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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-29

Wen. for fear Of the wIde.onen ,vasfe
basket I win close. With ldye TO ali
'"' maps oma Cavett.
Mention, Texas Dear Happybammers.
Attcr an absence ~ several months / viii
again visit YOU With a letter mud cuntithute
my mite to the helping fund Ithi1k !
nave delayed long enough | notice with
ucight that our discussion ~ great mon
Is becoming lively one This subject
however requires a good deal ~ knovle lre
OF history and | am afraid quite number
on ,9ul younger liaps can not participants
IN u ON TINT account Therefore, woul'iu't
u DC more conveuien, 10 choose su,ieei
iiat would satisfy this demand in every
precNon for our next crntcstF rndoubt.
guy our present contest viii be oyer bp.
Iofe thls gets In print, II u ever will ana
take ne liberty to ash this question.
NJ nal VIII cur next contest hoq rs TO he
noPed that it viii hn as simple as possihlt
LEI the Young flups decide for Themselves
uS theN Know best what they are eNpatae
OF writing about. Remember shared pleas.
Wt Is double Pleasure J De not wish TO
N"'c IN our present contest hut viii indeed
ne glad 90 see the next satisfactorily set.
ued Won't some OF the Hans from iB
t2 ~ years of age write me lust for nus.
iuhe' amusement aud educational nnr.
poses: ! VIII answer an letters. We'll as
this is getting lengthy ] must hiring IL
10 close by saying an revolr Most re.
Spe't'u''F yours, A. j. E!ster.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-29

Joaquin. TeXas.-Dear Happyhammers:
ma Hoopt Is sister, but little Emma Is
dead nov and my mamma Is dead, too.
Oh. what time / have! You don't Know
what it Is to give them up. NV mamma
was dead -four weeks before little Emma
died but she Is an angel in heaven now.
oh how / miss them. Alice Hooper, come
again; Woodbine, ana all You good writers.
come | have no pets now ] am II years
old. Wei, ! will close. Best wishes 10
Mrs. Foster and the Hars.
Annie Hooper
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-29

Number Of new Hnppybammers =,
Previously reported ........-,'4'''' 10 l ~
i'AhA 90
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-29

Weldon TcXus Dear HappyhammerS;
VIII you LET another school girl join yodr
happy band of boys and girsy am II
years Old. | live about hye miles from
Of the Haps please send me the words
10 MY Old Kentucky IIomeY / will send
any Of the following songs in return IN
'Bonnie Annie Laurie" THE False.hearted
Lover. "rhe BOYS Won't Do 10 Trust,
''rhe Boston Burglar l VII close win
love to Mrs Foster, a new Hap
Carrie Harper.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-29

Caldwell, TeXas-Dear Happyhammcrs:
VIII you admit another TO Join join your
bandF live Twelve miles from caldwell;
l am 10 years old aud 20 TO schgol. am
u farmers daughter, and Ike to IIve In the
country. As the Haps have been writing
about their pets. 1 win tell about mine.
l have cat and Il pigeon. \ new Hap.
Beatrice Teal
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-29

- Total ;......,,.": .,.............. 81 x
Previously reported ..........Slg %
Further payment on Eddie Bell
Ltbpf 5 cnhlr. '..... .'...'....., 90
Amount remaining observation-disclosures. Is s.
lrnnd Intnl CON OF
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-29

Waller. Texas. Dear Happyhammers; ~
have just read the Haps' page thousuC
! would write once more 20 our corner 70
500 IL my lettr would not escape the heffl
old waste basket wrote 70 the maps
page about three months ago ana sent q
dime to the helping fund, but my lellef
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
IN WILD MONTANA.
A Resident of That State Relates an
 Adventure.

