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THE LAND OF CHANCE.

5hdren, did you ever glance
= tbe lucky land OF chance.
lftre all things are regulated
the merest circumstance?
tw for instance, people there
IS their garments anywhere,
y, ifby chance they thus mislay them,
)rvi and claim, lit isn't fair"
|N I've heard it said that they
)tt their work from day to day.
Frsting TO good luck TO help them
lance to find an easy way.
4 a t0psy-turvy land,
n Of course. you understand.
FHy little thing Just happens"
pdlsneyer, never planned.
by boys and girls, guess,
ft have lived there more or less.
|tgng by their careless llaiits-
Petty bad, We must confess.
(inee Is NOT a thing to trust
ichieye success you must
p and work with will and method
soue tay, get up and dGst!'
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Paul d. Cain.
LlNcoNN's BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED

Anoka, Mlnn.-Dear Haphammer: The let
ters written 10 The Post are very interesting
to me. / would like to have my name en-
rolled and join Your linpp. band, My two
sisters belong to the club. anc they also IN
Joy ieaGinr tie letters Ono should Try to
lp,nirer happiness when ana wherever posi-
lilo, 50 ] think che name Is very nice ons
for the club.
FcbIuary has pnesod. The birthdays OF
Washington and Lincoln were In that month.
Their birthdays arc public holidays. aud
thiDk 4, is right for US 10 keep Thorn ia holior
OF oui dear presidents. ! VIII tell you how
we celebrated LIneolu's birthday In OUT city
We gave an international supper at the arm
ory fnl the bcnefl ~ the public library
There we're six tables spread, each one of the
naiiops-thc American. nrglsh. Irish. Scan
dinaNlH-. and Germans md separate tables.
Tho tables were arranged Ia their own cnun-
trie,' styles The costumes worn by the whit
crs were like those worn IN oiden times. Din
nor wns served from in 0, then they had =
short programme conastin' : ~ sinelns By
each naton, music, reeitntions and several
solos. The evening was spent very pleasantly.
There was 300 people VINO attended,
/ ligr IN the country and enjoy living there
q great deal Tile young peolle around here
have organized a literary society. We meet
every two weeks. on Friday oyenlus, at the
homes OF our members. We have business
me. ting first and then short programme. II
4. pirc Ia telong IN a society, for one learns
a great deal. ] am II years OF age Well,
viii close for this time. Yours very truly.
Edna u. Borg,
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SOME SHORT IETTERs.

Cory Hall of Rancho must use pen ana
lux when she writes again.
som z. Haynes OF Hochheim wants to cnr-
reHTond with some of the Iaps
Bank Reid of Edna is one of the new mem
bers VINO Is given heacty welcome
osie Powell of benson Spring says she went
to oance last week AMI bad ID nice time.
llilda Boyer of Eltnger is added to the list
o. halpsEammers. She is Ii years old,
Y. l.. Hudson OF Lufkin is admitted to the
balid He lives blk and 4 half miles from
town.
Claude Pitts OF Pasadena is In the nth
gradc at school. His teacher is Miss Rosa
Dulahan.
Mard Barksdale and Annie Graham wrote
shoy; letters from Stone. Texas. Maude is a
new member.
Preble Nesbit OF Mullen says he Joined the
club tive years Ego. He wants to correspond
with some of The Haps.
Philip Tuggle, a Hap who lives at Beau-
mont says he Joined the club in 1898. Philip
must write again soon.
Terrence Stanberry of Midlothian is one of
the new Haps. He is IL years old. His
school will be out in May
Lizzie Schetromf Of Seward In Oklahoma
Itiiiofy. says she enjoys reading tie Happy
hammer rugc very much.
Elsa ard Nettie naughtrey wrote nice let
ter from Jacksonville AMI inti oduced new
member. Masgie Ecu Willis.
Annie Graham and Hope Struevo are Two
new members who live at stone, Texas Their
teacher is Miss Hartmann.
Beulah Carlisle is another new Hap Shs
lives at Garner. In Parker county, ana is GO
ing to school to Miss Olive Barrows.
Susie Burriss is little girl of Cotulla, La
Sale county, who is enrolled as Happy
hammer this week. She is years old.
Herriette Bibes a new member who lives
at Calvert, would Ike to correspond with
some of the Haps. She is nearly 10 years old.
E:lcl McAdams Of Sion Should remember
the club rules require that all letters to tho
liaphanimer must tie written with pon and
ink.
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LIKEs lorNrRY 1lrE

