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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08
ToDAY,s FORECASTS.


NASHVILLE. Tenn.-The tty u nInng
IN with Illinois citizens Who are coming
to help celebrate Illinois Day at, tho Ex-
position tomorrow.
KANSAS CITY-The shooting match to-
dAy between ]. A. Il. Elliott and Fred
Gilbert will be ore OF the events OF the
year In this line OF sport.
NEW YORK Tho Lexow Republican
clue will give dinner 70 Col),el George
Moore smith tomorrow. Mayor Strong and
other city officials will attend.
DAYTON. ohio.--Bllly SUIT. the weil-'
known middleweight OF Chicago. VII! meet
Kid Mccoy In a fifteen-round rout before
the Gem Athletic club here .0day. the
men will weigh In at 100 pounds the night
OF the contest. The club has guaranteed
purse OF $1,000.
CHICAGO-Preparatio are completed
for tomorrow's celebration OF ChicaRo
Day. the twenty-sixth anniversary OF the
Chicago fire. The principal feature CT the
anniversary celebration will be tho iliumi.
mated parade Illustrating the history Of
Chicago In detail.
LONpON--After many unsuccessful at
tempts Dick Burge and Tom causer. the
English Hghtweigh,s. both OF whom were
defeated by Eddie Connolly, tho American
have been matched to meet today for the
second time They are to box twenty
rounds at 40 pounds for purse Of S2boe
and q side bet Of 5000. The contest y
to b pulled on in the Bolingbroks Athlstie
club.
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MISS CISNEROS ESCAPED.


without outlay, all
o
of the Of ab men beonar
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probabilities.

Washington october 7-F'or Eastern
Texas--Fa.r; light, variable winds.
lOk,aflo-r,s Indian Territory and Ar
karvae--Fsfr: south winds.
The Joakotas-Partly cloudy: loca
showers in eastern portion; cooler: north
erv w.rds.
pro;,nb,v light lacal showers; cooler
northwesterly winds.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08
VIII RccnII WcyIer.

Madrid, october lit is semi officially
announced today that Captain General
weyler will be recalled from Cuba this
month. and It is probable that the cortes
will be dissolved in December.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08

Madrid. October 7.Aeco;ding 10 III Der,
aldo. SPANS reply to the United States
VIII point out that II Americans sufior hv
reason OF the war in Cuba the 1.-THE
Americans) arc to blame. inasmuch as ne
war is assisted by the Americans
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08

entered against them in the so-cailcd
Compromise
commercial.
Cotton futures unchanged at Liverpool
and New York; 2Go6 points lower at Kew
orleans.
All hog products have suffered n fur
Their decline,
| Houston may have wholesale seed
store.
The opinion among Chicago spcc,ilntors
! Indicated a reaction IN wheat Is duc. News
OF scattered rains caused weakness.
Sporting Notes.
The Balt,morcs won again from Boston
Mt Worcester, Mass, by score OF II to
TO-
The races at Lexington. Ky, unfirish-
cd on account of darkness.
Jim Corbctt may so TO the Klondike
/ and start hotel
VaiIroads.
Edward ID. Adams resigns ms chairman
Of the board OF directors OF the Northern
Pacific and The position has been abolish
cd
The railroad commission win consider
rates on machinery m carload lots October
10.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
Robbins Of the Central dssues a quaran-
| tine circular
why tho Galveston, Ia Porto and fIpus-
ton applied the dfferential to certain
shipments of cotton going 10 Galveston,
| DIR. Fisher Of the Galveston board OF
health has replied TO Manager Van Week
OF the Southern Pacific.
Local.
| rtnrles Huohner OF the Southern "a
| cinc receives encouraging news or MS
| son who has been sick in New Orleans
with yellow fever.
aiIlsbcro has sent s5s.75 TO Major o. q
Drew. to DO added TO the Mac Stewart
| fund
| A. Gordon, Russian. was yesterday
declared 10 be non compos mentas.
| The Sporc injunction case was heard
before Judge Wilson.
! Young Stevenson, who was injured at
q Deepwater sawmll Wednesday, died at
! the h2uffon infrmary.
/ Mrs. Kate CabeM currie OF Dallas writes
an encouraging letter to the Daughters
OF es-Confederates in Houston,
| IN. Guitcras Is expected 70 BIO in Hons-
| ton today or Tomorrow.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08
rormer cuban senator D~nd.

