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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-21
Old Time Customs.

In the seventeenth century in Eng
land the practice of, juvenile smoking
was almost universal. at least accord
ing to JOrevin de Rochefort French
traveller of that period. In an account
published in 1871 he gives a description
Of an evening he spent in Worcester.
He was catechized by ono of the town
men as to the habits of the French
people. "While we were talking about
the town. he writes, che asks me if
it was the custom in France as in Eng
land that when the children went to
school they carried in their satchel.
with their books, a pipe Of tobacco,
which their mother took care to fill
early in the morning, it serving them
instead of breakfast, and that at the
accustomed hour every one laid aside
his book to light his pipe, the master
smoking with them and teaching them
how to mold their pipes and draw in
their tobacco thus accustoming them
to it from their youths, believing it
absolutely necessary for a mans
health"
Women of England in the eighteenth
century wore large hats. Samuel ROg
ers once travelled to Ranelagh in the
same coach with a woman who was
compelled to sit on a stool on the floor
of the coach on account of the incon-
venient height of her headdress. Han
nah More, who was all for simplicity
in costume, writes in her diary that she
has seen women wearing on their
heads "an acre and half of shrubbery
besides slopes, grass plats, tulip beds,
f,l, of II n a
greenhouses The credit of killing
this fashion is given to Garrick. He
appeared one night ON the stage with
a rrass of vegetables on his head and
a carrot suspended from each side, to
the shame and confusion of many fair
members of his audience.
Cleanliness was not a fad in the Mid
die Ages. King Edward Nv of England
was supplied with barber to shave
him once week, and III so be neces-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-21
Vegetable intelligence.

The belief in the sympathy Oh v
vegetable kingdOm-whether 10,
upon q foundation of fact or hc !,
common among the poets. 1t Was =
faith of Wordsworth that every W.
er enjoys the air it breathes. III, i.
may well he that the ancient ~
that FLOWERS only flourish rlghn
the garden of some one that W..
them" is something more than = ~.
ant fancy The most poignant ~.
tratiOn in modern poetry OF the sy''.
thy between the vegetable crealion =, !.
man is to be found in Sidney La""'
ballad of Trees and the Master; ,,r
But the olives were not bind 70 :,
The little gray leaves were k'"u
Him;
The thorn-tr had a mind to h'''
When into the woods He came. II
In this coldly unitarian age ~
ever, such sentiment Is resolves -,
the pathetic Fallacy. LONDON -
nicle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-21
THE UMPIRE'S SPHERE
BY BILLY AMERICAN LEAGUE UMPIRE

for this means to stir up a regular
hornets nest. The coach will put u.
a great argument and the manager
and his fellow players will support
him. AS for the crowd they think that
the coachers principal object in life
is to get the pitcher ratified. and when
the umpire tries to stop it, they feel
as though they had been injured per-
sonally.
Experience is a great teacher in all
lines, but it is everything to the
umpire. When a young fellow breaks
into the umpire work in the big
leagues, he is a sure-enough stranger
in strange land. The players know
nothing about him, and he knows as
much about them. They always ex-
pect the worst from novice, and
they do not help him any in getting
through his first game. Each player
has nature of his own and his own
particular way of expressing his dis
gust when a raw decision is pulled off
on him, and as l have already re-
marked the best Of umpires make
mistakes. Some of the players will
storm and buster for a few minutes
and then forget their troubles. Others
will laugh and address sarcastic COM
ments to the empty air. Yet others
will not say word. just glare. These
latter are the hardest to get along
with. as they nurse their resentment
and make themselves disagreeable
through whole game, and sometimes
through an entire series Occasion
ally you will bump into a chap who
rrnk r,~l~
or other and hold it for perhaps the
entire season, but these men are few
and far between. To learn how to
take every one Of the players on the
teams of a league requires a whole lot
OF hard study, and it will take a
couple of years before an umpire can
say to himself that he is wise to all
the tricks of his trade.
With all it's trials and tribulations.
the life of an umpire is a great one.
and the position Is one to be sought
after and not avoided. You are the
absolute master of the field, and your
work is in the open air and most
healthful. Speaking of work in the
open reminds me that this, too, is at
times rather uncomfortable. One dav
va VIII nave ~ run around IN the
scorching sun and the next you NAV
nave to stand in the rain and cavort
about on muddy field And if YOU
happen to slip and fall in the mud.
you will get more cheering than a
player who has knocked a home run
with three men on the bases.
The general feeling of fair play
which appears to be rapidly sweeping
over the country should greatly lessen
the tribulations Of the umpire. This
feature and the fact that the double
system has been installed in both
leagues this year. should give the
spectators much more satisfaction
IMAM the old one-man system, and
tne feeling of instructive hostility.
winch sill seemed to have where the
man with the indicator was con-
.erred. should die a natural death.
All the arguments. brought up by the
I'D controvertible fact that one man
Cannot be in two places at one and the
same time. will be- done away with.
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INDIANAPOLIS MAGNATES SORE
ON FIELDER CHADBOURNE.

