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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
By RENE BACHE

THE question as to the real cause Of George
Washingtons death will always appear start
ling, since it involves as so many other
deaths have involved the matter Of medical judg-
ment.
The question has been much disputed, and
physicians Of high reputation have not hesltaIea
TO assert that Washington would probably nave
recovered from the illness that carried him OIL II
he had had the advantage of modern treatment
1t will be interesting to consider how lar lhe
evidence in the case fortunately at hand IN some
detaiD indorses this view
The month of December, 1893, found Washing
ton in such excellent health that his nephew MAJ
Lewis (his sisters SON. who married Nellie Cusus)
wrote: "The clear and healthy flush on ms cheeA
and his sprghuy manner brought the remark lna'
We had never seen the general look so we'll
On the morning Of Dec, 70 (Which showed
threatening sky Washington wrote his last letIer
(to Alexander Hamlton), referring to a project
for establishing a military academy. 1t was
Thursday At about 10 A. NJ he rode out to VislI
his farms-the Mount Vernon estate at that time
comprising more than 12 square miles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27

no difference.
Washington from very early life was strongly
disposed to melancholy. The prospect of his own
demise seems ever to have been in his mind. When
only so years of age he wrote to his friend Lafay-
ette 81 called to mind that I was now descend
ing the hill; and that though blessed with a good
constitution l was Of a shortlived family and
might soon expect TO be entombed in the mansion
of my fathers But l will not repine. have had
my day"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
A Disputed Question
and How 1t Is
Answered by All the
Available Records
of Fact---How the
First President
Was Twice "Bled"
and the Malady
That Ended Fatally
118 Years Ago.

dispatched to summon physicians three Of whom
soon arrived-Dr Craik, DR. Dick and Dr. Brown
OF Port Tobacco Dr. Brown bled the patient
again. but the blood came very slow and thick.
There was no good effect. Doses Of calomel and
tartar cmetic were administered but without favor
able result.
81 am very ill.," gasped Washington speaking
to an old family servant who was smoothing his
pillow Then, turning TO his wife, he said: GO
to my desk and in the private drawer you will
find two papers. Bring them"
She did So and on looking at them, he said
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27
Washington's Last Words.

Crak pressed his hand hut could not utter a
word a few minutes later he held out his hand
to Lear, who raised him up. and said: Il feel my
self going. l thank you for your attention; but
l pray YOU to take no further trouble about me.
Let me so off quietly. l cannot last long"
About 10 P. NJ he made several attempts to
speak Finally he said: u am just going Have
me decently buried and do not let my body be put
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-27

Above, Sketch Made EaI4y N the Last
Century Of the Old Family Burial Vault at
Mt Vernon Which Washington Wished to
Replace with One Larger and Better, On
the Left Glimpse of the Washington Home
at Mt Vernon.
"These are my wills. Preserve this one and burn
the other" 1t was done as he directed
In the afternoon he had much pain and suffered
great distress in trying to breathe He found some
slight relief in frequent changes of posture, and,
to help him, Mr. Lear would lift him from time to
time. Consderate of others as always, he said:
81 am afraid | shall fatigue you too much
At p. NJ. he said to Craik; Doctor die
hard, but I am not afraid to go. l believed from
my first attack that | should not survive it. My
breath cannot last long"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
A TRUE GENTLEMAN.

We never grow tired of stories
about Washington, especially when
they are as good as this one. After
the battle of Monmouth, the American
army was encamped on the farm of
certain John Vance. Washington,
with his staff, was quartered in the
farm house. A daughter of the farmer
was seriously ill in an upper room.
AS soon as Washington heard this he
gave orders that no guns should be
hred or drums beat near the house.
During supper he set the example of
caution to his officers by conyersing
IN an undertone, retiring as soon as
the meal was finished to his own
chamber, which adjoined the dining
room.
After he had gone, however, the
spirits OF the young men rose. and
forgetting their orders, they began to
sing and laugh uproariousIy. In the
midst Of the fun the generals door
opened softly and Washington entered
TOOK a book from the mantel shelf
and as silently returned, without a
word, nodding a smiling goodnight
as he closed the door behind him.
The officers stood ashamed and re-
buked not only by his consideration
for the sick girl, but by his gentle
courtesy of silence toward them.
selves.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
PATRIOTISM IN PEACE.

