The Washington herald., 1911-04-09
Latest Type of Baseball.


Latest Type of Baseball
Prom 1888 until two years ago very
little, outside of minor changes, was
done in developing the baseball" said
Albert r. Riker. of Philadelphia a base
ball enthusiast. at the New Ebbitt yes
terday. The league baseball used in
this period had a rubber center and the
yarn wound round it was coated with a
continuous layer of rubber cement The
ball now used includes a means of pre-
venting the inner yarn from slipping
away from the center OF the ball and
the substitution of cork for rubber in the
core. This core Of cork is covered with
a layer of rubber, vulcanized to a certain
degree of hardness, and ON this Is wound
the usual yarn The cork makes possible
a more rigid structure and more uniform
resiliency. 1t is thought to outlast the
rubber center balls many times over, be-
cause il will not soften or break in spots
under the most severe usage
Protecting Passengers.
The comfort of passengers, according
to M. N Peters, Of Los Angeles, CAL
who was seen at the New willard and
travels great deal, includes peace OF
mind
TOO many trainmen seem to think.
when a drunken man is aboard, that
they have done their duty if they prevenn
him from directly insulting passengers
and from soihng their clothes or coming
unpleasanuy near This is a very mar
row construction of the rule recall an
outrage on sleeping car at midnight in
which the intoxicated passenger seemed
to be in fair control of his faculties and
neither filthy in person nor improper in
language. He simply sat in his upper
berth and yelled-yeIled murder loudly
enough to frighten seriously every wom-
an in the car, though all had retired
within their berths And, curously, the
yelling did not sound Like that of a
drunken man or a lunatic, but like that
of one nearly or quite sober, and perhaps
semi-humorous, provided he had been in
a forest or on the ocean. l recoTlect the
incident because of the pIsillanimouS con-
duct of the porter and conductor, who
ought to have elected the passenger at
the first stop, but who did not do so.
1T would be a good thing to have in
spectors VINO should be strangers to the
trainmen and SO not unduly tender-heart-
ed toward them. In this matter as in
surprise checking OF engine men, there
will be those who declare that inspection
by strangers is unjust; but those who
the rehnements of discipline do not es-
pouse that idea A stranger is not neces-
sarily unfriendly. He must. however, be-
cold. Railway men who have made them
selves conspicuously proficient in their
work have done so by being cold-in the
correction of their own faults
Increasing Candy Consumption.
Donald NJ. Foster. Of Trenton. NJ J..
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known candy manufacturing concerns in
the United States is at the New Willard
In speaking of the article, Mr.. Foster
said that the American candy stands un-
excelled in the world and is exported to
all climes.
''Our candy has no competition any
where" said Mr. Foster. for the simple
reason that 1t is the best that artistic
The candy Of to-day is purer and moro
varied than the article of ten or even
five years ago. There are more ffavors,
nuts, fruits, preserves, and other inners,
and the tendency OF to-day is to do away
altogether with artificial coloring matter
The fancy candy box of a few years
ago Is also a thing of the past. More at
tention is being given to putting the arti-
Gle up in plain but attractive packages
The price has kept step with the i'm
provement of the candy. To-day a pound
OF candy costs 81, $50, or even s., while
a few years ago 90 70. and so cents was
thought fair price for candy
There is one highly interesting obser--
walton have made with reference to tho
sale Of candy in prohibition States, and
that is that since the sale of alcoholic
drinks has been stopped the consumption
of candy has correspondfngiy increased
That in itself Is of some value. because
candy contains a high percentage oc
nouriShing matter
Mr.. Foster was formerly a newspaper
man and as such made the acquaintance
of the late President Grover Cleveland
Foster Is engaged in writing a book ON
President Cleveland and his private and
family life at Princeton
The LandErave of Hease.
Referring to the news item that this
country would soon be visited by a de-
scendant of the Landgraye Of Hesse,,
whose troops were hired to George lid
and sent to fight the Americans in the,
Revolutionary war. this story was told
last night by Elmer S. Wells. Of Albany.
n. Y, at the National: about sixty
years ago a man, whose children ars
now wealthy and influential citizens
started in business by selling goods from
a pack on his back The territory through
which he peddled included Schenectady
County. One stormy winter night he OBJ
tanned a place to sleep at a farmhouse
where he had sold his wares on former
occasions. Just before bedtime he waS
asked what part of Europe he came from
and without q moments hesitation an
ewered, From Hessen-' Immediately the
farmer was ON his feet, made the peddler-
pack his bundle, and with little ceremony,
put him out into the storm No Hessian.
win ever have shelter under my root he
said Years later the peddler Was the.
proprietor of a large dry goods store,
and in telling the story always said: Il
forgape the patriotic farmer when he
came one day and asked IL he could be,
trusted for bill Of goods The despisedi
Hessian gave him credit"
Canadian OIL Fields.
-Fur the last nine years I have beens
exploring a field between 80 and 350a
miles north Of Edmonton, Canada" said,
Alfred Won Hammerstein. Of Ottawa,
who was seen at the Cochran, and
some Of the wells revealed the presence
Of oil and gas In large quantities. The,
wells varied In depth from $50 to Loo
feet In the district In which ! have
been boring there are inexhaustible sup
plies Of maltha on and oil collected IN
sand. Near the surface 1t b found IN,
\ hardened st2te, while sixty feet lower
down II is IN q semi-huuid condition. y
carried on my work secretly.
Everybody Of any Importance m
Canada Is IN favor sof reciprocity WskA
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