The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-30

in the nlth. then goes home reaeysd "a
scowl at his children or 70 beat his wife FOR
not preparing him a better dinnerl or taks
the young man, the pride Of Ills parents.
lie goes ont IN the world with bright prpa.
gectsi he expects TO achieve great things.
But somehow he doesn't prosper as ia 81.
pected He falls in with bad Company.
Nobody WI hire him. "Birds, Of a feather
nrst drink, then the second: and what Is
hef An hahltual drunkard. Then ought we
not 70 be thankful 70 any one who helps 10
check or destroy such an awful intluence7
Ana what nobler mission could any onS
WISH for or MI than that Of uplifting and
retaining such degraded humanity, and OF
restoring nope, love and good cheer Go such
homeSf Such was the mission 10 which
this noble woman dc Voted her life. And
abundant, indeed, are the fruits OF her la
mans Christian Temperance Union deserves
much praise This organization. under her
direction, has probably influenced legisla-
traffic more than all other causes combined.
She Is dead, hut the memory OF her heai.
tlful life still survives and her influence
viii be felt for many years to come. she
was indeed q great woman. great In love
and ia devotion TO duty. But I must cipse
for my letter Is growing long and ADLER
pens than mine are asking for space. A
true Hap, witt Bowdcn.
Ellluger TeHas,-Dear Happyhammersi
My time is so limited and so occupied that
I have allowed considerable time 70 elapse
since l wrote last u were gifted with
put my sentiments In appropriate express
sion, or II could convince myself that
my letters would always he interesting and
contribute 10 the fulhlmont Of our motto
/ would gladly spend more Of my time he
u ever 90 valuable 20 mel and write
oftencr The question, "Who was tho
greatest woman born In the Nincteenth
ccnturyT' took me by surprise aud com
plctc)y hsfncd me at first. know thero
were . great many great and good women
botn IN that century, but | am not sure
Wheeler Wilcox. Frances e. willard Flor
ence Nightingale aud IN most cases moth
erS OF great men nre deserving OF the title
great There were others, Of whom the
werld knows nothing, who were gyeat and
good. The world knows nor womans true
greatness Joseph De MaIstre once said;
ducod no masterpieces. Thcv have written
no Iliad nor Jerusalem Delivered nor
Hamlet nor Phaedre,' nor Faradise
Lost nor 'rartune' They have designed
no Church Of St Peter, composed no Mes
slab carved no Apollo Bcyctere painted
no Last Judgment they have Invented
neither Algebra nor telescopes, nor steam
engines; but they have done something far
greatcr and better than All this, for IL Is at
their knees that upright aud vlrtuous men
and women have been trained the most
excellent productions IN the world There
being such u great number OF great women
III Us not easy 10 guess which one was tho
greatest ! say guess, for we are merely
guessing who was the greatest. as we are
not inrallhle and can not Judge correctly.
hnd therefore we can not give arguments
why woman Is greater than the rest, but
we can only tell why we believe n certain
woman to he the greatest. ] viii vote for
Clara Barton, because | believe that abe
made greater sncrhccs for the sake of
humanity aud soothed more hearts 10 mis-
| cry ana sickness than any other woman
! born in that century. BY the way, ! would
| like 10 call the attention Of the HRps to tne
I ia. l. - .N9aaa
! Ike 81 could aud should. There are from
! TWENTY-FIVE to thirty letters In each Post,
! but taking mp two Posts Of recent date
notice that only sN and nine Haps respec-
lively contributed in each Post II we only
bad more Haps like those OF Beaumont
| our fund would make a different showing.
lessie Colleps and the other Beaumont Haps
contributed more a. one TINA than all tho
| rest of the HRps did ia three months. But
all the Il0ps are not expected To do as
| much good as they n thew only would
| contribute or 10 cents afmonth, which at
| least 95 per cent OF the naps could afford
| 10 do, our fund would grow nc lc3ot ten
| times as fast as n now does Lot me- make
| The suggestion 10 those Hens who are not
| absolutely certain that their letters viii
| hammer happiness thnt they inclose y
! cents or a larger amount IN every letter
| ihev write for the purpose of assuring
| themselves that VI win hammer At least
| SOME happiness IN the heart % some poor
| nud afflicted boy or girl. ! VIII close, With
| love 10 oil the Haps md Mrs Foster; ! in.
! close my dues for the winter months and
10 cents extra, AS ever a true Hap.
Oliver Thornton.
Wichita Falls. Texas.-Dcar Hsppyham-
mors. Have any OF you ever read string
town on the Pie" by John Un Lloydl
| ~ so, tell MS what you think about It, I
have Just finished It and think that L Is
one OF the best books ever read, 1t Is
u has such pathetic ending. But still
the author depicts character 80 we'll that
in my opinion, II deserves 20 be classed as
good book The negro. Cupe, who plays
such conspicuous part Ia the story, Is a
true portrait Of the uidtime darkey. The
story Is trde To lie At least, that Is the
impression Il left upon me. When on.
hnishes he story ne feels as u every worc
Of Il Is true. Ike to read such books
They lead us 20 aspire 10 higher and noblei
things IN life, and hence arc OF some bene
az 10 us The other day | was glanelnl
over some ola Hap pages u keep die o.
The Postl and came Rcross letter from
George Foster, In which he related an ex
pcllenca he had with horses. some tim.
ago / had d similar experience, which
VIII try 10 tell you about. ! had beer
I told by ms father 20 jump on Ola Blackie
ride TO the pasture and drive Up Old Roam
/ ! hastencd "a do my fathers bidding NOW
Ola Boan was d very gentle horse, but sn'
, much preferred 20 stay in me pasture ~
/ corral her was, 70 shy the least, yefy
: hard thing 20 accomplish. She was very
contrary and when vow were least expect
, I Ing II she would describe n circuit and re
] turn 10 the pasture, leaving thin ms o.
? dust IN her wake After making d few
: such breaks one would usually give mp TIL
: chase but that morning I made no m,
= / mind &c corral her or break my neck II
u the attempt The horse ! was riding
o raw boned nag, aged and gaitless, was Al
n most Roen's equal IN speed. but when !
u came 10 lodging she was simply nowhere
| Yes | verify believe Old Roam could bea
| any horse In West Texas when Il cam
l. 10 sudden, quick lodging After erea
deal OF hard riding and many twists an
n turns ] finally succeeded IN driving koai
from the large pasture into smaller on
II nearer home Old Roam now became mean
: or than ever, and ] had 70 push M stee'
I still closer Ia pursuit TO prevent Roam iron
4 performing one OF those aggravatlng bal
y circles The attempt was useless. IN
q stantly there was a sharp crack through
0 the atmosphere and ] spurred my horse Z
e the right and gsiloped bllndy after tina
= blue streak. IN the mad chase my hors'
9 lost her head, stepped into an abandoned
= prairie dog hole, slipped and tumbled. Aes
: she actually turned a straight solnersau
J. and landed square upon her back, Whai
: became Of me2 Well, ! was somewhat
! dased and when ] came 20 my senses
found that my horse was resting upon N,
. head. IL was a tremendous weight righ
7 upon the back Of my head. but the rest
4 OF my body aud my face were free dc
2 Il hurt? Well, reckon u did. yelled a.
I loud as I could, but my Tolce sounded 4
] my head Fortunately my brother kearl
$ nue. and soon came nyinE 70 my relief. III