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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

| ia blue and our lovely bird graz. In sum-
mer the sky Is blue in winter II Is gray
aud the combination Is modest and bcauti-
| full They are the highest colors aud the
National colors OF our dear sunny South.
We viii all feel proud to wear them for
| our club badge. My papa Is an old soldier
Ing Under the blue tlag. Now don't you
know II WIN make them feel good 10 see
Their children wearing these colors as
colors were chosen by the South. am
sick now. but when get well will hunt
J. UP and let YOU know. ! may find out
many OF thu little llaps subscribe for this
nice little raperY All who vote fpr our
colors should take 1t and work fer H.. TOO.
il YOU subscribe Lambert Goiicisc. j
wani you TO take the Veteran, ms your
grandpapus wore tho gray, Guy Pagan
like Southern literature and desire to
learn all about. the south,s great and
brave heroes and martyrs. Your friend.
Nenio q. Patterson.
PRETTY COLOR EXPERIMENTS.
Orange, Texas, Dear Haphammer: You
hsvc n color contest, have come TO vote;
/ Vote . for Tin them. Blue signifies truth;
white. purity and innocence. our brave
ancestors who fought In the civil war wore
1he es and d, TIE gn, y f Mar yfs s she
ton cloth. II one has on yellow he IL a
prince; the one who wears white has host
u friend, There IS a beautiful red dye
on The cactus plant They are lirNi shaken
on the cactus plant In II bag Or on cloth
then they arr killed by pouring hot water
over thom. They arc placed IN thy sun 10
dry, then ground into powder When
ray OF lisht passes through transparent
body having two planes but not paraliel
faces II spreads out and produces sort
Of cofored baud, IN which the seven coors
OF the talnbNw may he recognized, THIS
The seven colors OF the spectrum are ar
ranged In the following order. beginning
with the under part NJ the rainbow: Nto-
h' indigo. blue, gteeu, yeliow, orange.
You can take piece of cardboard upon
which have been printed all the seven
light. The cardboard has ii lit,lc hole IN
the center, into which !, rod may be intro
ducod. You then rapidly whirl The card
board around the rod az around au axle.
The colorn disappear and the cardboard
becomes alniost white II Is moi necessary
TO paint the seven rrincinoi colors on the
Voardboatfi- three would be sufficient red 4,
that the other ooiors-- orange, green aud
Violet he produced by the e!endlnt Of
other piece Of cardboard, painted one nall
red and one-halt blue. N you make J.
whirl around like the first piece i WIN
half red ana ouo-hali yellow Will appear
orange ffho las, one. which Is ouc- hall
yellow and oue-nnll blue wifi seem green.
Whito ren"ctS-iha' IL, gives out III"
lght IL receives and Keeps back nothing
blue or req abs 'rNN al : rccoiNcr except
inc hipN OF ,on cart OF the ray: black ah
&c RIBS all and relt0lS nothing y hl'o Oh
Joct ahsorhs six OF thr 3CVeu colnrs and
reflects the hMc
VIII answer Corn hrpcldng's questions.
Why Il a man looking FOR philosophers
stone Ike NVptuiel Because he IL "sca-
HING" what neNcr waa. Where can happi-
nv q. mil lps IA h,t y,
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AN ALABAMA GIRL.

Hartselle. Ala,--Dear Haphammer: WIN
You please admit another l2-year-old girl
INTO your happy band? do not take The
Post. but my COUSIN does, so i get 10 read
soinc of the Iiaps letters. | enjoy them
very much. | live in grove Of live oaks,
think they are very nice shade trees.
The trees are so thick around our house
that when they are In full leaf 1t is us
dark AZ II II was cloudy all the time
have been attending the male and female
college at this place. We have an cx-
our school / see the japs are voting on
colors now. / will vote for blue and white,
for they are two of my favorite colors,
have a great many relatives living in
II Mas with best wishes 10 the dear Haps
and The Post. 1 close,
Sallio Barklay
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WHITE AND YELLOW.

Beaumont, Texas-Doar Haphammer' tt
written to The Post, hut l have not for
~otten it, Mamma sends the Sunday Post
to mo every week. 1 have a married sis
ter who lives here. She was afraid TO
stay with her. have been here nearly
two kmonths. Are the Happyhammers
going 10 have badges when the color con
fest is OVER ] want TO vote. but j can't
decide which coiors are the prettest. My
sister told me 10 vote for white and yell
low because they were her school colors.
| am taking music lessons from Mrs.
Aahon. ] can ride the bicycle and l like
il very much, ! would like to correspond
with a girl about my age. which Is Il
years My sisters husband has an old
rooster and they had it's picture taken.
i must close Your friend. Katie Beatty.
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SOME rn1Nos ABOUT conNs.

