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it has moved there from Austin. Lee hes
'us' oeen given fun. blood shepherd puppy.
Arnig Revrat of Brady is new member of
the club She is Ii years old
;. u. Haynes of Hochheim says he wants 10
corr'spond with some of the Hans
Eddie =. Hays of Orange wrote n nice little
poeh entitled The Gypsy Girls REQUEST
irene and Rebccca Martin are TWO new
members OF the club who live at New Caney.
80 Ellen hamilton OF franklin ia a now Han
school. @'S ny" e'"'e "'
lishie Powell OF benson Spring thinks n
, poot contest would be interesting and in
Juliet Williams of Marlborough is a now
ed the club "'s' '''"
ma Moseiey oil Hearne Is added to the list
VI W, i'aitynsmners. Her father is the post
master at Hearne.
-, margaret Franklin of Korvillc saws she
nkes TO go TO school. Her teacher is Miss
Ethel Whsnand.
May Shnrtleff OF Stamps, Ark, is added TO
n ,ne iong list OF Happyhammers. she has two
o'o'herS IN Bel county, Texas.
Jatk +. Howard of Houston should remem &.
" mat ~ Is against the rules to write 10
the iiappyhammers with a pencil.
Estelle Jonte of Lake Charles, La. wants
10 KNOW how Mistress Primrose is getting
alohs Estelle will be IL years old In Sep
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SOME ONE STOLE HIS PONY.

Montgomery, Tcxas-Dear llaphammer: II
mas been some time since | wrote TO you all
This time am not ms happy ms some OF you
are. am 40 lonesome now that my pony has
gone, some one has stolen him. lie has been
gone since March. and can't hear OF him at
you help me to find him? My pony 10 some
where. ana there arc iiaps everywhere, aud
surely some dear litt- Happyhnmmei hns
Seen him He is sorre with IA star In face;
on left hip Is l. p; one white hind foot,
gentle TO work anywhere. II any OF you
iaps see him and will let me know. will
be Az glad as Carl was of his broom ma
was the first time ever saw him. | think
he liz clever, and like him. I went berry
picking yesterday and got large bucket OF
berries. We have twenty acres Of corn about
two feet high and twenty acres OF cotton Just
coming up. My home Is nj Humble. eighteen
miles from Houston. Papa takes The Post,
and he and we little ones have great scuf-
file over the paper papn for the war news and
We for the happy band After my letter 10
printed | viii be more anxious than ever. for
] know the HappyhainmcrB will help 10
find my pony and TO the first Hap that writes
mo news OF him viii send them five h0-ccnt
pieces. Now that II Just n heap Of candy
money. Please DO help me to find. dear little
Hans, one and all Papa has advertised him,
but told him knew Of a surer way to find
him.
Joined tho Happyhammer band In 1893. II
MIR. Hap could only ser the 600 little hearts
he makes glad and happy, ] think his face
would always he MS bright as the sunshine ar
ter an April shower. think The Post IL tho
the largest band If happy boys and girls OF
any other paper on earth. With love TO oil
tho Hans. remain true Hap.
Landrum Rankin.
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TALK ON sLANpER.

Madisonvie Texas,-Dear lIsphammer;
VIII you admit another member into your
happy band My father takes The Post and
enjoy reading the Haps' page very much
have long been an admirer of The Post and
have derived much benefit from reading the
young peoples letters and think all should
write. striving to make our page more in
structivo and interesting. see some OF the
Haps are writing subjects. ] will take
for mine ISLANDER" There is nothing which
wings its flight so swiftly, nothing which Is
listened to with more readiness or dispensed
more widely. SANDER soaks into the mind
as water soaks into low and marshy places.
where It becomes stagnant and offensive
Islander is like weeds, which, when you have
killed them in one place they are sprouting
vigorously In another. The tongue OF sian
der is never tired, and in some form or an
other II manages TO keep itself IN constant
employment, No soul OF high estate can take
delight in Islander. 1t proves that some.
where In the soul there Is weakness, an ovii
nature Education and refinement are no
proof against IT, They often serve TO polish
the sanderous tongue, When Ill spoken OF.
take il thus: II you have not deserved 1t you
arc none the worse; II you have then mend
Correspondence solicited. Your friend
Gus NJ. Rancy.
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shoot single shot. | always tried to, but
the lock was ont of order. tiled aud tried,
and yet didn't succeed They surrendered
Immediately To opr surprise we discovered
that II was almost tho ontlre spanish army.
We took these prisoners ana locked them up
IN prison. About 100 Of our soldiers were
Killed go wounded aud few captured, God
slsc.
While We were taking dirner at our camps
we were again attacked by largo army Of
felt a little uneasy about II The first or
ders were given with the firing OF so many
guns that II frightened NC. We fought a
few minutes, when heard my brother call
ing me for breakfast. How glad wns to
find myself safely In my bed Adleu.
Henry Richard Boyer.
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Number of Happyhammers' -
SOME SHORT LETTERS.

