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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1891-03-24

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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1891-03-24
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1891-03-24

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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11
BASEBALL eRavITlEs.

In the death Of James c. Fogarty the
baseball world loses notable figure. Fo-
garty died at Philadelphia, May 20, Of con-
sumption, at the age Of twenty-seven- In
the winter of 1855 he was member OF
Spalding's famous American team that
went around the world Fogarty's re
markable feats on the diamond were numer-
Gus. In 1889 he stole the greatest number
Of bases Of any man in the National league
Poole, the Yale catcher, IS wonder, and
puts up a much better game than many
old-time professionals.
Washington is making an effort TO get
Jerry Denny away from the Giants
Governor Hill. of New York. has been a
frequent visitor at the Eastern association
games in Albany. and is said to be very
fond Of the national game
The Western association teams are very
well matched. judging from their work
thus far.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11
SPORTING NOTES.

John Whitman. the modern Ajax" re
Gently performed the remarkable feat at
New York of pushing a freight car forty
feet that weighed 81, 900 pounds Eight men
were unable to move the car single inch.
Ajax" won a wager Of $1,000 by perform
ing the feat,
Either " G. johnson. worlds amateur
champion swimmer at 100 feet, American
amateur champion at 100 yards, or Alex
ander Meifert. American amateur cham
pion al one mile and numerous other dis
tances. will probably accompany the Man
haitian team IN its visit to Great Britain u
johnson does not contemplate doing any
hard work this season He is like John Ia
Sullivan in the respect that he has every
thing to lose and nothing to gain in future
contests
1t is sincerely hoped that the project on
foot at Fall River. Mass. TO send a football
eleven 70 England. ireland aud Scotland
will prove a success The fifteen players
are to be picked from the New England
and American football associations
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11
BICYCLE NOTES.

The solid tire is fast becoming obsolete
on English race tracks So general has
the pneumatics use become that by next
year the solid will be curiosity If ridden
at all in races.
Montagu A. Holbein. the English road
rider and champion for twentyfour hours
ride, is great believer in walking, often
covering as much as thirty miles on foot,
and finishing with sixty miles awheel.
The annual election Of the New York
Bicycle club placed the following members
in Office President, f. w kitching: vice
president, Frank |. Stott; secretary, W L.
Findley. treasurer E. ]. Shriver; captain,
j. NJ McFadden.
The pneumatic being still an uncertain
mount in some respects, the cushion is re
ceiving more than usual attention. W. r
Murphy. who has been riding a cushion
ordinary. speaks very highly of it, while
Gerwing. OF Denver, thinks II will in a
measure re-establish the ordinary as a
racing favorite. Murphy won on both a
pneumatic safety and a cushion ordinary
at the Berkeley games, so that his opinion
is the more valuable.
Under a new law just passed at Canarsie
L. l.. any wheelman caught riding on the
sidewalk will be fined ten dollars, while
the roads are sandy and impossible to ride
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11

Hall rode his first race in Springfield,
Mass, in 1883. covered the distance. twenty.
five miles, in III. 23m. l0s., and broke the
twenty-four mile record, although be in.
ished no better than fourth in the race
itself. In 1884 he was the champion
twenty-five mile rider of America, aud
In the following year he would have Sc
cured first place in the tricycle. event had
il not been for an accident.
He rode his first Irvington-Milburn road
race in 1886, and won it from scratch, e.
tablishing record Of III. 37m. 4Os., while
In the following May he scored again, rid.
ing in III. 33m 34s, and in July same year,
he placed a third race over the same course
TO his credit, defeating this time c, E
Kluge, who was then holding the twenty
FIVE mile championship of America His
track races are historical. and are mum.
bered by the score, but perhaps the best
short distance work he ever did was at
Springfield, Mass, in 1887, when he covered
a mile In I'm. 37s., and at Roseville, \. j.,
where he won the big mile handicap, and
was rewarded with prizes to the value Of
$50
In all he has won eighty-six first prizes
and twenty-five seconds in three seasons
This year he starts in the lrvington-Mil-
burn road race, and probably in all the
principal track races.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11

