The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-21
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boruen. Texas.--Dcar H&phAmmer: AT
am % lonesome thought would write
you letter this evening. but won't
promise soul thrilling Or hceFt- stirring
one Say, Haps, do you not think f3uv
FaEen and Thonas Taylor wvitc nice lei.
9s DO you mott Jack n. Howard
Maurice Smith. Nicholas Delden. Tbornss
Taylor and Hester Harris all had very nin.
letters In tcday's Post. In fact, The whole
page Y Improving. see one Of tho Haps--
frhirie Fairy. l belteve--wAntx Mrs. prim.
rose to print all OF our letters without cor
rectins OF our mistakes. think you would
get scared u she were TO do mine TINT way
ana be ashamed to own there was one d
our club who makes 80 many mistakes. /
wish We could get UP a debate OF some
kinu' we don't have enough excitement on
our page. wish they would All write
Jolly letters. We could enjoy rcadiug them
ana have fun at the same time. OF course
! enjoy reading them. as they are. but n
debste or something lively would be nicer
so you won In the contest. did you, Ed
die Morris7 Well. congratulate you, l
Know YOU were proud when you saw your
name at the head Of tha column as the
winner AMONGST so many, l also congratu-
ia'e Nicholas beldcn and Charley Williams.
TOT having next longest lists and al, whose
names were on the honor roll. I'd Ike to
see Eddie Morris picture Cor any llap's)
on the Hap page and soc the names OF all
the birds he had on his Hat. 1 didnv
think there were over 400 birds In Texas
Il mean OF different classes) had sixty
on my list and had to put on my thinking
cap TO get that many. Hester Harris wrote
letter about sponge fishing and asked
some one to tell about the manufacture OF
lead pencils was reading in n paper
not about the manufacture Of lead pencils
but piece headed. Paper Lead Pencils"
! will write It down. Among the great in-
dustrics OF the country. paper making ranks
high In the rate OF increase. In 1856 the
totHl daily amount was nearly 1000 900
pounds, while In 1895 II was raised to-
over 100000 pounds daily. The chief
reason for this increase is found in tho fact
that process was invented for making
wood pulp and this was substituted for
rags. This being n much cheaper material
than rags. the cost OF paper making was
greatly reduced. AS this paper pulp is
being used for so many different articles
in such large quantities, the demand for
II Is very great Spruce wood liz In great
demand for this pulp making aud New
England and New York can supply large
quantities Ono OF tho most noticeable
changes resulting from this Industry is the
substitution OF paper pulp for wood IN the
castings OF lead pencils. There are certain
disadvantages In the use OF wood for these
castings There is such an enormous de-
mand for lead pencils that the best wood
Is gettdng scarce and inferior wood is Used.
such as irregularly grained or knotty wood.
Furthermore the wood castings have 60 be
made In halves and glued together, In
making them from paper pulp ell these
imperfections are done away with. The
castings are turned out whole and tho lead
can easily be run into the hollow left In
the center. These pencils are easily sharp
cned. as there are no knotty places or no
seams.
II is so bad about the Hap Of New Or
leans dying ]. too. think we should wear
o black ribbon when any Hap dies.
Miss Dora Cordcl, think you are mis-
taken about writing 70 me last. ! wrote
10 you in July. Maybe you didn't got my
letter would like for you TO write TO
me. I would write to you. but ! don't
know your address.
II any one else owes mo letter and
sees this, would like to receive an answer
10 my letter. With love to Mrs. Primrose
and Haps, close, Hap and friend,
Mattye Campbell.