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Birch Island

Miss Layboyle, Miss Helen Jackson
and Miss Edith Haley of Medford
Mass, are at the Johnson house for a
few weeks.
Mr.. E. A. Thompson and Mrs. Mary
L. Thompson Of Brighton, Mass, are
at the Nickerson cottage, the guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. T. ". Thompson.
Mr.. ID. A. Booker and family of
Brunswick have opened their cottage
for the season.
Mrs. Merriman and daughter Helen
OF Brunswick are the guests of Mrs.
Merriman's sister, Mrs. F. C. Webb.
Rev. Mr.. Hayward of Auburn, who
has bought the Jordan cottage on Lit
tie Birch, is having some repairing
done.
Guy Stevens and John Libby have
returned to Auburn after spending
few weeks camping on the island.
Mrs. Fanny Gillette and sister,
niece of Brookline arrived Sunday.
They will probably remain until Sep
TENDER.
James Snow and Walter Booker of
Brunswick were at Birch Island Sun
day.
F. c. Webb Of Brunswick spent Sun
day with his family at the Cobb cot
tage on Arlington avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Cameron
have returned to Massachusetts, after
spending ten days at the Johnson
House.
very enjoyable affair was held at
the cottage of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
BARLEY last Wednesday evening. The
piazza was lighted with japanese Ian
terms and dancing was enjoyed by the
young people. Refreshments were
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Otis p.
Cook. Miss Virginia Phelan and Miss
Edna Phelan spent Monday afternoon
in Brunswick.
Mrs. Charles Kilham spent wednes-
day in Portland.
Mr.. F. n. Bennett of Arlington is
spending few days with his family.
Miss Villa Wingate has returned to
her home in Lawrence, Mass, having
been the guest OF her sister, Mrs. r.
V. Thompson, for several weeks.
Mr.. w. f. Ward has been having
improvements made on his cottage on
Arlington avenue.
Miss lie Prohon is visiting her sis
ter. Mrs. w. p Walsh.
Miss Virginia c. Phelan has returned
to her home in Somerville. Mass.
Miss Ethel Thompson of Mere Point
and Miss Annie Fuller spent Tuesday
In Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Knowles of Au-
gusta spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
w. p. Walsh on the east side of the
island.
Miss Harriet Enright, who has been
visiting Mrs. Walsh. returned to her
home in Augusta, Saturday
Mr.. f. lie Prohon has been spend
ing a few days with his nephew, F..
v. Thompson.
Mrs. w. f. Ward has been spend
ing few days with friends at Peaks
Island.
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Littlejohn's !.

The potency Of whist to charm. its
unfailing power to attract, its sub
tlety as resource in times OF leisure.
were all beautifully displayed on the
evening Of July 10th by the party of
young PEOPLE who gathered at the pref
ty cottage presided over by Mrs. Flum-
merfelt, for the purpose of a social
game. The guests came trooping
along the woodsy paths with lam
terms, which put the fire flies quite
out Of business for a time and after
ward suspended amid spruce boughs
from walls and ceilings shed light ON
the bent heads of the devotees and
gave a quaint charm to the sylvan
decorations. There were four tables
OF players, but as to kho won or who
lost this chronicle sayeth not Ger
tainly much merriment prevailed and
the fruit punch dispensed by Miss
Ethel. daughter of the house, al
though wanting some of the ingredi-
ents decreed necessary in more urban
circles. lacked not frequent and appre-
ciative patronage.
Deep sea fishing continues the prince
OF sports for those who love an open
boat on rolling sea. a wide arch of
sky above and the excitement OF ang-
varied kinds and weights
During the past week several par
ticularly successful parties brought in
such bountiful supplies that the mar
ket became glutted and the local fish
dealer in despair. A sextette from the
Chisholm contingent and the Hopkins
party from the Rockmere being con-
spicuously favored in the size and
quality Of their catch. For the bene-
Mt. however. of those who have not vet
tried their luck, We venture the pre-
diction Of the wise old saw, There are
as good fish yet in the sea as ever
were caught"
Mr.. II. b. Carter of Minnes polls.
who has been stopping at the Rock
mere this week, is en- route to Winni-
reg and Toronto. at one of which Ca
madam ports, he expects soon to be
stationed. Mr.. Carter conducts the
journal called The Northwestern
Farmer. edited in the Interests Of the
Canadian Pacific railroad He hss had
large experience in Alaska in the
opening up of the territory and was
for five years agent at Hong Kong.
Mr.. Colburn. also at the Rockmere.
and greatly enjoying his stay on Lit
tlejohns. came direct from the Isles
OF Shoals. where he had been attend
ing the 11th session of the Unitarian
convention. Mr.. Colburn repo Is most
interesting meetings with average au.
diences OF 500 people and such able
speakers TO be heard as the Rev. J.F.
Sunderland of Hartfordfi Prof. Nathan
lei Schmidt of Cornell. Rev. c. F.
Dole of Jamaica Plain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carleton Hicks on
pleasure bent started up towards Ban
gor Wednesday last They were
caught in the intense heat which pre-
vailed everywhere at that time and
wisely took to the river, sailing down
the Penobscot to- Rockland, from
thence to Portland. and so on to Lit
tlejohn on Friday morning.
Mr.. OBrien of Allston cottage. who
belongs to the Boston order of Elks.
has been at Philadelphia during the
week attending the convention. He
was expected home Sunday morning
and was to bring two young relatives
with him.
Mr.. Horton with his yacht Nordeck
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Some Leading Editorials.