The following account OF the manner
in which Left Fielder Chadbourne quit
the Indianapolis team Is from the In
dianapolis News of June 16:
Leftfielder Henry Chadbourne OF the
Indianapolis leaders of the American
Association race jumped the team this
morning and with his young wife de-
parted for their home at GuilfOrd, Me.
The action came as big surprise to
the Indianapolis club officials, includ-
ing Manager Carr, and q big but un-
successful effort was made to prevail
on the player not to take the rash ac
ton. Unless Chadbourne speedily re-
joins the club it is stated that he will
be placed on the blacklist The only
reason he gave for his action is that
he and his wife did not like the West.
They were married last winter, and it
is said that she. in particular, was
homesick, this being her first absence
from the home of her youth.
Chalbourne is star player when go
ing at his best, but it is said that he
has not been giving the indianapolis
club his best services of late on account
Of inconsistencies. His recent work has
not been up to the standard he set dur
ing the first few weeks of the race, al
though it can not be said that he has
failed to give satisfaction. Up to Sat
urday he played in SO games, was at
bat 1913 times, made Al hits, scored 35
runs and had batting average of .243.
He was member of the Baltimore
Eastern League pennant winners last
season, but only played in about half
the games during the year on account
| of illness. His batting average last
year was slightly in excess of 800.
indianapolis club officials at pres
ent do not feel very friendly toward
Chadbourne and they intimate that
| they will not consider any offer of an
Eastern club for the player.
| Manager Carr heard early last night
that Chadbourne intended to jump the
club, and he had a representative on
the trail of the player during during
| the early morning hours. The latter
saw Chadbourne at the train at A. M.
| today, but could not prevail on him to
stay.
Chadbourne's action in taking French
| leave will cause much surprise among
| his many friends in this city. He is a
| man of exemplary habits. who makes
| friends of all his acquaintance. Mrs.
Chadbourne also formed many friend
ships during her brief stay in this city.
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BUCKSH0T, ALFRED n. AND
MAPLE'HILL WIN At Dexter

Dexter. Me-, June 20-In the first mat
inee race of the season Saturday at the
Maine Central Driving park Buckshot
won the free-for-all in three straight
heats, while Alfred II. took first money
in the 2.3O class. In the 3-minute class
Maple Hill captured the race in the last
three heats. A stiff wind handicapped
the horses. In the second heat in the g.
minute class there was a mixup when
Mischief collded with Tom Marshall.
-M1schief's driver was thrown from his
Sulky without injury, but both SukieS
We're put out of commission. The sum-
mary:
FREE-FOR-ALL CLASS-HALF MILE
HEATS.
Buckshot. big, Freeman( DeXter)...1 1 l
Lady Glen, Jackson F'oxcroft .....2 3 4
Bessie Barnes, Jackson fFoxcrofD..3 4 2
Ireland Viller. Ireland (Stetsom ....4 3
Time-1.15, Ill. LOG.
2.30 CLASS-HALF-MILE HEATS
Alfred Fl. (Worthen. St Albans) 81 1
Maggie Morse, or m C<ing, Dexter
Midget, (Worthen, Dexter) ......3 S 3
Alberta j., ballard. Dexter) ........6 4
Dick Reeler Rich. Sangerville) .....5 6
Time-1.17, 1.19, 1.1S.
THREE MINUTE CLASS.
Half-mile heats.
Maple Hill, bs Manter, Foxcrof
Con Star Lille. chm. Jackson.
Lady Sultan. BIN. Libby. Dex-
Ter .........................l s 5
Mischief. bg, Ganeau. Dexter.3
Tom Marshall, Proctor, Cor
Time-1.19, LIS. III. III. III.
Starter r. NJ. Vining. ST. Adams;
judges. Charles Phillips. Ralph Burrill,
Bangor. Timer, Milford Sally. Dexter.
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Exactitude Of French

