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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-07-06

Reflections of a Bachelor.
New York Press.
On a real hot day Cupid seems to
lock himself in a refrigerator.
There's no woman who won't be-
lieve some part of fattery; man
believes 1t all.
Children keep cooler than grown
up people because they keep think
ing about something else.
If the best child could only look
as innocent as the worst woman,
nobody would ever know who ought
to get the whipping.
The only difference between the
man who thinks women can't foo
hi m and the man who knows they
can, is that he gets fooled a little
oftener.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-07-06

Notice.
In accordance with a resolution adopted
BY the City Council, am prepared to col.
lect all taxes and licenses due to the town of
Lafayette.
Office at City Hall, from a. m. to IL IN.
CHAS. DEBAILLon,
Collector.
Lafayette La, June 6, 1901.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-07-06
COnstable'S Sale


BY virtue of an ordinance of the Police
Jury and the authority vested in me, I, the
undersigned, have taken possession of. and
will sell, for cash, to the last and highest
bidder, at my residence, in the fourth ward,
between legal sale hours, on
Saturday, July Is. 1901,
the following described property, to-wit:
Eleven head of hogs.
KOSSUTH BIANCHET,
Constable 4th Ward.
June go, 1901.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
BASKET BALL NOTES.

The High school basket ball quintet, under Manager Jesse Devine, will jour- ney to -Ansonia on Friday evening. where they expect to defeat the basket ball team representing the Ansonia High school.
 Basket ball affairs at the High school are very bright this year. The team has a very energetic and progressive manager in D. !. Murray while the efficiency and capabilitE of r.. J BTrEes as captain has been demonstrated in past seasons. The schedule of the nine this year will comprise, from pres ent indications, many more games than in previous seasonS. Already Man ager Murray has received applications for games from the Hillhouse, Hart ford, New Britain. Meriden. Bridge port. \augatuck. Ans0nia. Boardman and many other high schools, also from the Riverview Military academy and Pomfret school and also from teams in different small towns ill the state. But Manager Murray has not deemed 1t best to arrange any games as yet until he sees whether the plan of Prof HackeJt of the Hillhouse high school to form base ball league similar to the football league among the Connec- ricut high schools will pan out sue cessfully or not. It is MT Hackett'S intentions to have a league composed of eight teams. four in q northern di- vision and four in a southern diyiS- ion. The teams in each section will play a series of games between them selves and the winners of these series will play for the championship. Among the cities which will be asked to join this league are Hartford. New Brit ain. Bridgeport, Meriden, New Haven CHillhouse) and Waterbury. It is inc intention of Manager Murray to give an entertainment in q short while in the assembly hall to raise funds for the coming season. The entertain ment will be of d rather interesting na- ture and will be well worth witness ing
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
AN INVALID CARRIER.

reaching the injured as soon as possi- ble, rather than providing q rapid means Of trans porting the sufferer to hospital. The bicycle is provided with curved bar at the front and rear, which are c'amped 10 the frame and provided with sockets to receive the sides of the frame. The latter is of light tubing and has braces to stretch the canvas when the srTercher is open. When not in use the braces are folded in line with the frame and the whole may be rolled up and at tached to the bicycle without interfe-- ing with the r4~er sufficiently to irn- pede his progress. To steer the wh,el when the stretcher is in use an elOu- gated handle is clamped on the front fork. extending nearly to the level of the canvas, the rescuer using one hand to push the ambulance and the other to steer with.-Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
BASE BALL NOTES.

A Chicago newspaper called atten- ton to the fact that the average ball player couldn't get more than SS a week in any occupation outside of base ball. Chicago players were very in- dignant and resented the slur in some heated missiveS to the editor. The Chicago newspaper thereupon threw oil upon the troubled waters by say ing: Much to OUT chagrin a state ment regarding the ball players was incorrectly made because of a typo graphical error. We have been re- proved by the players and cheerfulIy make amends. We said the average ball player could not get more than SS a week in any occupation outside of base ball. We find that we wrote it $5. The ball player will please accept our sincere apology for the blunder.'
 It is probable that Deering, who pitched for New London last season. will wear New Haven uniform this season. Manager Canavan took a fan cy to his work last summer, and has since learned that he can play third base. Indeed, that was his regular po- sition on a Massachusetts team. but one day the nine was shy a pitcher and DeerinG went in. He made such a good showing that he was kept in the box regularly. It is not likely that Deering is up to the State lea gue standard as a pitcher. but under good training such as he would get in New Haven, he might develop. However. a third baseman is needed here quite as much. if not more, than a pitcher, and Cusick's work at short was such as to make him G fixture there. A youngster highly recommended by Freddie Parent will be signed and tried out Manager Canavan has also asked terms from a Pacific coast catcher who desires to come east. There will probably be conSidera ble young blood in the New Haven team for 1901. Contracts will be handed to the members of the team living here. Bone. Ashe and Nollesdorf.-New l4a- ven Register.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
WITH THE WRESrLERs.