Deugon Springs. Texas Dear Haphammer.
Ilatc comes an anderson county Hap. Aiy
father takes The Post and ] read the Hap
letters each week. live three miles from the
little city of Denson spslns. II is nice little
town and is situated on Loan creek. That Was
nte letter from Joe Farmer. II could
write such letters az he writes would write
all tho time. Come agNin. jre for 1 dearly
love to lead your letters. My father is q
farmer and | like t. sea him farm. | do not
farm much myself. | would rather live in
the country Than IN the city You can not
in,arine how any one suffers for fresh air
who lives IN the city. y true Hap,
iiacll-Eyed Daise.
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FROM cnANNINa.

Charming, Texas.--Dear Haphammer: My
chun, Willie Elliott, and my little sister,
Gladys Cakes, want to be put on the roll or
Hnppyhammers. Gladys says she Is Il "Ap'
uniiner GRANDPA says she Is the prettiest
little Girl In the Panhandle, =
have been wolderns why some OF Nc
girls do not aesn their true names to Nlsir
letters. GraHHAa says it is because they are
. sn9hs ,p m IN nn /, asw law W
r., how Eey will feel when they are. hr,rried
aud chengJ their names in earnssV l'kone
Alma IlarEng and Wlora Long Nilp{rie
soon. J am u years old aui go tc1Gok 10
Mise lcssN Royce Ten months in .yaaTN
you see J d&st have much tne to wTNs sH
best wishes 70 all the Hai1yhammcrs.
XUllikohcr Oakes.
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A YOUNG TNAcHEk.


lear Haphammer: I have been reading the
chi6iens page TO-. years. have often thcnsht
of joining. but kept putting II OFF, | noticed
In the last Post one OF the Ilaps objects %
Scott because he uses so many Scotch phrases
she ought to read ''fvanhoo." II contains no
Scotch dialect and Is very interesting. as for
me, 1--we the Scotch dialect
taught a short school this year, On the
last day wo had a school picnic. The creek
where we went @as up, VIC couldn't assn
We then hunted yiolots. The woods In the
bend of the creek were almost solid bed OF
them. Such big lunches We got; had never
seen Sc many wild violots before. My school
was little over IL mile out OF town ! rode
horseback and the lively times did have
sonnet. times. One wet muddy afternoon my
horse decided / shouldn't ride. So she pitch
cd and jumped around until ] did get oil.
About tia; time wagon cbmc aong and ]
80; on II and rode 10 Town AS Il happened,
there was fodder on the wagon and of course
the horse followed oil right
| will tell you one litfiu incident that hap
peped In school: ! had been IN the habit OF
tying ~, horse at the school house. nut one
day left her In lot AZ Il house near Ny,
That morning school had taken up, when I
heard my biggest 10y roTing down tho lare
whistling ms only boy cau, On he came,
still whstlilg, opened the door never stop-
ping. The expression 81 blank astoniehmont
on his face was funny 10 see. He had sup
posed, from the horse not being there ana
the door closed that no one was there
move the California Haps write again.
Who seconds the motion? Your new hap.
Beth,
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KEpr ERnM scIInnL

sunr yside. Texas.-Dear IIapbammor: Once
more ] make the effort 10 sriihble a few
lines TO you all, though | do not lecl much
like writing, az ! have been sick for several
days. Sickness and bad weather have kept
me from school for week, and do hnta to
lose day from school so much. The road
to school Is very muddy and covered with
.water IN places and IL keeps cloudy aud
threatening rain all the time. But have II
nice time when | can get out, gathering Wild
flowers, which are springing up SO thick and
beautiill on the green prairie. aud such q
variety of colors. When | can do II, mamma
Keeps me busy at IN and outdoor work. /
feed and care for tho chickens, bring In stove
wood and chips. like to do all hut the lat
ter. Mamma has siAty-eight young chicks
and viii coon have nearly as many more.
Our school will be out the lst<f May and we
expect to have nice May day celebration.
Ny little friend Maggie Young sent NE a
pressing invitation 10 20 with her to d con
cert tonight al above neighborho0d school
house. but mamma objected to my going, rs
was not well. was 30 sorry ! could not
go.
How like SO much to read tho many nice
letters from the Haps. SOM are short and
sweet, some are long and some are longer
and more interesting, because they are from
every section Of the state, giving different
news and views OF everything Well MIR.
Hap wants us all to, send In our ages and
the date when we Joined the club. / am 10
Years year old and Joined, the Happyhammers IN
phiiada Middiehronk
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READY TO HELP.

