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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-18
SPEECH of THE CAT.
Argument I'm Favor nj the Theory
Tint Cats Can Converse.

Chicago Chronicle.
Theories OF articulate language in the
animal kingdom arc advanced every day.
Some OF them arc serious, IKE Professor
Garners notion OF an intelligent and I'M
telKglble speech OF apes, but the most
Interesting are those which treat OF ths
matter IN half hum,2rou. way. which
n one IN the theory OF feline tongue, ex
plotted oi By y" the blind author, Marvin Clark,
In his ht;le book on PUSSY and Her, Ian
guage" He declare thM me 'sm1oth and
press onoma topoe9a, are but echoes from
that most BEAUTIFUL Of all languages that
OF tha cat" The one most Ike y among
the sands in each being musical, mellinu-
Gus and pleasing 10 the senses; As In the
Chinese. TOO. words in the cats language
injections Of the voice. The number of
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PET HORN OWL

Trinity, TeNas.-Dear Haphammer. Will
write about owls. Noticed some time
since that there had never been n horn
owls nest found In the United States. NV
brother found ones nee last week. S,uGs
then the tree has been cut down and
The little owl captured. 1t is a perfec.
curiosity. II win eat anything l give II.
! wish the Haps could see 1t. 1t is a.
perfect pet and viii hog for something to
eat when it gets hungry.
L WISH the Happyhammers would tell
me II there Is amy reward for young
horn owl. Your friend, LYDIA Aston.
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HE uELps TO FARM.

chireno. Texas-Dnr Haphammer'
am a little boy lust years OF age ana
thought Of writing for come time; but
/ am very glej THAI ! DID not. Tor
should have written with pencil, ana
did not write iu time to vote IN the DOG
contest, but am glad to say that my "a
yorita won.
Well. my nara Is a farmer ana OF COZ Nv
part. He has an American cultiyator anu
he hus been Moving his corn ana ! follow
the pillow end uncover the cern whenever
school, but our school closed In February
and i was sorry OF 1t. for We had nice
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Who's seen my day ?
IT'S gone oway,
Nor left o trace

Who's seen my da37
'Tis gone away,
Nor left q trace
In any place.
II could only find
Its footballs In some mtnd:
Some spirit nature stirred
BY deed of nine. or word,
] should not stand at slradowy eve
And for my day so grieve and grieve.
Mr. Haphamm6r, you VIII find enclosed
10 cents. for which please send me u Hap
pyhammcr club button; also 10 cents for
the Happyhamrner benefit fund. ] intend
contributing more IN the near future. My
age is II. Your friend,
Ethel A. Pearcs.
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Ba1l.nger, Texas.--Dear Haphanmer;
would like very much to io!n your happy
lead one to believe than you were happy.
In fact. I know you are-was convinced
OF that on reading. the witty and wei
the members. Seeing so many nice let
ter-s OF the Happyhammers makes me
feel quite ashamed TO- write. but II every
am afraid there wouldn't bn any Happy
hammer clubs and that would never do.
FOR fear of occupying too much space,
! VIII resume my subject, which ! nave
chosen to be: "Free Schools, or the Road
40 Honor Omen to AL" / think this sub
iect should interest every one who intends
some day 10 elevate himself IN both mind
ard positior orr system ~ free schools
has opened straight way from the
threshold OF every abode, however hum
ble. IN the village OF IN the city, 70 the
honor. and II Is left for each, by tho Guilt
walton Of every talent. by watchin9 with
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ehaIrs,y had driven mug" from the
81 work ss sh the curtains with dainty airs.
tiiec shs admired. but said She W. vas -
,,,v 50 many household cares.
"a busted 'lhs a the dishes all.
- ssktd the bral'i,nre., cleaned the hall.
= I'D. "eaa' She was glad. she
snsi. 10 little. although she was
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An EASTER JINGLE.

