The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-22

seems as II can hear hin say, ..If that III,
bi Ip SSoesnt hush pretty soon | will sho,
WI 30. Frank Brown.
: A NEW HAP.
, 1aspeIsni. Texss.-..Dear Hnrhsmmer j an
Snr' mvoMer and will be glad 70 Join YOU
nsPps eand Of boys and girls, am ls year
ffSoSo' Jo sno ride hossebask Ny teacher
ana ! am learning fast. have one brothc
Annie Zachary, do YOU 1.-Two near Waco
lives IVES n..r nave M cousin by your name wh'
r, sSSI ror IEtheredse. come again. love /,
4 ! wish all happy new year. Your friend
+, TWO HUMBLE GIRLS.
Humble, Texas.--Dear Haphammer: Her,
me come again 70 have q chat with you all
mas been raining in this section OF thu
country, but today II is nice and clear Hans
Snat season do you all like best, winter, sum,
mer. autumn or spring7 We like spring tn,
pest. Tor then the grass begins to get green
4 the leaves bud out ON the trees and the it'll,
vloiets bloom and the birds begin to CONT
back 70 us and sing their sweet songs. There
are many different birds In the woods nea,
our homes. Martha) live In the center OF
a large prairie and my home is near the edg,
oil the woods,
We like to 60 walking In the nice shady
woods Martha and are chunis at school
and we love each other very much.
I'his letter Will be a surprise to our school
time, Martha Singleton and Irma 7.
TWO NEIGHBoRING FRIENDS
seclusion, Texas--Deer Haphammer: As
we saw our first letter In print we will come
weeks now since Christmas.
On, Mr.. Hap, please select another subject
D. n
How many Iiaps like to 90 sociables? We
do. ~,
Our school will be out in March, and VIC
will be so sorry, for 1t will be so lonesome.
4 i lyeln,a) an, Is years old; tAnnel ain
IS; we would like to help little cripple
The weather is very bad. It is cold and has
been raining for three or four days. and is
We like the States adopted books very
| much.
YOU 4 fright.
yesna Cameron. what game did you kill on
Joe Farmer VIC like your dreams very
| much. 60 come oftener.
Lena Layton, suppose we get Mr.. Hap to
let us tthe Haps) have a book contest, We.
too, think 1t would be SO nice.
i Olive Fagen, come again; We like your let
Bessie Chapman, you write interesting let
Most Of the farmers have begun their work
in their fields: We both live. on q farm three
very well and have grand times when We nre
together. tAnnie1 have three brothers, two
married and one at home. and five sisters, one
married. i (Velma) have three sisters and
one brother.
There is only one thing more and that Is
about tho teachers present, which she got
was turnip as largo as her head. How
many laps like turnips? we do. We are as
ever, true Iaps.
MEN WANTED.
MONDAY, Texas.-Dear Haphammer: Such
hammer page OF late that ] am almost
ASHAMED to write or attempt to write let
ter. But then know that my friends (the
Haps) do not expect much from me. therefore
feel less fear In writing.
l don't care to write either lecture or
sermon this morning, but there are things We
may write about that need not be cIassed as
either. The world is calling daily for men
more men--truo men. Not men In the sense
that our laws consider men, but as the world
must be 81 years Of age to be man, but In
the eyes Of the world, OF truth and right.
length Of years nor breadth OF mind marks
t besr ma puy Of prpope ep'f 81
manliness. Under this test boy OF Is or a
man Of 80 may be man. repeat that the
WCrlQ Is GARY Gazing LOT tnlb KIM OF men.
Every branch of life every vocation and oc-
cupation In the world Is calling loudly for
them. The bar needs msn to elevate the
calling OF the law. The pulpit needs men to
keep the calling OF the ministry free from the
Nth and lucre. Of the world. All branches OF
labor are calling for men to vindicate and
champion the rights of the labo-er. and above
all the government Of our country Is crying
loudly for men who can stand aloof from the
greed for the filthy lucre OF Office who can
vindicate the grievances Of the masses and
defy the power of the classes: who can puri-
fy our laws and make the interests OF the
richest the interests OF the poorest; but loud
err than all does the call for men who can
lift the government from the depths OF sin
and poverty and a partnership with Satan
into paths Of peace and progress with the
God blessed ship OF state Is 1t not posoibe
that these men may be found IN the ranks
OF the Happyhammers who belong to The
Houston Post, which Is itself an open and
earnest exponent OF the rights OF the COM
mon people? These wrongs are to be righted
sooner or later. and the man or men who
rights them Will be as much or more hero
as the man who fought the battles OF Manila
bay or who destroyed the Spanish neet under
Cervera or who sank the Merrimac mt the
mouth OF Santiago bay. The names of Dewey.
Sehley and Hobfon will live In the minds and
hearts OF the American people long rs
there is an America: but the names OF the
structiye pit into which 1t is about 10 fall
shall live In the minds and hearts OF the
people Of the world. in story. in song and III
drama as long as tho world is inhabited by
= people not totally devoid Of patriotism or
he love OF the beautiful and the brave
Maurice Y, Smith.