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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-09
HusH-A-BY. LITTLE ONE

Come darling. put thine arms around my
neck.
Lay thy fair head upon my ooscn1--so.
Now Off TO Sunderland my babe must
Dream angels come obedient 70 our beck
Softer hands than mine Will press ihins
eyeiids down.
Softer tones VIII mingie with my so5ia-
ing strains.
Close little peppers. then. and rest. my
Fair are the dreams in slameerland's
domains.
Way DER the meadow are browsing the
herds,
birds
Hush-a-hy, little one,
Hush-a-hy dinpled enc.
Hush-a-by. dearest and he1rfsa M
words.
Come sweetheart, nestle closer eth sae
Floating cloud. vii sea7 ny raessaE. TO
the skies
List Dost thoa hear the aagers Enels-
dicsy
give thee. babe. iato their tsa6sr KEEP
Beyond Sleeps tide the T2yionlsnd = fa'-
Beyond this land there dEAlls the Coo q.
Light
Ee waits thy soul. my darling ever there
When thy sours wings SIRE strong suouse
fo- fight
Down in the west the sun already ss's
And the fairy dew each dr9wsy fow'r
VETS
Eush-s-by. dainty one.
Eush-a-hy. ~-a;ty ore
Chsribs doth chant fer the swe.. roads-
lets Ida Cole.
New Orleans January. is>s
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HOW HE SPELT GENTLE


, wen, l want II ulst'hct'y uhuetstoou
49, la, yuu sre 70 say WA you Wisn
80, nv. ,'aS ! am " "ouoI! say YOU
W.. assue'a NC win me- Sd! am III LOT
,o'HIils nut the Ioorhousc pu'' mere once
80, a. wan II uhuersIoou you shah
~ auout my uapy sIstei ,..,
VOC p.etiS "'',e "oS
'e"i' piN a"u NV pet9Un spoHeH ~
80 "csi," sr"oo' onii"le.. NeceSs
.'au 'us' ctiuvu anu cons'ueIapie vAc ,l
,'e"' VOC NlS ,, "neii n,''e N'iaI" 'itS
""s o'tn lvau,ns ms ht.IG s's'er 10. Ndtu
70 70 'ile 'cachcf uesh' hoiahu anu "rdc'e
IatS Ncie orphanS ana nao ,noVeu 10
ON , 'ne week before. yesterday
.a'Sr, S'''c'' WIN "noii' ticS h'cu'
nav a'"ltcu 'ueHh 10 schooi' LltNle bracle
. .' oNoln.alu some one SAYING mat they
were honouy ch'iureh anu her niue
v,ii' Hau Almost proheh over IL nu'
,oudy as she stanus ny her oro'het' WIN
ms arm "loui'u her' she uehes iakeVleW
'''u tno "aoie "oilu iier pretty o'ue
YES iook hrs' ioNlhslN on we prothei'
WIZ ~ i'"Nils inns statement IN het ne
nah' 'heh snS'y at lne resi- OF 'he emil
u'en' h"' ho'''u '"'nNS only Oh the
,"J"suce uoi,e 10 hllnseH anu SISTER rs
ne SlauuS tncre peior" ms teacher ana
, ,iis scnooih'ates' ms cap III one mana ana
ms arm around nus pahy sister, he won
'iA'etn years uvtote 'he tihe our story
opens ca'sS nan 'I'e pretty hiue-eNed
Sraaclul EoNer'esS OF mrs Meltons chit
ureH' OF 'iartioru' small picturesque WI
,dse' sumo Qua nunper OF mlles from
i-aheNieW, hau met i'oihhl Grey hahd-
some dashlhS fellow, ana when he laid
ms heart al her rect she iaid her Fate
her Hear' IA ms h"'lu ana gave MN the
,'sht 10 shielu her from ihe storms OF
nv NJ IONS ai'erWarh, Wheh they
stoou AZ goa a'ar ana were joined 10
gs,her never more 10 be separated Rolan
'eit as II ne was the happiest man alive,
while p"lsy ieil' as she looked at her
husband that she had made no mistake.
Time passed and they were as happy
as IL rams TO mortal to he
phe beautiful May morning when the
sun SnoAe nFlsht ana MOWERS We're bloom
ing ABOUT ,heir pretty cottage home Ro-
iahd Kissed ms Wiic ana three children.
palsy Roland and baby Grace and start
co out 10 ms WORK as englneer OF a To-
| conceive He was brought home that
night manglcd corpse. The blow stag
Sered pretty gentle Mrs, Grey and she
never recovered from IT. After the first
pahS OF heartache and sorrow, during
which she even wished to die, was over
she aWoke to the realization that She
nnse raise her children. -Four long
;ears louoWel curing winch her own
locks turned slightly gray and her oldest
daughter DAISY, grew up from lass Of
" TO pretty blue-eyed loving girl of A.
roland was handsome hoy of Z. II Mrs.
| Grey made any diHerencc In the love
and care of her children no one could
| ten j, hut down In her heart she knew
| she loved Roland best his likeness to
ms father carried her back 20 the past.
! Pretty Oracle was years old when God
took her mother away 10 the fair shore
| to which her husband had gone four years
before on her deothbed she said to Daisy
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10 BIRD NESTS YET.