Ia. n stick and w!sps OF hay rye
Slde a little nest
joeen from my Easter eggs the ones
M I like best. 49,,
~ IN get the old white hen. and
I her on all six, MAJ,
Nh and yellow chicks ,,
Er,et Brewer Sterling, In st. Nicho-
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A LITERARY TALK,

Tachnor, Texas.-Dear Haphammer.
am only too glad to note the happiness
this great army of young folks Is creating
throughout the land by many deeds of
Kindness.
The great army of young writers whose
CRISP and able communications appear
weekly VIII soon be men and women. who
are TO occupy the spheres of the great
men of today: many letters that appear
In this department, / think are real In
spring, and |, for one, hope and believe
that they are spontaneous outburstS from
the depth of the writer's hearts How
many of the Hsps are fond of literature7
am great admirer of all good l.tera-
as we'll as q name and beautiful dress
think We should read ali the good. life
inspiring books we can. and discard all
the trashy ones. OF course we all know
by experience that IL is natural for hu-
man nature to follow evil pursuits rather
than better ones and for that very rea-
son we should abstain from poisonous lit
eratlire. The mind should be we'll stored
with useful knowledge. Everything We
read should have some expression that Is
worthy of retaining. How many OF the
Haps have a purpose In life? think we
should all have an object IN view. an end
we hope to reach. for what should We
expect II We never try. Place your mark
high and strive 10 reach it," IL We place
our mark lew we vii. most assuredlv
make them. NO excellence Is gained
without great labor" Then let us strive
and lend hand 10 each other in the
struggle for life. Long live The Post, the
best paper OF all. and love to the Hans.
Roland,
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Number of Happyhammers. 10000. .
CoNTRIRIrTIONs FOR cAR1.

Thorp Texas.-Doar Haphammer: Please
ma enclosed ten cents for the Carl SteDh-
enson benefit lund. from Mrs. Ola Clifton:
also five cents for same from Mrs. Aman-
da snow. and ten cents from Willie. Rob
erts, who hopes TO soon see Carl estab-
l!shed In business.
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properly. and then Photographed II
through a microscope. And the picture
shows exactly what huti.rily's tonrue
IS IKE. As you will see st Ia very long
his enables the insect to reach deep into
flowers TO stick up the honey. when not
IN use the tongue ,s cooled up IN the form
shown IN the picture.
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YOU getting tired OF the cat sub
There have been so many nice let
bout cats that the Haphammer has
ese talks continue longer than he
Intended. In q week or two some
animal will be introduced 10 you.
n the present the cat Will be upper
in our thoughts. The cat Is q pop
bet in these days. but his present
and petting IS nothing compared
what II was years and years ago.
lily times many countries held the
feline sacred: Egypt thought tho
bor,hy OF worship, ard many peo-
i've insisted that the modern pussy
kds from those which awed the Phn-
Among the ancient laws of Wales
me that Condemned man who had
q cat to the punishment OF being
tlled TO hold the dead tab5y by the
Its toll so that its nose touched
round, and ,heE uhe amount OF grain
was needed to bury poor KITTY had
contributed by The guilty one TO
Wner OF the deceased feline.
dumb animals have certain ways of
b care of their babies. and some of
are very wetchful and patient. Here
Story that cono, fro,, Nnr.ha,,
AT my Grandmother there was
cat that had five kitten, which she
In the hay, in the barn. One day one
Kittens went out OIL large beam
eXiended from one end of the barn
g other. aud whe, ho raooi,a,, .b,
~ :, ha -, nc ''ae'leu NV,
nv Dosaii 10 DC AFRAID. ana
'"n on the beam. mewtng piteously.
las so far away from mo that ronld
each hin, .,5 a.,
' a''u 4 III" mol k'io" now
him uoWh. Just then the mother
ame up. and pnrred and mewed TO
telling hin, N ,,,,, Iii ~
H., "- ~ wait uh'i' she CAN'T
.me d went out to where the beam
ana. as me beam was Il broad one.
e, n. pelore MIN. picked him up in
2Uu1i ana carried him hack into the
5ont OF Danger
k,,
ss sprrespoteient tells this story
- rove ior It's young:
Nv saW me domestic.ty and mater
I'M IN ri "a me leAhe species better proved
o M NE case OF an old ,tortolse-shell
'an u icsr 'hree kittens were gwen TO
In a HE h le sk s9oh mem mem nome one
by road, or mile and n quarter
In me West Woods"
door lool n'VaI''hg my aunt stood IN
toward the woo ui .ous'S "c'oSs '"e
. el. never" she Suddenly exclaimed.
,oppb ' ,bd com ng home
thrush over riove g9f no,dl VIII WI urnS'
/, and at night poor old Pinltie lad
70 hhom,e' bringing her little family.
ew YARDS sp oe 'SSi on Yearly alons the
you'd pick Nm tb9 soh Ia,, k,tt haen me
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NEW HAPPYHAMMERs.