1t is well at this particular period
to remember and emphasize the fact
that patriotism is desirable in peace
as well as war AS a matter OF
fact the patriotism of peace is the
more important, for history unerr
ingly points out that nations that
have decayed and vanished are pre-
cisely those nations which have be-
come decadent in peace. A nation
that keeps its institutions virile and
untainted by corruption, that makes
its people happy and spreads pros
perity among the many in times OF
peace, will have little difficulty, as a
general thing in rising triumphant
to the test of war.
1t is nations that have allowed or,
ganized greed to become entrenched
in power, that have developed an op.
pressed and enervated citizenship
that have soWed dissension and dis.
loyalty by permitting widespread so,
cial injustices, that fall and perish
under the stress of conflict Both
Rome and Greece fell as the result
OF, internal causes and the vast. In
dian empire fell easy prey to England
primarily because the Indian rpoten.
tates We're incapable. of self-govern-
ment and could not unite in the face
of g common peril.
Patriotism does not altogether con,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
HOW He WON THE PEARL.

A story is told of Persian ruler
who had three sons. The father
owned beautiful pearl, and wished
to give it to that one of his sons who
had shown himself the noblest.
Accordingly he called them all to-
gether, and asked each of them what
had been the most praiseworthy deed
three months.
The eldest son spoke first. He
said: ION my journey last week j
was intrusted with number of valu-
able jewels. The merchant who sent
them took no account of them: One
or two would never have been missed
and | might easily have made myself
rich. But | did no such thing. /
carried the parcel safely as if it had
been my own" .
my son. said the father, you were
honest, it is true, and you have done
we'll. But you could hardly have
acted otherwise without shame"
Then the second son spoke. He
said: 'As / was walking the other
day, saw child playing by the lake,
and while I watched him he fell in.
| swan in after him, and saved him. !"
you also have done your duty"
said the old man, 'but you could
hardly have left the child to drawn"
1t was now the third sons turn. lie
said: "As | crossed the mountains
tho othpT dav T cow noor tho odon of
dangerous precipice man who Las
hated me and done me harm He had
sat down to rest and had fallen
asleep. would have passed on my
way without a word, but something
within me called me to. go over and
wake him. This I did knowing, all
the time that. he. would not under.
stand, and that he, would be angry
with me. as indeed he was.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
TIME AND FRIENDSHIP.

AS the years fit by we find a new
glow is added to them and that they
are pleasantly linked in memory from
the fact that our. friends were true
and not counterfeit. True friendship
never springs from selfishness and sus-
picion or envy. There is no possession
in life comparable to the enjoyment
of a discreet and Virtuous friend AS
a rule the old and tried and true
friends are the best. There is an old
poem which we'll expresses the idea in
our mind:
Make new friends, but keep the old,
Those are silver, these are gold;
New made friendship, like wine,
Time will mellow and refine.
Friendships that have stood the test
Of time and change are surely best;
Brow may wrinkle, hair grow gray,
Friendship true knows no decay.
For, mid friends, the tried and true,
We once more our youth renew,
But, alas! old friends may die,
New friends must their place supply
Cherish friendship in your breast,
New is good, but old IS best;
Make new friends, but keep the old,
Those are silver, these are gold.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
EXPLAINING GODS OF EGYPT.

The question of the character and
origin of the local gods Of Egypt is
still obscure: but paper by Prof.
Flinders Petrie, published in Ancient
Egypt" part 3, 1917, does much to
clear it up. Professor Petrie collected
the original records of these cults, and
by marking the headquarters Of each
deity he arrived at important results.
Ra appears in only one southern city,
and his cult seems to have come from
the northeast. The distribution Of
Nut, the mother-goddess is decidedly
eastern, while that of Amen is west
ern. Set was certainly brought into
Egypt by the desert road, as he had
there two centers of the first class, and
he was introduced by the Red sea way
to the eastern delta.
The distribution of the OSiride triad
indicates a settlement so early in the
diffused Professor Petrie sums. uI
his article thus: THE geography OF
the worship of the gods is thus seer
to have a considerable value histori
cally, as bearing on their origin anC
connections. When more complete re
search into the localities of various
uncertain names may extend our iden
tifications, it will be possible to ge
more light on the sources of Egyptian
mythology. Mature
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
HUMAN BLooDHoUNDS.

