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q. and have this SWEET little creature
- aes- hira. IL he only could 80 mucn
as touch the tip ends Of her eauE! wlnss
4; wenld be erea better than TO eaten
4 resi- 1--we butterfly. And she = SPEAK.
ne. Oh. what & swee; voice she has; II
sounds Ike .he linking Of my bells
wsansy. feRusy ones
-Tv psr,e ! v.lits." she said. and
want 70 know who : the very young
est q yoaf harpy band, fcr have q
secret 10 whisper 70 the very youngest
Then there vas more confusion, more
telling of names ana ages hcl Neriia
turned 10 baby and asked hi sc BABY
told. bn; he could hardly speak be was
80 over5eyed at having her speak IN nm.
Al lsst /; was clearly proved that baby
was the very youngest. aud Nerita, atte.
excuSinr herself 70 the others. nerc he1
herself on hahy's shoulder and whispered
In his sweet little esr and ihas j what
-he told hin. Although she whispered
her voice was 50 sweet and clear baby
E! heard every word dist ncily: My name
= Nerita; that means truth. II you
hs~e truth you have everything. | am
the guardian fairy II tins happy band.
Yoa are truly fortunate club. First
you have the Haphammer; then me.
Nerita-truth--the best motto. / here =
80 much sorrow in this world that We
need 70 hammer happiness when and
wherever we can Then you have the
sw eat. innocent little violet; that means
tahrhnod. childhood. with all lis help
iessness. lis dependence: 5ut there j.
70 jov Ike serving and making happy
little child. Ind We receive more than
we give for their love Tersys Us thou
sand fold for all our trouble and self
sacr fee. Our own troubles are forgot
ten when We know they are happy. Then
you have the mockinc bird that i
youth With all ,heir blunders and
frivolities and any faults they have. we
forgive them all as long a they are
happy. and they viii he so, even through
mistakes. as loug a. they love and honor
truth. The last is to be your tree. What
tree will you choose: What tree : the
crsndest. the noblcst. the truest: What
best represents manhcodf That j the
next step-childhcod youth. manhood.
Just as you who are young now must
grow up 70 shelter the future genera
tons Of children. 80 must the little trees
grow 70 great. noble trees Ia shelter the
future violets and hooking birds. Man
hood TO my mind. Is best represented by
a grand, stately oak tree. the king Of
the forest" Like q fash Yerita was
gone Baby awoke and told mamma HI
wanted TO vote for the oak. When h.
went TO sleep mamma was reading the
Happyhammers
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SOME ODD TREES.

Amarillo. Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
| would Ike 10 become member of
your club. as think it Is very interest
ing and instructive. | have read the
children's page in many papers and think
the HaIs write better letters than any
! have seen in other papers. therefore
/ VIII be glad % become a Happyhsm-
mer and take upon myself the RESPONSE
hility Of hammering happiness when and
wherever can. | vote for the live oak
and incloea two stanzas NJ f.aetry ahcut
my fayoritc. Why don't all Of the Hans
YoteE There are great many more
members than voters. ! notice that one
member says that the magnolia should
be selected because it is beautiful.
don't think So. for IS II not more COM
mendable to be useful than To be bcau-
ufult Our emblem should be an exam
PIE for Us TO follow, and | am sure all
Of US would rather initiate the useful
live oak than 10 initiate the magnolia,
which has little but beauty IN boast Of.
Besides the live oak is by no means
had-lookins tree. though, like tho vio-
lc. and the hooking bird, il Is not the
most beautiful of its kind. The Bakone
tree jewellers are people Of Africa
who live in the tops Of the trees. They
construct dwelling places among the
great branches Of the tall trees in the
African forests. They have ladders
reaching 10 the ground. and at night.
by drawing them up INTO the trees. they
are safe from the attacks OF stronger
Savages and Wild bensts. Dwarfed
trees. which grow in hower-pots. orna-
ment the gardens and houses Of the
Chinese and japanese. They are planted
in shallow fowerNpots. very little water
j. put on them, their principal shoots
are pinched off and the limbs are bent
and twisted. As a result these trees are
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SOME SHORT LETTERS.

