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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-05

Tho Happyhammers are tho young
people who read the Youths Department
of The Houston Post There are no fees
or charges of any kind connected with the
club. Boys and girls who read The Post
may be enrolled as active members by
sending name. age and address.
1t IS the object of all Happyhammers to
hammer happiness when and wherever
possible" Hence the club name and motto
The club flower is the violet. the club tree
the live oak, and the club pet is the mock
ing bird. all being chosen by the members
themselves. The favorite dog of the Hap
pyhammers is the Scotch collie, or shep-
herd.
The club colors are rose and gray. These
colors are intended to be worn with or
without the club button or pin. They are
made. into a badge by pinning or sewing
together two pieces OF narrow ribbon one
or rose pink and the other of light gray.
The club button is made of celluloid. The
ground is white, with the words Houston
Post III. III. Club" painted In violet color.
The club flower Is engraved in the center
and is of violet color. The letter IN" Is IN
large type on each side of the violet. 1t
makes a pretty little badge and Will be
sent to any Happyhammer upon the re-
ce!pt of 10 cents. In ordering a button,
address your letters to the Haphammer.
care The Post, Houston, Texas.
For every new subscriber sent by a
Happyhammer for the emi-Weekly Post.
n club button will be given free. The sub
scriber secured can be either for three
months, six months or a year; no matter
which of the three 1t Is, your badge Will
not cost you anything. When sending a
subscriber send your letter to the bust
ness office of The Post
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LETTER WRITING.

Glen Cove Texas.-Dear Mistress Prim-
rose. / have been wanting to write to
The Post for quite a while, see you have
started an interesting contest about birds.
There are a great many birds out here,
such as the humming bird, the mocking
bird wheat bird, dove partridge and tame
canary
| would like to correspond with some
of the Happyhammers. Violet Huston.
| would be glad to correspond with you.
and Guy Fagen and Dolly Stroud. / am
SO glad we have a space in the dear old
Houston Post to tell the way we hammer
happiness. | answer Ethel McAdam
riddle. Where WAS Moses when the light
went out? In the dark, of course. Your
little friend, Pallie Kilgore.
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GOT HIS NAME WRONG.

Fh, cass Comfy. Texas.-Dear Mis-
primrose: Please find enclosed my
Wild bird names. l guess / will
Pou about 95 or 100 more names yet.
VIII win the contest. / will say
something about the incest birds
the hooking bird and canary for
son that they can sing so sweetly.
Pre loved by every one in the United
4 am sorry that you have my
wrong. You have II Eddie Horns.
ought 10 be Eddie Morris. / hope
change II to Eddie Morris. I Will
hoping our next contest will be
wld animals OF the world. / re-
fis ever. your true Hap,
Eddie Morris.
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TIE TOMllEE.

Chicago Record
The towhe1 Is one of the first birds TO
arrive in TIE spring. coming about March
20. He In about tho sze OF a backb ri.
the head, reek, wings ani upper parts
are glossy black, uuderSides white and
chestnut. He tnhabits thickcts and
scratches I'm the leaves TO obtain food.
He Is "A good singer and his name IL taken
from his song. which Is "towhee." The
nest is placed on the ground ani the fe-
malc lays from -four to five eggs, which
are white, finely and evenly speckled with
reddish brown
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ANOTHER MEMBER.

TImpson. Texas.-Dear Mistress Prim-
rose: Here comes another girl to Join your
happy band. I have been a silent admirer
of the children's page for a long time.
Papa takes The Post and l think 1t is a
sisters, but have a good many pets.
/ am IA years old and would Nke to
correspond with any of the Haps about
my age. Your true friend.
Effe Day,
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A PARROT.

Shell Bank. La.-iDear Mistress Prim-
rose: ! see so many have Joined the Hap
pvhammer club. will you let me be a
member of your happy band? | am II
yetrs old Papa takes The Pest ana l
read all tn" letters We live on Sabine
water hyacintns or Buffalo bayou? There
arc so MANY OH the river here they almost
stop navigation. | have pet parrot that
came from Mexico. l have not named 1t
yet, l send 10 cent; for club button.
E.ssie May Henry.
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A QUESTION?

Cypress Top, Texas. Dear Mistress
Primrose: Here / am again to say that
corn was my favor.te plant. i will also
send In bird list later on, want to
ask Mistress Primrose a question: May
we count all the birds that belong to-
gether, as ducks There are 40 many
kinds. Or just put down duck, hawk. etc.
l will close. Your friend,
katherine NJ. Ollard.
(Yes; you may count all the varieties Of
one species as separate birds and thus
swell your list considerably
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A PET TIGER.

