The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-07
CLUB TALK.


bve so many beautiful and interest
Sghbors whom we do not pay as
3ttention to as we ought. Think of
bderful world Of insects; how many
u kind of people-insect people
Hit! For instance, our old friends,
q Mrs. Dirt Dauber. Some house.
think they are a nuisance, but
BE very interesting people. OF
III know that they are very impru-
BID in the summer, when we have to
lr doors and windows open, they
ID into the hall or the parlor or
pm that suits them best, and they
Aheir house at once. And If the
&doesnt break 1t up, in few days
81 wonderful little castle is perched
a top Of window or doors, or III
fner OF the wall, or perhaps on
(e or on the tester of bed.
5ou ever watch them building their
4 II is a very wonderful thing, for
Fing in their tiny little daubs Of
Ia put it in just the right place and
I it over in way that any brick
Night envy. They leave small cells,
8y finished inside, long enough for
fms that are to be Matched out of
b that are laid in it. When the
Is finished they bring fat spider
"a cell, and what they do to that
- he doctors would like to find out,
not. They do not kill them, they
Ma fb11,, IN ha
Iniet until they are needed Then
is laid in each cell, and the doors
y house closed with coating of mud,
by go Mr.. and Mrs. Dirt Dauber to
&good time, for they have done their
est what the Creator has told them
H and they deserve their rest ana
Il when the time comes the egg
a out a worm-an ugly, nasty worm,
|&lies 50 quiet in its cell that it
Al trouble anyhody-except the
n The poor spider! 1t has to go,
a is what Mrs. Dirt Dauher put 1t
N, to feed the form. So the worm
"a food and grows fatter and fatt"r
Hspider Is eaten. Then the worm,
Wonderful schange that no man UNI
MS, for it Is one of Gods beautiful
Hes changes surely but gradually
Hdirt dauber, knocks open the door
EEL and hys out into the sunshine
Py and gay as a bird. A slender
ian he Is, dressed in glossy black,
ore long he will he flying into the
window looking for a place to
liffIas ~ Inc ~
Vow, when you see him beginning
p, watch him. See how carefully
FITS his place. He will go buzzlng
ne room as tussy as even any wo-
when she is house hunting, and
has settled on the spot, watch him
the first layer OF mud. He knows
prepare that mud, so that 1t will
on, he is very wise fellow and
learn good lesson in his pa
and industry, and who knows
you may find out, by watching
osely how he prepares the mud OF
PIE spider. II you do, you will dc
&han any one has done yet-and i
US something to be able to teacl
pa Of men a new lesson.
TO ask something of the boys and
J. our club: We have $63 collected
nmie Edwards artificial leg, bu
$50 Now, can't you all make on'
ort and send subscriptions this
M The poor boy has waited so long
yourselves in his place. and thinl
gerly you would look forward tt
- again! He seems so patient ant
too; not word of complaint a
70 wait. Now, l am sure The Pos
oilect the extra sum needed here il
III among our business men, but
I've as sure that the Haps want Il
leg themselves without any out
VA p' So hurry up the nickels ant
come pouring in, and then we will
I'VE little Jimmie happy, and eacl
has helped will be happy in hi
tnat Laurie Reese makes the mis-
az SO many of the Haps do. Sh
II 1t had not been for his Genera
81 bravery at the battle of Sal
probably the Texans would hav
W IS that quite fair to the men tina
% with him? No one man won tina
IL was won, though, as II the mel
they We're so determined to sue
Is no the onslaught was so furiou
~ result was only the matter of
Nutes.
Horn of Hollis asks: "Wha
fexan represented his district /
j Ior nineteen years."
heiiy OF Hollis declares in favo
y as the greatest one of the Texal
Sne answers the question: "Wh
himself the Napoleon of tn
I'LL correctly.
NJ are so many OF the Haps VIII
me Post that the editor is oblige
j. many OF the letters TO the greed
asket But 1t is not encouragin
ne writer's will repeat the sam
- s&pectlng 1t to be published tn
a. me- Why don't you try to writ
mes? To write of something be
name OF your school teacher an
e that YOU are in? Think mo
ne letters that you like the bes
90 they tell? Are you intereste
ing the names of the other schoe
Write Of something that wi
= o'ners, not what you want TO tel