New York, October Joseph silverlo
Jerrin, formerly Cuban senator. died at
his home in this city OF pneumonia. aged
81
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08
! Us Your GO||OI

will find that we can
|tar than you anticipate.
yssess all the physical
a.. but that after all
hot count for half in
M Cotton. What tells.
ssification, manner Of
ne and jud g m Q mt in
In no other business
bersonal attention, skill
wperIence count for 50
Send for stencil and
ions.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08
Cot,on peIt DuIIetin.
Remarks,

Continued hot drv weather prevails In
the Tnxas cotton belt this morning. No
rainfall was reported from any cottco
section center.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08

General observations.
Observations taken by the United State<
weather bureau at D. m. 10Th meridian
time:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08

orcide and Suicide.
october 7.-Lester Burton
n,s wife here today aud then
a' She had applied for a d.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08

McHenry. Miss. october mo lev
cases of fever here. Toiegraph 0psrator
Hughey, the first case here. has recovered
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08
n,cycIe Record broken.

Cincinnati Ohio october Harry Sid
we'll of Covington, KY, broke the worlds
mateur paced record for two thirds OF a
mile. Time. 1903 rs. Old record, ia lis.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08

NEW YORK-The Lexow Republican
clue Will give dinner 70 Col),el George
Moore smith tomorrow Mayor Strong aud
other city officials will attend.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-08

KANSAS CITY-The shooting match to,
day between ]. A. Il. Elliott and Fred
Gilbert will be ore OF the events OF the
year In this Hnc OF sport.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

avoided them.
Between the era of the Clutch wag-
cns' and the mammoth locomotives of
to-day lie the classes of engines famil-
lar to every one, because examples of
them are still to be found working on
every branch road. But the latest eX-
ample of engine building, illus
trated by the ten-wheeled consolida ted
passenger engines a t present in use on
the Z. S o. road, brings up such mag
nificent concentration of speed, strength
and endurance as were never before
seen in the history of the world. These
engines have six coupled wheels. six
feet six inches in diameter, cylinders
21x26 inches. and a steam pressure of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

lateral and longitudinal play of the
connecting rods, it may be safely in
ferred that the mud digger class
was never able to apply more than half
its nominal draw-bar pull.
The variety of locomotive still known
as the 'canel back" was first built by
Ross Winans between 1850 and 1853.
These were the first 3O-ton engines ever
used in any part of the world. Next to
one modern class of engines, which
shall here be namcless. they were per-
haps the .ugliest locomotives which
have ever been built. Yet the ''cameI
backs" could pull trains no other
engine built up to this time could,
and kept their scheduled time,
summer and winter, over the noun
tain grades of the Alleghanies, and so
we'll built were they that some of them
put into service 80 years ago are stAI
pegging away, much too good to be
relegated to the SCRAP heap.
The Dutch wagons" were intro
duced by Samuel J. Hayes in 1857. They
were woodworking engines with inside
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
A DAVIS CHRISTOPHER.
A MODERN FLYER.

fan close to the ash pan by which air
was forced up through the fire. Under
ia vora BILE circumstances the York" ran
at as high a rate of speed as 80 miles an
hour with three or four cars, and
throughout the year 1882 had an aver
age run of so miles 4 day. 1t was lit
tile later than this that the horizontal
Roller was substituted for the vertical
one, and the name of the engines using
the horizontal boilers were GRABS" to
distinguish them from those of the
'-grasshopper" class.
Ross Winans invented the projecting
Journals on the axles of car wheels.
thus producing ut a stroke the fric-
ton of hauling them from twelve
pounds to ton to three pounds.
Mr.. Winans' first two engines. man
-ufactured in the fall of 1896. though
eight tons each in weight. had great
er drawbar pull than any of the 12-ton
engines made by Stephenson in Eng
land. In the following years the first
Of the famous "mud-diggers was
turned out at the Mount Clare works
This type of engine had driving wheels
three feet IN diameter. and cylinders ! Z
inches in diameter, with q 2+-iach
stroke Assuming that the steam pres
sure in the boiler WAS leo pounds to the
square inch, such an engine must have
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

by conceiving HOO horses all able to
make one mighty pull at the same mo-
ment- AS to speed. one of these en-
syines will advance at the almost in
conceivably rapid rate of 100 feet in a
second. There may be inventions
which may be considered more marvel
Gus than rhe modern high-power loco
motive. but surely none displays in con
crete result the power of man to i'm
prison so mighty force in SO small a
compass. E. H. MULLIN.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
A WINANS CAMEL BACK.