Boys Essay on Various Kinds What
lie Knows About"
There are several kinds of corns what !
know about, but the corns | know most
about Is popcorn and pas corns There is
another kind Of corn what hear n good
deal about. and that's cand corn, Pa's
corn growed without planting, ana he
makes more fuss over that one corn than
would over Il whole corniield, We read in
II pnpor The sure euro for corns was 10
wenr shoes without heels. Pa Thought mat
If he went barefoot II would do Just as
we'll, and he was gettn' an famous iii he
stepped oil u tack. then he said he would
rather have whole corniield than that
kind of a cure,
profit In corn was TO feed IL 10 the hogs.
told pa | had II secret aud thai II Was
dead sure cure FOR c9rns; ! thought ~
divulgo II less N Il quarter, Pa was tickied
most TO death an said | was bright boy
for boin' so Interested In him. an after ne
gave me the quarter an ! showed him the
piece IN the almanac pa got real mad ana
said something, and suppose u he hadn',
belonged TO the ohnrGh--well, suppose
must have been mistaken.
Mas got receipt book that tells how
jcliycake md napjacks are made, and We
but ,na ad s 4ow %af o fe0d tSf
interested in II at once an told pa II
would Jake I, whole barrel 9i lemonade 10
tet,in' on The porch In the shade. fannln'
yourself. with yoyr foot OH "A stool, drink
In lemonade, would cure n corn, Pa said
That's all she knew about II, an II she had
suffered as much as he had she'd he glad
to Try nythng. Nothing disappeared but
The Lemonade me corn i sill there,
It's curious how yfan there IL a corn In
the house everybody gets on TO n. 81 any
ding falls It's sure TO fall on that corn.
our baby can hit pas corn three times nut
Of rive. The other Kind OF corn is thai
which you make Johnnycake, corn plas,ers
an fried mush ont Of. There IL several
other ways which you can use corn; one |
of the ways Of II rs to grind 1t up and get |
the whisky out Of u. That's a new receipt |
what ! haven't told pa about yet III lei |
you know about II when do. O.S.
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LOVES HER STATE.

Montgomery. Texas,--Dear Haphammer;
/ have not written to the IIaps in long
time. so ! am going to write and vote for
my fasorito colors, which are pink and
green. M papa has Just subscribed for
The Post and l am so glad because !
like to read tho letters ] joined the club
about eight or ten months ago. hut have
not written since joined. .,m going TO
school now. ! have Just finished mp my
Texas history, and ! tell you J love my
State much better since ! have learned of
the blood our forefathers shed 10 throw
off the yoke of Mcxicos government and
will love their State as theif ancestors
did / viii close with much love 10 the
Haps, Your friend,
HELEN Cart wright
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MY BOY.
ritten for the Happyhammers.

|ritten for the Happyhammers.
ID you ever sec this boy of mine?
|ith bright. blue eyes and golden hair,
bat hangs down his back just like a
girls
BIT bit of Il girl, though, Is he
This dear. dear boy of mine.
you suppose his hands are always
clean?
Is clothes and boots so neat
bu would know at once hes an only
SON
you should chance on the streets to
meet
This dear. dear boy of minc
\ tell you now his hair Is never in curl,
Is trousers are torn and soiled.
wakes in the morning with Il whoop
and howl,
18th noise enough to make a saint scowl,
This dear. dear boy of mine,
his truth and honor you can rely:
was never known to tell n lie
was taught from his infancy to obey.
Walk IN the marrow, truthful way"
lat leads to heaven
This dear, dear boy of mine.
age he + only half past eight"
VI loves lasses candy and to swing on
YOU think, If you We're me, you would
hese other things" so soon left behind
ne IL nave and honest, and loving and
This dear. dear boy!
Lucy lron Morris.
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THE sLnnrlNG BLOWERS.

Whose are the lii,Ic beds, 1 asked,
which IN tho valleys hep
Sumo shooie their heads, and other
smiled,
"Ferhaps they did no, hcnr." | said:
/ viii inquire again.
Whose are 1he hois, the tiny beds
SO tticA upon tho nlain?"
9" 'Tis 6aisy In the shorter.
y little farther ON,
NeJIrst the door to wake the first.
Little lcontodon.
Ills iris, sir and aster,
Anemone and bell,
BatschIa In the blanket red,
And chubby .dafiodil"
Meanwhile at many cradles
Her busy foot she piled
II unmiLg the Quainifst lullaby
That ever rocked child
Hush i2pgea wakensi
The crocus s,,r3 her Ids.
cheek Is crimson
She's dreaming of tho woods"
Then, turning from them. revorent
'"Their bed time MS" she said.
"The bumble-bccs VIII wake them
when April woods are red
Emily Dickinson,
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A HAT GAME.