smackover. Ark.-Dear Haphsmmer: I
am & little sirl . years old. l live in
Southern Arkansas. my postoifce Is
Smackoyer. Don't you think that is a
funny name ] have made one quilt
am going 20 have quilting and invite
my playmates. have six brothers and
four sisters and one sister-in-law. have
not seen any bird nests this year. l wish
all the Haps Happy New Year. Your
little friend. Maud Thompson.
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Apoionis. TeSas-Dear IIaphammer: /
have ,.een very interested In the contest,
but have never attempted 10 write before
1 am glad the oak Won. so 20 school
and study seven studies. haven't airy
pets hut li,tle niece and nephew. will
eek Il riddle:
"A man was wise,
Ard he didn't have eyes;
II. saw pluns on tree,
And he didn't take plurns
Ncr leave plums on"
Your friend, Bessie UzzeIl.
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WANTS A ROCK CONTEST

Antet. Mississippi--pear Haphammer.
| would Ike to see ono of the Price bows
letters In our page Mr. Hap, | think n
book contest would he nice contest for
us all. Will be 10 years old tomorrow
and ! am going to ask Miss Laura TO
give me easy lessons. | have "A sister
In college and she wrote TO me and told
mo that II | would write TO her for ave
days and never make mistake that she
would send me n nice pcn-holdor and she
said that she had nice birthday present
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HE HAS \ RIFLE.

Green's Bayou. Texas.--Dear Haphen-
mer. ! am glad that my faYorite tree
won. We have a school near by. Dear
Haphammer. what Kind OF a contest viii
We have next term? My brother Johnnie
Is big baby now he is q months old. he
,ries TO talk. had nno time Christmas
I went up 10 grandpapa's and stayed "A
week ! have little rifle and we had
great time popping nrecrackers. With
love to the Happyhammers.
Charles Noffke.
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THE CLUB.

The Happyhammers are the young PEG,
ple who read the Youths Department OF
The Houston Post.
There are no fees or charges of any
kind connected with the club. Boys and
girls who read The Post may be enrolled
as active members by sending the hap
hammer their full name, age ana au'
dress.
1t is the object of all Hsppyhammers
ever possible" Hence the club name aud
motto.
The club flower is the violet, the club
tree the live oak and the club pet is the
mocking bird. all being chosen by the
members themselves.
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old, and have been going TO school at the
Alexander institute. Miss Mcclure Is my
teacher. I have one brother and three
sisters I will close this time With
much love 20 the Eappyhammers. l en-
your friend. Allen Tenpleton.
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WANTS TO coRREspoNp.

Wootan Wells, Texas Dear Hapham-
mer: have heard 50 much OF the cnudren $
letters | thought / would like TO Join the
happy band I like 10 read The post very
much. have friend in Houston: her
name is Maude Scott. she ana used to
be big chums. | would like to correspond
with some OF the girls. VIII love to the
Baps, Minnie Lane
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for me The river is rising now and
think the boats can run In II. I live on
Sunfower river. but away back In the
swamp. I will close for this time.
Robbie Shrader.
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A sIX.yEAR.oLp nAP.

Jacksonville. Texas.-Dear Haphammor
| wish to join the lIappyhammers, read
rhe Post and like the Happyhammers'
department very much, i am Six years
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NEW MAPpYHAMMERs.

