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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
Learning TO Swim.

Persistence in undertaking is 4
laudable virtue, but It can be bit
overdone sometimes, AS in case de-
scribed by Mr.. Y. j.. Molloy in Our
Autumn Holiday on French Rivers. '
Mr.. Molloy and his friend, longing
for a good dive, went TO a swimming
school on an island in the Seine. They
donned their rented costumes and
were preparing for the plunge. when
a man with ropes came along and in
sisted on tying them about their
waists. 1t was according to police
regulations. and although they mad"
an indignant protest, they were
obliged to submit.
While we were dressing, says MI
Molloy, we asked the two swimming Is
masters for an extra towe..
Pardon" they replied, we must
attend to our monsieur"
Then we saw thai there had come
upon the platform sh,ri and alb
surdly fat man. dressed in bathing
costume, swimming sandals and oiled
cap.
Lets see him go ip," said we.
what a splash hell make"
The swimming asters rec lived the
new arrival at the middle of the plat.
form. There he balanced himself on
his stomach or Il wooden stump two
feet high. The masters ssiz ID him
by his hands and feet, AMI with slow
and deliberate NOV aments made him
strike out with ths action OF SWIM
ming. They kept this up for Il qua
ter of an hour, and the perspirati N
rolled of him in great drops.
Hell be awfully hot t. so into
the water after that" said J.
But he did not go into the water
The swimming lesson over, be move |
toward the dressing room, saying:
Il have done better to-day."
"Ah, yes" answered one of the
masters. Your progress is admi:a-
ble."
The fat man beamed with COM
plaisance, and went into d"ess.
called the awimmina masters
aside.
Does our monsieur practice often
like that? He must have great per-
severance"
Perseverance! lie has worked
like this for five years. a4d he has
never been in the water!"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
Doctors Most Dangerous
Carriers CT Infection
in Modern Life

Worldwide attention has been
given an article which appeared in
La Revue by DR.. J. Hericourt, accus-
ing doctors of being the most dan
gerous carriers of infection In modern
life. The French physician said:
"The medical profession is so loud
in its protestations of zeal~ In the
war against the spread of disease by
contagion, they have dwelt SO on the
necessity of instructing the public
in the theory of germs and the mod
ern system Of antiseptic prevention
of infection, that 1t Is curious to OBJ.
serve that the doctors themselves
are the worst offenders in this re-
gard, the carelessness of the average
physician being amazing, except that
we are so accustomed to 1t. We are
not shocked at the sight of a family
doctor visiting a case of scarletina,
or even diphtheria, and leaving the
house on his way to other patients.
having taken no precaution except
.he very elementary one OF washing
his hands. DR.. Remlinger has recent
ly observed several cases, especially
eruptive fevers, which could be at
tributed to no other cause than a
visit from the doctor who called to
prescribe for a trifing indisposition
and left behind him the seeds OF
dangerous disease"
The Review of Reviews, comment
ing on this article and the world
wide discussion of it, says: THE
statement of conditions applies quite
as accurately to the American gen
eral practitioner as the European.
and there is the same need here, as
in Europe. to insist on reform
1t is the part of wisdom to insist
that your family doctor disinfect him
self thoroughly before coming to
your house. If he doesn't care
about your health, except 70" the
fees he can get out of you when YOU
are sick, 1t is time to gel another
doctor.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
CHAPTER y.

"Mr. Follatt is here, Jane. Would
you like to see him alone"
"Yes. auntic alone-and let him come
in at once, please 1t tires me to be
kept waiting or to have to expect any
thing now
And in another minute the Vicar OF
Chcsterford--for the first time since
Clifford Mohun left-was admitted into
poor James little sitting room.
lie set his hat down carefully in the
window seat: laid his walking stick
across it; then took off his gloves, fold
ed them neatly together, and deposited
them in the breast-pocket of his coat,
James weak nerves were horribly irri
tated by these preparations. She
thought that the vicar meant to stay
long; she felt that he was going to
drive her wild by commonplace con.
dolence and exhortatlons to long-suffer-
ing and patience.
II am sure it is very good of you to
come to see me, sir" and there was q
weary, half querulous tone in her voice,
very unlike its old, frank unconscious
happiness. I'm weak and ill., and
can be of very little interest to any
body now; but Miss Lynch would send
b for you
The vicar looked kindly into her
hopeless, sunken eyes.
Jane" he began, after few in
quires respecting her bodily state, not
made in the accustomed style of friend
ly sympathy, not accompanied by any
of those stcreotyped platitudes which
jar so horribly upon the temper of
every real sufferer, but just in his
usual, quiet, rather reserved manner,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
The Strength of Strong Families.

