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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12

Halletsville, Texas.-Dear Happyham-
mers: ! would be delighted to join your
band Of HapS. ] am II years old and
will try 10 be a constant member OF your
little band for I would like To hammer
happiness wherever | can. | have becu
visiting my sister in Houston, and there
is where I heard OF the Happyhammers.
A true Hap,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12

Tracy. Texas. Dear Hnppyhammers
and Mrs. Foster: ] think our club Is get
ting very interesting and ! can not keep
from writing. About month ago
mamma went to Marlin ou a visit. My
cousin, Susie Davis came down TO stay
with papu and me (she IL "a years old)
and We sure had big time. wish You
Haps could have been with us Well,
Haps, the contest Is over aud hurrah for
George Washington | am glad he won,
but I did not vote for the "fathor Of our
country" I told innmina ! thought he
would win. At our school last fall the
high classes had debate on the same sub
ject and Washington had great many
more votes than Columbus. Mrs, Foster,
the letter you wrote us about your trip
70 New York was certainly Interesting
enjoyed Il and Wished It had been twice
as long. Mrs. Foster, won't you have
YOUR picture put on the pager / know
I'M the Haps would think II grand. Do
any OF you uaps like 70 take trips OF IN
the summer timer I do for one. ] did
not get 10 90 this summer, but ! went 10
my cousins and stayed a week and had
biz time ! had all the peaches ! could
eat while ! was w there as they have
nice orchard My cousin IS going to join
the club before long. ! only know Of one
Han around here. She lives In Rockdale.
Her name Is Edna Jones ! would like
Ia get club up here. Three cheers for
tho Beaumont club WoOdbln0, Kitty NC
Kov and several other good writers, come
again. / viii send an album verse:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12

Bcnina, rexas..sDear Hanpyhammers.
After being a Silent reader Of the page for
souie time would likv 10 step IA and chnt
while with son. | hope you al have
flowers. ] do aud we have nice variety
II them We have nicc bluoms now nnd
VIII have until the freeNes OF winter come
70 KIN them. We have nice fruit also and
DO love good fruit Haps, how many OF
you love 10 work with beesg I 10 and We
havc some ~ them. The hoy that said chat
bees did not sting in March Is misiaRfn.
They certainly sting in March, Tor i have
seen them. Come egain. all YOU good
writer's aud funny drcamcrs With hest
WISHES 20 Mrs. Foster aud the dear cid
page, a wouid-like-t0.he tap
NndlN Hammond
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-12

Prairie Hill, Texas.-Dear Happyh ham
mers: Thought would write you
dream. 50 here 81 Is, dreamed We moved
into a dve.story house and II was so tall
that when you.lookcd down Il seemed about
1000 feet. dreamed our old negro cook
went up there with me and pushed me out
ii gave me the old 'scares caught on
the third window--ou top Of it-and then
/ Tell TO tho ground, and Il killed me lhcy
carried me into the house and sent after
cofhn They began wrapping me IN white
sheets and ] halloaed so loud that ] woke
and found It all dream am only u
veors old and have two pets--tWU little
bine banties, Goodbye. A new Hap,
l.. l. Whatley.
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Apolonia Texas-Dear Happyhammers:
As this Is my first attempt will write you
few lines | have one little pct; he Is
a little baby brother and his name Is Har-
ry Henderson Campbell. He IS s months
old and win be 8 months old the 10th OF
verse.
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Emmett Dolphus Kelly.

