The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-02


Problem.-o Please publish IN your next
issue the solution of the following
A cistcrn ia alled by two pipes, one OF
which win All 1t In two hours, and the
.othec in three hours 1t is emptled by
three pipes, tic nrst % which will empty
It In Gvc hours the second In six hours,
and the third In seven and one-half hours.
II all the pipes be left open, In what time
viii It be nlled7
A. The nrst pipe will al one.hnlf the
cistern in one hour the second pipe viii
al one.thlrd the cistern in one hour
ul Both pipes viii oil hve-sixths OF the
clstern in one hour
The third pipe viii empty one.Afth the
cistern In one hour; the fourth pipe will
empty one-sixth the cistern III one hour
the dfth pipe will empty two-hfteenths the
cisteru in ono hour,
Co. Tho third, fourth and nfth pipes
viii empty nftoen thlrtleths or one-haltt the
cistcrn In one hour.
All Ave pipes win al % dve-sixths minus
one-haif or one-third the cistern In one
hour.
Answer-Three hours.
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subscrfber-Q kindly give through your
query column the official vote for governor
IN the states OF New York, Pennsylvania
and Michigan, November L. 1902
| A. New Nork-Coler. democrat, G55,S9S;
| odcl republican. 661. lD0; ManipTre, proh,b.
Zionist, 20,49o; De Leon, socialist-iRbor, To-.
$50 Hanford, social democrat, 2S,4OO,
PtnnsJ lvaua Pennypacker. republican,
| d02, s67; Pattison. democrat, 426 I5T; Swal,
low, prohibitonist, 2S,S27; Adams, social
| lst.labor, bl5T Stayton, socialist, 81 $40;
PeuuypaCker, citizens ticket. l459; Patti.
son, anu-machine ticket, e049; Pattlson,
ballot reform ticket, 1871,
| Michigan Durand. democrat, l74.o7T;
Bliss, republican. 2il,26i; westermau. pro.
! hibitionist 1926 Waiter. socialist. 0271;
! CoulIn, sociallst-laOor, l2G4
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]. SO, What were the hanging gardens
OF Babybou2
A. The hanging gardens of Babylon, con
structed NY NebuchadneEzar t6o4-G5t h. e.
and additionally ascrihed 60 Semiramls
We're anciently reckoned among the won
deTs Of the world, They were i've I'm mum
Der, each consisting Of an artificial HIN OF
mound 400 feet square, the top NJ which
overlooked the walls OF the city, with side.
divided into terraces OF earth resting on
stone platforms covered With groves, ave
nues and psrterres Of flowers, and provided
with galleries and hsuqueung rooms. They
were irrigated from reservoir at the sum
nit allied with water raised from the Euph
rates
wlnston.-Q. Please state through Won,
query column the correct spelling OF m,
word suit Tor suite, as applied to office q
apartment rooms, II would seem from
Webster that suit was the proper word 70,
many letter heads OF business hrms us
suite.
A According 90 the latest dictionaries
either word Is correct, suit being pro
nounoed suite and suite SWEEP, Many 200.
authorities, however still prefer to use IN.
word tn IT'S original French form, suite. an.
to pronounce 1t accordingly.
Bum, %. VIII you be good enough T,
give the origin, meaning, etc, OF the proc
OF liquorY
What is proof liquorY
A. Proof spirit Is spirit which proves Il
self to have Just enough alcohol In IL Il
be capable Of firing gunpowder II the splrl
Is poured on the powder aud lighted. l
u eshtaihs too muea water Il viii damps,
sue powder 20 such a degree as 20 preven
lths nnnS. In this serntry proof spirit In