=, -. ~ a. o,yious
Susie Starke OF Montell says she Is ahN'o'S
for another contest.
Birda slawson of Youngsport is enrolled as
a Happykammer. She is IL years oiu'
e,r,rcI Eddie Morris OF Linden says he Is
fa-ming and likes 1t very well indeed.
i". mus 49,. =, S,oro Texas saws her
tieiyn ~ u,ca concert n few weeks ago
schooi nsu . ~ u,nroharbia wants 10 CORE
irene ui"s ,ar, 7 o. Uudsnn of Coltharp
sponu win 80 - ,.,,0,, ,s new Han
Mary Walker OF lehp,' booy contest
She wants the cup 10 nave poOS
Lewis Burnett oil CslYsrt say NJ H ,res w
VIII Win Stain sooa SO sup' '"n y, a., 80
Bette Aiken of sunnysde ~ouiq nm n,,er ,p
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PLAY TIME.

ime for skipping ropes is here.
time for tops has come;
Pud is on the apple bough,
blossoms on the plum.
the lane and in the park
robin builds its nest,
soon be time for balls and Kites
marbles and the rest.
time, marble time,
piping rope and ball;
PIG time, cycle time,
mming time and all.
pat makes the year go round.
Of healthy fun:
ng time and coasting time.
the seasons run.
fctolar shouting by 20 school
claims the Joy OF spring;
ck OF cyclers skurry past
birds upon the wing.
the humming of top
Pm the street below:
little girl has jumped the roma
hundred times, know.
Ping rope and blossom time,
le for spinning tops:
Pc year the fun is here.
(asure never stops.
Tor fun and study, too:
Pc for work and play.
OF spring are on the wing,
nmer's on tho way
New York Heralt
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WHAT rRIGHTENED THEM.

Anderson. Texas.--Dear Hanhammer; I
have been residing the children's page for
long time and have often thought OF joining.
but kent putting II of As this is such n
lovely day and have CHARGE, will write.
There are great many dewberries here and
We have picked few WIZ tell you wnat
tttm I looked across some bushes, where 1t
was very thick. and saw something wasging
us tail We did not know what II was ara
I Looked for II again. but couldn't see II. so
directly Just could see It's neck and II was
coming after us as fast as IL could. II scared
us 20 badly we ran as fast we could and
t,lnIled ever ami spilled our berries And
what do YOU suppose II was? Our own dog.
our school was out in February and we had
A concert said two speeches and dia-
syn going there this evening Ny sister Lii
lie i; very sick. She lives at Van Alstyne.
Texas. One OF my brothers aud my sister
haze cone TO see her, am IL years . ,nng.
Evy Prescott.
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tlemon. We soon organized a Sunday school,
had preaching once or twice month. which
Il ossum park" Miss Zoic McCasln. n lady
friend of mine and college student OF lious-
ton. attended. There were several converts
among them a couple of bright youngs iiaps.
Misses Julia and Nina Spencer. by this time
father had bought section Of land situated
on South Mayo creek. He soon driftod into
tho real estate business and has since sold
about 60O0 acres 7 sro have been 5000
acres to change hands IN this vicinity this
winter and spring. There have been about
twenty-five families located In and around
Katy the past four months, with bright pros
poets for many more this fall. They come
front Iowa, Illinois Missouri, Colorado. In
dian Territory and Tcxus. We organized a
literary society couple of weeks ago.
T. C. Etockdick
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EASTER RAnRITs.

Corpus Christi, Texas.--Dear Haphammer:
As | have not written for long time. !
thought | would write you few lines. |
suppose by the non appearance OF any OF my
letters upon this page some OF you thought
had gone to war, but such is not the case.
ilaps what do you think about war? eN-
pect TO have n nice time this week. | am
going to Ing,eside Thursday aud come home
Saturday night liaps, would you not like
to have n fruit contest!
Guy, | am gla1 you are coming to Texas
aud hope you will ind Vt pleasant here liaps,
do you like pets? For my pets have three
rabbits, They hud six little ores born Easter
morning, SO called them my Easter rabbits.
but they all died With love to ALL true
Hap, Tulip.
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A GOOD MOTTO.