Some curious complexities =, 10.
guage occurred during the lnterna shaa
al women's suffrage conference, -. !.
came to an end on Saturday. ~ 80
binary Enelishman who speaks =. 4.
or German would not Know ~ 4.
stance. the subtle distinction 'n \
lists between Acknowledgement .rr.
droit de vote" or that between ,s1
recht" and "stimrecht." over ~" q
French and German Switzeria,u =
EMMY debated during a discuss'o.a. ~
day Of the objects Of the lnterna.l,l
Alliance. For all that, French - !,
the most explicit language tnelo
a Frenchwoman remarked o
when she was asked why sne 800
a French translation from the 70 49,, Ens
she understood SO well. 1T IS +. - 4. 3
the matter is not clear until :
pressed in French" she ans
London Chronicle.
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Remarkable Blind Traveller.

The recent refusal of a railway book
ing clerk to issue a ticket to a blind
man who was unaccOmpanied by a
guide would have sounded rather ridi-
cuious to James Holman, the famous
blind traveller"
Although absolutely sightess, this
remarkable man visited, very early in
the last century, almost every place of
note in the world. and throughout his
wanderings he was quite unattended.
Yet he never met with any serious mis-
hap.
His energy and adaptabiity were
marvellous. He scaled lofty noun
tains, forded broad and rapid streams,
and crossed in safety sandy deserts
that taxed to the utmost the powers
of normally constituted individuals.
Naturally he met with many adven-
lures, some of which he Incorporated
in most pleasing volume, now long
out Of print and very rare At one
time he was travelling in the wilds of
Eastern Siberia, driving his own sleigh
which he picked out each morning from
a number Of others and harnessed him
self. This was reported to the Rus
sian Governor, who ordered him to be
arrested and deported as a spy, be-
lieving his blindness to he assumed
He was probably the only male Eu-
ropean who has ever been conducted
over an Oriental seraglio, an expert
ence which befell him not once only,
but on three occasions. This was done
to crafty the curiosity of the dusky
beauties of the harem, who were glad
to be able to see ard converse with an
educated white man, without losing
caste by being seen in their turn.
Many other blind travellers have
since made similar extended tours;
and one of them, DIR. Louis Shepherd,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-21
TWO KN0cK0uTS SAT.
uRDAY NIGHT At PORTLAND.

Portland, Me-, June 20-A bout Of
six rounds at the Pastime Club Satur-
day evening between Joe Walcott of
Boston and Tom Sawyer of Portland
was declared off. Swayer had a hand
broken at Rockland in a fight with
Andy Morris and could not appear.
Walcott stepped into the ring and was
given a great reception. In the prelim-
inaries Younk Kelly of Lynn knocked
out Billy Shea of Fort Preble in the
second round and Kid Broad of Rock
land knocked out Kid Ashe of the rev.
enue cutter Woodbury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-21
Revival of Prairie Schooner.

At the recent dinner of the Caravan
Club in London the interesting fact
was brought out that the club pennor
flies from 300 homes on wheels owned
by members, and that the form of gen.
teel gypsyng which it is the object
of the club to encourage has 1000 fol
lowers. Vehicles Of all degrees of lux
ury fitted with living accommodations
arc in use, for the most part horse
drawn. motor traction not permitting
the detours into lanes and shady hooks
which give caravan life it's greatest
charm.
No parallel to the caravan life, which
has attained such popularity in Eng
land exists with us. Tens of thousands
of Americans get near to nature" in
summer, putting up with primitive &C
commodations in fishing cabins OF
beach cottages. A distinguished Amer
lean social reformer has advocated
caravan travel and our greatest living
railroad magnate has set the example
Of tent life in Texas, though with all
the comforts of home.
But what the English have done Is
to take the old prairie schooner OF
the Western goldseeker and home
steader and adapt it to the uses Of the
modified form of Gypsy travel. The
growing vogue of this kind of vacation
outing in England testifies to the ex-
istence of the nomadic spirit in man,
unsubdued by centuries of civilization.
We have initiated the English in adop-
ting the hOuseboat as a corresponding
means Of water travel, out ''land
yachting" here is as yet hardly in its
infancy.
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HOPPER OF HARVARD CREW
HAS ATTACK OF MEASLES,

Red Top, Conn.,, June 20.-Suffering
from what is thought to be an attack
of the measles, Hopper, who has been
rowing at No. 2 in the Harvard first
four-Oared crew, was sent to his home
in Boston today. The attack is a light
one and he is thought to have con-
tracted the disease in Cambridge
prior to his coming here. None of the
other members of the crew show any
signs of having been infected, while
the members Of the Varsity eight oc-
cupy separate quarters and have not
been exposed. Hopper it is thought will
be able to return in a few days. Fos-
ter has been in Hoper's place at No .
during the latters absence.
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JOE WALCOTT TRACKS
FUGITIVE AND SAVES 5000.