Thursday night Harvey Parker and John Fleming will wrestle at the City theater, Brockton. It took Paul Pons, the big Frenchman. twenty-nine min utes to throw Fleming, so it is not re- markable that Harvey feels a little doubtful about the result of this match. Piening will wrestle at about 1S0 pounds.
 Bobby Reakes has sent from q town in New York q challenge to any man in America to wrestle him, Police Ga Zette rules, for any part of S25O, at q weight not to exceed 40. The Po- lice Gazette rules allow the use of the strangle. If Reakes will cut out the strangle John J. Little may be matched against him. If the strangle is left in it is not impossible that Parker may take Reakes on himself. A reply has been sent to Reakes. saying that if he senda on forfeit hlS money will 4ouhfles U -cov1Ged.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
That Fine oia scarf.

 Oh. where's the fine old colored scarf in boyhood days knew. The ample. knitted folds of which con-
 cealed the face from view; That great old scarf that usually was more
 than three yards long And lasted years because 1t was so durable
 and strong; That scarf that was an overcoat when 1t
 was rightly placed, That went three times around the neck anc
 twice around the waist. That crossed the breast in such way II .vanquished old Jack Frost. That was so big and tied so ignt it never
 could be lost; That joyous scarf of colors bright tha.
 gave appearance gay, With trinsed or else ionS-tasEeled ends
 oh, where is it to-day? It may be on the country roads, 1t may be
 ill the wood; It Is not seen on city streets-that much is
 unGerstood; And my sympathy now goes to all the
 city boys Who cannot well appreciate its comforts
 and it's joys. Though there be many substitutes, naught
 else can take its place; Naught else, when wintry pleasures charm
 will so protect the face And keep the neck and body warm. while
 giving freedom, too I would my chiidren had such scarfS as |,
 in boyhood knew. Chicago Evening Post.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
Life in Japan.

Tn Japan the i2her-cla*s ladies never go to market: the market comes tC them. That is, the Gea-lrs call and of fer wares for sale at their customers doors. The fish merchant brings his stock. ard if any :s sod p-sparss it fol cooking. The green grocer, the sake dealer. and nowadays the meat man, all go to their patrons houses. In the morning tke ladies are freuus ntly en- gagged in tie charact teristic occupation of doing harimcna; that is, in starch ing old clothes and spreading them on large boards to Gry in the sunshine. This is the first step 10 making over old garments. and is dcne ia the oEen air Nearly a.: Japanese women make theil own clothes, at al events. even the very richest e-rhroider their garments them selves. They are very economical lit tie Gressma aers.-Onoto Watanna, in WoInan's Home Companion.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
LAST YEARS RECORDS.
Wonderful Perf0rmnnces of Riders Who Were Paced, fin Part at
 Least, by Motor Cycles.

Although we have, many of us, lost tLe olG-ti,ne enthusiasm in the bicycle. tie really wonderful performances last year of riders who were paced by mo- tor-cyclss, are wcI! worthy of passing notice. From perusal of the record table lately issued ty the International Cyclists union. the authority of whose innings is quite uEimEeachable, we gather the following facts: Although none of the records made in 1899 for distance of mile CT unGer were sur passed. except that three e-GUarters of a Inilr with 2 flying start, all the records for distances from one mile to G34 miles have been exceeded by a conside ble margin, the great increase in speed in the longer distances being due to the introduc ction Of improved motorcycles for pacing the riders. The record of a quarter of q mile with flying start stands, as it did in 1899, at 20 seconds and for one mile at l minute 22 2-5 sec onds. Late in October of this year a rider covered. for the first time, q dis tance of 10 miles within the hour, the exact distance ridden being 10 miles 327 yards. Another rio CT, in an attempt at the 24hour record, covered 1s3 miles in six hours, 349 miles in 12 hours and 634 miles ir 24 hours. The speed of q quarter of a mile in 20 seconds is equal to speed of 45 miles an hour. which is higher than the average speed, includ- ing stops. of any but . few express trains running to-day in this country. Such phenomenal speeds as these are rendered possible only by the pa cing machine, and that they are made at all proves that on level surfaces the at nosphere affords by far the largest of the resistances encountered by a bi- cycle at speeds of over 12 to Is miles sn nrr-Sc;c n tific 1 ne ricau.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
WITH THE BICYCLISTS.