Better laugh in your heart than IL
your sleeve.
Sudden wealth and fame are dao
gerous partners.
Those who tighten their meal,
iengthen their lives.
Discomfort Is generally the flag END
Of too much enjoyment.
The true stateman never barters hi.
conscience for ONCE.
Self-belief. self-respcct and self.hel,
are bracers for victory.
Men and nations win by love an
virtue and lose by hate and Vice.
Reformation without equity Is Xix.
a household without virtue.
In the long run the fraud and thiei
get the hot end OF the poker.
Honest praise for honest work WI,
generate more and better work.
You will never know some men eve,
II you eat ton OF salt with them
Baltimore American.
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made the trip from Boston in two
days. stopping by the way at Ports
mouth and reaching Portland on the
day of the visiting Boston Yacht club.
The Nordeck belongs to the Mosquito
fleet of South Boston. Mr.. Horton as
skipper has had many exciting cruises
with her and can relate experiences by
sea and flood that have all the flavor
of w. Clarke Russelrs tales. He is
soon going to Boothbay with the Nor
deck for three days trip.
AT Alpine cottage the past week has
been busy one.
The Chisholms have been entertain
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. T. A. Sulli-
van Of Dorchester, and in the few
days of their stay have crowded pleas
urings galore. On Tuesday II was a
sailing trip among the islands with
Capt. Sawyer's THE Polly" On Wed
nesday cruise through the harbor in
motor launch. finishing up the eve
ming at the new bowling alleys on Che
beague.
Thursday evening there was a musi-
Gale at the Melrose with piano and
vocal selections by individual MEM
bers of the party and a finale of pop
ular airs by the entire company. On
Friday Mr.. and Mrs. Sullivan left for
home with many expressions of de-
light over the beauty of the place and
the variety of pleasure to be obtained
here. Their idea now Is that a cot
tage at Littlejohn. just on the water
mont, would be the best POSSIBLE in
vestment for a summer home.
Mr.. Joseph Reddy of Roxbury with
his family are located once more at
their comfortable and slightly cottage.
MIR. Reddy is to be congratulated on
the location OF his house. From no
part of the island is there a mere ex-
tended or more beautiful view.
Mr. Chas. II. Chute and family and
Miss Florence l.. Munroe, all of
Northampton. Mass. are at the F.. c.
Nichols cottage until the first of Au-
gust.
Miss Barnes and Miss Tobey opened
their house last Thursday week.
MIR. Henry w. Bird of the firm of
Joseph NJ. Herman & Co, shoe manu-
facturers. has been stopping at the
Rockmere for the past week Mr. Bird
returns TO large responsibilities occa-
stoned by the absence in Europe of the
senior member of the firm.
The extension of the service of the
y. f.. Telephone Co, from Peaks ISL
and to other points down the bay is
matter OF great interest to all the
summer colony on the Islands i'm
question.
While Littlejohn is not mentioned in
the published report, yet IL Is hardly
conceivable that IL will be omitted
from the benefit of such widely ex-
tended plans. as IL is in direct line
between Chebeague and Cousins. both
of which islands are links in the chain
Of pay stations from the Cape to Var
mouth with Portland as a centre. IL
Is thought possible that by next sum-
mer the entire bay service will be in
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stalled. a consummation devoutly to
be wished
Cundy's Harbor
1-->
oAkHURST ISLAND.

