The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-15


facts aud curious Information, Questions
81 personal Interest only VIII not be
answered No business q personal ad
value, etc, OF old coins ard stamps VIII
not be answered. All correspondence
care Houston Post Owing to the large
number Of questions recelye.i. answers can
net always be given promptly.l
NJ. j. CO VIII you kindly inform me
In which States whites aud blacks inter.
marryl PLEASE name the states
A. We presume you VISA 10 know the
names OF the states ia which mlscegtna
tiou is not prohibited by law. The ofense
is prohibited an1 Is punishable In the
states Of Alabama. Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia. Ila.
no, Indiana. Kentucky, Louisiana. Mary
land. Mississippi Missouri. Nebraska, Ne
yads- North Carolina. Oregon. South Caro-.
lima, Tennessee, Texas. Utah. Virginia,
West Virginia and also IN the District Of
Columbia and the Territories Of Arizona
and Oklahoma. Misccgenation is valid aud
effectual 10 law FOL all purposes In Michi
gan. There is no law against II in Con
nedcut Illinois, Iowa. Kansas, Maine,
Massachusetts, Minnesota. Montana, New
Hampshire, New Jersey. New York, North
Dakota Rhode Island, South Dakota, Yer
mont, Washington, Wisconsin aud Wyom-
ing SO far as known there Is no law
against the ofIense In Alaska. Hawaii. New
Mexico and the Indian Territory. Under
| the Texas law the offense Is not Legally
punishable In cases where the marriage oc.
ours before the persons involved come 20
this state.
NJ ]. L.-Q. In last Mondays Post you
VIII have no advantage in che allotment Of
Indian lands. Is that correct?
A. II was at the time. since the pub
location OF the statement above referred
to d ruling Of interest Ia the premises has
/ been made by the interior department. In
/ the Est OF those not entitled To- make a
I homestead entry In the lands TO be opened
! the following appears: Amy ono under n
/ years Of age not head Of family UNLESS
he served In the army or navy OF the
United states not less than fourteen days
| during actual war"
/ r.. A. Lansford o a. what constituted
| the Macedonian phaanx" as spoken of IN
ancient history 60 Please explain funy
/ the meaning of knockout drops" as stated
/ 10 the semi weekly issue OF Houston Post
of 10TH Instant
| A. 81 a phalsnI Is body or heavily
armed infantry formed In ranks and files
/ close ami deep. The Macedonian phalanx
was sixteen deep both as to rank and hle,
ana the soldiers were armed with long two
| handed pixies called sarlssae. CO The
/ Post huds 10 rather difficult 10 believe that
/ you mean this question seriously However.
knock out drops IS slaag phrase used
/ 20 designate any kind Of drug usually
| liquid used by criminals to render their
victims unconscious.
~
w b DO Was the st Louis Union
depot open--wlth trains arriving ana de
parting as now--durlng the Worlds fair at
Chicaeo7
g. Ii was not. It was not opened until
some time after the close OF the fair.
-
suhscriber.-Q To settle a dispute
please answer In your columns: says
the j In a Roman nine Is called in front
aud b says the Is called in front Which
is eorrccti
A Your question is by no means clear
The Roman nine Is written thus IN II
/ Is. therefore quite apparent that the !
SIS Tin mont
Humane o. Is there law In this state
/ prohibiting the throwing Of htsulpbide of
/ carbon on d dog or other domestic animalf
| n so what is the penalty for violation Of
/ thls law
A. There is no such Law.
~
| Reader.-Q win you tell me what the
/ spartan boy name was? ~ can you tell
me anything of the rose called "RaIlcslo,
It's size, color and how 1t came 10y the
name2
| A. We presume that By the Spartan
! boy you refer 10 the youth who allowed
wolf, which he had stolen and hidden
under his clothing to tear out his vltus
! without giving amy evidence OF The pangs
he endured, thus saving himself from de.
/ lection. II this be the case we Will state
that careful and exhaustive search Of our
| authorities falls 90 reveal any Indication
that the boy in question was ever given II
name in the fable or neurological tale in
which he has been brought down through
time The story Is told Us Illustrating the
courage and indifference to pain OF the old
time Spartans and the boy In question an.
pears to have been given as type WITH
out any individuality. - The Ratlesla is
a genus 81 stemless, leaness plants which
lives parasltlcaIy upon the roots aud stems
OF grapeyines In Malaysia. The flowers
are POSSESSED Of an Intensely dlsagrceablc
odor and by some authorities are said 10
be mephitic. They are very lurge one
variety, the Ranlesla Arnold, being FROM
two to three feet 10 diameter We are
unable to learn anything DEFINITE as to
their color. The plcut was named from
it's discovercr Sir S. RoGleS