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La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
A GREAT LOCOMOTIVE
Doctor Raub Claims to Have Effected Wonder.
full Economics and to Have Increased
Their Efficiency.

The run by rail between New York
and Washington is soon to be reduced
to three hours. This revolution in
railway travel Is to be brought about
bJ the Baltimore and Ohio railway
company by means of new locomo-
tive, invented by DIR. d. c. Raub. The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad is to be
equipped with the engines as rapidly
az they can be built. A speed OF eigh-
ty-two miles an hour has been at
talned. the run between Port Jervis
and Jersey City on the Erie railroad,
8S miles, being run in an hour and
10 minutes, including seven minutes
for stops Doctor Raub gives the fol-
lowing interesting account of the evo-
luton OF the new locomotive. and a
description of It: Looking for SYM
metry of construction and stability OF
movement as the first requisites OF a
perfect engine. and in order to deter
mine which engines possesses these
properties in the highest degree,
hung a series of them from large
crane. found that all were out of bal
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
MAP OF MARS, SHOWING THE CANALS.
(Drawn from Photo)

1t is. therefore. but reasonable that he
be inquired of concerning celestial OBJ
jects. including Mars. The other day
he was inquired of, the first question
put to him being: DO you think the
canals upon Mars are artificial?" An
swer: "We don't know that there are
canals upon Mars" The next ques-
tion was. What degree of dissimilar-
ity to ourselves is 1t possible the in
habitants of Mars possess?" Answer:
I'VE don't know that there are inhab-
itants upon Mars" Thinking that he
should not be allowed to escape SO. his
questioner followed him up with this:
We'll, II there are inhabitants upon
Mars. is it probable that they have
built canals that can be seen from this
earth?" He got this for his pains:
my dear sir, you recall to my mind
one Of Lord Dundreary's droll ques-
tions Does your brother like cheese?'
I have no brother But II you had a
brother would he like cheese?' Moth
fng.I repeat. is absolutely known about
Mars Inhabitants. II it have any, nor
about its canals. II it have them
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29

nor oscil!ates. BY unique Arrange
ment of the boiler fiues the waste prod
ucts of combustion are used az fuel.
Two tubular boilers are provided with
return flues which by radiation super
heat the steam within the boiler. The
smokestack is really only draught
and an outlet for exhaust steam, for it
never emits smoke or sparks The en-
gineer stands in the middle of the en-
CINE" The Raub engine was tested
on the Erie railroad for several
months. In his report upon 1t General
Superintendent J. II. Barrett says, in
part: IAN Erie engine of IA, 400 pounds
of tractive force failed to move train
of 240 tons of weight. when the Raub
engine of but 1000 pounds of tractiye
force went away with it without any
difficulty. The Raub engine raised
$50 pounds of steam within fifty-six
minutes and with but 1,5OO pounds of
bituminous coal, while each of several
Erie engines required two and a half
hours OF time and three tons of coal to
raise 125 pounds Of steam. The Raub
engine made occasionally eighty-two
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
JOSEPHINE A MASCOT.
Ths Excitement She Created At Camp
WIko6 Sunday.

The cxcltement She Created At Camp
wikon sunday.
Camp Wikoff-An exciting episode
relieved the tedium OF camp life for
the cowboy soldiers Sunday. The in
terest began the night before. when
Josephine. the mountain lioness mas
cot OF Troop A, got loose and nearly
killed horse. Josephine was a kitten
when given TO the Arizona troop. and
taken south by it as far as Tampa.
Now she is nearly half grown. AMI
able 10 kill a horse. So when she
slipped her collar the other night she
made directly for the horses OF the
Second Cavalry, which were the near
est she saw. She had just jumped
on a horse and was on the point OF
burying her teeth in the neck when
cavalry ran out with club. He
chased her to some underground to the
north of the camp and was belaboring
her with the stick when some OF the
Rough Riders came to her rescue and
took her back to her cage and chain.
Curious how they love horse fiess,
said a big. whiskered Arizonian, as a
knot of them gathered around Jose
phine and discussed this new Develop
ment in her character. "Onct let the
critter get a taste of a colt, and she'll
never eat anything but horses. You
can poison them, but you must Use
lots OF strychnine. There's only cne
thing they're afraid of-dogs. The
littlest flee that ever barked will make
one OF them turn tail. They don't
come after a man unless he wounds
them. and then they would attach a
whole regiment. | shot one while
hunting in the Grand Canyon once.
The bullet passed through his throat,
and just missed his eyes red with rage.
l shot nine bullets into him before he
dropped dead. Just before ! fired the
last shot the lion made u thirty-foot
leap toward me from bank. He
measured nine feet and half in
length from nose to tail" Josephine
submits to petting with fairly good
grace. Once in while she will spring
around and open her great mouth to
hiss. Her favorite playmate is Cuba.
woolly terrier, which the Rough Rid
ers say was the first over the Spanish
lines at San Juan. Josephine antipa-
thy to dogs does not seem to eXtepd
to Cuba, with whom she frolics. an
offer was made Troop A of $500 for
its mascot. There. was later offer of
$4O0, but both were refused. as the
troop is determined to take Josephine
back to Personal---very. York Tribune.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
Tn. L.,e.. story Abou. verdL

