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HAP

MAT the Hapbnmmer Has to Say TO
Our Boys and Girls.
mar Happyhammers: The debate suggest
Eaty one Of the Happyhammers several weeks
4 " has been discussed from every standpoint
E2st no more articles on that subject will he
~nted The judges appointed to decide the
v latter are asked to render their decision next
kS(tk Some very interesting letters nave been
ESsyitstn on this subject and both sides have
I I'm well represented. Only four Haps were
gfttnted to discuss the question, but it was
tten up by many others, and this week near
h IL the letters are upon the subject OF in.
tanlerance or war. Now let us take up some
4 the subjects mentioned by the Haphammer
sptek or two ago. Let us discuss the inter-
etrg objects OF nature. Tell some animal
Il gpfie1, relate anecdotes you have heard IN
( kfoG or elsewhere. tell of some of the
) Wid's wonderful animals or plants, and. in
nj try to discuss different subject in each
! kteE Make your letter contain some item OF
Rlhtrmation that will be of value to all the
Irbers,
y Speaking of animal stories. here is one that
VA probably interest you: Several Sun
s0yg ago ! was sitting on the ground In q
cuas, secluded place In, Washington park,
summing tune. when handsome little
|pound squirrel made It's appearance yard
~ two away from me, looking at me with
wight. beadlke eyes. as il it wanted to say
'scmtth:ng. l then sang and whistled. alter
! iuley, and the squirrel listened. then came
'karer and nearer until It was not more than
IlAfee or four feet away, Then 1t shook its
l.asny tail. looked at me again and made
nn Tor Its hole. which was but a short dis
nnee away. and In moment was out Of
way But continued to sing. this time
"a lullaby, aud it was but moment when
~ suuirrel's head was out and its bright
nH we're blinking at me. Again and again
~ Y come out after being alarmed by the
Z 5slssefs-by, and can assure you that was
l'sased with such an apparently apprecative
1pener."
~ you ever see one Of these handsome little
iSiows while you are out IN the country, try
5 4 eject music will have on him. II it
arms him you will have good opportunity
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IN THE COUNTRY.

westheld, Texas.-pear Haphammer: VIII
you allow blue-eyed Wes.feld Hap to join
your happy band? | live on iarin. about
three miles from Wcstiield. and like country
life much better than city life. Haps, as !
sit here and write / hear crickets, owls aud
tn, beautiful little hooking bird sing The
mocking birds build nests here every sprlng.
Henry r. Boyer, the girls know how to
humble the peg, too. for do, and ! am u
little girl Is years young. You wrote an In
teresting letter.
We have n cat II years old and one s years
old Their names are Jim aud Lille. Haps,
do you like to read? do. and have read sew
era books this summer. Among haani are
Daniel Webster" Pilgrims Progress and
Arabian Nights" ] would rather read than
eat candy. and that Is liking 1t pretty we'll.
Yon ought TO see what a pretty little doll }
have. | would like to correspond with some
of .hc Haps If they will write first Thoinat
Taylor Il. c.. Stockdick, ice Farmer ana
Cornelius Combs allow me TO congratulate
you on writing such interesting letters to
The Post with best wishes to Mr.. Ilap. and
the Happyhsmmers. will close. new Hap,
A. l.. Riche,.
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SOME EVILS OF WAR.

Davilla. Texas.-Dear Haphammer: DO /
come too often? Well, can restrain my
self from writing no longer, especially
while this interesting debate progresses.
SO far the debates on both sides have been
nice, and while fully realizing the evils OF
both intemperance and war. can not but
think that war has caused more Widows,
orphana etc, than intemperaDte. For
haven't we every species OF intemperance
in war? Is there not swearing, gambling,
drinking wrong carried on In
camre? Some have already advanced the
facts on the affirmative SIDE that DRUNK
ards die and are lost but let nue. ask how
many OF our soldiers have been KILLED in
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BEYOND.

