The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-27
HAP TALKS.

ht the Haphammer Has to Say
to Our Boys and Girls.
Ct Happyhammers: We often hear stories
ossums tina. save their lives by feigning
until they have an opportunity to es-
but here Is an instance in which a fox
ID that trick on his captors.
the west coast of Ireland is small
where rabbits abound, and when the
Is out the place may be reached by
Jos, the water being only then a few
h In depth.
fishermen one day rowed to the island
tA,t 1t being high tide, and on landing
foK lying Gu the beach. The fur Of
sulma was all wet and dirty. and he
fed to have been drowned.
Of the men. remarking that the skin
worth something, pitched the fox INTO
wat and after they had returned to the
fland, he picked him up by the tail and
him ashore.
soon as the cunning animal struck the
. ne Jumped up and shot off like flash
'~ons the cliffs. while the men stood
W. az each other in mute establishment.
men concluded that the fox had crossed
Tue Island during the night, while tho
sas low, In search of rabbits, and find
- lne morning that he was cut off from
s1s. he countereited death, with
r y OF getting passage to the
s,,n boat II may be that the fox was
stunned and almost drowned, when
me men, and had had time to re-
ny " 'ne way to the mainland; but the
m ~. ~ "hich he jumped up and ran away.
a.isa, ne touched land. indicated q clear
paying 'possum."
a'es are apt to trample over anything
uea path, but by refusing TO do SO The
Wy at Brunswick, Maine, an unusually
4'oas probably saved a baby's life.
sSSp's were out driving, and suddenly
fp sS', +, stopped and wouldn't go on. When
~ ~ we morse reared ana tossed It's head
,i ialht cry, the driver got out aud
o. the horse. .'oa" 'isn' ="
.nen gypsy woman drove up and
Il IVA saed 70 claim her babe. An older
on NJ ia''en asleep and forgotten the
~ 70 accustomed TO steam railways
nara Tor US to realize that fifty
ssv hey were novelties. Those rail-
mi. W. carly years Of the century were so
80 'ns' We would hardly condescend to
sueir cars today. England has the
wv OF having fire, prt into success
on 2 railway system comprehend
'ocomotion. On September 15, 1880.
"a ,n and Manchester railway was
= ."n imposing ceremonies. The trial
~ e'snt trains composing the dedica-
|oiion sslon inaugurated steam railway To-
m ,,a 40 practical business method of
Elm v W. place to place. Eacn one of
lccomo,,nns excepting the first consisted
train NJ and Tour passenger cars. The
liegantlv ls made up OF one engine and
Gus ,,s, equipped car. and Il carried the
Of TIA o.snan, Sir Robert Peel. Each
/ but sr usnsr coaches carried twenty per-
peopls , s.ed IN much the same manner
" Tbs 'asel In ordinary road carriages
lirool IN accession OF trains ran from
dtence thaencnester II is remarkable
= railway shs.th ms first great trial OF a
~ accidsn,n ou,d have occurred the first
ksssou ny r which ended fatally Mr..
ne austrataSy minent English statesman,
lerrjt ~ s while the trains were wsi,,nr
eonfusjon engines to take in water. In
and hls lay e got In front Of the iocomo-
un!ortur,,.s was run over al the thigh
" The n-a gentleman died before night
Ming ~ inent guests at the ceremoiiiss
VT a ypsning Of the road was the
M. The krs,s generals. the duke OF Wei
Ut builder OF the locomoflves was
aed experiment. head the story Of uis