Here is a charming story about Ver-
di. Just hot from Italy. A farmer. liv-
ing in the depths OF the country. was
very desirous to hear one OF the illus
trious composers operas. So. better
late than never. he took his ticket.
travelled up to Milan. and. securing
good seat, heard Aida" He was very
much disappointed. and wrote to Ver-
di to say so, adding that he did not like
the music at all, and that under these
circumstances he hoped that Verdi
would see the reasonableness os at
once returning him his money. There
was his railway fare. his ticket of ad-
mission. and his supper at Milan. for
which he inclosed the bill. The grand
old maestro entered fully into thu hu-
NOR of the situation. He wrote back a
polite letter regretting that his music
had failed to please, inclosing the rail-
way fare and the price of admission.
But he added that. as the farmer would
have had to provide himself with sup
per at home, he could not admit the
Justice OF that part of his claim. and
he absolutely declined to pay for his
supper at Milan.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
PATRIOTISM IN TYPE.
BOUNDING BILLOW LAUDS
DEWEY'S TARS.
Printcd Aboard the lagship--Journai
Issued by the Sailors Abouuds In
battle songs and Vigorous Thirteen.
Inch Editorials.

From Chicago News: AS an exam
pie OF eXultant journalism. Bounding
Billow. the organ OF Admiral Dewey's
men-of-warsmen, printed on board the
flagship Olympia Is possibly the most
decided type that issues from a press
in the dreamy orient. Copies OF the
fifth number OF the publication, replete
with patriotic editorials and stirring
battle songs. have reached Chicago and
show that the lapse of weeks since the
tars OF the Pacific squadron added
new troubles to the burden of Uncle
Sans statesmen have not tempered
their Joyous spirits or the elation over
their prowess. From title page to the
last epic Bounding Billow Is replete
with victorious chronicles of the sail
ors' achievements, coupled with not
little valuable information concerning
the exact movements of the American
and Spanish squadrons before and dur
ing the famous battle.
The paper Is well-printed pamphlet
OF sixteen pages, a model typograph-
fcally and with written contents.
The tttle-page is executed in colors.
the first Illustration being the liberty
bell, mounted on two S-inch guns and
draped with the national emblem. An
American eagle perched on the globe.
with laurel branches on either side, is
surrounded by the black-letter inscrip-
ton. I'VE came, we saw. we con-
Quered.''
Bounding Billow is edited by L. S.
Young and printed by ii. B. Glover,
both of the flagship. The editorial
announcement states that it is pub
lishsd at intervals in the interest OF
American men-o'-warsmen. The fifth
number details the movements of Dew
ey's ship from the time OF the depar-
ture from Mrs Bay until the last Span
ish ship was sunk. General Basilio
Augustin Davila's bombastic procla-
nation to the Philippines is reprinted
with the caustic address in answer de-
livered by the editor on the Olympia's
gun deck. A translation of the Diario
de Manila's account of the battle, ac-
companied by editorial comment, Is an
interesting feature of the issue. There
is a poem dedicated to MASON OF ILL
nois," which begins:
Hail patriot. Columbia's sons that sail
the mighty sea
Accord these thanks for thy brave
stand for war and liberty.
In the Diario de Manila's account of
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
Kitty in . Mai, Bar.

