The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-11

sSNu hfIhs III Ifvustun LOT the last four
years. attended the high school ,hers
aud had great many friends. How msnv
OF you Haps have seen mountains already,
There are very many up here We found
piece Of an arrow on one OF ,hosc
mountains. which the Indians used many
years ago. How many Of you like to plav
the zither2 l for one love 10 play n. and
play very often, hear you are having
contest again, in which will take part
think the locomotive is the most useful
invention Of the Nineteenth century
Haps, II YOU read Sidney csrtsr's letter
think nearly every one will vote Cor the
locomotive. George Ford come arain
your letters are very interesting ssueci-
ally the last ono think IL css ysrv nice
OF you TO give Edna Fowler such useful
present. | am sure she will appreciate Il.
We have pretty pct dog. his name Is
Ponto. He is a brown water spaniel, Ne
brought him from Houston. new Hap.
Enlms Ruehrer
P. S.-Encloted you viii hnd Genus
for the helping fund ER.
Grapelsnd Texas Dear aspaammer
As have bsen silent reader Of your
page for some time. I thought would
take up my pen and ask to be admitted
INFO your happy band Christmas has
passed. have bad nice time and
here all the rest Of The Haps have. /.
With four other pleasure seekers wep.
rabbit hurting one day and hal nice
time shooting rabbits ard squirrels Since
that | have gone to two musical enter
tainments and had an ENJOYABLE time
Haps. how do you all like music? pon't
you think We would he awful lonesome
Y we had DO music of AIRY kird2 ! do
Earth would be dresry place, | imagine
Well did Tcnuvsor say;
Music which gentler on the spirit lies
Than tired eyelids on tired eyes"
Addison says Music raises in the
mind great conception. Ii s,reugtaels
devotion and advances praise into rap-
ture. am glad We have must, to
cheer us when our hearts are weary
Noticed on the Happyhammer page le,-
ter written by VI. H. X. in which there
Is some good talk for the boys. agree
with NJ. H. X, 10 that we boys arc too
negligect toward our sisters. The hoy
who said tha It was not bows place
TO cook or plant flowers was little dit
ferent from me- 1t affords me great
pleasure TO help do anything TO lessen
the burdens of my sisters mot ttat I
love work, but that It pleases tncml
Boys, let us try TO do more toward help
ing our mothers and sisters 1t is not
unmanly for us to do anything to helo
them. also agree that girls should
learn cooking and also | like 10 see nice
and well made garments Worn by girls.
So much for this time. II you let me in
this time will come again So bye-bye,
new Hap. C. w. Welsinger.
P. S.--Inclosed fud 10 cents for the
helping fund.
Humble. Texas Dear Haphammer; I ain
of the opinion that good many o., the
Haps have become discouraged over the
mistake that Plowboy made, and that is
why they are so slow about writing on
the inventions of the Nineteenth century,
Every one ought TO bear IN mind that
we are liable to make mistakes OF a more
serious nature, and therAf IRE ought 20 be
all the more willing 20 show by careful
study how many OF the Ii lie MISTAKES
can b avoided. Maybe Plowboy has
never read history great deal and that is
why be thought kerose1e was az invcn-
tiop. Now all the girls and BOYS ou sni
TO think what a coed suhiec, we a,c to
write on. aud should send Ia the best
letters written on the inventions. for
know that mary of the young heals will
be wiser after the close OF the contest than
when 1t began Let the horse stay 10 The
stable awhile and the OLD cow reIuali
under the shed; they both nee | res. !
think the steamship is the mU3t usl,ul
invention TO man. Robert Fulton bpil, the
first steamship in 1907. The first passage
by steam to Europe was made by the
steamship Savannah from New York q.
Liverpool. Ever since then great rcss, Is
have been making trips across the oceans
carrying products, passengers ard mail
from continent 10 continent by which
means a large commerce Is carried on lc-
tween different nations and the exports
aud imports amounting 20 millions Of
dollars. without nayies great powers
would be at a loss bow to cartv on val,
as the old method of igh,ing Is obsple;t.
We know that long voyages were maze
in sailing ships in the Folrteegth an !
Fifteenth centuries which resulted IN "Ca'
derful discoveries; the same distance taa
he travelled now in one-thrd OF he inc.
We ought to feel proud tIa, we can say
that all the Creates inventions have bee J
by Americans don't know whether I
will be welcome among the Haps or aot.
am te9. years oil ana would me to
have my name enrolled as I member at
the Happyhammer family. send 10 c.u's
to the helping funi NIcace Ro,,'-s.
Holland, Texas. Dear Haphsmner see
ing my last letter in print, | thought !
would write again. Mr., Hap suggested
that Ne name some Of the useful inyen-
tions of the present century ! will nanne
few. The first steamboat, tne "cler-
mont. was invented in 1911 by Robert
Fulton. The hrst passenger railroad was
opened in England September %. 1925; the
irst in America in 1895. although freight
was moved by rail at the granite quari1es
of Quincy, Mass. as early as 1926. The
first steam railroad was operated in the
United states in 1890, from Albany TO
Schenectady-siHteen miles. George STE
phenson, an English engineer, was the
first to make really successful locomo-
tive. This locomotive. the Rocket was
tried in America In 1891. The telegraph
was invented In 1885 by Morse. The tele-
phone was invented In 1876 by Bell 4;
Graham The electric light was invented
in London in 1874. by two Russians, Lody-
guin and Kosloff Edison 10 1877 gave 10
the world the phoncsrsph The frictian
match was Invented ia 1881 by an Eng
lsh apothecary. Sewing machines frst
patented in England in 1853 Ths frs
complete machine was constructed by an
American ELIAS Howe) In 1873. sleeping
cars we're first used IN 1885. Photographs
were FIRST produced in England in ls02
perfected in 1871 Lamp for preventing ok
plosions by fredamp In coal mines. 1915.
Tho fret American express was operated
between New York and BOSTON in 1921 BY
". r. Harnden. Envelopes for letters
were FIRST used In 1899. I hope this con-
test will be as interesting as the las