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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
"A LETTER FROM wILoRA.

Elgi, Texas. Dear Hapharumer: /
come again TO thank you ana The many
Haps who are making up monay to buy
me rolling chair. oh, how thankful
reel TO you all. Zolliekoffer Oaks sent mo
~ cents worth of stamps. ! wrote 10 her
and thanked her for them. | did not know
that 1t was 10 start collection IN get
me chair. My friends here wanted TO
Keep II a secret from me TN they got
the chair. but I found II out so | thant
Il en ever so much, as j cant tell how
proud ] Will be OF it. wish Xolliekoner
would write TO me. Edna, Alma, Lucy
and jamie are all dear friends of mine
They and nay other other little friends
here had picnic for me three years ago
on my birthday. If ! get my chair Ivy the
18Th of April we will have another picnic
and wish all the IIaps could be here
TO SEQ how | will enjoy II, MS / think |
can get around then The following have
sent me money: Annie Middleton of Mays
field sent mo Sl15, Mrs. Dunlap and Mrs
Williams of 3renham IS cents Ethel IInd-
gins of Hungerford 10 cents; Ollie Luton
% cents; Mrs. Lition Is cents; Mayhei
l.ition 81 cents; Forrest and Roy Li,fon
% cents; total $40. Your little friend,
Wilora Long.
p. ST. cast my vote for the blue and
white and my brother Walter, II Weprs
old. wishes to be a Hap and votes for blue
and white. Wilora
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TRUTH AND PURITY.

Flatonia. Texas. -- Dear Ilaphammcr:
As | have not written since the tree com
test closed and my favorIte won. viii
write again ! win cast my vote for the
blue and white. Blue means true and
white means purity, We all ought to try
TO be true. | am in hopes that blue and
white Will win, as these are my favorite
colors. 1t would have been nice If we
could have voted for three colors. | know
red white and blue would have won.
Gray and blue are very pretty colors and
suit our club better than blue and white,
but you said for us to choose our fayoritr
coors. The blue aIld gray were colors
chosen by the Federalists and Confedcr-
ates when the North and South were hay
inp war. ! am IA years old and am In
the eighth grade. Perhaps some of the
Haps know my teachers. who lives In
Missouri. HIis. name is Mr.. j, a, Bell. j
saw a letter from n Hap who lived In
Elgin. She said that MISS Ncya Burns
was her teacher. She used 10 be mine
when ! was In the hfth grade. We al!
liked her very much ] am going to
Nc hooi in Cuero next year and then !
hope to meet some new 1iaps. j read Karl
Shoppe's letter yesterday, He Is from
here. ! have a new. deakmate now. Her
name IN Matte Lois Taires. She Is a
member OF the Happyhammers band and
Is l5 We are going on a picnic Saturday
and will tell about II in my next letter.
With love to all the lfaps four friend,
Anna Allen.
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brighton, Texas-Dear Haphammer:
would like 10 join the HaRPyhammers.
Willing the Haps have had. I suggest
white ana red; white for purity and red
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THE CLUB.

:. ,yan,vhammers are the young peo-
,,ho read the Youths' DtNaxtment of
I. houston Post. There are no fees
charges of any kind connected with
club. BOYS and girls who read The
III NAV be enrolled as active members
sending the IIaphammer their fun
me. age and address.
h IL the object OF all Happyhamners
hammer happiness when and where
er possible" Hence the club name and
Ditto. The club flower is the violet, the
J h tree the live oak and the club pet is
) mocking bird, all being chosen by the
kmbers themselves.
--c;oS The club button and the
q IA, " loid The ground is white,
yGV&n with the words Houston
~ Post II. II. club" painted
SIu6[ In violet color. The club
wer is engraved In the center ana
| Of violet color, The, letter I'll" is
large type on each side of the violet;
makes a beautiful little badge ard will
sent to any Happyhammer upon the
keipt of 10 cents In ordering a pin or
Itton, address your letters to the Hap
INNER care The Post. Houston, Texas.
For every new subscriber Sent by II
kppyhamner for the Semi Weekly Post,
|club button or pin VIII be given free.
be subscriber secured can he either for
Rec months. six months or a year; no
litter which of the three It is, your
Idge will not cost you anything. When
hiding a subscriber address your letter
the business office of The Post.
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ANSWERS AND ASKS QUESTIONS.

