The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-10-15

In mio- ocean, sailing over smooth waters,
Just wait for the termination of his Jour-
ney over the sea of life, until the man Is
dead, then who will say he Is SUGGEST
When, over eighteen centuries ago, tho
Divine Man was dying upon the cross. the
5eering bystanders hooted His life a fall
ure; but heaven and earth have testified
such a death and previous life to he more
than an earthly. 4 divine success lis not
that there is wroEg in riches and honors,
but much coed, II held in proper, sub
servient place. Yet the worlds estimate is
frequently false and transisnt.p
To be a successful person requires
neither honors, fame nor wealth; but II all
would aim to be successful mon and sue
cessful women, successful in mind and
heart attainments. and in honest, kindly
manners toward one another, there would
be fewer lives failures. And when they
died at more funeral services
could the eulogium be pronounced that
this man Is a success" Well | guess
have written enough. SO Will bid you all
adieu. Gus NJ. Raney.
Galveston, Texas.--Dear Haphammer: /
see that the horse is behind In the con-
test and as I glance over the immense
crowd OF Haps l arise TO say: "smatter
18th you ALL huh? Are you going wild over
the COW because she furnishes food for a
very small per cent of the earths popu-
lation? Do you live to eat?'
Not many years ago small boy, who,
for convenience, we will call Thomas
TAYLOR, started fishing and while on his
way to the creek he encountered one of
those meek" "mild-eyed" COWS with a
little wabble-legged calf following her.
The COW lowered her head and, started
for Thomas, who very suddenly decided
a
he could climb it, and Dust as the horse
Will do in the contestl he won the race
only TO find how patient" a COW really
is, for she didn't do thing but lie
down in the nearest shade and quietly
chew her 'cud," while the wouldbe fish,
erman shed genuine tears. Finally. above
his sobbing, little Thomas heard the foot
steps OF a man approaching on horseback
and was soon mounted behind old Uncle"
Eli on his faithful old saddle horse and
en- route for the cool shade on the banks
of the creek. where he caught n cold.
l worked whole evening once getting
COW out of the mud and finally succeed
ed in getting her UP on the bank and
helped her to her feet.
Once on her feet, she steadied herself
an instant cast one grateful CD look MT
me from those meek" eyes and lunged at
me. / stepped aside to evade her horns
and the momentum attained in that des-
perate lunge carried her over into a ditch
and broke her neck. In trying to kill
her would-be benefactor she lost the life
that | had just saved.
But were l to relate all the narrow es-
capes during the two years lived on a
ranch and the number of times / have been
saved by my horse / would make my letter
too long
Who of you knows OF an instance where
the COW has shown evidence OF reason,
.,ttt H. el&.r0 L l. L.
lights In the race course or chase and in
many ways shows signs of a power to
reason
II horse is In danger and his master
shows signs of fear he, too, gets excited,
but he may be SO badly frightened that he
turnbles like birch leaf. and II you speak
to him in a calm voice, show that you are
not afraid, and you can lead him up 10 the
"bugbear" that gave him the scare.
Let q herd of cattle stampede on q
dark night and the cowboys quickly mount
their trusty ponies and dash away through
the darkness trusting their lives to the
judgment of their rouies. who soon over
take the leaders Of the herd and begin
to circle them around until at last the
whole herd is going around and around,
each following the one just ahead. Thou
sands and thousands of cattle have been
saved from self destruction this way by n
few good horses, for the riders are prac-
tically helpless in such cases as this
Some OF the COW liaps say we can pillow
oxen. Well. some of you big boy Haps
Just try 1t this hot weather land most
blowing must be done in hot weather.
and you will see that IL you succeed in
managing those patient" beasts that they
soon become oyerheaied and lie down,
and fine fix your farm would soon be in
II you didn't go 10 some up to date neigh
Dor and borrow horse. The Haps seem
to be going forward backwards" This
is the latter part of the nineteenth cen
fury, not some prehistoric age Wake up,
Haps; saddle up your horses, gallop 10 the
front and see what's going on. Don't all
of you join the "Buttermik Brigade just
because you can't eat the best friend
man has; meats are not as health giving
as vegetables, no way.
Louis B. says the airship and the auto
mobile VIII take the place OF the horse.
Not much. and. besides. both these ma
chimes are at present In very high state
of imperfection. They may be all right
some day but we are not dealing in flu
tures,' so must cast our votes according
to the facts OF the past and present. As
ever, happy Hap Thomas Taylor.
San Marcos, Texas.~--Dear Haphammer
] VIII write again after a short delay try
ing to induce more of the Haps 10 vote
IOT Lut COW az ptlIE luc luo5l hSciui
mai TO man, but when l voted for the cDS
! did not mean that the COW was the only
animal useful to man but the most nse-
full to him. for l well know that tbs
horse. hog, sheep, Goat, dog and even the
very smallest animal is OF some use to
man, or they would never have been put
on earth by the Creator. Some animals are
useful In one part OF the earth and an
other in another part: the dog and REIN
deer are the most useful 10 the Esqumaux
In the far north. for there Is no other
animal that can stand the cold weather
of that region. The camel is the most
useful animal on the desert. as no other
animal can stand the heat OF the great
deserts OF our globe. The small deserts
OF our country can be crossed by the
great steam engine. but the great desert of
Sahara OF Africa. or many other large
deserts OF the eastern hemisphere, can
not be crossed by the COW or the train
either. ] suppose. One OF the Haps said