m ne Post.
iif1s her not. 'twere all in vain.
u M heart is buried yonder,
~ naught of pleasure. naught Of pain,
u Dhoeis the calm around her.
|iSyss pleading falls on callous ears.
n Al passion dead within her,
w cot revive for signs and tears.
4 70 mar LIES even tenor.
III spirit kens OF better things.
I Hath been imbued with higher
'iul purer love. than mortal beings
( "a crown hearts desire
'pbiurb her not with shallow speech,
Ok idle admiration,
VI poui is far beyond the reach
0liwcrldiy adulation.
-Alva Clay Bravo.
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bloody rtvoiutions M knswn d the hlooory
% the world. W&en Aueg1cA lDanh 1eaio5l
the mtetress u IN iard and va, but L.
novah. wAe syles ~ aeetlntes of nelloaA
and pruper for thia b Is 1 free ma indspSha-
eent people. After lh&y had unad< themselves
irse and hAa tuxmed III thltsssa stassS. ,wiss
mon then aid. "WtAS shall tAe hArvest tey'
q social. pceAtlcal and religious freedom. abe
hae but one important drawback, thu EVIL
wars but ehe has again become united and Ii
now one u the most powerful eovetnmeata Or
tho eiobe. The homo and Birthplace II d.
mocracy, tho rset like dream Ne know. tina
prcscnt with ~ stern REALITIES We ~, and
nSuEht uavo the future shall tell what the
end. =
With best w,sAss 70 the Hsps. I am.
Wilmer RAndolpA
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FROM wILoRA I.oNc

Eigin. Texas, Dear Mr. Haphammer and MI,
,he iiaps: ! thought this cold morning would
os q sood time 10 write TO the dear old Post
while nm sitting around the FIRE. for We are
hsVint real winter here Oh, how do dread
iot WINTER TO come. can't 80 ou In the
YARD much then. ! have been very well an
In. NH. What do you think, Haps picked
some Sotton' | picked sixty pounds M ono
cas PAPA said Il ] could walk could pick
spo pounds day. Well, | like to plrh aud
papa Is gong to pay me- for what pick Miss
E,lt Mahnn, was glad to sec a letter from
you ana Daisy II was very sad about Carrie
anu Robbie Shrader's father being murdered
ihey are good friends OF mine One OF my
best friends. Lotto Adams, has gone to Shcr-
man to attend school. ! can't writa To her
now, as II Is against the rules OF her school
certainly do miss her sweet, kind lotters
received photos OF two OF my unknown
iifierds, May cayott and Cassie Sholer. on.
now pleased l am OF them Our school will
bek'r on November Z. Miss Lucy Cook will
,euch again, We all love her dearly | will
ne very glad when | start to school Jonnis.
Eth6, and Rena Hudgins and Robbie and Car
RE Shrader have all sent me paper, envrlnpcs
aud stamps, for which return many thanks.
Miss Nette Paige Sconeld viii you accept
my love2 certainly 40 enjoy your poetry.
also Prairie Fairy. Doilie Stroud Jennie
Ethel and Rena. Carrie and Robbie. Nav cav.
EFT, Nettie Cade, Zolllkoffer and all my friends,
accept my best love. | am stll your little
iriend, Wilora Long
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! ~ LUZ ~ q ths naft az the world. Much lovc
! y 'ne Haps Your little friend, -s''
| Jetta Rrook shior
A scuooy. M r,,r =

u Wtoqrpus Christi. Texas Dear Haphammer.
,omn YOU please admit at,cther stranger inn
i fs.har happy band am II years old NV
80 ~ takes Ihe Post and we ali like N /
80 20 the public school like my teacher
, MY We'll Our school is on the bluff. II has
nv YARDS the north side is the girls md
- painted tan color. A large mulberry tre.
s - IN tne girls yard. II Is higher than tho
SrfSol mouse. | would like to ccrrcspond
will close by asking q riddle aAs sIy MS -
I,ra asue as weak as wastle and ali the
friend pu'' II ep s,,l four
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Democratic Ticket.