Houston. Texas--Dear Haphammer:
have not decided just yet the coIors 1 pre-
fer, there are so mahy beautiful eon,hlna,
tons. In answer To John CAyanangh Of
Moss Bluff, Thomas Jefferson died at Mon
iicello, Va, July 4. 1920, aged 50 years.
John Adams died at quincy Mass, July =.
is20. aged 81, nearly the same hour as JEFF
ferson, He was buried beneath the Uni
died at New York city July 4, ISL. aged
burg was the greatest battle OF the civil
war. In answer to Jake Heller OF Blida,
the first child born of English parents Au-
gust is, 1851, q, Roanoke, named Virginia
Dare, granddaughter of Captain White.
The first child born near the American
shore ON board the Mayiower was a boy,
PeregIine White, Gussle Kennedy, win
answer yours--Battle OF Gonzales. fought
October 2, 1895; San Jacinto. April 81, 1886.
Edmund j. DAVIS. governor of Texas from
$50 to INA. made use Of the power to sus.
times, The democrats were strongly op-
posed to II.
Now ] wiz ask some questions: Who
was the father Of Virginia? Who was the
father OF Texas? Who built the first sail
ing vessel on Lake Eric? When and
where was the FIRST paper money or notes
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DRS. BETS & BETTS
rs ST. Charles Street, New Orleans. i
Physicians and Surgeons. ~ Z

Young. middle-
aged and old, sin.
gle or married
men. and all who
suffer with LOST
MANHOOD, Net-
v o II s. Debility.
8 pc rmatorrhea,
Seminal Losses.
Sexual Decay,
Faiiing Memory,
weak eyes, Stunt
ed Development.
Lack OF Energy,
i M p o Y Q rtshed
Blood, PimpleS.
impeiiments 10
Marriage; nj SO
blood and Skin
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II
Helena. sent 25 cents for wilora's chair.
HIS Grandpapa Daley gave 1t TO him.
Bertha White Of Turtle Bayou saws sho
always runs to get Tho Post, as she
likes TO read the Happyhammer letters.
Jimmie Rembert lives close to Cedar
wishes some Of the Haps Gould ro viii Win
him. Ups 'o"i" 81 WIKI
Robbie Shrader, one of our Mississippi
uaps VINO lives at Autcr says he would
bcrs
Bertha Pevoto is a new member who
nves az Johnson's Bayou, La. She votes
i nor violet and white. Her brother Edgar
seiccts hl lie and gray.
Josie James says she has written to the
CLUB several times. but that her name is
alWaNs spelled wrong. She is d Hap any
WY, ana her vote for blue and white
Ernest Keeling OF Kosse asks This riddle.
II went into the woods and not il be-
cause | had it; | looked for ii, and us
what was tt?"
Rnbe Adcock and John Pelt of China
an1 NIX Rube's choice Of coiors is red
and white: John is going to move to
Franklin, Robertson county.
Myrtle Adams and Maud Kendall are
tWo iittte girls of Gonzales who are well
coined i as Happyhammers this week,
Maids mamma is dead and she hasn't
sceh ner papa In ten years.
GLADYS Simpson of Nacogdoches thinks
Violet and white would he the best colors
Tor the club Frank and Robert Simpson
select blue and white. They sent n con
trihution for Wiora's chair.
Estelle Lewis OF Houston IL added to
the clubs Hist of members. Estelle votes
TOT red and blue, not only because they
are pretty colors, but because they
arc among the crlors of the United States
jessie Handley of Carmine thinks blue
ana write would make pretty club colors.
votes Tor blue and gray. Jessie. her nam
ma ma SISTER and nephcw, sent 10 sents each
Tor the chair fund.
charlie Troy of Bcevllle is anxious for
oiue aud White 10 win in the color CON
test. He said thirty-nine OF his school
mates preferred that combination but
lhelr votes can not be counted until their
names are received
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for bravery. l really don't know what
the white Is made OF The red color Is OBJ
tained from the cochineal insect that lives
On fhe a, sSr,sn o Sastps BED l. also one Of
two of my sisters birthdays. One was
aud the baby year old live only five
niles mile from the gulf. have a nice collec-
Gay we, caught small cotton-tail, An
3, ga n W1S,l had y up In the air and dropped
Was M a,nost we sc 5o sa T. one OF i,s eyes
box. 1t eats cabbage and milk. My broth
or has. a bulldog named Nip" and the
ways trying to nip somebody's heels. This
10 tho Hars. Rabe Smith,
THE BANYAN TREE.
Bobo, Texas-Dear Haphammer: Here /
come again 70 chat awhile see you are
taiking ahouS the wonders Of nature. The
pI.aiiyan tree, which is a native OF India.
y Is remarkable for Its vast roofing
pre- inches n, a !, s species of fE. has ovatc,
SIN inches long, and produces n fruit OF a
rlch scarlet color not larger than a cherry,
E saws 1 II pairs n from The axles q Vie
which, when they have rooted, become
stems. the tree in this manner spreading
over great surface and enduring for
we twintng hyacnth of California II
wines itself around every bush within It's
icdCn. II cllInpS TO tho top ana rests
awhile, and then brealSs OF from the
ground and blooms and ripens it's seed ,ri-
nihdtul of the heat 1t blooms from May
TIL September. Your friend,
Myrtle NJ. Rogers.
COLLECTION FOR THE CHAIR.
Stampede, TeNas-Dear Haphammer; As
we are having another contest thought
We would write and tell our. favorlte col
ors. We vote for blue and white, IT
there We're three coiors in the contest
we would vote for red. white and blue
our National colors. Oh, the woods are
fnil of wild violets. We are going hunting
this evening. We will enclose n bunch Of
violets to the Haphammer; hope they will
reach reach YOU. We are contributors. for
Niloa Longs chair and collected the
following: Master Floyd Pruden Zoe;
Mrs. s. ID. Reynolds. &c, Miss Lou Eieee.
Sc. Mrs. ID. c. Jones. loc; Mr.. Wright
Dennis &c; mamma and papa a5c; brothers
WI. Rob and Ed. loc each, and we send
Zoe between uS--a total of 81. 10, We hope
she will get her chair and will have her
picture put in The Post. We have Ella s
picture In our scrap book We must close.
with much love To the Haphammer. Haps
and deaf old Post. Your friends.
Ola and Clarence Rancy.
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AnoIr TIIN NAlNnow.