SudJe and Ada Otis .Dibail
zti3i4c NHFSon ........................l sicHHOr
NJ nnlc and Henry Johnson. Cooks island
NJ. g, Bingham .......................la urei
I-yiia Aston .........................T rlnity
Lizzie. Mamie and Beatrice Thomas. .Hix
Agnes Alexander Houston
Gladlsh Stephenson ............... Marlboro
Susie Barber .......................Be aullss
Ethel A. Pearce and Bertha Reed ......
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Bailinger
lsette Meyers .....................Lc Jbeuer
G.blon +. Brock northumberland Moscow
Allen Richardson ....................Ch irenp
Ants Hall ........................Sa Santa Anna
Minnie Grace ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pivey
New members this week. ~
Number OF Happyhammers. ......... 5,6s3
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for long tlmo. Having known. thus far
nothing but kindness from man, he vas
absolutely without fear and. as IL turned
out, rather too much so.
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Ettle school and our teacher was go good
to us all. His name was Mr.. Walter Nj.
koss. With best wishes TO the Haps, /
remain your little friend.
Allen Richardson.
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VARIETIEs on GATES

Houston. Texas - Dear Haphammcr
aere l come to your happy band. have
round out all about the rat cltcnerss The
family OF cats includes. besides the Wild
cat and the domestic cat. such animals
as the lion tiger leopard, cougar or the
american panther. and the pu.ia- The
common domestic cat is probably u de-
ecendant of the Egyptian cat, which was
made domestic animal 1900 d. c. From
EGYPT 1t spread over Europe. but was
iohg scarce. and very expensive ami
MAJ for pct. There, are many varle-
ties OF cats, mainly distinguished by color
Well known varieties are the fawn-colored
royal Siamese cat. with blue eyes and
small head; the Maltese cat of a hiush
snsy color; the large Persian cat. with
generally white fur, and the beautiful
tortoise shell. In South America is said
to be race of cats which do not cater
waul at night. Cats have heen Known
10 reach "a weight of twenty-three pounds
and the age of is years.
Cats have sometimes shown skill in
opening thumb latches. working knockers
and ringing bells. The story Is also told
OF a cat which accidentally caught nie.
ran 100 yards and plunged in a trough OF
water. Agnes Alexander.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-12
FELL INFO lI HELL.
A Girls Wonderful Escape-Rescued from
 a PeriIous Situation


 Miss Lena Curran, the eighteen-year- old daughter of John Curran of No. 80 Broad street, while drawing up a bucket of water from the well at her home, Sunday evening, slipped and fell into the well. Her parents were wait ing for her to go to church with them and as she did not appear they went to see what was the matter. They heard cries apparently coming from the well, which is in the kitchen.
 MT. Curran shouted down into the dark hole and received an answer from Lena that she was at the bottom and standing up to her neck in water. The we'll is thirty feet deep and contains nearly five feet of water.
 MT. Curran and a young man who came to his assistance hastily procured a cord and lowered it into the well. They instructed Lena to tie it around her waist, and when she had done so they began to pull her up, They had got her over half way up when MT. Curran became exhausted and could hoist no more. The young man could not alone hold the weight of the girl, and she began to slowly fall again.
 The young man cried for help and Policeman Patrick R. Cassidy, hearing him, rushed into the yard. He caught hold of the slipping cord, and with a few strenuous efforts brought the girl to the top. The girl was unharn1ed though much overcome by nervousness and fright.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-12
THE CUBAN PROBLEM.
Announcement of the New Captain
 Generals Policy,

Announcement of the New Captain
 Generals Policy.
 Madrid, Oct. 11.-General Ramon Blanco, the new captain general of Gu ba, announces that he will act With great energy against the insurgents and will employ all political means to restore equality of treatment in the va rious sections of the community. He says that he has the greatest desire to end the horrors of war, and to establish peace by the system which he adopted in 1879.
 The new captain general of Cuba had a long conference with the queen re- gent to-day The Spanish party of Gu ba, the Commercial association of Ha- vana and the independent party of Por- to Rico have cabled to the government, assuring the latter of their support.
 A cable message has been received from General Weyler, the retiring cap tain general. saying that he will em- bark for Spain on October 20, there be- ing no steamer sailing before that date. The inhabitants of Palma, the birth place of General Weyler, are preparing to give him an ovation on his return to his home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-12
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
C0MAIISSIONERS APPOINTED ON
 THE ". J. HEALEY ESTATE.

