The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-16

mas ever PAID salaries In pcltsg
A. Yes. Probably few people know that
the original name Of the state Of Tennes.
see WAS Franklin or that In ITss the saIa.
rles Of the officers Of this commonwealth
were paid In pelts. Tho following Is cor.
rect copy OF the law; CHS cxccllcney. tho
governor, per annum. 100 deer skins; the
secretary to his cxcclency tho governor.
800 raccoon skins: his honor the chief ms.
lice, 500 deer skins; county clerk. 300 bcay.
or skins; clerk Of the house Of commons
200 raccoon skins; members of the assembly
per diem three raccoon skins: Justices foo
ior serving warrant one mink skin "
At that time the State Of Franklin extended
to tue east bank of the Mississippi river
and on the west bank was that great nm.
known forest region OF Louisiana. Il was
thch a terra incognita," save few canoe
landings and Indian trading posts ON the
river banks II was known as the dis
tfict OF Louisiana. and In 1905 WIS made
me Territory OF Louisiana. The state of
franklin, which became Tennessee I'm 1706.
was almost as little known Pclts wore MS
plentiful In those days as pennles and
much better distributed for purposes Of
currency and barter.
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Maxine Gomez-Q. VIII you please give
me true and accurate description Of the
diamond in its natural Ltats how 10 tell
tnem from other rocks or pebbles; what
color, etc.
a. Inc diamond always occurs In CRYSTALS
OF the tesseral or cubical system. Its most
frequent forms are the octahedron, or
double four-slded pyramid, the rhomnic
dodecahedron, with twelve faces and others
with twenty-four and forety.elgbt faces
me hrst form is the most common In
stones from India, the second In those from
bfazll' Cubes also occur but are rare
The faces are often curved strongly
strlated, or marked by stalr.llke ineauall-
ues' hiding the true form Many OF the
crystals also are round. almost like spheres.
or the smaller ones like grains Of sand.
This does not arise, however. from at
triton during transport by water, but is
tue original shape OF the stones. Macles,
or twin crystals especially Of two octaho.
dfons, are common, and the strlae due Ia
TINS structure appear even on the polished
facets The diamond has n perfect clcnv-
age parallel 10 the faces OF the octahcdron.
and breaks readily both in this ma other
uireciions' Contrary to the old and SIM
common opinion, II is rather brittle and
Is easily Injured by n slight blow or falr
IT'S hardnoss--1o in tho meteorological scalo
Tar surprises that Of an other known
stones, and was used even by the ancient,
to discriminate it from ether gems. The
optical properties Of the diamond are very
remarkable. The purest stones, or those
OF the first water, are highly Transparent
and colorless. But more generally It IS
less transparent and shows vnrous tints.
specially white, gray or brown; more rarely
blue rod, yellow, green, and very seldom
black. II is also distinguished by It's bril-
liant odamantine lustcr. The high refrac-
tive power and the strong reflection at both
surfaces render it seldom completely trans
parent, but give 1t n high mster for when
It is valued as an ornament.
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However that may be, tho system Of
recognition consisted In questions OF fact.
relating to fiscal or judicial business, being
submitted by the officers of the crown to
sworn witnesses in the local courts 1t
IS pointed out by Mr. Freeman that tho
Norman rulers Of England worc obliged.
more than native rulers would have been,
TO rely on this system for occasional in
formation. rhcy needed to have clear
and truthful account Of disputed points
set before them, and such an account was
sought FOR in the oaths Of the rccogultors.
The Norman conquest, therefore. fostorei
the growth NJ those native germs common
Ia England with other countries, ont of
which the institution Of jurics grow. Rocos.
nitnu ms Introduced by the Normans, Ia
only, In thls point of view. another form
% the Same principle, which shows itself
In tho compurrators, In the frithbork IN
every detail Of the action Of the popular
courts before tho conquest Admit
ting with NJ; Stubs that the Norm,n
recognition was the instrument which tho
lawyers in England ultimately shaped into
trial by jury, MIR. Freeman maintains none
the less that the Inter is a dlstlucuycly
English thing Mr. Forsyth comes to sub. /
stantially tho same conclusion. Noting the
Jury genus Of the Anglo Saxon period. he
shows how out of those elements, which
continued In full force under the Anglo
Normcns. was produced Mt last the instl
tuition OF the jury.
from Celtic tradition based on the rrnc
pies of Roman law. and adopted Ivy the |
Anglo-saxons and Normans from the PEG
pie they had conquered Others have re-
garded It as a product of that legal genius
of the Anglo.Saxons OF which Alfred is the /
mythic hnpcrsonation, or as derived by
that nation from the customs NJ primitive |
Germany or from their intercourse with /
the Danes Nor even when It is admitted !
that tho system Of recognition was intro !
duced from Normandy have legal writer's |