| a HG@4uen& 0K That state Relates 0A Adventure.
 @T suppose things are still pretty wild out your way?" he queried of the man who had admitted that he was from Montana.
 Well, yes, you might call them wfld,' was the reply.
 And every day brings it's thrilling adventure?''
 "One has an adventure now and tken, of course, as might be expected"
 Anything thrilling happened to you of lateY" persisted the questioner. "Why, don't know that you'd call 1t thrilling exactly. 1 sat in my libra ry few evenings ago reading Shake speare, while my wife was playing on the piano in the parlor and my little daughter was in the conservatory gathering hothouse roses. All at once heard a crash"-
 "Injuns attacking the house, by Georgew interrupted the other. -"I heard a crash from the grand book and walking in there with Ianguid step, found"-
 "A grizzly bear, of courseI
 -'1 IOunQ that one or my three old masters of Rubens had fallen down and knocked the nose off a piece of statuary which cost me $S,OOO in Florence" ....-..: "And there were no InjunsT'
 "No." ~..:.:...-
 And DO grizzlyY' :...: "e,s,ps .s.,spsts...-,.
 "No." '"'"'< s s,si,, ,i :s,s'' s,sss.e-~ s.e- '.Not even a rattlesnakeT' "No. It was simply the fall of pic ture and broken nose. called in the butler, the footman and a house. maid, and the debris was soon cleared ed away
 "And you you''- - stammered the man who had been waiting to thrill.
 Nothing more, except that a carload of tapestries and foreign bric-a-brac arrived an hour later, and a few friends came in to sample some French wine at $7 per bottle. Yes, things are pretty wild out our way, but we manage to pull along somehow"
 M. QUAD.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
TWO TOlLERS.

L. ''With weary brain and aching heart greet another day; nasty bite, and l must start Upon ray weary way; The sun rlay shine above my head and soft, sweet winds may blow, But what are fair, blue skies to me? With
 tired feet go
 To labor where no sunshine falls,
 Shut in by cheerless, dingy walls, Estranged from all but woe. ''The day is done, but what have That 1t has brought to me? The sinking sun may gild the sky Why should I stay to see?- that am doomed to merely rise and toll all
 day and then r.f e r-= Lie down to troubled sleep awhile and toll
 away again? e--.- '---.3s. +tf Day after day the same old round Until some day the welcome ground Shall hide my face from men?" The sunbeams play across my way. The wind blows soft and sweet; The sky is smiling down to-day. And l, with dancing feet, Speed onward to the duties that still claim
 my faithful care And to the pleasures that arise from faith
 full service there
 And in my heart I'll bear along A little of the West Winds song For those I love to share. My tasks are done-a golden glow Spreads out acruss the sky, And still the sweet wind whispers low Still sings the song that Have, with haunting gladness, hummed
 through all the blissfu1 day. And all the world seems happy as hurry
 my way
 To smiling lips and loving arms My path Is through a land of charms Where pleasing fancies play. -s. B. Riser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
Decidedly the Reverse.

Uncle Wellington de Bergh, re- tired English merchant, who occasion ally came to visit his relatives in this country, was an enthusiastic bicy- clist, notwithstanding his age, which was over 70. '''.--
 His other passion was fondness for Walkers Dictionary, which, he main tained, was superior to all others, of whatever date, and he seemed to know it by heart. s. =
 "Your unc1e," said caller one day, appears to be walking cyclopedia.' 7
 "On the contrary" responded one of Uncle Wellington's American nieces, @4he's cycling Walkerpedia." !" Youths Companion.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
Mi a Perfect specimen.

The little girl whom the New York Times tells about isonly five years old, but she has such large experience oi dolls that she feels herself to be some thing of a connoisseur in children. Re, gently there came real live baby into the house. ~s>tsltzf't@ =s.iztae E' @'-sl
 When it was put into her arms, this real live baby, the fiye-year-old sur. veyed it with a critical eye.
 -ntIsn't that nice baby ?" cried the nurse, with the joyous pride with which nurse always regards new baby, in which she feels that she has a proprietary interest. -a1a5
 "Yes," replied the little girl, hesitat ingly, tits nice, but it's heads loose.'
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
< m " .,S 1-AA A! E! ssIaassazEsESJsESE ssSas1zaEESJ1s
A SHREWD HEN.
How She Worked Q Scheme to Snv~
 Her Neck.

