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JOCIAL NEWJ

this week, Mrs. Florence Shelton, of
Baltimore.
Mrs. Layton and son, of Richard
son Park, are visiting her parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Asbury Burke, Bethel.
Mrs Emma Egee spent last week
with her brother, Mr.. Albert Spear,
on Bohemia Manor.
Mrs. Harry Davidson visited friends
in town on Tuesday.
Mrs. Emma Craig is visiting rela-
tives in Baltimore.
Mrs. Charles Buckworth visited
friends in town on Saturday.
Mr. E. A. Beauchamp, of Harring-
ton, was a town visitor on Saturday.
Mr.. John Meyer, of Philadelphia,
was entertained on Wednesday by Mr..
and Mrs. j. Groome Steele.
Misses Belle and Kate Chopper, of
Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs. Wait.
man Smithers.
Mr. and Mrs. l. G. Ellison and child
rem, of Mrkwood, were entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Ellison Sunday.
Miss Jennie Bishop visited Miss
Marion OFT last week.
Miss Margaret Lum is being enter.
tanned by Miss Mabel Short, near Irol
Hill.
Miss Helen Windle, of West Grove,
visited friends here on Saturday.
Mr.. Artisan Smith, of Wilmington,
was entertained at the home of Mrs.
Annie Egee, on Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Marshall Taylor, Philadelphia,
spent Sunday at Randalia.
Mr. William Cao1ipr of UT;l,ooioo.
ton, visited relatives in town this
week.
Mrs. Annie Egee is visiting rela.
tives in Wilmington.
Miss Myrtle Dickinson visited Miss
Sarah Price at Bethel this week.
Miss Marion OFT, of Elkton, is visit
ing Miss Helen Loveless.
Mrs. William Brown, Misses Edith
and Edna Brown are spending some
time with relatives in Salem, N. J.
Mr.. Oakley Barwick is visiting Bal.
timore.
Mrs. Griffith Ellison and children, of
Kirkwood, spent Thursday with Mrs.
Ida Bouchelle.
Mr.. F. P Conrey spent several days
this week in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Ralph Andrews, of Cambridge,
was entertained by Mrs. Charles S.
Ellison. Jr.. this week.
Mr.. Hugh w. Caldwell visited DR..
and Mrs. w. G. Jack at Liberty Grove,
this week.
Mr.. Howard Bishop, of Wilmington,
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Bishop, near town.
Mrs. Catherine Laws, of New York,
is visiting her son, Dr. G. C. Laws.
Mrs. Hugh w. Caldwell visited Bal
timore this week.
Messrs. Lavender and Leighton
Lorraine spent last week in Whining
ton.
Mr.. James Young, of Belair, visit
ed his sister, Mrs. Delmar Smithers,
last week.
Mrs. Thomas Wright has been visit
ing relatives in Centreville.
Miss Emma Griffith entertained the
EMISSION Band" on Friday at her
home near town.
Mrs. Adolph Buckworth spent Mon
day with her sister, Miss Bertha
Lusby.
Miss Thelma Berger is spending
some time at Randalia.
Mrs. Charles Kirk, of Bethel, visited
friends in town on Tuesday.
Miss Kathryn Barker is visiting
friends in Philadelphia.
DR.. E. D. Graves, Messrs. Caven-
der Lorraine and Reed Graves left on
his yacht 'Sevarg" for Annapolis on
Thursday, where they will spend some
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CHESAPEAKE CITY DEPARTMENT
LOCAL NOTEJ

The Chesapeake City base ball team
will play the Baracca A. C. team Of
New Castle, this Saturday afternoon.
DR.. T. J. Conrey attended medical
meeting at Elkton on Wednesday.
A large number of members of
Lodge No. 125, A. F. & A. M. attend
ed the celebration of the one hundred
tn anniversary of Harmony Lodge, No.
SO, A. F. & A. M. in Port Deposit on
Monday.
Service will be held in the Church of
the Good Shepherd Friday evening,
June 26, at o'clock.
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Don't Lose Sleep Coughing at Night

Take Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound. 1t glides down your throat
and spreads a healing, soothing coat
ing over the inhamed tickling surface.
