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Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
Sporting Notes S

Yale won the annual tennis meet with
Princeton Saturday by eight matches TO
one
the closest track and field meet ever held
at Hanover defeated the Princeton
Freshmen, SO to rs.
The Johns Hopkins lacrosse team
lost the intercollegiate championship
Saturday to SWarthm0re. u 10 3, at
Baltimore.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute won
the triangular athletic meet Saturday
afternoon at Worcester with a total
score of 65. Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute was second with 81. and Holy
Cross a close third, making 80 points.
Harvard defeated the Yale team, 213
birds to 192 Saturday at New York i'll
the Gun Club shoot Yale usually has
trimmed Harvard in this form of
sport. The shooting of neither team
was good because of the high wind.
Higginson of Harvard was high man,
breaking At out of so birds and making
one string of %. For Yale Noel and
Morrison were high men with 43 birds.
The worlds record for high jumping
by women was broken at the annual
Field day of the Woodward Institute
for Girls Saturday at Merry Mount
park. Quincy, Mass. Miss Rachel
Hardwick of the Glass of 1911 cleared
feet inches, beating by an inch and
a half the worlds record made at
Vassar College last week by Miss
Theodore Wheeler of Fairfield CT.
Two men, woman and a bull dog
went up in balloon Saturday from
Philadelphia. The balloon was the
Philadelphia II, owned by the Philadel-
phia Aerorautical Recreation Society,"
and the occupants We're Dr. Thomas +.
Eldridge, Ira Brown and Mrs Devans.
The balloon took a southerly course and
came down at W1lliamstown, N j., 20
miles from Philadelphia.
Clifford Harmon in his Farman ma
chine Saturday evening mace spectac-
ular flight from the plains east of Gar
den City, L. ]. Mr.. Harmon rose like
bird, scarcely 100 yards from his start
ing point. After making two miles, he
alighted for time and overlooked his
engine and then made another successful
rise and before coming to the ground
again had covered IA miles. His time
was about 19 minutes.
Michigan won from Syracuse Satur-
day afternoon at the Syracuse stadium
SO to As in the Syracuse Michigan
track meet. Horner the Michigan
star. won IA points, scoring four sec
onds and third. Algire. for Syracuse,
broke the college record in the one
mile run. His time was minutes,
20 3-5 seconds The 440-yard dash was
hotly contested, Reidpath, the Syra-'
cuse crack quarter miller, winning by
narrow margin.
Philadelphia was selected at the
meeting of the Middle States Regatta
Association Saturday at New York as
the place for holding the regatta on
Labor day Baltimore was strong
competitor and the vote stood Phila-
dephia 16 Baltimore Is. The following
officers We're chosen: Pres, Claud r.
Zappone. Washington; vice pres, r.
Valsey Jackson, Yonkers; sec. and
treas, David w. Brown, New York;
rec. sec, Fred Muller, Yonkers.
A big Crimson point picked up in
the last few yards of the fnrlong dash
gave Harvard the 18th annual meet
over Yale Saturday by score of 521s
to 51M. 1T was an afternoon of unex-
pected reverses. and both teams suf-
fered. Yet some excellent perform
ances were made and the pole vault
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE SUNDAY.

Chicago, May l5.-Riche. recently OBJ
tanned from Boston, pitched for Chi
cagO today and shut out his
former team mates, TO O. Mattern
pitched well, but had poor support. He
retired at the end Of the fourth and
Burke. recent recruit from Notre Dame
allowed only one hit in the last four in
ninge
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
FREEDOM ACADEMY.

Kcnt's Hill $500: > ! o l0-lj
Freedom. .0 o 0 y 0 o.
Runs-Mado by Cotton, TAYLOR.
Gale, >. Richardson, 4, Knapp, Peck :,
Trefether, ;, Stuart and Blanchard.
Tw base hits-Tay lor. Eastman *tol-
en- hascS-TayiOr >, Richardson J, knapp
aud Pian"hard. Base ON balls-oF Day
z, Sacrifice hit--GaIe. Hit By pitched
hall-Stuart. ,'mpIrc~-Peacock. Tlme
Il 0r
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16

A special from Puerto Cortes, no"
duras, says that a Spanish American wa
veteran named Malone, Negro "as
mutilated by Honduran soldiers whiie Nv
was under improper arrest, and that .as
case would probably be taken up WV"
the state department at Washington No
lone's hand was cut off.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16

At Montreal-Montreal 4; Baltimore ..
AT Buffalo-Buffalo 6: Newark L.
Al RocheSter-Roch chester I: Jersey CITY
AT Toronto-Proyidence 6. Toronto T.
first game).
Second game)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
RACE TRACK NOTES.

