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nira. WIN nm Eye for Color.

Chicago Record
A few wrecks ago an article appeared IN
this depart'n.rft about helping tho BIRDS
While prslcticlng his own pr"arhlns' me
author Of the article had the following
curious experience:
Two orioles were building near tins
house. and as soon az tiils was discovered
wofsteds of various kinds were pln out.
one lot near tho place where one bird wac
building aud" a second lot close Ia where
tho oihcr hlrl was at work. Each lot oil
vorsted consisted of pieces about Two
feet long OF the following colors; Gray,
black, brown. light blus and light pink
In a little while II was noticed that one
bird had exhausted all ,hs blue wors,ed
from the supply rear her and mat she
.orned dissatifn6d with the ether coiols
After some nying around she founi the
serond lot OF wotsted. from which The
SCI nnd was taking all lie PINK. From una
Mace the frat bird iTnmeaiahly took az
Inc blue she could ma. while the seconi
bird rcw oyer an. heieotiiu al INC p'""
wblch the firsi had fefusod.
when thrse cOlors were all gone the
others were used, but not eaEefly, hni
whenever an more pink or bli" Was huhl
Out il was imme ilaiely sellri on ny on.
bird or tho other. Time ana afhn ths
sap.rIinent was REPEATED Of putting PINK
or blue among the olber colors. ana every
tine they were hunted out. easn bnd
ciiot sinr tbs, color sho Originally rreitI,
red. il was proof positive THAI one bird
wanted ons color and one slrd ine other.
= isfes patch OF brilliant pink. while the
otisr showed a corresponding SPOT o.
hine 'rhls would certainly Indicate the
sbiifty OF birds 20 distinguish color.
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r11As K1Np rRIENps.

Toomcy. Texas Delr IaphAmmcr' iicre
ann aeam I do hope that dear iWie
Cati viii get ruough mon'J soo9 " bls
INN a broom culfit or a muslcui ms "
n,cnt. or pclll"ps he can get both ! Sc
We ore going TO hive hnotiei 'ol COZ. - ,,,.
and / think IL viii Toe tho most inteltaNHs
one that W. have ldd. ,..,i,s
received lots of scrapa for my. lth ~
FolowIng are she names OF those mo
b,,'e sent ,uc presents slice my lasi .
Mrs. Is. c. Huntington Of shelbyV.llo;;
Texas. sent N" a box 81 sw'ot soap ,ii' ,. H nn
., Nrntn. Miss Dul!e stroud OF bnr'ot'
some scraps. Miss Mabel Whl'ans OF
Alto. Toxas, sent me come st1ps ana a
hnn,ikerchirf. Emma il Dalnsf oil ~
ntesa Texas. sent me some scraps MlSa
Wmte Morris of Batnum, sent me, "a pi e.,
" worstol block already piseea ri. ~
worked. also - IN" scrai3' M.s'
N,,its IF Iarium sent snn some hrls pS
1is5. Miss Lama Edwards Of Q1ksli.e
scni me 5, mo scraps Mrs D. A. Lat,Lls,
~ Houston sent me som" scrap. MANY
,h..,As IN each and all for lhrir kndnerS'
Your gratefm fticnd, A''d Aa'"''
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ANOTHER woRNER FOR CARL.

