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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-15
H, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DIsoRDERED LIVER

knocks on the door and the dog is melted
by the trainer saying nl low voice
lookout" II at nrst the dos hlrkn "
Il no. prevented. nat 40 he arrows Older
aud stronger ne Is made 10 growl then
when he Is older he ana ne trainer go 80
some isolated point aud In 4 little while
the assistant stelH upun the winlwaM
side, not to quito AZ nrs and u che dog
does not bark he is made to by his irain
cr. caro- ia taken that he don't try to at
tack tnc assistant, as hi Ing dogs are not
nt for military duties. and at The same
timo he must not knoN The assistant,
Then comes the i'st ana mosi horortah'
tnrung." During this training he Is
tueht 10 rsin back and GO, lost articles.
10 usc the pouch etc The distances are
not more than thrd of a mile at tltsi;
known Ia the dus Then the assistant
sands with hs back to he dos, With tho
uiticlc IN his hand and the trainer snNs.
'foi ward. AMI the dog runs aud gets II.
After he has learned tNs We'll the nn-
tshing touch Of hts cduNtt'op are hdd"d :,
h, rs taught 10 SWIM. 80 cross streams at
command and carry small articles longer
DISTANCES. hc Ne accustomed 20 thc souud
of fire arms, cannon etc AMI nuShi
never to get In front of q cannon.
lie j. thoi taught TO ID ali this pv sot1e
other than his trainer. Whcn AZ this Ia
done property, he IL slvcu bis ilrloma go
an educated log. a "h-cAllcd dog bOcholor
OF arts; ON bis collar Is Neal plate ON
which arc written h" namc ana the com
ptnV and battalion 20 whirh NJ belong q,
/ ami therefore De 'omcs the pc; nt I've
/ company.
l,io Jackson. Won said Houston can't
( compare with Temple with it's beauty,
/ Well. II can't There "a not "A llncr drivo
! anywhere uan out to liouston Hcights
/ On hose paved streets ana nWong 0oWrr1
and tail trees and th",e are many other
/ beautiful places II Tempt" r. the 'tlucCn
Of tho hralrics wcll Houston Is Tho
/ queen of the South
Hue, guees when you camo. TO sauna
/ cruz | WAS can ping. hut II you had nslSed
al most hoy Town where tillN / AAttfil
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-15

Xix. Iexas-Dear Haphammer; "a
not vote IN the color contest hni WIN
wr.tc and cast my vote for me shepner,i I,
vote for The shepherd. We had htte
dog once. her IL me was Fuzzie Evcry
evening she would go and, drive up me
She would look at them and IL there
were Any missing shc would go back and
find them. Whcn she died we an erica,
She WIS n shcrheri. ! have no pc'ss ny ny
il the sweetest hnby on can;h to me; ne
has pretty black eyes ana can Almost
SIT alone. With love 10 all the liips anu
dear Mr.. Haphammer. No..
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-15

tlorcnce, TEXAS Dear Haphanmcr: 1
come asking admittan-c TO yom happy
nihd. and am 80 much Interested IN me
banG. see in thus weeks paper thao Or.
IT, W. Ehrihman tells a dog and pig stury
so VIII you Lei mo tell one OF little
shepherd pup2 once We hal an old cat
win one kitten and some one gave MS Il
niue pup, ana 10 was very small The
old CIT went to ID and lay down by it,.
she went 10 nursing 1t and seemed to
love II as much as she ala her kitten /
east my. vote for the shepherd. with love
10 the Haps. Molllo Frazier
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Humble. Texas-Deir Haphammer: AS
IL has been SONS time since wrote. l
thought would Join in the contest ana
vote for my favor1lo, the grand ol1 sew .-
foundland. He should be chosen tor our
n,.t, as he would he our faithful protector:
/ havc rcqd so many stories about good
ana a'f fgithfnl dogs Of late that some.
times think hey are human beings. HON TOW
well we children all remember .ne pa
dent ana Kind he was to his blind mas-
ter / will send four votes FOR me NewI
foundlant-m (Telulul, Lille ce yui
brother Landrum, and hope he WIN VIM
Love TO all. lcluIh ha'N'"'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-15