Noble and Rosie Hodge Of Kl@iu wruse
IL fsTo- Of TIA o1a ;-ee
Sage Sg-of. z-d Joe Hitler wr,a,s
ma gnolia letters from Franklin.
.Aariiz Byrd and t-va.tr-s.x other HANS
Of Orange were sarolieS "a osk ro;ers
Ada PsrIweli and sixteen other Bard
wells II SneeiT ai@f VOTED fo- the esk
g. Howard johnson - Breuharn r.i
niDetsea OF bis llifls friends - veis fo-
the oak
The vote. Il Pearl Breeding All nir.
teen other school 81 .d-ea q Mauss Wsre
for tire oak.
Katie Hughes o. Raia,rile ar5 Glars
Moore of Hampstead Eaute5 The nag
p9lia 70 wiz.
Lillian Krimp;oa is new nenbe-
who lives in Houstoa. Her favorite tree
: the live oak
Joseph F. Hraska sen, Us, Of ,hlst7-
hve Hare Ewing a. Enuger VITO voted
for differea; trees.
Fannie ohannioa ot Brenoad &. ,
rev member o. The clun and Al oEk
voter. She il II years old.
Helena H9rd q GoHsd &. admitted
As pew Happy hsmmfr and ker vote
placed IN lie magnolia list.
leo Jinks of Bors.0n got % i cluh
~ twenty magnolia voters. zn5-n Nas
received jus: ~ tizse % - cooated
Lizzie Hitler Of Franklin 6eclds,3 ia
favor u the magnolia end sent -A-
names VI ten friends ~h3 voted far ;aat
tree
Philip TcEgie ot Beaamon, ssrs III
answer - Hayes Ba,rs question ,ha-
~ Whitney Inverted The cotton IN u
1853.
Thirty magnolia voters d Le-iss;,--
were counted. a. they oil signed th-r
1wu rames. The votes y ere secured lT
Lula Coleman.
Turner School Hous4. near center.
couldn't b" counted because the nauss
were al written hy one person
Aide Rusk and Msrrie Ca,rol q
Naoartoches write usee letters zbou;
ne OK sad the II Dtarr-1e- a AZ sorry
be- citl'' have room 70 f--.; -hr-n-
Cleveland an5 At3.e Carnrt~l II
b-s11=~ and M1rrie C1rrH- AID A3t.s
Rr-k ~ %scc Escctes rt-@ sr.or- shs
uaay OAK Tste-s rs-cfE'@; trss weeE
Garlaas s-riarfzlew of Houafd. Ia.
w.rra1 -1s rsN Elr.. 20 W. u the tree
rgI;fT- HIS last batter hs3 % f.e l4ft
ont q aFsovut - IT, isrze humber ;re-
rnusi7 recslTe1-
SAFE zzs Gas Ms,thews q Ciaw-oa
wfN,s nife iet;ers wtjca Rad ~ ise kepi
ct ~ sccopn' - t1e large a-ute- pre-
yal..r r-cs}vh3. Sale hose tho i.ve
Gak zo1 Gus TIE rsroas.
Gay2s Vance End MS sister. Rsr1oa.
r Melville s-s 1rc-3 90 Ha1s They
rpte2 for iAr hrs ok GaTle's nice
lett+r fo-l51'i r. printed - a; aas art
- ".'h q leaa ys1c... wh-ea n aEA us;
ia rrl4rs
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NAyAsoTA nAK voTrRs.