Burton, Texas. Dear Haphammer: am
knocking for admittanco | promise not to
stay lorg, as I see there are others that
have more interesting subjects than have,
Sunrise and Sunset are among my fnvufite
cousins. Ora DELL certainly do ugreu
with you about drinking. Yes, think II Is
the most important subject too. II II was
all thrown into the ocean it would most
suredly be a blessing y this country, Cousin
Ara, | don't think La Grange is very far
from Carmine is 1t? | live three miles from
Carmine. Gray Eyes ] hope will have
the pleasure OF meeting you If you come TO
see your sisters II your neice is Sweet
Annie Redden,' | am sure 10, as she is going
TO the same school am. Our school Will DO
out in about two weeks. Pallie kigore,
have been looking for letter from you for
long time. ! am willing to help any and all
of the cripples, If any one can give me the
address OF the girl who was trying to yet
money enough to buy cripple chair I will
help her all / can. Cora EMBEDDING. l will
write to you soon. So must bid you all
adeu. for ! hear Sunrise and Sunset"
knocking at the door. AS ever, true Hap.
DOllie Stroud.
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rrincc whipped by u Girl.

Emperor William, the ruler of Germany, ia
now considered too sacred parsonage to hn
struck by any one but there was a time when
ho was not treated with such consideration
A story is told that when William was only
Prince and was cbout 10 wears old he was
severely beaten by little Hungarian girl ut
Cassel as tho story goes. the prince and
Prince Heinrich captured little French girl
tied her to tree and began TO pclt her with
pine cones. for the German princes hated tic
French, In thu heat OF the attack girl
rushed at William. knocked him over aud
then beat him scundly. She was the danghs
tie of a hungarian noble and nfterward mar
ried an Englshnan.
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philada MiddlebrooA.
SPRING DAYS ~ TEXAS.

Ellinger, Texas. Dear IIaphammer. This
time IN call my principal subject Spring
Days In Texas or, early spring rather.
Some carly morning. when the weather is
quite mid and pleasant II Is such pretty
thing TO tnkc walk through the woods and
hcross the fields, where hundreds oil halps
birds are assembled, ming the whole atlnos-
phere with their sweet and chnfrful songs.
Here and there you'l sec lively rnbb,l
snawing the green grass for his breakfast.
Hut the most lovely thing Is the green trees,
OF o. 30 many kinds, us a beauty 10 gaze
over the surrounding vicinity. These pfan
tiful fields, which yearly produce large
amounts OF many different products are
rGain Prepared for ancthee iron. oflea the
nlurmur Of lively brook IS Heard. "a the
midst Of dense thicket, mailing !, sound 50
Inviting and pleasant. Happy Is the hAhsr-
man who only needs 10 drop his line In the
water ard in minute his heart Is gladdcned
With the biting Of a little fiji, and NJ last
still gladder when he succeeds In eatehin.
one. Now, don't you think that sprmg il
the most beautiful season OF the year, III
leave II Tor Jte Farmer to give MS hitter
description OF the season, for know That lie
Is the right man Say. Joe. let me eongrat-
uiate you upon your most Interesting COM
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Little acts of Kindness, little words OF love
Make this earth an Eden. like the one above.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH,s MOTTO.

Chappen Hill Texas.-Dear Haphammer
stranger Is knocking at your door. Will YOU
let him in? am little boy and live about
four miles from Chappell Hill. have often
INTENDED writing 10 the Haps, but have put 1t
eff from day to day till now. Ny papa takes
The Post and we all read It. Then we take
ii to school to Miss Fannie as she likes to
read 1t, too. This is my FIRST year at school.
and when | commenced could not make nv
letters or figures. but nm now working IN
subtraction. writing and spelling aud am
reading history. / am very fond OF reading.
BY the way Claude Davis, read your letter
In Tho Post, ard my teacher remarked that
you and your little brother sydney used TO
20 to school 10 her and that Isn't all, She
said you were both just as smart as you
could be- Come again Claude. It is
pleasant day and the birds are singing Just
like 1t was spring. Guess all of the Raps
who have studied United States history know
something of Sir Walter Raleigh He was
great favorte with Elizabeth, the Virgin
Queen. For fear all are not familiar with his
motto. | viii give it, Sir Walter Raleigh,
when asked how he managed to achieve SO
many. and such divers things in such brief
tm2e as he required for accomplishment.
said S.When have anything to 40, ] 10 and
DO it," Your new friend,
Paul d. Cain
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AIIyINGsTnN HAP.

Livingston. Texas. DEAR liaphammer: WIN
YOU atinlt a little s-year-o;d girl into your
ha,i,.y bevy Of boys and girlss ] am visiting
grandma now for q few days. She lives SIX
IN 10 town the other day and | came home
With him. guess most all The little FRI
Hans luy. flowers. l do. I saw grent MACY
fr,g- fam home 70 Rrandninf. They have
sIontuueous growth In To. Wild wuods neFn,
also counted 35s violtis 1, al grew beside the
road Our school at Livingston was out some
time ago My teacher was Mics Mamie Rose
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SiRVB organs huVn-hhNa siWu meals
tPp Mesca the sorcred Kidneys, restores them to their
natural functions and cradcatcs from tho Blood the poons which
cause disease In the system The discovery q the
Shrub like tho discovery OF qunine by early Christian
IN Peru first made by observing the use OF INC shrub ny the
these diseases the sucrngs of both ndoos and white
missionaries soldiers these low marshy swaps and nngo
the Gunges He !.
grounds districts Jungle
The Blood
balance.
Then whom AL modern, science fails safety found hS prem.
relieves the Kney The Urine becomes clearer the fever nbatcs and
"A.
diseases that alict mankind Diseases Of the Kidneys
discovery Tho knvakaa
Positive Specific the
come nhsng humanity aud W medical Akavis nnvcr
The known American pyscan DR. j. Nj Thomas reports
that av promptly and effectively cured four well marked
Of BriEhtts Disease among his patients. and writes. n
II fully tho
Urinary disorders rheumatism
Egnons wit,,e most and satisfactory success @
been before the American public Its various kney
by The Akuyis has been extensively
through newspapers otherwise but has made Its
MERITS and through the fact that sufferer
make trial OF Ills wonderful curative and Judge of Its
The records Of its extraordinary
hundreds In part of the country The
following The similar letters daily received
b. ~ D. Washington, D. g.. Editor az the Rftg
Worid of the wonderful effects of Akav He says
Kidney troubles oniu obtain
remedies with
had given all hopes OF ever recovering my healh Until
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he Happyhammers are the young people
read the Youths Department of The
|neton Post There are no fees or charges
any Kind connected with the club. Boys
girls who read The Post nay be enrolled
,ttiye members by sending name, age and
Mess.
n / the object of all Happyhammers to
k.,,mer happiness when and wherever pos
k,.,. Hence the club name ana motto
N club flower is the violet, the CLUB tree
!, uye oak, and the GLIB pet is the mocEing
Nj all being chosen by the members them
+rss. The favorite dog OF the Happyham
! i the Scotch collie, or shepherd.
khs club colors are rose and gray. These
hcrs are Intended to be worn with or with
/, the club button or pin. They are made
b badge by pinning or sewing together
b pieces of narrow ribbon, one OF rose pink
| the other of light gray.
5tt club button Is made of celluloid. The
klnd is white, with the words Houston
* H. H. Club" thereon in violet color
y club flower is engraved in the center
4 Is Of violet color. The letter III is in
tgt type on each side of the violet 1t
N be sent to any Happyhammer upon the
tslrt Of 3 cents. In ordering a button adj
ss your letters to the Happyhammer, care
y Post, Houston. Texas.
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rMo pRErrY Weir sEs.

