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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