NaNatoia, TeKaE Dear Ilaphamincf.
We. the undo rs Snri. wish to vote tor
tse oak Msb.l Givs@. Clara Belle
Greer. Eima ke5dick. Minnie Redd.ck.
fiz13e Alien. Kate Wyatt. Annie Dun-
~au. Eva Duncan, Merle Elliott Lee
hHDatrick. Faungr Busgy. eJaapetie
Strlnhagan. Daniel Sielnhaeet- Sali.e
unssell, Reairi,. Howell. I;liir Muliue-
wfg. r. H. Howell, Peafle MnliineWie.
ian Stacey. Maurine Chinski Jennie
l.awpry. Mau'e IsoWcry. Birdie Go9d-
m4a. H-ftie Woma *. Henry Tcaene.
Alaaie Collins. Aubrey Saunders, Susie
Saunders, Josie Sloan stella Easicy.
Esi4le Easley. Rachel Lang, Exa Grcge.
Msutic Fitzpatrick, Armsnd Nnack Ben
4 herman Nita Camp. Oracle Camp.
Frsnk Camp. Jessie Bnsby, Ruby Cole.
Clara Greg
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Is TIE OAKS rAyOR.

Houston. Texas -Desr Haphammrr:
/ haYc b.rn one Of you for quite while
ari hsye voted IN nearly every contest
Siy cho.c. 81 bird and flower won and
hnf.e that my tree will, too. ! vote
fa1 the live oak and every Hap who has
lived near them VIII, too. The oak i
TN king Of trees l, Is used for building
purposes. gives good shade, its acorns
furnish food for many animals and last,
but rot lensi. II u used for FIRE wood.
/; i not particularly beautiful and seems
81 mate for our modest little mockcr
ard violet. I send you the names Of
,gcuty.seven voters for the oak beside :
myself. Hoping 20 see the king OF
trees win, ! remain your true Hap.
Irene Donnelly.
nrene's votes could not he counted, as
The rule WAS not followed.
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THEIR TREE PREFERENCE.

Busk. Texas Dear Haphammer: W.
have not written in some tine. but we
have rot forgotten that We are Happy
hammers. W. were very Wen pleased
after ali that the mocsing bird won in
ihe contest W. are divided in our pref
erence for trees. / MARI like the pine
REST | rlInk i the most Useful. Mos
81 ouF houses are built Of pine lumber
J lRurhl vote for the sweet gum. l. =
prei'.er thSn any other. the shade,seems
cooler than any other shade. Ny tree
- useful, too. for chars are made Of H..
and the gum j. sometimes used as
medicine. And oh. the gum Is so good
TO chew, We llussell and Colemani
prefer Tho oak. Il j. just as useful and
beautiful * any tree, and We think (;
the sranl-st tree IN the world We pm,
ri wrltae 20 long till somebody else
las said aii the nice things We intended
- say abosi our t.re~.-but be sure ~
lct r. vote for our fayorites. Wishil :
al ihe Happy hammcrs a happy New
Icer. Te ~i.l close. Mary T.. Jordan.
Rllh :. Jordan, Russell Jordan, Cole
man Jordan.
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AN ALVIN CLUB.

Aiv-, T-xz----Desr HaphSmmer.
Pleas ea-ol re - Han i cast ny
vote fer The beautiful maeDsliA. g. I
tlias il + fae l1V-liest u 81 tree. !
an - ye4rs 90 8nd dearly lore to rad
ihe Post. especially TIE letters. and an
ve,y g12lpu- for mr. fsv0ri-e ~ Mn iii
re contest Ny muther v0is-s with rne
fQf ;ae bsantifai tree. Wishing The cons
rs happy New Var. remain yosr
freud. Mamie Al!n- Todd.
Here are the nsues e ny friends
- Do -5se 1hl.- vote. flr the magnolia
3e-ss SArevvstarg. Minnie Franks Wa
'ar Tnac. holr Thoma~ Earnest Roy
efs Anna Teii. Alvin Turn5p~ ed. Enlel
Rogers. l.. e Thomas. " \ Ellis.
LiSc Thomas. BIS, Magnolia Shrers-
tgty. who SIS. named g.. fhe tree
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LOUISIANA OAK VOTERS