How She Worked Q Scheme to Save
 Her Neck.
 T don't care nothin bout a hens morals s'long as she's good layer, remarked a beetle browed man to fel low vegetable vender as they were about to enter a restaurant on State street the other day. "No, sirree! An if she can't lay git rid of her mighty suddingly. Yes, sir.
 "But I had a hen las' fall what was a caution. Lay! She couldn't lay down! She want no earthly good as a layer, an yet she was the most likely hen I had. She was a gay deceiver, an, say, she netted me more egg money than all the rest of the flock put to- gether. I had noticed for some time that she was a dead loss in the yard. an one day I said to my old woman that I guessed the next time we had company we'd better let her fgger in the dinner. She was a-eatin corn right at my feet at the time, an when went on to state to the woman that there was no use in keepin hen what didn't lay none she perked up her head an looked at me long an earnestly. Says ! what you are sayin, Daniel.' Says I: T hope to gum she does, for mean business. No aigs, no fodder, in my yard
 .&.That hen stood as if she was turned to stun for bout a minnit and then Bcuttled off. The next mornin when l went out she come up a-cluckin an act fin queer. At last I made out that she wanted me to foller her. She led the way to a ole toolhOuse, an if there want close to & dozen of fresh laid aigs. Course I was surprised. I know ed she hadn't laid no aigs for several weeks. We'll, I took lem in, an the next mornin I found the same thing. Then begin to feel interested, more so cause George Perry told me at the store that afternoon that his hens want layin none. He's my neighbor, you know. That night watched. Purty soon I seed my nonpayin hen R-leadin hull colony of Perry's hens across lots to the toulouse.
 Then I understood. She couldn't lay no aigs herself, but she was tryin to save her hide by, inf1uencin her neighbors. An, do you know, she kept that up till snow come. An Pm savin her, Cause she knows on what condi- lions she keeps out of the stew. Yes, sir. She's shrewd hen, an if she was 8 man she'd life my mortgage inside of ayear."-ROchester Post Express.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
Ups and Downs of the Browns.

Brown has a cozy orice
 On the twenty-second floor Of modern offce building,
 With conveniences galore Electric lights and mail shoots
 And everything first rate And an elevator starter Who is strictly up to date. Now, Mrs. Brown came in one day,
 A smile upon her face; Took elevator No.
 And launched forth into space. 'Tis safe to say she'd hardly gone
 Beyond the second floor When MT. Brown came sailing down Serene in No. 4. s'Hey, MT. Brown" the starter cried, ''Your wife went up this minute" A car was just about to start,
 And MT. Brown jumped in it. 'You'd better wait till she comes backPs The starter tried to shout, But up went Brown-a car came down. And Mrs. Brown stepped outi The starter shook with hidden mirth He didn't dare display ''Your husband, mum, went back" he said. t'But passed you on the way. Just take . chair and rest awhile;
 He'll surely come right down" She wouldn't listen; up she went,
 While down came MT. Brown. He went back up; his wife came down And headed for the door, 17+l While Brown ransacked in wild despair The twenty floor. . lf.st.rE As out into the street she passed,
 With proud. uplifted chin, "1' 'T hope they'u meet in heaven," said TAe starter, with . grin.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
The Real Reason.

Mrs. Hauskeep-Yes, my new girl formerly worked for Mrs. De Style. She claims she left there of her own accord, but think she was discharged.
 Mrs. Kaul-What makes you think SO?
 Mrs. Hauskeep-I judge so from cer- tain things she's let fall since she's been here.
 Mrs. Kaul-What were they?
 Mrs. Hauskeep-Dishes. - Philadel- phia Press.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
Moat Any Old Thing.

TT want a bottle of medicine" he said as he entered the drug store, 'but have forgotten the name of it."
 ''Is it something for yeurself?' que ried the druggist.
 "Yes."
 "And you don't recollect the nameT'
 ''No; it's gone right away from me" :" "Oh, we'll, it doesn't make much diff ference. Take along a bottle of con- sumption cure, and 1t will be sure to hit anything else that ails you."
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
An Incorrirfble Brute.

'They tell me that you have been travelling abroad" said the young wo- man who tries to make conversation.
 And the man who seizes the slightest pretext to be disagreeable answered.:
 Perhaps you will be kind enough to explain how I could have gone abroad without fng."-Washington Star.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
No Municipal Ownership for Kelly's Rooster.

5 A city that gives its people good streets and keeps them clean, a first class sewerage system, police de- partment that we fear and respect, school system well looked after, a fire department that sleeps with one eye open, and water plant. that will furnish us with pure water is doing all the work that a city was ever in tended to do.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
Accounted For.