That's immediate relief. 1t loosens up
the tightness in your chest, stops
stuffy wheezy breathing, eases distress
sing, racking, tearing coughs. Child
rem love it. Refuse any substitutes.
Contains no opiates. For sale by all
dealers. adyt*
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for all hurts
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Marriage Licenses
LOCAL.

Louis Peterson, of Elkton, and Ber-
nice L. Boulder, of Chester, Pa.
R james Archibald and Mrs. Lila
May Brown, both of Woodlawn.
John Wesley Dolby, of Seattle,
Wash, and Alice M. Clifford, of Rising
Sun.
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Cures Stubborn, Itchy Skin Troubles.

! could scratch myself to pieces,
is often heard from sufferers of Ec-
zema, letter, Itch and similar Skin
Eruptions. Don't scratcil-stop the
itching at once with DR.. Hobson's Ec-
zema Ointment It's first application
starts healing; the Red, Rough, scaly,
itching skin is soothed by the healing
and cooling medicines. Mrs. C. A.
Einfeldt, Rock Island, ILL.,, after using
DR.. Hobson's Eczema Ointment, writes
This is the first time in nine years
I have been free from the dreadful
ailment." Guaranteed. SOC at your
Druggist.
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EAeC9Eo
poSSLzocx0e an01Cr7 Ia The 17zShf

the tailless ManX variety as we'll as a
native colored and hazel-eyed one
from Formosa. In the collection also
was magnificent specimen from
Persia and Boosting of the name of
Hanz. lie unquestionably was the
"class" of the collection and doubtless
will sweep everything before him
when his schooling for the shows he is
to appear in is at an end. His marlin
silklike whiskers and his staring
CLASSY eyes give him formidable ap-
pearance, but his mistress says he is a
dear and just as gentle and affection
ate as the ordinary tabby of less an
cient lineage.
The advent OF TIahz into America
was attended by many thrills and not
a few qualms and pangs for the mas
ter who was bearing him TO his wife.
AS one of the stewards came down the
companionway of the steamship after
1t had been warped into her berth,
the top of the basket few open and
lIafz sprang out with the agility of
the cat that he Is. Perhaps ne had
heard filtering from the steerage
scraps of conversation about the land
of the brave and the free. At any
rate Hahz then and there determined
to enjoy that freedom which in a
measure is so often denied cats of the
peerage.
With a meow that sounded like so
much Greek to the ordinary cats that
provS about every steamship pier.
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peared in. The money prizes awarded
him at various times more than offset
the price paid for him and the sums
expended on his keep.
one of the most highly priced cats
in the Harmon cattery is Lady Sonia,
a Siamese specimen of the rarest type.
She is a beauty. big. powerful and SUI
perbly coated.
Better Caro- Than Many Children.
These cats receive all the attention
that a doting mistress might lavish
upon her faVorite poodle. Each day
they are bathed and combed and
brushed until their coats shine like
satin. The long haired varieties, of
course, cause the most trouble for
they are being groomed apparently
from the moment they awaken from
their maps on silien cushions until
they are prepared for bed again at
night.
At present Mrs. Harmon Is rejoicing
in many newcomers to her cattery.
MIR. Harmon returned from Europe a
day or two before Christmas and as
surprise to his wife brought sixteen
cats of the very highest types he
picked up abroad. These were trans
ported in richly upholstered baskets
and there were several attendants for
the brood. to see that they were prop
orly cared for during the voyage.
Aristocratic Newcomers.
In this collection were one or two OF
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can be found the cattcry Here every
comfort and luxury that their catships
might crave are provided. The Vari-
GUS rooms in which they are CHARTERED
are kept at even temperature. \ cat
from far of India is kept in room
where the thermometer ever stands
at that point which is mean and pc
cullar to the particular section of the
Empire he was wont to roam over.
Cats from the far north never know
what il is to become uncomfortable
from the heat for rcfrigerating plant
generates sufficiently chilling blasts to
insure polar breezes If he Graves them.
Everything Whereabouts is conducted
on a lavish and scientific scale even to
the preparation of their food.