Sundry divorce suits anu renal
riage propositions that take up space
in the papers just now illustrate that
it makes less difference how much
money a man leaves behind him than
in what hands he leaves it. TO leave
abounding means in foolish hands is
failure. To leave wise children in
the world is success, and If they can
be left in a position of fiscal advaD-
tage, so much the better. TO found
good family, or give good human
stock lift, and put it in a position
uf enlarged opportunity and increased
power, is a work that is legitimately
attractive. But it is the human stuff
that is important. What every couD-
try needs is families that will breed
true to high standards and give SUI
perior individuals to the service OF
the world. We have such families
that generation after generation turn
out high-class men and women.
Every progressive country has, and
must have, such families. Whether
at a given time they are rich ~ not
Is a matter of secondary Importance.
n the human material is strong and
good, money in sufficient quantity
will come to IL first Or last. III the
human stock is inferior, immoral or
Ill trained, money dumped upon it
will merely advertise its inferiorlty
-Harper's Weekly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
SPORTING BREVITIES.

Packey Mcfarland says he won't
fight Cans unless he gets $50, 0,00C.
In the Pacific Coast tryouts for the
Olympic Games Jos. B. King won the
fifteen-mile Marathon race in l 24:29
Is.
America will not send a representa-
tive crew to the Olympic Games Re-
gatta, to be held at Henley-on-Thames
July 20.
Paul Rainey, the young millionaire
turfman from Cincinnati, has en-
gagged Jockey McCahey to ride for
him this season.
Younk Ketchell, Of Michigan, de-
feated Jack (Twin) Sullivan, of Bos-
ton, in the twentieth round of their
fight on the Coast,
The official dates for the National
Regatta are July IA and 10. 1t is
probable that Springfield, Mass, will
be the scene of battle.
Wisconsin University has decided
to race Syracuse again at Pough-
keepsie. The Wolverines are re-
ported to be rowing strong this year.
Frank L. Kramer won his first race
on the new Vailsburg cycle track, at
Newark, N J., defeating Joe Fogler
by few inches in the half-mile
sprint.
Yale won the Intercollegiate team
match trap shooting contest at 100
targets for the fifth time at the Bos-
ton Athletic Association traps, in Riv.
erside.
Richard Crokers Rnodora, half sis.
ter to his Derby winner Orby, won
the One Thousand Guineas, at New
market, England, from eighteen op-
ponents, at odds of 100 to 8, ridden
by the American jockey, Lucien Lyme
Count Henri de la Vaulx, Jacques
Faure and Alfred LIE Blanc, the aelo-
nauts, have been selected as the
French representatives in the inter-
national balloon contest for the
James Gordon Bennett Cup in Berlin.
October L.
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NO. 8.
NATIONAL GAME. :

Fred Clarke's brother Josh" is
making good for Cleveland.
In Cleveland southpaw pitcher Bill
baltimore is pronounced sure find.
McHale, the Boston American CEN
ire fielder, has pretty good "whip."
Fred Tenney is playing a fast game
around first base for the New York
Nationals.
Ex-Manager Hanlon, of Cincinnati,
picks the New York Nationals to win
the pennant this year.
Catcher Roger Bresnahan, of the
New York Nationals, still wears his
cricketers shin-guards.
Bradley is the best sacrifice hitter
on the Cleveland team and one OF the
very best in the league.
This is Frank Chances tenth year
in baseball. In all of this time Chance
has remained a Chicago National.
Third baseman Jimmy" Collins. of
the Philadelphia Americans. looks
like the Collins Of several years ago.
Pitcher Campbell. of the Cincin-
natis, apparently is one Of the best of
the new crop of big league pitchers
picked up.
Few first basemen in either league
are showing anything better than Tim
Jordan, of Brooklyn. 1t seems to pay
him to be popular.
Jimmy Williams, who was traded
by the New York Americans to st.
Louis, has batted in more runs for
the st. Louis American Club than any
player of the team.
The benefit game played recently
between the st. Louis American and
National League teams netted $4359
for Chris Won der Abe, the former
boss president of the Browns.
From every corner of the country
comes the cry: Don't gamble on
baseball" A man who CANDLES on
baseball doesn't care rap for our
national game, and he who does not
love it cannot be much Of an Amer
lean.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.