Jimmy Michael is busy now writing promoters regarding races for himself during the coming season.
 ''Bill'' Brady has won his fight against Powers and Kennedy, and the latter pair will have to turn over Brady's share of the last New York team race.
 The fight against Sunday racing at Eailsburg, which carries with q pro- posal to annex the city of Vailsburg to Newark proper, will be settled on March F. when the election takes place. Meanwhile all work upon the new track has been stepped.
 Pop Bikes, the father of Harry lkes. believes that the present season will be the greatest ever known in cy- cle racing. NIr Bikes had intended go- ing to Berlin to open a school of phy- sical culture. but will remain in Amer ica after all. Harry Elkes has also given up his proposed European trip.
 Jack Prince has been given until March 15 to make good his proposed building of cycle tracks at Toledo, Cleveland and Dayton, all ill Ohio, and at Pittsburg. Penn. Prince will run the four tracks ill a circuit with racing at each track once a week. He will DuiItl SoiifsetAi SS>lS~DiC o1 si mile in 1:l0.
 Things will begin to Hven up al Jacksonville within q few days. Pop Bikes is already on the spot. and Tom Eek will leave to-day for the same place, where he will meet his protege, Robbie Walthour. Wednesday Bill Saunders will go to the southern city with ElkeS'S motor tandem. and on the same boat from New York Bob Miller and Netter will travel with Jim my MichaeiS pacing tandemS. Me Eachern Is expected to follow in few days. Bikes and Michael are at Hot Springs, from which place they will join the camp at Jacksoli vile. Elf forts will be made to hold races on the old cement track at Panama park. \ four-cornered race between Walthour Bikes. Michael and McEachern ought to draw out the southerners.
 John \. Nelson. the leading middle distance winner of last season, is lnX- ious to meet Arthur W. Ross. the Har- rison. x. J., midget, in q series of match races. Nelson would also like to meet Robbie Walthour, the sixty and seventy-two-hour champion, at the same track. Nelson and Ross met last when both were amateurs. This was at Madison Square Garden in the winter of '9S and '99. and Ross tri- umphed in q sensational contest. Last season the New Jersey boy went to Europe as team mate of Harry Bikes, and there turned professional, winning many contest. Upon his return to this country he found no opportunity to meet Nelson, who during the year won thirty-four of forty-one races in which he competed. Nelson Is already matched against Walthour and Ross for Charles river park on April 18 s Bunker Hiu day. on which occasion tte llttle fellow lnale4 his debut iu
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
Massachusetts Frog Farm

Frog farming is a new industry in Massachusetts. Adjoining the town Of Ware a compa ey has leased ten acres, with a running stream A se- ries of artificial pools will be con. structed where the eggs will be matched and the young frogs cared for during the two years necessary to fit them for market. The demand for frogs comes from colleges and medical schools, as well as from res. taurants. An annual production of 3o.ooo frogs is expected by the Ware concern as soon as the plant is in full operaticn.-St. Louis Globe Dem. ocrat.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
Polo once more.