'I wonder why we always have some very bleak weather after the beginning of spring." the observant boarder re- marked.
 "Oh, the weather bureau has some winter remnants to work off," the dry goods boarder said.-Pittsburg Chroni- cle-Telegraph.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
Hia Ordera.

An Irish recruit had the misfortune to part company with his horse. Ac- cording to custom, the sergeant strode up to him and demanded, "Did you re- ceive orders to dismount ?,'
 ''I did, sorr.''
 'tWhere from?''
 "From hind quarters, yer honor!' said Paddy, with grin.-Tit-Bits.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
CPiffciam.

'Some novelists don't know what they're talking, about. Here's one who speaks of a girls raven hair.'"
 Whats wrong with it?''
 "Al wrong. Ravens don't wear hair; they wear feathers" - Philadelphia Times.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
Only Open Date He Had.

Magistrate-How did you come to rob this man in broad daylight on fre- Quented thoroughfare?
 Highwayman-I couldn't help it, your worship; had an engagement for ev- cry night of that week.-Stray Stories.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
C0uRfeeY..

'fWillie, said the small boys mother, 'T hope you are polite to everybody" 2. F, -iH.Yes'm. | am. aI sicked the dog on tramp, but said Excuse me after ward. d."-Washington Star.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22

When he came to he saw Wetherby gazing down on him.
 "Is she all right?" asked Jamie.
 Then he realized that his head was lying in the girls lap and he felt her soft hands smoothing back his hair. Boston Globe. --.. ....e
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
When Charm Meets Charm.

MT. Jackson-I done hab my rabbits foot erlong, but she give me de mahble heaht jes' same.
 MT. Johnson-Mebbe she done hab her rabbits foot erlong too.-Smart Set.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
Wall Paper Talk.

We carry the best the world produces. French, German and English Wall Pa spers. Nota few dozen patterns, but an immense and comprehensive line show ing many hundred patterns.
 Rich handsome effects in Dark Reds, Greens, Blues, Tapestries. Burlaps, De nims, for library and dining rooms, dens and halls. ~ s1 IafsG- saito9t
 Silk and Satin Papers with Brocaded Effects for parlors and reception halls. - Dainty Floral Designs in Chintz and Dresden Effects.
 Marie Antoinette Cretonnes and Elm pire Stripes for bedrooms and boudoirs. These foreign goods have an air of. ex- elusive elegance, with the entire absence of the gaudy show so often seen in richly colored papers. - a,.. f54re-r-
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22

Irate Parent-How dare you have the Impudence to come and ask for your of my children with it?
 The. Captain of the Team-But, please, sir, you've got ten children, and we've only one ball.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
Another View of 1t.

portY'
 Nobody. He has to support himself, 8 wife and seven children. phia Bulletin.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
Sensational Turn.

story.
 Slobbs-About what? Blobbs-The profits in Belgian rab- bits.-Philadelphia Record.
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
. His Threat.

Lovesick Menk-ff you refuse me, Angelina, I'll go to the lion and call him a 1iar.-New York Evening Jour nal. 6f la ynbt55a #lle.-a3r
The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
KELLY'S

Chocolate Chips. You know all about these so have only to men ton that have them fresh every afternoon. afThe snappy brittleness and we'll preserved flavor of these thin confections has given them an immense circulation. et-te' s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-21
A "ChiIdren's Church"

The Baptist church of Janesvillq,
Wis, has established what is called
"Children's Church. the object
Of which is to give the parents Of
young children an opportunity to
attend church. During the morn
ing service hour the children who
are too young to attend church ser
vice have a service Of their own,
conducted by the Young women in
the Sunday school rooms. They
volunteer for the work, and a diff
ferent committee takes charge Of
the little ones each Sunday. The
babies are amused with dolls and
playthings, while the work Of in
teresting the older children is con
Quoted along kindergarten lines. A
large number Of children attend,
and the children's church is prov
inb popular, many Of the little ones
being unwilling to leave when their
mothers call for them at the close
of church.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-21


