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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-07

letter from Guy FaSen and Cornelius
Combs. remain. as | have been for four
Or five years a true Hap.
Eloise Morris.
A NEW MEMBER.
Navasota. Texas Dear Mistress Prim-
rose: Here comes another little i2-year-
old boy who wishes TO Join the happy hand
Of boys and Siria. have been reading the
Happyhammers' page for long time and
have been thinking would Join before,
but Just like all other boys--put everything
on. I always read The Post NJ aeon ~ u
gets home. and especially the Happyhaun-
mers' page. think II Is shAme for not
enough boys and girls ont Of 0o5s to write
enough to MI out the page that Il given
to them. am not going 10 school now.
but Will start next Monday IL nothing
happens Wasn't the yellow fever scare q
terrible thingf II had all the farmers
around here going TO town after groceries
and supplies 20 AZ to keep away from It.,
and great many families who moved
from town are moving back now. Well,
guess will close for this time, a. II Is
my INST attempt, so goodbye to all.
Everard Terrell.
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HAP TALKS.
wv Letters Received ON Ac-
lint of the Quarantine.

NV Letters Received ON Ac-
Gnt of the uuarnatine.
appyhlmlners: l Will just put
knitting Ions enough 10 write
lines. You have uonc real wen
and must congratulate you.
E most OF yoa are attending
d your time Is occupied with your
Eth, you must find time TO write
THE Hap rage. This whole page Is
hd you are welcome to it. l
how a new member feels about
be first ls.ter. The new Hap Is
ow. you're 90 ng to say, AFRAID
That's what l say. Afraid oil
ny. none OF us can tell, yet the
we Undertake anything that is
there is IL certain fear when
y US which we can nct descr be
bow IL that we are scared. We
we are Ia the dark; we can mol
Is ahead of us, and we are SO
ea We start out that we will not
,torise tic whole world as Wen
g., Even after we are grown
-'ne fear spreads over us when
X IN amy BITS mass or undertake
wtsch Is new TO las. But we
over our first frgat. ana then
onder what we were afraid OF
not be afraid. Just get paDer
or Per and ink aud go ahead
you think and express your
n your oNgn language.
o.as 10 bagln TO drill you.
9 VII think that 4 is rather
rst 10 be disciplined. but wner
ami system are absorbed when
ing u IS never forgotten The
are welcome TO do as they
hsst time. but after that WI
~ TO ob5erve the rules Just u
the rules at school. II you
ahk. you VIII at once see how
or It Is TO do whatever we SO
20 do In the proper way. Now
10 be careful about your spell.
you mast only write on on
e pspti. au.s Ii you adopt
ums you must also ssn you
~ seTurse ,hss wu not be pub
we always wish 10 know VII
sponisi''s are. Try 10 isee,
always IN m.nd.
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art you off on a little crrtes'
w,ll save YOU subject fror
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= before the year 1900; I'll.
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LOTS or nun.

Houston, Texag-Dear Mistress Primrose:
l am a little girl years OF age. ! thought
i would write little letter. have been
down on the seashore this summer. at Ia
Forte. My grandma lives down there; she
keeps a boarding house; her name is Mrs.
M. e. Fish. We camped out down there.
and had great lots OF fun. We went In
bathing, and once or twice we went 10 camp
meeting. / have sister IA years old: her
lame is Mamie. And ! have brother
years old. guess Will close. Your true
friend Tillie Y. Watson.
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TWO GREAT AMERICANS.

