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LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
DR.. Carrington's Paper and Various
Bookish Matters Discussed.

The first fall meeting Of the District of
Columbia Library Association was held
yesterday evening at the Columbian Uni
versity, the president, Mr.. Thomas Clark
being in the chair, and forty-two members
attending. After receiving to membership
Miss Ursdin and Miss Sewall of the depart
mental libraries, the association had the
pleasure Of listening to a most entertaining
paper by DR.. H. Darlington Bolton, enti-
tied THE Solomon Of Bohemia" which was
a sketch of the life and career of Rudolph
II of Germany.
After DR.. Bottoms paper those present
were invited to exchange the literary and
photographed experiences Of the summer
months. Mr.. Crandall was the first to re-
spond; He had with him four new biblio-
graphical publications.. which he passed
about for examination, giving a brief re-
view Of each one. The first was the first
issue Of the photographed Society of Chi
cago. being reprint Of a paper by De Nor
gan. Regret was expressed that the book
Is full Of errors, mostly of a typographical
nature, showing that the society has still
to perfect itself In the art Of printing.
The second book was Miss Adelaide
Hasse's valuable book on public documents
Miss Hasse has given in brief form the re-
suits Of her long experience in public docu-
ments. That the book will be received with
country Is certain. The few errors in the
book only prove the difficulty of the prob
lem.
Daniel Denton's Description of NJ Y"
was the next book exhibited and was high
ly complimented by Mr.. Crandall.
Last came Mr.. Larned's annotated bibli-
ography of American history. The notes by
DR.. Hosmer were specially spoken of as be-
ing concise and full of information.
Mr.. Solberg spoke Of reading with much
pleasure new books by the Swedish writer,
also F'ulda's "Velnene Paradies,'' a biblio-
graphical work on the Balearic Islands
Mr. Kock gave a very interesting sum-
mary Of the publications Of private and
limited presses of America. The large num-
Der of these presses was a surprise to many
to make some arrangement to print the in
formation which he has gathered. although
Mr.. Hutchinson suggested that these presses
add little to the literature of the country
Mr.. Martel made mention Of the first two
parts Of a catalogue Of scientific literature
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CONGRESS HEIGHTS CITIZENS.
Committee Appointed to Protest
Against the New Tax Assessment.

Property owners at Congress Heights and
the adjacent section assembled last night
at a mass meeting held under the auspices
of the Congress Heights Citizens Associa-
ton in the organizations hall on the Ham
ilton road, and voiced their vigorous denun-
citation Of the increased real estate taxation
in that part Of the District. President v.
M. Tucker Of the citizens association pre-
sided over the gathering. Richard Emmons,
President Tucker. DIR. C. NJ. Emmons, Da-
vid Gillin. ". Wahler and Victor Boyer
called the attention Of the citizens present
to individual cases Of alleged excessive tax
alton.
President Tucker stated that an examfna-
ton Of the assessors books showed that
land which he had offered for sale recently
at $3.50 per acre had now an assessed value
of $500 per acre. The case Of q widow In
the neighborhood was cited by Mr.. Wah-
Ter. who said that she has unsuccessfully
offered her property for sale at a figure
much less than its assessed value. Other
cases were referred to. and it was reported
that there had been a burdensome increase
on lots In the town Of Congress Heights.
After discussing the best means of COM
batting the increase the following were
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The ETerLAdvancing Woman.

