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A New Abrasive

Moissau. the French savant who has
obtained much publicity by his expert
mentS in attempting to make artificial
diamonds, will soon receive a patent
from our Washington. office for new
abrasive of his invention that, prod uced
in quantities, will revolutionize many
industries In which very fine abrasives
are required. This invention in car
bide of titanium; in other worCis, car
bon compounded With the metal titan
ium
Titanium is one of the most interest
ing of the rare metals. II is about half
as heavy as iron and, like the latter, it
is white when perfectly pure. Chem
ically it resembles tin, while in its ply
sical properties it is like iron. The ia
miliar mineral "rutle" is an oxide of
ttapium, and is used TO give the proper
color to artificial teeth.
Dealers in rare and costly metals do
not carry titanium because there has
besn no demand for it; at the same time
there is no doubt plenty of it could be
produced at very moderate cost If a
large demand should spring up. Though
classed as rare METAL, it is not really
such. This mineral is found in pure
state in the streams Of the mountain To-
calities of Burke, Mcdowell and Mitchell,
in North Carolina and when the people
Of that section hear that it is wanted
they will produce as much as they once
did of menazite when it's value was dis
covered.-Worcester Spy.
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of an unknown quality, but the support
ers of the brown and white, are posi-
lively assured that there will be no
reason to fear weakness in the team
this year. Although Captain Colby has
graduated, the men who are left have
imbibed his principles of hard, fast and
tricky play.
Lafayette will again be coached by
Parke H. Davis, an old Princeton man,
by whose coaching the team was last
year raised to such high position in
the football world. This years team
promises to be even stronger than last,
as only two men leave, Rowland, who
has played guard for them the last four
years. and Barclay, who by his magnifi-
cent running won for Lafayette the
Pennsylvania game last year, and en-
deared himself forever to the support
ers Of the Easton college. The giant
guard. Rhinehart, who played such q
brilliant game against Pennsylvania,
outplaying his opponent and getting
down the field under kicks as fast as the
ends, Is this years captain.
The herald., 1897-10-10
Geology Of the Klondike