The sloop Ileen, owner Frederick w.
Anderson, Cundy's Harbor, Maine,
chartered to Messrs. Eastman. Kilduff.
and Benedict, guests at Oakhurst is
land, went into commission on the
18th: at once headed for Bailey's Is
land, which place she reached after
a record run. The Ileen has taken
out many pleasant parties and all are
delighted with the boat.
MIS-. Gait and Mrs. Benedict of New
York and Oakhurst, are enjoying a
trip to Boothbay and Mount Desert.
where they have many friends.
There are many well bred dogs sum-
meiing on the islands of Casco boy.
but none have longer pedigrees than
Red Piper, the Irish terrier. and
Bruce Benedict, the collie, and Spot
Darling, the coach dog of Oakhurst.
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Sermons In the Library.


In the Congressional Library are six
alcoves and 124 shelves filed with vol
umes OF printed sermons, making q
total Of about FIVE thousand volumes.
more or less. Most Of them are old and
out of print. AS Mr.. Spofford says.
the publication Of sermons has gone
out Of style. The first book on the first
shewf In the first alcove contains q
collection OF Lyman Abbott's sermons,
delivered from the pulpit Of Plymouth
Church. Brooklyn. and published under
the title THE Life That Really Isl
The last volume on the last shelf in
the last alcove is a ponderous tome.
bound in pigskin containing the homI-
lies of an Italian monk named Zuccolo.
on The Divine Evangelists"
The librarians say that Phillips
Brooks is read more than any other
sermonizer. Robertson. an English
preacher at Brighton, comes next. and
then Beecher. Sturgeon, Charles
Kingsley and Professor Swing.-wash-
ington Star.
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A Doubt.

THAT was rather sighting" said
Senator Beverage OF a certain
speech. 1T was like the speech OF
the old Adams butler.
When was a boy in Adams coun.
" Judge Blank was taken very III.
The doctor called regularly, but the
Judge kept getting worse, and finally
the crisis came.
The morning after the crisis the
doctor rang the Judges bell at sun
rise.
81 hope your masters temperature
Is lower than II was last EVENING". he
said to. the butler anxiously.
TIN not so sure about that" the
man asvcred. He died, sir, In the
night"-Pittsburg Press.
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a smoke consumer has been recent
" patented. The machine is an auto
matte device to further the combus-
lion Of coal and thereby prevent
smoke. II works automatically with
the opening and shutting OF the firebox
door, and the scheme is to inject steam
ana air Into the frebox. The saving
IN the amount OF coal consumed is
great. IL Is estimated that 95 percent
OF the smoke is consumed.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1907-07-25

A dumb tramp has been arrested In
Berlin for begging. He used a phono-
graph. visiting private houses only.
where his machine poured out heart
rending tale Of its owners misfort-
unes.
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A Manila newspaper says that any
japanese ofhcer detected sketchins
the fortincations In the PHILIPPINES
ought to be compelled to reveal where
he found the Notifications to sketch.
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The First jump NIiraine CO.
tor Ind ham,N.

From a recent
assay made OF an
average sample of
sorted ore such as
we are now get
ting ready to ship
1T was found to
contain $500 in
gold, IA ounces
of silver value Mt
$40 and 500
lead value total
value, allowing
only .03 cents a
pound for lead
$3.50.
For . Short Tine This
Stock Can Be Had
For IS Goats Z Share
J. w. PHILllPs
Fiscal Agent,
Beverly Macs.
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American Dairy Lunch
D. ]. MCDONALD

$50 Middle st., Portland, Maine.
Nearly opposite the postSfice
MIX, Cream, etc, fresh from dairy
farm daily. Best Of food, quickest SER
vice. reasonable prices. Visit us
when In town.
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william A. Trufant