Beokyille. Texas. -- Uoar laphamtncr
last sfi pape IT, decided to write TO .hc HAP
i,yhammers again. 1 have been reading
nbout the diherent colors suggeslg.d ~
tho contest, and | have not noticed my
is, green. tNink II is such
a pretty color. for we all long TO see ne
sprng- time come. when tho trees IN The
woods present their beautiful green
leaves and the meadows also begin to be
covered with grass which is Of gay
green color. What ia more beautiful than
thatY
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ANOTHER FRIEND or w,1.opA.s

Elgin, TeXas-Dear Haphammer. II haze
nceh some time since / have written 10
me dear liaps and trust that they hove
not forgotten me. vote for the red aud
out last Wednesday. We had concert.
II was largely attended and | think II
was grand success. 1 am so very glad
ulat ilora VIII have her chair by her
birthday. l viii send Il cents. which viii
help d little. Your friend
Mabel I o.top
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As ii is nooesaary TO have Two nolors
will vote for yellow also. MANY of our
beautiful flowers are yellow. What is
more beautiful than a nice yellow rose OF
iasn,inoi And perhaps you have noticed
the clouds when they were Of "A bright
) elbow color, rendering the sunset 50
hep 4. / win now speak OF the rain,
bow II IS formed by "A rcfraction and
reelection of the sunbeam In drops Of fali-
Ing water. The white light is thus de-
composed into it- simple colors, The
rainbow consists of two arches. The
inner one is called the primary bow the
outer one the secondary bow. They are
not formed alike, the primary bow IL
formed by the ray Of Hight striking
against the top Of q drop OF water, heinz
refracted downward, II passes to the on
posite side Of the drop, where it Is re-
fected to the eye. The Other secondary
bow IL formed by the ray striking against
the bottom of II drop OF water; being re-
frncted upward 1t passes To the opposite
SIDE where it Is twice reflected and Then
passes ont To The eye. WIN much lave
10 all The Haps and the editor. your
friend, Willie Williams.
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THE souTH's coLoRs.