Call. Texas--Dear Mistress Primrose
Rap. rap, rap! Do please let us IN TINS
eve. II ia SO cold outside and everything
,,oks so cheerful within, that we can put
beg admittance Now dear Mistress Pr'm-
rose we will do our very best 10 WIN
something interesting II you VIII kinuiy
print this letter. We are sunrise ana sun-
SET from Gall. and We love one another
Just the same as we did when we "rose WIZ
our last letter. We do thahh !, rs 81 ~.
IN be oh,,ms and we know we have Detter
times together than any girls. some times
we will write you letter ana tel you
shout our good times and well tell you 700
how we spend so many happy hours
We agree with suinpter Etheredge IN
regard 10 contest. What could be more
interesting than to vote on " nat nistoi'
cal man deserves most honor
There is enc man in the History OF our
c,a,ntI.v whom we think deserves more
honor than he gu's. and that is j. V.
Adams. He was a man OF rare accom-
ntlshments and his mind was a real store
rouse of facts. So early were his apiiiiles
developed that when mere poy tney ",
tracted the attention 81 Masnihs'on, 'ie
,ssns steadiIy on IN 10 the highest office In
, ma Nations gift; but his unique fame was
won not In his presidency, but In the nun
blsr most which ne Afterwards TOOK IN Tue
Rouse M eprcserltetives. There. for seven
teen years. through evil and good report,
he STOOD, always at his post, maintaining
thrs sacred right o. petition, and pleading
The cause of the poor and oppressed. y
hrs been said of him that when his oouy
IVES bent and his hair silvered by the lapse
| CT four-score years. he would kneel every
night and report In child-like simplicity ths
! nraver his mother Taught him IN INFANCY
Now lay me down 10 sleep.
| pray. thee Lord, my soul to Keep
| i'll should die before | wake,
\ prayer thee, L.rd, my soul 10 rake.
| lie was seized with paralysis while occu'
nvinc his seat In congress. his iam,i,
vera summoned at once TO his bedside
| As he revived 10 consciousness. ne Wal
heard 10 whisper; This Is the last o.
earth. l am CONTENT
These we're his last WORDS, Tor there. pc
nsath the dome OF the capitol. the theate
| 81 bis latois and triuinphs. he soon breathe'
| his last. ,., q. sx,n
| At his death. all parties united IN SYN
| nathv Tor the loss Of one OF the purest an.
rnt,Isst patr,ots AInerios has ever produced
/ There are many other great men thai W
| co,,id speak OF. but We want 10 tell you ne
4 slo,,t Daniel Webster. the great ceienue
! ~ the National Union. lie was one OF IN
4 yreatest orators the world has ever pro
Snred. HIS notable reply to Hayne y
/ fssO has been declared the Rreatest ofasio
ever made in congress. and which In " Jar
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!. nrvhammers are the young
M read the Youths Department
|Iouston Post. There are no fees
Is of any kind connected with the
r,s and girls who read The Post
enrolled as active members by
name, age and address.
. object of all Happyhammers to
happiness when and wherever
!, Hence the club name and motto.
aower is the violet. the cup tree
hak, aud the club pet Is the nock-
fall being chosen by the molnpeIs
les. The favorite dog OIL the nap
lars rs the Scotch collie, OF shep-
lii colors are rose and gray. THESE
M intended to be worn win OF
Ithe club button or pm. Ihay are
d a badge by piining or sewing
two pieces OF narrow riopoh, oho
link and the other OF iight gray;
IN button Is made OF ceii'lioio. Inc
{ white, with the words houston
III. club" painted in violet Color.
! flower is engraved IN tne Sel.sr
| violet color. The letter a Is ~
be on each side OF the viole ,;, ~ =.
pretty little badge and VIII De
any Happyhammer upon the re-
[is cents. In ordering button,
YOUR letters to the Haphammer.
post. Houston. Texas.
|hry new subscriber sent by a
Smmer for the Semi-Weekly Post.
|l.ton will be given free. The sub
secured can be either for three
Ism months or a year: no matter
the three it is, your badge Will
YOU ANYTHING. When sending a
III Send your letter to the BUSH
Be Of The Post.
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WILL BE AN OLD MAID.