wheel was at the May party of the Genesee
Bicycle club, Of Rochester, n. Y, in 1883
He rapidly rose to the front rank in his IA
yorite sport, and in 1888, at the lnterna
tional exposition held at Buffalo, won the
worlds championship AS unicycle rider,
making mile in 3:371S on one wheel.
Mr.. Barber has several times beaten this
record ON different horse tracks, having
made mile on the unicycle in 3:25. This
does not go on record as it is claimed that
the horse tracks are not a full mile for a
bicycle. Mr.. Barber has Travelled through
ont the United States with several first
class companies. and exhibited his wonder
full skill in almost every prominent city.
He is an honorary member of the Genesee
and West End Bicycle clubs, of Rochester;
Of the Allegheny cyclers, of Pittsburg, anc
many other prominent clubs throughout
the country.
He is idolized by all the prominent wheel
men, and it is custom of the bicycle clubs
to attend in a body at performances al
which he appears. Mr.. Barber thinks
his greatest trick is the one IN which h'
takes the bicycle apart while still perform
ing on IT, He uses a specially constructed
wheel in his exhibitions. His riding Is un
exeelled and he well deserves the title OF
the worlds champion.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11
CHARLES /. ZIMMER.

stood eighth among the catchers of the
league His batting average was very far,
but his record on the whole was excellent,
considering the fact that he played in l2S
games, a greater number than any other
league catcher entered. Zimmer is Cleve-
lands mainstay behind the bat. and has
proved himself a very valuable man.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11
a SLAYER ON THE SAFETY.
BicycIist Henry J. Hall, Jr.. and Ri.
Unusually Successful Career.

Henry J. Hall, Jr., one of the men who
will carry the colors Of the New jersey
Athletic club this season, is well in the
van of racing cyclists. He was born in
Birmingham, England, is about 5 #. 8 in.
in height. weighs 40 pounds and for "a
small a man has tremendous "pushingn
powers, a fact readily appreciated from The
statement that he rides 661S iuch geared
solid tire safety in his ordinary road rides
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11
sosToNs CHINESE PueIuIsT.

He Can Knock the Pigtail OF Any celes-
tial in America.
Boston, the hub of literature and pugil-
ism. has added new light TO her list Of
celebrities in the person of John Lee, ll5-
pound Celestial. who believes be can knock
the very pigtail off any unexcluded China
man in America John was born at Shang-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11
ADHESIVE COUNTERS"

E. A. Thoma, West Randolph,
]. W. Fargo, Randolph,
Brooks & Washburn, Bethel,
W. P. Smith. East Bethel,
J. o. Belknap, South Royalton,
w. h. Martin
A. n. King & Son, Tunbridge,
]. B. Atwood. Chelsea.
E. A. r. Corwin g
Townsend 4 Dickinson, Chelsea
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11
MILFORD Il. BARBER.
Career of the Worlds Champion Trick
Bicycle Rider.

MILFORD H. Barber. the worlds champion
trick bicycle rider, and subject OF this
sketch, is a native of Rochester, n. Y. he
is of medium height and stockily built,
like most successful riders. He is twenty
three years old, and has been prominent
among lovers of the wheel for several
years. His first public appearance on the
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11

hal TWENTY-FIVE vclrs ago, and has az 'u'
plack and endurance, !; is said, Of aa Alll y.
lean boxer. He has turned his baeS o. w
pipe, wi,rd the solpsuds from ms le''ys
hands, aul IS now prepared 70 49, ~,
Chiaese hieroglyplics all over 'le IN ~
cheek bones OF any Chinamsn VINO w.
stand up before him. Under the uall.us
of Boston middleweight John has sn '. .
rare aptitude in the Mclean mans s'y ~
fistic combat and also as collar-anaelO0'
wrestler. orits
In the Flowery Kingdom John was gu N,
a shifty man at the Chinese style u "a 7rss
ing, and won six victories when nc "
only fourteen years Of age.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11

One Of the crack pitchers of the Ameri-
can association this season is John F.
Doran- He is q Chicago boy, and is doing
great work in the box for last seasons
penuant winners.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11

One of the favorite catchers Of the D''J ~
lyn baseball club is 7. F. kinsio@' =
put in last season with Ward S pivs ..a9g
brotherhood team, and stood sixth ail'Ds
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11

It is expected that sne = = tbese 8.
speed Of seventeen knots AZ -, ls enisrss
pectations are realized she wlil -. i nj
in the American Yacht clubs s s JAS
race from Milton TO New LonoON
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11
Catcher Charles L. thinner.