frem tne New lork ~ oriu'
The first woman admitted to the bar of
Maryland hassbeen sworn In at Baltimore.
Two years ago sic was denied admission,
though reguAf IN rgraduated from a law
school. The sMaryaand legislature has since
passed an aos authorizing the admission Of
modern Portals to, the states courts.
This is one nof ihany similar recent con-
cessions that seem to Justify the Woman's
Journal, organ of the fair pleaders for
equal rights, qin saying that there can be
no doubt which, way the procession is NOV
ing" The progress of woman's suffrage
within the past few years Is worth noting.
Women now have county and partial mu-
nicfpal suffrage in England and Scotland I:
suffrage at all elections, except for parlia-
ment in Ireland; municipal suffrage in Kan
sas, Nova Scotia and Manitoba :+school SUI
frage in ConnectAcut. New Jersey, Illinois,
Ohio, the Dalsotas; ARIZONA and Montana;
suffrage on all questions OF taxation for
such of. them as are taxpayers In all the
towns and villages of New York and like
wise in Louisiana: full suffrage in Utah,
Colorado and Idaho, and-most notable OF
an-full suffrage at all elections including
parliamentary. throughout the new com
monweaith of Australia.
r. AS revolutions never move backward
and rarely stop halfway. We may appar-
emily make up our minds that .Mr. Chair
man and gentlemen" as the first sentence
of campaign speeches. will be bad form
nearly everywhere before the twentieth
century Ia very old. &C.,
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Cancellation or arbitration proceedings. The
law reaches back of the time at which It's
intervention Is invoked. Any time within
six weeks after workingmen have struck or
employers have locked out the aggrieved
party go to the arbitration court, be-
gin proceedings and obtain an award. In
this way even If a strike or lockout has
begun, the court is able to stop 1t. The en-
ployer cannot get out of a dispute with his
men by discharging them and putting on
new men. The men laid off can go before
the arbitration court any time within six
weeks and get redress. OF course, any
workman may stop work and any employer
may shut down during an arbitration or
after an award for any good reason other
than to escape or defeat the Jurisdiction Of
the arbitration court, but it is of no use
for him to stop work or shut down with
any hope Of evading It. The workman can
come back to his work, the employer can
reopen his factory during the life of an
award only by obeying at all points the de-
cision of the court.
At many points the New Zealand law
might, as experience has shown. be made
better, and it would have to be a good deal
modified before it could be made to fit con-
ditions in this country; but with all it's de-
fects it has worked out good results 1t
went into effect in 1896, and from that day
until now there has not been strike or
shutdown in the country; positively not one
case of disturbance to industry on account
of labor troubles.
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ANTHRACITE's HISTORY.
Coal That the Public at First Refused
to Use.

From the Toronto Mail and Empire.
Anthracite coal, which we are all so anx-
ious to get just now. was less than a cen
fury ago, when the first efforts were made
to market 1t, denounced as a fraud. The
people of those days declared 1t was impos-
sible to burn such stone" At the close of
the eighteenth century, in 1871. the Lehigh
Coal Company tried in vain to sell in Phil
adelphia the new fuel which had been
found on its property in Carbon county
Several attempts were made to burn an
thracite. but for long time the results
were uniformly unsatisfactory. Finally. In
1916, the secret was accidentally discovered.
Tests had been made in a rolling mill at
1t burn by means of frequent raking the
fire the workmen gave up the experiment
in disgust, filled the furnace with the
worthless black stones and left it. Re-
turning a few hours afterward they were
amazed TO find a fierce fire with terrific
heat, and fhenceforward the problem of
burning anthracite was solved.
+. But the people were slow to believe that
1t was possible to get heat by burning the
black stones. As late as 1893 one Charles
Miner wrote as follows: while we pushed
forward our iabors at the NINE. hauling
coal, building arks, &C.. we had the greater
difhcuIty to overcome OF inducing the pub
lie to use our coal when brought to their
DOORS much as tt was needed We pub
lished handbi1ls In English and German.
stating the mode of burning the coal.
either in CRATES. smifh4 fires or h stoves.
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ENFORCED ARBITRATION.
Court Of Settlement for Labor Disputes
In New Zealand.