Del Rio, Texas Dear Mistress Primrose:
Here comes little girl TO JOIN your happy
band. l am 13 years old and In the Fifth
grade. Our school will begin next month
and 1 am ready to begin j have a pet
COW and a dog. I used to have a pet
tiger but he died. ] will answer Elsa and
Nellie Daughtry's riddle: The word is
stone that you take two letters away
from and it leaves but one. Enclosed
please find 10 cents for club pin and 3
cents for the gift fund. with love TO the
Haps. Yours truly, Emma Bochat.
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SOME BIRDS.

pant Grove. Texas. Dear Mistress
Pse: Have you room enough for an
Hapg ! Just have finished reading
letter and IL was nice. I am glad
Penrgia Anderson has her rolling
There have been several KIND Of
" our county, but there are hardly
Rw; They are mostly In the spring.
ksh you some of their names: Mock
~, blue and red birds. lark, quail.
L1hary, grass, rice. bats. martins.
ky-sweep, buzzard, crows, crane.
cumming bird. hawk, owl, black
NC l win close for this time. as
ny nrst letter. Hoping to see this
Tours forever. Mamie Yankie.
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From J. n. MEnipEru, of Lnnicr, Ter.
After confinement my wife was attacked
with female trouble and was treated for y
month by her physician, but got no relief,
She abandoned the doctor and commenced
TO use Wine OF Cariui and Black Draught.
and before she had taken one bottle she was
entirely well want tho world to know
the value of this wonderful medicine.
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ew members this week are.
SHORT LETTERS.

member from Timpson is Kiss NJ.
II, VINO is glad that corn won. Ross
Fars old.
L Sn.rar. of Runge is new member
long been interested In the club.
II sister has been member for
year.
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form Even the first philosophers argued
in song. alas! belong to the prosaic age
while the sweet ART Of conversation In
song has flown away to tho trcetops.
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HAP TELkS.
, Subject Under Considern-

r Subject Under Consldern-
appyhammers: One of the bird
in this week was so long that 1t
|ok my breath away. You will
10 use your brains to get ahead
you can II You try hard enough.
j don't believe that this partic-
Contains the name of every wild
exas by any means.
who sent in wild bird lists this
Lewis NJ. Smith, Uvalde: Pearl
Bartlett; Eddie Morris, Linden.
hty.
ire perhaps hundreds of Happy
working away on their wild
each one trying to make theirs
st and best. Remember that all
be I'm by the 22nd of this month.
one day late. because we want
to have a fair chance.
members have asked whether
count all the varieties of each
D For instance. there are many
bwls. and can each kind be count
yeparate bird? Certainly, for they
different from their kindred as
girl cousins are different, aud
just as much individuals In the
ly as you are in yours.
Ithat when you have sent in your
u they Will be as complete as
Emake them. but in case you think
toward the last, you may make
Don.
as the sharpest eyes In the Hap
Ter club and who has watched his
thered brothers at their work and
We will see on the 22nd OF Sep
whcn all the, lists are spread out
Don't forget to write on one
Pie paper only, number each name
te your name, age and address
pp OF the first page of your list.
{wer to several inquiries about tho
(which was left by the little girl
ID in Nacogdoches, her bereaved
writes that it IS as good as new.
}S.Oo, but she will sell 1t for $1,000.
pretty machine. and the heart
mother wants some girl or boy to
~ with 1t. Any child who has
Of his or her limbs can ride 1t.
Pc girl had only used 1t three or
pes when she died.
II Happyhammer wishes to con.
Re purchase he can write to me,
fill forward the letter to the little
(orher.
Py of the members want to ham,
little happiness into the life of a
who is burdened with sickness and
prrows? Mrs. NJ. e. Webb Of Fay
}, Texas. will exchange flower
pr thread or cloth to piece quilts.
deserving of your help and this
kchange will give her encourage
She is anxious To help herself and
OF you write to her she will tell
lat she is anxious to sell. 1t is
ING OF her own manufacture which
! you Will find useful.
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SOMEBODY.