The police stations of the Australian
outlands employ black crackers to run
down thieves and other defiers of the
law. They are the bloodhounds of the
corps. According to Mr.. Norman Dun
can, the author of Australian By
ways" it is largely on account of these
black fellows that the fear of the law
remains alive in the remoter bush and
deserts. The best crackers are brought
straight from the buSh-from the half
savage tribes on the other side of the
frontiers-arriving young, fresh, eager,
proud of the distinction, and savagely
delighted in the prospects of man
hunting.
A tracker of the Kimberley led his
trooper remarkable chase after a
horse stealer who had escaped from
jail in New South Wales to the north
western wilds. They had no real rest
night or day. 1t was a country of wild
and stony ground that took meagre
impressions Of the passagegof a trav-
eler, and confusing rains fell. Occa-
sionally the tracker was almost on the
heels of the fugitive At times he
Jagged, baffled, week or more behind
For days in the ranges the ground was
so difficult for the tracker that he could
make less than mile an hour
When the tracks were lost the black
fellow ran the country like a blood
hound until he had picked them up
Once the fugitive himself came to des-
perate straits for water; the tracker
made out that he was lost and ex-
hausted, that he had stumbled, fallen
and scraped moist mud from dried
UP spring with which to rub himself
and cool his skin in that extremity of
thirst and WEAKNESS. At the end Of a
chase of fifty-six days, during which,
according to the report of the trooper,
the blackfellow had tracked the man
every yard of the way, they=captured
the fugitive. s ss@.s
A blackfellow will readily identify
the tracks of an acquaintance, white
or black. whom he has encountered no
more than at occasional Intervals, 1t
seems that his menory is, as a matter
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
THE FULLEST PEACE.

If thou also hadst known, that in
this thy day, the things that are for
thy peace.-Luke XIX, 40.
Affairs I know just all too we'll,
Are not SO sweet as oft declared;
Goodness that lasts, like evergreens,
No fragrance needs, results shall tell
Four little thieves, yes, four black
crows,
Each day attended Sunday school,
Flossy and Jack, Rufina, Peg
What did they care much how wind
blows
With bits they trimmed their neigh.
bors' dress,
Figetted when the gospels heard
Or looked up to the ceiling blue,
God loved them!-but none else
guess.
Betrayers-here lay bold content,
Counterfeits in that basement
school,
Little they gained for larger strife,
Grace found no room for increment.
For gossip was the traitor slow
That Slapped the zest from diligence;
And yet masked demons might they
whip,
Had not foils bent or broke, heigh-ho!
Bartering the Holy Word for fun,
Just think of it, such twists and turns
(Too small you say they hardly knew
Made Christs heart grieve and cold
sweat run.
Lights streamed from altar, through
glass strange,
Loud was the voice of priest and
strong,
But ears were closed or toyed with
thought
And wilful made of it exchange.
Were could you find such make-be.
lieVes
Who moments dared to steal from
God!
Or rob His Holy Word of fruit,
Make temples nursery dens for
thieves. ee3a
SO hath contagion its increase.
When folly first in shadow turks;
Be good, obedience live and truth,
But through Christ find the fullest
Teaca ri Il IF
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
DENTIST USEFUL IN ARMY.

At the beginning of the war, the
dental surgeon, so far as the allies
were concerned, was not officially rec
ognized in army circles, says Popular
Science Monthly. Indeed, it was not
until the Germans marched into Brus-
sells, with dental post every ten kilo-
meters, that the allies appreciated the
Importance of oral hygiene.
Today there are IL American dental
field ambulances in France alone.
Men who were formerly sent home on
sick leave, whose only trouble was
their molars, are now kept at the
front. Soldiers to the number of d.
vision and a half have thus been
spared to the army Furthermore, the
surgeons insist that a wounded man
with bad teeth makes slow recovery.
And then, too, army rations are hard
to masticate, so that the man with
poor teeth bolts his food and loses
strength and endurance In our new
National army there will be dentist
for every 500 men.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
POPULAR PROVERBS in CHINA.

