The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-10


quest ons that ara OF general interest is
main object IS to Supnlv ous-of-,he-way facts
ana curious Information Questions of ner'
sond Interest enIv VIII no, Ne answered. NJ
business or personal addresses viii 30 siveu
Questions as to the value. ese,. Of old ocins
ard stamps VIA not be answered. AL cor /
respcndcnce should be addressed to The
LATTER BOX. care Houston Post. OWING to the
tnrgc number o. questions received, answers
EAR not always DO sIyen promplG)
e. aua DO VIII You kindly state in your
paper what officers tho c,slEns Of .he DIS
trlet Of Columbia are allowed to vote tors
\. None whatever Congress makes all
DAVIS, but has Entrusted to commission OF
three persons. appointed by the president and
confirmed by the eoaatc, authority to name
The police and other minor officers Of the
district.
L. DO, Are good. steady sypewr.,ers in
domsnd- Also what IS the salary Of y
s,cnosraphcr aud chance Of getting employ
men, as SUCH?
a Thousands OF s,eaographers are needed
but SO fsr as THO Post knows the supply is
fully equal to the demand Tho salary Of
stounsrapher depends on hundreds OF CIR
!
! "Letter"-Q. Please tell me what States
! have laws arains, the U.S. Of trading stamps
| A. The use OF trading stamps was nrohihl-
| ca bv Maryland, Massachusetts,, virginia aud
/ vermont in 1895 BY New Hampshire and
| Rhode Island in 1880 and during the pas;
| year by Louisiana and New York. The
l Rhode Leland law proved deficient and did
not stand the test OF consdtuhoneliy In the
I state supreme court,
Darwniau. g, Did any government ever
re ulre apes to nay . poll AK
A, There rs a small hut nourishlnE colony
OF Barbary apes that lives on the summit OF
tie 70 X Of G bralaf, Just how long this
small colony has Inhabited Gibraltar IS not
known saver. To his History Of q braltar,
asser that certain oil documents show that
IN l7iq poA tax was laid on apes as well
as on "Jews, Moors and other aliens"
~
Degn,aic--Q, what are the principal ar
teies OF faith and practice In Mohamniedan-
lsmr
A. A convert need only TO believe the
short creed TO be o Musswlmau: "rhere is
no sod but God. and Mohammed IN bis
prophyt" This is his confession OF fai h.
his practical dutIes arc Ave: ul Recital Of
his creod; (9l observance Of the Ave an
pointed tines Of prayer; go payment OF the
lawful ms ca fasting during the month
OF Raniidan and f5l piierimagc to Meoca,
~
j. s. w.-o. Is there any danger Of the
Lucas Oh well al Beaumont tak.ns hre by
lightning stroke or IL IL was to tako hro
: what would he the supposed result, as the
! von is said TO be Of hundreds OF miles in
; length?
A. The Lucas oil we'll, or any oil we'll fof
! that matter, might be struck by lightning
Ia case an OIL we'll took FIRE all the OIL would
be consumed as q rusbed from the earth
Oh wells have been on hre in several places
Il is difhcult 70 extlngu.sh The flames, but
this has finally always been done.
w. W. Bosoh.--Q. Kindly state tal the
chief city in point Of population In 81 the
indian Territory, (e) 10 Texas (3l The largest
city on the Mississippi river. 90 state loca.
!, ton Of Virginia City; 80 most popuous city
: in Alabama Co four chief cities in point Of
population IN Nevada.
A. ID Ardmore. (2> San Antonio accord
: ing to census OF 1900. C3) st. Louis, Mo
= az Virginia ely ia located IN the State o
Nevada. "a Mobile. (6l There are no larg
cities in Nevada. Prominent towns arc Car
!. son. Gold H.u and Virginia Guy.
~
X e. TO, what is LIQUID air." !. e.
is It In LIQUID state or IA It Invisible, Tx
electricity, and how NADER
= A. LIQUID air Is the product OF air 70
n du Cd to q temperature to 3l2 degrees beloc
: zero. Although It is mud, It Is not wet
IS It Is not steam, ont gapor not unlike steam
!, arises from II when 4 is exposed TO common
!. air. It IS a LIQUID, yet not wet to tho touch
- II viii burn s,oel IKE so much paper, frcez
v a red hot stove and IS one Of tho creates
!, wonders Of Tao age. Tho disooverer Of thl
4. wonderful process, so far as the editor of THU
), department knows, has the secret alone.
J. - y
n Astronomer.--o What ia the story OF tn
u lost Pie ad?
r. A. Il would appear that in ancient time
., ordinary ewes saw distinctly seven STARS II
the group Of the pleis1es although row oni'
Six are thus visible, The lost Pleiad ha
!. heen subject not only for poets but 70
astronomers. who have frequen ~ dseusse'
the question whether euch a star ever exist
eI Recently the quest on has been revived
= and the Epplish astronomer w. i. Lynn
arer declaring that there can scarcely be
dOub. that in former times seven stars wer
: early visible IN the plelades. quotes ap
8 prev ngy the suggestion Of Prof. Plckarip
le that rho faint az known as Pleione is tn
% los p clad This op!nion is based on IA
J. peculiar aopeerance Of the spectrum OF Pie
ID ioue VIII Oh Indicates that It may be an II
ID regularly variable star.
D. 80
"Impori er."--o. Kindly give the m5ortan
fsoture n hs report OF the Is hmian cana
commission.
A We gather from the pre'im nary report
I The fun report 10 no. vel made public--tha
~ the work OF the commission to secure a tru
comparative estimate Of the cost the sam
i. dep hs and widths Of the canal and dimen
:, slons OF the locks were adopted IN each ease
- uamsly depth Of 85 feet al mean low watsI
AMI a bottom width Of $50 feet for the canail
With duplicate locks, each 74O feet long
.. fee vice and 90 foet 10 depth. In the ca
az Nicaragua. the canal would be lSG mile
long from ocean to ocean, and as a pre- iml
at nary 10 conservation e miles Of double-trac
rlroad. eos,ing 81 250.0Oo would have 70 b
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