Luling, Texns--Dear 1Iaphamper since
my last lettei two or thr"e ws'.s a6 69t,,
rarl fImi IT is orly $50. ior which YOU
viii please md money order, Ihr io,.
lowing arc the name OF those who sem
~ iheir r,ckcls and dimes Mrs, 6. ~
Mc6aney cents ,5 Mrs r. IT. N Trg n u
CIV 81 .inn.s T. cents, Mira. W. t. liolcofnb
cents. Mrs Q. Browne, 8 cents; r. Grii-
lin / cents; Mrs. l.. Rainbolt cents
Mrs NJ. u. Veazey, ccais MIs' a. tns'
"a IA cents: Mrs u, Muens Ter 10 ecnts;
Groom 4 cents. Mrs. G. X, Chember.; ~
Int. Mrs -----. II cents; MIS- w m.
I. roster. 10 cents; Mrs. %. herman, 5
cents Mrs NJ. NJ. Gumbiner. cents; Mrs
A neVers,!0ri. . cents; Mrs \. Moore.
20 ..nts. Annie Nathan. = cents l hone
that be viii gel his broom machine and
mi MI, ,,ncl, RAINY Kle.nsm,th. IL going TO
,,.', MARRIED tomorrow morning al
'.a'cIoek 10 Mls.i Gusslo Alexander OF VIC
pi'"' ." Annie Nathan.
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A rAlK ABOUT corroN.

Huntsville. TeNnE-Hclr 1iaphammer'
After Il Icing absence. | VIII attempt TO
hocmg cotton lately, so couldni wrHe
before to-day. AZ another contest has
opcned, / will vote. OF all the plants IN
the nited States | think the cotton
piHnt ia Tho most useful. so | VIII vote
for It. ruppUs- all Won iiaps know 10
what way rhe cotton plant is used the
pihnt itself II pIoity hard 10 dcrcribc Ihr
pialk rs resi- ard the leaves are shap"l
something Ike grape leaves. only uleN
are not fuzzy. Tho blooms cone opi Of
what b. called suuArrS but they arc 'htcc
corucred. iusicad OF being sanaro Inv
blooms op@p Two mornings. Tho htAi
morning they open t'y are almost cream
colCroI. Nh" secopi morning they are red
The bolis before rheY open are something
Inc "A hen egg. only smaller and sharper
pointed at The litile end. When the boils
onfsn they ere right white and would bN
soft. but for the seeds IN them. Nh"n
tho cotton opens y Is picked. then s'nnh
and made inio ha'cs and then sent TO the
cotton fac'or!es to be made into cloth.
Whom the cloth Is worn out men called
rsgnen 70 around getting rags. They
rnfs'y them 10 me paper nills ana there
thew are made irto paper for ur 20 write
an believe ihis IL all j can tell about
cotton. 70 / will talk about something
else nov.
year old. She ia lust beginning 10 walk
and talk, Her unno ~ E1na Pearl. am
nearly "A years old. ! WIN no the l9'n
ar Jnly / am 4 feet inches tall ard
wei,rh 70 pounds. Don't YOU think l am
small for may ageI have two broih"n
ana I'VE sisters My oldost brother IS TWO
Years older than 1 am aud IS foot
taller. and weighs Ga POUNDS more than
90. 1 have pet hin. Mamma ndts
the Is the best hon on the place. usci
10 have a pet cat, but he went OF one
day last ia quarry and J haven't seen HIM
since autHS some olc KILLED him,
was sorry 10 lose him. for he WAS GOOD
cat. | am sorry the Newfoundland didn't
win In fha cog confess, but ] Hike the
shepherd noerly as well. am glad
Gc0rgia got hoT chair, but | am sorry
couldn't contribute any towards II. Wei.
god bya. Haps for 1 must close. re-
main. your friend.
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Will. RE A LIVELY CONTEST,

Alief Tsxas--Dear Haphainmr; am
Glad 10 So carl's broom fund inereasi <
so fash. As I have not contributed airy.
hing vet I will send a dime for mat
oiirposs. / will be glad whom Carl Eu1s
his outfit and I know there VIII Pc mahy
others who will lie Glad. too, else they
would not send In contributions 20. fasi.
MIR Hap. / think the subject which you
have scicsted will he the most Interesting
cosio.t vet. I know that ilk" II sDien-
"a aud / don't rhlak I am by. myself,
though / will not vote yet, as ] have not
thought about &c enough to know rtiily
which plant should take tho lead. but VIII
vote next time.
hing ns a band OF HappvhammerS III
her, was not the Haps which We have
eomforied would stu be helpless see
Their. Is. another Hap by the name OF
price. There must be lots Of Prices IN
Texas as ] have found one or two ~
every planA have been. CTops are look-
ing VOL IN this part OF Harris county We
nave cotton in bloom, corn In the cor
ana fair prospects of good crop this
wear. live IN the country. fifteen miles
from Houston, on the San Antonio and
Artnaas Pass railroad. There ~ a. town
lald off here by the name OF Dairy,
though our posiofiice Is Aiscf. Three
wars ago there was not HOUSE here,
not closer than three miles. Now there
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THE coRNsTALK.