In the Harmon cattery might be
found such blue FLOODED champions
as Buzzing silver, an immense and
magniiicent specimen of bone, sinew
and silken fur who boasts the title of
champion of the world and which he
has successfully defended against all
corners. This cat is worth many times
his weight in gold. He cost small
fortune and Mrs. Harmon has repeat
eddy refused offers treblng the sum
paid for him,
Petite K is the champion Persian
an immense cat of beautifully shaded
coat tapering at the points to a coal
black He has won four champion
ships, seven challenge cups and $50
nrssaH IN tho various shows he has nu-
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delicate operations performed, but
the Government has gone even far
Their in the care of the health of its
men by providing aside from the
many Navy Hospitals on shore d COM
plete floating hospital, where every
Imaginable disease can be given spec
cial care, and where operations can
be performed while the floating hos
pital moves along with the fleet This
ship bears the appropriate name Of
"Solace," and is one Of the foW hos
pital ships in the world, and Ger
tainly the best equipped one.
How The Ship Was Named.
When the United States declared
war against Spain they found that
an ambulance ship WAS necessary. and
after looking about for some time for
a vessel suitable for this purpose they
acquired the "Crcole" of the Crom-
well Line and during that war she
did valuable service. After the ship
had been fitted up and commissioned
1t was decided that "CreOlC" WAS
scarcely the proper name for the
craft, but in the excitement of those
days no one could think of a suta-
BILE name. Finally, Miss Long. daugh-
ter of John -. Long, who was at that
time Secretary of the Navy. sent the
word "Solace' to her father from BlI-
where she was studying to he
a trained nurse. The name was ac-
coptcd as most appropriate ana the
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dozen or more Convalescents may be
seen sitting on the broad decks of
the "Solace" reading the latest &c
ton or travel stories. They all agree
that the treatment they receive could
not be improved upon. The sur
geons do their best for US" said one
young man who was recovering from
a fail, land the stewards are mighty
fine fellows / was helpless for
long time, and 1 know / was most
contrary, but The stewards never
seemed to notice Il, and they handled
me 50 eeutly--and Doctor Won Wede-
kind, no is the best ever. See that
steward over there?" he continued
We'll he beats q female nurse for
fixing You up so you can rest" ALI
over the ship it was the same-eVery
man was delighted with his treatment.
They even keep your teeth in order"
said another. Me to work for Uncle
Sam all the time" he continued, as
he lighted his pipe and strolled down
the deck.
Surgeons Called BY Signals.
The physicians OF the different bat
tleShips make frequent visits to the
"Solace" TO talk over the condition OF
the Ddllcill u WHO IdNt btSI SEllL llplil
their ships. Many times they are tn
vited by signal to come to the hospital
ship to witness certain operations or
to see cases Of special interest, and
som etimes very important medice
meetings are held 10 discuss new
methods of treating certain kinds Of
diseases. one look at the store-room
with its bandages and Its drugs Is
enough to convince the visitor that
the physicians would not run short of
necessary articles even in case of war
for very long time. This room is a.
sort OF medical store for the other
ships of the fleet.
Like all Navy vessels. the "Solace"
has a mascot. and Bobby, a goat, Is
the pet of the men and an important
member of the ships company.
In a company of persons so largo
rs the personnel of the Atlantic fleet
| in the natural course OF Nature deaths
will occur. The "Solace" is prepared
for this, as there is a refrigeratins
morCue hidden away beneath decks.
In this moreue the remains of any OF
! the men of the fleet who may die on a
cruise are received, embalmed and
| placed in metal lined baskets. and on
! request shipped to their next kin
at the expense OF the Government
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the entries and awarding the prizes.
While the women are interested 10 tho
point of tever.sh excitement. the cats
yawn ana doze just like he ordinary
hresIde variety and cVInce little or 10
interest il the proceedings. There ~
not one there that would nos glVe
every ribbon pinned to his la'1shy
decorated cage Tor one chance at
mouse or rat, or ~ another cat for
that matter Despite the blue blood
that courses through their veins they
are cats for all that, and they have al
the instincts and frailtles of their kind.
Cats Worth over 100000 Zach.
