davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03

was never able TO apply more than half
Its nominal draw-bar pull.
The variety of locomotive still known
as the "camel back" was first built by
Ross Winans between 1850 and 1853.
These were the first 30-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 camel
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
well built were they that some of them
put into service 30 years ago are still
pegging away, much too good TO be
relegated TO the scrap heap.
The Dutch wagons" were intro
duced by Samuel j. Hayes in 1887. They
were woodworking engines with inside
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
COST SEVEN MILLIONS.
baltimore a Ohio Receivers Issue n
Statement.

Statement.
Messrs. John X. Cowen and Oscar G..
Murray were appointed receivers for
the B. a. o. railroad on February 81,
1896, and since they have had charge
very large sums of money have been
expended In placing the road In first
class condition. The following is n
statement prepared by them of expendi-
lures from March 1, 1896, TO February /,
1897:
Within the past few days the receivers
have prepared statement OF expendi-
lures from March I, 1896, 10 February
j, 1877, for additions TO the plant. equip
ment or the road and bettcrments made
thereon. From this statement II is learned
that total OF almost 100000 have been
spent Tor locomotives. passenger and
freight equipment extraordinary repairs
TO equipment and expenditures made by the
engineering department IN the way Of I'M
provements 20 the maintenance OF way,
structures, terminals. and the construc-
ton OF new allBnments and miscellaneous
improvements. IL is shown that the bet
tcrments 10 locomotives amount 20 SlS.-
900. the new freight equipment, which in
Cludcs new dining cars ana other passenger
cars ana bettermentS, amounts 10 SS6. 900,
the new freight ears built by the road and
the repairs 20 those already IA service,
amounted 10 Si47 zoe. the total being some
thing over $2N.OJO The 1000 new freight ears
and the 1i locomotives which were added
20 the equipment last summer cost shout
nhry repairs 10 locomotives. passenger
equipment aud freight equipment aTgre-
"a &c Ai.3iN.000. the total expenditures ia tho
motive department being within n few
Ing department has al8o spont a great deal
or money.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
Change or Programmes.

American Girl--Ma, the Scotch lord
has invited me TO see the new tragedy
with him tonight, and | see by the
papers that the star is i'll and the drama
will not be produced. It's awfully pro-
voking.
Ma--That does not matter. dear; you
have seen the tragedy once, and no
doubt some other play will be present
ed. Go with him, of course.
American Girl (after the perform
ance) You sat through that comedy
without a smile, and it was awfully fun
az. too. | nearly died laughing.
Scotch Lord--Why didna We tell me IL
was comedy? l bought stalls for a
tfagedy.-N. Y. Weekly.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
A MODERN FLYER.

throughout the year 1882 had an aver
age run of so miles day. IL was n lit
tie later than this that the horizontal
boiler 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 Mt stroke the fric-
tlon OF hauling them from twelve
pounds TO ton TO three pounds.
Mr.. Winans' first two engines, man
ufactured in the fall OF 1896, though
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
Putting IL Neatly.

Joscphus Clamwhooper, who resides
in Harlem, married his deceased wife's
sister shortly after the death of the
former. Not long after his marriage,
Clamwhooper met Pete Amsterdam.
who had just returned from trip TO the
south. and had not heard of his friend
bereavement. SO Pete asked, sympa-
thetically;
For whom are you wearing crape?'
IL am in mourning for-for my--for
my late sister-in-law," replied Clam
whooper automatically. - Tammany
Times
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
CON. Rnrrr nefire..

New York, March 30. - Mai. Gen.
Thomas ii. Ringer. commanding the de-
partmentof the eastof the United States
army. with headquarters on Governors
island, rstires from the active list of the
army Friday, when he reaches the age
limit OF Ga years. Gen. Ruger was made
a major general February 8, 1895. Born
at Lima. Livingston county, n. Y. April
?. 1888, Gen. Ruger was appointed to
the West Point academy from Wiscon-
sin, and was graduated from West Point
July 1, 1854.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03

as In all modern locomotives. Mr.. Coop
,er placed fan, revolved by belt from
,one of the axles, in the funnel of his
engine. The power was applied To the
other axle by means of toothed wheel.
The strength of the engine was one
horsepower, and attained the then ex-
rate Of Is miles an hour
On the following January 4, 1881. the
directors of the Baltimore q Ohio Rail-
road company issued their famous offer
of $4,000 for the best locomotive which
should be delivered at their line before
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03

eight tons each in weight, had great
er drawbar pull than any Of the l2-ton
engines made by Stephenson in Eng
land. Ina the following years the first
of the famous "mud-diggers" was
turned out nc the Mount Clare works.
This type Of engine had driving wheels
three feet in diameter, and cylinders IL
inches In diameter, with a 24-inch
stroke. Assuming that the steam pres
sure In the boiler was leo pounds 10 the
square inch, such an engine mSst have
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
nnhi, of nnlng Wen.

