The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-23

WIN golden iris. He hreathes both nv
luDss and gtlls, and comes to the surface
W Waser ior air During the eight months
OF ory season in tropical countries. where
me mud fish lives, he lies al the notion
~ deep marshes and half-dried rivers
| roiled IN kind OF mud cocoon. in A stare
OF tofpidity. Upon emerging from the co.
! coon, the nsh is simply ravenous. aud an
ne Is great fighter, he will frequently al
TACK ana even eat UP, a companion TN
\ uer ordinary circumstances his diet con-
/ slsts oil small frogs, fish worms and veg.
etable matter. In the Amazon river where
! me mud FISH was FIRST discovered. he grows
! sometimes three feet long but in other
/ places he only averages about two Riee
nelas which are in state of Jelly Ike
! nluu the greater part of the year, coutain
4 quantities of mud FISH which al tho end NJ
we airy season the natives dig UP and eat
as great delicacy The mud FISH is some
,lmes called the Paradox, and is considered
! py scientific men to be the nearest an
proaeh known TO a perfectly amphibious
animal Some specimens have been taken
10 europe TO raise, but with very little
success, mere, now, my space is all
zone ana haven't told you of my flowers
The roses are growing so nicely. WIN tell
an about them next time, A nickel TO
'iih'iie' from Ethel Ciaker.
Bremond, Texas.-Dear Haphammer: have
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nap letters and would like to be admitted 10
your happy band. Our Boys and Girls page
qtways ainterestins for there are such good
children s departments, but the Hans are NV
fsvorites f9 at ny
! live on farm and enjoy farm life. The
CoIu came near Killing the corn but Il is
coming out now. Mr., Hap. ! planted a good
many flower seed and they arc coming IN
nicely Every one should have at least a few
movers They are very cheap and don't re-
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answer TO this?
1hree.fourths of cross and circle com
Two semiciroles with line to meet.
also a triangle standing on feet
Two semicircles and circle complete
new Hap William Yelvcrton.
Wichita Fall, Texas-Dear Haphammer
Our hunting excursion to the Indian Terri
tory had been complete failure and our
party OF siX-Henry r, Boyer, Thomas
Taylor, Philip Webster. Sumpter Eth.
ridge, Willie e. Carpenter and myself
were returning home We had nearly
reached Wichita Falls when, to our sur
prise and establishment. the moon swept
down and took away a piece OF the earth
But that wasn't the worst OF it: IL took
all of us except Willie with IL. We were
indeed on the earth's satellite. Henry was
the first TO speak after leaving the earth
and said 1t reminded him Of Jules Verne's
From the Earth to the Moon. Il
guess We'll have chance to stay on the
moon" said Sumpter. Don't cross the
bridge until you get there" replied Phil
u guess we will not find many bridges
to cross in the moon" laughed Tom but
we were not hunting for anything Just
then but a place TO sleep. We groped
about in the dark for a while but when
we did find sleeping place we made good
use OF L.
When we awoke next morning we found
that we we're not far from a great forest
aud there seemed to be mountains in every
direction SO far As the eye could reach.
After looking at the country for about an
hour we ate breakfast of FISH and bread
prepared ny Thomas Taylor "a breakfast
fit for king remarked Henry, but |
hope we win have better success with our
guns today than we had Yesterday"
Yes, 1 replied Iii we ever find any
thing to shoot at Phil, We will he sure
to shoot It, for We are very fine marks
and I took our guns and started out in
quest of game We had not long to look
for We had gone but a quarter of mile
when we shot two goats The country
seemed TO he very fertile, for IL was Gov
cred with very rich and luxurious grasses
We kept on tramping until we saw com
ing toward MS a large herd of buffalo
We raised our guns ana fired We had no
sooner done so when ] saw we had made
mistake. for perched upon one of the
largest buffaloes in the flock sat full
grown panther and he seemed TO be tear
ing out the very backbone OF the buffalo,
which came tearing straight toward us.
On he came. but it seemed a lifetime, we
were so scared. He was within ten yards
H.
our surprise the panther was shaken off
He glared at us for about a minute and
then made spring and landed right on
me He had nearly torn me to pieces
when / awoke TO find that ! had been
dreaming, Your 15-year-old hop.
Charles Fuller