The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-19

Of whom contributed the sum of 81 Bar,hol-
a. the sculptor. was eight years constructing
the statue. The finger Ia made OF hammered
copper sheets, eighth OF an inch thick
These are riveted together and fastened to
the center OF the finger and is firmly nxed TO
the PEDESTAL. The height OF the Bsrthoidi
s e Weighs s 5 soas '1 Thd Sorsnss
y rect long and feet inches around at
tne second joint, The head is iln fset high
aud the rcse feet inches long. A man NIX
sect tall. standing upon the level OF the lips,
would Just r'ach the eyebrows. A true Flap.
irma Jones.
Alto, as.-Dear Haphammer: AZ 1t has
peen quite while since | last wrote.
thought would step In and sec you ali a
y wn,ie and chat with YOU you: WHY. what makes
ASK such silly question. | know the reason
II Is because am SO large. ! am IL years
months and 10 days cid today and weigh is6
My fayorite Haps are Thongs Taylor Cor
nelius Combs, Henry r. Boyer Joe Farmer
and James i. Thomas. James L.. | would
others above.
wonder II all the Haps like to read as
well as ! dog am lover of books, but.
let me tell you not those little yellow back
l0-cent novels. | have one PCT" now, IL is a
cat; the same one ! had when ] last wrote
70 the club; he wont stay with anyone else
is tired of correcting mistakes as well as
reading them so | will make my departure
Bye-bye, Haps. May health, peace and pros
perity be your portion this new year is the
wish Of an affectionate Hap
Mabel williams.
kountze.-Dear Haphummer: Here come
again after an absence OF nearly six months.
don't SUPPOSE any OF the Haps are very
well acquainted with me, as have only
written once before will tell YOU nv rca-
for npf writ inc I'M ~ nv
friends aud ! wrote together when l was Wis.
lung my sister In Kirbyvlle. II Was after
came home that one day was searching tbs
laps page for my letter to APPEAR. when 10
and behold I spied II in the short letter
column, Well, / was so badly disappointed
that | said then ] wouldn't write TO The Post
any more. but | think that all rcnsense now.
and thought I would try 1t again Well as
all the Haps are writing on some subject
will write on Kindness. Haps, Just think
of the poor souls you can make happy by just
Der kind words will cost but little" All,
how true that Is II We will Just make up
our minds to be Kind TO not only the poor,
as hard task as We thought
Henry r. Boyer, ! am glad we have found
out your age. would Ike to correspond
with some Of the Haps that will write first,
Addie Lee Pedigo
p. s-Bncosed 10 cent for Jimmie's artif-
cial leg. A, l.. T.
Bremond. Texas-Dear Haphammer: I will
write to let you all know that I am not asleep;
was with the California troops In Manila; ana
Dewey offered $4,000 for Aguinaldo head
ana | started to hunt for him. ! got IN 9
got wrecked 1t was night and the stars were
out and the moon shone bright and after
awhile II began to rain and storm was
washed against rock so hard II stunned me,
and when I awoke found myself on Span
ish battleship. A sailor came and told me
the admiral wished TO SEQ me went up 10
He told me he would have to kill ME or !
would give him away, He said at o'clock !
would be shot He told me his name was
Wharton. Then he asked me my name and ]
TOLD him wharton That made him angry and
he said must be shot at once. SO the men
got big Colts army pistol and aimed ned a, me me;
saw Dewey's feet coming at us They az
shot and every shot bit me, for about this
time papa said Il was time to get up.
] had fine time on Arbor Day. Prof De
Sbazo appointed ten of the largest boys TO
be captains, l was one Of them. Each cap
flower beds and set out trees. Ny. men were
Ursula Braswell. Matte Bennett. Stella Min
ton. Lark and Rowland Holbert, Ed McLarty,
Dow McLarty. Smell Wooteu and myself. We
worked very hard. I had to pull little
wagon of sand about half . mile, but the
best thing was that had such good company
then got tired. Then the professor let US
have a holiday. We had debate last Friday.
The subject was, Resolved, That the, United
States had a right to fight Spain and annex
islands. | was on the negative, and we beat
Arthur Jewel Wharton.
Friendship, Texas - Dear Haphammer
Spring is nearly here and everything will be
lively once more. The little birds that have
been so quiet will soon be singing their sweet
songs and the pretty flowers will be blooming
am going to plant some moro flowers, for
dc love them.
Henry Boyer, why don't you come oftener
believe you are the one who told your
dream. You must go to sleep and dream am
other dream, then wake up and tell us about
1t, Maybe that is what you are doing, that
you don't write.
How many OF the Haps like music. I do
sent for some music the other day, and
can hardly wait until IL gets here, i am SO
ANXIOUS to begin to learn it.. I am teaching
learning very fast
the fall when we are all going to school ahd
have to come home through IL and get wiring
Ing wet. but there is always fire waiting for
US that has be en- prepared by our good moth
ers. who have to stay at horne and wUrh
while we are trying to get an education. Don
you all think that the girls and boys ougni
70 love their parents and help them all they
CAM They are so kind to send us to school
haven't seen any letters from this part OF
the country, and know the people viii 81
surprised at me writing. but ! want to sur
prise them once in my life. Your new Hap
Cleopatra Smith
Brookshire TeXas.-Dear Haphammer. Ae.
cofding 10 my New Year resolution | come
on second visit, and. having seen all the
Haps before, am not so embarrassed this
time. All, thank you; here is the very piact
wanted-between Nettie and Aimee But
Nette dear, ! have a Grow TO pick" witt
YOU. ] answered your sweet letter soon aftel
receiving II. but have failed to get a reply
Did you receive Il?
In looking over an old paper tho other da,
] found little rhyme which, IL the 1000 Ham
follow its instructions, will cause tho Han.
hammer to bless the man who wrote Il:
There is man In our town,
And he is wondrous wise; 3D.
Whene'er he writes the editor
tie dotteth all his rs;
And when he's dotted all OF them
With great sang froid and ease
lie punctuates each paragraph
And crosseth all his is
Upon one side alone he writes
And never rolls his leaves
And from the man OF ink smile
And mark "insert" receives
And when question he doth ask
tTaught wisely he hath been)
He doth goodly two-eent stamp.
For postage back, put in.
The last four lines are not applicable IN IN,
Hans. but II each OF us would endeayo. /,
follow the wise man" more OF Us would mis-,
the waste basket. "