The picture accompanying this article Is
of Charles /. thinner, the catcher of the
Cleveland club He played with the Cleve.
land National league team last season, and
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-11
TEN PHOTOGRAPHS
Facts Which They Recall to
w. l. Harris Memory.
THE MEN WHO SAT- FOR THEM.

Interesting "reminiscences About wen
Known Baseball Piayers-Keiiy and
the Prizes-A Has Been" Who Is No"
Far,ner-Cil Hatfield's Work.
, 1891-02-28

A Chinese compilation of the third century
states that the province Of Bengal sent sugar
a as a tribute to China, from which we
may conclude that at that time solid sugar
was not known. The first Indication of sugar
itself is found between the third and sixth
century in India, while the Chinese were not
acquainted with it's manufacture until about
the year $40. In the ninth century clarified
sugar was prepared by drying raw sugar in
the sun. The companions of Alexander the
Great speak Of a sort of honey which they
met with on their way to Asia, which grew
there without bees. At the commencement
of the sixth century there was sugar cane on
this side of the Indus, at the confluence of the
Euphrates and Tigris. The conical shape Of
the sugar loaf has existed since the seventh or
eight century. The refining was effected
chiefly by the ashes of plants.
Sugar came first into Europe at the time OF
the conquest Of Sicily by the Saracens in 827.
From Morocco the manufacture Of sugar ex-
tended to Spain and attained such a develop
ment that it amounted to 100 900 tons per
annum. In the year $50 the Doge Orseolo
concluded the first treaty Of with
the Arabs and refined sugar was then intro
duced into Venice. From thence sugar found
it's way into Germany, and is first mentioned
in the poems of Wolfram of Eschenbach and
.Gottfried of Strasburg. Columbus took the
sugar cane with him on his second voyage to
America, but it appears to be again lost
sight of there. In Germany the first refinery
was established in 1878, at Augsburg, by the
patrician family Of Roth. The next refinery
was set up in 1897, at Dresden.
, 1891-02-28

Japara, Soerakarta and Diokjakar;a. Ac
cording to a German consular report the soil
IN none of these districts is extraordinarily
fertile, and may be in this respect even inferi-
or to the soils of Cuba, Guinea and the States
of South America but the climate, uniformly
warm without excess, and the considerable
humidity of the atmosphere seem to offer the
conditions especially suitable for sugar cane.
The preparation of the soil begins in April
or May, at the end Of the rainy season,
and toward the end Of June the cane planting
is done.
This date comedies, it is true, with the dry
season, but there exists the facilities to furn-
ish the water needed by the plant by irriga-
cation. In November and December hat is
to say, at the beginning OF the rainy season,
the cane is sufficiently developed to. resist, if
need be, the heavy rains and winds.
Exceptional seasons have their influence
on the yield, but the deficits in, the most un-
favourable years do not rise above Is to: 90
per cent. of the products of the normal years.
Cane cutting continues fl ON May to Deem
Der, but most of the factories only work from.
June to October. They cut the cane, or
rather it is torn up by the roots sometimes
the roots are destroyed after the cane is cut.
The variety of cane most extensively planted
~ that known under the name of ch6rtboM
This cane is almost black. The yield from
the land varies according to the quality of the
soil and the cane in cultiyating. The average
yield has been increased during the last dozen
years, because of better culture, and accord
ing to the German consular report, already
referred to, it now averages thirty-eight to-
IOrty tons per acre.-Ibid.
, 1891-02-28