Ha!letsyllie Texas s. Dear napPyh@Nm1.
brother takes The Houston Post. ] have
been a steady reader of the Hups page
q long time, / live three miles FROM Hal
letsvllle. ] have two pets. a cat and dog
My cats name is Bonnie; the dogs name
Is Bol. He can jump and hunt rabbits and
speak for bread I send my love to Mr.
Foster and the Haps, and remain q Texas
Hap, Lutzie Hemmi.
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Granger Texas.--Dehr Haprybammers:
Please oren the door AMI let me ioin your
happy hand. oh. am so glad Washington
won. Columbus was great, but Washington
was the greater. what has become Of
Woodhinef NhY don't you write agalu2
Your letters are interesting. Peter and
Jonathan Snlpe write ofteuer. would be
''enlirhtCd" N you would come aud sercn.
.sls. rs. IrY0ula like 70 near your song. AZ
this Is my, first letter ! shall not make it
tbo lengthy, 50 win close, hoping TO be en-
rolled asa new Hap, by-bye,
Rosa Lee.
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Houston. Texas Dear nappyhammcrs
How many o. You like the Idea ~ gOlng liz
srhool agalht I DO. for one. We certainly
had a nice contest the last tilae. aud / hone
we win soon have another subject thst NIL
prove quite as Interesting. Il not more Sal
as the last one. AIRS. Foster. II YOU 10 not
object, | will make few suggestions fnr
debate Thcy are ag follows. Hesalrea.
That compulsory manual training shoald be
Introduced IN all granmor and high schools
Resolved, That education should be cont
pnisory 10 the age 81 lNi and Resolved. That
think either one would be good 70 debate on
sonc time. don't ynu, Hapsy Wen. / really
must make my exit now. Good bye Bah
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-10
IN CRAMPED QUARTERS
The Crowded Condition of the
House Document Room.
NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS
LITTLE ROOM STUFFED FULL TO
THE CEILING.
Reasons Why a Change Should Be
Made in the Near Future
A Fire Trap.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;

An Improvement which is probably needed
In more ways than any other at the Capitol
is the complete renovation of the House doc
ument room, plans for which have been
completed, the work to be done as soon as
the present session of Congress has ad-
journed, should the Necessary appropriation
of 1880 be forthcoming.
The House document room presents per-
haps a sad commentary on the country S
growth. The little curved aperture tucked
away at one corner Of statuary hall, where
every bill. report and document on which
the House acts is kept on tap for the i'm
mediate use of members and others, has
long been far too small. 1t is stuffed from
floor to ceiling with documents, the ends
and edges of which protrude from wooden
shelving, constituting veritable fire trap,
to say nothing of the inconvenience occa-
stoned both to those desiring documents and
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those charged with keeping them whore
they may be obtained.
1t is the common remark ~ members that
there is nothing that saves the place from
veritabie chaos but the wonderful bumE
of location which is contained in the head
of Joel Grayson, who keeps things running
smoothly despite the great Inconvenience OF
cramped quarters and crowded shelves
What will be done under the plans dcveI-
oped by Mr.. Grayson and approved by
Superintendent Woods viii be TO tear ont
all of the old shelving. replace IL with steel
file cases. resembling those recently placed
in the Senate document room, as wei as
economiZing in space in the matter Of spe-
cially constructed tables. spiral stairs &c.
Reasons for Improvements.
Here are some of the arguments which
have been laid before the appropriations
committee for consideration i'm connection
with the proposed Improvement:
THE palpable lack of space room.
"A lack of proper and sufficient shelving
and file cases.
An absolute necessity for more light
and ventilation.
AN office of inadequate size which dur
ing sessions of Congress does not meet the
requirements of the situation, and store
rooms for documents and files. situated I'm
different places, from the unfinished space
under the roof to the dark and moldy rooms
in the subbasement.
AN utter impossiblity on the part 81 the
employees to do the business demanded of
them to the satisfaction of members and
officials or to themselves however much
they may strive to do so.
THE most important reason for some
change here is the liability of fire acct
dentally occurring and the great -and in
calculable loss which would follow. The
dark, narrow passages, overcrowded with
infiammable matter, make the place a reg
ular fire trap.
Many other reasons can be given to en-
phasZe the necessity for the enlargement
and Encouragement of the present House
document room. Those who have climbed
up into the heights or gone down into the
depths of this contracted and OBVIOUSLY ar
ranged department will fully realize the
necessity which exists for larger and bet
ter facilities for conducting the business
and enabling the same TO be transacted
with that promptness and satisfaction
which good public service demands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-10

