The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-24

with nvc youux birds in Il. Each Of these
worms and other inssc, s Tor f cSSa which
are brought to them by their parents.
The fccdlnE keeps on about thirty days.
s $50 e worms hs sor ws Ss sss e Il h, sSa
and bowers Now, Il it iikewise q eats Is Tor
ets da sss one sa owa Is nSsS Wound %na ssys
gwen a pear. then the worm would eat In
eMr,y days thirty pear blossoms which
S MS woi nave giysn thirty pear and those
e., 35.oW pear blossoms. Had the rohber
lett the nest alone. then as 900 more pears
w ssss orse been ssn r rms. y the worm
above. SO much greaeer the loss would be.
Thus any one. can see that the robbins of
coS ns nes Yours Is y ; detrimental to tho
A STORY.
Houston. Texas.-Dear Mistress Prim-
rose: am so sorry / did not send In
my bird list. but unfortunately my list
Vas burned up. ! hac 2so Wild birds Of
and only one won the contest. / Will tell
you short story OF poor little girl and
My friend was walking M Main street
one afternoon, when he encountered a
short sermon on temperance. The air was
Keen ana cold. with symptoms OF snow.
He had pulled his cap down over his ears
as far as possible and buttoned up his
coat close ITO keep out the stlnging lake
wiru' and was hurrytng along at a pace
ran over a little child. not more than 4
near him fieisho. SIS" 'i he s"e ex sMk
i mi,,Ing her safely TO her feet ass.n; the
he eG s s'ogRnsS Sssr o as
s ..Mh,e day as this with low whistle
freeze your toes?"
Don't dot any shoes and stotin's.
ard stockinEs7''
;, "oh, no." she answered. with tone
indicating that she considered Che answer
amply amply ;, sufficient. mo, my papa diets
Well. well; didn't know the Houston
people were such towards. running from
the yellow fever and It away over In New
Orleans. Well, hello, Mr.. .Dengue. see
feel so lonesome since school has closed
down. hope Mayor Rice will have them
opeLed np soon. Mistress Primrose. / lost
another soon
l am anxious to know what the Christ
mas mas contest s,, is go,ng to be. will close
book IN the world. and how much does IL
weieh! l reinash true Hap.
Dora Coriele.
Kyle, Texas.--Dear Mistress Primrose:
l see that some of the Haps are making
suggestions on another contest, but |
think that there has not been a suitable
suggestion yet Some want fruit contest.
but don't think that would be as inter
esting as the one have picked out; that
~ What Historical Man Deserves the
Most Horor?" | believe that contest
M .,f un bat
have yet been mentioned, because we can
tell so many good stories that our pa
war and other stories that their grand.
parents had told them about many years
ago. Some Of you may say that every
body would vote for Washington. the
would not. ! know that Washington was
, a great man. "A true American and great
| general, aud kBow that he gets the
| greatest honor, but there is another who
deserves as much. or more, honor than
Waslin -Chritopher Columbus. Wash
| ington was a noble man, had good charac-
! can get the same honor II we but try. 1t
may take us our lifetime but we shall
have name that may live forever, and
| my motto is TRY IT." Christopher Column
| bus discovered America II Is possible
that there should have never been another
| man that had the energy OF Columbus to
start out over the ocean, where another
vessel had ever sailed before to discover
| America. i know that Washington saved
his country from the English crown. and
| did a great deed for his countrymen, but
| America had better been ruled by England
| than to have never been discovered. our
| last contest was the most interesting that
| we ever have had. l was really surprised
| to know how much / was beat. Eddie
| Morris, / would like to live where you do
| where there are 50 many birds: but 1t ia
| well enough to say II was on the honor
| roll" Hattie Russell spoke of me writ
| ing good letters. That encouraged me as
| much as the printing of my letters. Hat
| tie. can sure return the compliment. /
| must close for this time, because I ex-
| pect write too often am not in the
| right state today to write very neatly.
| Sumpter Etheredge.
| p. ST. have often heard that a letter Is
| not complete without a p. S.. l will
| make one. You have read my letter now
| what do you think Of my suggestion? Tell
| me what you think of IL. Ny little sister
| Fannie Etheredge would be very much
| pleased If you Win accept her In your
happy band. She IL years old. 6.P.E.
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