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wounds made by the teeth of StS Ber-
hard, and recalled a period OF treatment
at the Pasteur institute in consequence.
He determined on thorough examination
of his big pet. This resulted in the cause
OF Collins ndisposition being found to be
a docayel tooth.
DR.. Anslie. who is himself n dentist
called carriage, and with his wife, took
Colin 10 his office. Colin made no OBJ
lection TO tho proceedings until they put
him into big chair, Then he renon-
strated.
The dentists assistant held the dog in
the chair. and his master began to ply his
nerve wringlng, vocation. Colin didn't Ike
calmod his objections, however, until the
drili struck his tooth. A fierce howl was
heard throughout the building, and. with
convnlsive leap. colin broke away from
his caDtors and made II wild leap through
an open window, He plunged to the pave
ment. about twelve feet below. Before
the dentist could reach the window the
dog was tearing madly M the street.
DIT Ainslo found Colin at home, none
the worse for his leap He eyed hts mas
ter oskance, and when he saw the car
rage stop before the house next morn
Ing he HID under divan by dint Of
much potting. coaNing aud dragging he
was again gotten into the carriage. lie
was III al case, and II was with laborlous
eNerton that he was led INTO the dental
establishment.
DR. Ainslle's plans were more elaborate
this time. Anaesthei!cs soon put the dog
into Inconsistencies and the doctor as
sisted by his colleagues. Messrs. Ralfe
Harlan and W j. Leeds. soon filled CO.
Inns docayed tooth with gold.
Tho dog. when he revived. was surprised
TO find himself on table. He quickly
jumped down. Remembering his aching
tooth. he felt for IL with his tongue, II
was gone. al least the ache had dsap-
pearcd. Colin was evidently perplcxed.
Collins dental experience Is not yet
ended. An imperfect tooth is to be
crowned with gold
Colin seemed impatient yesterday.
couldn't blame him. for evory ono wanted
TO prv omen his massive laws 10 see his
gold filled tooth.
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II has! II seems to say Herr IA Nbun-
dance for a1l--for man and for bclsts."
And II not merely iookH bountaful but II
IL bountful; " Yields many hundnsd- folds
and Il Is tho most productive of oil CO.
reals. l must not stay too long ON wheat
und maize, but must 40 to my choice
of plants, which Ia rice. IL maize Is an
Important plant. rice Ii still moro Co. for
Il supplies the principal food OF one-third
of tho human race.
Rice Is an annual plant, from ono to six
feet IN height. Tho sced or grain grows
on little separate stalks sprnging out
from the main stalk And when the grain
is ripe It iooles something like barley and
oats.
Tho cultivation OF rics y most largely
carried on In India, China Indo-Ch'na.
Japan and Eas, India Islands.
This plant needs n warm climate ana n
plentiful supply of water: and 50, though
II IL not a native OF America IL can I've
raised In some parts OF our country.
Nearly 2O years a,yo the growing OF rice
was tried I'm South Carolina. IL was found
to do we'll there. and now tho state Yields
the finest rice In the world. In this coun-
try we think of rice only as an ocoasional
article OF food. but In the Enst Indies II
Is the dish of all classes from tho mon
arch to the bcggar In the Oriental coun-
tries tt In not only eaten boiled and In
curries. but It Is ground into flour. from
which are made various Kinds OF bread
and cakes.
Rice is a very digestiblc food. but It
is not SO nourshing a grain as wheat or
maize. since n contains fur less Of the
flesh forming materials Well as this
Is my first attempt to write ! will not
make nv letter too long I remain n
true Hap, Nannic Harre'
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RIDDLES.