Aintie and Bessie saunders ....... Bula
Bessie lxEeu -.--. eco. ......,. Apolonia
Mary Gray ...-. ..... .... ......... New Caney
Eluora ana Lizzie SwArtZ ..... Tcrry'viilc
Pear Bonds and Minnie Lane. ...-.....
.-.- .-..--, ,.. --..-- Woo;an " els
Nirgie Williams ... ..,-.. ........ Beiias
Carrie Carson .-.... q. .. 80. Pollock
Mabel McMicsin... ...-..... ....... HarwOod
Molie Han ...- .-.. ..... Lockhart
Maud and Jessie Thompson ..-... -......
... .-... .-.. -.. ....-., Smackoycr. Ark
NJ ana Clarence Murray ...- Josserand
Allen 4frpiesor -..-- -.. 900. Ja.ksonville
while ana Ida Heear ...... Hockey
8eriie fsolcrts .--... ..-.. ...... Del Rio
Ion Cafran --.-- go. .-... Palestine
Avery a-.4 Lizzie Carres ...-, .-...Cucro
anne A'tfS .-..- .-.--- Gee. .....---i Falde
Eleanor Porter e. 80. .--.-.--..,.. Bryiuer
May asiwire 90. ....W alter Valley. Miss
hs1-45 French. .---. $4,000. ..Flaioilia
New rasmhers this week &c. ...... -. 2
Las. week tota. 90. 600. .,...,...i.-ls
Total zauat-s- Ct Happyhamraers. -..4,.i3
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LITTLE RUTH CLEvELD
II Wish My Papa Was ~
Said She.

Said She.
Some one writing from Wisnf1
tho New York Journal says Nv
Cleveland is a National eha's'A
now 3 years of age and besD 4
stand the distinction she eais,I
daughter of the president ~
estimate of greatness was enA
Illustrated by Ruth today. AZ
One of the policemen wnOss n
to guard the private po' NV.
grounds in the rear Of the NV
is IA stalwart specimen OF NO. NJ
is habitually careful as 70 his ~
his buttons always shihe VA.
liant luster. Today the ves', u
balmy and spring-llke, tnl Oh,
took his little daughter WV
she might enjoy the wei'.suD N
and the clean walks " AR. 1
grounds during his TWO ~ ID
The little girl is not quiz. N,r,tr,,
While the policeman was po X, !.
beauty of the grounds y, co,.Ysi.s
Misses Ruth aud Esther NE. VIZ, NJ
the escort OF their respe ,.,.,ol nj
the mansion for heal. .a a N
fresh air. Ruth ran ah's ID d
and upon discovering a s. a y
age .strutted up and sui ,,. n, j
head to foot. After loos'l s'ssrs,li
over. Ruth straightenea as ~
with an air of impor,an,.' sbs
"My papa is president
papa ," ,,cb,er d,ss
piled: MY papa is a pon''
looked up at her father nrr,y IN
Ruth glanced at the ps.'' baar
mentod with bright pra aIS,asbsi
hanging her head in an
replied; a pclics'
II wish my papa was
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THE PUNCTUATION FAMILY.