HamiIton's Landing, ChcbeaE ENC
Island, Maine.
Parties can secure pleasure boats OF all
kinds for all occasions, also Naphtha
Launches capable of carrying twenty pas.
sengers with experienced men in charge.
Row boats to let at reasonable charges.
Wharf Privileges to Let.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-02
A Rubber Sidewalk.
the Louisville Courfer,Jeurnal.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
The story Is told of an Iowa man who
patented an India rubber sidewalk. After
much lobbying with his friends among the
town council, he was allowed to put down
several yards OIL as an experiment. AS a
noise absorber it proved most effective, and
the early demonstrations seemed to be liv-
ing down all skepticism in regard to it so
rapidly that the inventors fortune was all
but made. Then the inventor made fatal
blundar. Tex show how. solid and strong 1t
was he began jumping DIP and down on 1t
With his whole weight. The walk could not
forget that it was still rubber, and when
the ambitious inventor pianked his heels
fence into a bffar patch The episode
proved such a joke that the budding popu-
larity of the new idea began to. wane and
there are still no rubber sidewalks in Iowa.
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less they suit you exactly. Make changes
without hesitation, for remember you are
the one who Is to live in the house. not
the architect or builder. In your plans
notice the way in which the various doors
open, because it sometimes happens that
able space of a room by having the door
on the right side instead of the left side Of
the door iamb.
When considering the heating of the
house, do not take anything suggested be-
fore you know exactly what you are doing
Look well into the matter; inquire from
others, who, by actual experience, have
proved such or such method to. be best;
try to spend several hours or. a day in
dwellings heated by other methods than
the ones with which you are familiar in
order to make a wise choice. If a furnace
seems best, obtain catalogues of the lead
ing makes and study them. Understand
exactly how the furnace must be managed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-02

among them Of any earning" class-20.2
per thousand. Farmers came next, with
176. as compared with mercantile and
trading classes at 121 per thousand. and
clerical and official at 1876 Thus laborers
have a death rate &c per cent higher than
that Of business men, and farmers As per
cent higher. Overwork and over crowding
are alike responsible for the frightfu trib-
ute paid by these same classes to the
Great White Plague. The improvement
that occurs in most of our hospitals in pa
tients of the laboring classes who aresn not
suffering from some injury or acute disease,
simply from being put at rest in a. we'll
ventilated. room and given moderate
amount of nourshing food, is really aston
ishing. 1t is an open secret that in most
of the chronic diseases brought to our hos
pitfalls in the large cities it makes little or
no difference what medicine is given during
the first week or ten days; the patient will
improve on any medicine, or on none at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-02

steer. terra Gotta, cement and brick
The latter-brick-is indisputabIy one of
the most necessary factors in building. and
the science of its manufacture one Of great
est importance: All art must be filled with
lie and ANNA ton If it is to Hive. Now, If
lecture, 1t must necessarily follow that
each of the constituent parts of a building
must lend toward the giving of that, i'm
portant quality Of life and animation. It
as It does such an important place IA fhe
art of building, must have life. I know 81
no medium that lends itself to the giving
of this property. to, an architectural con.
stpuction more than brickwork. . -. =
THE first essential quality Is the healthy
condition of the brick that Is employed
and its ability TO- Withstand the ravages of
time and its natural enemies, the elements.
are the most durable building materials
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-02

With all our modern knowledge and ad-
vantages In the power of steam force and
other agencies In manufacture, our brick
should De unquestionably better as to quail
ity and durability than the ancients could
produce. but unfortunately commercialism.
the spirit Of the day. frequently enters into
the manufacture of brick, and the result
very often Is soft, short-lived product.
which cannot perform its proper functions
In q structure
after durability, perhaps the most i'm
portant quality of q brick Is that of color.
Through the use of different clays, shales
numberless shades of color, and the process
OF forming and firing brings out certain
tones which may or may not be Of artistic
merit.
Architecture is often referred to as
frozen music and how well that applies
to buildings constructed of brick. Why
not have a symphony in beautiful bricks
as well as g. symphony in beautiful tones
"As rule. bricks of a uniform shade are
not desirable. They produce an effect of
monotony and fairness and are devoid of
brilliancy. which is so desirable quality.
A brick wall can fairly sparkle in color.
animation and interest If the bricks are
well chosen and the color well blended.
The tones of coloring need not be of somber
hue to be beautiful and artistic. for cheer
fulness and brilliancy are most desirable
qualities. and can be attained by the wise
choice of color schemes.
Certain conditions have much to do with
the SelectlOn OF DrlcK rom the stand
point of color. Buildings which desig
nate force and strength must be con-
structed of brick whose color will assist
in conveying this character. Light, airy
and fantastic buildings may be constructed
Of lighter and airier brick. Shaded court
ways and narrow streets demand light col
ored materials that the maximum reflec-
ton Of light may be produced.
1.-THE lasting quality Of the color In brick
is OF greatest Importance. but besides that
texture and finish also lend to life. These
latter qualities are as necessary to beauty
in briekwork as they are In piece of
fabric >, The surface may be very smooth
and true may be very rough and crook
ed, but it must bear texture in order to be
'.rhe [earefur and skfiIful workmanship
of the bTicklayer has much. to do with
the success of a brick wall. If there Is
an art in the manufacture of brick, there
is also An art in brick laying. -
paint has It's place In the world. and
where 1t beiongs-long may 1t live! But
paint was never made to cover over burned
clay products, and no amount of dirt or
SCOT should ever be sufficient cause to cover
up brickwork. Time, which softens all
art only adds to the beauty of brickwork.
as the bricks. and jointing blend together in
greater harmony and bring softer tening
and consequently more artistic feeling to
the wall"
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City Life Versus the Country.