c04 North Ninth Street, Temple. Texas.
Dear Mistress Primrose see some letters
from some OF my favorite Haps Of long ago.
and thought would write again. one OF
them is q nice. true Hap know. Nicholas
Belden, you certainly are one OF the best
Hap correspondents. Yes, 1 have some Gu
plicates / would like to exchange some OF
which are rare. Send me a list of what
you have and I'll do the same with mine
You and Prairie Fairy are hight about the
beginners. Twas not kind III that Hap to
criticise these letters. They'll do very
we'll if they would observe the rules always
and would soon get acquainted with news
PAPER correspondence. All OF us have peen
beginners and some Of the first OF us
write very poorly, There Is one, for III
stance. We should welcome every new
Hap and we should ell remember that we
are to hammer happiness and not unhappi..
ress. There Is Little Daisy Blossom,
Dot Glover and Marie Marshall Davis, who
wrote good letters and especially the f'rst
mentioned and several others, only the let
ters were so short. have never gotten my
badge yet. This pen is so bad can hard-
ly write ct all. and ! can't find anotnvr
one, and my pin is SO faded that one eohid
hardly tell whet 1t was for, and my bro
theirs uappyhammer cuff buttons are all
worn Off and don't know what to do Tor
them. think II would be nice u we
could get a pin or button that would be
everlasting like the Haps. These we nave
are only temporary In quality ana 40 not
last long. Nicholas ! agree WIN 70"
about wearing tho black ribbon as sign
OF respect or sympathy. but not os regret.
We should not regret when one goes IRON
this earth to a better world. for they are
joyful and will never know what suffering
is. Who are we writing TO now. AZ MT.
Hap is gone and so also is Mistress run
rose, but yet her name is on the pager
owe an apology to two Haps. | did not
Imban 10 be personal in the names OF Daisy
and Violet, for you are two OF the pest
Hans. Mistress Primrose. II we are 100
much bother to you, just tell us. because
YOU know come of US were never In PRINT
ing office and don't know what trouble II
is to correct mistakes, but We do our best.
Mey | send an old forgotten letter ana n
few verses some time? Ill write about
autumn in Texas next time. That Is a
SPLENDID subject to talk about Well, III
close as this letter is too long as gen
orally get them, and I always worry the
PATIENCE of the editor with mistakes ana
| long letters. We'll. girls. how many OF
YOU are going to he old maids! am
| Lets some OF rs get UP an Old Maid CLUB
| IN our band. Won't that be cuteF Y have
[, said so Of myself ever since could taik
| Sey right coon what you think about H.
We'll must closo this time, with love
to all the Haps and dear Mistress Prim-
| rose. Memo " ra''s'so''
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ANTICIPATING CHRISTMAS.

Nixon. Tvxas--pear Mistress Primrose:
How are you all standing tho northcrs!
1t has been real cool In this part OF the
country all this week. have been to
school but one day this week, and that
was Monday. We have to 20 two miles
facing the wind. and this being the first
cold spell we have had. l was httlc afraid
10 so out in II. I have studied my lessons
at home, so l guess I Won't be much be-
hind my classes. Our circle has been
rather slim since the quarantine. but l
hope this cool wave will Scstroy all OF the
yellow fever. pengue fever has been the
rage over this part OF the State. aud for
tunately our family escaped II. am con-
siderahly struck with SYnpters subject
for contest. ! think II Ii the best that
has been suggested and sure Il would be
tho most interesting. The bird contest
was so interesting, and some OF tho Haps
wrote such good letters about the beaut-
fui feather,d creatures. Eddie Morris, al
low me TO congratulate you on having the
honor OF having the longest list OF birds.
] would certainly like TO see that list. We
30 hunting here sometimes during Christ
mas week | am anticipating n ce time
this Christmas. expect to attend three
Christmas trees. l enjoy them so much
but IL old Santa Claus failed to remembsI
me I'm sure | wouldn't enjoy that yer,
much. true Hap, II. Russell.
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RAMBLER's LETTER

Livingston. Texas-Dear Mattress Prin-
rose; l have Just committed an awful
Observation-Disclosures poor little In
nocent chick. and thought would come
telling you OF II. Mamma asked me to
wiring its head OIL. Don't know why she
asked me to do itunless she has a chickens
heart, and couldn't muster up sufficient
courage--and did IL. Well. guess most
all the Haps are about done picking cot
ton and l know they are glad OF It. We
had some fun at candy breaking few
nights ago. There were but few present.
but they ate candy enough for several
October 20 was fine day in Livingston. A
barbecue, tournament and bali at night
Livingston is always In the lead in making
such affairs a success. but am sorry to
| state that one young man was badly hurt
| by his horse running under a limb. knock
ing him off. hurting him seriously. There
was one nice crown and two wreaths
Well. Haps, this weather begins to look
Hike dismal Christmas--dark aud raining
though Christmas is long time off yet
| Say, Misses A. O. and f. c.. why don
you write oftener? The Haps page Is al
most the center OF attraction In The Post.
| Correspondence with newspaper IL. II
one properly applies himself, right
good means OF education. Well. 1t Ia get
ting too dark to write. 80 I'll close. Yours
truly. Rambler.
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Marlin ,Texas-Dear Mistress Primrose. l