An effort to have May 10 made
Mothers Day" was defeated In Con-
gress.
A son has been born to Nine. To-
selli, formerly Crown Princess OF
Saxony.
New York women won the Wash
ington trophy in the National Whist
Congress.
Barnard College girls are going to
make baseball q feature of this years
graduation festivities in New York
City.
Amelia Bingham, while seriously
i'll as the result of surgical opera
ton, was elected president of the
Professional Woman's League.
Mrs. Fanny Antisdel Simons, writer
of short stories, is dead at her home
In Detroit. Mrs. Simons was formerly
teacher in the public schools.
Nine. Emma Eames, escorted by
Chief Croker, visited firemen in their
quarters, in New York City. and saw
exhibitions of fire fighting apparatus.
DR.. I. Herman Randall, of New
York City. advised the Kindergarten
Association to try hypnotic suggestion
for good, instead of furnishing chill
dren.
Manager Regan, Of the Hotel
Knickerbocker, New York, was sued
for $4,000 damages by Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw for ordering her out of his
place.
Wilbur G. Philips told the Rainy
Daisies that most American mothers
can't nurse their children, and that
II we want good mothers we must i'm
port them.
Addressing members of the Peo-
ple's Institute, New York, Olga Meth
ersole said it was better for women
to marry and have children than to
work for careers.
Mrs. Hetty Green, now living in
New York City, received a letter
signed "The Black Hand" threaten
ing her with death unless she paid
$4,000 to a messenger.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
The Earth's Innar(Is,

Professor Wiechert, at recent
meeting of the Seismological Associa-
ton at The Hague, asserted that his
studies of the varying velocity Of
earthquake tremors passing through
the interior Of the globe lead to the
conclusion that the earth consists of
a central core OF iron or steel, about
$3.50 miles in diameter. surrounded
by stony shell $50 miles in thick
ness. Between the outer solid rind
and the inner layer Of rock, covering
the metallic core, lie thinks there is a
layer of liquid or plastic material,
lying little less than twenty miles
below the surface of the earth.-
Youths Companion.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
The Old Subscriber.

We sometimes wonder If newspa-
per men generally appreciate the old
subscriber at his true value, says the
Lansing Iowa) Mirror. We mean
the old standby who takes the home
paper year after year, through evil as
we'll as through good report, and
pays his subscription regularly just
the same as he would any other hon
est debt. AS a general thing the old
subscriber Is patient and slow to
wrath. He will overlook many little
sights from the editor, sights which
the man who borrows his readings
would not stand for a minute.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
Everyone Is Friendly.

email my daily walks and rides for
miles here and in the streets of Toxic"
says q traveller, II never heard an Of
fensive word applied TO me, nor saw an
unfriendly face. Nor in the quieter
streets did ever see what is SO COM
mon in China, women and children
darting in and bolting tho doors on the
approach of foreigner. Even the
dogs here are friendly and never bark
at you"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
"YellOW Fever" Literature

There is yellow fever of literature
specially adapted and prepared for
the spread of shameless curiosity, in
correct information and complacent
idiocy among all classes OF the popu-
lation.-Henry van Dyke.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
ARRANGING MATTERS.

"Here is a map of the route we
shall take"
Did you make two of them?"
"No; what for?"
$50 papa will be able to overtake
us and forgive. Houston Post.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
On Being Too Good.

The man who is too careful about
living SO that future historians may
say nothing Ill of him Is likely to
keep them from saying anything con.
cerning his achievemanta,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
STAGE ECHOES.

"Hark," said the heroine, "to the
bowling of the winds"
your acting" sneered the villain,
'is enough to make any old thing
howl. ."-Chicago News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21
THICK AS BEES.

Wink-"In olden times all housee
had knockers outside"
Bink-"Oh, well, you'll find the
knockers inside these days. Chi
cago News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-21

The Hamburg American line is con-
templating building six small passen-
ger steamers intended for tourist aer-
vice on the Nile.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1908-08-06
OAkHURST ISLAND, cUNDYS
HARBOR.