liar on his back, and by holding his nose
make him open his mouth, into which thew
would pour six canteens of water. After a
snort time his stomach would eXpel the
water, and he was then ready to eXpei the
truth.
Filipino Loot.
Throughout the war in the Philippines
the officers have done all they could to re-
strain the soldiers from looting and offenses
OF this nature have been few and far be-
tween. There is soldier in the world
who so respects the rights of others as the
American. This was notably SO in China
where the Russians, English and Germans
eXtorted money in every possible Way.
Nevertheless at the beginning Of the war
quite lot of treasure was found in L,1zon
Money was discovered in the cellars and
roofs of the Philippine houses, and it was
dug from the yards. During nv visit TO
General Fred Grant at Angeles 1 was taken
down under the floor of the building in
which he lived and shown a concealed
treasure vault which had been the treasure
hiding place of the owners 1t was then
empty of jewels and money, but it mav
have been robbed by the insurrectos
General Wheaton's headquarters at San
Fernando were in one of the finest houses
north of Manila. The building had ground
floor of tiles and in some way or other the
soldiers got the idea that there was money
under the floor. l think it was before the
general took possession. 1t was certainly
without his knowledge that they dug up
the tiled floor In the yard. They found
nothing and left the house, having Searched
every part of 1t except the billiard room
Shortly after this the owner came back
and got permission to remove his furniture
He did so and at the same time raised the
floor of the billiard room and therefrou
| removed $4,000 in money and S15, 900 worth
of jewelry.
Captain Dodds Of the Sd Cavalry CAPTURED
$4,000 worth of insurgent money at one
Time and. turned 1t into the government
The money was being carried over the coun-
try in bullock carts.
Shortly after st. Thomas was captured
| a native came with bullock cart to Gen
eral Macarthur and asked if he could GO
into one of the houses for his yaluahles
The general consented and the man dug
up $4,000 which he had laid away in sugar
| jars under the floor.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-10
BIG GAME IN MEXICO.
Antelopes, Wild Bears, Mountain
Lions, Wild Dogs and Wild Burros.

From the Mexican Herald
A civil engineer recently returned from
the hacienda of Jimulco, in Coahuila, an
immense property containing over 1000
square kilometers, tells some stirring tales
of shooting wild game Antelopes abound.
but great care is necessary in approaching
these willy creatures, owing to their habit
of always placing one or two guard
while the rest of the herd is feeding. The
sentinels, faithful to their duty, remain
with head erect, peering and shifting to the
four points of the compass and give a swift
alarm the moment an enemy appears in
sight.
Not long since party of young men were
hunting the javal wild hog, and. coming
up with number, one of the hunters sue
ceeded in killing one and dismounted to
secure it. AS he approached his prey
dozen or more jaVali that were hiding in the
tall grass attacked him ferociously, and
one fastened his tuSkS in the hunter heel,
hanging like grim death. The others
came to their companions assistance and
the brute was killed, but the tuSks were
sunk so deep into the heel that the hog
jaws had to be pried apart with a gun bar
rel before the man was freed. Strange as
is may seem, the wound closed quickly and
with no serious results.
On this same hacienda are both wild dogs
and wild burros, the latter being remark
ably swift and hard to take. The dogs are
said to be large and very savage, with ugly
cOuntenanceS ana extremely long, coarse
hair. Some time ago pup was caught
and tanned, developing into a fine watch
dog, but though every effort was made to
secure a mate for him it has not been pos
sible.
1t is not generally realized that the noun
tain lions of Mexico will attack man. but
several recent encounters show them to be
as dangerous for men for beasts. One
of the moZoS in recent hunting party had
but one hand, the stump of his left arm
bearing witness to a terrible struggle with
lion he had shot and then approac hed
thinking the brute was dead. A gentleman
who has hunted in the state of Sonora tells
of a certain spring where two men have
been killed by lions while camping there for
the night. These bruteS follow man for
miles, like the panther, lured on by the hui
man scent and hopes of finding an oppor-
tain lion was recently killed in Michoacan
that measured three meters from tip to tip
Mexico possesses many intrepid hunters
especially among military men, but their
deeds of prowess are rarely related, this
being rather foreign to the Mexican char
acter, which does not lend itself to anything
approac ching boastfulness The writer knows
of an ardent sportsman, general, who had
one room entirely adorned with firearms
and furnished with trophies of the chase.
The furniture was covered with skins the
feet of the chairs being of deers' horns
The arms, dating from the conquest to the
So far did this general carry his fad for
shooting implements that he had a cigar
cite case made in the shape of pistol and
in Offering his guests 'cigarroS' pulled a
real trigger and shot the tobacco missiles
in their direction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-10
Chinese Typesetting.
From Out West.