A recent explorer in part Of Alaska
as far removed from the newly discover
ed klondike region as Washington is
from Boston has said: THAT country
Is one-half made; the glaciers are slow
ly doing their work, the mountains are
smoking, and the rivers are vomiting
out quantities of quicksand." What Is
true of the Cooks Inlet country of
Southern Alaska is also true, in a
measure, of the valley of the Yukon
There are, however, some differences
In The region of the gold fields there are
no glaciers. Active volcanoes too, are
so far away that it is only by the occa-
sional reports of Indians or prospectors
who have made longer trip than usual
that their existence is known. Ard
yet one can see, through all the valley
Of that great river Of the north, abund-
ant evidences of the uniformed character
of the country.
The one thing that strikes the traveller,
be he layman or geologst, is the i'm
mense amount of work which the
streams are performing. The Lewes
river, down which he takes his way TO
the digsings, rises, as is known in a
series of lakes, the largest of which is
over thirty miles long. The country
in the upper lake region is mountainous,
with torrents plunging down through
rough valleys from the eternal srow.
The contrast between this water of the
lakes, which Is clear, and that of the
stream emerging from them Is remark
able. The latter soon becomes turbid,
being full of sediment, so that one can
not see more than a quarter of an inch
below the surface. A basinful taken out
and allowed to stand clears itself in
time, and thick deposit of mud Is found
in the bottom of the receptacle.
The current boils and flows very rap
idly, and as the boat floats along a sound
Is heard like that of frying fat. Upon
searching for the cause of this sound
it is found to lie in the grating against
the bottom of the boat of the very fine
particles of sand carried in suspension
From the moment of entering the Lewes
river until the need of the trip this sound
is never absent. A truly enormous
amount of material is thus borne along
by the Yukon and finally emptied into
the immense delta at it's mouth in Nor
toms sound.-Leslie's Weekly.
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baseball catcher and a deep sea diver.
First of all come the football pants.
This Is one instance where even the
most fashionable young mar is at lib
erty to say pants" without creating
sersa tion. They are of two qualities, or
rather of different materials. One is of
special heavy White 6auck, padded both
in front and rear and still more heavily
padded on hips and knees. The inter-
collegiate football parts" have lace
front, are made of the heaviest drab
moleskin manufactured especially for
the purpose, and the hips and knees are
heavily paddN with fine curled hair,
and the thighs with light wadding.
Let US now begin at the bottom and
tell what well equipped football player
wears besides his pants" His shoes
should be of the fir,est kangaroo leather,
of extra high lace with circular rein
force on the sides, as we'll as cleats or
the heel and sole. They may be of rus
set leather II necessary, but kangaroo
is prefera BILE. Now beneath the top of
this shoe is what is known as the ankle
support made Of soft tanned leather and
worn over the stocking. 1t laces very
tight in the cerrter, although little
looser at the top and bottom. 1t not
only strengthens but prevents the turn
ing OF the ankle.
The football stocking is heavily ribbed
and full fashioned. In colors. black,
r,avy, maroon ard grey are given the
preference. OF course the shin guard
must be worn.s 1t is of canvas, or mole
skin or leather and runs in length from
nine to twelve, inches. Next comes the
belt and abdomen protector. The very
best belts are elastic but the ordinary
belt is made of leather with heavily
plated buckle and rings. To this is at
tached the protector, made something in
the fashion OF shield, and very heavy.
The football Jacket is either made of
heavy (suck or canvas. 1t should be
sewed with the best and strongest linen,
and may have sleeves or no sleeves ac-
cording to the desire of the wearer. If
with no sleeves then the player should
wear a ribbed jersey. The curious cor-
trivarce one sees or the head is known as
combination head harness and nose
mask. 1t is composed so far as the
head harness is concerned, of leather,
while the nose mask is made of the finest
rubber no wire or metal being used In
Its construction.
If the player be wise man he has
rubber mouth piece which is great
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protection to the mouth and teeth and
an additional safeguard when used in
connection with tile nose protector. And
thus is the player cap-a-pie, ready for
any of the hard knocks that he is sure
to receive on the field, for the football
Of today is almost as dangerous as the
knightly tournaments of centuries ago.
The preliminary skrmishes have al
ready taken place and yet no one has
line on the leader of the season. In
fact at no time in many years has the
honor been anybody's at the start OF the
season as it is today. The football player
must indeed be a prophet who sees his
own finish now. The Big Four, Prince
ton Yale, Harvard and Pennsylvania
begin the season under new circum-
stances, very different from those OF
last year. Take Princetown, for in
stance.
She loses four of her regular men by
graduation and substitutes for these
must be provided. This fact will give
Captain Cochran plenty to do, and, like
Jordan, his will be hard road to travel.
Galley, Smith, Brokaw and Church are
the men who drop out Of Princeton.
The undergraduates who equal them will
have to sbe skilled players Princeton
will be short in it's old-time coaches too,
for business engagements will prevent
one at least of the very best from doing
anything for the team this year. Still
the orange and black are likely to make
a good showing. There is some fine
football material at Princeton. Who
denies that fact is foolish indeed.
Pennsylvania is in luck that Wood
ruff is going to remain with them an
|other season, and no one for an instant
doubts that he will, in his inimitable
style, fill the vacancies in a way satisi-
factory to the psuporters of the red and
blue. Besides Woodruff and Wharton,
Pennsylvania loses the famous half
back, "Charlie" Colbert, and strong
tackle Farrar. To an outsider the loss
of these men would probably convey
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Equipment for This Years
Players
TAKING fewer CHANCES NOW
WHICH OF THE BIG FOUR WILL
LEAD THE PR0CESSIONp
Princeton Seems to Have the Darkest
Prospects-New Plays Figured
Out