Portland, Me-, June 20.-If Joe Walcott
didn't get an opportunity to show the
Portland people how he won his way to
the welter championship of the world
ability as a gum shoe detective, and he
pulled off a little trick that would do
credit to "Stealtny Steve" himself. His
nights work saved his pocketbook to the
extent of $500. This is how it happened.
On May 80 young white girl, of more
than passing attractiveness of face and
figure, named Carrie Baker, is alleged to
have been arrested in Boston charged
with nightwalking. Walcott gave surety
her appearance in court; and before that
time arrived the bird flew, it is claimed,
and her whereabouts since then were I'M
known.
Joe learned through some source of in
formation that she had gone to Portland
and when he came here Saturday to en-
gage in fistic encounter with Tom Saw
yer he armed himself with duplicates of
the legal papers recording the surety
bond. Saturday night, while perambu-
lating in the tenderloin district of Port
land, Walcott CHANGED to meet face to
face with the young woman he had be-
friended and lost no time in having her
taken into custody by officers Reidy and
Legault. The place of capture was on
Franklin street, near Middle. The woman
was taken in charge by Police Matron
Mrs. Mary l.. Burnham, and will be held
pending instructions from the Boston
authorities Incidentally Joe Walcott will
have saved his 5000.
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Chevrolet Wins
The CODE Cup.

Crown Point, Ind, June 20.-A Buick
40-horsepower car, driven by Louis
Chevrolet, won the CODE cup, the ma
jor event of the western Vanderbilt"
over the 1856 miles of the Crown
Point Lowell course Saturday by a
margin of only 1 minute and 5 sec
onds. Bourque, in control of a Knox,
who captured second honors, made so
desperate a bid for victory that the
result was in doubt until the winning
machine had flashed over the tape. The
winners time was S.01.39.
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CONN. LEAGUE STANDING.

-HE baseball umpire holds yer!
peculiar position. You nigh
4 almost say that he Is considered
an enemy by everybody. The player:
as q general rule harbor the opinion
that he is determined to keep then
under thumb and that he will not give
them chance to argue. no matter
how Just their grievance may be. The
baseball fans, at least, the grea
majority of them. whenever a decision
goes against the home team, feel thai
the arbitrator IL inimical to the inter.
ests Of their pets. and are not slow tt
voice their sentiments. or course the
intelligent class of baseball followers
realize that the umpire cannot always
be right. but still they are just as loud
in shouting their disapproval as the
rabid little newsboy who graces the
sun bleachers.
In the big leagues the lot OF tho
umpire. while not any too smooth. is
dream of bliss In comparison with
his experiences in the minor or bush
leagues. 1t Is with the little fellows
that umpire batting is in it's creates:
glory The minor league official whn
goes through a season without being
pursued by frantic mob of enraged
enthusiasts, may consider that he has
been born under a lucky star. In most
OF the little towns there Is little or no
police protection. and the indicator
man who is In the wrong generally
has to depend on the protection Of tho
players or upon his feetness of foot
to evade some physical suffering.
With the big league teams there is, to
be sure. no such danger, for large
squads Of police are in attendance at
every game. still there is the comment
and the sarcasm. of the crowd, some
thing that COMES far from being
agreeable.
Then when things are working
smoothly as to decisions, there's still
lot to bother one. You are pitted
against eighteen men, the chief stock
IN trade of every one of them being
brains. They know all sorts OF tricks
mat may deceive an unwary umpire.
and they are always trying to get
away with them. If they fail they will,
OF course, put up. holler. Then there
are the pitchers They have all sorts
OF curves and shoots. One of these
may In the opirlion of the judge of
ply. go outside tlls corner of the
pIate and he Will call 1t a ball. The
tw'rler. on the other hand, will be
POSITIVE that It cut the corner and
tnat ne should. have been given a
striAe on 1t. Then he will kick. The
umpire may think that ball did
taKe the corner and he will declare
strike while the player at the bat IS
sure that II was off from the plate
linen ne win be heard from.
Trying to enforce the coaching rules
gives the umpire lot of trouble these
days Coaches, according to the rula
DOCK. are supposed to confine their
words to the base runner and have
nothing at all to say to the man at the
nat or the pitcher Yet ninetv-nina
out or a hundred Of them paw almost
no attention to the runner, and direcr
their advice to the batsman or the
pitcher. To bring the coach to time
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-21
OTHER GAMES.
Other Games Saturday.

