The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-17

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hmb. said he. Then, too am a stork: I
am no crane; am bird of the best char
acter just look at my feathers and YOU
wsl oe convinced for they do not at all
IeSeHiole those OF crane. The farmer
only laughed at his entreaties. and said (:
l have caught you with these rascaily
cranes Gi You may suffer with them.
dipsio Harper.
CONCENTRATES ALL,
Harwood, xas.-Dear Mistress Prin1-
Use: IN imagination the Haps have all
AZ Houston to. pay their respects and to
congratulate the winner Of the bird con-
TEST les, wi, who is Eddie Morris. And also. in
Join them. And as am coming mp the
street; soon to join the throng. one OF
me Haps says: 'Yonder comes another
We TO W '9n pIs T sad i he9" oh Than is
that Is Willie Wheeless, the Hap who pro
posed a CONTEST on contests" said Henry
Beyar. You see. Mistress Primrose made
Cons ses IN s ala severa a oar knaw S
e eUs,nr ny t1 this time have arrived; Good
o oas m "a, ~, voices Ices, Well Aaps nave
Sra,ulate the winner Of the bird contest,
Eddie Morris; is he here?" yes, hers no
We'll. Eddie. / have come ali the
o way ~ rom Harwood to pay my respects
SUCCESS. Only think-over 5000 Hans, and
EDDIE Morris has defeated them all Ed
ule nave worked hard to win, but YOU
haze have defeated asaan me Haps, let's give HIM
contest Now-o1e, two, three" the voices
OF over 5000 Haps arose in the air which
1t seemed could almost be heard at the
home of every Hap. Now let's give three
cheers for the Happyhammer club. for we
would be almost lost without this great
vouths' club. Now-one. two. three
voices from COCO Haps arose as before
Now. Haps, we ought to thank Mistress
Primrose for giving us such an interesting
campaign; I for one do. Hurrah for the
Haas who have done their best. Hurra Ii
for the ones who have tried Three cheers
Chatles Williams have tried and have
them -
we'll this time and hope we Will prosper in
the future. for
True worth is In being not seeming,
In doing. each day that goes by,
Some little good. not in dreaming
or great things to do by and by,
For whatever men say in their blindness.
And in spite Of the fancies of youth.
There is nothing so kingly az kindness,
And nothing so royal as truth
Well Hans, will close with eongratu-
lations to all. NV name is not Willie
wheeler. but remember II lis
Willie wheeless.
Linden. Texas--Dear Mistress Prim-
rose; ! thought ! would drop you few
lines to let You know that I have not for
gotten tho Happyhammer band. / won
the contest of the wild BIRDS of Texas.
Wien ! saw the Happyhammer page /
] saw that / had won the contest. and II
made me proud to see that ] had won.
am going To- school and am studying arith--
metic. algebra. phyacs, grammar, civ.l
government and United States history.
hope cur contest next time Will be about
the wild animals Of the world, remain
your true Hap. Eddie Morris.
ABOUT THE STEAMBOAT.
Sweet Home, Texas.-Dear Mistress
Primrose: Welcome back after so long
visit to the North. Well. as our con-
P Hap ps' about the fsieamhoat.a u Before ore
the Invention of the steamboat there were
only two methods of driving vessels
the other by oars. Men had saiboat,
and rowboats, as we may say: the steam
boat, that is, the boat driven by steam
power had not yet been thought OF. Sail
ing vessels subject to the changing winds
and helpless I'm calm, are lodterers al
the best, and the fieetest of them lag
far astern Of any modern steamer. The
same ocean that Columbus WAS so long
IN crossing Is but weeks journey for
tho yoyager OF today. Soon after Watt
had perfected the steam engine. that Is,
about 100 years ago. two Americans, John
Fitch and James RumsNy. devised ma
chinery for applying the power Of the
steam engine to the movement OF boats.
Fltch's boat moved by means of row
of paddles arranged along its sides; Rum
sey's plan was to take IN water. through
an opening in the bow Of his boat and
then drive II cut at the stern with "a
much force as to push. the boat forward
that would travel four or FIVE miles ar
hour, and both sent models ard descrip.
fjons to Watt These early steamers
were never put TO practical use, Tor e
ths thought OF propelling his boat BY
means Of ! revolving paddle-wheel. few
years after this time q Scotchman named
William Symington succeeded IN con
ss.xs.,~ = .iNn~vyhAal 1tAa mk1oat with +