From these figures we may see that the
present production is 81 per cent of that of
1858, and this shows that Java has maintain
ed its relative position anon the sources of
sugar supply for the worlds consumption, and
the other countries producing sugar from
tropical cane as a rule have not maintained
their relative position.
1t is a curious fact that Of all the sugar pro-
ducing islands, Java is the one which has pro-
crossed the most and whose relation to the
general product of the world has not fallen.
4Ae study of the economic questions of the
Java sugar industry seems to lead to the CON
clUsion that this island is more fayoured in
many respects than are the rest. Cheap and
abundant labour, complete apparatus, good
technica control of the manufacture, etc.
are advantages which may explain the sue
cess of Java in the grand conflict of the sugar
cane with that new invader of all markets,
the sugar beet
There are in Java about one hundred and
eighty sugar houses. Sugar is manufactured
near the northern coast, in the east and in the
west. The eastern portion is more favoured
from a climatic point of view than is the west
ern. Among the twenty-one Residences of
Java the following have the chief advantages
in respect to the fertility of the soil, the den
sity of the population and the facilities for
immigration S~oesabaya, Passaroean, Probo-
lingo, Bez0cki, legal, Pekalongan, Cheribon,
, 1891-02-28
The Original Homo of the
Sugar Cane.
From the Louisiana Planter.

DR.. Edmond Won Lipman, an eminent Ger
man chemist, and an authority on sugar, gives
the following brief sketch of the history and
deyelopement Of sugar culture and manufac-
ture in a lecture, a synopsis of which appeared
in the Deutsche ZuckerindaStrie:
The original home Of the sugar cane must
be looked for in the coast region extending
from Bengal to Assam, at the nothern extrem-
ity of the Bay of Bengal. 1t is remarkable
that there is no such thing as wild sugar cane,
whilst four-ffths of other formerly wild, but
now cultivated plants, are still in existence in
a wild state. Not the slightest chronological
indication as regards the time when it was
first known is to be found in Indian annals.
, 1891-02-28
The History OF Zero.

\ writer in the N. Y. World suggests that
tins IS about the time of the year that we air
begin to think of zero Ii is the part of
every thermometer tina is most watched and
dreaded in this changeable climate of ours.
The word is from the Spanish, and means
empty, hence nothing. 1t was first used on a
thermometer in 1909 by a German physicist
named Fahrenheit.
From a boy he was a close observer of ma
ture, and when only nineteen years cid. in
the remarkably cold winter of l7O9! he ex-
p~erLnented by putting snow and salt together.
and noticed that it produced g degree of
cold equal to the coolest day Of the year.
AS that day was the coolest day that the
oldest inhabitant could remember, Gabriel
was the more struck with the coincidence of
his little scientific discovery. and hastily con-
Guided that he had found the lowest degree Of
temperature knoWnin the world, either natur~
al or artificial.
He called the degree zero, and constructed
81 thermometer, or rude weather glass, with a
scale graduating up from zero to boiling point,
which he numbered PIP, and the freezing
point at -, because, as he thought, mercury
contracted the thirty-second part Of its vol
ume on being cooled down from the tenpera-
ture OF freezing water to zero, and expanded
one hundred and eightieth on being heated
from the freezing to the boiling point,
Time showed that this arrangement, in-
stead of being truly scientific, was as arbi-
trary as the division of the Bible'intO verses,
and chapters and these two points no more
represented the real extremes Of tompera-
ture than from Dan to Beersheba ex-
pressed the exact extremes of Palestine.
But F~ahrenheit's thermometer had been
widely adopted with it's inconvenient scale,
and none thought of any better until his.
name became an authority, for Fahrenheit
early IN life abandoned trade and gave him
self up to science. Then habit made people
cling to the established scale, as habit makes
the English cling to the old system of cum
brous fractional money. q
The three countries using Fahrenheit are
England, Holland and America. Russia and
Germany use Reaumur's thermometer, in
which the boiling point is, counted 80degrees,
above the freezing point. Franae uses the
Centigrade thermometers SO called because,
it marks the %boilingpoint 100 degrees from
freezing point.
On many accounts the Centigrade system
is the best, and the triumph of convenience
will be attained when zero is made the
freezing point, and when the boiling point
is put 100 or 1000 degrees from it, and all
the subdivisions are fixed decimally.
If Fahrenheit had done this at first, or
even if he had made it one of his many
improvements after the public adopted his
error, the luck of opportunity, Which was
really his, would have secured to his inven-
ton the patronage of the world-Scientifc
american.
, 1891-02-28
The Java Sugar Im3uetrr.
Translated for the Louisiana Planter from
lie Journal DIES Fabricunts dc Sucrc