At the Long Champs, France, Sun.
day W. K. Vanderbilt's Ramesseum fin
ished second in the COlte trial stakes at
one mile. The value OF the stake was
SLIGO. Mr.. Vanderbilt's Seasick fin
ished second in the Prix Rainbow.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16

Harry P. Cline of Philadelphia, the
present title holder at 1872 balk line
billiards. has agreed to meet Willie
Hoppe for the worlds championship
May 26 in Philadelphia. The game will
be 500 points for the championship
emblem and $1,000.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
Boxing Gossip

Sam Langford Of Boston had thihsS
his own way SATURDAY night
at the National Athletic Club, Ph'lioci
phia, in IA siX-round bout ~ith jim
johnson of Tennessee
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
AT ST. LOUIS.

AT ST. LOUIS.
St Louis. ......1 0 0 0 . x-8-6-3
New York .....l 0 q o 0-3-4-2
Batteries, Corridor and Phelps, Bresna-
nan; Raymond, Drucke and Meyers. Time
2 hours. Umpires. O'Day and Brennan.
AT CINNATI.
Brooklyn ......0 l 0 9 0 0--l- 81
Cinnati ........0 0 0 0 0 2-2-12-0
Batteries: Rucler and Erwin; Castle
ton and Mclean. Time AS UmpireS,
Rigler and EmSle
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
BOSTON.

Two base hits-Stenfieldt. Three base
hits-Sweeney, Chance. Hitts--Om Matern
in innings; off Burke l in innings,
Sacrifice hits-Herzog, Schultz, Holman.
Burke, Sheckard. Stolen bases-Tinker
Double plays-Tinker and Chance. Sven
ey; Sharpe and Graham. Left on bases
Chicago 3; Boston g. Base on balls
Off Burke @ Struck out-By Richie G;
by Matern .; by Burke ?. Base on balls
Off Burke .. Struck out--By Richie 6: by
Matern 2; by Burke ?. Time 40 Um-
pres. Klem and Kane.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16

Earned runs-Colby 4: n. II. > uo,,"
rTuns-kemp. TI Three base hits-WashlhDuv,rnne hlDu,ne
fps,,,, mU pase hits-Proud. Stolen bases
1ieukey. Hunt, Reed. Struck outNpr
Washhurn 3; Stark J. Swan ). Dmny Dorh,yS
pIiatyS-Cleukey to Blake to Reed ose twon
iii by pitched ball-Swan. Base on 'IIe, HaI,
nv, mWaShburn 4, Swan s. Umpire aIian paiaS
Time, 1.50. Attendance. 800 ''''"'
*Batted in 9th for Reed
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
American League Saturday.

At Boston-Detroit 5: Boston 8.
At New York-New York IA; st. Louis O..
At Washington /; Cleve-
land O.
At Phiadelphia-Phi 4: Chi
cago 3.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
Maine Wesleyan IS; Freedom A .

kents Hin. Me, MAY l5.-The ba,,
'e"'' "' 'he Naine Wesleyan Seminary
defeated Freedom Academy Saturday ~.
'erh"on' 10 10 ,. The game ended in ,bo
seventh inning 10 allow Freedom 10
catch q train. The score,
JU,h,ur,Gs mn,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
American Association Saturday.

AT Kansas City-Kansas City 2; Toledo
At Observation-Disclosures 6; Columbus
4.
At Minneapolis-Mi 3; Indian
apolis /.
At st. Paul-Louisvile G: St. Paul s.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
Connecticut LEAGUE Saturday.

At Observation-Disclosures /; Water
At thhampton-Holyoke 8; North
hampton l.
At Springfield New Britain
rain.
At Observation-Disclosures Haven.
rain
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
New England League Saturday

At Worcr -Worcester-Lyn. rain.
AT Lowell-Lowell 4: Haverhll s.
AT New Bedford New Bedford 10;
Lawrence a.
AT Fall River-Fal River 4: BrocktOn
!.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
AMERICAN.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.
TODAY'S GAMES.

Detroit at Boston.
St. Louis at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Washington.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
new ENGLAND.
NEW ENGLAND STANDING.
TODAY'S GAMES.

BrOcktOn at New Bedford.
Lawrence at Fall River.
Lowell at Lynn.
Haverhill at Worcester.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
Other Games Saturday.