NEW YORK. Oct. 5.-Following fair
in the footsteps of the knightly tourna
ment winners Of old, the football play
eys of the season of '97 will be thoroughly
equipped with armor. 1t will not be Of
knightly steel, and modern styles in
visors are vastly different from those
that ruled in the good old feudal days.
Still, the player will be very we'll pro-
tected, and the chances are that the
football casualties will be a considerable
per cert less this season than the rec
ords of other years show.
Just take look at the ambitious
young man whose portrait in full pan
aply for the tussle with the pigskin is
presented with this article. He bears
the appearance of a cross between a
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the idea that Pennsylvania will not be
as strong as last year, but to a close
student of the game it is no secret that
Pennsylvania has the best material Of
any of the colleges to choose from, and
that Captain Minds team will be fully
equal to the famous team Of '94.
Although Yale has lost a great many
men by graduation, still the outlook is
not so dark as it would seem at first
glance. Many substitutes are back who
almost made the team last year and with
the experience which they have gath
cred should make very valuable men.
The illness of Captain Rogers, coming
at the opening of the season. is indeed
discouraging, but he cannot but feel in
the long run that it will be an advantage
to the team, for by the end of the season
he will be in good trim, owing to the
fact that he has not had a chance to get
stale.
1t seems almost impossible to tell how
Haryard's season will end. Year after
year has seen her start the season with
most brilliant prospects, and year after
year, through series of most unfortu-
nate accidents, have the hopes of her
supporters been dashed to the ground.
This year Harvard seems to have learne d
a lesson taught by the last few seasons,
and it looks as though she would get
revenge for the many defeats suffered
at the hands of her oldtime rival Yale
So much for the leaders of the team
that everybody expects to see in front
Now about the little fellows, the lesser
feas as 1t We're? There are Cornell,
Brown, Lafayette, and last but by no
means least, the Carlisle Indian team. A
radical change in football policy will be
seen at Ithaca. McKeever, Cornell's
new captain. has this to say Of his team:
About forty men are practising every
afternoon on Percy field for places upon
the Cornell football team. Most of the
men are light and inexperienced, and it
will take the hardest kind of work to
produce creditable team. Tracy, Nc
keever, Reed. Ander and Bassford of
last years team will return and an al
most new line will have to be developed.
Correlps schedule tis year will be
harder than ever before, Lafayette,
Princeton and Harvard being played
in the order named, within a week of
each other.
Brown this year promises to have as
strong a team on the field as ever repre-
sented that seat of learning. Her work
at the first Of the year Is generally
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Tempting Odds

"Why is 1t fellows friends always
think he is making a mistake in select
ing a wife?"
"Oh. suppose they can't resist the
temptation when they have such chances
of being right."-Chicago Journal.
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Cured Of Stomach and Liver Troubles by Dr.
Wong Him, Of s31 s. Hope ST. Los Angeles, Cal.
To the Public--1t gives me great pleasure 10 say
that DR.. Wong Him's treatment In my case hab
been most successful For years have been
troubled with the kidney and stomach troubles
tried various remedies from oiher physicians but
received no permanent help Dr. Wong Hms
bles and seems to be permanent in Its results. l
like DIR. Wong Him's Ideas Of Herb Trentmenk
cleaning and renOvatiug the system before building
it up again am certainly pleased to say that he
has done great deal Of good to me, and that
have found him to be q we'll educated man, upas
su ming and kind commanding the respsct Of all
good people. Very respectfully, ,,,>pu.
Miss STELLA HUNTER.
Los Angeles, Cal. April 30. 1897. GEO
Bellevue Avenue.
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four months had regaine1 my lost flesh and
health and today am well and sound. In DR..
any disease that he says he can cure have un-
bounded confidence and faith, and would recon-
r. B. TAYLOR.
President Citizens Bank, South riverside. Cal.
Sept 0, 1897
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DR.. WONG HIM
83l South Hope Street, Los Ange-
les, Cal.

DIR. WONG HIM, s3l
s. Hope St., Los Angeles,
Cal.-Dear Sir: In JUS
tioe to you and for the
benefit OF others. l Wish
10 make o statement OF
my case. ] was afflicted
with liberation Of the
rectum and hemorrhage
Of the bowels. 1 was
treated by two good doc.
tors. until 1 lost 81 pounds
OF flesh and became so
weak from loss OF blood
that l was unable to at
tend to business. / then
commenced d doctoring
with DIR. Wong Him. The
bleeding stopped and 1
com mence to improve
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-24
AN INCREASED MAIL.