Victoria. Texas Dear Aaphammcr' AZ
I have not written for long TING,
thought l would wrlrc and caet my vote
for corn. think that w the moss usotul
plant We have 30 feed corn to horses
oh,cksms, Pig sheep aud many other am.
mails. In ol1en urlca, when thvN ulo hol
nlaAV hour. people made bread OF corn
meat and Il rs sttll u's''d Years hG",
when Abraham lived In CANAAN, WeTe
WAS great famine and he he'd " sclu
hls EurS ~ Egypt 10 buy corn. we c2n
make bread OF the sriu, fnddcr ana
slpcks atc good to f'-cd animals. and me
coh II good 10 burn, In kanTas, wiz WIZ,
thcv haven't much wood, they rh,ro go.
10 burn so Vol geo 81 s the MOST ps'dul
plant Of all. Coru ia easily rhsea ~"
gr-wH chiefly IN tho eaeterh part "t tno
United States, Many Of the clucn e.' "
or large foreign trade In tlSs gran, WIN
"a sent by the tnit'd States 10 the h'lpsh
Isles and 10 Gern.,uy Ia feed miiliohs oil
people.
cotton for we could 10 like people dia III
oldcn tlmcs-nl.,lo clothes out o! the rti,lr
OF Wild umimais-hut We eouul NO 10
without corn. People lonS TIME ~
meade hrOOms out VI Shucks, ana I"vN
mako hutse collars aud mats ont al shuvhs
vet when white ptcplc came TO AWSllvA
n.v found lpdiuus lvlng h'rc mat liah'.
ia the Rene resso IN ,Nc S" coli IL indian corn
Dear ltl,l. LAYS. he not think YOU M
know that We have lost one 81 our hN''-
hers. w alter w Rps was ni fNl'N wa -
Guulalnpr ri!ct about a month ago. lie
went down tho river nshtns In company
with como boys ant he :en IN. The hoye
tried tr AnNn Nrpar. rut he Went 10 ia"
bottom before they could get - him
| will now acnl nN collection for pima
carl collected 81 -. hut ana s0nS 10
un, & cents thrt a gerlemad gave ny,
and VIII use II fot an express 81 l'r'
10 not know the eentiemhr'a nhlne. J
houe Carl viii toon h,No lls broom mo
chino and Win he successful On, now
sad IL must IL for can not to Fee ~ INC
beautiful things an Garth ami NOT wen
his father md mother Tho names ol
those who contributed TO the tnni AZ.
Mrs G GARNER r. cents, Mrs, X, Gritnth
"a cents. Mrs. Amooh aud son - ptntN
Mrs y A. Mrlntnsh 10 cents Mre: Nuh
10 cents Lille Mllcr 10 "utA, " y.
,,rairaun ~ cents. Couetnnco lsro"h'h y"
otnts. Mrs w Sutherland - cents. poug-
laT sb,uund 10 cents u. ~. t.rlh y
cents. Mrs r. HiriacN ~ cents, Mis. e.
I.ayi cents Mrs j. NJ. Rrownsop o IN, -
lIllfnn Grain 4 ccuis. Mi. liAlti cents
Mrs u. NJ Smith N cents, c4'sh ~ cents.
Margie Jones 10 cents. J W. HERMAN b
cents. Addic. Florence, Halic and FORREST
HippTian 20 cents .,.
1 VII close Tor fear my letter VIII ncarh
the waste basket. Rcrt Wishes 10 on th"
| little Haps and Mr.. Hap. Yours truly.
| ~ Addie Xipprian.
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HAMMERrNu HAPPINESS.