FROM Out west.
Typesetting for a Chinese paper Is a
vastly different matter from typesetting for
journal in another language, for there are
IL 900 characters in use. When one recalls
the statement of Chinese sinologues that
the sayings of Confucius require 1000 char
acterS this seems to be a moderate esti-
mate. The Chinese language is derived
from pa root words, which expand into
the 1900 or 5000 words of daily use, and
the thirty thousand of the dictionary
1t requires 1l,O00 spaces to hold a font of
Chinese type. The large cases. or false
partitions, are ranged about the room and
divided into spaces for each individual type,
each word complete in itself. A Chinese
printer, il Is estimated. can arrange 1000
characters day. The work has been care
fully systematiZed, and the characters are
arranged according to their formation. A
simple character designates it's group. and
the elaboration of form is the elaboration
of its meaning, as our terminatiYes and
prefixes elaborate the root A division is
devoted to the simple character that stands
for wood and all of its amplificatons. In
this space column are to be found box"
bed plum tree" and on through a
long list of objects pertaining to or made Of
wood. Should an unusual word he needed
type is cut and delicateIy patched to make
the required character. Comparing our
combinations of twenty-siX letters and ten
figures, besides common symbols. an idea
of the labor of Chinese compositor can
be formed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-10
NEW TRANs-PACIFIc LINE.
Ships to Be Operated Between San
Francisco and Manila.
From the Honolulu Star.

From the Honolulu Star.
1t is regarded as more than likely that
the present arrangement between the Pa
cfic Mail, Occidental and Oriental and
Togo kisen Kaisha companies by which a
monthly boat is operated to Manila VIII
sooner or later be radically changed and a
direct line from San Francisco to Manila
established.
Whether such line will be operated by
the three oriental passenger companies is
uncertain. One fact is apparent, however,
to steamship people on the Pacific, and this
is that if the Manila business is worth
working up it will very soon demand the
services of a special vessel Traffic condi-
tions to and from the orient are such now
that the oriental companies cannot afford
to interfere materially with their regular
schedule which takes them to Yokohama,
Kobe Nagasaki, Shanghai and Hong Kong,
and the result will be that special vessels
will have to be run between Mania and
San Francisco.
1t is very likely that the American
Hawaiian Steamship Company has its eye
on the Manila business and, when the time
arrives, will put on line OF vessels be-
tween that port and San Francisco. There
are now almost ready for gfng into COM
mission two twiu-screw, 12,OoO-ton boats,
and they may be the ones designed for the
Manila trade. 1t is a question of but a
comparatively short time before the trade
with the Philippines viii be sufficiently en-
larged to warrant the addition of regular
vessels. The Pacific Mail may put the
line with some of its extra vessels, pro-
vided. of course. the new boats, the Korea
and Siberia, are put into commission in the
oriental business. In any event, the pres
ent monthly service will have to be en-
larged soon, and as il is not thought that
the oriental lines can do it with the present
vessels the establishment of a direct line
will be the natural consequence. 1t is not
regarded as likely that the Manila-San
Francisco line will take in these islands.
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China Needs Schools.
From the Shanghai Mercury.

From the Shanghai Mercury.
Those who discuss the times are saws
the Shen Pao, constantly deploring the de-
cline Of the supply of men of talent for
the public service, and the increasing laxity
of military preparation The morals of the
people also are daily deteriorating, and
their wisdom is more and more becoming
clouded. This sad state of affairs we Chi
nese firmly believe to be due to the decline
of education Open schools in every corner
of the land. and educate the people. This
is the sovereign remedy for wisdom and
morals. At first only few advanced
thinkers held these views. But soon those
nearest the throne adopted their views
The throne saw that the cry for schools
was becoming universal and hence efiuea-
tional edicts were issued for reformed
schools.
These edicts merely revive the ancient
school system of China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-10

10 shoot the prisoners. We were placed on
our knees and the general himself ordered
the firing. We all dropped. / was hit but
not seriously / pretended to be dead how
ever not daring to raise my head for fear
they might know that l was still alive
They fired again and again and l received
another ball in my leg, but L kept my head
down.
After while 1 heard the sound of
running, and in about twenty minutes I
raised up and looked about me- The enemy
was not in sight, so l rolled along to an
other man who had been shot. He had been
cut with abolo over the right eye and had a
bullet through his lungs. He begged me to
kill him. but / could not do that. and 1
hay beside him for while and talked with
him.
Later on I rolled down into the bushes.
and then i heard voices. 1 called out
and a negro soldier came to me-
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One Way.