The officials of the Oakland postof-
fee were startled this morning to dis
cover small kitten in registered
mail pouch from San Francisco. Be-
sides the feline there were number
Of heavy packages in the pouch. When
1t was opened by the postohlce en-
ployes. who were attracted by a new
ing inside. the kitten jumped out in a
playful manner, much to the amuse-
ment OF those present. II is believed
the kitten crawled into the pouch
while 1t was in the San Francisco pos.
office. The pouch was thrown of the
train at the Sixteenth street depot
when the train was speeding at the
rate OF forty miles an hour.-San
Francisco Call.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29

ance because Of the motive power be-
ing all placed at one end. found that
each engine tested was carrying about
fifteen tons OF dead weight, which
caused a terrible pounding that
racked both engine and the roadbed.
Reasoning that all this lost power
might be saved by putting the motor
machinery in the center OF gravity.
after a lot OF experimenting I design
ed and built an engine whose actual
performances have confirmed my the
cries. I have such faith in my idea
that built the first locomotive at my
own expense in the Grant locomotive
works, Paterson. N. J. The finished
engine weighs sixty-two tons. has
eight sixty-two-inch drivers and
speed capacity of eighty-two miles an
hour. II consumes less fuel and draws
more cars than any other locomotive
on the tracks. My claim that it will
outclass other engines is based upon
sound mechanical principles. Being
perfectly balanced 1t neither pounds
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
While sherburne Wesley Burnham.

While Sherburne Wesley Burnham.
who is only one OF Chicago's astron-
omers. but perhaps the most distin-
guished of them all, processes to have
no very definite and unalterable opin-
ion as to whether the planet Mars has
artificial canals or not that can be seen
from thA earth. he yet does not hesi-
tate to say that Schiaparelli. who first
thought he saw them, was unfortunate
IN the name he gave them. A canai
on our earth is thing made by human
hands, and when canals are declared
to be on Mars the Idea Is perforce car
Yfed that they, too. were constructed
by beings that must have some re-
semblance to man. This was not
Schiaparellis idea. or II It ever once
occurred to his mind he never insisted
on 1t. He did see on Mars lines thst
suggested canals. and hence he named
them canals. but how they came to ne
there. what their use was. and all that.
he did not say nor pretend to know
Mr.. Burnham. while deferring some
what to the opinion of other astron-
omers who have given more attention
to the subject than he has yet been
able to give it, inclines to the opinion
that II the name canal had not been
applied to Schiaparelli's discovery OBJ
servers that followed him would have
been long time In coming to the con-
clusion that artificial canals are on
Mars that can be seen from this earth.
ldr. Burnham admits that great III
terest attaches to the subject, even in
the minds of skeptical astronomers.
and far greater interest has II for un-
scientific people. There is SO strong
probability that some of the other
planets are inhabited by intelligent
and working beings. and SO taking is
the notion that mankind has n race
cousin dwelling on Mars. that when
ever the possibility of this is suggest
ed, men and women of all degrees OF
enlightenment eagerly hope that 1t all
may be true. In the United States,
latterly, rather more OF popular inter-
est is taken in the subject than in
Europe, by reason OF the recent studies
and delightful writings OF Mr.. Lowell
He seems to require no further or bet
ter evidence than he has already dis
covered that the Marian canals are
artificial. From his tower of tele-
scopic observation at Flagstaff. Ari..
he may yet discover further evidence.
which will be sufficient to convince ev-
ery5ody.
But there are other American writers
than Mr.. Lowell on the subject. and
the very latest is author OF "Astron-
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
THE HOUSE OF TOO MUCH
TROUBLE.

In the house of Too Much Trouble
Lived a lonely little boy:
He was eager for playmate.
He was hungry for . toy.
But twas always too much bother.
Too much dirt. and too much noise.
For the House OF Too Much Trouble
Wasn't meant for little boys.
And sometimes the little fellow
Left q book upon the moor,
Or forgot and laughed too loudly.
Or he failed to close the door.
In Q House Of Too Much Trouble
Things must be precise and trim
In 4 House of Too Much Trouble
There was 4 little room for him.
He must never scatter playthings.
Must be quiet IN his play.
Ey'ry room must be in order
And kept quiet all the day
He had never had companions.
He had never owned a pet
In the House OF Too Much Trouble
II II trim and quiet yet.
Ev'ry room Is set in ORDER
Every book is in its place.
And the lonely little fellow
Wears a smile upon his face.
In the House of Too Much Trouble
He Is silent and At rest
In the House of Too Much Trouble.
With u lily on his breast.
Albert Bigeiow Paine in Munseys.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29