At Providence-Holy Cross 6; Brown J..
AT Princeton-Princeton s: Harvard z.
AT urlington-Dartmouth 4; Vermont
At Williams 6; Cornell 5.
At adelphia-Pennsylvani 5; yale
At West Point-Trinity l. West Point
At Ann Arbor-syracuse IA; Michigan J.
AT Middlebury-Middleb 4; NorWlch
At Boston-Boston College 13; Connecti-
At Exeter-Princeton Freshmen 1S;
Philips Exeter q =. Wy,
At South Portland-Sonth Portland High
At observation-disclosures 3; Portland High
At Fort Preble-Fort Preble IS; South
Portland s.
At Gorham-North Yarmouth Academy
Is; Gorham High z. O.
Seminary g
At Westbrook- High 3;
Thornton Academy 2
At Lisbon Faiis-Lisbon Falls g; Free
port High T.
At Bucksport-E. Me. Sem. 1; NJ. c. I. o.
At Lisbon-Lisbnn Athletics s; Topsham
High g.
At Brewer-Hiegins 3; Brewer High /.
At Foxcroft-Fdxcroft Academy 2; Ban
gor High l.
AT Lisbon Falls-Bath s. Lisbon Falls 9.
Southern League Saturday.
At Montgomery-Montgo 5; Atlanta
At .Birmingham-Birmi S; Mem
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
Cincis Down Brooklyn z to l.
St. Louis 8; New York g..
Saturday Winners: Boston, PhiIlies,
cincis and st. Louis.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
TODAY'S GAMES.

Boston at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
New York at St. Louis.
Philadelphia at PittSburg.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
EASTERN LEAGUE STANDING.
Eastern League Sunday.
Eastern League Saturday.

At Newark-Buffalo ); Newark 8.
At Montreal .: Baltimore
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
National League Saturday.

AT Pittsburg- g-Phladelphia 6. Pittsburg
AT Cincinnati-Cincinnati 3. Brooklyn
0.
At Chicago-Boston 4; Chicago |.
Al st Louis-St. Louis 9; New York 3
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-16
Southern League Saturday

1oUeHeTH League 0dtUTudJ'
At Observation-Disclosures S; Atlanta
At Birmingham-B Birmingham S; Mem
phis 4.
At New orleans-New Orleans 8: Nash
Vile l.
AT Mobile -chattanooga 8; Mobile /.
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reach the proper destination, but ap-
parently the senders of valentines
either do not know that their tokens
have failed to fulfill their mission or
else accept the loss philosophfcally.
For the imaginative person there il
opportunity for speculation as to how
many romances have been nippe6 in
the early stages because Of the valen-
tines that never came. Finally, one
more cause Of the straying of valen-
tines In the mail is found in the nu-
merous attempts to send such souve-
Mrs through the mails with INSULT
Gent postage. Many little folks, for
instance, seem to be under the i'm
preston that valentine in a sealed
envelope will be carried for one cent
instead of two cents. If the envelope
bears the address of the sender it can
be returned for more postage, but, as
above explained, such clew is seldom
given in the case of valentines and
when the valentine is forwarded to
its destination postage due" the ger
son to whom it is addressed-perhaps
suspecting its contents-often refuses
to receive it and then, of necessity, it
is turned over to the dead letter office.
The dead letter office, the final rest
ing place of the unidentified valen-
tines, is very busy institution. Some
thing like seven million pieces of lost
mail are every year sent to this insti-
tuition to be examined and it's experts
or blind readers" are wonderfully
skillful in deciphering the true mean
ing of incorrect and misspelled in.
scriptions that would prove absolutely
battling to any ordinary individual. At
the dead letter office Uncle Sam main
tains perhaps the oldest museum in
the world-a collection of the queer
things that have been found IN the
mails. Much money is found in the
letters that go astray. 1t totals as
much as $4,000 a year in coin and
currency, to say nothing of an aggre
gate of about million dollars a year
in checks, drafts and currency.
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0<z TIKI EzlENzNHE