one of the axles, in the funnel of his
engine. The power was applied to the
other axle by means of a toothed wheel.
The strength of the engine was one
horsepower, and attained the then eX-
traordinary rate of is miles an hour.
On the following January 4, 1881, the
directors of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road company issued their famous offer
Ct $4,000 for the best locomotive which
should be delivered at their line before
the following June 1. The winner OF
this contest was Phineas Davis, who
called his engine the York" from
DIRK, Pa, where it was built 1t was
the first of the class known as grass
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

ITO pounds to the square inch They
haul the Royal Blue line trains, and on
many occasions have gone a mile in so
seconds, while one of them has been
timed covering d mile in 80 seconds.
When it is borne in mind that horse
power" really means what very strong
horse can lift in a minute, the force of
one of these engines will be realized
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
ABOUT LOCOMOTIVES.
The Evolution Of the American
Steam Engine.
Peter CoOper's Crude Ahair-Varfous
other Types I'm Early Use and
Their PecuIiarftfes-The
Modern Flyer.

Although Peter Cooper never built
successful full-sized locomotive, he is
none the less entitled to the renown of
being the father of the American loco
motive. He began building his model
on the site of the present Mount Clare
workshops in Baltimore, in 1929, and
made several trial trips with it before
the close of that year. Itwas very crude
machine, judged by the present stand
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
LoHt-A Point.

Historic are the instances of points
missed in the retelling of good story.
Who has not heard of Charles Lambs
GLADLY tired" wheel twisted into BADLY
wearied" with consequent loss of the
point? And here is one what was
overheard at one of the little French
restaurants: One of the habitues of
the place had just returned with a
coat of tan that spoke even louder of
a glorious vacation than any words.
give been roaming around through
the upper parts of the state" he said,
and many quaint and curious things
have seen. One of them was an old
inn, old as the hills, guess. Its name,
too, was particularly appropriate for a
hotel, Dew Drop Inn-'' His hearers
commented on the aptness and later
in the evening, when a stranger
joined the party, one of the number
tried to tell about this hotel and could
not understand why the late conner did
not see the aptness~ when he told that
on the signboard were the words:
''Please Walk mn. Y. Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline:
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle
treatise. DIR. Kline 933 Arch ST., Phila., Pa
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

'fWere you an eye witness to this affair
asked the prosecutor. Il don't know VIII
you'd call nigh witness, but Iwarn' t more
five rods away
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

had draS-bar pull of 1926 pounds. or
enough power for even good-sized en-
CINE of to-day, but if the bad balancing
of all early locomotives be added to the
friction of the toothed wheels, and the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

It is not difficult to make old people hap
py; show them some one 20 years older than
themselves who is still in good health.-At-
Gibson Globe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Mamma-.'Where's papa?" Flora-"He's
downstairs" Mamma = Whats he do
ing?" Flora-'His bicycle is out of breaff,
and he's giving it some more"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
Reform. Need More Than a Day

RefOrns Need MoFe Than q Day
To bring them about, and are always more
complete and lasting when they proceed
with steady regularity to contamination.
Few of the observant among US can have
changes in the human system are not
wrought by abrupt and violent means, and
that those are the most salutary medicines
which are progressive. Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters is the chief of these. Dyspepsia,
disease of obstinate character, is obliter-
ated by it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
ee4 nus. CORN PEE ACRE.