Marlin ,Texas---Dear Mistress Primrose:
would like to jotn the Happyhammes. l
have been reading the letters In The Post.
Papa takes The Daily Post. am . years
old and in the third grade. ! hope my
letter will be printed. will send for the
badge later on. II my letter is IN print l
will write to you all again. ! will guess
the answer OF Charles Wetms riddle. It
is wagon. I'll quit for this time. Love
TO the Happyhammers.
Kate Baines Prngle.
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Homestead Texas --Dcar Mistress Prim-
rose: Hero comes another little girl to
Join your happy band. I am years old
and like to read the letters IN The Post.
haven't any pets but a little baby sis
ter. Her name Is Ruby Della. | have
another little sister. Her name Is Coral,
ard brother. Almer. had colt and
It's name was Jennie. but 1t died. Good
bye for this time, Pearl White.
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w'u gave YOU subject from,
no wac the erandest character
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NO LONGER TIMIp.

Winnie Kilgore. age ls.
, 1897-11-15

The people of the country are fond of
their capital. More than the Washing,
tonians themselves, they have seen the
wonderful progress of Washington, for
by visits ut intervals, some of them ex.
tending over years, they have met with
some contrasts which tell the story to
the spectator more thoroughly than con.
slant living in the city could do. In diff.
ferent parts of the country we have
heard people discuss the growth OF
Washington with pride and relate the
comparisons of their various visits. The
man who was there 10 or 20 years ago
and who goes again this year takes a
tale back home which he never tires of
telling.
And not only will Washington have
no rival i'll the sense of competition, but
it is destined to be beautiful beyond any
other city or any other capital i'll the
world. What has been done is simply
all earnest of what is to come. 1t will
be the capital of society as we'll as poll.
tics. Art and education will follow, and
already II is Il fact that more learned
IL authoritative men Cun be gathered
i'll al audience i'll that city than any
where else III the country In fact, Bal
timo1e is glad to be so near Washington.
Baltimore American.
, 1897-11-15
Taking Toll.

There Is n little girl named Nellie
living in Allegheny, says the Pittsburl
Chronicle Telegraph, who has aston
ished the neighborhood by a cute littl,
trick which was so bright that even hel
parents had to laugh, and she escaped
Ven u scolding. A grocer in the neigh.
borhood had sent out n message to his
customers that he was in need Of money.
The little girls mother thought her bill
vas about IS and gave Nellie Il So bill
to give the grocer and told her to bring
back some sugar.
"Can l haze a penny" asked Nellie.
"Oh, yes. If there is one left you can
have it, her mother replied.
Nellie went to the store and brought
back the sugar. A few days later the
grocer sent his bill, and it contained an
acknowledgment of leash received,
"a. 30" The lady had paid no such sun
and asked for All explanation. The gro
ter said, That's what Nellie brought. -
The little girl WAS called III to ex-
plain. She said, "Iou said l could have
n penny, and l went to the drug store
and had the So bill changed and gave
him the rest"
, 1897-11-15
BESIDE II BAY,

woman by q cottage door,
Noting the sunsets golden hue.
said quantity TO a summer guest,
on. look! the lights almost shine
through
Then told the tale l tell to you.
The winds blew here, the wind, LEV there.
In eery CLINE beneath the SUI.
We dreamed they would some hrrpy day
Bring tlainSs of our wandering one.
White ships came in from every sen
beats between the ftuz,r ,,oles.
We watched them bearing up the bay
Their freights of home returning souls.
A loving fancy came to me,
stald with me, would not go away,
That some time | should hear his voice
Blown landward from the foaming bay.
One March day, when the tides were out,
My man and | sat in the sun.
An iris blossomed by tho step.
W planted by our wandering one.
Tho neighbors slur the fond ccnceit,"
But we both heard these words that day
"hest comes not to the watching heart.
Abide in peace and hope and pray.
"The sea is Gods. All seas are one.
30 sit you here beside the bay
Anu think these Grading waves perchancs
Are loves OWL hands that show the way
Between you and your lost today"
Since that springtimc sweet peace is ours,
We rest and pray and calmly wait.
Our wandering boy seems near us now.
The sea line is the heavenly gate.
A. Preston in iouth's Companion.
, 1897-11-15

