The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-11

~ was Udu iuch 10 tne ktlty that came 10
our house, nor she has been having fits
nearly ever since. I guess shc ate too
many mice. 1t is cons .d',rcd bad luck to
Kill XII cat, but Robinson Crgsoe didn't
WINK so, from the way he killed off his
cats when they bccame troublesome.
or all the cats have Rad of. none Is as
smart as dog, except the one the Italian
him 10 read by. Dick whittlngtons cats
brought him good luck. from poor little
f 1GnSnr boy he became thrice, nayor, OF
n pig, ent ! ever read ahoyt was tho cat
tho giants, 1t was three times as big as
an OK. The joll!est cat Is tho Cheshire
cat that's always grlrninR ut Alice IN
Wonderland. He would begin 10 disappear
az the, tip OF his tail. and kept gong out
his grin. and everywhere Alice went she
would SEQ the grin. / guess he looked
on Alice. tho duchess, the queen and all
OF them as q great big joke.
When papa was In the livery business
tho mice were 50 bad that no rot some
cats. He brought oue of them home aud
had lived at the stable so long ana had
never seen any women. So, when Il cav
my mamma 1t ran on and didn't come
back tn papa came home II would h,ae
out all day, and when papa came home
IN the evening II would come in and sit
In his. lap, but just as soon ~ mamma
ny outdoors. but 1t soon got used to
mamma, end was n good old cat, One
ri'ne she had some little kittens In the
cotton seed house. At tho same timo an
old hen hatchel out some ll,tle chickens.
The old hen did not know Thorn apart
and lowered the kittens too. guess that
hopo The Haps viii decide what to do
for the poor blind boy. and am readv
MT any time 10 make UP a collection for
him. a true Hap. Carl Schoppe
A CHAT ABOUT CATS
Santa Cruz. Cal.-Dear Haphammer: AS
cats s our subject, VIII tell You what
know OF them. Reference is made TO
them IN Sanskrit writings 200 years ago,
and still more ancient records of them
are to be found In &he monumental Ing
ures and cat mumnlJee OF Egypt, They be-
longed to three d.sttnct species, TWO OF
which are said to be sun found, both wild
and domestcated, IN parts of Egypt.
sacred to the moon; temples ware erected
and sacrifices offered them. It's body WAS
embalmed IN death
In Germany, cats are kept away from
the cradles OF children as omens of evil.
and tho appearance of black cat on
the bed of u sick person used TO be tuken
as an announcement OF approaching
death.
1t is well known fact that .f n cat
is taken from home which it liked, III
viii iiud lite way back even IL put in q
bag; some say while. in the bag he cat
has its sense OF smell IA fun exercise end
takes note of the successive odors ii en-
counters on the way and thus. when let
their proper inverse order, would make
II an easy matter for 1T 10 md its way
home again.
Some people think cats can't swim.
Well. when l WIS in Texas. all when
l was abou, il years old. / vent visiting
down on the Bra2os river, at Columbia.
to "A friend of mine named Frank INIT
lips. My friends mother had n rat she
wanted TO get rid of and asked Frank and
/ If We would not take II OFF We did not
wish to kill 1t outright. for we thought II
~ ~ "a luck mol
up our minds TO row out in the river and
drop ii in the water. SO we waited ill
dark, as we did not wish any one to see
us and $50 found us out on the river IN
boat with the cat with u.s. We dropped
her and what do you think happened?
Why. she began TO swim to the shoie'
We sat there in the boat looking at one
another and finally rowed to shore ana
found tho cat crawling ont OF the water,
we went home and to bod and had no
more to do with that cat, for we were
DO any OF the Corpus Christi IIaps re-
member boy named Garfield Inll who
llyes here. now and Is in my Grade az
school? He is iust like any other Texas
boy and ls always ready 10 have hitle
says he likes this place better than Cor
pus Christi. but | think If he hal lived
In or near Houston he would think DIFF
back TO Texas tomorrow II / could, but
my mother says 1 can just as soon a. ]
finish school here. am glad that wont
be long-only three years-then. AN
or at lsas! make my home there.
II has been raining here about three
comes from the south here and blows
nor,hward. II Is blown up into the noun
tains. but It's not allowed 20 rest there.
as ne north wind attacks 4 there ana ana
again. Then we have two or three clear
days. ard then he rain by this time las
It's forces together again and with fhe
help of the south wind, comes again 10 at
tack this City. But the last time IL at
lacked Santa Cruz the north wind must
hnye driven z of with heavy losses as
II has not made Its appearance since then
the next day all the birds catno ont
from their hiding. places and wore out
bright and early singing, A lark singing
early in the morning. when the sun has
iusi risen and Is casting Ito beams
through the trees, always makes me feet
blue" and homos.ck to see Texas once
more. The mockng bird would get out
carly In the morning and sing that way,
too. In Texas.
Mir Haphammer, that Mr.; w. T. Eos
ter. who makes those weather forecasts
for The Post. is all right: we always look
for his forecasts and he never misses the
forecast Tor this coast more than thirty
Not very long ago my chum Nealie
Phillips went to the city (San Frnncssco)
TO see II he could pass the examination TO
get on the trainngship lndependonce. He
had oftened wished TO Join the navy ana
so his mother finally consented 10 let him
ioln He passed the examination and the
Adams took lot of the boys off the
training ship for a cruise TO the sand
wich Isles. and Nealie was among the
boys who went. II he had been q day
LATER he wonld have missed the vessel ana
The fine trip, that | hope he Is enjoying.
went over, in the hills today to gat Is
viocts hero, hut have what we call a
"mhnny- Jump-Up," which is nothing
more than n small yellow pansy. Tho
hills are just covered win them, and one
hIll when looked at from distance looks
as il IL were covered with yellow bunting.
The other day compared tho psees of
the Houston market with that OF santa
Cruz and saw marked difference IN
prices Celery can be had here at s |
cents for two heads; cabbage the same |
as celery, and II you go TO The garden,
onions as you can pack in your arms: |
caulifIower. two heads for cents two |
punches OF radtshes for cents and from |
four 10 SIX punches or heads OF lettuce
for cents.
wrote letters to both Genta Beld!ng
OF Onpenheim. N. y, and Irene lakewood
Of Houston and both letters were returned
10 me "Geycus."