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70 Pass, Ore, Promises soon to have a
etery where woolly cloth will be made
ne needles. That is. cloth closely
lins that made from wool will be man
u 81, the slender spines. The. Indus
been carried on.in Europe for many
and now II has been found that the.
In the Oregon forests is better than
the old world. Several grades of cloth
made from the fibres OF pine needless,
fabric similar TO linen may be made
outer abcrs. and ,underclothing. ban
fnd anything requiring a particularly
pliable fabric may be made from the
ben Of the needles, 1t is said that
Of manufacture of those peculiar
10 more than that attached to max
better GRADES Of woclen goods. and 1t
fM that the pine-ncedle fabric has
~ Qualities that make it particularly
Tor bandagcs and underwear.
ious and delightful bird story comes
slklum. Two storks succeeded in
tneir nest in a village letter box.
ses stork laid her eggs In the mid
we letters and proceeded TO hatch
= spirit Of devoted patience and
y reser stirring even when discovered
poNnan, who came to take the let
an BY twelve little storks greeted
nag postnan with opea bcaks and
n SOUNDS. The charming family YVES
y remain In the home OF its choice.
yAesc under the protection of the
- and the cure of the viIlage.
W. has a pair of dog friends
West devotion to each other. might
4-es sne boosted friendship OF many
es'1ss One of the dogs is an En-
w and the ether is an Irish setter.
- aso the Irish setter was romping
~ when It suddenly broke and
oos into the water. The setter
a'csity to get out. but as fast as 1t
- PAWS on the ice 1t would break.
eos In the water had, In It's cf-
w' reached the center of the
.s' me current began to drag 1t
90 ~ this juncture the English
- 80 been frantically barking up
sn0fe, BEGAN to howl dolcfuliy.
Z .ae nearby barn. Finding its
a.. ~ setter led him to the river
~. = enable him to rescue the Irish
81. As Dog was safely on shore
M. made the most extrayasaut
@ even tapping its compan-
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FnIlR NEW MEMBERS

Guy. Texas.-.Dear Haphammcr; viii you
be so kind as to admit four little Haps into
ycur happy band? Our names are Loudie
Ward. age lS; Tommie Ward age II; Walter
Ward. age .: Freddie Ward, age g.
We all 20 to school to Mr.. v. l.. Peterson.
We have seventy pupils enrolled, and OF
course we think We have the best teacher
aud We are most assurcdly right. We live
sixteen miles south Of Richmond, near pa,
house built between Richmond and Damon $
Mound. distance Of twenty miles. That was
OIL. ten years since, and now you car count
tht houses By the hundreds.
We have two pets. little brother Jessie and
sister Neva Jessie s yearse old and Neva
months old. And we think they are the
sweetest Of all things or pets. We help
mama do housework Of ali kinds, and assist
papi. in his farm and garden. Papa takes The
Post and we all enjoy reading the Hap letters
very much. will tell the Haps when come
again about the nice organ papa got me for a
Christmas present, and how fast am learning
to plny on IL.
We have had weeks vacation. but We are
AT work at our studies again now. ain IL
the sixth Grade. So good bye to the. 1000 Haps.
Loudie Ward.
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WRITE ABOUT BOOKS.

Erookshire Texas. Dear haphammer, r, ~
read SO many Interesting letters , ason " Sesp
silent. b ut must talk swhle with YOU ne :,
sides. Il is the beginning Of tns hew and
and the time to make 5000 r re Hs,,s kn,v
Su much enjoy their letters How m9 asI,
inppier the world would be 4 We mou'9 wi'
cas other whenever their iitsie se 'ar a. them
as o,,r due and quickly forget them. .,,,
u nm wo;ldn'f il 10 nice Il we could paeyal
upon our iayed Nettis 20 lei NJ a sS,n nkf an o.
unps ox 70 ny nup bast ana sm sure We would AZ
rreciatr her pictured face. as Al, san n,h WI
know her personally. There are many o'A'''
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WANTS A REUNION.