Pine Hin. Lc,-Dear haphannscr; Good
morning. Haps II has been quite while
since 1 last visited You. l have been So
Ing to school and did not have time TO
write Wa have n nice little school and
like our teacher very much Her name In
Mrs. BRYAN. Wen, the Has,s are ham.
mering happiness into another poor, sad
heart. We could not have chosen u better
mama for our CLUB. We have rsldo four
sad hearts happy and arN now hasnsnerinK
happiness into another one. am 80 sor.
nv for poor Carl Oh. | know II Is ~ bad
90 be blind and 10 le shut In from all OF
Gods bcuc,aful works. send d cents TO
hclp got his broom outfit.
! know a little girl who IL crippled; she
never walked "a step In hcr life or spoke a
word. she "a about IL years old. think
when tho iiaps get Carts broom outfit.
we should got her a chair. Her parents
are vcrv poor. thcy have seven children
ami ! know " any one would appreciate
favor II would I've them. iiaps, think
u we wan, 10 hammer happiness into the
heart oi any one thcre Is the place. 10
hammer II In Encloscd you will And 10
cents for club hin. We all went may
haw hunting ono day anl lost ninc,
With best Wishes 10 Mr.. liaphansner
and love to all tho Haps. Your iread,
Garnet Mazilly.
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Bessie Branhnu.


Belmont roSas.-nar iIaphammer: ]
am glad we have 80 interesting a subject
Ia discuss Ond atI glti TO 80. 20 man
nice. Instructive letters on The subject.
4 think Tennye HAWKING lett'r consssfn-
ing the br.ddfruh tree was good, This
fame plant had already been sugsested "a
me. bu, after thinking II over J have de-
f.ie,ad that there are other plants mat are
OF mere general Use 10 man.
WHEAT ~ course, T. very nsefnl. but "
wheat could not be had corn c1nld be ns"d
or Woe versa
In my opinion cotton II at least as Ise-
fuI a plant as fhe world Affords. THINK OF
the millions OF people who wear cio'hnR
made OF cotton from the very poorest 10
the richest class And how mani amer.
emf KINDS Of cloth are made IRON Tue
f,aecy tD,r, varying from tho coaTsest
cloth 40 TO 'she medium grade and men
10 The finest cotton goods, Many OF ~.
Very handsomss summer dresses isdiss and
children wear once grow In the cotton
fields as the snowy staple. The seed are
usually piantod IN The months OF March
and Aprn. II soon germinsses. when II
Is then plowcd and chopped. as they term
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CAN sYMrArnI2u WITH NM

Chircho. Texas Dear iiaphammet;
Have YOU room for one more hltle klI
in vour happy band? wish very much
10 he nu,mbercd among you ] am X Yeats
old aud can not walk ON account OF pr."s
pargl> z.,d. / was stricken WIN naraly =
on my way to school last October and
haven't ,,ecn able to walk ANY, s'nct. !
have n chair with four wneo's iastrhe !,
10 H. which enables me 10 move aro.nu
In the house, IL IL hard for me to gel III
H. but my uncle fixed II for IN. the pest
he could. PAM sSys he would buy me an
invali,l's chair II no was able thlhN IN
iny-iiid's chair would be much better for
mo thar the op. I have I enjoy r"idihs
The HappyhAmncrs letters very mush. !
subscribed for The Post becansa It hitoruS
am ,rinniod | am VERY sorry fot poor
1'nrl ana viii send q cents for HIS Juno
v5ll olrit for this time, with muoh ioN"
TO YOU ali, am your little crippl"p ilv."'
~ Katie crcnshaw.
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SOME VALUABLE PLANTS,