THE PUNCTUATION FAMILY.
Hes round little fellow-round as ball
He could roll both ways down hill
You'u meet him often and when YOU do
BE sure you stand stock still.
Sometimes you'll find his twin brother
with him,
Standing above him in the row;
Then again you may rest little traveller,
Only not quite so long. you know.
Then there's their cousin, little Miss
Comma
Her hairs in a long braid below her
gown:
You'll run across her, when you're in a
hurry
just give her a nod, but don't sit down I,
She sometimes calls on the little twin
brother,
And sits in the round little fellows
chair:
And then she's more sociable altogether;
Iou may sit down Il twnklng when
she's there.
Two others there are in this friendly
family
think | must introduce them to you.
They're rather strangers but YOU will
meet them,
And you'll want to know them when
you do.
The nrst-ask mamma, She's we'll ac-
quainted:
He and the children ask questions to-
gether:
He's always listening and hunting for
wisdom;
He wants to know when and wherefor
and whether.
The other one, and the last Of tho family
You're sure to meet VIXEN school is out
He's always round with the lads and
lasses
Ready to join in every shout.
Annie Hamilton Donnell. in Youth Com
nanion
ODDITIES IN POSTOFFICE NAMES.
Uncle sam has 50 many rostofioes ur.
der his care that he sometimes has trouble
in finding names for the new ones that are
established. out In Missouri there is a
town that bears the name Peculiar At
the time the residents asked TO have a
postofncc established there was n dispute
over tho name. FINALLY the CONGRESSMAN
OF the district wrote to the department;
1--WE have decided to let YOU select "A
name. We don't car, what 1T is SO long
az IL is rcCNndT.
And the postofflce department made 1t
Peculiar.
Another striking name Is Nameless, a
town located in Laurens county, Georgia.
The gentleman who applied to have the
place made a postoffce suggested a name.
| hut the department replied that there was
another town In Georgia bearing the same
name. Again he made "A suggestion, with
| the same result. At last he sat down and
wrote out n list of several hundred names.
and told the officials = they couldn't find
one In the list to suit them the office would
| remain nameess. In due time the answer
| came. Let II remain Nameless," and ever
| since then II has that name. There Is also
Nameless In Tennessee, and Nameiess
| in Texas.
| In the early days there was a folly old
stage driver in Nevada county California
who answered every question, You bet,
| IN a rollicking. hearty way. At one of the
| stopping places where he was accustomed
! TO water his horses 1t was proposed one
| day to establish postofucc, When tho
stage driver was asked his opinion OF the
| plan, he said: You bet" Later he was
/ asked n he would suggest a name ana he
! answered "You bet"
| This seemed so omlnently satisfactory
| that the town became You Bet.
| There is n Tibet In Montana, Il Trouble
some In Kentucky, n Ellville In Arkansas
and u Twistville In West Virginia.
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FREE TO BALD ,,D.i s r
We will mail on y hair w
nation how 70 groT,r ard III
head. stop falling ,iterhsir, W
diseases. address, A ,rs street
pensary. 1T T. Th'ra
Ohio.
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BY WELL-kNo"'

II w Eisi~
woodman, spare t ~ b S
Touch not s ma ne
In youth 1t shelleti,,1p now,
Vice is a monster OF II but 10 es
As 10 be hated need, ;s rr vib \.
But seen too oft. fam ,hnn pity, Y
We first endure 'n'D
brace.
To look up and nc Nd ' M y
70 look forward an anu ID, "
To look out ana Nv
To lend hand,
LITTLE Jack Hornet
Sat in his corner
Eating "a . GnIi'ii, IN his thumb ,s,A
And An pulled out ,.lsst W
And said. "What 4 F'e ).
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-21
Ask and Ye Shall Receive.

Recently we made a touching appeal
to the city fathers for light. We did not
ask for much, but just little, and we
are proud to see the evidences that we
are going to get almost all we asked for.
The holes are being planted in various
and sundry places, and the old-fashioned
lamp-posts will soon be bearing aloft the
good old glass frames and the coal-oil
lamps therein. 1t is not much, it is
true, but even the slight of other days"
is preferable to the absence of light of
the winter nights. We can get along
with these through the winter, with the
aid of the staggering old moon that
gets full occasionally; but it does not
speak well for US. It seems to be the
best that can be done. and surely none
OF US can profitably kick when we have
the best there Is. The great bard of
Avon paid graceful tribute to one small
candle that sent it's beams twinkline
through rents in the sable curtains of
Night to illuminate a grateful world.
Why then should we complain when we
have the more odoriferous coal oil?
1t has been demonstrated to the satis-
faction of the demonstrator, at least,
that coal is nothing but the heat of the
sun stored up through countless millions
of years for the use OF man, and coal oil
surely is the light of our great orb stored
away at the same time. Let us then be
thankful for what we have, realizing, as
we do, that some places not half our size
are really in greater darkness than we
!
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Job Printing at this Office
The Spanish Students.

There Is genuine treat in store for
lovers of good music. The manager of
the Vogt opera house has secured the
celebrated Spanish Students, an excel
lent company of vocaliststs and instru-
mentalists. They need but little mem
tion, being well and favorably known to
the mueic-loving public.
The advance sale opened today at
noon. The sale will be enormous, and
those who contemplate going will do
well to call early and secure seat be-
fore they are all gone. a. j. Francis of
this company was out yesterday short
time with the guarantee list and the
sale was simply remarkable. Tickets
75 cents and 81. On sale at the Snipes-
KInersly. drug store.
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wAYsIDE eLEANINes.
Random Observations and Local Events
of Lesser Magnitude.