Offer of Settlement to be Made Credltors--
 City Court Record-Case Against Book
 keeper Barrows Nolled.
 At a hearing on the estate of Will liam J. Healey, insolvent builder, in the probate court, yesterday, Frederick l.. Averill and William S. Pardee were ap- pointed commissioners, the appoint ment to date from October 19. John J. Clerkin, counsel for Healey, announced that during the coming week he would make an offer of settlement to the creditors. What per cent, he will offer, Mr. Clerkin coold not say.
 City CouEt-Criminai Side-Judse Dow.
 In the city court. yesterday morning, Who has an interest in a saloon at 192 St. John street, was charged with ob- taining money under false pretences Mrs, Matilda E. Templeton of 603 East street was the complainant, She was the prospective mother-in-law of Walsh and because of this relation she loaned | him $1,2Q0. Walsh, it is said, told Mrs Templeton he had money coming to him and made promises, Mrs. Templeton says, that induced her to let him have the money. The case was continued until Thursday.
 Daniel McGann and Michael Curran were charged with assaulting Henry Hurley at the steamboat dock Bonds were fixed at $200 each
 John O'Neil, James O'Neil, his son; Patrick Kenney, Charles I. Moran and James Dalton were all charged with breach of the peace and obstructing officers, Saturday night. All claim that 1 their arrests are due to spite. Kenney l was fined $3. The other cases. were continued until tomorrow in order that the accused might bring in witnesses. Michael Palma, an Italian huckster, was charged with cruelty to animals. Palma stables his horse at AIS Congress avenue, and Sunday he attempted to fire the horse, an operation performed by veterinaries. His case was contin- ued until to-day.
 BARROWS' CASE NOLLED. I The complaint against Frederick M, BarroWs, who was arrested Saturday night, charged with embedding $250 from his employer, Willis G. Braley, a l house mover, at 440 Elm street, was nolled by City Attorney Brown. Further examination of the books shows that Barrows did not embezzzle l any of his employers funds. The trou- ble resulted from the system of book keeping used by Barrows, who has had little experience in that line of work. CHARGED WITH STEALING $1. Angus McNeil who rooms at 113 Lloyd street, was arrested yesterday morning at the Union station by Pa ! trolman Mclaughlin on the charge of stealing one dollar from a room-mate McNeil was about to board a train for 1 Bridgeport when he was arrested.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-12
FIRST GOLD FROM KLONDIKE.
A Miner Deposits Some at the Assay
 Office

Office.
 New York, Oct. 11.-What was said to be the first gold received at the as- say office direct from Klondike was taken in there this morning. It was re- ceived from a man who said he was Charles F. Engle of No. 120 First ave- nue, and that he had come direct from the Klondike He carried with him in buckskin bag about 130 ounces of gold dust, spangles and nuggets, which was said by the assay office experts to be worth altogether about $2,500. Engle left only six ounces of the dust to be assayed, which was believed to be worth about $100. The remainder he took away with him, under the impress sion, apparently, that it would realize more as a curiosity than for its intrin- sic worth.
 When asked why he did not remain at Klondike, Engle told the assay office officials that he had his family there with him and he was afraid that his children would not be able to survive the winter in that climate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-12
WESTERN RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

