The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-03

his horse, then followed his stan. the presl-
denl, the governor OF Virginia, the city
authorities and vast number of people.
As the procession moved along cannon
We're hred and bells toled | win close
TOR THIS time hoping jackson will win, a
true nap William Holland.
Fields Store, Texas.--Dear Haphammer:
Good evening, lIaps. will attempt to
write TO this interesting page of boys and
girls. ] joined the page several years ago,
hut have not written any since. | see some
OF the llaps are giving their opinions about
dancing. ! wifi give mine. ! don't think
there is any harm ia dancing at all al,
though some people seem to think 1t a dis.
more harm than dancing they viii never
do much. The preachers viii get up In
the pulpit and run Il down, but they never
do say that the Bible says not to dance,
] don't think they can find any place where
1t says not TO dance | like "Clodhoppcr So
opinion about dancing Pet give MS
yours. ! think | know you | see some
Of the boys are stil making fun Of the
girls II seems as If they have nothing else
70 talk about, They talk like the girls do
al the primpine. | can say that the boys
where | live primn just as much as the
girls, and they make much more fuss about
IT, they viii quarrel and fuss " their col
lars and cuffs are not Numbered 70 suit
them, And they will quarrel at their sis
tiers II their clothes are not ready for them
when they want to 60 to see their best girl
thcy think their mothers and sisters should
keep lHHlf tlolutS ItNlN Tor lUtms nut AufN
are never willing TO no anything for mother
or sister. Now, what do you boys think
Of girl who didn't care how she looked
If you were 10 20 70 see her aud she didn' 7
look nice You would go off and talk about
her. Now, ! have seen boys that act just
as | have said but I don't say they all do
that way, for | don't believe they do. VIII
some of the Haps please send me the words
i'm Gilded CageY ! will send any have
ia return, will name some Of them
Better Than You Knew" and reply 10 same;
Just ms the Sun Went Down" The Girl
l Loved In Sunny Tennessee nave read
the books Don QuiXotcim vicar OF WAKE
shine THE Initials and many others,
Ci0dhopper Duchess. Tempest, Long Jark
and Peter Snipe. come again with your In.
,frgs'ng Letters s Mna n Aodc Sga9 and
Wilora LongT I believe they have forgot
ten the page. n any one ls klnd enough 10
send me the songs ask for Inst ADDRESS
Wandering jew, Fields store, Texas ana
Wandering Jew
Coupland, Texas Dear Haphommer /
am very much interested in the contest
lust opened. am sure II viii be lively
one and | expect to take part III II.
who was the greatest man born In the
Nineteenth century, Many great men
have been born since the Nineteenth cen
been an honor to our country They have
raised her from the depths of the dark
DAYS into the wide awake days of the pres
cnt time Some have served her In war
ana some have served her in peace. VIII
linn Travis, our noble Alamo nero, was Il
great man. No man ever spoke Drawer
words than he In the sacred pages OF
history no name Is more honored thnn his.
He died for his country, ana what more
could man do? True, he served his
country faithfully ana ms name wiz sn nt
and great men are forgotten. Was he the
greatest Hapsf Did he do more thRn
many others have donef No, ! think MOI.
still he was great, but not the greatest,
Henry WadswOrfh LongfellQw our distn-
guished American poet was born in Maine,
February 81, 1901 and died at Cambridge,
Mass March "a 1882 He WINS a noble
man, and believe the greatest of Amer
lean poets His beautiful poetry Is Gle
waiting to the mind. In almost every poem
we see beautiful lesson His poems point
10 high and noble things In this life and
better still 10 the llfe beyond the shore
Of time. How beautiful are these words
Of Longfellow
Lives Of great men all remind MS,
we can make our lives sublime,
And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands Of time. ~
And he did leave behind him footprints
that will never be erased until all lovers
az beautiful poetry shall cease 10 he. lie
Ia indeed worthy of being rlassed among
the great men NJ the century just passed
There were many great men born In the
Nineteenth century, Some were great In
war some were great In peace some were
great In politics. others in writing beautiful
| golden pages Of prose and poetry. so
| will not attempt to name any more great
| men but will now Introduce TO YOU my
| favnrite, and therefore the one ! think the
| greatest Abraham Lincoln Yes, "Old
| Honest Abe Is so far above the other'
| that there Is no argument about the cues
| ton Abraham Lincoln was born In Ken
| lucky February r. 1909. FROM poor wood
| cutter Ia q log cabin he worked his way
| up with undniehing energy 10 the presi
| dent Of the United States and the White
! House, Beloved alike by the white auf
| coIored races the man who freed the lat
| ter from the awful yoke Of slavery. Hon
est and honorable, he was a soldier and I
| noble gentleman In every respect. ThoIgi
he was Northern man, SIN that Is y
! Throw aside all evil thoughts Of the past
Remember. there IS no North IN nor south ~,
! foats over us all The boys who Wore thl
! blue and those who wore the gray nov