What causes the leaves " Surn red and
| yellow In the autumn Nine persons out
of ten answer hastily. "'rho Frost A.
matter OF fact, the fro~, has nothing TO
do with IT, Leaves turn In color simply
heoeusc that Is che natural way Tor a lear
| TO rir,n, leaf turns lnst as a pnaep'
: pear or an apple docs.
/ sprays Of briihan; maple, gum oak aud
| mckicb,rrV leaves may he FOUND IN IN,
! wrols as carly as July, long oeiorH thcre
| IS any susp,ion Of frost When the iicst
does come ls likely To turn a rel %
Modern boianisi~ say that plant to he
| in pcrtc tiN healthy condition must rlo.
ducr noth.ng lint groom leaves. Color IS
ssn 81 i generation. whether thu color
! take the form of bul Hover, truit, hract
l or autum0Hl leN colon r. iults IrHm
deficiency of eh'ot'ph>l OF green colorihS
| mattet
Ali III Us contrary 20 the old IDEAS on
the subject. when tho Hover was rruHii-
crcd the crown of the plant aud the mo-
ductioL ct fruit the end aui aim OF
plants cNtFiomr such thlnsht may 9ur,
doing well only Whcn It produces moth
ing hut leaves"
'no prlmaillo liz iccogn zcd an horicul-
turr when the gardener piuches of hldH
IA order to prevent a plant from blooming
too soon or too protnsoiy, the, Iap9 arsr
use thiA process IN order 10 piodur" l"Ike
lrhryslui hoinums retaining the chlniophYl
go tong as possible ana allowing an me de-
iicienoy thereof TO settle ,rto on, flower.
1hc lreo butchers have crude concep-
ton OF tia tica when they "hop OF halld-
fuuo limbs. lclV ng unslrhiN tuniun u,
srupo into morsttons doformity rh,y
know that the tree vii sproul out again
Wilh a thicker cfou Of green leaves tNAi
Therc wust con,c time In the lifc'of
any pant WI ite s'rongth 10 inad"pnWte
phNl In thlt case she iehc.curS g shown
iu colur.d lnrVoH SOM iNucN th"s' a'o
petals sometimes uHiumn leaves
Rul an hriuhni l,4Ne' are ol Hrgr7si,ri,
| lN autumn lrnNcs. Thcrc are plani@ thh'
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Sall!e Killough.
HE PRINTS 4 PAPER.

Athens. Texas.--pear Haphammer: The
dog contest seems to he very Wap9t
cast my vote for the shepherd, NO uoun,
printed by a Hap. ! print one, size aN''
four RACES. would like IN me itaps
10 write to 1t. Send me cent STAMP
If any one writes to you and asks II You
are subscriber be sure and = 'wGr ana
tell them you are. as that VIII htIp lnc
uaper to get entered as second-c.ass mat
tcr yours truly. -. T.. Hughes.
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FOR THE NrWrouNpLANp.

The following boys and girls wrote lot
tor in fsvor of the Newfoundland Earl
Poston and August Hewiers Marlborough
MarEt' nnd Amar Gentry sutton: Emily
vcrt. Florencn bors't AID in'lc larson.
Dime Box. Willie oscar. Iillic am O. l..
Pillow. NunnsVHo! Katie Stewart and
Liasie Proctor, Lnliur G1utins Horn,
SpurPVr
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NEMFnrNnLAND AND BULL DOC.

Zapp, TeX3s--Dear Haphamner' ,r,,.s,
not written IN such long ulh'' M Sers
Icon AID Fcnton vote with me FOR Inc
Newfoundland rhe NcwfogndianIod. V ~
to trained a do whlteEr in@ S 1n, o,Iy
saves peopie's lives on land. but Iesn .,i9
MS master or stranger from hr"miii-
ing lie is also of good service 70 Wv
of stylrg Sims OF boats IS through sshn-
inP a rome tiel 10 the vessel by rv"
founillnd 10 the shore, ami hence ~ ny II
ha sgXed from wreck or some accideht; ~, y,
n NeVfound,snd l. bothered r trSipfl w
a smaii,r dog or a pup, he viii often s ,i,,e
il ana drop II into. the wafer an Wv.
Il again. ! viii relate story, OF - ~ n,
| these dogs belonging 10 worklnsi1nastinl
was attacked by small al1 pnshi ,,nny,
bull dog which sprang upon , ns ar'V q,
hun dogs, pinned" him by the, nose an %
| there hung. in spite OF all eihea'or' ~
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Edna, TcXas-uoar liaphammer; r. you
have a va"ancy In your club | VIII step
in, for awhile at least. and cast my. vote
for the shepherd in memory OF Mack an
English shepherd we once owned ne was
saw Though his mother came from Eng
land his English was bad but he always
matngea to make himself UNDERSTOOD, |
like very much TO read the Happy hammer
letters. Your friend .,,.
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rnn Tlln slIIlpIllcnn.