with the opening Of the Kiowa
and Comanche country to settlers
this summer, the memories Of an
men Of the Southwest viii yiwdy
recall the days not long passedS,
said Jerry Carr, a widely known
sporting man Of Hot Springs, when
that part Of the world was the ref
uge Of the most desperate criminals
on earth. Until few years ago,
Forth Smith, on the western edge
Of our State. Arkansas, was the
hanging center Of the universe.
That was when the Federal court for
the Western district of Arkansas
had jurisdiction over the five civil
lied tribes Of the Indian Territory.
Almost $4,000 people have focked
to Fort Smith when it offered an
extra attraction in the gallows line.
No circus day in any part Of Amer
lea could rival that town on such
occasions. Merchants pftpared,
weeks ahead for the rush. gFakirs
and gamblers hurried there ffdm all
points in the Southwestern country.
Men, women and children on horse,
muleand foot, OF in conveyances Of
kinds, moved on Fort Smith from
every direction, until on hanging
day the city swarmed with Visitors
who turned the eyent-solenn in
other parts Of the world-into one
Of unrestrained gayety. But that
is all passed, and Fort Smith, a.
hustling and progressive city, wants
TO forget the time when hanging,
men was its principal industry"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-21

''This talk about Mr.. Schwab de-
riding education,' said a Pittsburg
man, who knows him we'll. the other
day, is all nonsense. No man in
the country thinks more Of cduca-
iion than Mr.. Schwab. He thinks
all the more of it because he has
had but little Of it. ] look for Mr..
Schwab to make very large gifts to
educational institutions. Mr..
Schwab is not at all the sort Of per-
son he is represented to be-"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-21

Not until twenty years ago were
circuscs allowed to exhibit in Yer
mont, but the circuses used 70
skirt three sides Of the State closely,
and it was most gratifying to the
proprietors TO see the way in which
the men, women and children Of
the Green mountains used to troop
across the border into New York.
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
to enjoy the feats forbidden to them
at home.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-21
UnoeremOaIous PresIdent LOubet.

President Loubet is driving his
master Of ceremonies to despair, it
is declared. The president will not
have ceremony. When his visitors
arrive he rushes forward and gives
a grip Of the hand before his bewild-
cred attendant has made the usual
announcement And now, copying
the example Of the King Of the Bel
gians and no doubt with happy re-
collections Of his struggling bache-
lor days, the president takes Mme.
Loubet out to dine at q cafe in the
open air. Parisians are delighted.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-21
NOTICE.

Any person wanting scavengcf
work done or stock hauled away
can get it done by leaving orders
with the Nickel Store.
J. B. BOATWRIGHT,
City Scavenger.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-21
D. S. COURT, Southern District
CHURCHES.

eAFEIsE CuRcH Rev z L Compere, Pastor.
Services every Sunday At iiamaud g;so m
iDunaaS school o;tsa m. Prayer meeting We
lssday night t,5 .f.s s
RhHinTTnhfAE cHTRcH. a.. .r,.s.
-r1- - " B Leonard Pastor.
Services every Sunday at II am and 80 , n
Sunday sohooiaf5a m Prayet meeting
Wednesday night
\ . CHURCH SOUTH e d Cameron, Pastor
verVissa every Sunday a. II N and 8 p m
Sunday School a. 10 q m, Prayer meet
ing every Wednesday night Epworth
League every Sunday al SPIN.
Ciairscopern. Sec. IT Aust, supt.
cHRIsrIAN CHURCH > A Stevens, Pastor.
Services every Sunday at II . m and 7 80 p N
..i SUNDAY Rohool a. 10 N Prayea meet
ing every wednesday night ~"
rATHoLIc cHuRoH IsEe9rs RicAliu, Pastor
Services Everysunday AZ 10 N and 7 80 N.
3sIscchAt cAURcH u Nj wight. Pastor
Prayer and services every Sunday 81 II 10
and B.s0pm.
CHlCKASHA POST OFFICE.
SIR MILLER. Bostnaster. .
Qphp supdAya .. to. am $50 70 s:sO m
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-21

Please cali for your pictures.
Morgan s Crib.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-10
May Bring Alice K,mball Here

Herbert Young may go to Kahului
tomorrow to put a new rudder on the
schooner Alice Kimball. which is now
afioat and make certain other repairs
to the vessel preparatory to bringing
her TO this port. William Young and
Edgar Young are expected to arrive
here on the next American steamship
from San Francisco