fol0 once more.
 Wodtke is the same old wizard.
 New Haven comes here tomorrow night.
 There will be no $50 players in this league, but the fans will see some pretty fast polo playing just the same.
 -night-Brockton at East Wey- mouth. Clinton at Fall River. Plymouth at Lawrence.
 The attendance is picking up in Pawtucket. but not in Fall River Even Tom Cotter could not make ends meet there.
 Taunton has another respite from polo. That city and Salem have had q race for existence, and just now salem is ahead
 Doe is credited with being the killer in Connecticut. All the same he is the saviour in Aaine.-Doston Herald. Neither one nor the other.
 There will be big change in the polo situation next season. The repre- sentation is by no means ideal.-Bos- ton Herald. Now you are talking sense.
 Waterbury plays at New Haven to- night and Rockville at Manchester. This will be the beginning of the State league season, as the Meriden rink could not be used last night for the first scheduled game.
 IIeffernan was in the best Of conli- tion and faced q number of Cotter's heavy drives without flnching. He is q courageous player, and when every other player stands from under he Is obliged to take the brunt of the battle. Fall River Globe.
 Manager Guests generosity in allow ing the season passes which were pur chased for the National league games to be used for the State league games should not go urrewarded. The fans should turn out in gOOdly numbers to- morrow night and give the game a big start in this city.
 The shop games will be interesting features Of the new league. The Sco- will team and manager have made up their minds that they Will not h,. at the foot of the ladder when this league closes for tue season. and the other two teams, the watch shop and Rogers Bros, are equally determined to be at the top.
 Jason is a good polo payer. but he has one of the meaneSt tricks l ever saw q man play on an opposing goal ItIu. ttIu lH;tt IS to Slhllu uii1CSL III front of him. and wher she ball has been shot toward the cage, jump up in the air. with his feet almost in the goal terG's face. This Soft of playing should be abolished. and foul CT two on Jason for doing 1t would soon teach him q lesson.-Lawrence American.
 The Southeastern polo league con- pleted the tifteent,- z it's season Saturday night and enters upon the last quarter with every prospect of a close and interesting race for the pen nant. The eight-club circuit still re- mains intact, although some of the places represented are not showing a just appreciation of the fine polo now being put up in this section. East Wey- mouth. with her splendid team. is not up to expectations in the. matter Of at tendance. Fall River also has failed to enthuse, and can hardly be expect ed to continue unless the fans turn out in larger numbers.-Providenc Telegram.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
Horse stii1 ts w:tn ux.

Since the horse was not knocked out of existence by the bicycle it may not scare him very much to be told tha: he is now doomed by the automobile. Business men who have tried autos for delivery service are quite certain that within the next five years delivery by horses will be thing of the past. Well, ,nayb be so, and then again, maybe Eot It does not require very old person te remember how the bicycle was not only going to kill of the horses. but also .ake away all the patronage from troll ley cars and steam railroads On the contrary, the steam and trolley cars are doing more business than ever, and good horses are still with Us. It does not do to predict in hurry.--Golden Days.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
Sultan Onjects to BicycIea.

The sultan of Turkey objects to bi- cycle races not because he is afraid of anyone getting hurt, but because he fears he may get hurt himself Crowds are not welcome in the neigh borhooG of his sacred person. When mum Der of people are gathered together it be- comes riot, and they make it easier for the caliph's subjects to consnire to- gether and, perhaps, to arrange att tempts against their sovereign's life. This feeling on the part of the Turkish aut horities has acquired fresh energy since the assassination of King Hum bert. Further races in Constantin ople have, therefore, been fol bidden by the police.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
Beyond the Pale.

"Of course, you quite understand that I shall call upon Mrs. Whifier fer v3nr character" remarked Mrs. Tag getty to the girl she had just en- gagged. --.-.-
 "Certainly. n'm," replied the girl "althought I would rather you didn't, for Mrs. Whiffier is so eccentric that she is not always to be relied upon."
 Tn what way is she eccsntric?'
 'She insists that her husband is quite model father and husband. and that her children have never caused her moments anxiety.'
 III m. not so much in thai
 'Then she says she is perfectly con- tent with one new Cress ard one new hat each season.
 HI m. she is eccentric, then!"
 And, finally, she has never attend, ed a bargain sa-e, and says that the only things sold at them are the women who buy."
 70. the womans mad. Isha Tt trou- ble her for your characte you can come in when you like! Magazine.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
Spike Sullivan Wins a Hard Fight From Tim KearnS.