Monre emery, TeNas.--near HaphammSr;
| have lust finished rciding the Happy
hammer page and see We are going 10
have another contest-whch plant ia the
ntlst useful to mankird2 The agaNe Is
very useful plant, or was 10 tho lndiahs
before tho discovery Of America rue
thorns OF this rlnnt supplied noodles; US
fbers thread Tor sewinR, It's Juice when
boiled. honey. when crysialh2od, Sug"V,
when termcntec kind OF meacnl Tue
cotton plant IL ever ~ userui, Th's world
could not get akng very well without y
Wa can't cat II, but We can huy food win
tire mono, 1t bruFs when sotd' the I'M;
when scuArated from thu seed, r. prese"n
into bales and then taken to tho fctoFN,
where IL ta made into thread and th"h
woven Into cloth. These nars who haNe
seen cloth mads ktIow how tnterSlinS IL
Is TO witch the PROCESS. nave hSN..
stcn laces made: only tho coarse clntn
made at tho Huntsville peihHnFlRrS ana
worn hy the corviCts, As TcanNc law
kius said th,, hrNadfrtrt tree is uSMu, or
was before people could get hol'er clio, ",
towel. and timber Instead OF tiier WV
now have matches. suppose the frnu
nud glue are Rtill widely used. Guy Fa-
van | scr YOU have been crticislng Your
letters. They are always Interesting nn1
always trll ua something we never hNain
Of brforr Wrttc often, please Nhuh
We nrouiisc TO have a very exciting ume'
~ T.. n. stew art
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SIZE LIKES TO READ.

bartlett, Texas.-D~ar Haphpn.illl.s,, 3, ~,
80 i.Ie,, reading the lIappyhaminst p,E S'
a long dine g, silence @na a. g isSd maj
cin l,od ,.srl's fund IL Increasing raPdiy 49,
blihu Nal ne viii soon receive his broom
oStt should IKE for him c 10 har' ,h ni
Ire " u'' tSn,s suppose ne have a book Gun
latf; think THAI would be NC. w,
ieS. 81, n WI, ike to read. and read an
Ssn hays read s ssssy1 so Essi iine tsI
irtena ~ ~, W NJ .Prairie Flower ] thllk
h nss has b Jisappeared entirely Guy fss s,n
she D ie.,ers are interesting. Come . All
SGen flaps, must quit for fe'AT unS WA
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pe,mont. Texas--Dear Haphammor: l
am little glrl years Old. and want
&c" 70 join your club. 4 YOU viii admit a
habv rlri. Mamma has 10 write for me
now. as / am too small 20 write mucn'
,,J VIII I have been In Houston soy
era, @rol time. and think y Is a nice CITY;
none 10 vlsi, ,here again some tine,
nave n sweet lltthN paiymAGe a-y"l y,
oi' ,cin and just returned home nm
or 80 rad To see him again WHOM ! 90
~ ~ scSool | Will write to sou mvs"h LOIS
og love TO all the liappyhanlmers, OUT
little friend -N''N
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SIX KIND HAps.

Lexington. TcNas-Dcar Haphamm"r;
A. have not written to ycu all in, SO
long a time, L suppose you will think J
nm a little stranger but have not to,-
gotten YOU. My mamma rt,Lis me htIe
iottcrs 10 me- every week. ! am years
ana. have never been TO school but go
IN SUNDAY school every sunday b-
cIoaol hnd 10 cents, which / send TO poor,
hind Carl's fund.
,.nrh. Iit;lc Noll Wilson Villa YORK.
Letha Roxley Jimmie Mathis and l,ule
Gamer Parttr. / Will close. with ,love
=, Mr. Hap and all the little HapI; our
lille friend wv" '''
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There arc objective cameras. pocke'
orr eras. satchcl cameras smf', stud cam
arns cane cans ras and n good many 9th
err odd kinds of devices for taking pie
lures. and now a clever Frcnchman has
invented Photographic gun. II looks
like large. short-barrl"i rife, with
clumsy stock connected by tubing witt
other appiIltus carried STRAPPED TO tu
waist of tho picture fcleing gunner. NJ
Marcy. the inventor, calls the machine ,
chtcis,uhotogrnph and It IA used IN ,lldn,
uioluros3 Tor u phacllin" similar 10 Edison'
iau.toscopc. IL IS pointed ~ rap!1lS
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WANTS TO SEE GEoRGlNs PICTURE

