The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-12
CLUB TALKS.

n supose A great many of the older boys
ID girls of the club have thought often
the fact that we are nearing the end
the Nineteenth century. In fact there
only one year and seven weeks left OF
Is wonderful century. For it
i been very wonderful CEN
ky, marked by some of the
bst extraordinary inventions that the
rid has ever known. And I would like
boys and girls TO say which, in their
Hnion. has been the greatest invention
N for discussion? We must take time for
idy over that, so we will not begin until
first Sunday of December and give
cember, January and February to the
erussion. Suppose We put it this way;
mich invention is most useful to man
bd?" Now there have been many strange
remarkable things invented during
Is century, and it would puzzle wiser
BIDS than ours to know which is the
EntSot, biL NC NC dplt W say
Of most use.
70 the past hundred years the world has
bwn wiser, better and far more meroi-
At the end of the last century a
man caught stealing loaf of bread for
tarying child would have been hung, if a
fcial pardon could not be gained for her.
w such case would arouse the sypa-
OF the people and that woman would
given food for herself and child. We
upon stealing as a crime STILL but
Pple are wiser and kinder-they see an
use for crime like that. In the last
i'ury and in the early part of this a
IN was imprisoned for debt and, al
Phgh II Is dishonest to make a debt you
pw you can not pay, still men are
en- forced to so into debt for food and
lhing' and il they were put into prison
re would be no chance for them to
~ for money enough to pay the debt.
that was foolish. asNwell as cruel
var Is still going on in the world, but
great nations of the earth are trying
re ana more to settle their quarrels
afoitration. And there were many
ngs done in the last century that could
De done in this. For instance the
riole French Revolution was stain on
world history. In the last few years
world has. demonstrated by its clamor
me newspapers against the cruel anu
lst punishment inflicted on Dreyfus
me French army--how long do you
pose they would let the French people
iaer innocent women and children as
aid in the revolution?
e have the glory of belonging to the
stest most civilized and merciful race
.opl' on the earth-what is called the
sio-saxon race. That race is doing
re Tor freedom and justice than any
~ on earth. They are gaining ground
y year and are becoming with each
sfauon more and more powerful. And
use their power for good. for WHEREBY
me Anglo Saxon race rs found there,
are found churches. schools, colleges.
Win these come the freedom that is
70 the race Now | want our boys
glrls to think of these things, and
ooys especially. for to them falls the
ana responsibility OF keeping up the
work You must have your town,
n,ate and your county better. by the
npie you give of honesty. truth and
y pok writes to explain that he meant
= morse had a greater quantity OF
not "a greater number of bones. .
SHOWS how careful you ought to be
Apressing yourself. for those two
r. nave very different meaning.
eooa many letters this week are about
ynles,, but they are very interesting,
s"e them place on the page.
Margaret Hadley Foster.
NEW HAPPYHAMMERs.
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