Orelorsas. l.a.-Dasr Hapharn1ner:
W.. the unier> gp.-i With 10 join your
alppy hand and cast our fote- for the
Ire ozS- Our ages range from - II,
$50 = ~ who could have signed ccr
au1f=. We hop we have complied
w'a the -uls-s ~ the CONTEXT AMI that
oQr votes wii ha counted. N.r az
5stD &c. looping 'Ae Haphammer and MS
4sPpy hsad have bad merry Christ
mls 90 7ge have had. and wish ,lein
ani BIN a harry. prosperous N-fy Sear.
The nztle~ a-t Herbert Robert. Loulda
md Haruz Heiaer. Gilbert l. Dnure.
Jo~. Ia;ionp, Pierre. louise and Nir-
elnia Titsrd. Paul MIR. Fre3die HI
i--. Mer'ial Czrse Wa Dr.lrue. Gus.
sie t1a-lnud sydney Any ard Josepr
Nc1usn. Gabrielle. Blanche and Leo
M zz.e. Total, nineteen votes.
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InsT IS - ANn nnG-

ks11er. Texas--Dsar EApaxnrzr
As J have 1st writtea yos le;fe- ,a
s-glze TINE ! rAeSrA7 wuuld write and
ssZ1 y8a sszs VOTES for rhe grad uaC-
sire / a-ote ias- Ny smart z. Salt
van. did xo5 g7a 81 -ur cats. TO- Mr.
c1t zas - flack - hack could t.a aUd
very cute Al me -.znnes feleni-g 1ni.c
aye -naEaci.z voters With love 20 Tcr
sas I'll Ire HaPs, ! an youf faithful
f-5ezd- NJ r. Ivan-
Homer Hestr. Jchu Seurrs sn6 Charley
Sraiss. Archie and Buel Eastman, Henry
E9ie. Tounie. La. Mage. Ross. Grady
al1 Hsr-aza Bisacaett, Josie sud Ruth
F-azr5s
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MOVED FROM NEBRASKA.

Laredo, Texas Dear Hapbamrner.
Here comes another little eiri 81 u
wno would ike TO JON your happy baud.
] VIII case my vote for the magnolia.
81 ] think Il il incest for the club. !
hope my favOrIte tree will win. /
haven't been in Texas bat a year. /
came from Nebraska last winter. II was
snmewhat sad 70 leave al ny god
friends mp there, bui now I have jasi
as many down here. Anna and BIT.
Shut are my schoDlnste~. also Homer
Jackson. Papa takes The Post and I
think Il Is the beet paper ever saw /
viii CLOSE row. hoping al the little Hon,
a happy New Year. Yonr LITTLE friend.
Mamie Johuson
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IN PHILADELPHIA NOW.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Dear uaphammer:
J gu Will see from the above address
that have changed my postotfire. hui
~ only for time, though | don't know
now long, rs | am here IN 20 lo school
uuul l nh'sh my education. | take music
lessons ana N school am in the eighth
S."ue n Ms city = called the CITY of
hl"'neriE Love the Quaker City. Its
streets are wide ami straight and long
yes, and clean. Its churches and scbooI
buildings are numerous and handsome
ne pubic buildings, postothce. prcyel
oahA, Arch and Chestnut Street thra.
terS' Baiiy' Banks \ Ridlles' i,wclrv
store the nome Of George w ChiidS ma
many, many other homes md nubiic
buildings are built Of white marble Fo;r.
mount PARK Is the most wonderful MAY.
ground ever saw or heard of. | can
no' ntslh TO tell You all nj It's irauries
anu INJURIES nor how side by side The
200. anu rich enjoy the pure waters. de-
r-ni,u. boating on the Schuylkill river.
rpadWays, shade trees. lunch roons
muse birds and flowers. Many ILL.
~ trels grow throughout this rarion
.N"' pelhs accustomed To any but ninn
~; CEDAR, cottonwood and crab n,,Jss
! had no idea how pretty n real co,,,,,r,,
mn OF SO many kinds of trees wn,,ii
loon ana my establishment was e-raa,n,.
man you can imagine. | think my Ia,.
ser y growing too long. so | will cas- ;
nli Ne'e Tor the magnolia. Do Won knov,
ny tel YOU. Its my New Year
SaS sVn. ! remember that mad Won
laA your choice of flowers Won n.c,,iI
nave chosen the magnolia blosso,p" " n,,i
want the magnolia 10 win. for / ,h %m'
,''s' am most sure-rhat Won ,v',,i1
yhooSr the magnolia tree. So Co. "Dui'
GEAR Mr' Haphammer. who have f ~
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REMEMBERED BY SANTA CLAUS