To the guests this beautiful place
grows more attractive each day. Dur
ing the past week, a large party spent
an afternoon and early evening at tea
on Big Wood Island; another party
going by motor boat to Portland. re-
turning al evening. this with two sail
ing parties and fishing parties daily
with other diversions. the guests thor
oughly enjoyed themselves. The
party on the sloop ..Ariadne", Cant.
Anderson. on Saturday evening. when
on Ragged Island, saw whale
blow" or spout" more than half
dozen times, the column of water ris-
ing more than forty feet, a novel and
exciting incident 10 landsmen.
The Reverend Llewellyn Darling of
Elm!ra. y. Y, is visiting his parents
at this Island and on Sunday evening
all the guests heard him preach an
excellent sermon at the church i'm
the village. The guests now here
are: Mr.. and Mrs. Gack. Mr.. and Mrs.
II. V. Chamberlain; Miss l.. A. Ros-
ers; Miss Marion Hall: Miss Pearl
Sheriff.: Mrs. Potter. two daughters
and son; Mr.. Arthur Yathusahi.
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heads. that bids and makes us broth
ers be from Fundy to the Golden Horn
from the Red River to the Dry Tor
tugas; these all are woven into the
one flag of our nation. the flag OF
brotherly love, high honor and deer
devotion crowned with stars as the
blessings of God.
To this flag we give our leal
love and to our young brothers OF
the press who raise il over their
camp today, we say God-speed, for
none can do more to hold high the
ideals of our flower flag than our
brethren Of the press. Now fling the
flag to the Breeze"
The new white halliards which
hoated down from the 30 foot pole
were handed to little Dorothy Bick
nell of Boston. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. p. Bicknell. The little lady
stoutly drew up the two flags, the
stars and stripes uppermost, until
they reached the top where the Breeze
IL foot burgee was broken out. send
ing down a fluttering mass of souven
ir cards.
handsome water color of the
camp by Gale Stearns, the artist, was
mounted inside the largest tent and
was an excellent example of Mr.
Stearns' admirable work.
Refreshments of ice cream and
cake were served at the close of the
ceremonies after which a pleasant
social was enjoyed by those presen,
under the grateful shade of the grove
in which the camp is located. The
grounds were beautifully decorated
with American flags and streamers
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Sebasco


Mrs. Charles Morrison is entertain.
ing as present guests. Mr.. and Mrs
Thissel and two daughters of Beverly.
Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bowker of
Seattle, Washington.
Miss Minnie Wallace has been pass.
ing the week with her parents.
Mrs. William Beal spent last Thurs
day at Gurnet.
Miss Lucinda Tabor and Ruth Park.
er OF Parker Head, spent Friday and
Saturday at "Greenfields."
Miss Ethel French and Catherine
Powers of Bath have returned home
after passing the week as guests of
Miss Ruth Morrison.
William II. Farrar of Bath and Miss
Weeks and Miss Peary of Auburndale.
Mass, are passing week as guests of
Mrs. G.. S. Preble.
Capt. Butler is to go in charge of the
new six master being built at Percy
& Smalls yard. Bath.
Fish are scarce, and the fishermen
IAN 10 get many on account Of the dog
fish.
Our waltham visitors left last SAT-.
urday i'm order to go to work in the
factory this week after enjoying a six
weeks vacation.
The dance given at Beal's Hall
Tuesday evening by the b. b. b. socie
", was enjoyed by large crowd.
Mrs. Eugene Perry and Miss Eliza
beth Oliver passed Saturday in Bath.
Mr.. l.. NJ. Plummer. Mrs. Charles
Frost and Miss Eta Davis, who have
been passing the month of July at the
Perry cottage left.
A party of nine arrived on the Sc
bascodegan, Saturday, and will make
their headquarters at the Pond View
House."
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1908-08-06
ENJOYABLE TRIPS.
One Day Journey Through Beautiful
Casco Bay.

Persons familiar with Casco bay
declare that the most interesting
scenery lies in the most eastern sec
ton and assert that the natural
grandeur OF the view from the mouth
OF the beautiful New Meadows riv-
er TO the picturesque Gurnet bridge
Is not surpassed by any locality in
the country. Here the highest land i'm
the entire bay is TO be found. and
the forest primeval" and ''deep
tangled Wildwood of the poet liter
ally prevails. To some these few miles
o. wilderness. pierced by the beautiful
river. might seem prosaic but TO tho Sc
who believe that every manner of
greenwood is a true land of fairy,
the crowding fir. spruce and pine sim
ply gives spur to the imagination and
makes sail through this part OF
the bay an enjoyable journey. The
Casco Bay & Harpswell lines offer a
daily excursion down Casco bay and
up the beautiful New Meadows river
10 the famous Gurnet bridge and
hundreds OF tourists and sightseers
are met on these beautiful trims
through the Land of Vacation. The
steamer leaves Custom House wharf
every morning at O'Clock and reach.
es the Gurnet at 1890. Shore dinners
OF an excellence that has made this
resort famous are ready at the Gur.
net house on the arrival Of the ex.
cursionists. The return trip starts AZ
z o'clock and reaches the CITY al
$50 p. m.
Splendid all day trips can also no
made to South IIarpswell. Baileys and
OTIS Islands. The palatial steamer
Machigonne conveys the excursion.
lists 10 these charming resorts. leav.
Ing the city every day at 9.45 a. m.
Matinee sails To the same place leave
Custom House wharf every afternoon
az 215 y. m. These delightful trims
cover 80 miles and are largely patron
lied by sightseers.
The most attractive course I'm Cas-
co bay In the opinion of many trav.
elers u the one traversed by the
steamer TO Harpswell Center Tho
route Is through the inner bay. along
Falmouth Foreside and the South
Freeport shore. Stops are made az
South Freeport, Casco Castle. Cousins
Littlejohns. Bibbers and Birch islands
and MAR point.
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FLAG RAISING AT CAMP BREEZE
BIG sURGEE BEARING NAME OF
CAMP RAISED OVER TENTS.
Rev. John Hutehison Speaker on the
Occasion.