For an evening party you will find the
hat game Is an interesting diversion. To
play II the boys and girls in the room are
divided into two opposing parties. They
sit In two half circles at the same distances
around hat which Is placed on the door
Two differently colorcd packs Of cards are
then given. one TO each party. and equally
denit out 70 the players. The players Try
ter. This Ia by no means easy. The cards
have "a way. of flying over It or around u
In a provoking way. even when thrown ~
good players, The fioOr IL soon Uttered
with failures, The game IL played TIL both
packs are exhauvted. thcA those cards
which have fallen Into the bat are counted
color In tho hat wins the game.
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~ AFPYHANNGRS
Hammer happiness when and wherever you can.

selhshness that has always been the most
prominent feature of our happy band
ne iiappyhammers have discovered that
inc truest happiness in this world Is
louno ny trying to make others happy
whenever called upon they always re-
spohu, very OFTEN denying themselves of
Toys anu knick knacks In order To helm
so"ie member who needs the clubs. ms.
issuance. Ella Mahan of Toomey Texas
NIUE slfi who has been d cripple Mi
."r me. secured invalids chair through
'ne ciups effort. and two or three other
unfortunate members have obtained con.
lriou'iehs from The Posts Hans
M'ora Longs birthday is April 10,
~ nv !" Is hoped that her chair viii reach
al ~. WAT uay or before. The boys
anu girls OF that little town vii, ,,,,a
her picnic. and the ol,,H u.i,, ~ s.se
W RiaH TO hear all about 1t. w,,or. ha.,
letter en- this page TODAY IN y,h,,,, a .,'s
tells how thankful she ia for ~ e''e
In her behalf. Alma Horr,pv ,,a,,a e mo.n
anu -oiiikoffer Cakes deserve n great deal
OF credit for starting the coptr,,,,ua,, N',
"o'i as all those who took part IN the
work. IA 'ie
our color contest Is increasing IN In.
,eres'' but the Haphammer hasn't room
~ ms talk column to say much about
II inns week Next week he will give yo,,
a color talk In the meantime all who
nave not voted must send in their choice
VI ciup colors, and tell the club some
'nihg interesting about the subject now
under discussion. There were SONS snlen.
ui' 'et'ers THIS week. aud the Hapham-
'"v ,, : oesH contains another big stack that
wa, oe printed soon. Blue and white
Sn " Keep the lead, and is far ahead of
" ah sne o'her combinations. This may be
,a ,"''Iea any day. though. for the con-
TEST has Just started. e'''-
several orders for club buttons and
elup pms were received this week Won
WIZ ma Instructions how TO order 49,
IT, tue mead Of this column. Your friend
The Hapbammer.
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LITTLE JACKS COUNTRY.

Little Jack and Aunt Nelly were walking
through Central Park. They had wander
ed about at their own sweet will. fed the
animals. and, altogether, had most salts
factory afternoon; But Jack looked vt the
passed on grass. and the thought OF papa's
great. free open country place ON Long
Island came oyer him. Aunt Nelly" ne
Imitation country as nice as the real coun-
Try, do your" And Aunt Molly, as she
asresd Ta, of c sea n @ h uo
anything but tho limitation" country all
their lives
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HAP TALKS.
NAT the Haphammsr Has to Say to Our
BOYS and Girls,

Bows and Girls.
oear Happyhammers: Our band has
am proven itself club worthy of the
name we bear Several hundred mem
resolved TO hammer happiness for
'oia Long of Elgin, at the close
ms week tho contri atoms for her
Faiia chair amounted TO s3335. The chair
ordered n Week ago. 1t cost s25 and
freight VIII probably he 80. making
lo'ai cost SIS Thus you see there will
Woo LETT over. Just as this page was
ing made mp n letter came from Alma
ATi'nS OF Elgin, enclosing n money order
sl6'6e' making the total amount. If
Is is included, just cents less than
Anna says DR. Austin of Elgin coll
''en inc last money she sent. AS we
eady had more than was needed to buy
chair, the IIaphammer returned this
40 to Alma, and will let those who
htrlDuted that amount decide what sha |
aohe with It, Wilora and her faithful
KIN friends will also be permitted to
what shall be done with the ss.35 now
hand.
me Haphammer told you the collection
ou'u ne closed Saturday. April 4. Several
ss petore that the s2s tn buy the chair
~ been received and 1t was ordered
Monday The order was given to
a"hene Co. of Houston, who had n
eehi ihvalld's chair made by a Chicago
You know Wilora hasn't
Aneu step for several years. She
aiso unable to use her right hand, con
s'hlly 1t was necessary to get chair
ma ' os, be- rolled by using the left
"u only. The chair ordered for her
the occupant by bringing little
6a,r 'e 70 bear against the back of the
Fhesi which Is connected to the hind
se. ' by cog. Should Wilora want to
|aeh 70 me right she simply presses her
be chat. NJ me right side of tho back of
b 20 a, anu wee versa II can be made
[,li ~ ~ a. very good speed. and wilora
on o' able to roll herself all around tho
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FRIENDS or THE POST.