a.
crawls into mammals bed,
he break OF day.
n close, and whispers loud
Hy's come to stay"
r,,shes through the house,
lee shuts a door;
er playthings all around
/ nursery flour;
fhe Fence and tears her clothes
hit cares She
the gate and makes mud pies
| somebody be-
hooks with roglitsh eyes
Ugh her tangled hair:
s me" she Gays, but then.
N doesn't care"
Sarah e. Eastman.
h FRANKS POCKET.
Desiring and a six-penny nail,
cer's twsne and the shell of a
Sry nuts and bit of tin,
Gum and some chalk thrown In,
Mes, top and fish-hoo or two,
lR' shot and n, rusty corkscrew,
\ knife and leather sling,
=" button and some more string,
hgs. al, kinds galore,
4 whistle some apple peel,
rubber and a piece OF steel,
|nt tacks and a rabbits left hind
coir,es. you krow, to bring him
luck.
The things In the list Of this
BIT
found IN my brother Franks
et. N,G.P,
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Uvalde, Texas.-Dear Mistress Primrose
Here i come again. TO have another chat
with you Haps. l have just finished my
list OF birds. which l have been thinking
over a good while. / have every bird on
my list that can think of. The partridge
is a family of fowls having a short. strong
bill short wings and tail and ankles with
out feathers IT is usually of an ash gray
color. marked with brown and black. 1t
is about a foot long and lives mostly In
seeds and insects The young feed en-
ants. Until fall the parents and young
remain together in a covey. Then sew
eral coveys join to make a pack, when Il
becomes hard for sportsmen TO approach.
The French or red-legged partridge is
rather larger. OF a reddish-gray, marked
with white and black. The North Amer
lean species is known as the grouse. A
faithful Hap.
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A CHAT.

Nashes Creek. Texas.--Dear Mistress
Primrose: Having at last conquered my
timidity and feeling assured that there
is space enough unoccupied IN The col
umns of your most interesting department
of boys and girls. may have the pleasure
Like many others, ] have been a silent
reader OF the Haps' coy corner for quite
a number of years, and have often
thought of vcnturing out, and ''let my
light shine" but then l would pause, and
think. My. what a host of Haps, and
what excellent letter writers the majority
of them are!" and knowing that my letter
comparison with theirs, have kept quite
silent. But the temptation is too great
TO resist any longer 50 II no one objects
! will occupy this seat by Mistress Prim-
rose. Well / see that everybody is as
busy as a bee, and there Is our editress
in the midst of the whole congregation,
just as happy and sweet as a primrose"
sure enough. Hurrah! and three cheers.
for the corn voters! / see that Mistress
Primrose has given US cew subject to
discuss--"b birds" ! d5Swonder who Will Sc
cure the largest list? ] fully intend to
do my best. Cousins, may | ask you
this? Have You ever stopped TO think
what an immense amount of valuable In
formation, enjoyment ami good advice we
have derived from the various subjects
that have been under discussion by the
band? Guy Fagen, write often. Your
letters are always up to date.
What has become of Brown Eyes?"
Surely she hasn't forsaken this jolly band /:
and little Miss Annie Zorn. Now, trust
ting that haven't taken up too much
space. Will bid you all cordial good
bye, and take my leave. Wishing you
all the greatest of success, am, lovingly.
Maggie e. Boring
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would like to correspond with any boy
or girl about my age. A true friend.
Willie q. Flournoy.
AN OLD MEMBER.

Temple, TcNas.--Dcar Mistress Prim-
rose: ! suppose you know, don't you,
that l am not rev Hep by reading the
list on the ron book? have been corrc-
spondent OF the youths department of
inc Houston Post ever s.Ice Aunt
Ma,y" was the editor of our page. and
Very dear Aunt Msry she was, too. And
so was dear Mrs Bishop, also, do love
her stories. They are perfect in my eyes,
and am going tc read and keep every
one see published ] hear she is writing
series ot stories for the young folks,
und won't you plc.ss publish all you cali,
dear Mistress Prkn,usc" / think you
have beautiful naIlts-fnore beau.ifu
than Daisy or violas. Those names arc so
common, but the name Primrose Is like
prim old maid. suggestive Of sunset skies
and evening flowers, Kissed with dew,
shining in The ei,vrfy moonlight anu as
sN eet and fresh as their pink namesakes
and rOsy-cheeked peaches all wet with
lewdrops. Win You please publish
poem send. and would you mind II scsne
Of tbs who nre trec or contests would Sc
iect real nice subject 10 talk aboutY
Ccl iting them up. we have had seven or
eight contests rlbht straight along we
could talk about our favorite authors,
books, songs, etc, without having con-
tests. For some of us II Is Il task 10
write and we get so tired OF voting. Now,
don't think / AIN complaining. because
YOU should know best what We should Go,
/ only wanted TO make IL SUGGESTION.
Please excuse all mistakes. ! do try my
very best in everything l undertake. Love
TO all tho Haps and Mistress Primrose.
N.nie Giidart Patterson.
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RIDDLES.