Governor,
JOSEPH ID, SAVERS.
Lieutenant Governor,
J. N, BROWNING.
Comptroller
Il. w. FINLEY
Treasurer,
JOHN w. ROBBINS.
Land Commissioner,
GEORGE w. FINGER.
A,,9c ny Gsncrsi
Superintendent Public lnstructaeeb
;. 3. KENDALL.
Railroad Commissioner.
ALLISON MAYFIELD.
Assoeial. Justice supreme Court
THOS. J. BROWN,
Judge Court Criminal Appsaia
N. NJ. BROOKS.
FRS, b Sass poH,' c S.sl 4FRIrSAsANrs
I. II, BALL.
For Representative 26th LegialnturA
JOHN T. BROWNE,
NORMAN q. KITTRELL.
For judge tSth Jndieial District.
For Criminal District Attorney,
j. v. LEA.
r :. f. aos ~sssa SaEaS''
r, LEE sciiwANDEii.
FOR District Clerk,
JOHN y. WILLIAMS.
For County Clsrk,
e. r.. DupREE.
For sheriff,
ARCHIE II, ANDERSON.
For Tax Collector,
GEORGE l.. GLASS.
For Tax Assessor,
ALBERT 81 MCKINNEY.
Fer County Treasurer.
JOHN FARMER
For County Surveyor.
VIM. DRADBURN
Fof County Superintendent OF Public =.
struction. ~
n. u. JAMES. 80
For County Commissioner.
Precinct No. t--JuLES HiR9CH
Precinct No 2--,TONATBAN II, MAGHn
Precinct No. a--CHARLES ROTH,
Precinct No. ~. ii. q. BECKER.
For Justices Of tho Peace,
Precinct No. 1--WALTER MALSCH-
Precinct No. lev. II. HILL.
pracinct No. 1T. q. BENNETr.
Precinct No. 3--WlLLfAM GIBSON.
Precinct No. t--BARRY WET.
Precinct No. 5--tiUS SEfDEL,
Precinct No. G-THEODORE ZUBY.
Precinct No. M. MCDONALD.
For Constable,
Precinct Nc. 2-Tiios; wII.LJA A.
Precinct No. t.-R. y. WEST.
Precinct No. B--J. BEUYENffAuBHN
Precinct No. CIV. A. HEFFLfN.
Precinct No. IA. g. WuENSCH.
Precinct No. s--E. N. sOJoUKNHM
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THE PAGE is lMpRovtNc

Blanket. Texas. Dear uarb,m,,.,,.
Tvs, Tvs, finished reading the Han pars ana ron,S
I'M q come In for chat this gloomy mora.
a anx. me page was filled With long and inter
r ,uue io,ters This week. aud the dobaty is
sr,,ng more interesting every wsok' =
h'tisy oliphint, como agal,, soon With M.
v ,,.,s, sood talk on iuttfnperanee. /. TOO.
, MINK y one Of tho greatest evils The world
t h"s !, ever known. know war is a great evil
a. me many lives lost by intetnpwanrc /
,m"llq 7 thousand times rather one dear TO
ny should iill soldiers grave thnn drunk
a W. =, 80. dear Haps. let's do as Daisie says
wiz hnlnd II the greatest evi, on carth. Will
10, n9w sp'nd aside and let ADLER pens than mine
'ei, tue evils OF intempessnoc
S'ineiius Combs. coms often, your letters
Girl come again soon. Toe ra,mnr wnbr
up ana tell us your dream. true iIap,
Lula = Iuunell
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BATHING I'M THE BAY.

Corpus Christi. Texas-Dear Haphammer:
viii you please admit another stranger into
your happy band? I'm 10 years old and l
10 to the public school In Corpus Christi,
Miss Lottie Savage is my teacher. I like her
very WELL There are thirty -five children in
my room. There are twenty girls. the
rest are boys. In summer we can go In BATH
when the waves are high; sometimes they
will knock you over and strangle you nearly.
will close by asking a question: When
will the moon turn to green cheese? Your
friend. Edna Noakes
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THE corpus CHRISTI BAY.