Keschie, La--Dear Haphnmmer; Who
could psss such warm. cosy corner ana hot
chat awic? Not I. ] have often wished 10
nay YOU a visit aud now Is my. time, Many
thinks Ellen Smith, for seat by YOU. AZ
ways adnilred y,mr letters.
Flaps, how many o. You enjoyed Chrlstmas;
did. immensely, We had Christmas IT, !,
n. our school, and every one VINO aueMasu
said il was simply Beautiful There ,wsre
some very nice presents on the tree. ,San,ss
Claus WAS gary active aud FUNNY ana sa,u
things that would make anybody ,ausn.
School has started once more and Se arg
.ha.ing serious examinations, upon SOME 81
which our teacher says cur sraduapns -
Henry Boyer. your dream WAS excellent, i!
would rather It was real than iniaSinary. ,
wish MIR. Hap would give us reunion
would enjoy meeting the many different i'sp r
pyhsinners and having grand reunion an
ain sire all the Haps would attend; Mr. Hap,
give lis an animal contest; II would pc ,ntsI-
estins TO both the Haps and the many diner,
enl reacers q the dear old Post; ! have !uin y
The Post today, especially sumpters 'pE,
choloey Of Dogs. Dorah NJ you mus wtnte
again / enjoy reading your letters SO mucn,
I heard one OF our Keachie Haps' say tnat sue !
had received letter from you and also sonr
firm other members al the CLUB. ASK ner 70
tell YOU about them Haps. how many 81 yoss
ATTENDED entertainments during ChIi4tmssss ;
There were several In our town ano attenasu
two OF them. am your true rieha. ch.
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NEVER saw A COTTON pLANr.

read The Post two years aud have learned
many things about Texas and much a5ou.
cotton, ] never saw cotton plant but | can
pick cherries. am . years old and live at
far away TO be Hap? notica most OF the
Haps live in Texas. Sincerely yours.
Helpn Tiilotsop
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THE CHINESE SLEEVE DOG.
sleeves. a san Francisco doctor has one
stolen from the palace. " Is six inches long
and weighs ten ounces is coal blnck, ~
hair n haIf-ireb long and faelally resembles
a japanese pug. rho name of the San fraA-
cisco dog Is Enc Da--two cars
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SIR WALTER SCOTT.

Nursery. Texas.-Dear Haphammer: Happy
New Year to all, and hope we will all en-
dcayor TO make our club more interesting
than ever during the year. Henry r. Boyer,
that was very interesting dream you had,
and assure YOU that / enjoyed II a great
deal.
Now, Hapt, what do you all say to having
contest as to our fayorlte author? We could
vote for our fayorite and set forth our seas
ons for SO doing. which would be very In
terestiug as well as instructive. How. Haps.
all of you who agree with me say so. and
let's get this contest up as soon as VIC can.
Mr. Hap. please tell which side won the de-
bate. am very anxious to know. an q
very ardent temperance Hap aud wrote a
letter to that effect, which had the pleasure
Of seeing In print .
see q great many Haps take subjects TO
write upon. will take for mine Sir Walter
Scott He was a noted Scottish poet and
novelist. Born at Edinburgh In I'll. In his
youth be suffered much from III health, and
contracted lameness from which he never
entirely recovered. At school he was allowed
Il. select his own studies. ari learned a great
deal about the legends OF his country BY his
devotion to history. In 1903 he wrote Tine
Lay OF the Last Minstrel" which brought
him to the front as post, ~ 1888 he gave
to the public his 'Marmion." his master,
niece OF poetry. THE Lady Of the LAKE
was his last great poem, In 1911 he published
The ..Wayerley Novels They have hesn
translated into every ianguaGs ana nave
made large fortuns for their author. He
died September q. 1882
Your jolly Hap, Wiiiie r. ea'pouse''
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HAPRYHAMMERs.

~ y !. SHORT LETTERS.
" is sa,ssue thinks Henry n,
y s 4 ss'ssl| ,ISs i. welcomed as a
J; ~ Sssl ais is welcomed as
~ y tssess, Texas. says she re-
Nv 4! s q no bad . piSo
mes 70 rsad'siiss SEQ
Hslshss says shs Ikea
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THE INrELLleENcE OF ANTS,