These il1ppyhammers wrntc l'ttors u
behalf Of the sh phcrd Miles T.. Duke,
Knight; Tommy Gentry. sutton. pocio
Robinson. Mlyshe''l; Josie and Susie Wh't-
ran Maryball Brown Myrtle Evapt
Ethel Roland AMI Bessie Davis. Bowie
Hattie. Matte and Homer Iiowden CLIO
Aiuc and He'on rubb, Ouida Strvcla AMI
Mamie LcaRroyc. centreviilc. Mntt1, aud
Allip GRAY. IfaiTView
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Smith. Bates Smell Cliff and Ruth Trask,
Ernest aud Edgar Watkins Ben aud
Charles Ward. ST. clair Pate, Oscar Mar
rey, WI Mdyneid owen Hanna. John ami
Frank \, en--thirty in all Your friend,
Frank Porter.
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|HAP TALKS,
! Haphammer HAS ia say 10
Boys and Girls.

Boys and Girls.
Syhammers; After keeping In
I, several weeks the shepherd
Mi to take second place In
kies, while the Newfoundland
.w Of the list. The other dogs
AZ same order az heretofore,
sal had their votes increased
| he Newfoundland is just 33
d the shepherd, ana the con
these two dogs promises to
sy from now on. Each has
ihends. and 1t viii take some
.eormine which is the favor
Hsppyhammer band In the
b. 81. Bernard voters may get
arrest, and perhaps put their
he lead. There are several
ar dogs on the list, and It
upHse the Hapnammer very
ne Of those near the bottom
Atly jump towards the top.
Is II the letters about dogs
'1rpvement each week, and as
III
,Dv b rn1g II, w, clo.a ,ni c"n
,sas u, a aome y, ron r'o -, ,',o ' 1og
NJ ok sy i ,ss me ,n%srs'o oa1 a a@s
!. ~ " , me- n@'"'5 ,a u'' 5 oi,e
Ss ' for ~ Is, r'' f.o. ','', so'o ma
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Two Chum,ny JnrIsdnw-.

Dogs and cats and birds have their pooh
friends and boon companions az well as
boys and girls. A charming account Of
two friendly old Iackdaws comoa from a
little girl who lives in sharon, Mass
Listen TO what she nays
The summer | was s yearg old my
mother took me to the tower of London.
There were two old lackiaws hopping
abOLt on the parade ground and threw
10 one Of them a piece Of tho bun | waa
eating II took II and hoped quite 1t long
distance 10 where some on cannon stood
that were used IN the wars long ago. lie
hOppct up on one and put down his piece
Of bun. then he hoped way across the
parade ground to the other jackdnw. ana
! think he must have told him that there
was a little girl over there who had "a
bun. for both Of Thorn hoped over TO me-
J gave the other lackdaw piece. Then
went away and ate n. He did not want 10
eat his dinner til hls friend had some"
DID any Of you ever hear OF moro
How Wesley Tmugbt sunday schooi
| John Wesley was DESTROYS at one time
Of tes ching his scholars that vanity wns
| silly thing to possess. lie tried an odd
| plan 10 do II. Among the Sunday school
| boys were many whose parents wcre too
poor to provide them with shDes. ana 80
they had to cone 10 school with bare fect.
|
| boys whose feet were bare. telGnB them
| their parents were too mean 10 buy them
| shoes for Sunday school. where shoes
ought 10 be worn Wesley heard about II,
| and when Sunday school rext Assembled
| the - h1lBrs were aSonisned to see tho
| minister appear himself without shoes or
| stockings lie didn't notice the sensation
! he created. but went right On wan inc
| lesson as though nothing out OF the com
| mon was happening. The boys VINO wore
shoes lid not dare do any more iauit'ns
after that
Dog and Monkey.
| good story = told Of a dog that one
day discovered an organ grindor's monkey
seated upon a bank within his master
grounds and at once made rush FOR H.
The monkey, which was attired In jacket
| and hat awaited the onset IN tranquility
| so lndfsturbed thai the dog halted within
| a few feet OF IL TO recoDnoiter.
| The animals took a long sSare At eacH
| other. hui the dog evlden'y was recover
Inv from hs SURPRISE, ana was about g
| make a spring for the inruder when ths
monkey raised his paw ana salutea bs
The .fYect was magical The dogs heat
and tail dropped and he sneakfd on e
the house, refusing to leave n until hi
polite but mysterious VISITOR had departed
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A WONDERED MEDICINE.