Corpus Christi, Texas.-Dear Haphammer
Will you please admit another stranger into
your happy band? ] am 10 years old, and
20 to the public schools.
The Corpus Christi bay is very beautiful,
especially on one of the lovely moonlit
nights which we are accustomed to here.
here? i did once and got so seasick that !!
never wish to 30 again; but of course 1t Is df-
ferent with others that do not get seasck. y
see this in print j will write again and tell
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"Octoher wcavcs
Rainbcws OF tho forest leaves, '

Autumn is my favorite season OF tho year
aud that reminds us II Will soon be time
liaps. to be making IN crowds for outing ex-
cursons on our saturdays and holidays.
Is that debate never TO como TO an cndy
IL seeins to mo II has bocn discussed thor
oughiy and that full and impartial Judgment
could he rendered on which side has GAINED
tho vlotrry. BY the way, who arc the Judges;
Sump,er am afraid you have lost although
YOU made an able defense OF Your aldo OF the
question odds against you are too heavy.
You have brvely but hopcessly lost In the
fight. and to DO candid, | must say am
against you, too, am not going TO enter
into discussion OF tho subject, enough has
already becn said but II had to choose be-
tween the two. would ten thousand times
rather SEQ n brother or relative OF mine march
away, oven n | knew he would never return,
10 nj soldiers honored grave, thnn remain
with me TO die drunkard, Tho former Is a
hard thlng to do 1 know, as many n mother.
wife. sister and sweethcart has realized In
the lact year. None but those who have had
tho experience know how hard, but ! think
would any Of thcec bcreavcd ones he CUES.
toned. not ono among them would exchange
places with the mother, wife or sister OF
drunkard. But said was not going to dis
cuss the subject, didn't n go I had better
t'rlng on" guess, or I'll get too deep into
It TO leave mo space to say anything else.
Joe Farmer. where have yon disappeared to-
Mr. Hnphammer. please enroll me, you did
not when wrote before. hut then | neg
iccted 10 give my age. ! am Is. A happy
Hap Albina Wallace.
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rnnM GrY.s COUSIN

Santa Cruz. Cal.--DeS Haphummer: l
have not written TO Tho Post FOR such a
loag time that | fear that most OF you
have forgotten me, but perhaps You w,l,
remember me when | tell you that | am
Guys cousin. Olive. In The last three or
four months | hayo started many letters
TO you. but each time | have felt too fa,d
to finish them.
Cornelius Combs, yoa write such nice
letters. ! have heard Guy speak OF you
80 often. He thought 4 great deal OF YOU
! would like 10 correspond with you II It
is not asking too much and II II is con-
vemeip,. You seem 10 be such favor
lite among the Happyhammers that ! ex-
pcct you correspond with quite a nam
Der.
My sympathy goes 10 Henrietta Shrader
Be brave girl, Henrietta, end try 10 bear
your SORROW.
Willie Carpenters last letter was very
nice. think the same as you do Willie
in regard TO intemperance aud war. There
Is honor In being soLdier, but no honor
In being drunkard,
| now have two weeks vacation from
school. ! expect to ride r great deal, as
have a very nice wheel. II Is a Cleveland,
There are four wheels In our family, aud
we have some very nice rides. When the
moon Is full we get quite a number OF Rirlc
ind boys and We all ride TO a very pretty
little town called Capitola, which Is about
four miles from Santa Cruz. One OF the
greatest sports, | think, Ia tennis. en-
10y playing II 30 much have such
nice English friend. and we have such nice
times playing this game. We both have
wheels and we often tako rides together.
Every morning ride TO school. although
tho school Is only short distance from our
house. hays three teachers ! don't
mind going TO school, but am ashamed TO
say that don't love to study, like Latin
pretty we'll
Now before clce'ns my letter want
TO tell all the Haps gAat we oil send our
sincere thanks for the stone for our dear
Guys grave.
Now all you Haps. II you should ever
come 10 Sarlta Cruz, Cal. be sure 70 come
and sec your true friend and faithful Hap
Olive Fagen
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Lkotb OF Mercury, Kidney and HIAdd0f Troubs
les. Weak Back, Burning Urine. lncontinence.
Gcnorrhca. uleet. Structure receive searchtno
treatment. prompt relief erd cure f0r lifA
vately,
Piles, Fistuls. Fissurs and Rupture cured -
our new methods. Send for particulars. a.
drreA
DRs BnrTs 4 BET.rs a DYAR,
AZ g. Charles Street. New orlalna. Ia
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Drs. Belts 6 Belts
s Dyar,
Physicians,
Surgeons and spscsailses.


