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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
Nav SOUTHERN PAolFIc ENGINES
Eight Are Now Being Built and Other
improvements VIII Follow.

GlHnl are NOW CtlflQ CuVl Gl1Q OAltSl
Improvements VIII Follow,
The Southern Pacific company has placed
an order with the Cooke Locomotive aud
Machine company for eight new engines
They are all of the ten-wheel type, for
passenger service. and are identical. with
the exceptions that four will have piston
valves and four balance slide valves
The total weight of each engine Is 173,oOO
pounds, of which $4,000 pounds are car
RED by the driving wheels. The cylinders
are a0x2S luches The boiler is OF the ex-
tended wagon-top type. radial stayed. The
boiler diameter at the first course is co.'s
riches. and the pressure carried win be 200
pounds. The tubes are SH in number aud
two inches In diameter The drcbox is
loss inches In length by 40li inches In
width afording a heating surface of 1880
square feet. Tube heating surface amounts
10 S,S2o.34 square feet, making the total
heating surface 2.49H square feet.
Cast steel is used for the driving wheel
centers, and the diameter is o. Inches. or
60 inches outside the tire. The driving
axle journals are 9Xli 2-32 Inches. The
front end arrangements include y medium
high single exhaust nozzle aud patticoat
pine. The smokehox Is extended.
The tender frame is of tcn,inch steel
channels The trucks are of the archhnr
type, With caststeel bolster and stool spring
channel. The tank capacity Is d0Oo gallons
OF water and ten tons of coal,
The special equipment Includes carbon
steel In boiler and hrehox, Latrobe tires.
Nathan inlectors and luhrcators. Ash
croft steam gauges, Buck headlights
Leach sanding apparatus, French springs,
Franklin boiler tagging Lone star
couplers, consolidated safety valves.
Jerome metallic packing, shelby steel
tubes. Westinghouse American brakes and
Cooke Locomotive and Machine Company's
whistles, Journal hearings and brakeheAms.
This order Is In keeping with q letter
written by President Charles NJ, Hays to
8 Houston resident a short while ago. In
this letter President Hays said the com
pany was rapidly adding to its equipment
and would not stop until its facilities were
ample 10 serve Its patrons and TO serve
thpin nronntlV
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
strawberries al -IttIe York.

To the Editor Of The Post.
Houston, Texas March PSI have been
TO nearly every strawberry growing point
south Of Houston. | haven't yet seen a
place that could equal Little York which
Is in this county, seven miles from Hons
ton, on the Montgomery road. The crop
Ut Little York viii be n large one. ! 90.
innate It at about 5000 crates The plants
are all In good condition and they are all
In bloom. They have lots Of green fruit.
Some time next week the ball will start to
rolling and In about ten days from today
there will be lots Of berries on the market
from Little YORK. Chas. Margiotta.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
sHERlFFs' DEPARTMENT.

strayed or stolen from J. Z. Beck. lIous-
ton, Texas, brown mare, years Old, l4la
hands high, branded NJ and a bar under the
NJ on the left shoulder and U on tue left
thigh; So 80 reward
Strayed or stolen from ]. i. Beck. HOus-
ton, Texas, a red spotted heifer ana II
black aud white spotted heifer. eath
years old, branded and triangle con
nected and a half circle over the same ON
the left hip; $3.50 reward ilr each.
AR Anderson, sheriff.
BY A. L. Conway. Deputy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
Some Pleasant Social Events.

The reception at the home Of Mrs. j. W.
Afaxcy, given complimentary to Alesdnmca
Clark and Drake of Austin, from 3 TO /
O'Clock p. m. yesterday was very pleasant
event.
Some Of the members Of the Ladies'
Treble Clcf club of the Houston Quarteue
society We're delightfully."- entertained 10y
Mr. j. +. Dexter musical director OF the
two organizations, At his home ut Houston
Heights yesterday evening.
The first social meeting of the Friday
Musical club will take place at O'Clock
this afternoon at the residence OF the
president Mrs. William Wallace Mcleod.
Each member Of the club Is privileged to
invite two friends tn this meeting.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
sHERlFFs' DEPARTMENT.

