The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-10
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Nv R. Y,--o. In the Austin budget In
! ne i'oSt Of May IL mention Is made al mn
oscupled school lands IN twenty counties
WA, w St1te' according 10 the new law.
counties! '"0 "a''eS VI 'n'Se
A.-Lists Of school lands on the market
Wlihln thelr boundaries has been fur
nished the county clerks OF the following
counties 10y the commissioner OF the gen.
eral land Office In compliance with the
ae' Of the Twenty. legislature. An
derson, Andrews, Bandcra. Borden, Coke.
pallam. Dallas, Dawson, Deaf SIN IN.
Delta Denton, Frio, CARA, Glasscock,
Howard, irlon, Kerr, K,mhle. Lynn. Mar.
tin' Mason, Menard. Mitchell. Schleich r.
Scury Stcrliug Tom Green. uvalde Aran.
NaS Archer Armstrong Atnscosa. Cottle.
re WIT Dickens, Dimmitt Franklin aud
htht Under the new law all Applicant Ms
Tor school lands must be filed with the
county clerk Of the county in which the
lands are situated.
rS NJ Va VIM you please inform me
"u"' point IN the cotton mark { lsi
A-one one-hundrcdth of a cent.
r, mo Na IsS,,Q a. Was capital pun sh-
to the ciyil war; i2l Was there Young
man during this time convic cd aud srn7
fence to solitary confinement IN dark
Nance
An It was not C0 We md no recorl
Of any such mc!d mt
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An Inquirer.-Q VIII you please inform
me whether or not there Is amy such thing
| as grammatical error;
A.. There is not. There is however
such thing as an error Of grammar
) y >
c. y SmithQ Why does the northern
| boundary line of Minnesota extend north
Of the 4Sth parallel AZ any pointy
Ave do not find that the state OF
Minnesota extends north Of the 18Th
parallel at any point II It does the iea.
son would srcm to be that the said parall !
is not far enough north to escape being
extended over
& = .
NJ R.-Q What was the pr cent or in
crease in population of the United Stat, i
from 1890 TO 1850?
Avery nearly n per cent In 1890 the
nopuation of e8,0m. 56,
and in 1900 the figures were 76,3oI70o, o.
,... .ne,,u ol l3,235,O4S
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j. To Please tell me T. thor, are
any hospitals in Texas where young W..
man can go 20 hccome tra'nel muse,
and address Of samey
A.-Yes the Scaly hospital at Galveston
is one Of the best known.
Mrs NJ NJ Prlce.-Q. II 4 boy comes 10
the United States his parents being dead,
accumulates property paws taxes and ~
sides continuously In the United states Tor
forty years, would he he considered n 81 +.
zen Of the United States even Il 1t w 3
not known whether he had taken out
naturalization pnpcrs or not?
n"uN ~ We 'H'
rn''gu SUI u""'' an. ,"nn 'a
been necessary for him TO have taken out
,'a'u'o'I1"''o" p"p'is u u",e w IA w
his intention or becoming cllEen IN CO..
rormity with the law
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spbscrihor-o please let me know what
is tho prop + suit to wear for a high noon
wedding both for the groom and ushers
Aft the affair is very formal the Prince
Albert coat, with It's accessories, should
be worn Otherwise the GETAWAY coat ilght
trousers and light crayat might he used.
49,
Mrs. H.-Q and attended a lunch
given ey ana ietd f tb new Of gaI u
and X nni sent in cards by driver then
| Immediately drove of, Was this coTectt
r,, aosa, tor = aud X leaving
al ne rtuSon '"l Z, "n' VOC
| cards while at the luncheon is uot Hhile
| plaIn However. courtesles of that sort
should be repaid in kind. Under the cir.
cunstanres E md X would be perfectly
nstised in merely leaving cards at BIS
residence without stopping to inquire
whether or NOT b is In. II would seem that
and X should have called on Il after
the luncheon and before called on them,