Learning TO do well is like learning 10
swim. You wade into the water. out
not far, for fear you will drown. You
try again. and do little better. You
swallow good deal OF water, but you
keep on splashing and finally can
swim. So you must keep on doing well
until you learn how. a habit Is some
thing which we have. That is what the
word means. IL often becomes some-
thing which has us.-Detroit Free
liv.sQQ
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
ABOUT LOCOMOTIVES.
Tho Evolution Of tho American
Steam Engine.
refer cooper's Crude Annir-various
other Types I'm Early Use and
Their Peculiarities-The
Modern Flyer.

Although Peter Cooper never built a
successful full-sized locomotive, he is
none the less entitled 10 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 1t before
the close of thatyear. Itwasave crude
machine, judged by the present stand
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
unnnticipnted Pleasure.

She-Now, dearest, you know that
when we are married you have prom
ised TO 20 right TO housekeeping.
lie (doubtfully) but, my angel. you
CT mot cook at all.
She (brightly)-That's all right.
love; but mother can.-Philadeiphia
Press.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
No Leave of Absence for Lee.

Washington. April 1.-The state de-
partmcnt declares that Consul General
Lee has not been granted leave OF alb
sence 10 take effect April 10, as pub
lished, or any other date. Gen. Lee
has not asked for leave Of absence and
no action looking 20 his relief az Havana
or 10 the acceptance OF his resignation
has been taken
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
Trnrciy In ChIcngo.

Chicago. April AFTER an unsuccess-
ful attempt TO murder his wife, John
w. Bowers turned revolver upon him
self and sent a bullet through his own
brain. killing him almost instantly.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03

Its hard world" exclaimed the
novice. as his bicycle prccipitatcd him
upon tho frozen ground.-lliustrated
American.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
TMcnt,-Onc Dronned nt San

Coruna, Spain. March ga dispatch
boat from Ferrol. 12 miles distant, an
rounces that boat with 30 occupants
has been sunk in a collision with a
steamer, and 81 persons were drowned.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03

had draw-bar pull Of 10. 266 fo1nds. or
enough power for even good-sized en-
CINE OF to-day, but II the bad balancing
OF all early locomotives be added to the
friction OF the toothed wheels. and the
lateral and longitudinal play of the
connecting rods, IL may be safely in
ferred that the mud digger" class
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03

ST. Johns, n. f., March 20.-Newa
from the east coast scaling fleet was re-
ceivod Saturday. Out of 10 steamers
fishing IN the North Atlantic IL have
been heard from, whose combined
catches are only ~ 900 seals. less than
load for one steamer. This Is this
worst record for 100 years. There il
little likelihood Of the fishery being
retrieved later from total failure.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
Novel PUNISHMENT for nurslar.

Frankfort. Ky, April IA bill was
introduced Wednesday in the legisla-
ture. providing for the branding of con
victed burglars on each cheek.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
Army OF -Four MIlIion AvniIabIe.

Counting all classes of reserves. Ger
many can I'm "a hours raise an army of
100000 disciplined men. - Chicago
Times Herald.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03

The cleanest city In the world Is
Cannes. France. All the street sweep
ing there is done by brigade of women.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03

Louisville, ny, March SD. G.. and
r. 4. Whittinghill. dealers In dry goods.
have assigned: assets estimated at $751;
600, with liabilities OF $40, 900.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03
CROWDED OUT.
Tariff BiII 10 lie Disposed OF Before
other Legislation.