From the Chicago Tribune.
My friends the candidate for alderman
said shifting the desk before him with his
closed hand, Eve hear a great deal about
purifying ward politics these days. There
amt no man alive that believes in that sort
of thing more'n / do. I'm willing, fellow
citizens to do everything that one man can
do to purify the politics of this ward"
Then he took a drink of water and waited
for the applause.
why don't yoa move out of the ward.
them" saueaked a voice in the back part of
the hail..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-10

was never so glad in my life to see any
one. The soldier gave me some whisky
and carried me to Schencks troops who
brought me here Two of our party died
that day and another few days later"
How Lieutenant Schenclz Was Killed.
Lieut.. Schenck. who led the assault on
Mount Arayat was afterward killed in
the neishbOrhood of Subig while scouting
in advance of the telegraph corps. The
wire had been cut at a stream and Schenck
and his men had started to ford the
stream. when the Fiipinos shot at them
from the bamboos, killing Lieut.. Schenck
and three privates and wounding five
others. One of the wounded men escaped
by hiding in the bushes. He says he saw
the Fiiipinos go to our men lying on the
ground and lift their eyeids 10 see if they
We're dead One man cut string from
around the lieutenants neck, to which was
tied cross and a medallion. He put both
in his pocket and went away. That medal
lion contained the pictures of Schenck' s
wife and baby. He had been married Just
before he went to the Philippines and he
had never seen his little baby, whose pic
ture was in the medallion.
A Life Saved by Plug of Tobacco.
The stories of soldiers whose lives have
been saved by carrying Bibles in their left
breast pockets are numerous. The bullet
of the enemy strikes them just over the
heart. but always lodges somewhere be-
tween Genesis and Revelations.
There was one soldier in the Philippines
whose life was saved by a poker deck the
bullet stopping at the of spades, and
another curfously enough owes his present
existence to a plug of tobacco. The latter
was a sergeant of the 10th Infantry. 1t
was at the battle of San Miguel. The SOL
diers were attacked by Filpinos with bolos
and this sergeant received a terrible blow
on the head. He had, however, a thick
plug of tobacco inside his hat. The boo
cut clean through the plug and just grazed
the skin. Had it not been that the plug
was Thick and the tobacco tough the man
would surely have been killed.
There are numerous instances of nerve
shown by our troops. / heard of them at
every post. Every regiment has produced
them by the score. One soldier. for in
stance, was shot through the lungs and
when brought to the surgeon he was at
once told that death was sure and that
nothing could be done. Said the surgeon
who examined him:
Il am very sorry for you. my boy. You
have but few moments to live. What
are your last wishes?''
Il want a smoke was the reply. Give
me cigarette"
One was given him. He smoked 1t to the
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A Narrow Escape on Mount Arayat

Have You ever heard of Sergeant Peter
son and Private Norval of the 18th United
States Regulars? / venture not. l found
these two men at Angeles in a cathedral
which had been turned into a hospital.
They had been brought in by troops a few
days before having been rescued from the
FilipinOs on Mount Arayat. They were
SCARED with bolos. their wounds were yet
unhealed. and in them still were about a
half dozen Filipinos bullets l sat beside
them on their touches as they told me the
story of their ambush. They had started
out TO take bullock train from Mabolocat
and had been ambushed. large band of
Filipinos had shot at them and then at
tackled them with bolos. Norval received
five bolO cuts. He told me he did not feel
the knives as they sank into his flesh and
it was only from the blood which flowed
down his back and chest that he knew he
had been SO badly chopped up.
Wounded they were the Filpinos
dragged them across the country TO Mount
Arayat. There they found other prisoners
and a large body of Filipinos. They were
half starved and prosecuted during their
stay They were guarded by men who
thrust guns into their faces and threat
ened TO shoot them. and at last, when our
soldiers appeared, they were put on their
knees between them and the Fiipinos. Said
Sergeant Peterson 70 me: