The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-10-15

celient substitute for Cow beet" In fact
have heard that in some countries
horses are raised for that purpose. Per-
haps the reason more horses are not eaten
Is because the COW can be made 20 take his
/ place In that capacity. and he Is so much
more useful In others. Let us look at IL
in another light.
Now you Haps that live In the country
how much beef do you eatY don't eat
80 cents worth OF beef, butter and milk
altogether In a month, and my horse is
often worth $40 per month to me. ! know
lots OF people. and 80 do you other country
"Haps" who seldom have beef to eat. but
use their horses every day. II there is a
beef to kill you get your horse TO drive
Il up. even IL II Is In the pasture, You
couldn't round him up on "burro," could
yous II anything is to be hauled you use
horses--or mules If you go to drive the
COW home to be milked you ride horse,
not an OK. II you want to SOW oats. rye
sorghum or anything else to feed the COW.
you use a horse. All tho crops are planted
and cultivated by the use OF the horse.
You so to market, to church, or anywhere
else You use horse As to the bicycle
and automobile taking the place OF the
horse. the friends of the COW are JOHNS.
There are hundred horses used where
one bicycle is. As tie automobile COSTS
perhaps as much as dozen horses and
lasts not longer than one horse and Is
only fit to put on airs in, and is an, UNI
known quantity when 1t comes to steering
It, the horse is not consoling himself with
the prospect Of getting a lay on" There
is more to say, but at another time
Joe Box.
Creedmoor. Texas.--Dear Everybody: I
feel rather timid in knocking for admit
lance, for am naturally OF very bash
full disposition. and then there is such a
splendid array OF letters every week now
that the contest is opened up and the
fight Is on in dead earnest | fear /
shall be thrust aside and pale into insig-
niflcance in the light OF some more brill
liant literary star. l am afraid too, I
shall feel lonely over on this side of the
question tho, boys, I'll take that back.
for l see most Of the girls are casting
their votes in favor of the COW. | am
going to take a stand with the boys and
cast my ballot for the horse and repeat
I'll take 1t back about feeling lonely, for
] am sure | can congratulate myself l am
in the very best of company over here.
Decidedly | think the horse the most use
full OF animals to mankind, and Roy Lee
short time ago struck the keynote In
his remarks about agriculture. 1t is the
foundation of the trade of the world.
Manufacture. commerce and, in fact, al
most all the great trade of the world
rests upon agriculture. The cotton trade
OF the United States is immense-greater
than that OF any other country, believe,
in the world, Texas alone producing an
nually 1,332,027 bales, and as my statis-
tics are several years old l may be un-
derrating the States production. The
United States also comes ahead in the
production of cereals. We are. in fact,
the greatest trading Nation on the globe
and agriculture supports all our institu-
tons. Now. just wait, you impatient
ones and I'll show you what I mean in
moments time. So agriculture Is the
foundation upon which our trade rests, we
find. Now let us see by what means ag-
riculture is carried on. 1t Is by the work
of the horse. Somebody rises up and
offspring of the horse; II there were no
horses there would be no mules. you see,
so you can't make any point out of that.
1t Is by the work of the horse the great
fields of cotton and cane, in the South
are cultivated, and 1t is also by this work
the corn and wheat fields Of the North
are cultivated and harvested. He draws
the pillow by which the land is prepared
and cultivates the crop by his work ana
is the means by which 1t is taken 10
market. The train is all right for the
transportation of the merchants goods
his horses or mules. We do not claim the
COW Is of no use whatever. On the con-
trary, her use and value is almost ines
Unable. but she does not come up to the
horse in the question OF lsefulness. The
question is not what could be done to
which is the most useful. Hurrah for
cousin Tom this week. He Just knocked
most of the arguments of the COW sup
porters into "smithereens Yes. we could
make cows and oxen do for saddle horses
and buggy animals. and various other
things as ridiculous as they are absurd,
but then you see we don't do 1t and so
the cows usefulness along that line ex-
lists only in the Imagination of the en-
thusiastic Cow Haps' For all the elec-
trio cars and bicycles In the cities we find
the horse there as cart horses and draw
ing carriages and buggies as though the
care and bicycles never existed. My! l
must stop. Yours for the horse,
Albina Wallace
Sutherland Springs. Texas.--Dear Hap
hammer: Pardon me for coming so often.
I'm going to tell you about the Navy
of the Revolution"
In December. 1775, congress passed an
act ordering the building OF thirteen YES
sells, three of "a guns. five Of 2S and five OF
80, with Ezekiel Hopkins as commander
in-chief.
Not one survived in the possession of the
colonies to the close OF the war. About
ten vessels of force ranging from "a guns
down to 10, and two even smaller, were
purchased and fitted out as cruisers. while
the thirteen" were building
The navy of the revolution was dishand-
ed at the close Of the war; the officers gave
up their commissions; the few public yes
sells that remained were sold, several OF the
States maintained small cruisers, with the
consent OF congress.
During the last year or two OF the war
II had dwindled almost to nothing. This
WIS In part due TO the fact that its place
was taken by the French. The assertion
of sovereignty on the seas was not yet
thought Of while independence on the land
was not secured.
The most remarkable naval engagement
OF the revolution was fought off the coast
OF Scotland ON the evening OF September
2S, 1870 between the Bon Homme Richard
Of 40 guns, commanded by Paul Jones, and
the Scraps. a British frigate of "A guns.
under Captain Pearson. The Scraps sur
rendered with loss OF $50. The Richard
lost 800 in killed and wounded. and while
sinking the crew was transferred to the
Scraps. Haps would tell you the names
of these ships, their number "a guns, what
became OF them, etc. but would make my
letter too long.
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