Some of the Chinese proverbs re-
semble ours, such as 1.-TWO many cooks
spoil the dog" and "A man must beat
his own drum and paddle his own
canoe" But it is not necessary to as
sumo that by any process they were
copied from English proverbs. Similar
sayings arise in different countries
largely because the human mind works
everywhere in the same way and has
much the same material to work on.
Of proverbs that are distinctly
Chinese the following may be taken
the sky, but Soochow and HangchoW
are here below" Change your old
nature or you will be up a tree"
| When you are angry do not go to
law, and when you are very hungry
| do not make verses" "An avaricious
heart is like a snake trying to swallow
an elephant" "a boat straightens
when it gets to BRIDGE, "A deaf
priest can hear a hen crow" After a
typhOon there are pears to gather
stick" when young do not go tc
| Canton; mo needle has point al
both ends" "A big chicken does mo-
eat small rice" THE load does no.
i carry the ass; "a stone lion does no
fear the RAIN "A crazy man hope!
the heavens will fall, but a poor mar
hopes for a riot"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
THE CLOCK PLANT.

One of the most wonderful plants
in the world is what is known as the
clock plant, so named on account of
the strong action Of it's leaves when
the sun shines upon them. 1t is a
native Of Borneo and never grows
more than three feet tall. 1t has
three leaves-a large one extending
forward and two smaller ones point
ing sideways. These move like the
hands of clock-the larger one ira
versing the space assigned it in forty
five minutes, the smaller ones going
forward and backward in the same
length Of time. An American college
is the possessor of a number of fine
specimens of this unique plant
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
EDITORIAL TROUBLES IN
COLORADO.

We begin the publication oV the
Rocky Mountain Cyclone" with some
phew diphiculties in the way. The
type phounder prom whom we bought
our output phor this printing ophice
phailed to supply us with any ephs or
Gays, and it will be phour or phive
week bephore we can get any. We
have ordered the missing letters, and
will have to get along without them till
they come. We don't lique the look
ov this variety ov spelling any better
than our readers; but mistaix will hap
pen in the best ov regulated phamilies,
and, iph the eph's and c's and KS and
as hold out, he shall ceep (sound the
hard) the Cyclone" whirling aphter
a phasion till the sorts arrive. 1t is
no joque to us; it's serious aphair.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
COMMERCIAL MORALS LOW IN
JAPAN.

China, for long centuries a highly
developed nation, has an elaborate
code of commercial ethics. Japan, on
the other hand, which is nation COM
paratiVely new to civilization, is not
so scrupulous, says writer in Sys-
TEN. He continues:
I'm Japan they say a contract is
never a settled thing, whereas in
China it is absolutely binding. The
Japanese admit they have no tradi-
lions in trade, and the average Jap
anese merchant is firmly convinced
that if he orders goods today, and the
market declines before they arrive, he
does perfectly right to refuse them.
Banks in Japan recognize this trait in
Japanese character. There is no such
thing as lending money to a man on
his personal note"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21

here for few years the midshipman
of the republic were instructed in the
arts and warfare on the sea. The
plan was SO successful that it was de-
cided to open permanent naval acad-
envy. Annapolis, Md, was chosen as
the site of the school, and there, over
seventy years ago, the present United
States naval academy was formally
opened.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
FIRST NAVAL SCHOOL.