Mr.. l.. Bryan said
Regarding the real estate movement In
South Texas. the year OF 1895 has been one
OF the quietest in our experience for many
years. Yet, 10 our surprise. we find that
values have held UP firmly. and whilst
there has not been much Increase in values
there has been positively no decrease Since
the LIST OF January there has been a marked
change for the better. our mail is in
creasing daily with inquiries regarding in
yestmenjs in South Texas.
Il made a trip from Houston to Sour
Lake. in Hardin county. a few days ago.
and was very much surprised at the i'm
provements going on and the settlements
extending through Eastern Harris, Liberty
and Hardin counties.
las soon as positive move is made to de-
velop Buffalo bayou, as now seems prob
able. property in Houston and this vicinity
viii advance loo per cent.
The tide of immigration has just set In
for South Texas and We firmly believe he
fore the close Of 1897 this country will wit
ness a vast Improvement that is not now
and can not he appreciated at this time,
and many will regret they had not in
vested in property at the present low
uricss -
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WE ARE WELL ADVERTISED.

II have not much to say said Colonel N.
l.. Mills, but have been very busy for the
past six weeks In connection with some
important real estate deals During the
last ten days there has been most de-
cided change for the better in real estate
circles. both as regards city and outside
property. am firmly convinced that Ilous-
ton and South Texas stood the last two
years of depression better than any other
portion OF the country. There are a large
number OF actual settlers new being To-
Gated all through the coast country. and
the general public would be amazed to
know the actual number OF people now In
this city from Northern States ind from
the Northern part OF Texas, who are here
for the purpose of making South Texas their
permanent home, The Texas coast country
IL well advertised all over the land Hous-
ton as a city Is well regarded by The people
az all sections. | have confidence that
Buffalo bayou will be deepenod. that nu-
nlerous factories can AMI will be located in
Houston and that an era OF general pros
perity is about to set In"
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purchased will be occupied by them inside
OF years time"
Are these North Texas people land own
crs or renters?"
THE greaterportion OF them are renters
who have been able to lay up small
amount OF cash with which to purchase a
home and with the cheap lands and easy
terms We offer them, they can use it to an
advantage in this part of the State while
the same amount of cash would do them
no good In purchasing a home in the older
portion of the State"
DO North and Central Texas people
comprise the only immigration to the gulf
coast country"
Certainly not. | merely call your at
tention to this condition to have Won I'M
derstand that II is not at all unreasonable
that people living I'm Illinois Inwa or
Nebraska should be ignorant of the won.
derful opportunities awaiting them /, mi,
country. when a great many ~ an, own
people hase never. unt,I The las; tveiva
months, thoroughly understand tho sitna-
lion here with reforencn "a Iard lie nr,.o
and fertility Tho ec,so, for ,oor,a -,
the Northern and Nortbwestarn SIT. ha
lust now onsnod and If nv corrasnonSomas
is any indnx of whnt wo r9.v ay,,nn, 80
vim bo ,ho oroa,a., ,,n,s 'NPeO, ."oIo
,baso soc,ions ~ ~ VI puopie iIotn
has ayor hoo,, w wv va. COUNTY, that
NO, o,,,,o, 49,. 80 --.1. a'""" vat 10
80, -, s,V". "iiivun' VI money as
,''l't ~ YIN 'no "uinper ot people we
,Np'u', ~ times are sun haru throughout
~ ".uo VuuN'Is anu money scarce AZ
sre SAINT TINE, each OF these people VIII
80 80 Soe .,oney anu, III 'ne majority or
e'e.s' sun~ieht 10 make payment on a
Eoou piece OF iand ana money enough to
making one-half TO a bale of cotton per
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TIE NICARAGUA CANAL.