Waldo, Texas.-Dear Haphammer: Here
comes another little Texas girl knocking for
Abundance into your happy circle, have
been going TO school; bur school was out the
2lst of April DO the IIappyhammers like to
go to school? | for one do. | think the mot -
10 OF the Happyhammers, To Hammer Hap
plness Wherever They Co" Is n good one
for think that Il Christian duty oh, how
many sad hearts can be made happy by a
kind deed or word I have written one letter
TO tho liaps, but failed TO mail 1t. | will
close by asking some questions: Who was
styled the Rock OF Chickamauga? Who
was Mad Anthony" What Confederate gen
eral WAS killed in the battle OF shiloh? OF
Chancelorsyille? Hoping to see this IN print,
love to the Happyhammers Ruby Smith.
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ANOTHER CASE FOR CHARITY

Davilla, Texas. Dear Haphammer: viii
you enroll little 12-year-old girl In your
hatp! pand? | have been reading the Hap
hpge two years and love it more every time
llNe In the country four miles from Davilla
ana go TO school mile and half from home
ahe'e Is niue Girl coming to our school
who has been crippled ever since she was 3
Heais OLD. Her papa Is dead and have seen
ma you all have been buying presents for
the crippled and blind. VIII you help me to
get hef chair? With love to all the Haps,
Fannie Lee Walker
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.ppyhammers are the young people
A the Youths Department of The
Post There are no fees or charges
lind connected with the club. Boys
: Who read The Post HAY be enrolled
! members by sending name. age and
the object OF all Happyhammers to
happiness when and wherever pos
Hence the club name and motto.
flower is the violet, the club tree
oak. and the club pet is the mocl:ing
being chosen by the members them
The favorite dog OF the Happyham-
he Scotch collie. or shepherd.
hub colors are rose and gray. These
lie Intended to be worn with or with
club button or pin. They are made
badge by plnning or sewing together
hes Of narrow ribbon. one of rose pink
other OF light gray.
Tub button is made Of celluloid. The
is white with tho words Houston
II. Club" thereon in violet color.
bb flower is engraved in the center
81 violet color. The letter III is In
ype on each side of the violet. 1t
sent to any Happyhammer upon the
OF cents. In ordering button ad-
pur letters TO the Happyhammer, care
bt Houston, Texas.
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TO MY LATE DISH CLOTH.

For the Happyhammers.
You were once part OF brand new sheet
That covered me oft from neck TO feet
And hclped TO keep out winters cold
Before you grew so thin and old.
But while IN Morpheus arms lay.
Sleeping and dreaming the nights away.
dreamed not Of your destiny
IN soapy water II has been your fate
To soz.lc saucer. cup and platx
But now your usefulness as a cover,
And as a dish rag, too is over
But your time-worn remains ! can not defile
by tossing you on garbage pile
To hlacken and dry. a grewsome sight
You that were once so snowy white:
Therefore, by me you will not he taken
To that foul spo, to be forsaken;
But shall al once have YOU cremated,
And your good work shall be related.
Nettie Paige Scofieid.
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HAS RELATIVES IN HOUSTON.

faiestine. Texas,-Dcar iaphammer As
i'ne 70 read the letters In This Post, thought
l you'd become II Hap. | am only 10 years
Y'u, pu, an, as large as some girls are at H..
| am In the fifth grade at school and my
teacher S name is MIR, Smart. | have grand
i,u,cthei aunt, uncle and coed many cousins
HN'hS IN Houston. This place is a very snnll
WY, II mas 100 population. | think our
teanu has good many members | wnnt to
DC an active member. / am true Hap,
Ruby Walker.
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school month before our school was out, 90
that could be with her. She has not been
strong enough TO 70 outside of home for a
year, ana Is not yet. She has been aud Is un-
der the physicians care aud taking medicine
all the time, yet nothing seems to do any
good, and she continues In that weak state all
the. time. one OF the surgeons says II Is a
broken artery that causes much trouble,
Well Hnps. how are You all getting along 2
and get to read the childreu's page. like
10 read them very much. All democrats like
The Post, the best of any paper In the state,
or out OF IL. | have a fine flower garden.
roses you ever saw--yellow. white, red and
pink roses. The little humming birds have
fine time here now, slipping the pretty flow
ers We have a fine lot Of little chickens
aud pigs. ! go riding my pony after
Mayhaws aud muiberrlcs. when mamma Is
strong enough to stay alone an hour or two.
Your friend Katie Cook
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pEwBERRrns ARr pLnNrIruI.