Colmesneil, Texas. Dear Mistress Pr!m-
rose: AS IL has been some time since 1
lest wrote to YOU. / will write again TO
cast my vote for wheat for 1t is my fav-
orite bread. If / am not mistaken 1t Is
OF the world. more than corn. / think.
/ will not go back on corn, for l Ike II
very much and j know corn is very use
full.
am 50 glad. for they are my favorite
melon. l will close by asking a few
riddles. The man that made 1t didn't need
it and the man that bought 1t never used
IL and the man that used 1t never paid
for IL.
Two legs had one leg four legs came In
and got one leg and two legs picked up
three legs and knocked down four legs
and get one leg.
What makes this sun SO like loaf of
bread? Your little friend,
Maggie Dutton.
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were built with corn stalks and mud.
have seen " converted into alcohol. which
that is a great item In tho mercantile
calendar.
Now, thcre is one fact that the Hans
seem to have overlookci-the sh,tcks OF
corn are used for Wrapping tafnales. just
think of that, Millions OF tamales ara
wrapped In these shucks daily, and l
males.
DO any OF YOU remember the time when
enc cook and the whole family were busy
preparing q dinner or supper or some
special occasion? l do. and know that
when the Cs,kes were about ready to bake
they would hold a mass meeting ana
appoint mo as a committee to go and
prlng enough corn cobs TO make "a good
no, hne; SO that the cakes could he
baked nicely.
III YOU have never been to an old-timc
Kentucky Corn shucking'' Just get some
older person to tell YOU about one. Corn
that old Uncle 'Rastus used TO make for
me are all to lie considered before l vote
against corn.
don't think that there are many coun-
Try boys that would vote against corn II
they were called on TO vote Just as they
We're starting out to set their bird traps
Tor where is the boy that would think OF
batting a trap with sugar cane, rice. ha-
nanas or cotton? Could YOU feed your
horses on cotton? No. but YOU can clothe
yourself very comfortably with linen or
wooden goods. Jus, think for once and
see how many times corn is almost an
absolute necessity, where cotton. rice and
sugar cane are used less
Has any good person or charitable so
ciety Thought TO send tho ADMINISTRATION
people OF India a shin load OF cotton or
suEar caney think they sent corn.
There are thousands of other points that
are favorable for corn, but the Hans have
enumerated nearly all of them and | viii
close my argument by saying that n corn
wins 1t will certainly 10 so without the
vote OF your humble servant for I am
gong to vote for Wheat. and | spell II
with Il capital w. Your would-he Hap.
Thomas TAYLOR
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Speak Us They Flow" and Little Golden
Daisy" M
DISCUSSES PLANTS.

Bartlett. TeAas--Dear Mistress Prlm-
rose Another contest? Well. how shall
1 tieat my subject2 FIRST. let us CONSIDER
winch is most useful. 1 think that Is
iather a difhcult thing 10 do. However.
we VIII not give up, for there is nothing
accomplished without trying or thinking.
Lei us begin with the plants for food for
tisat Is most important. Clothes would be
Oh very httle Use 10 us II we were stasV
lhs; tlrst, There is the rice plant, upon
which China and Japan depend for food.
Porlailt. Tor We do not use II as food for
our stock, AMI We must remember our
STOCK as well as ourselves. or as well as
the people of japan or China. Then there
Is the banana, grain, etc. in South Amer
lea but l VIII only name those useful
LOT ioUd. Near the equator people live
almost entirely upon bananas ana dates.
The fruit IL SO plentiful there that they
use II IN various ways. Now let us skip
around and take q look ut Ireland. The
most important products there are oats
ana potatoes, The later is the chief ar
ticle of food. Well. now let us return
10 our own country. for There Is no place
like home anyway. is there? / must
cast my vote for corn, for II Is used TO
reed stock. chickens and Is used In SO
many ways. II is made into bread and we
all know bread Is the staff of life" Then
there are several other things made of
the Shucks. Sugar cane, which YOU all
Know grows chiefly IN Louisiana. | think
Is important also. but not as much SO
as corn. II Is made into sugar and mo-
laSses, but then We could not very well
eat them without bread. / will sign my
fun name this time ] will he u next
month. Your true Hap,
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"pRAIRrE FAIRY" TALKS.