A flag raising at Camp Breeze.
Thursday afternoon, brought out
some forty of the society people of
the summer colony at Chebeague.
The owners OF the camp. Messrs.
J. S. Crowley. and c. II. Lunt.
accompanied by II. w. Good
win, had new white burgee bearing
the name Breeze in big green letters.
This was raised at 400 on a new pole
in front OF the camp, which is beau
tifully located in the Park grove on
the east end. Before the flag was
broken out, Rev. John Hutchison of
the summer cottage "Bide-a-wee" made
a witty speech IN which he said:
THE flag of our nation, raised to-
day over Camp Breeze, excites our
pride by its beauty as well as by that
which IL symboliZes, our nations pow
er grounded I'm our national character.
Well is IL called the flower flag, for
as the blossom Dungeons in beauty
by reason of the alchemy proceed.
ing unseen in the ugly earth even so
by a process slow and sure, tho oft
unnoted. the most diverse and unprom.
Using elements are wrought upon and
transformed into the fair texture of
American character. Note that flag
stan yonder with three plain squares
of bunting. one Of red, one OF white
and one Of blue. IL Is an emblem of
some OF the material out OF which
We are making Americans. Some come
10 us flying the red flag of discon-
tent and discord. OF hatred. and an.
archy; some with the white flag OF
defeat. wan with despair. they fly the
flag OF truce TO all effort. the sign
of hopes that have perished: some
come with the blue flag of caste and
class distinctions. they want privilege
and preference. not merely the equal
chance with their felIowmen. These
al and many more are wrought upon
by the better thought of this better
land Till the red becomes the red OF
seh-sacrifice and self-forgetfulness. the
white, the untarnished escutcheon OF
biameless honor and integrity and
me blue. Ike the blue above our
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Bustins Island
'1 49,

a series Of pleasant evenings are
being arranged for at the Casco Queen.
Mr. Walter Mason and friend. Mr..
Chester Whiting, returned Sunday af-
ter two weeks holiday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Melcher and
daughters OF Whitinsville, Mass. are
occupying the Spruce Lodge" for a
month.
Mr.. G. vroom Spike of Boston. is
spending his summer holiday with
his parents at the "AIicmac."
Mr. Charles Hyde of Boston, who
has been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Spike, returned after a two
weeks visit.
OF Brunswick, Me-. are guests of Mrs.
EDWARD Beaumont for the rest of the
season.
Mrs. Ashley Cromwell of Topsham.
Me-, is spending the week end with
Mrs. Beaumont at THE Birches."
Mrs. HARDWOOD is the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Metcher.
Mr.. Woodrough OF the s. S. Pierce
Co. accompanied by his wife with Mr..
and Mrs. Grindell. friends OF Mrs.
Spike, are occupying DIR. Bibber's
Bungalow for August. The doctor will
return Sept. 1 for the fall months.
Sunday. Aug 2, Miss VI. E. Patter.
son entertained the following guests
at her summer cottage, at Pleasant
Point: Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hart,
Nellie NJ. Miles. Albert T. Easton. OF
Portland and Miss Bertha VI. Coombs
of Roxbury, Mass.
Mr. and Madam Riess OF Germany
were the guests Of Mr.. Jno. j. Ray.
Saturday. Mr.. Riess is a large manu-
facturer OF silks, coming from New
York TO arrange with Mr.. Ray for a
portion OF the Simons, Hatch & Whit.
ten Co. silks for the holiday business.