Temple. 1exas.-Dear Haphammer.
Don't think ! have forsaken the club, and
please don't think 1 am not Interested In
The good work of each member. ! am
very much Interested IN Wilora Long aud
Others for ! like to help anybody thai
needs help. feel very sorry for any one
VINO can't get out In the pretty bright
sunshine. / would Ike To know what mas
become Of u. Leo Williams and her friend,
Stella. ! sent her a box or two for Stella
and would like 10 know n she ever re-
ceiydh them, They were sent after -.
Leo's last letter TO the Haps before Christ
mas. Now. about our club colors: Why
not have the dear old "bonnie blue" and
Confederate gray?" Come on Lambert
Goiledge. let's work for our colors. want
these colors for our club. You and n will
be friends 10 the 'bonnie blue" and Con
federate gray" These were the National
colors of tbs Southern Confederacy. Tho
bonnie blue flag" and the gray uniforms
our dear papas wore. Now. all true Goutn-
ern Haps put them ON anu wear chem,
They are an honor 10 you. II you will
allow me ] will send in Ave votes besides
mine--papa's, fnamma's. Sister Bess, my
little brother Frank and Charlie Riddle,
his friend. who used to deliver The Post
In Temple. and his father - a subscriber
Come on. Haps, ana vote for our chosen
colors. the blue and gray. Our club dover
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COLOR INFORMATION.


Goliaa, TcNas.-~Denr Iluphammer: COL
ors arc divided into primary, secondary
and tertiary. The iirsi are rcd blue aud
yellow, tho second are orange, green and
purple the third are citiiue olive ana
russell or course, they all exist IN
great variety of hucs All other colors
are derived from the three primary
When two primary cOiors are mixed they
form the secondary. thus blue and yellow
form green red and yellow form orange,
red and blue form violet When all. three
primary coors are mixed IN equal pro-
portion they kill each other ana make
black, The seven colors OF tho rainbow
spell the words 'vibeyor" which stands
for the eolors Of violet, indigo blue.
cast my vote for blue ana white, which
means courage aud purity Our flower is
blue and as has already been SAID, The
blue mud white are TWO of the colors III
asked 6y c;ussle Kennedy, There ara
three natural colofs. Green and violet
are both colors that are made. Blue is a
natural color. The olractory nerve Is
distributed over The mucous membrane
OF the nose. The United States has ao-
1ulred Alaaka since the civil war, Hous-
ton captur ssd santa Anna al san Jaeinto
Taylor was called "old Rough ana
Ready" General Thomas was called the
the eiyil war wa, shed in The streets. of
son wrote the Declaration OF Independ-
enee. J. viii ASK few Questions; What
reras2d What did Washington say
when he, heard CT Arhold's treason |
When and where was The, first public |
sam Houston Normal openedY j have |
not seen a letter from Neenie Patterson |
IN The Post for q long time ! wish she |
would write again. AZ II Is getting late, |,
l will close. Love to all the liaps.
RiemDr I.effland.
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OF credit made III tho United States. Whei
aqd where was the first public school open
ei N Texasg Who WAS the lust president
cnne OF him? In the battle OF Gettysburr
what was the key to the position9 Vone-
zuela Is an Italian word; what does It sig.
MY In Engiisby Mollic Hall
'INNOCENCE AND F1DELiTY."
sabnetown. Texaslrap, tap. tap. Good
morning, all You little liaps. VIII you al
low little cripple girl admittance. and
enrol my name as one OF your number,
am IS years old. and became paraiyseti
when | was a crawling baby, and have
never known what II Is 10 walk. run ard
play as other children; hot j have many
th,ings 20 be thankful for, and try to be
chverful and as happy as / can. We used
TO Two at Hemphill where / had many ltt-
,e friends. both boys and girls, who were
phpa moved away down here IN the coun-
Try, and sometimes set very lonesome,
anu timc seems 10 pass so slowly TO me.
we I've on the bank OF the Sabine river,
on q high. beautiful messy bluff with
many large birch and magnolia trees
growing on II. There ARE hrnutiftil brooks
anu woods ground aud would dearly love
tho woods and gather Wild flowers I I
used 10 have n brother who would roll
me ~ my buggy to school or anywhere
,ls ! wanted 20 50. but he now waits ON
inv pesutifnl heavenly shore for ME ard
ny other brothers and sisters, who sre
MI erown, and are away from home most
OF thn time, except my little 5-ycar-oa
good 70 me, but can't roll mo much, |
hau hetfer quit, OF | viii tire you all out
Win my first letter, and | dent want to
a ,, mat. tor love 10 read your letters aud
want you TO love to read mtne. viii vote
Tor white nnd blue In the color contest. if
ven VIII allow me a vote. / believe white
~ an emblem of Innocence and blue OF
faeiity. Goodbye for the present
l,t
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-23