sages hidden in its depths
Transformation pictures consisting Of crude draw
ings in ink at best more or less artistic render
ing inswater color, preceded by years the trans
formation valentines that introduced by the
Germans, the manufactured valentine became an
established institution In these old valentines of the
before and after" order favorte subject that
of a bachelor sitting dsconsolate and alone in his
cherries home. Upon lifting flap of cardboard
there disclosed by way of contrast the happiness
and contentment that might be his in home pre-
sided by devoted wife.
One of the valentines of this class in the Baer
collection at first glance nothing more than
commonplace representation of the exterior Of
church. but a shifting of the displays the inte-
rior Of the church with the bride and groom best
maid of honor and other attendants The best part
the scheme is that the young lady-her Flora
who sent this keepsake a century ago went to the
trouble to duly label each person represented in the
enhancing scene that the recipient presumably
advance information all the details Of his we'd
ding. 49,
Some idea of the extent to which the custom Of ex
changing valentines carried Is indicated by the
great number of different designs shown in the Baer col
lection above mentioned After about 1880 the practice
of preparing valentines at first hand gone
rapidly into decay and the last of the valentine writer's
bears date of the year mentioned Following this the
manufactured valentines increased rapidly in
pretensions From the lace paper confections which
gradual evolution-and which, by the way have
remained perennially popular until the present time
the development turned to the production of silk and
satin valentines beautifully ornamened in water Color
glance through the art gallery of old valentines
gives clear and accurate idea of the various changes
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ed, however, in the Valentine day mail.
Either the identity Of the sender is
kept profound secret or is indicated
only by tiny initials, which are Of no
possible benefit in tracing the origin
of the missive. Consequently there is
nothing for the dead letter officials to
do but to either destroy these dere-
licts of the Valentine day mails, or,
If they be deemed of sufficient value,
to set them aside to be disposed of at
the annual auction sale at which
Uncle Sam sells to the highest bid
ders all the unclaimed articles found
in the mails.
Incidentally it may be noted that it
is very seldom that any person ever
writes to the postoffice department to
inquire regarding valentines that have
gone astray. Many people make in
quiries from time to time with refer
ence to packages which have failed to
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that accumulate in all of our post
offices at the valentine festival. In
innumerable instances youngsters
send valentines-particularly the COM
1c variety-to persons whose initials
they do not know and regarding even
the spelling of whose names they are
In ignorance. Similarly there is often
a woeful lack of detail in the ad-
dresses embodied in these hazy in
scriptions. All these irregularities
make for difficulty in delivering the
mail on st. Valentines day. Some of
the batting products of the instinct of
mischief the letter carriers or local
postoffice officials are able to decipher
and deliver to their proper destina-
lions, but many of these mysterious
souvenirs must needs be sent to the
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The Cous of Muscat

a foreigner, which Is probably why
the Arab likes It, He also claims II
is richer and makes more butter, but
most ridiculous Of all is the deception
practiced on cows when the calves
are "weaned." A calfskin, or some
times a goatskin, is stuffed with rags
and tied not far from where the moth
er cow is anchored. This effigy Of her
late amented offspring soothes her
nerves and keeps her from going
dry" according to Arabic tradition.
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class and Meredith did not like the
accommodation.
why don't you go first, sir, and let
me go third?" the servant asked.
NO." said Meredith, I'D rather
have your company than travel first
class alone"
Sometimes" Mr.. Cole said, when
worked for him first, he would write
all or nothing. He never seemed to
care about his own comfort. He used
to sleep at FIRST all the year round in
the little chalet near his house, and
he would get out of bed every morn
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Muscat is famed as the hotbed OF
smugglers in the Persian gulf, the
nearby desert tribes being regularly
supplied with arms despite the efforts
of the British patrol. But to the
writer, reared on a Missouri farm, the
odd antics of the cows Of Muscat
seemed nothing short Of freakish.
They actually eat fish. No grass
grows. so the willy Arab teaches his
family cow to subsist on dates and
dried fish. The milk tastes queer to
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tines in America indeed the most notable private
nr public collection the kind in the world is the prop
sry of Mr. Frank House Baer, wellknown resident OF
the state of Ohio prominent railroad official Mr.
Baer who has had the to indulge his unique fad
Inaueurated his for valentines and
has covered quarters of the globe in his search This
premier valentine collector has more than 2,OO0
specmens in his old art gallery and many of his prizes
have cost him a pretty penny.
Antedating all of manufactured valentines were
the valentine writers"-books of specially prepared
verses and sentiments designed for the OF SWANS
and maidens of a century and half ago. who must
needs prepare their valentines These first aids TO
the sentimenay inclined that have been preserved In
the Baer collection such suggestive titles as: The
Bower of Cupid" "The School of Love-, The Ladies
Polite Valentine Writer 1.-THE Satrica Valentine Writ
ar" and "Rhapsodies for Gentlemen Who Wish to Ad-
dress Ladies in Sonnets.
The Oldest and valuable valentines In existence
those in the Baer collection are believed to be the
onlv ones of the extantare the cut paper vaen-
tines These are carefully folded and delicatey cut with
sawtooth edges the average love token Of this kind
being so arranged its unfolding discoses con-
tnuous succession of penned sentiments One OF these
Ont naper valentines bearing the date 1890 is formed
from sheet of paper about the size OF adys hand-
kerchief folded into squares of about four inches
was originally sealed with the representation OF hear
Particularly quaint conceits In the line OF old-tlmS
valentines found in this collection those which
rosent in each instance either single flower or cus'
for o CAV posies fashioned from tissue paper somewhaS
on tbe order of modern artificial flowers. However.
these ancient counterfeit blooms so slit into lattice
like meshes that the pulling of attached thread VIII
cause each flower unfold disclosing sentimental mes
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the senders rather than to any ineffi-
cheney on the part of the postal au-
thorities. Nevertheless, when one
pauses to consider the characteristics
of the extra mail that floods the postal
routes in mid-February it does not
seem so strange that larger share
of it misses it's destination than would
be the case with an equal volume OF
holiday mail at other seasons of the
year.
The most common cause of failure
on the part of the postoffice officials
to deliver mail is found in the pres
ence on the puzzling pieces of mail
matter of illegible. incorrect or INSULT
cient addresses. Such faulty mail
matter Is numerous enough at all
seasons of the year and it is easy to
understand that 1t reaches flood tide
along about Valentine day In the
first place many of the persons who
send valentines wish to use every pre-
caution to conceal from the recipient
the origin of the remembrance To
that end they attempt to disguise
their handwriting and resort to other
expedients, all of which make for
illegible addresses. At valentine time,
too. many little folks patronize the
mails on their own initiative and
some of these youngsters are far from
skilled in penmanship.
To this same influence-the contri-
buttons of the juvenile portion of the
communities to be attributed the I'M
usual proportion of incorrectly and
inadequately addressed pieces of mail
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