miles per hour with ten laden Condo
las. 300 tons, and neither pounded nor
oscillated unduly nor discharged any
live sparks, cinders, ashes, gas or
smoke"
Mr.. Barrett conceded to the Raub
engine the following gains:
Fuel, so per cent; freight power.
40 per cent; of wear and tear. 60 per
cent
The Raub locomotive compares. II is
claimed. as follows with the ordinary
type:
Ordniary-Weight, 75 to so tons.
coal consumption, 165 pounds per mile.
steam maintained. 125 pounds: speed
per hour. so to 60 miles: cost. $40. 900
to $4,000: market price. $4,000 to
$4,000.
Raub-weight. rs to so tons, with
water and coal; coal consumption, IS
pounds per mile; steam maintained.
135 pounds: speed per hour, so to
100 miles: cost. $4,000: market price.
S2000s.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
Ruskin and tho Begga-.

When Ruskin was at Rome there
was beggar on the steps OF the PinciO
who begged of him every day as he
passed, and who always received some
thing. On one occasion the grateful
beggar suddenly caught the outstretch-
ed hand and kissed it. Mr.. Ruskin
stopped short, drew his hand hastily
away, and then, with a sudden impulse.
bending forward, kissed the beggar's
cheek. The next day the man came
to MIR. Ruskin's lodging to find him.
bringing gift. which he offered with
tears in his eyes 1t was n relic, he
said; shred of brown cloth. which
had once formed part of the robe of
st. Francis.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
A NURSES STORY.
The BOY Was Dead with the Smile on
His IiDs.

AUG boN was bcHu win tnt Smtle on
His Lips.
Said one soft-eyed night nurse ac-
cording to Golfers Weekly: "Oh, If
you could have seen my first patient!
He was lovely boy Of 10 from some-
where out on the Mexican border. In
the four days in which he was under
my charge | grew very attached to
him, but suddenly, when l was per-
cectly sure he would soon get we'll.
a violent change came. and, in spite
OF every care. he died. My heart sailed
for weakness. Too many cases were
needing attention. l was put in an
other ward temporarily and took es-
pecial charge of one very peculiar pa
tient. He lay stolidly staring a. me
without particle of expression ir his
eye. and by his apathy rather thai by
real opposition refused all noufish-
ment and medicine. | couldn't induce
him to speak at first. and it took ten
minutes OF coaxing to persuade him
to swallow a teaspoonful of beef tea.
Finally he did so, however and, after
another five minutes, he consented to
take another and then another. the
stolid expression changing into or.e of
Intelligence. If you could have seen
che change! Why. he laughed and
joked and smiled such grimaces that
my orderly and l were conyulseG with
laughter. and even the weak m5l on
the neighboring cots feebly joired in
the laugh. His nonsense was sbso-
lutely contagious; SO much SO t.fs;.t ut
last I was obliged to slip away in,o
the dispensary to give him an oppor-
tunity to sober down. and incidentally
to prepare some matted milk. Wien
returned, five minutes later, hi. ex-
preston was still laughing one and
the orderly. although attending an
other patient, gave me kn,iHing
smile as / leaned over the weak Gan's
cot. But this time the patient DID net
speak. He was dead, with the smile
still on his lips and a strange, half
mischievous wink lingering abotl his
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29

omy" in the useful Stories Series.
published by ID. Appleton & Co. Thls
author accounts in simple manner
for the canals on Mars. In his opln-
ion they were made in course of long
ages by water from the melting snow
and ice around the poles distributing
itself over the continents. That Is his
guess. But in Germany is another
new guesser-Leo Brenner--who is out
with a most interesting theory. which,
IL true, accounts in quite human way
for the canals.
Leo Brenner feels certain that Mars
ia inhabited by beings in some re-
spects resembling ourselves. He rec
ognizes this resemblance In what he
calls the stupendous irrigation system
on Mars. The amount of work ex-
pended on irrigation shows. in his
view. that the Inhabitants are very dis
similar to ourselves. since human be-
ings would be incapable of performing
such labor-or If not potentially inca
pable, conditions are such on this earth
that 1t would never need to be per-
formed. only in very limited sections.
He believes that the people of Mars
live in perpetual fear of water fam
Inc. and that the network of canals
wards off the danger. or course. then,
he believes that the canals are artificial
and in his publication lately made on
the subject he attempts to explain
away some difficulties that have been
considered by many as insurmount-
able. He finds a reason why the sup
posed inhabitants of Mars should have
dug canals of such extraordinary
breadth, and why no mountain chains
hindered the straight-lined direction
of almost all the canals. Mars, he
says. must be many hundreds of mil
lions years older than the earth. and
it is also considerably smaller SO that
its surface must have become leyeled
up in the course Of ages, the debris
from the mountains gradually filling
up the valleys until the surface has be-
come a fat plain. state of things to
which our earth will ultimately at
tan. (This process of wearing down
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
Neu schsm. Of burglars.