San Antonio. Texas.-Dear Mistress
Primrose: Would rot the badge heading
our second column make pretty trade
mark for Carl? 1t would he SO nice to
know we were using his brooms. Having
personally known "Blind Boone" ] was
under the impression that olnd people
Who loved music and showed any talent
We're always. prodigics in that line. so |
said music Tor Carl. But ] soon saw
the Greater wisdom of those who favored
an occupation In which he was skilled,
and wrote a letter a long time ago which
did not appear. booming his hrooms and
even piefiging all my fairy friends 10 ride
no other.
want to say TO the little Haps who
had no nickel to spare that there are
many ways of hammcrng happiness with
out money. / would like to see letter
from some of them telling of tree or
vine they had trained. What II You must
protect IT at first with strong sticks from
i chickens or dogs! You Will value II all
the more VIXEN 1t is grown. Just as the
club loves the little unfortunate ones bet
ter than those who do not need extra
care.
know YOU have all read the Faith
iiome brick letters and how they earn
thor dimes. Can't we all begin to put
away and save and earn cents and nickels
that we may be able to respond quickly
when we are allowed to give?
How / do wish we could raise fnnd
large enough 10 make a sort of wholesale
purchase and gel chairs and ear trumpots
for the unfortunate friends OF each one
oil the little Haps VINO h asking.
Guy Pagan. the Texas boy who Ives In
California. speaks truly of the improved
style of the club letters. II IL certainly
very marked. ana the seve''al managers
of the page have just reasu.i TO lie promo
of the little hive oak twg they bent above
tho modest violets, which has now grow
to shelter 50 many twittering. singing
nest-building. Industrious knocking birds
and Happyhammers, with their shepherl
dogs barking In chorus-to say nothing IT
a poet of their very own.
Mv letter is. as nSual, too long, but
must vote for cotton as the most useful
piant Il not only clothes the world, hut
feeds It with milk. beef and butter oil and
furnishes a cheap fertilizer to grow all
the fruits and grains. So cotton must be
counted as king by
"a PrairIe Fairy.'
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all of us would not like to do without
bread. AS for rice. can't see where 1t is
50 useful. for tt is something all could do
without. AS for the Cinnamon, / am sure
they could find something else to eat.
know | wouldn't Ike 10 have all rice. for
don't eat It at all. There are lots OF
things that are more usefu. tnhn cotton
they are oil not made OF cotton. Flax is a
very useful plant. Andrew Bprks | have
the song "Mocking Bird and If you
haven't received it yet. let me know IN
your next letter to The Post. L think
Willie Stocks poetry Is very nice. and l
hope YOU will write again soon; Willie
I would like to correspond With Z. e;
Stockdlck. ] close with nest wishes TO All
'S Viola Kcgans.
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Tho Happyhammers are the young
people who read the Youths Department
of Tho Houston Post. There are no fees
or charges Of any kind connected with the
club. Boys anj girls who read The Post
may be enrolled us active members ny
sending name, age and address.
- IT Is the object of all Happyhanmers 70
hammer happiness when ard wherever
possible" Hence the club name and motto.
Inc club Hover is the violet. the club Tree
the i've oak and the club pet 10 the moor
Ing bird, all being chosen by the meploers
themselves. The favorlto dog OF the HAP
pyhammers Is the Scotch collie. OF shHP-
herd.
The club colors are rose and gray. These
co!ors are Intended to be worn win OF
without the club button or pin. They are
made into 4 badge by plnning or se".ns
together two pieces of narrow ribbon. one
OF rcsc pink and the other of light gray
The club button Is made of celluloid. me
ground is white. with the words houston
lost II. II. Club" painted in violet coiol.
Ihe CLUB flower Ia engraved in the center ss
and ts of violet color. The letter " ~ \.
large type on each side of the violet, ~, ~
makes pretty little badge and WIN ne
Gent TO any Happyhammer upon inc re
ceipt of 10 cents In ordering but.or'
address your letters to the HaphaHihe-'
care The Post Houston. Texas.
For every new subscriber sent py
Happyhammer for the Scmi-Weekly fos.'
club button will be given free. Inc SUD
scriber secured can be either for three
months. six months or a year; 10 mdltc,
which OF the three 1t is. your baJEe ,,' WI,
not cost YOU anything, When senoihS
subscriber send your letter to the business
Office of The Post.
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WANTS HAps' PHOTOGRAPHS.