THE INTELLIGENCE OF ANTS
Msoisonvile Texas. Dear Haphammer
thoustt / would write a few lines. Us J nave
not Sritten In some time and do not wan, 10
be forgotten by the Haps:
than tt,cy knew when they imaklned each held
grange, dinInutiye, fantastic RAG; 9, pe9p,, ,,
fairies and COLLINS and elves strangs ,itue
people they were. according to old traditions
living down In the depths OF the dark Gio LOT,
est or up on the mountain SIDE, warr'nE AM
iosiS N hoping and fearing, Just like men and
When We wander amid the shades Of a Tor.
est whers the rabbit loves TO gampol ana vac
sSurrei stores his nuts. We little Imagine thar
We are surrounded by civilization more an
Gent than that o. Greece or aohs d e, he' =
mighty people, small Indeed IN size, and
STANCE In form. yet great ip works ana count.
less in numbers. frugal lnausIious ,nus
the, are-nerre I'm war. yet trelsss IN pursuit
" We in our contempt may call them inse rs;
y who can tell but ths, my e. t may ss
gard gard with aopttanpt all orsapisms which 90
~ r.ssse ~, aas ~. suar f0r sna III he
msn.b tsss'o Of tie Insect w4ld hut wien We
find . lace Of Insects possessed q almost all
s 4. s o and 70 esss ss hs ra ras
Is tho case With thu insects called nn;.. oyer
al, The earth they i've, ..nclreling ti'e s'ops
viii broad es't ssssnas 20 ,rGi hs ", ssa,Ser
most ruTis OF South America, swarniiug cvei
almost boundleas tracts Of Irsirie and fores,.
e,,ul,cllnE watercourses, niid even pcnetfaiins
into The hearts o. the citiss of nsen; The RI.
i .ou: :f o IN. e sn az sy T. stsa
drr thu following heads: Their large yet dis-
tiuet communities OF elaborate habitations,
ticir regular sovsrnpents their rosdways:
.hs, possss, oS ,hsir Sonw tssr vars and
ffreujsnt pitched battles. ~. Which they have
bath co.operston and individual Initiation.
rsnair, a true Hap. Gus II. Raney.
THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Buda, Texas.-Dear HaphAmmer: Happy
. ~ s s SSS 'e re iiS,se III. and
Mic With gentle hand I: ~ the time sowing
hsryesis that ere rsapee In ,Sy BY those , vhd
bought Aaps III: o isr tss PEE s,y ns for yt e.
niyseit. which Is season Of good rssoiyess,
NV hopes and brght aaticipations. but for all
me DAYS that are coming IN what we hope
VIII BE- happy oosh; shs . 'sss fiir H %:
s Thni when this year has roiisd o. thrquEh q.
rIns out TO tie wiid sEy again they viii
ioii solemn anthem 70 ths dead century
4: ys xh q p srns s events are sfus
.I, XIII years Of the passiug csntury.. When
ors bsalns 10 look back over ana endenynrs
q os ~ re es Sunsrs a., ye nss ana
s ,hn msh,s and over ~ heart comes tts sirens
~. OF how heeting are these earthly
YEAR, 81 surs. sas Of No. nsAeias ~ ~
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west Lake La. Dear Haphammcr: Mamma
has been reading tho nice letters in your
corner OF The POST TO me for a lcns time
ever since ! can remember. and nave been
wanting her to write u letter for me put
snc always said that was too small until
Yesterday morning. when she read Dallas
s aawkins letter II The Post, Why, my little
sister, EDNA Bath, is older than ne Ia. shs
WI! DO ~ months old soon. and Ii ycu thiui,
tnat you can not raise sweet and pretty BABIES
outsiue OF Texas, Dallas, just coa,e ossr and
my sister ano me 10 Houston sool aud may
be We can get acquainted with ennn other
Texas Is momma,s old home, she was RAISED
long time before she saw pspa. have two
little cousins In Houston, Willie and Oracle
Ailisen. They live III the Firth ward, on
Elysian street. and see thar papa nearly
every week. Mamma says he Il cor
ductor on the Southern Pacific railroad. Tney
came to Bee me last summer, ana II Willie
wasn't my cousin | would, claim her for my
sweetht art; she is so sweet and nice. Mamma
reads to me about all the little Haps' pets
ana ! want to tell you that Ike the horse
best bssi; Just s,. give me Z horse with buggy
seat and band me the reins aud | feel Ike
the happiest boy on earth. My uncle ED has
livery stable here. and dearly love to look
don't feel very happy. though when get to
thinking about the pants my mamma Thinks
am to little to wear. know you will feel
mamma never made, you weSr dresses until
you we're ncnrly as big as your papa. as my
mamma does me. One day she made me a
pair OF pants for trial. After got them on
q tell you felt bigger than ever she told
me to walk out in the middle Of the room, .
Then she looked at me and sized inc M and
said, Don't you look funny, Alvin. why your
legs are not any longer than a. duck -
began to cry. Never mind, Just walt until
your birthday llil be years old thcn) and
Wen 20 down town and surprise mamma,
l wonder how old you are Mr.. Hap? DO
you wear glssses Ike our grandma. aud do
you lose them as often as she docs.
Now, Mr.. Hap. won't you please put this
letter In print? and III promise net {, bother
you again until ! grt some pants TO write
about. l send love 10 all the Hans fioh,
little Dallas Hawkins clear Gu UP to snmptfr
Etheridge. ] inclose my tilc mite t. help
buy little Jimmie Edwards leg or what
ever you think best. VIII you let my little
sister join your club with me?
Alvin III. Anderson
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ii YOU want ~ ~ q 4 %
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-28
"THE TRAyELER,S" BUREAU.

