The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-18


culture would be total failure. for the
farmer would only raise what his family
could consume. Look at the benefit dc
rived from the locomotive in our beautiful
smiling Texas alone, Since the frs. rail-
road was constructed In Texas the popu a.
tion has increased eleven -rold aud towns
and cities have sprung UP as II by ma sic
and where the forest once was the farmer
aud his tenants now cultivate the broad
cotton. corn and cane fe.ds. Through the
influence OF the farmer churches ana
school houses now grace the hillsilcs. Al
though the financial depression in some
sections Of the country has prescribed the
magical growth OF railroads. Il Is now
rtvlving and new roads are beins built 10
every conceivable dirUStioa. Ia m ng S
increasing and we have immigrants ir5m
every section OF the world, Just talk
HapS, II We didn't have any 10 onot We
when wou.d we ever get our Hap psgcg
So just use your eye and see the oil
the locomotive does in car Ing com o ts
io5d aud luxuries for the people low
would foreign commerce benef US II we
had no locomotive to convey Il 10 var ois
points from the sesbosgd Now, will
take my leave and make ron 70 the
more talented writer's, who en-. With
single line, contributed from tn ir gifted
the Locomotive. 1;asca Z. La Grone.
Beech Grove. Texas Dear Hnphammer:
reckon you are all getting tired OF my
coming SO often, but to tell the truth about
IT, | can't help II. ! sea you are voting
on the new contest cast my vote for
the steamboat. for fully believe that il iS
the most useful invention OF the present
century. without the steamboat we would
not get anything from across the ocean,
II Is true, as doubtless some will say, that
calling ships could carry people and freight
across the ocean, but with what velocityr
Very little. I should say, How would we
get the mail from Germany. France, Eng
land or any OF the European eouutriesa
Some may. and doubtless will. say that the
Atlantic cable could furnish us with news
enough, but 1t is doubtful IL II would ever
have been In existence IL It had not been
for the steamboat wh,ah was used IN lay
ing It. The telegraph and telephone are
both useful, but not so much so as the
steamboat. Tho airship may be useful in
some instances, but they are very seldom,
indeed. The sewing machine is also useful,
but they sink into insignihcance beside my
favorite. Matches are very useful but
nothing to compare with the steamboat,
Watches and clocks are extremely useful,
too, for measuring time, and We would bs
very lonesome indeed. wero It not tir
them I now come to the mo~t formid bic
rival OF the steamboat, namely, the loco
motive. I am we'll aware OF the fact that
it's a very useful invention think that
people could 90 without the locomotive ana
get along much better without II than
they could the steamboat We could get
goods transported across land much easter
than wa'si, could we not7 True sailin
chine f.la IA M 81 ht,i
that was a very slow way indeed, FOR II
took abo1: month for ore to cross the
ocean. How would we live to get thu
DISPATCHES from the Bosr- English war
month after thu battles had been fought
and pcrNars the war NrAsd7 T-"~ n
have said before. We might g-t them via
tho Atlantic cabls but Il Is also v>r,
duuttfu! Whether tho cable would eve
have been laid BY a sailing ship because Il
ives indeed 3 delicate matter for stesm
shin, and much more SO for an ola wob
bling windsNin. have alreadv Staid toe
long. so goodbye. Plow Boy
Wchit1 Falls. TeFas,--Dear Hapham
mer: rotice that the l1com 9tive Hap
are lining up Wei. that dors not inter
fere with us steambnateFs in the least Jus
20 form to longest linz, The loco
mo'i"e is ahea1 now but Won need hav
m fear. The steamboat will come in q
the home stretch lil5e Travis did in GU
hrro contest. All OF you who contemnlat
, voting Cor the steamboat iust rore to t.
frovt at an ea-lv datc, ava dr1p steam
bca' ticket in tho slot and then when IN
contest Is over You will b. oyerjoyed T.
ste her crowned queen or al invrn IONS
Core all ~ YOU. before It Is to lac Vo'
for the invention that can skim over tn
blue waters If tho ocean from on' corne
of tire globe to another; that IL absolute
~ necessary In carving on foreivn com
merce That can carry more cargo tina
fifty trains OF cars that is the IN st usetr
: Of all inventions to the human race I
other words vote for the steamboat. Don
think for a moment that 1t ia only use
, ful TO few! 1t Is useful 10 every pers
In every civilized country on the face
the globe 1t Is almost Indispensable "
? could ge. along very we'll without the loct
I motive The horse, the steamboat and Y
q electric car could take its place. But wit
. the steamboat 1t is different There
= nothing that can or ever will take
. place. unless It is the airshp, and there
A not much chance OF that, It being in yer
j imperfect state at the present day. VIII
has made Great Britain the greatest NJ
tisn on earth 1.-THE Mistress OF the Seas
II was the steamboat, her navy IL IL b.
very life All the great powers OF u
worlA-Er gland France. United state
! Germany-know the necessity Of having
largr navy. What would have become
/, the United States in our late war VII
Spain IL she had been without navy
she would have been completely wiped o.
: Of existence and the great nation wou
have been DESTROYED just f.r the want
. the steamboat Philip Webster am so
nv Won are on the other sile OF the que
= tion for you are a very important fac;
when contest is on the wing. II you cou
T, vote again you would yo'e tor tne steam
, boat. wouldn't you? yours ior the sIean
, boat. 'oaIie' ~ ''''
u McMahnn. Texas.-Dear Haphamme
Z suddenly everyb dys attention was
2 trnrted by a gentleman exclaiming IT
q thousand dollars to the person or p
v sons that will g. 10 Houston ana get I
. las. edition OF The Houston Post I
J quickest" Everybody made a rush TO
10 Houst the way they thought 9est.
clan- bertd on a locomotive VITA some mc
s Haps, as tn uEht hat the best way
? travel. The cab was full OF naps a
with several On ,op and on he sii'
p One Han pulled the snrill whistle and
We went. On one side OF us was staa'
6 boat full of Haps. Such racket "a
5 kept upl They pulled the whistle
= waved their hats at US aud then the II
Ie began. We left a funny sight behind
ii we noticed boy touching the keys OF |
wireless telegraph and shouted III 20
Houston with the message. and gave
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