Cuero. Texas,--Dcar Haphammor: What do
all my friends think about the war; Some Of
our young men have gone to join the army In
Austin. My little friend Julia is coming to
visit mo soon aud we will have a great deal
nerous this year. l very fond OF going
out horseback riding wish we could have
voting contest The wild grapes are be-
ginning to turn and will soon be ripe We
Sayc many cultivated grapes and after they
are ripe l wish all the Haps could come and
help me gather them. | will close my letter
with riddle; what is the difference he
tween a parasol and woman With best
wishes | remain Eyangellne.
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Lyons. Texas Dear Haphammer: As !
have not written to The Post lately con-
cltded to write. | see the Haps are ncreas-
ing IN number Haps, what do you think
nbclt the war? While we are fighting Spain
with armed forces, all Europe will be fight
:is us with her preas, Nevertheless, the
United States will defy them to assist Spain,
not do Europe any good. It is only jealousy
on TIE part of Europe They envy the great
republic therefore they wish us to be whip
ped Let them say what they will, Spain
could never whip us Continental Europe has
always been an enemy to the United States,
but they can never whip the great republic.
Your friend Texas
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Inngs In the Ar.

enc OF The mns, DARING fents performed by
circus rider is the pcrllous platform act OF
Cofradmi Bcttin.
Copenhagen, where NJ. Berlin halls from.
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HAP TALKS.
the Haphammcr H,, 10 Say +,

NV "Hphnmmer Has to Say to
"hr Boys and Girls.
happyhammers; You have no doubt
eouotes OF animals which go to show
hey nave an appreciation of right
'ons' mat dog, for example, has A
nee as tender as n ohlld's. so far as
code goes. ard we generally explain
saying mat they have been taught by
nat they shall. or shall not do. and
"efeih lies the secret OF the animals
''sness OF right and wrong.
is mistake. All through the ami
'ngdom' the different classes OF
oirds and reptiles live together in
uhiues and, rs you learn at school,
81 necessity in community life is the
'shment Of law and ORDER This is
maa; and 1t is true of animals as
.eF speaking, II, In pack of wolves,
Dc one wolf that is unruly, he will be
rum the society of his kind; he will
I"'shea' but in wolfdom Punishment
the taking of but one road-the "rea
uo"h the threats of the judge and
fnuia the natives are SO familiar with
Fet That an insubordnate elephant viii
eoiefated In his herd, that they have
'he name OF rogue elephant to any
s' Is seen TO herd hy himself"
'osue elerhantsr are the most dan
pessts OF the forest they are vicious
W. ana so quarrelsomc that the king
nern expels thea, and from that
o"'casts can have no fellowship
'er with reputable elephants.
Z 'scome more rgiy and dangerous
'p'S''inn from their enforced coli
SUI TAKE to devising mischief from
10y iove OF being bad They are real
'''ihal animals and are recognized as
II them.
~ were three of these dangerous
a"'s' not long ago, that Joined forces
aaue II their regular pastime TO go 10
a'a roadway through the forest and
= 'ne natives. They were the terror
= country, for TO be caught by the
~ was certain death. and there was
INST OF victims every month.
'as' regular hunt was instituted and
I've rosuss were killed. Their end
Just one, Of course. for these beasts
',sh young and had had their chance.
knew right from wrong. but were
!, examples OF the criminal element
annals grown predominant.
oas hunters there is a saying, BE
- animals that are isolated from their
: They are always the most dan
. and these banishsd law breakers
una among all the large as well az
~ game; bison. elk. deer. In this
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Az INVALID MOTHER.

olive, Hardin Cour/y. Texas.-D Dear Hap
hammer. II has been long time since
tsre written TO you. Joined tho club 10
1895. / think do not NAVE time 10 wr'tr
often: my mammals health Is and has been
90 very bad. was compelled 70 stop going 70
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THE SCHOOL AT CouRTNEY.