Chappel Hill. Texas.-Dear HaphaIpmer:
Good evening; how are you all this evening?
AS this is such lovely day, thought would
call ana have n chat with "you II is Satur-
day. and always get so lonesome. Am fond
of reading, but then get tired of reading all
the time i like poetry better than | do
prose. AS / have taken no subject to write
on. will write little verse that think Is
as true as it is pretty:
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yes are hardly less brilliant. Moreover,

eyes are hardly less brilliant Moreover.
they arc very odd. When held up 10 the
light 1t can be seen that they arc mo,tlei
with curious group OF dark spots, arranged
In regular order, each spot being surrounded
by Sin others. AT tie edge of the surface of
the eye are mere spots Just coming into
sight. uron close examination thosa spots
are found TO De regular h4xasons IN shane
whatever their carss, they certainly present
beautiful aprearGncc. How many Of our
boys and girls eau tell the nature and use Of
the heAagons?
Scientists have reccrtly discovered In Eeypt
tho tomb OF Osiris. one Of the old Egyptian
chiefs. who lived so long ago that his history
is traditional and he renks Us god in Ervot
ian lore. Osiris. whose tomb was found on
the site of ancient Thehes In the present
Village of Luxor, upper Egypt. is the chief OF
the Egyptian gods ana the brother of Isis
herself the principal goddess OF the Egyptian
my tholoey Torbs of Egyptian kings have
been discovered that date bacl. to dynasties
that hourished 10000 years ago.
Residents OF New York City are likely to
iook upon cab and carnage horses as ruriosi-
ties one OF these days, for the horseless car
rage bids fair TO make the animals unneces-
saiy Recently n company made a practical
test with horselcss cab, and found it SO
successful that the company has it is said.
determined to put 1000 OF the cabs into service
In New York The vehicles are operated by
electricity. the power being furnished from
storage battery that is under the body OF
the cab
Sunrise and Sunset" two happy Haps,
whose chatty letters have often appeared on
this page, sent the Haphammer a big bunch
Of wild vioiets last week The remembrance
was very much appreciated, and especially SO
rs the club flower was selected
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are usually inclined to think that an
= Without hands would be as absurd and
va as Waterman without eyes. But
leelshman named John Carter, who was
'psss paralytic. having only the use of
-'aa' was an artist of Worldwide reputa.
'.asa year. s.,s;s &ts,s Mr. car.
"sk wac dislocated by tall. and he re-
SA'y me use of his head and shoulders
II az the long years that he lay in this
~ condition, Mr.. Carter drew pictures
I ~Ach that he clasped between his lips,
.s~nihg board being propped up close TO
ne finished many of his sketches in
4. ~ using fine brush which he manip-
nv MS lips and tongue. John Carter
". slne, 1850. leaving behind a number
s''es mat ranked high as works of art.
~ason of Bakersfield, Kern county,
!, re Tue following story OF snake charm
M, ~ scientific American: II was riding
I, ,aia and had off saddled to cat some
A.h ! saw gopher snake stretched
IN, ~ 'imo OF tree in which was flock
~, snail birds. About eighteen inches
Vn the snakes head was a bird
NJ patlons were making ,Ls noiso.
"p was perfectly motionless and IN ali
49, looked straight at the snake,
- gradually creeping toward it.
NJ u' eight inches away the snake
n,,s Vacsht the bird by the breast.
Sp'ured bird and ;,s oor,n,t
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position. Next timo you 40 to Klnndike, let
ME know and I'll so with you Success to
Uncle Sam agalurt Spain. With good and
kind wishes. am. your friend,
Henry Richard Boyer.
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W. AInI,nhcf

] learned my alphabet all through.
And every single one I knew,
And suid them In my little book.
And didn't even have to LOOK,
Cutil my papa said Ion. yes;
Wen start on tother end, guess"
And when that way ! tried to tell
| didn't know them quite so well.
New York Herald
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oahco ana mus cures tue disease. THIS
seems specially true " the late discovery Of
the kava-knva Shrub, or as botanlsts call It,.
the Piper Mcthgsticnm, found on tho Gangcs
river. East India. This wonderful shrub has
n peculiar and most bcneiicent effect upon
the human Kidneys In conditions OF disease.
The Kidneys. rs Is well known, separate from
the blood and east out through tho Urine,
certain poisonous matter. such as Uric Acid,
Urates. etc.. which u retained In the system
cause Bright's Disease, Rheumatism, Cont,
aud other maladics 81 the Bladder and Uri-
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THE WONDERFUL KAVA-KAVASHRuB.
A Free Gift to Every Reader.

ply declared that Nature has provided III tho
field Botany Remedy for disease, n had tho
ability discover IT, As disease Is the disturbance Of natural
function OF the body Nature provides remedy such dsur