Mansfield. Texas.-Dear Mistress Prim-
rose: May | come in just few minutes,
as l haven't written since last year, /
my nickel. but / hope l haven't waited
too long, so will send An cents. ] have
pictures OF Guy Pagan. Emma Clifton and
nice. There are certainly lots of Happy
hammers now. Wilora, have You received
my letter? l Will send any one tAe, sons
THE Stepn,cther" for The. Blind Child.'
Dcttie. my sister, wants to Join the Haps.
/ will write again. Your little friend,
>, Jessie Cooper.
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RIDDLES.

New JTlm. Texas.-Dear Mistress Prim-
rose: Here comes a new Hap knocking at
the door of your happy circle, / cast my
vote for corn. Rope. meal and kind OF
of the breud the negroes eat is made from
corn meal. Enclosed hud 10 cents for a
club button. Well Haps. WI Close WIN
a few riddles; VIZ Is a tree IKE doom
1t hangs on the wall and gives shake 10
all hands. It's white as snow, then green
like grass, then red like blood, then oiack
like ink Why is an oyS'e" like me folI IN
OF July. Yours truly. w. IL Japhet'
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poG IN THE DENTISTS CHAIR.
Colin, n Fine st. Bcrnnrd. shows n
Gold EiIlinE.

A dccayed tooth of Colin n big. shaggy
ST. Bernard dog. has been filled with gold.
Colin Is a son of Roland, Jr,. a famous
St Bernard that once won prize OF
5000, and ia almost perfectly white. The
dog several days ago became sullcn and
refused to cat.
His master DIR. A, Meserole Ainsllc
viewed with alarm this change IN the
dogs mood. He remembered that he had
several scars on his arm. tho result of
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INFORMATION ABOUT GRAINS.


sweet Home. TeXas.-Dear Mistress
primrosc: Open your door just little
nlease. 40 another little ii-year-old girl
can pass into your happy band OF work
ers 1 think dt Il so KIND Tor thc chiluref'
TO help tho afflicted.
will send 10 cents for BIND Cerl; my
brnther 10 cents, and my sister cents.
Guy Pagan. you write sucn interesting
Well, as our contest now Is about plants.
will turn TO that subject.
l believe will agree with Guy on mat
part OF the subject.
i see some Of the Hans Suggest cotton
as the most useful plant, now, ttaps, !
don't see how YOU think that. as no,h,ng
and rope, etc Well. clothes could be
made out of other material. so we could
do without II. think rice II the most
usefl,l because In tho Chinese esnpire tho
people could not do without IT, Corn "
very useful also. az II " inc prin0pal
grain from which bread Is obtained III
North America. Rice In China ana india.
oats In Scotland. rye In Germany, barely
In Central America.
Wheat 10 the grain most commonly used
In civilized countries. These ere the prin-
cIpai breadsufYs used by different coun-
tries An OF them are very usefui and u
WIN be hard for one TO decide which u
the most so. In learning a little afout
the breadstuffs let VI begin wath wheat,
which justly stands at the hean o. rood
grasns.
e 100 w: e . Ese so Sc
~ q esxs S9 lssi T.
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DOING MUCH GOOD.