Oil you ha,c any difficulty with
the NeapoIitans:" | asked. None"
said Turr The following episode vii,
give you an idea of Our relations: Dem
onstrations were the order Of Tic day. |
had only been governor Of Naples two
days when. looking out of my windows
ut the PalaZZo Forestaria, l saw an i'm
mense crowd of about 10, 600 persons
coming along shouting, Death to the
BourbOns! | sent out to invite three of
the ringleaders to confer with me as to
what they wanted and what it was all
about. One of them was Gambardella,
. great leader among the fishermen,
who informed me that they wanted 400
Bourbons whose names he had down i'll
a list and handed to me tscorticarli) |
said: Gentlemen, pray sit down and let
us discuss the question. Now what do
you think Europe would say when it
hears that under the government of
Garibaldi and Gambardella 400 Bour-
bons have been killed.
But. my lord general, says he.
do you not know the way in which we
have been treated: | myself have been
in prison and received % blows with IA
stick.
why, my friend, l said, that is
the very point For having committed
such like ~brutalities the government Of
the Eourbons has fallen And if we
initiated their example all we should
prove is that we ourselves are unworthy
of liberty, With these and similar
words l succeeded in soothing their rage
and from that moment Gambardella
placed himself at the head of II new
movcmcnt-in those days every one had
to be mt the head of some movement
and vas i'll the habit of making me his
counselor and acting according to my
advice. Garibaldi got to know HIM later
and liked him very much. But II
morning the poor man was stabbed in
the street. '-ConteIuporary Review.
, 1897-11-15
The Fullness of Country Life.

In the country every morning of the
year brings with it a lew aspect of
springing or fading nature. Il new duty
to be fulfilled upon earth and Il new
promise or warning i'll heaven. No day
is without its innocent hope. its special
prudence. its kindly gift and its sublime
danger and i'll every process of wise nus
bandry and every effort of ~contending or
remedial courage. The wholesome pas
sions, pride and bodily power of the la
borer are excited and cXerted in hap
picst unison. The companionship OF
domestic and the care of serviceablc ami
mails soften and enlarge his life with
lowly charities and discipline him in
familiar VISIONS and unboastfuI forti-
tudes, while the divine laws of seed
time, which canno be recalled, harvest.
which cannot be FASTENED, and winter,
in which no ma can work, compel the
Impotence and ~coveting of his heart
into labor too submissive to be anxious
and rest too sweet to be wauton. John
Ruskiu,
, 1897-11-15

Beethoven Nas born i'll II small house
in Bonn His father had inherited the
vice of drinking, and often Beethoven
and his younger brother were obliged
to take their intoxicated father home.
He was never known to utter an unkind
word about the man who had made his
youth so unhappy. and he never failed
to resent 1t when a third person spoke
uncharitably of his fathers frailty.
Young Beethoven was thus taught
many Il severe lesson in the hard school
Of adversely. But his trials were not
without advantage to him. They gave
to his character thai iron texture which
upheld him under his heaviest burdens.
, 1897-11-15

looking for. SAID the excited citizen to
the detective,
"Where!"
lin the suburb where l reside"
81 am much Obliged to you" replied
the detective as he took out a map and
crossed OFT Il space Oh it.
Are you not going to send a man out
fhere!"
"There would be no use of that. He
Is toe smart to stay i'll the same place
long. Still, your information helps some.
1t points out a spot where we a be
pretty sure the criminal Is not. Wash.
ington Star.
, 1897-11-15
Meu Arc Growing bigger.

Recent athletic records show that our
young men are surprising their prede-
eessurs in nearly every line of muscular
performance 1t has been demonstrated.
moreover. that the average American
man has become taller by at least one
inch within the last two generations.
and that. compared with his European
contemporaries, he has Ieen steadily
grow,ng larger nj limb. we,ghtier III the
-csiio. and. nnst significant Of all, Ion.
~ IY,sl--NrM \ .,rk World.
, 1897-11-15
She Wasn't Gucssing.

"Can l occupy half this scat?' asked
the western drummer after he had sue
ceedcd in pushing his way into the
crowded car.
II don't know. sir. said the Boston
girl, ''but if you intended to ask my
permission to try it / beg to inform You
that you may do SC. cleveland Lead
, 1897-11-15
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