The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-11


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]. II. K.--Question. Please inform sew
eral parties who are interested by telling
US whore the Panama canal starts, and
where II stops: also where the Nicaragua
cnnal runs, and TO what government they
will belong when completed give length
Of each and depth required and the advant.
ages 30 the people. To whom do thes routes
belong7
Answer. The Panama canal starts at
Colon and ends nj Panama. the Nicaragua
starts at San Juar del Nortc In Nicaragua
ana ends near Brlto on the Pacific The
Panama canal Is i6h miles long; the Nj
caragugn Including the waters Of Lake
Nicaragua. is 1909. The width of the
Panama canal viii be 1G0 feet Mt the top
and II feet at the bottom, except through
The ridge where Il viii be rs feet at tho
top and e feet at the bottom. The dep'h
Of tho Nicaragua canal Is to be 80 feet,
least width at bottom 100 feet. The ne
gotlatlons for the requirement OF either
route have no. been completed, and under
the bill which passed the last congress the
government Is to acquire the Panama route
-. Eatll Ia,
that the president Is authorized to negoti-
nte for the other route Which ever route
is chosen will be controlled absolutely by
the United States. The advantages to be
derived have been the source Of 700 much
discussion to include In this answer and
some very satisfactory Information on the
sui feet can be obtained by reference to
the debates when the lsthmion canal law
was pending and which have been publish
cd IN tine Congressional Record. In regard
20 other Inquiries you might address min
listers Of the respective countries: Senior
Don Luis +. Corea OF Nicaragua, 1904 Q
street. northwest, Washington, d. c., and
Senior San Jose Vicente Concha Of Colon
bla, 170l Q street, Washington. D. c.
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Readcr-Q Please describe the appear
ancc OF the heir apparent to the throne
OF England and his wife
a. The duke is n tail, nney built man,
with a splendid pair Of shoulders, grace
ful carriage, a sailors sunburned face and
nut brown beard mud hair Ills beard is
peculiar rich shade a lconlue which gives
effect, without a trace Of red in IT, lie
wears the hair trimmed very short. despite
the fact that be Is developing bnld spot
in the orthodox place, and parts 1t on the
left side lie has large, gray eyes, pecu-
larly full, which recall At the same time
the portraits Of his grandmother and l.ord
Kitchener. lie speaks readily ana distinctly.
The duchess figure Is n shapey and grace
ful one and her step is elastic. she does
NOT show the sea tan llke her husband
Her face IS not pretty one. but It IA
genuinely good and engaging, and she has
beautiful, expressive blue eyes. Her hair
Ia brown and fluffy, exoctly the same shade
Ga that OF her husband.
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Admirable. Please give the location OF
the naval wards Of the United States
A. Brooklyn navy yard. Brooklyn n. Y;
CHAR, stown navy yard Boston. MISS;
Portsmouth navy yard. near Norfolk va;
kitlery navy yard, opposite Portsmouth.
y. H.; Philadelphia navy yard; Mare
Island navy yard. near San Francisco, Cal
Pensacola navy yard. Pensacola. Fla;
Washington City navy yard, Washington,
D, c.; New Orleans naval station. Agiers,
La. There nre naval stations at New
London Conn; Port Royal. s. c.: Bremen
ton, Wash; Key West, Fla; a torpedo and
training station at Newport. r. l., and
training station on Yerba Buena Island,
Cal, aud tina naval war college, Newport,
Il. L, Captain French 70. Chadwick. presl-
dent. Naval stations have been established
at San Juan, Porto Rico; Havana. Cuba;
| Honolulu, H. l., and Cavite. Philippine
Islands. The latte- has become an impor-
tant naval base for the Asciatic squadron
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| Ouirc,--Q. why is a man who condue e
funerals called an undcrtakeri why Is a
clergyman called a divine? What * the
! origin Of the expression to show the VIII te
featherT"
A, An undertaken, according TO the
! standard dictionaries, Is one who under
takes or engages to perform business
specifically contractor Its present use
ia due &c long custom. A divine is n man
skilled In divinity: theologian. The word
pertains TO, Is OF tho nature OF, or PROCEEDS
from deity. The white feather was first
introduced as symbol OF cowardlce 10 The
days when cock lighting was In ro5ute.
As the game cock In vogue had no white
feathers white feather was taken as proof
that the bird was not game
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w. s, 70, when ana why was the
term, dough faces" used In American
polIticsY
| A. In 1888 the democratic representatives
from the Northern STATES decided to caucus
In favor Of resolution requiring all ne
tltions referring to slavery 10 be laid upon
the table without debate. This ldenuned
the party. MS II then existed, with tho
slave holding interest, aud its Northern rem
rosentatives were stigmatised as dough
| faces"
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Sol.-Q. What is ''concursusr'
A. The term has two meanings. and the
one to which you more likely refer is a
board OF priests called by some higher
authority In the diocese to select pastor
or other officer OF parish, when there ,e
a vacancy, In theology. "concursus' Ia