From the Portland Oregonian.
Many schemes of compulsory arbitration
have been brought forth. but all OF them
are tentative and most OF them are mercy
academic. The project, viewed practicaliy
is so new and so complicated with empar-
r.ssine conditions, known and imagined,
that nobody dares be very positive In sup
mort Of any given plan. For all the talk of
Tho asst fifteen years, it Is plain when
sohames for compulsory arbitration are I'M
dor consideration, that almost no real prog
ress has been made in the matter IN this
country Nobody as yet has brought for
ward a plan which, even on Its race, ap-
nears at once Just all round and practically
&c far from practical readiness to grapple
with the problem they were when the
compulsory arbitration project was first
brought forward. many years ago.
So far as practical experience goes, New
Zealand affords the only example of COM
pulsory arbitration in actual practice: and
while the conditions IN that small ana $50
lated courttry are very dlHerent from CON
ditions with US, there are points in the New
Zealand practice which might be made 20
serve our generally larger purposes. The
theory of the New Zealand law Is that
there are three parties to every labor con,
tention-labor, capital and the state-and
whichever side in any controversy the state
finds right Is therefore In a majority. There
ia set I'D as the representative OF the state
two courts one of concillatlon and the
other of arbitration-one to which either
side to any contention may appeal for coun-
sell and another which Is authorized, when
appeal Is made, to render and enforce judg-
ment The first of these courts has purely
advisory functions, but 1t has power to call
for all the facts related to any contention.
Appeal to this court Is in most cases sur
ficient for it Is commonly found that when
parties in contention can be brought TO look
the facts calmly in the face and to reason
together In good spirit their differences
vanish But 1t is to the second court that
resort is made when nothing can be done
through conference. and from its deter
mination no appeal can be taken. Its meth
DDS of inquiry are very thorough, and as its
sessions are open to the public, 1t serves TO
make the conditions Of every quarrel wide
Iy known. Its award Is commonly made
for two years, and during the period COW
cred by 1t there Is absolutely no evasion of
the mandate.
The workman or employer who does not
want to obey the award OF the court need
not do so. There Is no compulsion to work
or to keep the mine or factory open but
the employer who closes his establishment
can reopen 1t, the workman who leaves his
work can begin again, only by exact COM
pliance with the terms of the award. Starv-
ing-out tactics are futile in New Zealand;
the state cannot be starved out.
One great advantage of the New Zealand
practice Is that contentious between en-
ployers and employed do not involve cessa-
ton of work. Neither employer nor en-
ploye Is allowed to stop work to escape the
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A QUEER ISLAND.
A Peculiar Settlement and Summer Re-
sort on the Coast of Maine.

A Peculiar Settlement and Summer Re
sort on the Coast of Maine.
From the New York Herald
What Is known locally as Ragged Island.
IN Penobscot bay. and is so designated by
the United States coast and geodetic sur
vey, has been named by summer residents
Crie Haven. In honor Of old John Crie a
Scotchman, who settled here among the
rocks more than half century ago. The
regular all-the-year residents now number
forty-two. but in July and August, when
the vacation tourists invade the place there
are often from eighty to one hundred per-
sons living among the rocks and taking on
heavy coats of tan from the fresh sea
breezes.
The island Is under no form Of govern
ment, and, though it IS part Of the state
Of Maine, the people pay no taxes and have
no officers Of any kind. There Is not a rat
or a mouse In all of it's mile and a half of
rocky length and its half mile of ledge
width. There are no bugs, no reaches in
the pantries, no cats or dogs behind the
stoves and no mosquitoes in the fresh pools
of crystal water. The island has no church
in which to worship, and no clergyman to
tell the people whether they are doing right
or wrong. No lawyer ever resided here and
no sheriff or constable ever came to issue
doctor, who lives in Rockland Is the only
physician who makes professional visits to
the place, and he Is told when to come by
carrier pigeons, which fly to the mainland
faster than any steamboat can take the
message.
AS soon as the physician receives a call
he lfberates a pigeon from his loft, which
bears a message. telling when to send a
boat to meet HIM at Matnious so that
there may be no delay. There are eight
cows and three horses on the island, but
not mile of road for them to travel on.
The horses are used for hauling boats; the
cows give milk for visitors. Everybody
walks by well-worn footpaths, which were
originally laid out by the cows while seek
ing fresh feed among the powders. A sum-
mer visitor brought on a bicycle last July,
still in storage awaiting shipment back to
Boston. The chief and practically the only
occupation of the residents is catching lob
sters In pots covered with netting.
John Erickson, gigantic Swede, is the
only celebrated man on the island. He Is
six feet tall, weighs 234 pounds. and every
body believes him to be the most powerful
man on earth. This summer, when the new
iron keel for Captain Jones sloop yacht
came to the island by steamer and was put
on the wharf men went to catch the horses
to haul the heavy length of iron up the pier
and around to the yard. When they were
away Erickson spat on his hands, took up
the keel and did not put 1t down until he
had placed 1t under the bottom of the
yacht. The distance was 623 feet, and the
weight of the keel Is 1.04O pounds. A
of Erickson's, John, jr, went to school until
he weighed more than the five other pupils
combined and finished his education at the
age of fifteen. He then tipped the scales
al 212 pounds.
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Numerous certificates were obtained and
printed from blacksmiths and others WIFI
had successfully used the anthracite. Mr.
Cist formed a model of coal stove and go
a number cast. Together We went to thu
several houses in the city and prevailed oi
the masters TO allow us to kindle fires o.
anthracite in their CRATES, erected to burr
Liverpool coal. We attended at black
smiths shops and persuaded some to altej
the 'too-iron.' so that they might burn tn,
Lehigh coal: and we were sometime(
obliged to bride the journeymen to try TIL
experiment fairly, so averse were they Il
learning the use of a new sort Of fuel 81
different from what they were accustomed
to-"
But even these methods were slow II
overcome popular prejudice. 1t was onl1
when. through a sudden rise in the price q
charcoal the manufa ct urers began to usi
anthracite that the new fuel found Its way
into favor.
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Suffering for years with stomach trouble, and
spending hundreds Of dollars for ply sicians aud
patent medicines, was induced TO try BLOOD
was much better; after taking several boetlesI
feel cured can cat anything now wtthou1
trouble. Yours truly, Ev1NDRR COLI
sNelson Street. Clinton, Mass,
"Blood Wine" cured Mr.. Cole and a
will cure all whose stomachs are oves.
worked, worn out and need making ove..
Fifty cents bottle.
STEVENS, Pa. Ave. & 9th 81
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spalding to Succeed Feehan.

