largest cities Of the world? A. |
says 1t is not, ] say 1t is. J.M.s.
A. is right. According to the latest Of
fetal censuses the first six cities of the world, |
ing: London 4211. O56 dSeD, Greater New
York (est) $500 900. Paris 2,5S6s34, Berlin
/ ,677 ,So4 Canton test) 100000 and Vienna
/. Sol, 54S. Chicago is tenth in the list accord
ing to It's census of 1890. Possibly the census
this year will put it much higherit may be
among the first six, but this is mere specula-
ton.
Is there such substance as "honey- dew9"
II So what conditions produce honey-de
ard where is the saccharne matter produced
What produces tho honey that bees gather?
Please answer in The Post and oblige.
G. r.
Honey dew" is a glutinous, sweetish sub
stdfce secreted in dew-like drops by various
insects on the leaves Of plants, or, often
times secretion from the leaves or fruit
Of plants caused by superabundance of Juice
or some injury to the plant The honey from
the bee is produced chiefly from the hectares
Of flowers
You state In Sundays Post the total vote
m Greater New York in 1898 was 521A0, OF
which Van Wyck got 2ai.4oi. Roosevelt 2Os,-
,a5 etc How neme Roosevelt 10 be gov
,rnor. when Van Wyck received S5Os more
,otes? democrat
For fear there may be some one else IN
he state who does not know that Greater
New York" is the big city and not the State
II New York, "Democrat' is answered that
Roosevelt came to be governor" because
n the state of New York he received esl,7Oi
,otes against e4se2t for Van Wyck.
A week or two ago a questioner wanted TO 5
,now OF a poem by Judd Mortimer Lewis en-
tiled "Gambling at Monte Carlo" Mr.. Lewis
,as written no poem under such title. as NC
at that time 1t has since been
suggested that probably the poem by the
author mentioned entitled Solitaire" was
neart. IT was published in The Post some Y
months since and copy could be possibly
obtained bv addressing Mr.. Lewis in THIS
lily y
How many cotton mills or factories are
here in operation, or likely TO be IN opera
ion by the end OF the present year, y the =
state Of Texas?
In operation. building or chartered thern 3