The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-12
THE POSTS LETTER BOX.

Cribs department is intended 60 answer
questions that are Of general interest, Its
maln object is 70 supply out.of.tbe-was
facts and curious information. Questions
Of personal interest only win not be
answered. No business OF personal nd'
dresses win be given. Questions as TO the
value, etc, OF old coins aud stamps will
not be answered. All correspondence
should be addressed TO The Letter Box.
care Houston Post. aud TO receive atten-
tlon must be tlSned by the name In full
OF the party making the inquiry, as well
as that under which II is desired that the
question snall appear. Owing TO the large
number Of questions received answers eau
hot always he given promptlyD
Quex-o. Please answer The following.
1l What are the seven wonders OF the
vorldg e., who was The author OF the
ARABIAN knights 60 70 what country
does Monte Carlo hclong3
A. ~ The Pyramids the hanging Car
dons OF Babylon the Temple ot Diana at
Epaesus. the Mausoleum OF llaAcarugssus.
the Colossus Of Rhodes, the Statue Of Ju-
piter aud Phidias aud the lighthouse at
Alexandria. - The ARABIAN Nights IS
Of unknown date aud authorship It was
hrot made known IN Europe about the cud
of the Seventeenth century by Antoine
Gallard whc vas employed By Colbert 60
collect Mss IN the East Tho copy Of the
Ar1bir Ms brought by Gallau1 fsom SYRIA
cnptElncd marginal note dated lSA and
frou internal evidence the middle ~ tlH
Thirtrcntb century hng boon 8xed upon as
The probable NorioI NJ tho competition ~
tho wovk some NJ the tales veto evidently
borrow cd by the writer from elder authors
and Won Hammer idoutlaes az least the
plot und como rf tho stories OF the Ara
hiau Nights" with an earlier collection in
Persian called The Thousand Fauciful
Stories %, Monte carlo is IN tho munic-
patty OF Monaco, In Italy The pu1dpalitr
Of Monaco has an area n only SIX square
! nnee ard II surrounded bv the French
! department. ~ tho Alps Maritlmes. except
/ on the south. where 81 borders on the
/ Mediterranean
ola rimsa o what were the laws
{ known as tho "cl~N rights acts' Were
/ they declared void
soon after the thirteenth amendment
was declared I'm force congress rass=d the
Grst Of that series of acts known as tho
civil right acts with O view 70 protect
all persona in the United states in their
civil rights The last Of those acts boar.
ine date March 1875 section /, declared
That an persons within the jurisdiction
en-, -, ,r-,,,..,,, ~, ,,,. ,,.,,,r,,,,,i.
.t,, t...,,.,.- IA r.l-.I,o.--
80 ,u,. ,,ni,, ..,,-,-,r,.- ON iaca a,
- - .,5 ,,i,.. - - ..,,,,.
.,r,,,.n,,,.,,+ .,,,,,r+ ori- %, INC cor5it,or.
aud limitations established oy "a" ana ap
pneao's allAe 70 ''uzens q every race ,i an'
'o'of' fesataie~a '' aug previous ''nn''' oL
OF se'' l'upe'
oe succeeding section imposed Pana'le'
for violation "t the nights here enumerated
and presented ''ssI remedies,
But IN INC el!h rights cage 'l"' I, p re
ports 81 decided 'n ueeslnDsl' ioe-' 'u
Unconstitutional so far as it related TO tn
7 States,
James-Q what We're the hanging sa'
dens Of Babylon?
J, A. The hanging gardens Of Babylon, cor
strncted hy NebuchhdneISar '7A-6ol 4 =
G ard trndiuonaily ascr'hea t" senlfahu
were anc'ent'y recAohea among 'ne "'
Is Der. each consisting Of an artificial hill
a mound. 400 feet square, the top Of vhi
g overlooked the walls OF the city. with sld'
< divided into terraces Of earth resting
stone platforms, covered with groves. av
nues and parterres Of bowers. and pr
vided with galleries and banaueting room
They were Irrigated from a reservoir
b. the summit hIled with water raised fro
IL tina Euphrates.
IN
-. -. ~. - ~, s,,,o,.,,
-. eta.a.. T,-aa rro,,,ase,a 0,,to r-or,,,,I.
- ,ta..aa,,,so,t, ua,sas o,,1 49,
~ MasSacuusetla' Nausas unu iowa
'e a. Ulqer tne census OF lSVv' texas ~
a'o,o'1'' mats lennessee, ~ -, 80 on'
u -.lV-'o''i hentucAy, iooo,--' Mass
u cnusetls' l'ooH4'4' hansas' 'oo 'lo' 10"
!, lob, Sf9. -.t.