It's marvellous how we progress!
You can make money at 10 cents
5ushel when you get 2e4 bushels corn,
$40 bushels oats, 173 bushels barley,
1000 bushels potatoes per acre! Sal
zer's creations in farm seeds produce.
1000 WORTH FOR 10 CENTS,
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10 CENTS
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. and get 12 farm seed SAM
Piles, worth $1,000, to get a start. [K1
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Probably the first thing every man re-
solves when he gets up in the morning is
that he will go to bed earlier the next
night.-Atchison Globe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Doubled up and bent with pain-Lumba
go. Use St. Jacobs Oil and straighten up.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

The ordinary schoolboy doesn't think,
and is much healther.-F. F. Montressor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Dull, gnawing pain-neuralgia. Prompt,
soothing cure-St. Jacobs Oil.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

He-@I loveyou better than my life She
considering the life you lead, I cannot say
that 1 surprised. '-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
"Stnr TObaccO.o

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

'They say people who live together 6
to look alike is that so? Well, just
the interest of science, let's try it. ''-Chi'
go Record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

cylinders. AS inside cylinders demand
forged cranks on the driving aNles, and
as these crank axles are liable to frac-
ture with excessive strain or after long
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

When bilious or costive eat Cascaret,
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. 10c, 25c.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Just try Toe box of Cascarets candy ca
thartic, finest liver and bowel regulator made.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Tommy, who was Joan of Arc?" asked
the teacher. "Noah's wife, said Tommy
who is considered great at guessing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Men look for signs of spring out doors
women lock for them in dry goods stores
Atchison Globe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

A cold-sore and stiff. All right agai
st. Jacobs Oil did it-cured.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

If man could only get as much for his
old family horse as his wife thinks the ami
NAL is worthi-Atchison Globe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Your friends may not know much, bu
they know what they would do If they wer'
in your place.-N. Y. Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

The baby said land gave that yell
Which makes his father scowD,
81 may not be bowling swell,
But I'm a swelling howl"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Rest assured that If your misdeeds find
you out they will call again.-N. Y. Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Limp and lame-lame back. St. Jacob:
Oil cures it promptly, surely.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Milton Reizenstein, graduate student of
the Johns Hopkins University, OF Baltl-
for a degree which he expects to receive
next June. He has chosen for his subject
the history of the b. & r.. R. from its in
ception on the night of February 18th, 1897,
when % of the leading business men of Balti-
more met at the home of Philip E. Thomas
and devised means whereby. the trade of
Baltimore with the West could be restored.
1t was at this meeting that the company was
organized which afterwards built the b. & o.
r. R. Mr. Reizenstein's monograph takes
up the history of the road from that night
until tracks were laid to Wheeling, w. Va,
in 1858. The 10th anniversary of the B. & o.
r. r. Co. was February 18th, 1897.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

There are some women who are reminde,
that they are superior creatures every tim
a man takes off his hat to them.-Atchisol
Globe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

ard, having an upright boiler with q
single cylinder of 314 inches diameter
and a stroke of 14A inches. Instead of
using the exhaust steam from the cyl
iuder to produce draught for the fire.
as in all modern locomotives, Mr.. Coop
er placed fan, revolved by belt from
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

I could not get along without Piso's Gu
E. G. Moulton, Needham, Mass, Oct. %, :
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, 10c.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

A cruel pain-sciatica. Its cure is sure
Use St. Jacobs Oil.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
Hnw,s This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
Tor any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo. Q.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
put any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Chic.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
EalPs Family Pills are the best.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Opportunity makes short calls. When one
is out it leaves a card and moves on.-N. Y.
lI
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03
Spring Cleaning.

Spring cleaning need not necessarily
be made the drudgery it is if properly
lone. Paints, floors, hard walls and
windows may all be cleaned without
rubbing, by wiping over with strong
suds made of Ivory soap and hot, soft
water, then rinsed and dried. A room
thus cleaned will be fresh and sweet,
with no unpleasant odor of strong
soaps or cleaning fluids.
ELIZA r. PARKER
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

Little Ethel-'1 wonder why men like to
talk about their old school days?" Little
Johnny-@I s'pose after they get growed
the teacher lives, so they can lick him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-03

"tWhile Miss Fitz was away, George took
her parrot" Anything happen!' 81
lon't know; she keeps the parrot down eel
ar now, and the engagement is off. Life.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-03-18
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