HUNTSVILLE, ToNNs Dear HlphAmnlct.
As | havo pevcr written 10 The Post he
FORE thought would write now. am
u little giri II wears old. Iapa jultcs he
Post and IKE 10 read tho haps' leiios
] think some OF them are very nice. !
wish Georgia would send her picture TO
the Haphammer so | could sec 4, printed
/ thiuk that she would look nico ~ her
chair. The hooking bird comes to our
house every tlav and sings 80 sweetlv !
have not found auv hNt nests this Ncos
hut INV sister has found 1--WE. will AJAX
somc riddles what - {. that ls roun,! a-
biscuit. busy MS Il bee. tho prctlicS
little thing Won over did secy Another.
big at both ends. littlc in the middle. digs
Wy dirt and sings like Il nddle2
Ellie II. Branh.lm.
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HE RUNS RABBITS.

"a. s,.nInr my first letter In print
,snpsht I would write anoiher school
a. o,t nov. and SO I have nothing 10 90
Fut run rabbits. which AFFORD. very r sSos
','siis ,,,y for ms 70 30 hunting win We
t oneh have a gun apiece; mine :; only
a"et 4 inches long, stock and all fana
and took "a trim TO Mexico aoop Iron n,ss
nl",, ~ ,he wagon about fifteen miles
!, o"s la Of Hi,iaigo, but the sh.rlh got
~ II for ns and tell YOU. we we're thanh AM
ful, VIII ask the Hans riadl"' ,rse, '''h ha
WIZ ,ook pluIns nor he never LEFT piuins'
no" uS'A' N''' Lewis X. smith
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ANOTHER CHANCE.

splvey. TeSas-Dear Happyhammori VI
ia with pleasure that call in inns evening
20 have a rhort chat WITH pne IoH iiSpS1'
and I have not come in empN htii,t
far have a hammer IN my h"un, ttNHlE
10 hammer a little h1puineSs INTO dear
EAud CARTS drcary life.
And SO nrothtU contest has been dr-
,taod upou. like II splcnhiqqiy and Know
n VIII he very interesting. VIII not vote
I'm later on MIR. Han, 4ic Ncn so,nE :"
l,t us get little Emma Hooper Vohll,N
chair? ,h,nk YOU ought for she CT
t,lnlv deserves one. Her mother Us
widow and has to work in Ihc nsld 9lii
house too and ~ n very sinhi' Woth
woman. Emma "a u gr"A' go, 81 '", ,,,,S
ami "A rolling chair would bring great
rnmfNrt 10 hor and joy and gladnerS 20
her mother and little brothers ana SIS
tors. .,.,
bolp. and bei,ovc enough of thcm would
contribute to ,set Emma II chair Sow MI
Hap can't we helm her next to Ngtl
Miss Ella Mahan, l wouln nc very bl"N
ia visit YOU this summer. hut don't guess
/ can. would be very GLAD 10 have You
yissi me. clnt You do 500 MISS MARY
Ruthcrlord's chattY lcuter was very M'e'-
estlns ,,.,,,,
hna b.ecom.. of Leo Stuart, ana !, too,
would saw what HAS be-roIna 81 VOW -
Miss Ninpn Adah where arr You ~
Won not go!ng tu fdvcs' us w-th ano'h"t
sweet letter like the former on@f nope
YOU Will write again soon #t =,
saw IN the last POST some more OF
WIN j Stack poetry. AMI THINK u v"rY
nice Mr. Iustcr Foster. l.t US hear from
you again. ,,-,...,.
Well ilaps, We all went huekioberrv
catherine. this afternoon AMI saw me'V
snakes than herrios. we saw hNe' DIV
Just Killed. one Of nhcn.
Enclosed please hnd 10 cents for doi'
Carts broom machinery Carl. You nave
my FOND Wishes and decnost svmpatht.
Won. / shall have 10 depart. hoping t"i
Mr. Hap VIII ald us to raise u fund lnf
ignma'e chair. Emma's neither takes Tho
Posi- AMI enjoys the liap's mage best ~
an Love 10 nll and best Wishes TO COR
succnss to The Post. a sympaih.2ing
ian Alice Hooper.
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Ut . Mrs. NJ. Mckinney.
HrLpGNG PAPA CHOP COTTON.