Great Grain Business in the Northwest
 The Burlington Handles 100000
 Cars.
 New York, Oct 11-A special dis
 patch to the Evening Post from Chi
 cago this evening says: Traffic with
 the western lines continues heavy, and
 the majority of the trunk lines have all
 they can handle both ways. With most
 of them they might increase their busi-
 ness had they the cars to handle it.
 There has never been time when the
 general traffic was so heavy and was
 conducted with as little friction. There
 are no blockades anywhere, and the
 rolling stock is all earning more money
 than at any time in years. Tn the
 northwest the grain movement is only
 limited by the ability of the railroads to
 furnish cars, and is expected to con-
 tinue so long as the weather is good. In ten weeks Chicago lines have deliv-
 cred 100, 100000 bushels of flour and grain here, the largest deliveries on record. The grain movement last week was made up for only five days, and shows a decrease compared with the
 six days of the previous week of 1,737,- GOO bushels, aggregating only 6,994,000 bushels. A year ago the roads were having a large traffic, and delivered 944 900 bushels more grain than for the same week this year. In 1895 there was | ,153, 900 bushels more handled than this year, but as compared with 1894 the past week showed an increase of 4,465.- 900 bushels. The Burlington has ham, dled 27,000 cars of grain in two months, the largest on record.
 Taking the total traffic of the Bur lngton as an indication of the volume of general business, it is surprisingly large. In four months this line has
 handled about 100000 cars, an increase of 4S,000 cars over the same time last year. In eight days this month the Burlington system has had 3O,210 cars. The growth of traffic has been steady For July it was S9,000 cars, in August | 99,000 cars, in September 109.000 cars, | and October is estimated at 114,0O0 cars | to 116,000 cars. Last year the July traf- 1 fic was 8O,000 cars, August S3, 900 cars, | September 90,000 cars, and October 110,- l 0G0 cars. There is nothing in the pres ! ent outlook to indicate any reduction in | the traffic, and it will only be limited | by the supply of cars. Taking the Sep | tember business for number of years, | it shows great gains. In 1892 Burling- | ton handled 92.000 cars, in 1894 1000 | cars In 1896 business was poor. only | 900 cars being handled The indus l trial department of the Burlington is working steadily toward the establish 1 ment of all kinds of manufacturing plans along it's line, with good success.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-12
THE CASE OF MISS cIsNERos
Believed That Spain Will Not Take Al

Believed That Spain Will Not Take Ac-
 tion in the Matter.
 Washington, Oct. 11.-It is said at the state department that there is no treaty between the United States and Spain by which Miss Cisneros, who re- gently escaped from the Casa de Re- cogidas in Havana, and is supposed to have been assisted to reach this coun- try, can be extradited.
 In state department circles it is be- leved that Spain will not take action in the matter, and, in her desire to avoid infiaming American public opin- ion unnecessarily, that the case will be allowed to drop as quietly as possible.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-12
AN OLD RAILROAD TICKET.

Conductor Gregory of the Naugatuck road took up Q ticket few days ago which was thirty-five years old. It was a portion of round trip ticket issued from Ansonia to Humphreysville and return; the name Humphreysville was changed to Seymour a great many years ago. The passenger made the re- turn trip from Seymour to Ansonia. Conductor Gregory presented the ticket to Superintendent Beach, who was so pleased with it that he pasted it in his scrap album.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-12
A GREAT SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.

Federated Trades to be Called Out in
 Connection With the Engineers.
 London, Oct. 1.-The secretary of the Federated Trades, comprising thir- ty important industries, announces that the executive committee has definitely decided to call out all it's members, in sympathy with the struggle of the en- gineers against their employers, on Friday next, when it is estimated that total of 100000 men may be out of work on account of the great labor dis pute.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-12
JUDGE CowELLs EXPENSES.

Representative George H. Cowell of Waterbury, who ran for position on the school ticket at the election a week ago and was elected, makes the follow ing statement of expenses, as required by law: q, George H. Cowell of the town of Waterbury, hereby depose and say that the following is true state ment of my election expenses at the school election held Monday, October A.. as candidate for member of the board of education. l had no political agent; padded my own canoe. Cash paid to town committee, $25; pastors and post age, S310. l also gave away five cheap cigars and borrowed one good one of Tom Lane.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-12
A NEW DISEASE" ."

An exchange says: An empty barge stuck under Kimberly avenue bridge in New Haven Saturday and as the tide rose broke the bridge above it. The street railway tracks were torn up and the bridge rendered unsafe. Some think the accident was due to the disease of certain people to have a drawbridge at that place.