/ The first naval school in the United
States was established at the old
Boston navy yard little over cent
fury ago, the founder being Comma
dore William cambridge, who is
known as the Father of American
Naval Construction, and who was
born in Princeton, N. J, cambridge
was captured by the French in 1898,
during the naval conflicts between
that country and the United States.
and in 1903 he was held a prisoner
for nine months by the Tripolitan
pirates.
He fought CALAMITY in the last war
between America and England, and
after its conclusion induced the Wash
ington authorities to open a training
school for naval officers at Boston In
1910, some years after the death Of
the founder Of American naval educa-
ton, naval school was opened In the
Old naval asylum In Philadelphia, and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21

sist OF displaying the flag, avowing
limitless love for ones country, or
maintaining that sort of national
honor which goes about with a chip
on it's shoulder Old Samuel Johnson
succinctly stated that Patriotism
often is the last refuge of a scoun-
drel'' and he never made a more apt
remark.
For true patriotism does not need
to be self-assertive. The true patriot
lets his love for his country shine in
deeds rather than words and he loves
his country in peace as well as war
and prefers to devote his efforts to
be shown by working for meritorious
legislation as we'll as enlisting for
battle, by standing for municipal re-
forms and civic decency, and even the
humble patriotism that manifests it
self in the voluntary cleaning off OF
the sidewalk is not to be despised.
War, of course, calls for the su
preme expression of patriotism anC
| any real man who loves his country
will offer his life in it's defense. But
war and patriotism are not synony
nous, and men whose entire lives anC
efforts have been anti-social and non
| patriotic, men who have fought goot
government and corrupted the citi
zenry, cannot suddenly become patri
otto by the simple virtue of waVins
a flag. Patriotism is more than thi!
1t even is deeper than the willing
ness to give ones life for ones coun
| try-for country that is worth Civ
ing ones life for demands intelligent
progressive, unselfish and far-seeins
| patriotism in peace as well as war.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21

of course, accustomed to retain i'm.
pressions of footprints as well as OF
features. In the criminal courts of the
back "blockes" native witness iden
LITIGATION of the tracks of the accused
has, generally speaking, about the
same value as the evidence of an eye
witness.
"You savvy this fellow"
Il savvy this fellow all right"
"You savvy tracks make-um by this
fellow"
q savvy tracks him been make, al
right"
1t is conclusive
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
A FAMOUS EXPRESSION.

The word Boycott" was born in
this way. 1t was proper name: that
of Captain Boycott. the agent of an
Irish landowner He treated his ten
ants with such severity that they peti
toned his employer for his removal
The petition was unheeded, and the
tenants refused to work for Boycott
and persuaded others to do likewise
From this the word passed into popu
lar use.
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GROCERIES

'tains all truths. 1t is Apostolic be-
cause it was founded by Christ on His
Apostles and it never has ceased nor
ever will cease to teach His doc
trines. This is the strongest proof we
have of our Church. | tell you this
to show that l am not a Catholic
merely because l was born in it, but
because / believe in it, love it and try
to serve it to the best of my ability"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
MOTHER.

After the battle, that day, you
auldn't hear yourselves talk any
a,ore in the trenches for the cries of
The wounded. 1t was like one great,
interrupted wall. .. Then little
hy little silence came, as a good
ts.any Of them died. What We heard
s0und longest on the battlefield, from
me end to the other = the word
Mother" 1t is always those who
re dying who call like that: we
Know that now.-Letter from War
Nurse.
Mother they cry, in anguish, at
the last,
These strong, young soldiers
stricken unto death.
Mother" all sweet with memories
of the past,
That name, they gasp it forth with
failing breath.
-wE
suit woe for them; no mothers hand
may now,
Howeer so fain, the earthen pillow
smooth;
No mothers soft caress can reach the
brow,
No mothers voice the suffering
spirit soOthe.
% here they lie in battles dread
abyss,
These youthful victims of the ma
tons wrath;
and each one, dying, Graves his moth
er's kiss,
And, friend or foe, one longing
each one hath.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-21
PUT AWAY THE HAMMER

Put your hammer in the locker hide
the sounding board likewise.
Anyone can be knocker; it's easv to
criticise.
Cultivate a manner winning, though
1T hurts your face to smile
And seems awkward in beginning-be
booster for awhile.
Let the blacksmith do the noundinq
that's the way he draws his pay.
You don't get cent for bounding
saint and sinner night and day.
cultivate a winning manner, give your
grtmbling tones a shake
And with grim determination throw
q your hammer In the lake.
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F. J. CAMITsCH, Pres. and Treas.

'My SOM" cried the father, ''the
pearl is yours! To do good without
hope of favor or reward to those who
have wronged us, is to be truly
noble"