Gregory. Tcxag.-Dear Haphammer; i
ana a little girl IL years old ana wish 20
been out two months, but am not lone
some / asn belpinc papa chop his cotton
I huNr FOUR sisters and two brothers.
r,rr, close 10 the san Antonio and Aran-
,as pass railroad. love TO wlu'h the
trains pass ny ! will send 10 CENTS for
little blind Carl. hope he VIII GET ,d nis
broom outfit and a musical lnstfnneh'
too. Your friend Ma'Ne h"'i'"
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-. 77-7-=
NEW HAppYHAMA1ERS
'uNter OF Happyhn miners.
The "Comnn.. p,.,,,

49, hpass plant" il one OF the oldest
~, Vi the vegetable kingdom. II
)a,.. 10 name from the fact that Its
kn,, Always point directly north and
fnirls a no, II you are out, on a Western
ke N auu lose your way, Just look for
ksy a, neae plants and remember that
h.sd "ASs point in the directions indi-
pa Lists call this curious plant ''selph-
Woe = ,hiatum." It IL unpreienilous In
~ NJ, and bears yellow flowers that
tartsn, unlike field daisies. 1t has re-
Hsh,o min leaf. so thin as to be no
Feonnsev even to the untutored eye. The
y Ana plant" is really Western flow
~ indigenous to the prairies q that
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A GRAND work.

Webbervslle. TeNns-Dcar Haphammcri
Here | come with a dime to help Blind
Carl. Papa saws he can't refuse me when
want 10 help tho blind or the crippled.
as long as he has a. nickel. Mamma saw,
The Post and we Hapnyhammcrs are do
ing a grand work and homes We Haps'
Will all become Interested and never tire
of helping those that can not help them-
selves. Your little Hap.
NtsrIa ,Inck SON
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ms VISIT no vlcKsBuRo,

Auter. Miss.--Dcar Haphammcr: II ho.
been Quite a long time since | wrotc to
me lcs,. and since wrote my last Eiter
have been 20 Nicksburs. Tho town was
lust flooded with high water, II was GER.
hlhly sad To see the poor people going
around begging. This Mater has caused
more distress than any l ever heard of,
I'm OUT way back home We saw poor dogs
on stumIs. starving 10 drNth. and the
hogs were swimming Tor their lives. Tho
wellh Is so hot that | can hardly write.
80 Will close. saving goodbye.
RoDla, Shralpr
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FOR BLIND cARL's FUND.

MONTGOMERY. TsXae. Dear Haphainmer
Find enclosed 81 FOR blind CRrl's fund
from III" following contributors; Mrs,
u. y. Dean. 10 cents. Mrs. NJ y. Hooker
10 q nts. Mrs. l. G. PAWS 10 cents. Mr.
NJ. Mckinney. 10 cents. Mss Mary Davis
10 cents. Miss Stella Gay, 10 CENTS Ray
Peel. 10 cents: Bob Gary. 10 cents Green
Gay r cents. John Stcen 10 cenIs' cray
w. Mrs. NJ. McKlnney