Take your watches, clocks and jewelry
repairing to Clark. tbs East End jeweier.
The county clerk today issued Incense
to wed to Frank Bolton and Miss Cath
arine Heisler of Dufur.
The''beautiful'' comIhenced falling last
night, there being Y early an inch of
natures whitewash oh\the ground this
morning.
Weather reports from the East show
heavy storms prevailing generally.
Here the perfumed breezes of Cathay
are not blowing, not by long shot.
Boreas is at the bat and the snow
sprites are making the home runs.
Hon. w. H. Wilson leaves tonight for
his old home down in Southern Illinois.
He goes to visit his parents, now grown
quite old, and EXPECTS to be away for
from three weeks to- lanaonth. We wish
him pleasant trip, and the full meas
ure of pleasure the visit promises.
Last nisht the merry-go-round folded
its tents like an Arab, ETC., and retired
from business. Mrs. G. S. Van Duyn
was declared the winner in the contest
to decide the momentous question as to
who was the most popular lady, and so
received the gold watch awarded the
winner.
Those who having been we'll dined and
comforted Thanksgiving day and want
to give kindly thought to their an
cestors, are requested to come to the
Congregational church that evening and
hear the songs with which their grnad-
fathers serenaded their sweethearts in
days of old.
At the Methodist church tomorrow
morning the sulj-ct will be '"remper-
ance:' in the evening sacred concert
will be given, the program for which Is
published elsewhere. The collection,
which will be taken during the evening
is to be used to purchase Sunday school
singing books. All are invited to attend.
The Hood River Glacier. rather sar.
castically says: "We have been asked a
good many times how many candidates
there would be for the Hood River post
office We don't know. We can only
give the Republican vote in the two pre-
cincts; East Hood River cast SO votes
for Mckinley and West Hood River
1S5.
We stated yesterday rather prema
tureIy that the case of the Oregon Lum
Der Company against Levi and Bura
Jonos, was argued and submitted. w
had supposed this result would be ac
complished by the time we went t.
press, but the reading of the testimony
which covered seventy-two pages o
closely typewriter matter, was not con
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cluded until 8 O'Clock last night, at
which time the argument was set for 8
o'clock this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Hood left for Cal
ifornia on this afternoons train, going
to St. Helena, Napa county, to spend
the winter. He came around to tell us
goodbye, and impress on our minds the
fact that even in that land of fruits and
flowers life would be dreadful round of
solitude, without the breezy locals and
soulful editorial notes of THE CHRONICLE.
He shall have it if it takes the laet
button off Gabe's coat to get 1t there.
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A Pleasant surprise Party.

Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Lane were made
the victims of a most happy surprise
last evening by goodly number of their
friends, taking them quite unawares,
at their home in the eastern portion of
the city. Their unlimited guests took
full possession of the house at about s
o'clock, and from that time on until
a late hour the fun and merrIment
reigned supreme. A bountiful luncheon
was served, which was one of the most
enjoyable parts of the evenings enter
tainment
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tering Portland has been resumed on al
most schedule time.
1t is expected that the passengers who
will leave Portland and Tacoma today
on the Northern Pacific for the East will
go through without transfer. Between
here and the Sound, traffic has been re-
sumed and trains are on time. PAssen-
ger Agent Carlton has received advices
showing that all the delayed passengers
at Clark's Fork in the mountain district
in Washington were being transferred
with but little delay and the break is
being rapidly repaired.
Information from Vancouver, B. c.,
yesterday was to the effect that no trains
had come over the Canadian Pacific
since last Thursday. The passeng' RS
who were started out on Fridays trs in
were held at Agassiz until Sunday, when
they were brought back to Vancouver,
and are being kept there until the line
is open. The report on Tuesday night
was that they expected to get a. train
through by yesterday afternoon.
On the Southern Pacific the water has
not yet receded sufficiently in the
Clackamas valley bottoms to allow the
passage of the Roseburg local. Passen-
gers are being transferred and possibly
the water will abate sufficiently by to-
morrow to allow the trains to pass.
The through train is making good time
| by the West Side.
The Q. r. & N. and the Union Pacific
have escaped damages and the trains are
on time.
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Miss wainwright, Too.

There being rumor going the rounds
that tho Spanish Students may fail to
appear as advertised, Mr.. A. ). Francis,
the genial and energetic advance agent,
desires Us to say that the company will
positively appear as advertised on the
9th. Lovers of vocal music will be
pleased to learn that Manager Webber
has booked Miss Wainwright, the
charming soprano, who will make her
first appearance with the company at
his place.