Harwood, Texas,-Dear Mistress PriIn,
rose | have often thought mat would
write to the band of iiappvhammers. but
some how or other / never made w, my
mind to write until today. My age Is 10
and want to heome a Hap. think mo
1iappyhammer club is the best youths
club in the South. II is doing SO y mHcn
good 10 the afflicted members Nen !
see there is another contest on hand and
think that 1T will be as good one as the
dog contest. T think corn IS the most
useful plant to mankind. what would me
farmers do without corn? Tho grains of
the corn are very tender and milky when
in roasting ears Farmers use corn 10
make their bread. feed their horses and
mules and feed their hogs and fattesn
them for their supply. OF bacon. Ito Ills l
his chickens and other fowls on corn.
When the corn is about matured the top
is cut OFF. the leaves are pulled on ana
dried und stacked up for stock In the WIN
ter. Well Haps. / could tell You al n
great deal more, about corn bn, a. AZ sh'I
tx my first ! win tell more next time, i
live on a farm six miles north of liar-
wood. A true Hap. Willie Wheeless.
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|EAPPYHAMMERS.
SHORT LETTERS.

writes a neat letter from
er tayorlte pet is "A little
,aiand: She has q little
and a little nephew named
Nettie L, Phelps. votes for
Us b cents for blind Carl.
,Sn of schulenburg writes
n mes; HIS school will soon
wrl'es from near Memphis.
" mat he is II years old
n a cripple all his life. He
ior nearly four years. All
VI 'heiF sympathy 10 you,
n writes n nice letter from
:, lel a,, about her home. her
ess sends 10 cents for blind
r rew nap 7 years old. She
! ~ that sleeps in the trees
The house 10 play and be
Esther RosIby are two ,ev.
Bn a'S o oid' They 30 TO school
pa ana are In the Third
Nv W, raoo,ts. pigeons. dogs,
iii, named Dick and a New
with giph, ,.,,.. - ~
,n Is a new Hap. lS years
= from p and how much
t rna Gertrude Mosley nre
from 10 Heaulllss, They both
10 the happy band. ''''
inc OF Houston writes that
aus 10 Galveston TO enjoy
4 ap n NO. Of Usage votes sor
"I Hs = to say that he want
ans aG ps He has two net
' one of them will Sat Sat
e. : ! years old. and ,bo,,a,
e M, 70 school. vet he ' ~ ~.
0''e VIII make a GOO" good
Ii he Il suffering from rbou-
bites m Far n OF, walked for three
writes wi,S a short letter uo
hls s,,,' crops. He was az
' come from Ten
% Of Auter. Miss ,,,,,..
las, Ming about how she
llese'" in ,s at Blue Mount
house rom the back We.
HI tho where she board eJ-
sss eamboat named ~ az 9
~ ~ Bnt the terr,, ~ come
orresr",nna her home. Ettie
with some OF the
Of Beaumon. !.
ares I .ba She has a net cat
lars. 'Ae wouldnf sell for for
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DOESN'T LIKE RICE.

STAFFORD, TeNaS.-Dear Mistress Prlm-
rose; i see We have another contest. 50 |
VIII write again. / think whea, is the
most useful plant. II Is true corn is very
useful, but II there were no corn horses
could 1--we on oats and grass. but know
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there Tom will sit, rhrcugh tho entire Jour-
ncy, II permitted TO do So
When the cs.t secs ono Of the youngsters
starting out for n ride, It r,inseAftcr him.
and 81 he docs not offer 10 talsc II up,
Tom r,ibs aga nst his leg and 'meows'
In very supplicating manner TO be taken
along, The cat Is about a year old and
mas been a victim to. the bicycle fever
for several months.-New York Evening
World,
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SONGS TO EXCHANGE.