Dy local applications. they cannot reach the dis
eased portion of the There is only one way to
cure Deafness and that by constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an infamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube Is inhamed you have rumblng sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when it is entirely closed, Deaf
pess Is the result. and unless the Inflammation can
taken out and this tube restored normal condi-
tlon hearing Will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused by Catarrh. which is nothing
but inhamed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any of
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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OOIU Uy DIUSBIoUSt UCs
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
In Bad Shape.

The Missus-Jim, you've been drink
ing again!
The Mister-Mabel, m dear, can
not tell lie-I-
The Missus-Goodness Then you
must be worse than l thought. Go to
bed in the other room.
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Which Valentines Are Comic?

We read lot of vigorous Of comic" valen-
tines. But why, in the of pigment, doesn't some
arise in meeting and tell which is the comic" kind?
1t is generally understood that the hideous distortions
of form and feature accompanied by insulting and semi
obscene doggerel called comic. But that sort OF
thing isn't comic at ALL Those the saddes creations
possible-ranky and fagrantly and Intentionally dis
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Faithful Companion OF Meredith,
Great English Author, In a
Reminiscent Mood.

nj q fower-decked cottage In the
village of West Humble lives the man
who for 80 years was the faithful
servant and devoted friend of Mere
dith. A mile away at the foot Of Box
Hill Is the house in which the poet
ind novelist lived for large part Of
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ing to let me in until suggested that
he would save himself from catching
cold, If he gave me a key. His only
luxuries were good wine and good CT
gars, and he was a splendid judge OF
both. Every now and then he would
have bit of luck and get hold of
some extra precious wine, and this al
ways delighted him. London Core
spondence of Denver Republican.
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What the Doctor Did.

Gustave Ullyatt has little daugh-
ter who hasn't been well recently. The
other day a physician was called to
the Ullyatt home to see her. He ex-
amined the child with the aid of a
stethoscope When her father came
home that evening he asked what the
doctor had said.
"Nothin'," replied the little girl.
What did he do?" asked Mr.. Ull-
yatt.
He just telephoned me all over"
was the child's reply.-Denver Post.
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dead letter Office at Washington-the
ultimate destination Of all the waits
of the mails.
Even in this final clearing house for
lost letters, the unique characteristics
of the Valentine day mail prove a
handicap in its disposition. Articles
sent through the mail at other sea-
sons of the year usually contain some
indication as to the identity Of the