dispatch from New York yesterda'
says: Bishop John L. Spalding of the die
cese of Peoria has been selected as the mex
archbishop of Chicago to I'll the vacanc,
caused by the recent death If Archbishol
Patrick A. Feehan of that archdiocese, &C
cording to letter from Roma received q
this city.
1t had been generally belle we'd that tn
choice would fall upon Bishop Quigiey q
Buffalo.
diocese of Peoria since its ests bl!shMent
1877, and Is among the most learned md
In the Catholic Church IN the United STATE
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-08-30

OFFICE OF BOARD SUPERVISORS OF ELEC-
TIONS OF BALTIMORE COUNTY,
TOwsoN, Nd, July 30th, 1902.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-08-30
THE GREAT COAL STRIKE.



Abram s. Hewitt, ex-Mayor of New York,
when asked whether arbitration was not the
only means that remained by which the coal
strike might be ended, and whether or not it
was an equable solution of the difficulty, said:
1.-The unhappy controversy now existing is
not based upon any reasonable claim which
labor can make for shorter hours or better
wages. 1t is true that Mr.. Mitchell alleges this
to be the object of the strike. but as matter of
fact it is notorious that the real object is to se
cure the recognition of his national organiza-
ton as an authority entitled to decide upon
the rates of wages and the conditions of labor
in the coal fields wherever situated.
IF this demand be conceded it will be i'm
possible for any man not holding a union card
to secure employment in the coal fields This
will amount to denial of the right of every
man to sell his labor in free market. The
Mitchell the dictator of the coal business and
put him in control of votes enough to decide
the next Presidential election.
THE only solution of the trouble is for Mr..
Mitchell to order the strike off without DELAY.
When this is done, if there be grievances to be
abated they will be promptly adjusted between
the local operators and the local unions. The
right of association is not in question. This
is admitted by both employers and employees.
What is denied, and properly so, is the power
by the issue of union cards, to refuse employ
ment to non-union men and thus to condemn
them to ostracism, starvation and death. Such
result is abhorrent to justice and fatal to per-
sonal liberty
1.-THE demand for arbitration comes with an
i'll grace from leader who began the conflict
with an order calling on the engineers, fire.
men and pumpmen to abandon their tasks,
thus exposing the mines to utter ruin If
this order had been obeyed the RESUMPTION of
work would have been indefinitely postponed
and the helpless victims of this desperate ex-
pedient reduced to hopeless poverty
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-08-30
A New Use for Potatoes.

"Dried Potatoes" is the name of new
product evolved by the South Carolina Aeri-
cultural Experiment Station. The potatoes
are boiled, peeled and evaporated in a cannery.
and will remain in perfect condition for
years. The preserved potato becomes fit for
eating after being soaked in warm water for an
hour. Like many other new ideas, this prom
Uses to be big thing. 1t insures to the farmer
the perfect preservation of one of bis most pro.
life most important general food crops. at the
same time fitting it for safe and economical
shipment to distant markets heretofore closed
to it, and effects these ends by mode of pre-.
paration which is so simple and cheap that it
can be employed on any farm. When it IS
noted that in one case an acre yielded 357
bushels of raw potatoes, which in turn
yielded 105 bushels of the dried product, the
possibilities of the process in the way of de.
veloping the culture of the vegetable in the
south and introducing it to the worlds com.
merce and comfort begin to appear in truly
vast proportions.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-08-30
Typhoid Without Fever.
ndidnapolis Neps.