n T NO. 20 MONTGOMERY ST. KEEPS
n the pamphlets of all principal California
Resorts for FREE DISTRIBUTION. The pub
ic cordially invited to call or write. NO
OF ANY KIND.
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Style, fast bitch, got unsighted 1fon foIIl
slip and succeeded only in making d 10
wrenches and a kill The loser was q . tbo ~
/ favorite The short end courses o. eHe clls
day were between Lady Clare and etar blacA99 .
cite, to /; Quickstitch and Rochestel' e. q
to /. May Queen and Old Glory. 10 ..
DauntIess and Winning style e. = Prince ri
Jerome and Winning Lassie, to ); Mer-
eed and October & W9odeosk %s to to syivanus FaG
and Luxor. 5 to 1; Pastime and ScouI,
i Myrte g HdT and Knr BEN B9 t. 70 Bohe q e9 and
Twin CITY, 5 to 8; Battleship and Hurrl-
to The il Ihe speers n stand e
is good move in the right direction. The
fence running up the field 1tdTa e%fs o
Considerable useless space and gives the
public an excellent view of the slipping
and the coursing. The results OIL the
meeting are as follows
Open stake, the run down-Lady Claire beat
Blackette; Macs Melody beat Commodore
Nash: Tod Sloan beat Jesse Moore: Rollicking
Airs beat Kid Mccoy; Royal Flush beat The
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FREECAMPING

Ideal camping spots all along the main
line, Sonoma and Guerneville branches Of
the California Northwestern Railway
Qessee San Francisco and North Pacihc
Railway. the picturesque route Of Cali
fornia. While parties can camp any
where, close to or remote from the rail-
road, a few picturesque spots especially
adapted for campers have been selected
on account of their easy access to san
Francisco.
Glen Ellen Park and four miles along
Sonoma Creek, beautifully shaded. Excel
lent fishing and bathing. Mr.. c. E. Har-
vey, at Glen Ellen, will show locations.
Mirabel Park, on our Guerneville
branch, adjoining the railroad, and skirted
by Mark West Creek, which is now
damned, affording fine, bathing, boating
for two miles, and good fishing. Man in
charge Row boats at reasonable rental:
Guerneville, in the midst of the redwood
country, and on the Russian River. Is
practically the terminus of the Guerne-
Vile branch The people of the town and
Vicinity, under the name of the business
Mems Association, of Guerneville, offer
free camping sites throughout the whole
section. The Russian River will De
damned, affording a magnificent sheet of
water for bathing and boating. Mr.. d.
Connen, proprietor of the livery stable at
Guerneville, representing the association,
will meet all trains. and without charge
will show prospective campers the various
locations.
To and from all these points double
daily train service.
Supplies delivered on the grounds by
the merchants of the adjoining towns,
Tickets for camping parties are TO be
procured a Ticket Office. $50 Market st.
Office, ESQ Market ST.. Chronicle building,
or at General Office Mutual Life building.
Sansome and California streets.
General Manager Gen Pass Agt
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WpITE w. H. MILLER. s Ukiah his Stables Dns 6o for
commentators 70 Springs in Lake and Mendo-
elmo COUNTIES Stage for Blue Lakes; ak Laurel
Dell Saratoga Springs Witter springs ana
Upper Lake.
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Devil oucksttch beat .aes heat
peat peat 4so,1 Iia9 heat Nancy r; Mckinley beat Pc
tronius T @ May queen beat old GLORY Dauntess ties
aueror: Duer Santiago beat Bonita Emin Pasha beat
Maori Land Gladiator beat TTinketi iatI pTetender
lips Byron beat MssG4 Hal T9 beat ST aa9Dd @Tan
peat liz LII Interesting beat Expense; Prince
Jerome pg b beat winning Lassie Maid of -5 Erin
eeek Promise Me beat Royal Oak Rgstg Ro;tg Gold
beat Mose; ;ider, ~ Russet beat St Michael; Lady
Emma beat snapshot s cap5ai P@sime Rfat fsn ben
Gn,it Commodore beat Girl of Paris; Myrtle
beat Ben Bolt Hard LINES Kng eeat ROYAL Bnct
beat Hercules Young america & beat Nm MaiT 6 of
tbe uiil, Flush beat Mercury; Bone peat Iwih
lne 1i MI lawrence beat Beauty Spot; Belle
seward beat senora BatteshiPt tcb peat nHTT
beat Eclipse; Lady Gilmore beat Little van
sapling stake thrtysix entries; e;,, Eat
Roya Anne beat Aeneas FAIR LINE Ere Ge@' TncT
HIN. Wait a Bit beat Robin HOOD; Frlar ,, Luck
heat Pride of the Hill; Pat Horgah Deal TIL
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OUTCOME OF THE STRIKE
1T is BELIEVED THAT ONE MAN
WAS INJURED.
Murray Was Taking a Non-Union
Sailor to Ship When Gang of
Jack Tars Opened Fire With
Guns and Stones.