At Brunswick-Cabots4 4, High School 2
At Lewiston-Hebron 3; Portland 2.
AT Somersworth, N. H.-Somersworth 5,
Dover 0.
At Portland-Pine Tree l. Portland 0.
AT Cambridge S, Pennsylva-
MIA 3.
At New Haven-Yale G, Cornell 0.
AT Amherst-Amherst 3. Trinity 0.
At ACCOMPLISHMENTS 5, Tigers g.
land High 9.
At South Paris-South Paris Z; Paris s.
At Norway-R adcliffes s; Harrison 0.
At Mechanic Falls-Mechanic Falls
High 9; Norway High 1.
At Bangor-Bangor Z; Old Town 6.
At Lisbon Falls-Lisbon Falls Grays 6;
Juniors s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-21

Men of science care less for the finding
Of the actual poles of the earth's axis
than for the exploration of the lands and
seas surrounding them. DIR. William S.
Bruce points out that the only extensive
work remaining to be done in the arctic
region is the detailed investigation of the
north polar basin. In the southern hem
isphere almost everything south of lati-
tude 40 degrees, corresponding with that
of Philadelphia in the northern hemis-
phere. requires a thorough investigation.
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sary' to wash his head and feet. Vn
medieval laundress was given 50 a1
tie to wash that the washing bill o.
ducal establishment came to 4o shll't
$500 a year. Four shirts was guy
sidcred a large allowance of linen y
Low Howard, and point Is maue
the fact that Master Howard was ae W
ally given shirt to go to college VIZ
Chicago News,
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New England League Saturday..

At Lynn-Lynn 4. Lawrence 0.
At Haverhill-Haverhill 3. New Bed
ford O..
At Worcester-Worcester 8, Lowell 4.
At Decentralization Z, Fall River 3
first game): Fall River 6, Brockton
(second game).
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EASTERN LEAGUE STANDING.
Eastern LEAGUE Saturday.

At Observation-Disclosures 4. Providence
. first game): Rochester 2, Providence
Second game).
At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS g. Montreal 5.
At Jersey City-Jersey City 4. Buffalo l.
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has recently beaten all records by go
ing twice round the world, covering, in
the course of his sightless WanGerings,
over 100000 miles. But then, of course,
travelling is not now the difficult and
dangerous business it was in Holman's
times --Pcarson'S Weekly
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Connecticut League Saturday.

At Northampton-North 6.
Bridgeport 3 first game); Northampton
Il, Bridgeport 2 Second camel
At Holyoke-Holyoke II. New Haven 3
first game); Hoyoke II, New Haven
Second game).
At New Britain-Hartford 4, New Brit
ain 2.
A. Waterbury-Waterb II, SPRING
field 8. ~. sAxN Am IN
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National League Saturday.

At st. Louis-St Louis 6, Boston 4:
At Chicago-Chicago 10. Brooklyn b.
At Pittsburg-Pittsburg g New York l.
At Cincinnati-Philadelp 2, Cincin-
natl 0.
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Chicago and Cleveland Play
Two Games But Break Even.
Saturdays Winners: Boston, De-
troli, Cleveland, Wash. and n. Y.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.

American League Games Today.
Cleveland at Chicago.
Washington at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
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AT CHICAGO.

AT CHICAGO.
Chicago ..........0 3 x-6-S-!
Rrooklvn ..O 0 90 0 0 0 O-1-3-4
Batteries-Reulbach and Moran; Bell
and Bergen. Time-1.32. Umpires, john
stone and Cusack.
AT CINCINNATI.
Cincin. 100000 100000 O-3-9-2
Phila IL 5000 90 Q 300 0 0-4-l5-o
Batteries-Campbell, Casper and Nc
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Chicago s; Brooklyn I...Hew York
Passes the Chiefs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
National Games Today.
Philadelphia at Pittsburg.

st. Louis, June 2O.-St. Louis defeated
Boston to in "farcical game" to-
day. Bresnahan's men hit Ferguson at
will