The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-14
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question shall appear. Owing to the large
number Of questions received answers can
not always be given promptly)
John w.-Q viii you give the ratio Of
! representation in the imperial parliament
for England. ireland. Scotland and wa'esf
\. The representation Of Wales Is pre-
cisely what # should be. On the average
Ireland has member for every 7l44
voters. Scotland one for every 96Ts and
England one for every 1881 The average
English member represents 1887 voters.
But there are in England and Wales no
fewer than twenty nine constituencies OF
less than 5000 each and there are sixty.
six with more than 1900 each The Rom
ford division Of Essex has one member aud
30 500 electors, and the borough Of Durham
has enc member and only 1852 electors
Again. the largest six constituencies In the
kingdom have aggregate Of more than
10000 electors, and the smallest forty-fve
have an aggregate Of less than 10000
So one set of 10000 electors have only
six, while another set of 10000 have
I forty Eve votes in parliament.
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Yachtsman.--o Please explain the Sham
, rocks flag
/, A. The device Of the Ulster Yacht club,
II
] bloody hand. The tradition by which It
takes It's place there is Il weird one. Two
= Irish chcftains sailed with sails" on the
sea in contest for the crown whoe er
, FIRST touched the shore he should be king
, ONctl, seeing his competitor just ahead,
] took the rule literally, and, cutting OF his
- hand, dung 1t on the land. Thus he con.
1 quered and thus he ruled Sir Thomas
= Upton takes the legend 10 heart In the true
z spirit or #, which he reads as Il lesson t.at
the competition should DO a keen ouc. de-
e manding every sacrifice and sralnng every
+ nerve.
n Interested q. Is there any person In
u the United states who receives a rrea'e-
n paid annual salary than the president?
,- a. Tho president is the highest salarled
II officer of the United States government
The salaries Of private individuals or cor
y, porauon officers IS too frequently n mltter
It OF private information TO he correctly
10 stated. The salary Of President HAYS Of
u the southern Pacific was more than the
president Of the United States and the
IS annual amount paid Charles VI schwab.
al president OF the United States steel cor
porauon. is said to be 100000
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?. V. R-Q. Please snv from what part NJ
4 apaN'Spe're toe toIloWIns lines are 7not'i7
II ''e wac ScHo'"r ana ripe ana good
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3. '''.'''N WISE ih'r spoken ana persuad-
!. "E'
'- ''''' ""' sour TO them tnat loved him
p. Pm, w., ,,oso MAJ, ,.,......,.. 49,.
~ . ,""Te r''s' 'u"' sought n''n' sweet
81 WI 5a Do ~ V"'''",.o" Is from Nins Henry
b, $3.50 A'' ~ scene =
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~ E"vS'l"H' piu NF' h.pl'n5
IS Wy 'u any way rF't!clse American
! customs society or Institutions
/" u'' american Notes written n
s. few years since Mr.. klpliuE discus ed
!, American customs and institutions which
embraced some rather tart criticisms. Ell.
70 cited from observations on q trip across
y, the continent from San Francisco to New
Il York.
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~ lnqulrer,-Q IN If air is distracted from
: nj, Dorq 70, Wiu n ,,rce ,rcIosci -.
y ,,r,nrod f,u ~ ,tr stnI ,n -
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"a pu'"p'" l"' VI AR WI" 'n'
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%. N'nu'' "u''''''.|' fI'"se teH me u
re mere Is r'mouehhg bazaar or s'ho
"a Wne'f hdleS are taught dreSsmaking
<. a. Ihere is one at the Young Women's
IL Nnrib'an association New York city, and
the Pratt Institute, brooklyn, There are
ei doubtless many others in tho cities ~ tbs
- United states.
as ~
al W, 10. To whom was the sohrquet
d; "old Public Functionary" given?
nv A. II was applied to James buchanan
ne fifteenth president ~ the Trnttod So
9t The expression was originated nv tho nrcsi
NO dent himself IN his annual MESSAGE +,
~ congress In the year 1859.
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NJ. L. w. ~ bets that the visit Of the