The trouble which has been brewing for
months between the Coast Seamen's I'm
ion and the Shippers Association culmi-
mated last night in pitched battle on
Vallejo street wharf. Although from flf-
teen to twenty shots were fired no one
was injured so far as can be definitely
ascertained, although it is rumored that
one of the sailors was struck by bullet
fired by Deputy Shipping Master Charles
Murray. The story of the battle as told
by Mr.. Murray is as follows:
1.-The Shipowpers' Association has had
trouble with the union sailors for long
time. Whenever We try to put non
union man aboard vessel gang of un-
ion patrolmen will pounce upon us and
attempt to take him away. Yesterday
afternoon l secured the services of Louis
Fein, better known along the front as
'Frenchy, who signed for vessel lying
at Eureka. | arranged with him to take
him down to Vallejo street wharf at 8
o'clock and put him aboard the steamer
Eureka which would sail for that port.
"Fein met me shortly after o'clock
and l took him in my buggy along with
my assistant, A. Anderson, and we drove
down to the dock. We arrived too early,
and fearing trouble l did not leave him
on the wharf but drove around a couple
of blocks. When we again approached
the wharf | noticed a number of sailor
patrolmen lurking around in the shadows
under the coal DunkerS. L jumped out
and told Fein to drive down the wharf
saying l would walk ahead and see if the
coast was clear. / had proceeded but a
few steps, when the buggy was greeted
with a shower of stones, one of which
struck Anderson on the thigh. A tall
sailor who had been making trouble
around our office all afternoon then
stepped out from behind Thomas Crow
ley'S boathouse. l said, What are you
going to do?' and he replied, You know
what I'm going to do you - -!
He then drew revolver and fired di-
rectly at me. This seemed to be a gen
eral signal and we were at once greeted
with a fusllade of bullets from all quar-
ters. drew my revolver and fired four
shots. l don't know whether l hit any
one or not, but | hope | dio.'
According to the statement of other wit
nesses, who corroborate Murray's story
in every detail. the sailors emptied their
guns and then fled unceremoniously.
Their number is given all the way from
eight to twenty. Sergeant Brophy and
officer MCGOWAN were early on the scene,
but We're powerless to do anything. Muir
ray surrendered himself to the police and
accompanied Sergeant Brophy on a round
of the water front resorts, hoping to locate
some of his assailantS He says he knows
three of the men we'll by sight, but does
not know their names.
Louis Fein, the sailor, was taken down
to the end of the wharf and placed under
a strong guard. His story is the same in
detail as that told by Murray and he
supplements it with the remark, Yes, /
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