ILLS taken as directed quickly rcsofc females com
irregularities OF the system
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04
AMERICAN ECCENTRICITY.
Frenchmen Never Tire of Talking of Our
Queer Frealts.

Frenchmen Never Tire of Talking of Our
Queer Frealrs.
The French people never tire of re-
lating anecdotes Of the eccentricity and
enormous wealth of Americans.
An American went into hairdress-
er's shop in Paris recently and found "a
charming but poorly dressed girl en-
gagged in negotiations with the propri-
etor. She was Offering to sell him her
magnificent head Of hair for three napo-
leons-the man would give her no more
than one. AT last the poor girl gave
way with tears, and the barber was
about to employ the fatal scissors when
the American interviewed and demanded
the cause of the sad affair.
He found that the girls parents, who
formerly had been we'll off, were in the
last extremity of poverty, and that she
had determined to make so great a sac
rlfice i'll order to obtain them little
bread. The stranger drew out two bank
notes and offered them to the girl, say
ing:
Will you let me buy your hair?''
Without even looking at the notes, the
girl at once said, eyes
The American delicately took a single
hair, put it i'll his northumberland fed.
Not till he had gone did she look at
her bank notes, and found them to be of
the value of $100.-Elmira Telegram.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04
RArrLesNAKEs FOR sepreLlows.
A Belgian Eaturalist's Night In tho Toltco
Ruins OF Quomada.


Ruins OF Quomada.
"Whon / was collecting specimens of
plants and animals In Zaoatecas, snid the
noted DIR. Maximilien Sohumann, "I had
IN experience with rattlosnakcs which
oamo near being the death Of me-"
Tho doctor is the Belgian explorer and
naturalist who won't through Africa, and
in telling of his adventures no said:
81 had gone days journey on horse
back from the city of Zacatecas to the
southeast to examine some old Toltec
ruins there. These arc known rs the
Quomndn ruins. Thoy are very extensive.
got there into ut night. had shot n
couple of doc on the way and had thrown
Thorn across my paok animal.
'On my arrival within tho ruins I lit q
fro to get my supper, after which spread
my blanket and lay down. In the morn
ing, when woke up, threw my hand
outside of tho blanket, and it. almost
touched big, poisonous rattlesnake
escaped by tho morest chance. Looking
toward my feet, what was my astonish-
ment to SEQ rattlesnakes all over tho blan-
kcts. There were no less than six of them,
besides tho ono that had missed my hand.
1.-The reptiles woro not the Crotalus
horridus or diamond orotalus, known in
California, but tho Crotalus milarius,
found in tho hot regions. They are very
poisonous. When had lit my fire in tho
evening, 1 could not see tho snakes, which,
presume, had crept along the walls
"Thc altitude of Zacatecas and the old
ruins is between 1000 and 5000 feet, and
it gets quito cold at night My fire was
what undoubtedly attracted them. When
they got out toward it, they found my bed
Rnd, discerning the warm blankets, crawl
cd UP on them and went to sleep. have
always thought it was almost miraculous
that escaped being bitten. AS did not
want the snakes, having already all
wanted, killed them and nailed them all
to the adobe WALL with my card on each
The lizards and other reptiles which
got there sailed away in casks and for
warded to Europe. 1t is general belief
among the Indians, notably among the
Greeks, Cherokccs and Choctaws in Indian
Territory, where was for time, that If
one is bitten by II rattlesnake all he has to
do to prevent fatality is to eat the snake
But 1 never discovered any virtue in this
The best remedy is to Immediately bind n
thong above the wound, so that the poison
cannot circulate higher. Then cut an in
cision below the wound and squeeze out
as much blood as possible. Then, if to
tho wound is made an application of pot
ash or any alkali, there is almost no dan
ger.
L got the best collection of reptiles from
Mexico and forwarded them to Europe
that has ever been seen here. The rattle
snakes were so plentiful that they could
be seen by thousands and thousands. -
San Francisco Call.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04
ITO Hang Ontn

The following is an early instance of
the phrase:
And you his sad companyons to whomo Lent
Becomes more lenten by this accident.
Henceforth your waving fiagg no more hang
out,
Play now no more at all: when round aboute
Wee look and miss the Atlas Of your spheare,
What comfort have Vice. think you, to be there,
And how Gun you delight in playing when
Such mourning SOC affecteth other menu
This quotation is from an anonymous
elegy on the death Of Richard Burbage,
the actor, who died 1920. See Collier =
ANNALS of the Stage volume 1, page
43I.-Notes and Queries.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04
Potash Soft Soan.