Franklin. Texas. March 26- strayed.
from Franklin. Texas, on or about The llth
Instant one light bay horse abont ~ years
aid an four ~ his feet white. saddle and
collar marks, heavy build, weighs t2OO or
i3fa mounds: wire cut under one fore foot,
/ nnder a bar. Left Franklin with two
haT horses and one bay mare colt. a lib
eral reward will be paid for the delivery
N said animal In Franklin or for iuforma
linn leading 10 his recovery. j. w Me
crsry, or Guy Townsend. sheriff.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
Work on the Eastern Texas.

Lufkin. Texas, March 27.-The work on
the Eastern Texas railroad, line Of road
leading from this point 10 Crockett, Hous.
ton county, via Colthnrp. Is progressing
sdPiuI!, hIanaIeas OF men ana teams are
demand for More labor II Is understood
that Contractor n. j. Smith is under con
tract 10 finish the work In a stated fme
hence the demand for labor The new
depot OF the road at this point Is Just IN
ished ana presents 4 neat and attractive
apnearance.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
Wheat Pest IN the rerrltory.

sherman. rexas March 2s Holmes Col
bert. Que Of the prominent Indian planters
Of the Choctnw Nation, was in the city 20.
day. He csme to consult with Prof MaIly.
who is here making test In the desiruc-
tion Of the wheat pest. Colbert has 1000
acres in wheat and onts and says the pest
has appeared In the Indian Territory
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
Old Officers Re-eleoted.

Philadelphia March 2s.-The newly eleet-
I'd directors Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company held their first meeting today. at
which the allotment OF the now issue OF
stock was determined upon. The board de
clded 20 Issue the stock to shareholders al
me rate ~ 33 10 per cent Of their pres
emf holdings az the price Of SEQ per sha-e
All the old officers were reelected.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
An OIL Wen for Aluin

Mr.. George Morris and another geutie.
man came M from Alvin last night for
the purpose NJ securing a valve for an
oil well that was started In the vicinity
OF Alvin few DAYS ago The gentlemen
stated that the drill had penetrated the
earth deep enough TO convince the pro
motors that oil would be struck, and
fney we're dispatched TO Houston for a
valve. They returned TO Alvin during the
nIght
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
Keep Your Bowels Strong.

Constipation or diarrhea when
your bowels are out of order. Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic will make
them act naturally. Genuine tablets
stamped c. c. C. Never sold in
bulk All druggists, Ioc.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
MEXICAN cENrRAL SOLO.

Said to Have Been Bought for Atchison
or Southern Pacific.
New York, March 2e.--w L. stowe 4
Co.. brokers Of this city, said today that
they nave bought the control Of the Mex
team Central Railway company for import
ant railroad interests in the South. 1hey
decline 10 give the names OF their prin-
inals al this time
The identity OF the interests for whom
the property has been secured Is not dis
closed but the acquisition was made, Il IL
reported, for oae Of tie tEe connecting
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29

between this city and Austin. the work
being pushed from both places From this
city these rails have been laid five miles.
The work Is progressing NJ the rate Of a
mile day at each end, AS soon as this
work is completed i've new tcu.wheel en-
gines viii be put on between this city ana
Taylor. These engines will be the largest
and most powerful in the state.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
IMPORTED LABoRERs STRUCK.
Cotton Belt Having Trouble with Italian
Workmen,

Texarkana, Texas, March 2s,-one hun
dred and ten Italian laborers who have
been at work cutting down the hill In the
grading OF the Cotton Belt railroad two
miles north OF this place. struck for shorter
hours and more pay today. The men were
brought here from the East about ten days
ago and were promised $l.25 for eleven
hours per day. They struck for $3.50.
Their demands were refused by the com
pany, who discharged the men and are EN-.
ploylng other labor TO do the work.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
H. {. and w. T. Special Rates.