vance agent of prosperity. I think that
they have got the wrong man. / think
that they were speaking of the chairman
of the committee, not of the candidate. and
that the chairman Of the commit
tee is the advance agent Ct
that peculiar prosperity that comes just
before the election to those who expect TO
make enough money in the campaign to
run them until the next campaign COM
menceS. If you want to know who is to be
prosperous under the Republican admins
tration If the Republicans win l beg you to
go and find out who is contributing money
to secure the election"
At the second meeting back of the Terre
Haute Hotel the candidate spoke to an
other large crowd. The chairman of the
meeting read the letter from Daniel w.
Voorhees,, expressing his regrets. Then
Mr.. Bryan was presented with the last part
of the equipment for the signing of a free
silver bill. 1t was a silver blotting pad pre-
sented by the progressive workingmen of
Terre Haute." In his speech the candidate
paid a owing tribute to the senior Senator
of the State, Mr.. Voorhees,. and then
thanked the organized labor for the token
of their confidence and respect At the be-
ginning of his address he said that this
city was known throughout the land as the
home Of the distinguished representative
organized labor leader, Mr.. Debs. His
speech then proceeded along the lines ira
verSed by him before.
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Mr.. Cleveland Confident.

From the White House there efnanates a
spirit of sublime faith in the election OUT
come, in the registering OF "A verdict OF
death to free silver. II is beyond the
power of the President to understand that
there can be any doubt as to the honesty.
patriotism and intelligence OF a ma jority OF
the American people. or that serious ques-
lions arise on that point. The President was
never so earnest in his life as he il this
year, and never so. thoroughly awake to the
necessity CT crushing under an ~ovcrwhelm-
ing vote the pernicious doctrines advocated
in the Chicago platform. All of his ire
mendous personal and political influence Is
being exerted to that single end. and no
makes no concealment OF his interest IN the
progress of the campaign. He eagerly
notes every development, and all important
news bearing on the fight is laid before him,
while the mail and telegraph brings him a
continuous flood of original nformation-
as much almost as is received at the ma
tional headquarters of the rival organiza-
lions. and possibly quite as reliable and
comprehensive. The President has said re-
Gently hat he would not vote. but he IL
said TO have changed his mind on that
point. though he seems to have neglected
the fOrmality of registering.
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MIR. CLEVELAND'S ADDRESS.
Politics and Citizenship Treated from
n High Plane.

Next came the principal event of the day.
the address by the President of the United
States. Mr.. Cleveland spoke as follows:
Mr.. President and Ladies' and Gentle
men-AS those in different occupations ana
with different training each see most plain
" in the same landscape view those fea-
lures which are the most nearly related TO
their several habituai environments: so. in
our contemplation of an event or an occa-
sion each individual especially observes and
appreciates. in the light his mode of
thought supplies. such of it's features and
incidents as are most in harmony with his
mental situation. To-day. white all of us
warmly share the general enthusiasm and
felicitation which pervade this assemblage,
l am sure its various suggestions and
meanings assume a prominence in our re-
spective fields of mental vision. dependan+
upon their relation to our experience and
condition. Those charged with the man
agement and direction of the educational
advantages of this noble institution must
plainly see, witt well-earaed satiSfaction
proofs or its growth and usefulness and its
enhanced opportunities for doing good Tba
graduate of Princeton sees first The evil
dence of a greater glory and prestige that
come to his alma mater and the added
honor thence reflected upon himself. while
those still within her student halls see most
prominently the promise OF an increased
dignity which awaits their graduation from
Princeton University.
"Eut there are oth<gs here, not of the
family OF Princeton, wao see. with an inter-
est not to be oEtdone. the signs OF her tri-
umphs on the fields CT higher education
and the parts she has taken during her