The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-07

facts aud curious Information Questions |
OF personal interest only will net be
answered No business or personal adj
dresses VIII be given. Questions as TO the |
value etc, Of old coins and stamps wiz
not be answered, An correspondence
should he addressed TO The Letter Box,
care Houston Post. Owing to the large
number Of questions received, answers canl
not always be given promptly)
school airl.--o. What are tho causes OF
Tho so.cAtcd Texas northcrsE
A. Coa waves ia the north 81 Texas,
which sweep over great area OF the west
strike Texas In this comparatively mild
form OF GOODNESS, and are known locally
as Texas northers
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Reader d WIN YOU piease tell nic what
tho population Of the r'omipop Of Canada
Is, ~ what It was at the last census nc.
/ port?
A. Tho population OF Canada at tho cen
sus or lSsil was 3s23Si5. Competent sta
usucians Of that country estimate that
! The census or 1901 win show population
OF about Taoaooo
W II. w,-o % Want is Passion Week
! t2l Why ~ SUNDAY the Argt day 81 tho
week instoad ~ The lasts
A. On Passion week Is the NTH week Of
tent. aud is So caled because Christs
passionate suferipH began thou Ia nor.
| Catholic circles Passion week Is frequently
confoundcd with Holy week e, simply
because the calendar in use was SO ccN-
structed.
z. T. 10. Please answer through your
columns the following question, 60 settle
81 dispute; In what Year did the birth
~
A, The exact year 81 the 6atiylty is in
doubt. but an critics nrc merging more and
more toward the date Of February u. G.,
as the probable year Of Christ's birth.
Many attempts have been made to llx the
exact date. hut ali OF them hqvs only
brought forth highly dubious results
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"Sub. %, II man marry Woman
| who has some property and she deS would
he inherit the property II there is ma
VIII?
a. Certainly lie would Inherit his share,
which would he all she left, IN rase she
had no children In that ease these chill
drcu would, Of course, get thee proper
ilenaic share. and so would the stWvlying
husband These are general conditions and
, anyone Interested had better consult law,
, yer in each individual case.
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soldicr.-Q. Please tell me In your answer
ana question department whit rights over
citizen has an old soldier IN the openns
Of the Cherokee lands, have served
5 Unric sam six years all together, -four
wears In civil war and two wears ia TcNa'
, Just NJ tho close az The war
A. The law Recently passed which opened
these lands to settlement makes NO spcrih,
&, declaration on this point further than to
, say that the rights of honorahly dis.
charged Union soldiers and sallors Of m,
lato civil war; MS defined In sections 28oi
anJ 230l of The Revised Statce OF The
: United states. sbau not No abridged" !
lctief addressed TO the sccretav VI he
Interior washington n c. would doubtics
bring the desired Information.
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J. CO, what electoral votes were Il
d commission formed7
q A. The electoral vote ~ the States o
s. Louisiana, South Carolina Florida an,
Oregon we're In dispute. The members O
tho commission were Hfteen IN number
five members Of the United states suprem
court, five senators and i've congressman
. The memhers Of tho commission voted o
u party lines, eight republicans 1nd sever
democrats. Tho commission was iu session
r. from February to March . 1877.
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German,--o. Has Germany any lntcrcs
& worth mentioning IN Central American
r A. Official statements show that ther
e are now Invested in Central America, u
f. real estate. Industrial enterprises an
Ie banking honses $50. 100000 OF German cap
tai, and that large German business firm
Re there upt only transact MI the bushes
j" between Germany aud Central Amerc
b. but also control most Of the trade b.
It tween the latter and England and callfo
"A mia, while German farms and plantation
n occupy moro than $4,000 acres, on While
g. are planted 20o0o,ooo coffee trees.
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Il Pupi.--Q Kindly state some OF thc pril
49, cipal philapthrople works To Rhicn Al
X drew Carnegie has conlrihntedN also h
in institutions he has founded and HE, pre-
n. cnt place Of residence M
or A. Literary gifts IA about segept
a American cities not including New Ypi
and Philadelphia. worth s5,50o.ooo 10
IN bYarles hospitals and technical schools
- Enolhnd ana Scotland about sL25ooo0;
m various Institutions ~ lenrnng in tn
a United States, 50 100000, Of which ov'
~ S5.0O0.O00 was FOR two Institutions IN Pitt
he nurg Pa. which he founded and cndowe
nj one, the Cornegic Institute and The o,h'
~. y ierhuicni school, which Il Is though vi
receive much more aid. Mr. Carnegie
.,- address Is > West Fifiynrst street. Nc
n. York. L, s. A. lie is AZ present in Europ
80
= II. NJ SO. what win the new RAJ
. American postage stamps be Ike. and whe
- VIII they be IN uso?
70 A. The third assistant postmaster gel
al erai gives notice that the Pan.A America
s. series OF postage stamps will be read
er for delivery 10 postmasters "the lntt'
a part Of April" The series will lnclu,
De six stamps, and these viii be. acccrdii
rs 10 his statement THE most artistic seri
no ever issued from the department.
The denomination, subject color, etc,
10. zach stamp are officially described as Il
ot lows;
he one-cent- LAKE steamer. green. fast lai
OF navigation.
m. rwocent Railway train, red, fast E
ay press
* rour-cent- Automobile. red brown, aut
he mobile
OF FiYecent- Steel arch bridge. blue bridI