Captain VIM. Hunter, one OF the most
active workers and enthusiastic supporters
OF deepening the bayou. had this to say:
you ask me how best to advance the
interests Of Houston and South Texas. In
my opinion the real estate men should con-
centrate their efforts with the Business
League to build ZIP Il great city. and to do
this we must have deep water result
which can be accomplished by united ef-
fort When Senator Mills was here few
months since the Nicaragua committee, OF
which I am a membtG. had the pleasure
of laying before him the necessity of se-
curing n survey Of deep channel from
the jettles at Galveston To Houston. The
results OF that meeting have been fully de-
tailed in the newspapers. There Is no doubt
hut that with proper effort channel
twenty. five feet deep by 200 feet In width
can be made at cost OF less than 10 per
cent OF the assessed valuation of the city.
you are probably aware that there is a
bill now before congress looking toward the
opening OF. the Nicaragua canal. This canal
open to the shipping of the world would
make the Gulf OF Mexico the most valu-
able body OF water In the world. When
ships can pass through the Nicaragua
canal around up through the gulf and into
tho ship canal and land at Houston, With
fresh water In the bayou, whore there are
fully ten miles Of banks fifty feet above the
sea level. with no wharfage charges and
In close touch with the railroad systems OF
the Southwest, with this accomplished
there will be no trouble to sell real estate"
AN ENGINEERS OPINION.
Mr. l.. T. Eads, a civil engineer Of prom
tnence. said:
s.The outlook Nor the coast country and
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To the Editor of The Post.

>" NhS ASuieoi vi ht OsL
While the average citizen OF Houston is
complaining of high taxes. high assess
ments, dull trade and feels generally blue.
let him get In his "go-c cart" and take sew
eral trips over the country in all directions
about Houston within say thirty miles Of
the city, them come home. put on his
thinking cap and he will feel better. He
VIII have discovered many things new to
him and indeed new to this section He
VIII see hundreds Of new farm houses
miles of graded roads and bitches and many
acres of fertile lands under cultivation,
and general evidence OF thrift and pros
perity over country short time ago
given up to the long horned bull yearling
and his tribe. He will then begin to realize
or he can think what an immense adj
vantage the settlement OF this vast section.
heretofore undeveloped will be to Houston
already great city Of over 1000 people
and fourteen railroads built and main
tanned In spite Of the vacant territory
around it, He will come homo prepared to
think better OF Houston and her future
and 10 pull off his coat and go to work.
stop croaking and begin TO urge tho land
owners and the county to grade more
roads, make more bitches and take a great
err interest in county and city affairs gem
orally, He will feel that every road graded
and every ditch dug in the right place in
the county and every street paved and
graded at proper cost in the city. is money
well expended and is great public neces-
sity. He will feel like urging our county
and city officials to keep up the good work
OF needed public improvements. but at the
same time warn them that rigid economy
should be used in all public expenditures,
All values are down compared with former
times and every dollar OF public money ex
pended should produce good results. The
man with the pillow and the hoe in this sec
ton should be encouraged He will helm
US double the population and business of
Houston In few years.
me election is over. Bryan has come
ana gone Now let every citizen nut on
ms thinking cap and working clothes and
all pull together for the next four wears
Tor Houston and Harris county and the
results Will astonish even the tribe of
'oroakers and doubling Thomases.'
Geo. l.. Porter
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Jerry Fisher OF Barber Hill,
county, Texas, was the father
children, and claimed seyen!y.srl
and great grandchildren. Mr. ~
years of age; therefore, from ny
his children. and grand and g.
children number one more pci
years of his life number. MI. "
Liberty county Is Obliged to idnf
Fisher of Chambers county az
him when 1t comes to granoeaass
great grandchildren, Mr.. JeurM
but fifty-four; but when y &C.,
first batch of children MI. flsnx
bers is not "in it, Mr.. Jenerson. y
having twenty-one Of them. W.
twenty first blessing is only 'a
old. at the present writing. -
cherub on his knee is a sight ssa
Mr.. Jefferson is well and favc1N2
in Liberty county, fairly ~sa
these facts can be easily vep
any OF the older citizens Of ~
Frank lsaacs, the well KNOW
who lives near Humble. 10 hlns
and who is the acknowledge y
all the children born in Cnsn.
and Liberty counties, Will en1
full particulars to any OF nn ~
desires them. All OF FRANK w.
readily take his word for an''A'
tell them-if they want 10.