The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-29

person gets beat every time he is liable to
the heartfelt sympathy OF ali lis Haps in
you more, perhaps. than come. for wit
nessed the same circums,ance not long
possible. We should purchaee II. thereby
nammering happiness into hdr poor. desc.
Mte heart and thun we can present II to
nS mSks ano,Scr & Sns nd By - H
ICY But first let as have an object In
view. Are you all willing 10 heip7 II 50.
when shall the contribution statty Who
I am trying 70 urge You into this. for
am not: I only mskc a suggestion Mis-,
answer sss ose., s Esa BE- 20 sna a. e
mated, ana what Vas iss real deslsn Il
INA, nat umeg Sending much iovo 70 the
srhe Happyhammer club Was s' SsESn no,
same as at present IL was 10 be mutual
benefit club giving the. members an op-
portunity 70 Improve themselves by the
TO hammer happiness" Mistress Prim-
rosc)
rHEE pwEt.LERs.
Dellville,. Texas.--pear Mistress rrim.
rose. As had the pltasprr Of seeing sny
write again. Ernest keelins, / reeeived
y W letter aud J Will surely answer y,
write such inwrcstlEs letters, and hope
they haye moi entirely deserted us.
would Ike TO exchange she song -Four
Little Cnrly-headed cconsr for s,All Cooas
poetry Is very nis . ir.leel. | have finished
reading book called 'erhc Swiss Family
i Mlob,nson; which br.nSs g my mind the
seems unnatural q thsrN
are really people who live in trees An
African missionary tells OF tribe called
the Bakones. who Ike in the tops Of trees,
Tor proteation ftom other nations aud
Wild animals. Arabs have been known 10
capture thnm sell trcm into slavery and
known to possess The Bakancs are ex-
tremely suret stit,ous. They carry their
ignorance 20 the POINT or sacrificing their
'aiants to ,he goes they, worship They
are so governed by thei, beid In evil
SPIRITS that. II a child turns from side TO
sde In It's sleep u is Put to death AZ once
because IN. y think the eyM spirit has con
,rol over II. All of their deformed chill
dren are put TO death. and also children
Who cut thor upI CIR teeth before the lower
enes appetr These ignorant practices
keep the tribe redurcd.
am glad the Sw.ss Family Robinson
We're not IaiIescr's tiycs II this tribe.
but happy family, iron, whom we may
icarh may useful Lessons Of economy.
VIII dSk " QLSSl.pn. VINO anu Win
what instruments unfclded the compost
ION 81 light and the origin Of color2 Your
friend. Carrie Thomas.
A CONTEST ON CONTESTS.
HARDWOOD. Texas.--Dear Mistress Prim-
rose: See here Haps, 4 have something
new Could we not have contest on
contests? You see. there are great many
subjects which would make interest ng
contests, Here are a few. A fruit con-
| test only think OF the different kinds OF
fruit. and think of the different uses they
are put to. Some of the Haps argue for
| thing; we all know what book we like
best. and therefore we could vote for that
book. Haps couldn't we have horse
| contest? Yes OF course we could. Think
| of the many different kinds OF horses,
and see which OF these you like best.
There is the Norman horse, one OF the
| strongest horses that we have. Then the
| Cleveland bays. which | am sure most OF
| the Haps know Of Then the Shetland po-
/ MES, which the children admire SO much
| Then we must not forget the little Mex
lean mustangs which run Wild cattle DAY
after day. Now, Haps. would not horse
| contest be interesting? l believe It was
| Guy Fagen, In one of his letters. spoke OF
| this contest, (which il the most useful
animal to mankind?" That would be q
most interesting contest. Could we get
along withou tho horses? No, scarcely
| II horses were taken away from us We
| would have to fall back on theAox, ass and
| tHIltt, WOuluil Wtt we iutEnt Htt alcuE
without the COW. for we wotfld have the
| goat; (some of the members may laugh
at this, but yon know goats milk g used.l
| Now. Haps, here Is something 10 decide
| a mineral contest What mineral is OF the
most use to us2 or what use is iron u
| us? What would the railroads DO with.
| out iron and steel? l don't thlrS that
| many Of us Haps would ride on the train
| 80 often II ron were 20 disappear. would
| we? Now. Haps think of the other min.
erals such as silver, brass, copper, nickel
zinc or lead. Now Haps, what ! meant
| by n contest ON contests is for us TO vote
on the contest we want next You see
| dear Haps, that the way have p'cturec
| this out Is that Il world be interesting Al
| the way through. Hoping some OF tho
| Haps will reply to this IN their letters.
will close for this time. ! remain, as ever
| q true member Willie Whoeless.
SHARP EYES.
| Bellyille, Texas, - Dear Mistress Prim
rose: God created the BIRDS that swim OF
the sea as we'll as those that fly through
the air and make nests In the deep WOODS
| l think the study OF oralthology would b.
50 Instructive. but have no books on II
| The humning bird is the smallest l hav'
over seen. Its bill Is very long and mar
row, and they are very fond OF honey,
Judge, from the number that attack IN
honeysucklos when they are ~ bloom
The wren Is the next smallest bird. II
not at all AFRAID Of any one, as I VIII H.
in the house and make a nest. Robin RED
i breasts are iona ol CiiIi1 DtiitSs. iht
eat until they become sick and stagge
and sometimes die Partridges are Jus
fine for eating. They travel in droves o
the ground. 1 have counted as many a
twenty-five or thirty in bunch. The
make Their nests on the ground and w.
lay as many es fifteen eggs or more. Jay
birds are a pretty blue-gray feathere
bird that make nn unpleasant noise whe
in tune. The old saying is that they go I
the bad man every Friday Larks ar
quite destructive to corn when first plant
ed. They viii thrust their bills into IN
ground TO get AZ, almost staining on thel
heads when chunked at, They viii dodg
and will not fly unless hit The blackblr
appears IN Increased numbers during win
ter, as IL ID not the season OF growln
crops The damage they do Is mostly I
grain that is exposed among them. 70
can see q number with red wings. and
few with white ones You can hear tn
roar OF their wings few minutes bcfor
seeing them, as there are 30 many 70
gether. They are sometimes netted 70
the use Of gun clubs. Doves are the bird
| of love and purity: great many mink
"a a sin 10 XIII and eat them. The bal
eagle is the emblem OF our country. II
favorite food ~ fish; 1t Is also fond 0
lambs and poultry. Hawks and owls az
4 complementary to each other WhiI
4 hawks hunt by day and keep d.urna
| -. a., ,.l.anL aUla pyfaaig n