For the Texas Christian convention md
annual commencement OF Add. Ran unlver-
s,ty, az Waco, June ;, round trim cOnyeu-
ton rates. seventh Day AdyeHtists general
convention, Battle Greek. Mich. April 225,
round 20 trip. rates. Dates OF sale, March
3D3i. Knights Of Pythias Grand Lodge,
galveston, April Is. round trip convention
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
Frisco to Build a Fine Depot.

DcnIson, Texas, March 2s,-The Frisco
will begin shortly the erection of hnnd.
some pressed brick depot The building
Will be heated by steam, have sewer aud
water connections and will have every
modern appliance for n modern waiting
station.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
Temple servIces.

Services viii be held at Temple Beth
Israel this evening nj 7;45 aud tomorrow
morning al 10 O'Clock. Subject OF address:
"a Woman's Festival" The rabbi re.
quests the attendance 81 the ladies who 10
generously assisted az The recent bazar
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
Goes with the Rock Island.

Terrell. Texas, March 2S.-AIartn Duvpl
has resigned as chief engineer Of the Texas
Midland road to accept position on the
Rock Island. He has been with the Mia
land ever since Mr.. Green took possession
of the property.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
Twenty-five Years for Rec

BRYAN. Texas. March 2s.-Joe Patterson.
who has been on trial In the district court
since Yesterday pfornlng charged with rape.
was convicted by the jury today and bis
punishment assessed at twenty-five years
In the pententlarr.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
International Improvements.

San Antonio, Texas, March 27.-seventy-
hve-pound steel rails are being laid on the
international and Great Northern tracks
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29

All trains arrive and depart from the Grand Gem
hal depot except the Missouri Kansas & Texas
trains, which have a depot in the Fifth ward, the In
lernatonal & Great Northern and Columbia Tap,
which use the International and Great Northern de-
Pot on Congress avenue, and the Houston East and
West Texas morning train which leaves from and
Nrlves at the Houston East and West Texas dep OF
The Missouri. Kansas & Texas and Galveston,
Houston & Henderson trains pass the international
Ind Great Northern denot
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29

NOl'E-Trans leaving Houston atA4sp.
m and arriving at Houston at ,4s a. m and
Io.aS a. m. also run into Grand Central de-
pot. departing 10 minutes earlier and arrv-
Ing ten minutes later than time given above.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
h. H. a n. c. IL. n
Grand Central Depot

M Nos and arc fast mail and express between the
y NO cities only, and will carry through cars for Dali
ms and Denlson. going from Houston via the Cer-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29

G. II, & II. II. II.
Depot foot OF Congress Avenue.
Galveston Trains.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-29

I. e. G. N. II. II.
Depot foot Of Congress Avenue
, Fast Mail to ST. Louis and Chicago.
Leave 500 y, .............. Arrive T. 80 a. m
Leave 700 a. m........... Arrive 7.55 pm
Columbia and yelasco Trains.
Leave 500 a. ......,,.. Arrive 4.45 p. N
Daily Except Sunday
Leave 900 Am. SUNDAY only) Arrive AIS pm
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
CHAPTER XXI.

Close contests and heated arguments
make men hungry, so when the trial Of
our toy ships was over we returned to
the little village under the palm trees
with appetites sharpened for our sup
per.
We were doomed to be disappointed,
however for there were no Spanish
slaves waiting our return with fresh
ly killed pork as we had hoped. We
hailed, but got no reply; went to the
nearest rising ground. but saw no sign,
and so. concluding that incessant hunt
ing was making the swine more shy
and difficult to find. we made shift TO
fill our stomachs with any odds and
ends which the larder happened to
contain Aftcrward. throwing our
selves down on luxurious natural moss
couches. we blew olr tobacco smoke
Up into the still night air and chatted
over the events Of the day, fighting the
battle of the toy ships over again
point by point and not giving til" Span
ish fora gers 50 much rs u thnr@ht.
But when Job Trehalion yawncd and
said he'd turn in if his stomach weren't
so empty every one began 20 wonder
what lad happened TO the = hunters
TO keep them away so long. ana Alec,
going TO the top of the cliff, hailed the
sentry on guard al The caves mouth
to ak if til. y had ra1o straight to their
jail ~iEc. t;.J.:. themselves.
The s,Gt.y said 10 aad expressed
surprise ~ seeing his captain there.
":or" be .aJ. ''yod took boat down
hati.or. cu;i,r III LUF.r-agJa2.'
why d:,u't you hail the boat.
bool,y:"
Il did. caUan.' r,:lied the fellow in
an ~ ..!eved tone. 'am you answered
that you was bound for Galley island"
At this ! hraGy Qul iL.o 4 storm Of
abuse at t..c sentry foi his stupidity,
but Alec cut me short. bidding me
waste 10 mere time, but take a dozen
men with me and row to the mouth Of
the harbcr He himself set Off to
coign of vantage on the outlying spit,
running like an untired man at the be-
ginning of n race. while l, with
crowd at my heels, tore down to the
beach.
One boat had gone, sure enough, and
the other lay high and dry. We reach
ed her and found that the Spaniards
had taken a simple method of prevent
ing pursuit They had removed all the
oars, knowing well enough that we had
none in reserve.
We could do nothing, for before we
could sDlit IN new cars they would be
far beyond our ken. as there was no
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
News and Notes.