Johnny Reagan Arrested in Chicago
 Tommy Sullivan Wins from Bern
 stein-More Fighters Fined-Gus
 Ruhlin and Denver Ed Martin Ar
 rested.
 Louisville, Feb 19. Tim Kearns and Spike Sullivan met last night at the Auditorium before a good house, which included Tom Sharkey, Tommy Ryan, Tommy West, Spider Kelly, Australian Jimmy Ryan and Dave Sullivan, who Are either training for coming contests ihere or are arranging matches.
 ! The men were scheduled to go tWen- ty rounds. Jimmy Ryan and Tommy West were behind Kearns. Tommy Ryan and Dave Sullivan behind Sulli- Van. Tim Hurst was referee. Both weighed over 135 pounds. Straight Queensberry prevailed. They started a lively clip at the sound of the gong. Sullivan showed good form after his jlong. retirement and used his reach to advantage. He jabbed kearns's nose, getting to his weak spot often.
 Kearns brought his left into play in the third and handed Sullivan some warm ones. The boys got their blood up early. exchanging compliments and not caring to stop when the gong sounded. They sprinted all over the ring in the fifth. Toward the close iKearns rushed Sullivan 10 his corner, and the latter half from slip and half from poke went to his knees. where a wallop already started caught him on the chin. Hurst stopped the round. but did not allow the foul.
 Sullivan got the right to the jaw twice in succession in the sixth. They kept Hurst busy breaking them. kearns was on the aggressive. Both men were taunting one another and doing all the rough work they could. As Sullivan pranced out for inc eighth round kearnS dropped him with left to the mouth.
 Sullivan took the count and was on Queer street. but foxy tactics pulled him through. He showed up in the ninth with q split ear. which grew worse as the fight progressed. kearnS had adopted rough house tactics 10 such an extent that after the tenth, when he pushed Sullivan down and then struck him, Hurst cautioned him '.for the last time" The eleventh round was Sullivan's. who kept sting ing Kearns in the face. alternating with right to body and left to head. Kearns retaliating with left to body. kearns got bad fall from q missed swing and trip.
 In the fourteenth Sullivan split Kearns's ear with a right and in the fifteenth kearns split Sullivan's lip and had him going. Just before the gong ended the eighteenth Sullivan swung his right to the head and brought his left to the jaw. Kcarns dropped and was resting when the round ended.
 The twentieth round opened fast and furious. During the first minute Sul- 1ivan dropped Kearns with left hook to the jaw. From then until the finish 1t was a hot pace.
 At the end Referee Hurst awarded the decision to Sullivan.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
Souvenir of Hi. Sovereign.

A most amusing case of hero wor. ship plus theft is reported iron, Madgeburg. The kaiser, who was shooting in that district, had just hit :. very fine hare. Before the keeper could bag it a man was seen to dash from behind tree, pick up the hare and make off as fast as his legs could carry him. The offer of q reward oi five pounds sterling led later to the discovery of the hare-lifter. who is a respectable inhabit o: Berlin. He was filled with an ardent desire to possess come genuine treasure as keepsake of his much-adored emperor.-N. Y Timea
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
BICYCLE AMBULANCE.
It Can Re EEInfpulated by the Rider Alone Without the Aid of
 Second Person.

The bicycle is such q convenient means of trans portation that it is nothing extraordinary that inventors should apply it to The carriage of an ambulance for emergency eases. We illustrate in the accompanying cut a machine fitted with an ambulance which can ke E1aAipulated by the rit- e. alone without the aid of any other person. it being the invention of Hiram L. Getz,. of Mars hal!town, Iowa. IL is intended primarily as means of
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
A Lest Cnxtnr..e

The grocer thought the old man had come to make kick about some pu1- chase. but he hadn't, although he looked like a kicker. What he had come to say was:
 T see washboards outdoors marked Q 'leven cents"
 Yes, sir
 Hi give you 10K."
 Couldn't do i1''
 ''Ten and three-quarters.
 "Noap."
 Then ycu go to grass, and I'll 20 across the street and buy ten dozen shirt buttons for qua rter. ."-Chicag Daily News.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19

and premier of the British government, has been prominent as a statesman iD England since 1857, when he was first elected to parlia ent. Many years ago he was conspicuous as member of the liberal party ard was leader of that party, during MT. Gladstone's tempo rary withdrawal in 1875. In 1886 he joined the unionist liberals and has since that time closely Identified him self with Lord Salisbury. The duke is the eldest surviving son Of the late seventh duke. His motherwas a daugh- ter of the sixth earl of Carlisle. He sue ceeGed to the tit-e and estates of the duchy in 1891. and he is 6Syears old.