The Comet 1897 The Comet Vol I Issue 2

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VOL . 1 . AUSTI J , TEXAS , JANUARY 3 , 1898 . No . 2 .
First
~ CONTENTS ~
Page- ' 1 ' HE COllIE ' I '. PLAN ' l ' S AND PEOPLE .
Second Paa :: e- ' 1 ' 0 OUR READERS . NEEDS OF THE SOCIETY . THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING .
who ln folks
are
afraid
of it . but think
they
own
which
they
prosecute
with
never-failing
lots .
industry .
It
is that
the
only
use
of the
The
orthodox
plants
have
quite
a busi-
public
is
to
fatten
the '
earth
for
their
ness-like
way
of
catching-on ,
probably
high-born
highnesses ,
so they
spend
their
the
result
of
evolution .
They
leave
all
time
in fixing
themselves
by
diving
into
this
work
to
the
roots ,
which
have
as
the
pockets
of the weedy
poor folks ,
This
time
mining
as the colliers
rema
existence
till the

are specialized by us to dig- our coal . hits the tap root . Perhaps our teacher Some heterodox plants never get started I would sny this is a mistn ke ; that 1 ought right . so they never make all inch of I to have called them parasitos . but 1 progress without having to turn some I couldn ' t ma ke things fit-then ' arc ~ o of their leaves or some of their stems I few parasites in the veg-etable kingdom , into catch-ous , and are continun lly ha ng- and 1 shouldu ' t ; like to cast a slur on the ing on to themselves or some other plaut . mistletoe . If he criticizes me , 1 shall

Third Pttge- They spend their lives scrambling ' toward say there is another class of people- CLASS POElll . but never getting into the Iizht and good , honest , uprig-ht men and women , SCHOOL NEWS . filially die in a muddle . BQYs ~ nci girls who [ 1 ) i . nlltheit : own business , do a great

. I are verv much like plants ; some polish deal of good III the world , and are so IlEWARE OF lliR . PIERCE AND themselves up by going right down to unobtrusive that I nearly forgot them . ' l ' HE BICYCLE . the root of the mntter-ithov can sef ' a : 1 1 suppose I was afraid to call genteel round n fact aud hit . its eve every time , I peo . plE ' par .· a ;; ite ~. _. 1oug . ht to bu Y . f '. remem-

HIDDEN TREASURES . . . because they start right . Others COIll- bered that Ezekial . III describing the monee superficially . the un del ground busi- gr = atness of the Assyr-ian nu tiou , say ":
Fourth PUJ :; e- uess lIul kiu ~ Lv t he ii- tsstc : S4 ) all their " Xo tl ' PP in the garden of God ' was like
THREE DAYS ' GRACE . lives they are tangled up like thiuzs in unto . him in beauty ," nnd David H : I ~' S ,
t ====== -- = --- =,, -- ===,.,. === - =""'''' a brier patch , and are weu ry iug to them- " The good man shall be like a tree plantselves and irritating to business-like peo- I ' d by the water side . that his leaf shall
THE COlllET . ( From O . ", V . Ho . mes ' " Tile Comet .")
Tho " Comet !" It is on its way , And singing as it flies .
Let other papers shrink before This " spectre of the skies ."
Ah ! well may monthlies all turn And five-cent dailies pale ; TI c " Comet " will come out ahead ,

And all the rest be tail . pie , because they huve so much cutch-on I not wither , · and wha tsoever he doeth business to attend to . These lire the I shall prosper ." people who copy , or else ~ f ' t th « othr-r Plants . are wonderfully adnptnt ive . fellow to do the work . I Growing wild , tl } e )' are liable to be