Washington, March 2T.-rhe execu-
tive committee, which was created at
the monetary convention held in Indi-
annapolis January last, TO secure
the appointment of a commission
to revise the currency system of
the United States, called on Speaker
Reed Mt the capitol Friday. Among the
number were Mr.. III. H. Hanna, of lndi-
annapolis, who was the chairman of
the indianapolis conventions; ex-Gov.
Stanard. of st. Louis; George +. Pea
body, of New York, and John T.. Irish,
Of San Francisco.
The committee set forth TO Speaker
Reed the necessity not only of main
tanning the present gold standard. but
of insuring the ultimate retirement of
all classes OF United States notes and the
establishment OF n banking system
which should furnish credit facilities TO
every portion of the country and at the
same time afford safe and elastic cir
culation. They stated that congress
sional commission, or commission of
outsiders, or n mixed commission OF
senator's and representatives and bust
ness men would be equally satisfactory
TO them. What they desired, primar-
lily, was the appointment Of n com
mission.
The speaker replied that congress
had been called together 10 pass tariff
bill, and that il was obviously 20 the in
tercsts OF this country that this bill
should be passed az the earliest possible
81
opinion that il would be better If this
bill would be passed in May, than II its
passage we're delayed until July next.
Until final action had been taken on
this bill he did not deem il advisable to
compicate matters by the formulation
of any new legislation.
The committee agreed that this was
doubtless the better course 20 be pur-
sued, and ith this the interview closed
Dun REPORTS Grenter Confidence.
New York, March 27.--R. G. Dun e.
Co., in their weeklyreview of trade, say:
Rarely have markets sustained such
surprise as they have received OF late
with 80 little loss. Foreign conditions and
London alarms. the collapse or the iron
ore combination, the destructive floods In
the Mississippi valley and the decision OF
the supreme court against railway assoc
Citations have been used TO the utmost,
but not even IN railroad stocks has the
result been important. with confidence
that better times and larger business are
coming men are less disposed every day
20 throw away good investments, and
the, very fact that prices or products are
now low IL regarded as a guarantee against
much further decline. In all Industries.
also, the number OF mills and shops and
hands az work gradually Increases.
Failures for tho week have been 29l I'm
tho United States. against $50 last year,
and 80 In Canada. against 80 last year"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-04-03

ard, having an upright boiler with a
single cylinder of 81 inches diameter
and stroke of 14h inches. Instead of
using the exhaust steam from the cyl
iiIder to produce draught for the fire,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-11
WILL ANYTHING HT DoNEe

Mr. John Warnamaker has been
tr4une tle American people i'm the last
few days to bis views upon things 100 gene
eral and. m iue course Of Dds remarks,
he made the following. He said.
"if there is any through train to Con-
rress tAe country would shout Tor joy o.
see the t4rn get aboard OF DO IL there
ever was occasion 20 pat on a special ID is
nov.
Gathering ourselves together also on
the monetary question cannot Dee done too
s10u There is no use sending dclesa-
tons 80 foreign nations until We have
some definite proposition 10 make.
Let authority be given Immediately for
n Monetary Commission TO determine
what the United States Senate wants 10
do on the money question. and then let us
go after IL and get il as promptly as pos
sihle
III TO be impatient is unpairlotc. when
thc delays are SO protrlctcd and seem
inely unnecessary iu adjusting these two
great questions uppcrmOst in the public
mind. then 1 must ask 10 be forgiven for
miscountng the pulse OF most Of the
people that ] meet.
"Ihere arc not few who believe that
since tho war no such exisency fen upon
the country as that which preceded the
election OF November. 1896.
THE spirit which moved the people
then Is stil alive. IL will neither he tx,
ngsed aor ga!lied with. The tarin, money,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-11

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knew that his principal purpose In call
ing Congress together was TO give the
country n high protective tariff measure.
subsequent events have justified that
criticism OF Tho Times Tho Republicans
SGT ont az once 20 prepare tarin bill.
ost.nsibiv TO Increase the revenues Of
government. but the question OF revenue
vas made subordinate to the question Of
rrot,ction. and so when the bin was COM
pl.tad 10 was discovered that in provid-
inc for all the protection desired, IL did
not provide for necessary revenue
Tho bin left the House and then the
scrafc took 70 in charge. and with that
nroniom the Senate has been wrestling
over since and SIS wrestling to-day. In
order to raise more revenue the Senate
prouosDd q tax on tea. tax ON beer. anu
81 fax on tobacco. Great opposition was
,.f.cl not only boz the ranks OF Dcmo-
cracv but among the people OF both par
t,s AGAINST this additional revenue tax.
.a1 SD great pressure has been brought
TO bear upon tho Republican members,
+bst tho Finance Committee has decided
20 withdraw the amendments for the adj
drioral tax on beer and tea.
And now the question is whore shall
the Committee look next for proper SUBJ
iecfs for taxation \ return 10 the odi-
Gus stamp tax is suggested. ana bank
checks and legal Instruments are threat
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-11

Eev. Dr. Charles H. pfahur-t OF N.W
York. Who for The past f.w years has
been q conspicuous Helre. rot so much
ina the ordinary channels of pastoral la-
bors. as in sphere which Doe m 81 large
measure created for himself has just lett
for hls annual European cruise.
Dr Parkhurst few years ago began 20
take am unusual interest 300 the mluleI-
pal affairs of New York ANA diyed deep
into the mysteries of Tammany Hal. The
country Democracy and the Republican
regular and independent organizations
he further began "a crusade against the
wIckedness. which he alleged and with
probable truth aboundel in that city, He
appeared in public print pra-ins some
things and people and arraigllng great
many more. ile made excursions INTO
the prescribed districts Of The city and
the papers detailed his pro-nectlues and
his finds and Or. Parkhurst was known
from the Bowcry vaudeville jester 10 the
very firesidcs of those who composed his
large and fashionable congregation.
Or. Parkhurst was fad. lie said some
good thipgs and MAS lsal into yery many
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-11