simple rule is given in Textile Indus
tries for making potash soft soap for en-
gineers' lubricating purposes. The meth
cd pursued in this case is to dissolve q
pounds of absolutely pure fine, strong
caustic potash in an iron or earthenwart
vessel with 9 gallons of soft water, this
strong lyo being added to gallons of oil
heated to about lao degrees f., pouring II
in "a small stream and stirring continually
until the two are combined and smooth in
appearance some ten minutes being neces.
sary, and the mixture may be done in a
wooden barrel. After being wrapped in
blankets to keep in the heat generated by
the mixture itself combining and turning
into soap it is placed in a warm room and
left for three days. Tho result will be 100
pounds of tho finest concentrated potash
soft soap, pure, free from adulteration.
Any of the vegetable or animal oils will
BIO found sorvfceable, but pale seal oil is
found best for wire drawing and lubricat.
ing
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04

The CHAs. LYLE DRUG Co. desire US to
publish the following extract from q
letter Of Ches. NJ. Gutfeld, of Reedly,
Fresno county, Cal, as they hsndle the
remedy referred TO and want their Gus
toners to know what splendid medi-
cine it Isl
1T is with pleasure tell you that by
one days use OF Cham berlsin's Cough
Remedy was relieved OF very severe
cold. My head WIS completely stopped
up and could not sleep st night. loan
recommend this remedy" A cold nearly
always starts In the head and afterwards
extends to the throat and lungs. By
using this remedy freely IS soon as the
cold has been contracted it will cure the
cold at once and prevent it from extend
ing to the lungs
In the fall Of 1893 son OF Mr.. T. A.
Mcfarland. q prominent merchant Of
Live Oak, Suffer county, CAL, WAS taken
with very heavy cold. The pains in
his chest were 40 severe tina. he had
spasms and WAS threatened with pneu-
monia. His father gave him several
large doses OF Chsmberlain's Cough
Remedy, which broke up the cough and
cured him. Mr.. Mcfarland SAWS when
ever his children have Group he iuvaria-
bly, gives them Cham berlain's Cough
Remedy and it always cures them. He
considers 1t the best cough remedy in
the market. For sale by The Chss.
Lyle Drug Company.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04
a Strange Logical Process.

1t Is wonder to me-" said Willie
Washington, 'to sec how quickly the minds
of some men act. There arc people who
can decide i'll an instant what it would
take Others long time to consider. 1 met
Il man the other evening who is that way. I"
Was no a lawyer?'
II don't know. But he had an intel
iectunl grasp that was astounding met
him in the hall just rs no was reaching
for an umbrella. Is that your umbrella?'
he inquired. No, replied l. In that
case, no answered, it's mine. '-Wnsh-
ingtOn Star
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-04
THE FIDDLE DRILL.
Its Kind Has Been Used For Two Thou.
sand Years and Remains Unchanged.

sand Years and Remains Unchanged.
Tho elaborate carving on the building
of the Now York Clearing House associa-
ton, i'll Cedar street, neccssitated consid.
cradle use of the fiddle drill" This drill
is of peculiar interest, inasmuch as it is
one of the oldest stone cutting tools in ex-
istence. 1t is said to antedate Greek
sculpture and is in use today in about the
same form as it was 1900 years ago. AS
its name implies, it's action resembles a
fiddle. The drill is Of two pieces. In
one hand n carver holds the drill stock,
which is like carpenters brace, except
that it is straight instead of having u
crank. In the other hand he holds the
bow, which is strung with brass wire,
and which is given "a turn around the drill
stock.
To use the drill the carver places the
drill stock against his breast, holding il
with his left hand, and with his right he
draws the bow back and forth, fiddle fash.
ion. This ilnparts n rotary motion to the
drill stock, and the drill is ground to cut
In either way it turns. The fiddle drill is
used in the finest work, in crevices where
the sculptor could not reach with his chisel
and hammer without endangering the
carving. About the first thing an ingen-
ious Yankee would say on seeing the cid
die drill work would be: Why couldn't a
power drill Of some sort be used for that
Kind of work! Something like n dentists
drill? But carvers say that pneumatic
drills and various other types of stonecut
ting tools have been tried, but mono has
been found able to supersede the fiddle. {"
New York Herald.