Bird life In the United States has de-
creased 46 per cent in the last 10 years,
according to recent statements OF an
authority on the subject.
San Jose scale continues prominent
among insect pests. Notable remedial
work Of 1899 was that Of Professor
johnson of Maryland, who exterminat-
cd scale with hydrocyanic gas, and
Professor Smith of New Jersey, who
used crude petroleum successfully.
Sand or hairy vetch is said to be bet
ter adapted to general culture through
out the United States than the COM
mon vetch.
The favorite rotation Of T. B. Terry
of Ohio is stated as potatoes, wheat,
clover; his land so divided that crop
of each is harvested each year. Clover
has place every third year In the yege-
table garden and the strawberry land
For blights, rot and insects on pota-
toes apply bordeaux mixture combined
with paris green or other arsenites.
According to government reports the
yield of hay, as a whole, in the prin-
cipal hay states will be light.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

penny or wire shingle nails for lath.
Half inch pieces from dry goods boxes
may be used in place of siding. The
handles are about by 4 inches. Pile
several heads together, one already cut
out on top, and with pencil "lay out
or mark the head beneath. Then bore
the handles of all at once with an inch
bit About three holes will be suffi-
cient to allow the easy smoothing out
of the hole with pocketknife.
Bed pieces of by 10 inch pine 10
feet long are placed on the truck boil
sters in the usual way Of making q
rack On the top of this frame boards
are nailed crosswise. The boards are
cut about six feet long from strong
common lumber. A slight boxing Of
the hind wheels may be necessary, ex-
cept where the truck wheels are very
small. A two inch strip nailed fat
around the entire rack prevents the
boxes from sliding of. The accompa-
nying illustration shows a load of GO
bushels dug by machine, picked up and
drawn to the cellar in one hour and
half with family" help. The unload
ing is done by sliding the boxes down
a plank through the cellar window,
where hand empties them.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10
THE POTATO CROP.
Labor Saving Methods and Helps In
Growing and Handling IT,

GROWING ana HANDLING IL.
I have observed so many farmers
during the past season in Wisconsin
and other states outside of the potato
belt who were following the old meth
cd pursued by us all when potatoes
were grown In patches" In lieu of
field culture that l may be pardoned
for giving some of the means of saving
labor as practiced at Waupaca, Mich,
says a correspondent of Farm, Field
and Fireside.
We plant deep enough to permit the
drag. Any common harrow will do,
though the teeth should not be too
long. Drag several times from plant
ing time until the potatoes come up,
and there will be no need to make
'bee" to dig out the weeds by hand in
June.
1 saw many instances last summer
where more human labor vas being
expended on a patch of half an acre Of
potatoes than is necessary to cultivate
n crop of ten acres here In the belt"
This great saving of labor Is accom-
plished by judicious use of harrow,
weeder and cultivator. The "horse
weeder" is not necessary, but very
convenient and a rapid worker One
horse and man will brush over 20 acres
per day. Drag and weeder must be
used often to be of best service, say
once in five days.
Then in digging time to see people
laboriously pulling with hoe at hill
of potatoes instead of forking them
out or using a horse machine is to be
forcibly reminded that human progress
Is slow.
For potato boxes we use board ends
10 by 13 inches, cut from 10 inch di-
mension lumber. They do not tip over
as easily rs II by II inches cut from
II inch lumber and besides do not split
so readily. For each side we use
strip of inch Gull siding and TIVE lath
strips cut % inches long. For bottoms
slaves from old apple or other light
barrels are used. The curvature of the
slaves allows the boxes to slide down
shoot into the cellar easily. Use six
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