A new burglary scheme has been dis
covered in New York 1t is the wood
on horse of Troy amended. The men
deliver couch to n wealthy home on
Che pretext that 1t has been sent as a
Present or purchased by some member
- the family. This they carry to an
upper floor Inside is n slender thief.
~ half-hour later the two expressmen
return. humble something about n mis-
take and carry away the couch, the
thief and his plunder which he has Sc
cured in the half-hour
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29
why sho Sought the once.

so you are candidate for ns.yOI
are you?" inquired friend OF ives;
ern village maid, whose years were
rather more certain than otherwise
What salary does the Office pay"
"Oh." replied the female STANDARD
bearer, there is no salary at all; buf
you see the mayor has authority to a6.
vertise for proposals. and Yes.
think l see," interrupted the other
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29

Woman is called the weaker vessel
because she Is leaky and
lets out all the secrets she hears.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29

kiTS Permanent "a, Cured. onts Aftsi
Sst day uss OF DIR. klnc's Great Nerve Rsstorsr.
send for FIR r z o4.OO trial bottle and treatlss.
- R. II. KLINE. Ltd. S3l Arch ST.. Philadelphia. Pa
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29

Il II saw you kissing my daughter. sir
;rWell. II was your own fault; you
have looked.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29

Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION has been a
hm!ly medicine with since 1861. r.
Madison. 24O9 42d Ave. Chicago. Ill.
La Junta tribune., 1898-10-29

"Muzzer got another 80 out of me-.
s'why didn't you refuse him?' Il owed
N IN him
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-15
Walters and Mattresses.

Talking of mattresses, a New York
hotel keeper says that although they
may possess some superior qualities for
such service there are, on the other
hand, such drawbacks as make it GER
tain that they would never be accept
able to the majority of men who would
have to be served by them. He says:
II think the objection to them would
be based chiefly on the fact that they
never show especial attention to any
person. I never knew woman who
waited on man to trouble herself in
the least about the manner in which
she served him. It makes absolutely no
difference whether they receive liberal
tips or not. They may be quiet, neat
and quick, but they would never pick
out one piece of beef because it was
better than another or make any effort
to get the best of what was to be had
in the kitchen. That sort of attention
makes man worth his fee to the men
who tip him.
at is this special service that makes
waiter superior to the best of his as
sociates Women never detect any diff
ference between the quality of one dish
and another. They are all the same,
and good service requires merely that
they shall be set down noiselessly and
brought quickly. There the service of
the waitress ends. She can beat any
man at those features of the business
But she cannot select for him anything
better than the rest Of the customers
get Usually she does not notice any
difference in them. That deficiency is
the safeguard of the waiter and will
keep his place secure for him.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-15
Must Have Been a Boston Man.

"Here is story, !" says the Kennebec
(Me.) Journal, "they are telling on a
trolley conductor in the employ of an
eastern Maine company. There being a
slight wait, certain member of the
sex which is not considered eligible for
enlistment and may therefore be sat on
with IMMUNITY got the benefit of his
ruling passion. Here is their converse
ton:
1.-THE Woman-Are you going to the
Bangor House?
stThe Conductor-No, madam.
"The W.Qman-Is this car going to
the Bangor House then?
'.The Conductor-No, madam.
''The Woman-Well-er- this
the car to take to go to sthe Bangor
House?
"The Conductor-It is, madam. It
passes the door.
"she clambered in, and the villain
Rmilad on.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-15

There is no more ardent evolutionist
in the city and no more persistent ad-
vocate of Darwin's theory than DR..
d'Ancona. His friend, DR.. de Marville,
on the other hand, is great bird fam
cier and devotes all his spare time to an
enthusiastic study Of ornithology.
81 have splendid specimen of a
monkey in my Office, remarked DR..
d. Ancona proudly. "Come in and see
him." he continued, being firm be-
lever in the object method of demon
stration. "You will admit that have
the missing link in cage"
"That's all right, !" replied De Mar
vile, absorbed in his own pet hobby.
II have a cage at home myself, and
something in it too. You're not in it,
and neither is your monkey. can show
you something much better than your
missing link. have got a bobolink. "
San Francisco News Letter.