There are few cases of comparative ly
rare disease in this city. 1t is typhoid with
out the fever. While rare, there is usually a
case or two whenever there are many cases of
typhoid fever proper. As there has been COM
paratively little typhoid fever in Indianapolis
this year, the presence of few cases of the
disease without the fever is more than usually
interesting to the doctors. Two of the cases
came from the Acton camp ground. The
cause of the disease in these cases is not stated
At some stage of typhoid cases fever has ex-
listed, doctors insist. 1t may have been at the
very beginning, ofshort duration. Some cases
of typhoid are accompanied by low fever in
stead of high temperatures, as in typical
typhoid fever. Typhoid cases carry all symp.
toms of typhoid fever except the fever. The
doctors say there are probably many cases of
typhoid that are treated as some other disease
because the fever is absent but the medical
profession is becoming better acquainted with
the rarer FORM
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-08-30
Joshua g. Bosley, attorney, To,cson, Md
A SSIGNEE OF MORTGAGE SALE
Valuable Fee Simple Property, Situate in
Seventh Election District of baltimore
County, About Two Miles From
Partition and HerefOrd


By virtue of the power contained in a mort
@ gage from Susan A. Barton and James ;N&
&M Barton, her husband, to Thomas we
Hunter, bearing date the oath day of March,
1887, and recorded among the Mortgage Records
of said county, in Lber ]. w. S.. No. 129, folio
81. &C., and an assignment of said mortgage
from Thomas G. Hunter, Executor of said
Pesrcs dd to, to Fannie
recorded among the Mortgage Records of said
county, and an assignment of said mortgage
from said Fannie L. Pearce and William Pearce,
her husband, to Molie E. Brown, bearing date
the 9th day of July, 1894, and duly recorded
among the Mortgage Records of said county,
the said undersigned, Assignee, will offer at
HOUSE DOOR, on
Tuesday, the ed day of September, 1909,
At IL o'clock NJ,
ALL THAT LOT OF LAND SITUATE AS
AFORESAID, CONTAINING 10OX ACRES
OF LAND, MORE OR LESS,
which is bounded and contained within the
courses and distances mentioned in the mort
gage aforesaid. together with the improvements
SUBSTANTIAL DWELLING HOUSE.
stable and Barn; said land being under good
cultivation, about 20 acres of it being in timber
There is also growing crop of corn on the
premises OF about IL acres, fine productive
apple orchard. and young peach orchard not
in bearing. The property is well watered.
fine artesian well being located at the dwelling;
and is bounded by the properties of H. B. NIL
Ter and J. Best Miller, and near the Great Falls
of the Gunpowder.
TERMS OF SALE.-One-third cash on ratif-
cation of sale one-third in six months and bal
ance in IL months from day of SALE with inter-
est deferred payments to be secured to salts
faction of the undersigned, or all cash, at pur-
chaser's option.
w-A deposit of one hundred dollars will be
required OF the purchaser on the day of sale.
MOLLIE e. BROWN.
SLADE s. RISTEAU, Auctioneers.
Aug. Cts.
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TIMoN IUM WILL be the centre of attraction
next week for many thousands of Baltimore
city and county people. The annual fair of
the Baltimore County Agricultural Society
will begin on Tuesday and continue the re-
mainder of the week. We have the assurance
of the management that the fair will be bigger
and better this year than it ever was before
and it is certain that all the indications point
to this gratifying result. The stock depart
ment promises to be especially large, and this
is particularly true of the cattle classes, which
will be more complete than ever. The display
of agricultural implements and machinery
promises to be show within itself, and this
always proves an attractive feature, while the
household and other departments, judging
from the way the entries are coming in, will
be fully equal, if they do not surpass, previous
fairs. The racing card at Timonium this year
will be drawing one, there being twenty-three
events on the list, and altogether there is no
reason why the fair of 1902 should not be
record breaker.