IL the shot was fired and now stood in
admiring wonder opposite the mouth
Of the great rock cannon which had
worked this awful havoc. The air still
bore the choking taint of powder
smoke, and the gnarled, nude figure of
the old man crouching there, still hold
ing his lighted match in an ecstasy of
demoniac joy, beside the touchhole of
his Internal machine seemed rather
that of q fiend than of one born Of
mortal mother.
"Ah, ha. har' he cried. "See what
the old man can do when you heavy
dolts leave him for a time in peace.
See how he repays in part the wrongs
that Spanish torments have worked
upon his body. oh, no, hoi 'Tis meat
and drink to me to have a day like this.
Aye, cape at the engine-a sweet. rus
tic engine. my masters, is it not? You
may find its fellow in the narrow strait
of Dardanelles, which the grand Turk
holds. that neither Venetian galleass
nor Genoese galley may follow the
booty laden corsair to his pagan lair in
the Euxine.
What, my noble captain, you look
black at me? Come, let no sour faces
greet the old man on his triumph day.
1t was powder you iusted after, was it?
And my brawny Jack here had an eye
10 the other pickings. Yes, and you,
too, my hook handed boatswain. when
| saw your smooth poll and putting
mouth bobbing over the wavelets like
some old dog seals there was greed
for gain in that solitary eye of yours,
shining out as clearly as though you
carried a placard on your neck with
the words written in black and white.
Not cruZado, not noggin of powder,
scarcely a rope yarn Is there left for
you 10 seize. But for mel had rather
have done this days work than be at
| this present moment holding the en-
peror of the Indies TO ransom. oh, ho.
ho, There's no ointment like Spanish
! blood. The throbbing pain in the old
mans joints will be easier tonight"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-10

Spanish ship.
ing spit, and in the midst of it rode
huge bowlder bigger than soldiers
sentry box 1t hurtled through the air
with n din like the humming of mil
lions of ricochetting bullets and struck
The Spanish ship just abaft of amid
ships, close to the break of the poop.
Smith and carpenter never put together
gear that would have withstood the
shock of that bolt. The solid timbers
splintered and broke as though they
had been maize husks, and the mighty
bowlder ate its way through fabric
and cargo and fell with sullen splash
into the sea at the other side.
The waves trembled with the shock,
and the proud ship reeled to her lar
board beam ends and then righted
again with such a strain that the
wounded backbone crunched in two
with the effort. The mainmast and its
gear lay floating on the water. Guns
slid from the lower deck like so many
pebbles. The fore round top leaned aft
till it fouled the golden flag of Spain
flying from the mizzen truck, and the
bowsprit stood once more as it had
done when, lpayed and branched, 1t
sprouted heavenward from some Cas-
tilian sierra in the old world.
The grim sea wolves, carrion hunters
of the ocean, darting up from the cav
erns of the sea, fixed their talons on
the swirling eddies to the dark jungles
below, and as each heavily armored
Spaniard fell off into the waves he was
seized by the soft arms of a foe more
relentless than even the EnglishmaN
and strangled by n liquid caress that
knew no refusal Thus did the sea
avcnge the dishonors with which Span
sh slave Galleys had tainted her
1t was all over in n few seconds, and
before the minute had elapsed, save for
here and there n morioned head beside
fragment of wreckage. the harbOr
ripples were unneckGd by anything
stouter than their own fiowery foam.
We English. seeing that our work
was already done, swan ashore direct-