Houston, Texas.--Dear Haphammer: We
wish TO be four more members of your
happy bnnd Enclosed fnd ?5 cents TO
help buy the little girl. Wiiora Long. a
rolling chair. We are very sorry that
she is n cripple, bul hope she may spend
many happy birthdays. We can not
write with pen aud ink SO our mother
for the colc:'s blue and gray. We Ike
the blue because 1t is a natural color. az
blue is In the sky. and we like the gray
because 1t was worn by our brave sol
diers of the South. We have been living
IN Houston only eighteen months. but
expect this TO he our future home We
IKE Texas very We'll csur names are
George Gage y, Leila Gage %, Laura Gage y
and FRANC Gage ~. George ana Leila aro
GONG TO school TO Miss I3uri, corner
glad that The Post takes such interes,
IN the little folks and we shall aiwaVa
be its friends, Your friends,
George, LEILA. Iaura and Frank RraY
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THE PARADISE RrRp

you iet another little girl from Bobo ioit
your happy band? My papa takes The
Post and ] enjoy reading the letters, for
would you like 10 see a paradise bra? +
never saw one. hut L have read about
,nem' These birds are found chiefly IN
are remarkable for splendor of piumare,
IN an other respects, however. they ;ife
very closely allied to the crow family The
that of the females possessing neither It'll
iiancy of color nor remarkable deyelon-
ineIli. Tufts Of feathers generally grow
the kinds are prolonged so us TO cover The
Wings. Wen, MIR. Hap. you can count my
1 yote for white and blue, because The
ccoiot's, and white is for purity and blue is
Tor truth, hope my little friend Berrice
Clark VIII see this and write too. Good
bye. Peurlis y. Robo
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A TREACHEROUs RIVER.

Houston. Texas,-Dear Haphammer:
NJ the contest, and l have not written
until now. / read letter in The Post a
good while ago, about little girl writing
n history of the Canadian river In the
Panhandle OF Texas. i will write of the
Canadian river IN the Indian Territory.
where j used 10 live II Ia a most treach-
erous river and many people get drowned
every year. ! have seen II with scarcely
my water in II. when in an hour from
that time II would be OVERLOOKING. The
channel divides Oklahoma from the Indian
TERRITORY When the water Is on the Ter.
ritorv side. ] have seen saloons built out
an he sand bars, and they are very often
shed away. When the river was not
nm have walked in the middle OF ~
,,ioiat and white, because violet Is the
ciib flower and white represents purity.
Your little Hap, Lillian hiihptoh'
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INSCRIPTION IN A LOG.
cut IN the Bark Nearly FIFTY Years Ago
ny a Soldier

| cut in the Bark Nearly FIFTY Years Az
ny Soldier
Onito n curious discovery was mad
some weeks ago In the courtyard OF thu
d,tcul pnlacc at Brunswick. whore som'
worImen were busy splitting wood, Whil
one of the men split hardwood log WIN
AN axe In tho usual why, the TWO rieee'
Of this log presented very odd appear
anco. ON each oil tho TWO pieces a blneh
dos,gn showed n skull and crossbones
over which the naure 1850" and the let
ter IN" were plainly visible The work
man WAS Intelligent enough not to throw
this log among the rest. but turned !,
over to his superior, VINO delivered IL 10
an official OF the place. Further inyes-
tigatlon revealed the fact tina, me ios
came from a beech tree feiied during the
year In the ducal forest preserves. and
close examination of the log showed that,
outside of the design. there were tort y-s'x
annual rings grown. This proved that the
design Of letter. date and skull and cross.
bones was actually cut into the bark OF
the tree in 1850. or foriy-six years ago,
by means of knife. and with great force,
imeit Of BLACK Iluzzars," who at that
insignia comprised the skull and cross
bones Such formationf ARE very scarce.
and can only occur when the incisions
into the wood proper. The cambium
(which Is situated between the wood and
tho hark) has the property OF depositing
the annual growth Of wood, shown In
the annual ring, on It's inner surfaces.
Such incsions are soon covered again by
the bark and heal IN. An incision In
the wood. therefore, is lost upon the SUR
face of The respective ring. In which "
out through the closing Of the rind, II
can only be recognized by the black color
Ing of the immediate surface OF the In
cson. In this case the healing process
must have occurred very quickly, since
the inscription and design are extra
perfect.
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Philip Tuggle.
ANOTHER CHAIR rorI1,c,r,oN