Holrioa. Texas -Iesr HRrhsm-nry
am lfiJe tas : yesr- oid snl ! SAINT
- JON yguf band supW = az rl41g
u the little children who hal8ne 70 Il
NJ sister * writing this ictt@r ~ ne.
have tsvp prts n little bird. ~ hns4
name is Colby. snd little d1g manuel
Dlcky. ! send IN vote ~ tie lge
oak. and go doss my sister. He- maine
r Ora Brown. Old Santa Claus a..
menbrred ne Christmas cad hqte DO
vent 10 every other little Harprhan-
mere h4nse, too. My papa takes The
Post sBd ! like 10 have tie letters Rad
10 me. Tue HaFs' friend.
leo l.. Brown.
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FRUIT OF THE RUBBER TREE.

The fruIt Of the india ruhher tree is
somewhat similar to that Of the ririnus
communis, the castor oil plant. though
somewhat larger. The seeds have a MOI
disagreeahle taste, and yield purplish
oil. 1t is a fairly good substitute for
linsccd oil. though it dries less readily
Mixed with connl blue and turpentine.
be also used in the manufacture OF scans
aud li,hocraphic inks. The seeds ara
somewhat like tiny chestnuts. although
darker in color. The Indian girls are
fond Of wearing bracelets and necklets
made of them.
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MIsslssIpPI HAps

AFTER, Miss Dear Hsphanmer. I
Thought ] you'd wfi'e 20 teep 500 Hsrs
ir9m forgetting 'ar spI ,ny SISTER. sm
corresponding with NJ Oscar Word ro~
ana would HE 10 eprreatogai Wifh raofa
have e9soe frienle who gl1Yed 90 Tease
an4 ] Woad lEs - see ieif- in fbn
Fos' from thea heir nHuies aye Mia
u'f md J1ssy Savage. They are rs
rrf'fT little grl. and are sery re-9.
ars e any u 'lie Tess Eaps dnl out
pleas wriie snj fol m-. isr-anss !
would Ike the beat .u ihe orif 10 c9r-
esp7nd with ,heiu Your. g.fry4s.
kahian and rarfa Shrahsr-
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AFTER A LoNG ABSENCE.

NIX. Lampasas County, TeNas.-Dear
II pha miner: As il has been long time
since | have written a letter 70 the Haps
! wil Try and write you short letter.
1 have heen g01ug 10 school one month
day. My teacher is MIR. Luther Nc
Crea. | viii cast my vote for the mag
nolIa. for / think 1 suits the Haps best.
There have been q good many weddings
iu THIS ue.ghborh0od lately. Mr.. Steve
Smith and Mis-. May McCrea and Mr..
john l.andrum ana Mrs, Shola Me
C1ea we're all married last week and
this weak Walter McCauley and Miss
Beilie Knight aud next week Miss Hat
sac Martin and Mr.. Llge Dayel are TO be
marr,-l. | viii tell you about my trip
this summer: went 10 Cedar PARK to
s.-r ms cousin and we all went fishing.
We stayed TWO days. but didn't catch n
thing and then we went TO Austin and
saw the line capitol of Texas. | went
olt two mics on the electric car 10 the
~ dam and saw the steamboat. IL
wa, q very pretty place. ] went 10 the
very top Of the capitol and could see all
over tae town. ! had very nice time.
viii aek question; How long did il
take Webster 10 prepare the dictionary z
WeI. rs il is getting late ! viii close.
Love 10 all the Haps. Your true friend.
Walter Parker.
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MAGNOLIA CHEERS.