At q recent exhibition it was esti-
mated that upwards of 5000 600 was
represented in the cats on show. Soma
Of these ribbon winners had cost more
than $1,000 each, and some in Mrs.
Harmon's collection had cost mora
than that. Such cats as bungalow
Turks cap Il magnificent blue fellow
with long, silky fur and unlike most
cats he loves to be stroked and petted.
He is one of the best cats OF his kind
in the world, and at the recent At
lantic Cat clubs show Was voted the
best all round cat on exhibition. No
less conspicuous was Miss Champions
Argent Glorioso, shaded silver specl-
men and the sensational winner at
many shows last year. He was placed
in reserve to the winner. Turks Cap.
Many beautiful specimens are
shown at these exhibitions and they
are grouped according to size. color
and breed. Champion RokeleS Fay.
for instance won for his mistress Mrs,
7. Y. Mathis, the blue ribbon because
he was the best cat of solid color.
Mrs. Belrs Bonnie Boy got the best
blue ribbon because he was the best
male "tabby." Champion Cheeter
brought blue to MIS-. MoAllister
because she was the best female tab
by" From this 1t can be seen thai
even the everyday tabby has a place
in these shows, although cats from
foreign chimes command the biggest
prices and most attention from tho
spectators.
There are so many varieties of Ans
goras nowadays that il Is difficult &c
classify them. They have been
grouped according to size and color
and many OF them are beautiful anis
mails. They come in every shade and
color from white to blue, the orange
being a particularly popular color just
now. The smokes, chincillas. shaded
silvers, browns and creams also have
their vogue, and the respective owners
of each insist that their kind is THAI
best
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TX " VI HEN y woman adopts a hobby
AAD to the limit. II, THIS sis is proved prov
Wv By the cnthusinsm with
fhIch they go in for prize winning
|orses and blue bloodcd dogs Of every
freed and specie. When she turns her
|ttention to eats her ardor is ITO less
Keen, as the many entries at the
|arious cat shows throughout the
|ountry attest.
There Is no more enthusiastic col
bctor Of cats IN the world than Mira.
Elinord 3. Hartman, wife OF tho mil
|onaire real estate man Of New York,
whose spare moments are devoted to
IriatiOn and the Aero Club Of Amer
la, of which he is the president.
When Mr. Harmon Is not soaring aloft
h an airship ne Is at his palatial
lone at Greenwich, Conn, on the
rounds of which his wife has had
|rected sumptuous and commodious
|uildng in which she houses her hun
red and one cats of every known
|ariety.
These cats are no. of the common
|arden variety which perch on back
ard fences and make the nlsht hide
|us with tneir sentlrn entail ballads. In
bet they rarely enjoy such liberty for
bley arc carefully trained from kitten
|ood to engage m pastirnes lsss rulns-r
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ship was moving with the fleet. Dur
ing the writer's visit to the ship the
room was being put in order after
an operation on a man whose back
was broken. The man had fallen from
a. mast Broken legs or arms are not
uncommon, nor are pneumonia and
rheumatism. Typhoid fever is almost
unknown in the service since the men
have been given the typhoid inocula-
| tion. An elevator facilitates the trans
| fer of patients from the operating
room and upper deck to the principal
/ wards on the main deck or to the
convalescents' ward on the berth deck
two decks below. Specially devised
| cranes are arranged so as TO permit a
man brought to the ship on stretcher
! to be raised from the boat alongside
without discomfort, and the patient
| can remain in reclining position
while this Is being done. Broad gang
ways and large cargo ports placed
low on the ships side permit easy
transfer of patients to the wharf
when the "Solace" goes into dock
Nine boats and two steam launches
are provided. one Of the boats being
especially constructed for ambulance
work. There is well equipped X-ray
room, now so necessary in surgical
work, in close proximity to the op-
Grating room a special dark room for
| nose, throat and ear work. and a dem
tai room. Three strong rooms for
insane patients or those suffering from
alcoholism are on the lower deck.