The Republican members OF Congress
ind themselves IN "a piuful situation.
When President Mckinley sent his mes
wage 60 the extraordinary session. urging
that II was necessary 20 DO something
VI once 90 supplement the revenues OF
government. The Times called attention
10 tho IL, that the President was not
entirely sinoere seeing that he laid spec
e.al stress upon revenue, when everybody
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-11

The price Of The Times f. two cent per
copy and ten cents Ter week. delivered
within the limits Of Richmond and h'nchr,
or. SUNDAY paper three cents.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-11
THE TIMES COMr%Ns
TIMES BUILDING.
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STREET.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-11

Dr. parkhurst sooms iust as able 90 disc
corn The way ne oat jumps as hs IS %
initiate the manner in which Oh. fr0s
f..rt
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-11
TO MOTHERS.

WE ARE ASSERTING IN TIE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO TIE
INCLUSIVE USE OF TIE WORD "CAsTORIA." AND
PITCHERS CAsTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-22
4 story for Ministers.

4 few months ago a new pastor was
installed in a Western church. In his
first sermon he denounced gambling of
all kinds, but dwelt upon the evils of
stock gambling especially. At the close
Of the sermon one of the elders took
him aside and whispered that one Of
the most liberal members of the congre-
cation Mas a stock broker and he must
he careful not to say anything on that
subject again. The following Sunday
tie preacher exhoricd against the wick
edness Of drinking. Another elder
warned him that one Of the members.
also liberal looked upon the wine that
was red occasionally, and il would be
wise not To wound his feelings. on the
next Sunday the minister attacked am
other evil with like result In despair
he called meeting of the elders and
demanded TO know If there was any sin
which he might touch upon without
fear 81 offending some one in the con-
gregation. The elders thought for a
long time. Finally one of them arose
and said: I'm tell You what In do.
Preach against Mormonism and give 1t
TO them strong.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-22

got in the push" as he explained IL,
and witnessed the ceremony. rms is
the way he described the event TO his
friends the next day:
well. say. de push was immense-de
grand stand bein' packed an de quar-
ter stretch lookin like Coney on Suour-
ban day. De wedder was fine, as de
press stand guys say, while as iur DE
track it was lightnin fast. De start was
fixed fur o'clock. but there was a
strong tip out dat dey wouldn't go 10 dc
post fore $50 O'Clock, an FUR once de
talent struck ii dead right. AT $50 de
bugle sounded all right-dat is. means
de organ, a fairy next to me ptpln out
dat is was from Low an grin, 1 I INK
an down cantered de fily, her coiors
bein' all white-his'n black an white.
She was a peach, an no MISTAKE.
benz in charge of her sire an tended
by de whole stable. An say, she was
fit as a fiddle. fine as silk. an you could
tell in a mint dat bout everybody mad
a ticket on her. De fellow didn't seem
to have any followin' tall. outside his
trainer. who walked wild him down TO
de post. He was a good locker all
right, but den he 'peared to be snort or
work an leetle too leggy fur my
fancy. Still, a guy cross de way from
me seq to annuder dat he ought to be
fast enough il breedin' goes fur any
ting.
DE starter called 'em fore him, an
after givin' EN- some Instructions dat
he read from Il book. he sent EN- OIL at
de fust break. As dey got dere stride
de Teller doin' de music act give 'em a
blast de self same fairy said was Med
dlesome. De pace fur de fust quarter
was slow, both seemin to have had
waitin' orders. But passin' de quarter
dey hit up a little. an at de nalf was
goin' good an strong. Nearin' de three
quarters dey let out a wrap or two an
turned into de stretch wild move on
em dat brought de push to dere feet
DE filly seemed to be leadin as dey
reached de eighth pole but he soon was
on even terms wild her an so dey rated
long till in few jumps of de finish.
when both went on fur all dey was
worth.
"Dey hung it up as dead heat, an
t'nk dey divided de money, dere bein'
no runoff 'nounced. "-Exchange
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-22

After man is dead great many peo-
pie present bill to an administrator,
which If the debtor were living they
would never think of doing. The fol-
lowing is an extract from one which
was brought TO light lately while exam
lining the old matters. and is a very
fair Specimens of an Irishman's account:
IS. s Baker in account with Patrick
Mulvany. To toll over bridge for drov-
ing cattel and TENS & horses all the
time the deceased was alive and living
on ranch. to toll. $4,000: to some pota-
toes dug by hisself by agreement, /
don't know how many, $1,000; to some
wurk about house, $500. Amt, due, $l25.
j. S. The potatoes the deceased may
allow me what is right and will be sat
isficed with it