P ' nnts are divided into two clussos : tru mplcd 0 ~ 1 , to hltV ' e their blossoms Those whose uses a re known , . uid those shaken : theirfJ ; u . it ~ crn8be ~ or stoil ~ I ~. whose uses we do not know . ' I ' ho first f ' o thov frequently build II miniature pallwe call plauts . the second weeds . It is sudo of thorns , spikes Or stings on those blue , astonishing with what facility weeds part " nearest the ' ground , HS a special grow whore they nre not wa nted = -just invitation to intruders to cull agnin . The like " i : ly notions in some heads . Their " upper ten " had sense enough to mn l « - only use seems to be tbnt M ein-ich ing use of this idea . so their palaces were
On . on , by whistling spheres of light , . the soil when they dio , for the henefit I surr ~ unded . by man-trap :~ and are now 1 see thy ~ Iory flame . • of th » next comer . If siltv notion » had I guarded b ) cannon , palisndes and sen-
Tru-u ne-ither to the left nor right , I rho snrne use , bow wise ' SOI11 (, people i tries to tf '! 1 strangers how welcome thev But still keep on the same . would be . It is singular thnt poor folks , are .
And if I do not miss my guess , Anc1 wish I ne ' er were born ,
Tle " Co111et " will come out the best , Thf ' hi /! end of the horn .
PLANTS AND PEOPI , E . like weeds , hn ve this fncilitr of growing When plants are cultivated , they speedwhere they are not wanted . n nd have , ily lose this " fringe of offense ." n s ~ 11 ·. also , a despica b ' e name like tho w (' eels . ' Ruskin calls it . 1 suppose they hnve no The Greeks called them " hoi po :: oi ." the II desh : e to express their gratitude b . l · of- French call them the " ca nnll : o ," the fending those who care for them . Tho Americans " the populncr- ." tho Enzlish nobs have not been cultivated long enough ra g-taa-nud-bob-tn tlo 1 ' 1- to feel the necesslty ~ g ' Hllce of these nn mos , it ix r '( -': n they d isnr ' rni ng thoursel vos . ndvisa bilitv of
T ' l »: ts grow ncn rly evorvwbcre . just I must ha vo men nt tho " •.' who \\ 1 ' J "(' l :~ t T ' ln nrs , lovr- t ho light so milch thev gro \\" : i1 '(' bovs a nrl girls : the number of en ch i present . I E ': feh ~ tl ' lll with ;( yip \\,. of putting ' tho IS as countless as thn t of the rogues There is n class of people cOl " ll ' spon ( lillg IE ' nYE ' sand the flowers right in it . Perwhom F ' alstaff fought . The mn in thing to the hiuh-born trees . Nobs , . u-istor-i-nts haps it would 1 " 1 (" better for the " hoi necessary for growth in each cnse is n nd other prot ty names are nSl ' ll to , ll ' s- polloi :' at len st for houlths sake . to give something smitn hle to fix to : } ll ' nep . t ' IC i ~ II " t " l ' tl ' P11I-to find their nso is a much till ' sun n « huuce to squint on them . The (.' " I nctoristic of people , ns wo l ) HS plants , ] - ; 11 '('(' 1 ' runttr-r thn n their " Pili /! PI '. ' I ' ho " llJ )[ lpr 1 ' p ,," IIPell no sunshine : thei :: \\": 1 ." to " cntch on ," or whnt t +« FI ' C '! Ip ! 1JU : 1n I est P :' lllts hu vr- . ot « of n ~;' s . ' 1 ' 111 '\' shr-l- of lif ' e is nvcessu rilv shady . The sun calls " savez ," the Grecian " iIOllX ," t '~ e t ( - , 1 '. fppc1 null e : otl1f \ ih ,) ;! JP ' tpl ' l ~: ll ' t of mn kos pl a nts hrig-htel ' and live . ior : it
" 1 "(' 1 icn n " glln1ptioll ." Our teacher calls the world , and ( 10 n I ; rl ' at den l toward might not have the same f ' ffpct Oll tit I ' it common sense , but says it is the most nui k inz it m otrv . Bnt th " nristoc a ts J ". r . COll ~ J1l0nthing in the world . Most hn vo mn inlv hor-n pO " SP ~ Sf ' rl of our- i ( I (,: 1 .
( Continued on Second Pnge .)

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