yeung. NJ 1ls-A ~
and Ola. Glasls a11l
Married Me- aa4 ~
who su4eP with Lea
NAAAoo1. Nervous
Debility, epermAtos-
rhsa. 9eeAiAal lessees
SEXUAL Decay, Ealls
Ing Memory, Week
Eyes. etuate1 De-
vslopment. Lack q
Energy. Inpeverieh-
fn,ped iGn snss e ksS.
riAxe; also bleed an1
skin dipeape. 6yphl-
Ia, DrupdeAs. Hair
Falling. Bone Pains,
sweaiing1. SER
Threat, Ulcers, e.
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q Is Is

70, iSre then. Haps. wouldn't Il BE- uIce for Al,
" "e nsps 70 meet In Houston ana rct A.
, nSss't y, VIII each other? certainly would
true Hap. Tam Ton, -, sn sals u,mc.
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70 look at his bright eye. and sleek. striped

buna'o. N. ", expects soon % hav. n.,-
maps the most odd looking church buildins i,
ne country. II not in the world. II vii, X.
erected on plans devised by r. II. Kelly a,,sr
twenty years Of study. The building a ~ !,
egg shaped and the only one Of rs kind IN
inc world. The plans specify building .,r,,r'
.uTe sixty feet long and thirty Ave feet w,ae
~ the iarger end Is to be tower fortv ~,
nish' In which the entrance will be s,tno,oo
me reason III, by the architect for erect,n,
building OF such unique construction Is tb,,
tue entire structure will act az soundnr
learc TO the extent that words spoken In an
ordinary conversational tone Of voice can h,
hoara IN any part Of the church.
ino BRUSH museum has the distinction a,
possessing what is probably the Oldest dol, 4,
tne world. 1t is little figure Of wood r,,do,v
carved and was found In the sarcopbaru, =
an Egyptian princess who lived 300 wears u.
lore the Christian era The small ch,,, nr,n
cess evidently had been buried with her favor.
no doll. for when her funeral wrappinps wer,
removed the image was found clasped tiph,,,
in the myers OF the dead infant
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ooHooL DAYS.


Buda. Texas, --DeRr Haphammcr: Here's =
merry autumn Krsssirs to you. Haps. ons and
Al. Vacation has como ana gone. and now
NO begin to mend up tho old schoolbsg and
sponge cd the dust from our old slatcs that
has gathered thcrv for the lAst four or nvc
montha, and ruinmaGe through drawers and
boxes for lost pencils. and cut our morning
maps short. and Ia short fall back Into all our
old, dcliRhtful schcoiday habits. "ncliKht-
fuls' ssvs scsnc little discontcnted, don't-like.
to- gu-schooi pcrrcn. ~ don't know what you
md delightful about III" All, little friend,
you will nevcr knoV how full OF delight aud
happiness your schooidays arc until you have
passed them by forever am sorry 10 say
I've known many little person to make
could never understand fairiy detested books
and school. For my part, / always dearly
love to attond school, ana these bright au-
tumn DAYS revive constantly bright memo
rics OF dear old schooldnys, Hans. how the
year has shipped away! One il reminded Of
the poem:
Father Time, your tuctsteps 70
Lightly RS the railing snow.
In your swing I'm sitting, sec'
Push me scftly-onc, two, three"
Swiftly. indeed. and '1lghtly as the failius
snow" the days OF 1898 have sped away, II
secins TO mo tbut perhaps II II because I
planned so much work and really have ac-
compliahed 50 lttle1 that time flies 20 fsst
Thsre'a u great deal Of differences IN planning
and executing isn't theros All, but I'm glad
Father Times great swing has swung us, aud
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ron sHERI~y.
I en- candidate for the of1ce es eh6e1n
ct the sisction u. - hsld NevemSoR =
1893. and respectfully ~ Tho vote ~ -
fiusncs Of The eitiseas q Hasvie eealll.
FOR COUNTY CLERK, Az
The Post Is authorized 70 aAu0uneo ~
George Hroyn . ) eandiAste II ~ efIeo r.
County Clerk rs 't a: A,
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Genuine Heroism.

Heroism has a new meaning for me
since yesterday, for then l sat for an
hour with the bravest soul | ever saw,
says a writer in the Washington Post.
She is only a gray-eyed, gray-halreu
woman, with a quiver in her voice ana
a smile on her face. Somewhere on
Cuban soil her only son lies buried.
Her widowhood is four years old ana
besides her husbands grave are two
tiny green mounds. Three graves in
America, one in Cuba, all she has lett
to care for, except the orphaned son
and daughter of sister who live Win
her. l found her reading a comic
weekly, and on the table at her elpow
lay other publications of the kind.
suppose my eyes betrayed my surprise.
My DEAR" she said, gently, Il can
not afford the luxury of grief. must
be cheerful for the sake of the boy and
girl have left. l mustn't be selfish
and let my grief darken their lives.
Everything has been taken from me
everything but the duty of living.
mustn't read sad stories. l must see
only the merry side of things, or II
can't-why, my dear, l must be brave,
you know"
And the remembrance Of that gray
head bent over the jokes she was try
ing to read, trying in her heartbroken,
simple way to laugh at, because she
must be brave, because grief was
luxury too selfish to indulge in, gives
heroism its new meaning. Yesterday
/ sat for an hour in the presence of q
heart as brave as any hero's that ever
beat.
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The Ideal Mother.

In the Ascent Of Man" Drummond
traces for us, in the chapter entitled
THE Evolution OF a Mother" the steps
by which the perfect mother was
created, and the order of the virtues
which in their development consti-
tute her character-patience, sympa-
thy, carefulness, tenderness, self-sacri-
fee. Add to these, intelligent compre-
hension of the responsibilities in
volved, and a knowledge Of methods by
which they shall be met and dis
charged, and we have the qualities
And what is the ideal but our uncon-
scious subtle perception of the real,'
as it exists in the mind OF the Great
Father? II you look over statistics re-
lating to the mortality of children un--
der five years Of age the appalling per-
centage of deaths awakens the query,
What is the cause? When you stop
to consider that there are in the United
States alone nearly one million de-
fective human beings, you begin to
question, Is there no remedy? The
cause is largely due to the ignorance OF
mothers; the remedy lies in read.
justment of our ideas in regard to ed
ucation. An education that does not
include as an integral part Of it prac-
tical knowledge of all that relates to
the welfare of little children, Is sadly
deficient, though young men and
women proudly display diplomas from
the highest institutions of learning in
the land. In my work among mothers
and young women, l have been i'm
pressed by the fact that so far as any
real knowledge of child-life is con-
cerned. in its threefold nature, there is
very little difference between the col
lege-bred woman and the girl who,
having attended public school for
few years. goes into the factory, the
store, or the Office to earn her living.
So far as knowledge Of home-making
and child-training is concerned, they
are equally Observation-Disclosures