Ranger Texas. Dear Mistress Prim-
rose: Will you admit another 10 years old
bow into your band of Happyhammers TO
swell the membership one more? did not
write and vote as l wanted to, but my
fayorite won anyway. l am gong to
vote In the bird contest. Haps, l tnihk
Won have a good motto about hammerins
happldless / have not been TO school Tor
three years. but expect to 30 this winter.
i think some OF the members write such
Interesting letters / Will try to answer
JSnnie H,imphrey's riddles: Is II the letter
m. And the other one is. ! think, the word
"sbort." Adding Ser to II. makes II
shorter. don't you see? ! viii ask some
chosen for soldiers? What two letters
make a county in Massachusetts? What
sea would make tho best bed roomg
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From Mrs SnLHn awrNotrr, Jericho Ark.
faufered greatly for eighteen years from
the birth OF my nrst child Until commenced
the use of Wine Of Catdui and Black
Draught. From that time my health inn
months old. and my health 10 excellent.
Your medicines deserve greater praise than
you give thom.
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happiness that home with bab advent frequently
disappears because the mothers health fails Too often the ordeal
child bearing leaves the mother invalid And she steadily
down hill Wine of Cadui valuable than dur
ing pregnancy and Immediately childbirth Especially there has
trouble from whe falling OF the womb or irregular
1t makes childbirth easy by putting the perfect
condition the coming of the little That reduces the pain that it
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can be endured and gives the organs
strength and tone for speedy recovery.
Nothing ever made equals Wine of Cardui
for this purpose. This great medicine is
sold and recommended by nearly every
druggist in the country. Shopper bottle.
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FTER THE BABY CONES.

OpELL, ILL.,, May goth.
/ am married and have one
child, and have not been well since
the child was born. Have suffered
for two years with irregularity Of
menses. Had dull headache all
the time, and n very weak back.
also had womb disease. Our
doctor attended me all the time,
but l got no better. My husband
bought a bottle OF McElrce's Wine
of Cardui and package of Thed-
ford's Black Draught. After taking
them according to directions, l
am cured OF all my troubles, and
feel very grateful for this wonder
full medicine.
Mrs. LIZZIE CUTTILL.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-10
HOME WEDDING.

At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. t. C.
Robinson on Wednesday evening a
very beautiful wedding ceremony was
solemnized, when the Rev. G. A.
Place, Ph. d. Of the Methodist church
united their daughter Miss Lillian to
Reed Birdsall Fowler. About one
hundred and fifty guests filled the
spacious mansion. Mendelssohn's we'd
ding march was. rendered by Miss
Lena Brunson, while softly was given,
during the ceremony--the flower song.
The house was beautifully decorat-
ed with many beautiful floral designs.
The bride wore q gown of white or
candle over white silk with lace and
ribbon trimmings. The bride and
groom were unattended. After the
ceremony the company engaged in a
social reception. The bride is well
known as an active church worker
in the choir and church organizations
of the Methodist church. The groom
is popular among his many associates
in the employ Of the Delaware &
Hudson company. Among guests pre-
sent from out Of town were the Misses
Marguerite d. Moore and Elizabeth
Moore, of Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Russell
and Jennie Russell and William E.
Russell, of Fell; Miss Forester, of
Binghamton; Miss Edith Rimson and
w. d. Decker, of Dundaff, and Mr..
and Mrs. +. NJ. Hungerford.
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deavor society will meet at the resi-
dence Of Rev. b. f. Hammond tomor-
row evening.
A large number from here went on
trolley ride to Taylor last evening,
where a social was held In Weber's
rink.
Miss Eta Davis is spending week
at Lake Idlewild.
c. w. Houser and i. j. Barthold are
in Stroudsburg attending the fair.
Andrew Farrell has returned home
from Mt Pocono, where he has been
for the last two months.
Mrs. Harry Buddle, of Hoboken, N.
j., who has been the guest OF her par
ents here for the past two months, Will
return home today.
Work has been resum ed In No.
mines, after having been shut down
| for two months for repairs.
S. N. Calender and family have re-
| moved to Scranton where they Will re-
! side on quincy avenue.
Attorney c. A. Battenburg, of Arch
bald, was a caller in town Wednesday,
| Mrs. George Lake, of Chicago. Is q
guest at the residence Of T. D. Evans
on Susquehanna street.
| james Wheeler was a caller in Scran-
ton last evening.
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AFAsT-rLYING TRAIN.
On Twenty-Four Inch Track tn
Inventor Hopes to Develop Hig