Courtney, Tcxas.-Dear Iiaphammer;
thought / would Join the hand Of Haps. Papa
tales The Post and enjoy the IIap page
very much Haps, don't you think that all
boys and girls ought to try to be something.
OF try to make success In some business
think SO.
Now ] will tell you all about our school up
in this part of the country. We have very
sood school and like 10 go to IT, do not
live far from school. My studies there are
tors. arithmetic, Language, United States his
tory. We have new teucher named l. s.
Mason. our teacher last year was Mrs NJ. l..
HUI.
Where are Sunset and Sunrlse7 You must
come again. | love to read your letters. |
would like 10 exchange some songs They
arr Near the Cross " Cling to the Cross
God Be With YOU | would Ike TO CORE
spoud with some of the Haps | am IL years
old Your friend, Lena Hendricks.
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HER DOG HAS RHEUMATISM.

Navasota, Texas.-Dear Haphammcr: As IL
has been quite awhile since have written 10
this interesting page, | thought would write
% YOU once more. | have not been TO sehohul
slnte Christmas because We moved from the
section and IL was too far TO 20 We i've
about four miles from Navasota. / huge Ave
pets three dogs and two cats We have n
dog that has rheumatism. Every winter II
gets worse. have one dog that was given
10 NE when was 3 years old 1t was given
to me when we were living ut San Antonio
Sh, Will be 10 years old In August and ! will
be H. the eth day of September.
Joined the club In November. 1897 Ny
postofiico was Marlborough then but | have
nov changed 1T to Navasota We are living
on { farm. 1t is n nice place. Your true
friend. Annie NJ, Leabrooke.
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You can laugh right out at the riot
They liked ia he snsBcd and dared
nut when they my. james" real quiet
'no--oo--that's the time to he scared
Juliet wilhor Tompkns In May 81. NIcho-
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HORSE KNOWS No FEAR.

HORSE KNOWS NO FEAR
and even Paris. which Is accusi omcd 10 great
things. tfve been startled by ihls turn u
NJ. Berth. lie mounts his terse aud rides
upon swinging platform, which IL Just large
enough fer the horse TO plant all four feet
firmly Upon. The platform 10 raised TO the
top of the ceiling and alloweo to drop sud
den, 10 tho floor.
Tho horse IL Ia such splendid training that
be stands as II no were cast in bronze
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[.s hunters there is saying, DE
animals that are isolated from their
They are always the most dan
~ ana these banishsd law breakers
'ouna among all the large as well as
y game; bison. elk. deer. In this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-25
GRAIN GAMBLING

Since the advance in the price of
wheat set in little has been heard from
the advocates Of the suppression Of
boards of trade. While prices were low
there was much complaint regarding
these institutions and it was freely as
serted that their existence was detri-
mental to the interests Of the produc-
ers.
They were charged with exerting an
undue influence on the prices of cereals
and congress and state legislatures have
been urged to enact legislation for the
protection Of the producer.
If prices should decline to the level
so long maintained before the recent
advance, it is not improbable that these
protests will be renewed. 1t may not
be undressing, therefore, to know
that Prussia has been experimenting
along this line. The results obtained
may prove useful to the opponents of
grain gambling in America.
About a year ago the Prussian gov
eminent enacted a law for the suppress
sion of option dealing. 1t has just been
repealed.
The experience of a year has shown
that such legislation does not accOmp-
lish its purpose. and that, on the con-
trary, the producers suffer more and
than when speculation was permitted.
1t as explained that as soon as the
law was passed all the produce ex-
changes throughout Prussia were closed
by order of the police, hence there were
no fixed prices for any cereals and the
farmers were compelled to rely upon
the assurances of the middlemen, who
took advantage of their helplessness.
The government then attempted to is
sue a daily announcement of quotations
in the different cities, which were post
ed on a bulletin board at the town hall.
The buyers not only refused to recOg-
nize them, but refused to give informa-
ton upon which they might be based.
The government then resOrted to the
plan of having quotations telegraphed
from the commercial exchanges in the
neighbOring counties, but this plan was
also a failure, and when an attempt
was made to fix prices for agricultural
products in the different cities each
morning by the police it was found that
there was no method Of compelling the
middlemen to pay them, and the farm
ers were still under the necessity of ac-
cepting the best terms that were offer
ed
The leaders of the agrarian party adj
nit that the legislation is a failure, and
are now trying to contrive some new
plan to accomplish the same purpose.