Temple. Texss.--Dear Haphnmmcr
We'll. here I come again. could not
help writing am 40 glad that the
Magnolia II In the lead. and the mocking
bird would be glad. too. II he knew il.
for In the sprinrtime the aroma from
The magnolia flowers 50 r~fresheS him
that he sings the more joyfully. aud In
the summer the foliage protects him from
the heat Of a scorching sun, and in fall
weather protects him from drcnchng.
Though one Of the Haps wrote that
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THE soNGSTER's HOME.

Drury. san JacintO County, Texas. -
Dear Haphammer: My younger brother.
Ernest. has written you and ask With
hiul leave To join your happy band.
am Texas boy II years old. My
brother Enlmct, : years old, and Robert
and Lizzie. twins, = years old. all vote
for the magnolia. We moved from the
plain. % Texas 10 this place in June.
1894. and think we will never tire Of
the beautiful trees and flowers. If all
the oak voters could wonder through our
beautiful groves and see our incompnra-
bile magnolias in bloom We would not
see 80 much about the live oak. There
! nothing said in praise of the live
oaks beauty. but ten fold more could
truthfully be said of the magnolia, and
as the home Of the hooking bird swing
Ing bow Of the magnolia Is par excel
lcnce the fitting home Of the hewitchiug
Texas songstcr The finest oaks | ever
magnolia and | am sure no one could
see them and hesitate moment to
render the magnolia praise due the queen
Of the forest for beauty and grandeur.
As an evergreen is the most symlnet.
rical and beautiful. Even here. the
homo OF the holly. wild peach, wild
cherry and others. all pale into insig-
nifcance beside the stately magnolia.
Ia the West II Is but natural that ,lecplc
think their scruhhy live oaks are quite
grand, hut here in Southern Texas. the
garden spot Of even the Empire Stat.
we know better and vote for the mock
ing bird. magnolia and The Houston
Post. Rcspectfully. l.. A. White Jr..
Enmct White. Robert White, Lizzie
White.
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DIR. WHITES ITINERARY.

Rev Thos. White will preach at the fol-
lowing places during the month OF Jan.
uary:
Nalhsville. frst Sabbath.
Round Point second Sabbath.
Winnie Wednesday, after second Sab,
bath
Beaumont. third Sabbath.
kirhyvllle. Monday, after third Sab.
bath
Jasper, TUESDAY. after third Sabbath
Colmesneil. Friday. after third Sab
bath.
Carmona, fourth Sarbaih. morning.
Willard, fourth S..bbath, night
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4 BIG OAK cLrB.

I,acShs.s, Te1as---pt&. EinVsx ruz,s-
sa.s5 sen . Cub q III yeses fo-
TIE Use ask. the rth-5eSl tree Of al
NFstE and Naf1 Mage zlzGe ~ fbs
clnh Please c.I-. tha1n- tsur cs:r Is
cAAe5 tie Lave tssk Cssv- There are
s.ersfal z-asestae lire n2ks = c1f var5.
Ioasi-r ihrvHrA tny Efr9eW hS
write I csn 49, aozeas q shssn wavsas
tsalE .sszGsifgl iiTas< lH5tn E5sA eve--
green lczrcs and l,ur srAF Ess.ss, se-zs-
lEgiy 70 h,ew and srn1se at AL pBsAsrs-a,F.
~. WIS. s ia5~t hezz1sfrl isza :hfsa..
" sAlne rez a1a al The Hays happy
Nez NeE-. ksr1-.r.
Ola TAear ans N9-A Mayer.
fTt% Teses sat ~ Ola Ans Nora
were c.9u1fe5. as rkeF we're a. ssSasssA.
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rit~. Mr. HATs ] ssn.te5 n tsss y,a7,tT
tire other Eres- x1s s,41sra5 saw taS;
sexs- New ~e torn that cAk al zAs
.a.ae aDk MI 81 tie Hays krscu that. -hs
sDpck4r fkes the ems the hesa, 80 7-t's
al III - rt1 irss esk - Esu Il possible.
MI HasA gu1 rSf 7aE nSIne aaW4
wr~zc SNs shE Z Alma and i j.
Al-z4 i-sJ-sG- Wei i vii tilse with
mech lose = the Axys AID Tha Pcs;-
A ever. Aka Sparks
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A HAPPY caRIsTMAs