FFOH HARPER 3.
The Injurious effect of city life consists
not merely in overcrowding or the in
creased development Of infectious diseases
but especially in the outrageous and abom-
Unable overworking of the laboring classes
Overwork and undertaking have been rec
ognized for half century as the chief
causes of the large death rate of the labor
ing classes as compared with the well-to-do
Even with all the improvements that have
been effected in the condition of the labor
ing classes. the last United States census
19OO) still shows the highest death rate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-02
USES OF BRICK.
The Important Function That Its
Color Performs.

In q recent address made by Architect
Charles .Sumaer Schneider before the Ma
tional Brick Manufacturers Association at
st. Louis on Life in Brickwork,'' he said
in part:
Architecture depends to great degree
upon the excellence of materials used in
the effort to express life. Some of these
materials are employed in their natural
state-such as stone, wood, marble and
slate-with, of course, the necessary prepa-
ration of the raw material: otter compo-
nent parts Of a building are manufactured
products, made of constituent or elemental
materials found In nature, such as glass,
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FOR HOME BUILDERS.
Some Suggestions as to How to At
tain SucceaS

When planning your house keep always
in mind the possibility Of selling or rent
ing 1t. Do not make the house too odd for
the average housekeeper or homeseeker. or
the very features that seem so attractive
to you may prove a decided drawback
should you ever place your property on
the market. This Is the outset suggestion
by an expert to women who are setting
out to build their own home.
1t is a mistake when building to have
any room too small for practical USE Such
an apartment Is in reality just SO much
wasted space. being useless except as a
closet or trunk room. If you need to make
up the expense. go without the loaded glass
window or some other cherished ornament.
Do not rest content with the plans I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-02
Lighthouses at Auction.
From the London Mail.


Two lighthouses on Portland Hill We're Of
fered for sale at Portland recently. The
sale attracted a good deal of local notice.
but there were few buyers from distance.
and no one seemed very anxious to secure
the delightfully."- situated lighthouses. which
the auctioneer said would make ideal
bungalows"
After desultory bidding the higher light
house. which stands on about half an acre
of land, was purchased by Mr. NJ. w.
Sparkman of BrOughton Clifford. Wiltshire.
for a405. The lower lighthouse did not
find a purchaser, the reserve Of f400 not
being reached.
It will be remembered that last year st.
Helen's Fort. one of the chain of sea forti-
fications which guard the entrance to Ports
mouth harbor and Spithead anchorage. was
advertised as to let. In this come 4 on.
too, II may be recalled that many OF the
martello towers built on the south coast
during the Napoleonic wars are let at low
rents TO yachtsmen and others.
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Response Courteous

Translated for Transatlantic Tales from II Motto
per Ridere. ...s
Tonnbolini Ito his publisher)-s'Why does
your new7catalog enter my novel under
medical works."
Because it has been considered an ex-
cellent remedy for insomnia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-02

Madame Ito the new cook)-''When I ring
once It's for you; when ring twice. it's
for the maid"
Cook-"How many times do ! have TO
rfnr when want to talk to youy'-Trans-
lated for Transatlantic from Tuegends
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photo by stan Photographer.

some are much easier than others. 1t Is
best to select the furnace one size larger
than the one you have been told Is full size
for heating a building as large as your
house.