On n Twenty-Four Inch Track the
Inventor Hopes to Develop High
Speed.
From tho New York Herald.
A Washington man has invented a
fast-hying train and track, both Of
unique construction. The track Is
only twenty-four inches wide between
the rails. The new road will require
rail having the ordinary width across
the top, but it will be nine and one
half inches deep, or high. They are
laid two feet apart and tied, or bolted,
together by heavy steel braces, and 1t
Is expected that the unusual depth of
rail will give a solidlty in construction
never before attained. On the outside
Of each main rail- and six inches from
1t, rise heavy uprights, two feet In
height, supporting on their upper ends
angle iron girders, forming a fiat, con-
tinuous auxiliary railing, upon which
cushion any topping tendencies Of the
cars.
Motive power for the road is to be
electricity. The cars and train of the
inventors creation are unique, like his
roadway. The body of each car Is to
be nearly cylindrical, having only the
flattened area made by the floor. The
inside height, or head room, will be
about nine feet, in place Of the usual
twelve feet, thus reducing to the low
est limits the resistance of air pres
sure against the outer surface The
width will be the same as adopted by
the wider guage roads. The forward
ends of the cars will be approximately
cone-shaped, giving to the train the
appearance of a series of huge naval
torpedoes coupled in a row. The sharp
nose of the forward car Is provided
with curved offsets or pilot boxes, from
which the coming engineer will nerv-
ously scan the dizzy, whirling scenery
| ahead.
The meat Of the invention is to be
| found in the trucks. Wheels five feet
| high, carrying on each axle a speciality
| designed 100 horsepower electric mo-
tor, are considered the proper thing to
| develop the fast gait. The wheels are
so high that they pass up through the
| floor over a foot, and the seats are ar
ranged inside the car so as to be locat-
ed between them. Each double truck
| of four wheels carries two motors, thus
providing every car with 400 horse
power.
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Central Railroad OF New Jersey

U,ebigh and Susquehanna Division)
Stations in New York-Foot Oh LlpSi''
street, n. r., and WI Whitehain teimsiveiWi insur-
ing cleanliness and comfort, ,,,y % ,so7
TiMF TABLE IN EFFECT JULY -, lSSs'
TrainJB IgaVe etc. at So sl5 1lso a.
12.45' 200, 3.o5, 90, 40 p. m suhoaSs' ''V''
a, M, 100, 2.15, 40 p. No. :, On ~ ooo
For Mountain Park, BY; Low o. nb 3 X
s,o5' SO p. m. Sundays. 800 a. m'' l'o'' I'i0
p For m; Atlantic City. $50 a. M, n,,vo,ot,
For New York Hewaark x aeS teSpress ssti with
$50 (,,sf SexpreIio2r ppnrior C. carr so5 (expres m.
Sunday 25 p PpOiIadeIpha Tpsia iessdn Reading Term n
inal 5S2 S2,pneR P; m chTnk, Snn XlleHtown Bethie-
FOR rMnston and Philadelphia, $50 a, m.'
nei56' iS46' so5, 800 except Philadeiphia) D. H.
sunday, ,ogg 10 Bgranch. =; nc ocean Grove. ETC.. at
@ o. 2. m, and H. p. M ,,.,,
o'1U "a d. reading. Lebanon and Harrisburg
v;e eos Allentown, $40 a. m, l245 900 p. m
sqndaEy; sNr Ey;ottsyilie, EiS Ii $50 a. M, 1245 p. m.
EPotnrUing leave New York, foot OF LID;
ortx Es'Sr street, North River at sl0 IexPresssl
a: NJ iiS 80; @. $50 sSnSsy, SSNPFffso fso a. 'f m
pdr6or pIeoye eT New " York, foot Whitehall street
coLtb Irerry, at 855 a. M, l.U l.Zo aos
.. M. PASSENGERS arTaV1ng raw conncct Gr cpa1a unaeI
dnyle. irUun with all the elevated railroads.
9roodvay cable cars, and ferries to
3roiiHvn' staten Island and Coney Is
isnS' sTSINS making quick transfer to and from
Grand Central Depot and Long Island
had ha daWe philadelphia, Reading Terminal
90 a. M, 200 and 4SO p. m. Sunday 0'2'
a. m. ,,. A. ou ,,oirts ~ Iovvest
rote tnrUuS %ay be had on application in ad
Vance TO the ticket agent at the station.
'ai'ee " IL. p. BALDWIN,
Gen. Pass. Agt
/ H OI.HAUSEN, Gen. supt.