The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-24
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n please give the particulars
M British tribute of Punch at the
,s.oln was assassinatedf
- ~ Jobp Tenniel, of Punch had been
" .s,, NJ carlcaturlng Lincoln as an
w. ~ enlItter, but after the assassi-
W .,ore appeared in Punch famous
!, representlng bier covered with
.-,csn flag, at the head of Coiumpia'
~ NJ A negro with broken shackies
s.m,npla laying wreath on the body
p' Accompanying this cartoon
,ssse lines by Shirley Brooks;
wreath on murdered Lincoln's
bier, -. :.
trace, . p.,.,sh
IA for tue 'e
'I ,srctb of stumbling limb, his fur
rowed face.
a, this corpse, that bears for winding
sheet ~,
anew,
feet.
!, scurrlle tester, is there room for
youi
he had lived to shame me from my
sheer,
lame nv pencil and confute my pen
,.te me own this mind of princes peer.
Al, railsplitter a true-born king of men.
M. n is said, was Tennlels last car
r. on American subjects.
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BIZ Grower.-Q. Has success followed
irrigation experimentation for the
IuIsiana rice fields?
4 Yes. Irrigating canals were started
], small way in Acadia parish, La, In
IA IN 1894 a canal forty feet wide was
n, for fifteen miles with ten miles of
,rs,s. This was followed by the Crow
canal. which is now about thirty I'VE
4, wide and eight miles in length, and
4, TON miles of lateral lines. Then fol
Ned the Riverside canal, which now has
|rsral miles In operation. These enter
lIsps have grown steadily until there are
bv nine canals In Acadia parish, with an
sroxlmate length of 115 miles. There
Il about twenty-five irrigatlng canals In
|rada. Calcasieu, Cameron and Vermillion
brishes, with total length of over 4OC
|nes Of mains and probably twice that
liant of laterals. So extensive have be
bme the interests engaged In rice and
her cultivation In Louisiana and Texas
'rxed, each controlling areas of 5000 to
90 acres. The Duson canal system IL
lie largest IN the Southwest, and supplies
ie necessary irrigation to series of The
cst extensive rice plantations in tht
ord The Indications are that with the
rea recently placed under cultivation II
le Southwest the United States will pos
bly, in time supply more than the com
ned countries in the world According
, estimates there are about 10,000,00t
Tres Of land in the Ave States bordering
le Gulf Of Mexico we'll suited to rice cul
yaton.
"Con."-o. Where is nickel mined ant
ow!
A. Principally in Canada. The district il
hieh the ore is found is near Sudbury, II
ntario, and is about seventy miles loni
forty miles wide. The deposits are ir
guar In character, and range from small
'cSets TO acres in extent, rising in place
ridges and hills of solid ore. 1t is esti
a'ed that there is enough nickel now 10
'led to supply the world for the next 10
ears at the present rate of consumption
mere are now less than dozen mine
iupped with plants, with an output O
'Out 'Vo tons of ore per day. The deer
!. nine goes down about 1000 feet, an
llers from ffty to 400 feet. The or
'ua'iy runs about 3 per cent in nickel t
'e Ton, or little less, and about til
,mc IN copper, with large proportio
sulphur and iron in almost equal part.
y ore is at present reduced to the pur
.Ae' and copper in Canada, most OF
sus shipped in the shape of matte t
e oxford Copper company, in New Jei
" Tor refinement.
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suoscriber."-Q. a. Am I correct whe
Say mat the shortest route betwee
custom = Texas, and Waco, Texas, /,
"e houston and Texas Central railroa
brennan, Texas, thence Gulf, Coll
~ ana Santa Fe railroad to Cameron
aus thehce San Antonio and Aransr
80 raiiroad to Waco? refer to shor
~ Instance, not shortest time. (2.) While
Vau forms the shortest distance b
s houston and Galveston? AS abo,
,e'er 10 distance, not time. Is 1t IL
neseon, Houston and Northern or IL
DAD! u iienueIson IA
- l. No; the distance over the rout,
-, ~enuon between Houston and Wa,
,oo' $40 miles. Over the Houston al
' las Central via Bremond the distan,
~ a"eeh these two cities in 1860. {:
ma Instance over the Galvesan, HoustC
~ henderson is 1910 mlles. over Il
, a ,a' Houston and Northern it
+, ~
I, !, ~ What is the railway mlleai
. me rnlted States, and what is the Or
NO. ION OF income Of the railroads fro
's'enser and freight trailer
o,- ,ne report of the interstate CONNER
!, -, is compiled from the retur