Gardner. Texas.--Dear Mistress Prlm-
rose: Good evening, little Haps. Here /
not busy. l see we are going 10 have
very good crops this year, or hone so
any way. Miss or Mrs. Prairie Fairle.
was ever so much Obliged 10 you for those
violets. They are doing very well. though
some of them died Now il you want any
kind of seed | have YOU shall have them.
/ have moss. hollyhocks. f-o'cloek mari
Colds, two kinds OF old maid and different
ones. Prairie Falrie. please send me your
picture.
am glad Blind Carts fund is made
and he Will soon lie enjoying himself in
making his Hap brooms. j hope It will
be a success for him.
There are some mocking birds here.
They build here every year. call them
cousins are here from West Texas. Their
home is here. but they went west for their
health.
see we are having contest on plants.
think something to eat ought to be the
plant, for we have to eat. Some of the
iaps say cotton is the most valuable
plant But ! don't think II is. II II were
not for something to cat we couldn't live
wheat, ! think, are the two most useful
plants. Anything can eat corn or wheat.
people. chicken, cattle. horses. ] don't
thing the Haps look at 1t In the right way
They want cotton for clothes, paper and
good many other things. but II we did
not have something 10 eat we would
StstiNe 10 1edtn. Iners are Il great IttHy
people starving. Would they not give amy
thing they had for food? So you, see,
clothing and money are not worth as
much as food. Just think OF this. Hnps.
| viii answer riddle of the Haps asked
"When will the alphabet he shortened.
1t will be when and are one letter.
Is that right? ] viii also give YOU a
riddle to answer: las went over London
bridge, | met a heap OF people. some were
Mickey and some were hacker. some were
the color of tobacco
/ Will exchange some songs with any Of
YOU who will send me the .'Gypsy's only
child" "1'he Dying Childs Request"
..Too Late" Sam Pass" Gentle Annie"
1.-THE Dying Man" Dying Ranger No.. II
To scenes we Love" "Then We Were
boys" In return .. VII send nd yns .o, the
Long Years I've Been Married." 1.-The
Dying cowboy" Little Maud" 1.-The In,
and Last Christmas Night" thought
Miss Lille Adams picture was nc, nice. t sne
30 Katie waddle.
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A RHYME ABOUT PLANTS.

Borden. Toxas.-Dear Mistress Primrose:
| viii write YOU a letter uhis morning, as !
was enrolled as a Hap. We are naVil's
an interesting contest now. This Is Inc
origin OF some OF The plants:
Potatoes came from virginia;
Parsley was sent MS from sardinia
Frehch beans low growing on me eaftn'
To distant India trace 'heir blnih'
But scarlet runners, gay a. - lill.
That climb upon our far ~ wall
a cheerful sight to al 'ound.
In South America were louhu,
The onion travelled here from spain;
The leek from switzerland we gam
Garlic from sicily obtain.
Spinach In far Syria grows
Two hundred years ago or p1ore'
Brazil the artichoke sent DER.
And Southern Europes seacoast sshore.
Beet roots ON MS bcstow.
When 'Lizabeth was reigninS nero
peas came from Holland and were dear.
The south OF Europe lays ~ claim
To beans. but some from Esp, c"i''''
The radishes, both thin and stout
Natives of China are, no douDl.
But turnips. carrots and sea kaie'
with celery, 40 crisp and pale ,.
Are products of our own iair ia"o'
Aud cabbaRcs-a g0odly tflnc'
Which ADLER pens might well describe.
Are also ours. | understand
wi, vote for cotton. as It is one OF the
masi useful plants IT makes clothes Tor
W. 10 wear and thread 10 sew me clo,h
with. The seeds are very usetnl, 100.
Thev make good feed for cattle. You can
nv, W. them seed as they are, or YOU can
have meal made OF the seed hope re h COZ,
,,crv nsefui They make feed for horses
and and make bread Tor us 70 eat. can. any
OF the Haps tell me where ! can ger me
words to the song Lilly palcY ! would
ike to have II. If can get II ! VIII send
any I have In return. am Ia years or
age. I will CLOSE hoping TO see my iet'er
,,rinf | remain, "A fflenu,
IN prl"'' Matte O. Capbell.