D0wnsyille, Te1aF.--Dear Ilnphau.
mer: Here am 10 tell you all how |
enjoyed Christmas. | received gr,.sr
many nice things, Old Slnta Glars
brought me a nice trunk. ring. n cape
and an autograph album. Wasn't that
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Hap Talks.


Dear Happyhamme-s: Our club tree
is the lire oak II won in the contest
hy having IS votes 10 62T cast 70,
the magnolia This is a plurality Of only
ISL. bnt II was Sufficient 10 decide the
long fought tree battle. In fact. Il the
oak had led By only one vote It would
hare been the Hsps' tree under the
rules Of the contest The total vote
cast up 10 the night Of nece-he. y waE
1898 Over 30 votes have been r.
ceive5 since then. bnt the Haphammer
could not count them. ar the date for
dosing the contest was known 70 all
having been announced three weeks aco.
Those xho failed to send in their tree
votes On time should learn from this
lesson as To the value OF p-omptnees.
Some Of the delayed tree letters will ~
rrinrd next week and the HapAammer
hoSses that IN the mex; contest all viii
vote promptly.
There VIII be - Joyful Haps IN the
land when the result Of our contest IS
known. AID perhaps many disappointed
n1enberz. Ard yet none should regret
'1@ 'e-l~ e's" D. '~s. '~'''''f ava "''.
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sak "a nseful. sra q eor-s4 THIS ). ,ru-
raj q 0ur eIuh. for there j. mach u.s.
IN ,as word fer 4 land ready -,s han
mar hsyeiress vixen aaa wAsrere- p,s-
sibss.-
AMI which s,o-i3 10, - r7id 81 the nag
reg1s, s. taat j. IN fond N az re-,, az
MS e-3vns-~. A. the uso-gyhaDrnn,s
are sczrered 81 orer he .and B, !. n
e-,-,-ss x.W ~ hara ,-aa w-h which
Al az familiar. Our e,ub sore- ars
hird are k-o7-n srs-r~.ba-s s-s NV
,i,s sarse thiuy car l.a sad of he H.--
rTn,u.rys, .-ss T.. -,arnolts Wax .sa
Havhsunere choice. ,.eeaus4 be l5rss
-frh, IL ;hs midst o. -sose heartfelt
--4os IN, bs DOS M, raxrs, tia. the
,zf wa cbosss IN ,ts seye- ,~.B-es,
The ,usrussin .ras ner. y, the lad and
ara;n n Sc Tree s.,-,as. Tbis SHOW,
rs, 4 4 tsvo-i.a ~ NAM ust. aos
We will b. eerr,.aJlsr; IN recognize :, A.
psrt Of cor club any way
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-05
TREE CONTEST VOTE.

The following trees have one vote
each: Bread Tree. Cherry, Bay,
Lilac. Sweet Gum bamboo, Wee
bage, Elm, Palm and Poplar.... II
its5tI
Total vote / ,S3s
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-05
THE VOICE OF THE TRIES.

THE VOICE or THE TREES.
Sweet is the sound of the wind in the
trees.
Softly II rises in whispering keys.
Murtnurs Of sound as the voice Of the
Growing in power as !; SWEEPS up the
Hill.
Striking the bouyhs with musical thrill
TIL the depth of full note its measures
fnlfll:
Quiv'ring the tree-;ops still tell Of the
meeting.
Then, a. the waves from the shore hack
retreating.
Gently II dies In whisper as feetinr