Translated for the Louisiana Planter from
lie Journal DIES Eabricants dc Sucrc
Much has been said recently about the sugar
industry OF Java, AMI mqIries have been
made as to whether or not the new disease Of
the sugar cane there known as Sereh would
reduce the production Of sugar from cane, and
as a result their exports of sugar.
The study of the conditions Of cane culture
and sugar manufacture in Java have a special
interest for our French readers. as a large
part Of the supply of our Mediterranean re-
tiners is made up Of those sugars, and hence,
we think it desirable to consider the sub
ject.
We should first consider the important re-
lation that Java bears toward the total sugar
supply, as compared with the other sources
of tropical sugar supply. According to a
statement made by Mr.. A. Horinck Of Prague,
which was exhibited at the Agricultural and
Forest EXPEDITION, at Vienna, the sugar pIo-
duction of Java increased regularly from 1853
to 1888.
In 1868, Java produced OF $1,000 tons in
1858, $4,000 tons; in 1868, l52,00D tons
in 1873, 225, 900 tons, and in 1883 81 900.
The following figures are given as the pro
duction.
, 1891-02-28

inserting a gold clause" in all heavy con
tracts for goods. The bankers. it is said,
are doubtful if the measure will hurt them,
and as they are experts in the value Of silver,
they will probably be hit last. Note that
wages are declining everywhere in conse-
quence of the Nc Kinley Tariff.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-14

to determine upon the cellar of the "Dew
Drop Inn" for an initial point, as hum
dreds of Sheridan's old topers will live
long enough to point out with unerring
memory the spot where the gentle Dew
Drop rested while it moistened parehed
lips. No title-deeds were ever recorded
of the town property, and an air castle
could not have faded out more complete
ly than has this air town. It may, how
ever claim future recognition, as the
region has been thickly sowed with bull
let's, for the noble twenty-six who home
steaded nigh LOTS did not absorb all the
missiles that we're directed at human life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-14
SHERIFF'S SALE.
TATE OF KANSAS, TREGo COUNTY, s..
Benjamin ". Hanna, Plaintiff,

STATE OF KANSAS TREGo COUNTY, S.
Benjamin ". Hanna, Plaintiff
Bluford Williams, Fanny Williams, B. F. Nor
gan, Lucy Morgan, W. H. Damn, Christina Damn
Defendants,
Public notice is hereby given that by virtue of an
order OF sale to me directed and delivered issued
out OF the Twentythird judicial District Court of
the State of Kansas sitting in and for the county of
Trego, in said State, will, on
Tuesday, March 18th, 1891,
between the hours of 10 O'Clock a. m. and O'Clock
p. NJ of said day, at the west door of the court
house in Wa-Keeney, in the county and state afore-
said, offer for public sale and sell to the highest
bidder for cash in hand, all the right title and in
terest of the above named defendants in and to the
following described property, to-wit Lots num-
Der eleven III and twelve (12 in block sixty three
(63) in the city of Wa-Keeney, Kansas
lying and situated irthe County of
Trego, in the State of Kansas, with
all the appurtenances thereunto belonging; said
property levied and to be sold according to law
to satisfy one judgment in foreclosure of mortgage in
the sum of eighty-six and 30-100 ($S6.30) dollars,
with interest at the rate of 10 per cent from date
and the further of $12.35 costs of suit,
aud all accruing costs; said property levied and
to be sold as the property of the above named de-
PENDANTS.
Given under my hand this 18th day of February
4. d. 1891.
THEo. COURTNEY. Serif,
Trego county, Kansas.
5. Z. Cowick, Attorney. 2-14