The electrically equipped diet kitch-
en-, and steam laundry are scrupulous-
! ly clean and far superior to those Of
many hospitals. An Ice making ma
chine is carried for use when the ship
is in tropical waters. IT is also used
| to supply cold air to the storage rooms
where fresh provisions for period OF
six weeks are carried. Eight thou
sand gallons of water are distilled
each day. A disinfectinS chamber,
too is part of the equipment. Even
the laboratory with laboratory animals
is on board where tests and examina-
tons Of cultures are carried on.
Amusement Not Forgotten.
The amusement of the patient Is
not forgotten, as there is a large IL
brary of fiction and miscellaneous
works. These books are on open
shelves and may be used by the pa
tients at any time. The men appre-
Ciate this and take the greatest care
/ of the books. Almost any fine day q
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flow the Navy Cares for
the Health ofthe Sailors
Who Man Our Battle.
ships While They Are
At Sea IS An Intimate
Story of Life On Board
the Solace, the Nays
Floating Hospital.

~ Is said that "Republics are I'M
III GRATEFUL but this adage is GER
n tainly inapplicable and untrue as
r respects the rewards and treat
nent of the sailor boys who man our
oattlcshipS. Their pay Is far more
than what is received
In other countries for similar serv-
ces. their food and clothing of
greater quantity and higher quality,
and the comforts and conveniences
hey enjoy excel even those accorded
20 many of the commissioned officers
Of other nations. The pride Of our
boys in blue is thus aroused. and tho
prestige resulting from these condi-
lions makes him the envy Of the sail
prs of other lands and develops a de
gree Of courage and patronage which
S unsurpasseG by any other Navy in
he world.
His health, too, is more carefully
guarded than that of the sailors OF
'oreign lands, for Uncle Sans care of
s above reproach of even the most
'rdent muckraker In case of i'll
less the United States sailor receives
medical attention and hospital nurs-
ng equal to that Of our best hos
pitfalls and free OF charge All the
pattloships have hospital wards. pre-
|ided over by surgeons Of marked
Ebility. An Illness Of any sort may
be treated there and even the most
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hospital staff. The total number of
officers and men of all grades and
classes carried on the repair ship of
the personnel" as the "Solace" is fit
tngly termed, is one hundred and
fftY-thrcc.
The ship itself, although small rs
compared with our newest dread
naushts, is fair sized vessel being
three hundred and siXty-one feet long,
with furty-four foot beam, and draft
If twenty-five feet. Her displacement
is five thousand. seven hundred tons.
Since the addition of ballast and bilge
keels she has been made a most COM
Portable ship. Her speed is twelve
knots. Her appearance is rather
striking. as She is pure white. with a
strake band Of green about four feet
wide running from bow to stern. The
Hague Convention of 1907 is respon-
sible for this distinguishing mark for
GoVernment-owned hospital ships. At
the same Convention IL was decided
that red band should be placed
upon hospital ships fitted out by in
dividuals or societies. A Red Cross
nag always flies from the mainmast
Of the "Solace"
Capacity For Large Numbers.
The ship has hospital capacity
for two hundred and thirty-four en-
listed men and nine officers, but in
case Of emergency more could be ac-
cOmmodatcd by the use of hammocks
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and cots. In time of war the so
quate. Hospital transports would
then have to be used and the Medical
Reserve Corps placed in charge of
them. These hospital ships would
pass among the vessels of the fleet
Immediately after the battleships had
been in action and take the wounded
60 the hospital ship or to the base
hospital. Surgeon General Stokes in
ludcs in his plan continuous care of
The wounded by the same surgeons
instead of the old plan of passing
them from group to group. The same
physician through an entire illness of
any sort is far more satisfactory than
the continued changing, and this
seems to offer satisfactory solution
of the difficult problem of caring for
the wounded in naval warfares.
The "Solace" has several isolation
wards where contagious diseases are
treated. one of these is for the treat
ment of sailors who are found to be
suffering with tuberculosis. These
men are attended there until they are
in condition to be sent to the navy
tuberculosis hospital in Colorado. In
pleasant weather tents are set up on
deck for white plague victims and cots
so arranged that they may have the
benefit of all the fresh air possible.
There is also a ward for diseases of
children, as the young recruits are
as measles, mumps and even chicken