Whitney, Texas--pear Haphammer Nv
mute sisters and brothers my little friend
ana myself all vote for white and blue
Mhlte means purity. and that all tho
iiups shall be pure to one another. and
blne means true. and that all the little
maps shall be true TO one another We
all send some money for wilora Longs
Invalid chair. | Will give you the names
and the amount:
LA Pitschmann. Zoe; Nellie Ballard, Ice;
1-iellie Boesch I0c: Annie Bosch, loo
Anthony I5oesch, loo, Gustave lioesch,
Zoe; Freddie Boesch. Ice: mamma. 100;
papa, loo, and myself, lac. Your friend,
Maud Roesch.
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EASTER AND RABRlrs.

Beaumont. Texas Dear Haphammcr:
Here ! come again. | win vote for blue
mn white. y have little collection for
Nilora's chair: 1t ia DC. Three Of my
brothers send SO each: their names are
lee. Arson and George The teacher of
me public schools, Professor =. A. Dono-
nue. sends DC. ana friend OF mine, Mr.. c.
t. Harrel. also sends Sc. will send YOU
some vioiets. as we have SO many. Easter
VIII soon be here and the rabbits will lay
w solne eggs. Anson says he is going TO
write after Easter. Your friend,
Philip Tuggle.
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Diseases, Syphilis. Eruptions. Hair FALL
ing, Bone Pains, Sweliings, sore InroasY
ulcers. Effects of Mercury, Kidney and
Blodder Troubles. Weak Back, burnin9
Grine lncuniinence, Gonorrhea, Gieets
Stricturc--receiye searching treR!meht,
prompt relief and cure for life. Both sex.
- treated oonfdentinlly and privately.
Piles. Fistbla, Eissure, Structure ana
Rupture cured by our new methods. oeno
pRs. BELTS & BETS.
IS New No 2iO st. Charles Street,
New Orleans. La 4.
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a GIANT BEEHIvE.

The Mammoth cave u getting 70 b :
gigantic beehive, Popular Science News
quotes Professor SnIder a. saying: ''Ths
last time went through the cave toQh
both the, long and short roltss, AZ asv Xxx:
bees Tor mo 70 feel entiTe!y confoFteblel
although I was not attacked ox Any ~
them. II the cave should ~ e31lQre4 ~
ss 8 ;sne sssA s sss =; Ssis
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HON MN HELrNp nlMsc1. r.

al
''halp yourself, help Yourself. little boy
do,
Don't wal, upon Others To wait upon YOU '
Grandma was holding her afternoon chat
knitting and rocking away as she sat-
Look al the birds. how they puIld thelc
own nests,
watch nc brown bees always telling
Put your hands to lac pillow If you'd
thrive.
DON'T waste your moments in wishing.
hut strive
Up in her face looked n misohievous elf.
"pon't forget, darling" SAID she. "heln
yourself"
Afternoon shadows grow drowsy ana deep.
Grandma was TRANQUILITY folded In sleep.
Nothing was heard but the old farmhouse
Flooding along with Its warning tic-tock
out from The pantry there camo loud
crash,
Pussy jumped out from the hearth in
flash
Rack 10 her chair came this practical boy,
stepped 10 the ears in Jam. rus'ard ana
Frightened he cried: ''Picase I've upset
the shelf .,,,,
Grandnn, i minded, 7 did help myself
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h. 81 'l||ne Ia
take TIA which VII
build up ~ tissues 40
supply fo,se to the
muscular lstive al,d
nervous sYstess,s. Il
YOU are thin without
appetite, PAL because
Of thin Blood, 81 easily
exhausted, why furthsr
weaken the body 81
using tones ? Scott !
Emulsion Of Cod-lver
on with Hypophos-
plites is w4latyou need.
Cod-iver Oh is a food.
It produces force and
buaes up tie system u
a subst antial way.
The Hypophosrlites
give strength to tie
nerves. Better appe
tite, richer blood and
healthy flesh come 70
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A BOY AND A BICYCLE.

Harpers Round Table.
Uncle Bob-l haven't seen you eating any
candy lately. Russell. What's the matterY
R,issell-l'm saving up. Papa says when
get 70 cents he'k put the rest OF the
money TO Il and buy me 9 bicycle.