The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-22
THE POSTS LETTER BOX

main OBJECT ~ 10 Bupplv outotthe-wdy
facts aud curious information. Questions
Of personal Interest only VIII not be
answered No business or personal nd
dresses viii be given. Questions as 90 the
value, etc, of old coins aud stamps Will
not he answered. All eorrespondenee
should be addressed to The Letter Box,
care Houston Post, and TO receive atteu'
lion must be signed bv the name In full
or the party making the inauiry, as we'll
as that under which it IS desired that tho
number Of questions received answers car
not always be given promptly
J. NJ Do Please state through fhe
columns Of your Letter Box" the uumoer
OF stories high, including basement of the
'nat iron" building Of New York;
A. Twenty stories.
~
! Pondclan.--o what lumber Of electoral
votes win each State have In 1901
/ A. The electoral vote IN 1901 Will be 90
/ follows: Alabama IL, Arkansas o Califor
/ MIA 10, Colorado ., Connecticut :. Delaware
/ 8, Florida o. Georgia 70, Idaho g. Illinois
/ -. Indiana l5 Iowa l3, Kansas 10. Ken,
! tucky 13, Louisiana o, Maluc g. Maryland
/ = Massachusetts, l0. Michigan a. Mime
sofa II, Mississippi 10, Missouri Is. Mon
/ t0ua 3, Nebraska 5, Nevada 3, New Hamp
shire 4 New Jersey -, New York so
! North Carolina L. North Dakota T. ohio
% Oregon 4, Pennsylvania a. Rhode Is
land 4, South Carolina Q, South Dakots g..
Tennessee l.. Texas Is Utah 3, Vermont
4, virginia l., Washington ., West VIZ,
gpia :. Wisconsin 10, Wyoming 3: totm
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go.
Y. V. CO. what are the rules with
regard to enlistment IN the United States
Army?
a. The Omitted States army recruiting re.
quiremcnts are as follows;
Applicants FOR brst enlistment must be
between the ages Of is aud 80 years, Of
good character aud temperate habits, able
bodied, free from disease, and must he ablt
10 speak, read and write the English Tau
guagc.
No person under Is years OF age will be
enlisted or re.enllstcd. and minors between
the ages Of ls and II years must not be en-
listed without the written consent ri
father only surviving parent, or legally
appointed guardian.
mutt be not less than dyc feet four inches
ana weight not less than 10 pounds aud
not more than 100 pounds
For cavalry and Geld artillery the height
must be not less than ave feet four inche,
ana not more Than Eve feet ten inches, ana
weight net 10 exceed l65 pounds. NJ
minimum weight is prescribed for thes'
arms. but the chest measures must be sat
isf4ctory.
x c. 20 what ls the origin Of the
expression, Redletter day.
4 A red-letter day 10 day that Is fortu
nate or suspicious II is 50 called in alu
or saints doys In the old calendars win
red letters
subscriber Q Please give the amoun
NJ the cotton port receipts IN the Unite
States for twenty days beginning Decembe
. 20 for the years 1905 1900 and 1901.
A. In 1895 el552s. 1900 5oT7i3: 1901
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r. R. SO Please give IN the 'Lette
b BOX" a sketch Of the famous agnostic, Rob
EFT ingersol; also a list OF his writing
o A. Robert Green lngersoll, lawyer sn'
r. author, was born IN Dresden, N. y, Az
gust IL, 1885, went West when - year
d old was short time IN an Ecadomy il
q Tennessee also taught school in that State
began to practice law In Southern Illinoi
, IN 1854: was defeated az democratic can
ddate for congress 10 1850, became colone
S Of Eleventh Illinois cavalry 10 1862 wa
. attorney general Of Illinois IN 1865; refused
o the post Of minister 20 Germany IN 1877
Hts authorized publications are "ro
s Gods and Other Lectures" Washington
1879 Ghosts" qs7e), Some Mistakes o
4 AIoses' QsT8, what shah no 70 r
sayed? Interviews on ralmage and u
: Presbyterian Catechism," The Nort
American Review Controversy" other an
9 minor publications have appeared, includ
: ing Prose Poems (iss4), "a Vision o
War" funeral address over his brothe
Eben's grave. also one over the grave cf
, ehId He also wrote some occasions
2 poems 10 verse, and introductory chapter
v for two works, Modern Thinkers" CON
y piled By van Buren Denslow tchicagC
issD, and "The Brain and the Bible" b
Edgar e. Beall Cincinnati, 1850. Colon'
3 iugcrsclls notoriety was due to his publi
lectures denying the existence OF God, an