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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-05-31

Hebbville, I'D DiStriot.-V Visitors to the
country are surprised at the multitude of
seventeen-year locusts everywhere to be seen
and heard. Hearing them is development
of the last few days, the warm sunshine hav-
ing developed their musical operations until
every tree roars like the whirr of distant ma
chinery. To some persons the sound suggests
the spring frog note, with no cessation, while
others compare it to dull steam whistle or
the humming of the wind on telegraph wires.
There is nothing of the sharp rattle of the Or
binary locusts which appear in small numbers
every year. As the seventeen year fellows get
stronger their notes will be more shrill and
rasping. We have not yet learned the elegance
of locusts as diet. We read that John the
Baptist was much favored when in his soli-
tude in the wilderness he was allowed to par
take of wild honey and locusts The fact is
locusts are not now ON the bills of fare at no.
tells, owing to the lack of knowledge Of their
edible qualities
The next news TO the public will possibly be
that of higher prices on account of the devas.
ton of the ice crop for the season by the
seventeen year locust,
The beef trust should remember that Mr..
Roosevelt has q record ON the plains in the
matter of roping and branding unFuiy cattle.
The church people with lean treasures are
awaiting the strawberry season and are getting
ready to hold festivals. The strawberry can
be depended on to draw the cash out of young
mems pockets when they refuse to contribute
in any other way. TEN.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-05-31

They Will Eat Locust Pie, Perhaps.-A
novel entertainment, as well as experiment,
will take place Saturday evening at 8 o'clock
at the residence of G. +. Brochat, Lauraville,
Hartford road. huge pie of 17-year locusts
has been baked and will be served to the invi-
ted guests. The locusts have long been a pest
to Lauraville, and it remained for Peter At
land, who boards at Mr.. Brochats, to suggest
a profitable manner to rid the town of locusts
that of making locust pie. Mr.. Brochat is
well known baker, and it was upon the sug-
gestion of Mr.. Atland that he decided to bake
the first locust pie which Mr.. Atland declares
will become the favorite dessert for Laura
Williams.
To prove that 17-year locust pie is delight
full dish, Mr.. Atland has volunteered to eat a
whole pie himself after which he expects that
the guests" will follow suit and devour all Of
the pies baked for the occasion. Most of those
invited are the bellies of Lauraville, and they
are very skeptical as to the palatableness of IT.
year locust pie.
The experiment is looked forward to with
the greatest of interest, and it is expected that
many besides the invited guests will be present
at Mr. Brochat's residence Saturday night to
see if 17-year locust pie can be introduced at
fashionable dinners.-Baltin1ore Herald.
The Bird Laws Good Work.-"The
American wood thrush, bird which formerly
kept itself concealed in the thickest woods,
now comes out into the open and flies around
like other birds since protection has been given
the birds during the past two years." This
statement is made by Baltimore county
deputy game warden. The wood thrush is a
brown bird about the size of robin and has
a spotted beak The warden says that birds
soon learn when protection is given them and
become correspondngly tame.-Baltimore Ss'e.
Private Sale of Farm.-Mr. William s.
Keech, of the Towson bar, as agent for his
mother Mrs. Rose Keech, has sold the John
from Towson, to Mr.. Michael b. Leonard, a
Baltimore contractor, for $500. The farm
contains about 1876 acres and is located on the
county road leading past Morgan's Mill to the
old Manor road, and has ordinary improve
ments Mrs Keech lately bought the property
at mortgage sale for 5000,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16
REPORT THAT SMUGGLER MINE
MAY BE PERMANENTLY CLOSED

Denver, Dec. 12.-The News this
morning says:
1t is stated on good authority that
the Smuggler-U mines at Telluride
will be shut down permanently and
that the two large mills of the Pan
dora will be closed.
Bulkeley Mills, vice president of the
New England Mining and Exploration
Company, who was sent from Boston
to report on the situation, will, it is
said, have little encouragement to Of
fer.
Mr.. Mills also came with view of
consulting other operators. Possibly
other properties may be induced to
retaliate against the district To-mor-
row will find Mr.. Mills work complet
ed and himself en- route for Boston.
One who stands close to the Smuggler-
Union management said yesterday:
"'Vice President Mills will report that
on an investment of something like
$1,000, 900 the company has in nearly
three years received only $4,000 or
less than two per cent. Interest at six
per cent. on that amount for that time
would be 1924 600"
j. H. Collins. father of Arthur l..
Collins, the assassinated general man
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

PROCLAMATION

Denver, Dec. 12.-Gov. James b.
Orman has issued the following proc
lamation for the observance of Louis
lana Purchase Flag Day, December
goth:
Whereas, The Goth day of Decem-
ber. A. d. 1902, will mark the ninety
ninth anniversary of the acquisition of
the vast Louisiana territory. pur-
chased from France by that illustrious
statesman, Thomas Jefferson; and
Whereas, From the territory thus
secured have been carved twelve
states and two territories, including
our own state of Colorado. thereby
adding immeasurhbly to the political
power and material resources of our
nation, such an event is deemed wor-
thy of especial Ncommemoration among
the citizens OF that region who. have
been the beneficiaries of that act; and
Whereas, The president and man
agement of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition have requested an obser
vation of the anniversary of this pur
chase, now, therefore, I, James B. Or
man, governor of the state of Colo
rado, do hereby declare and proclaim
said Goth day of December A. d.
1902, as a flag day, and do earnestly
recommend to all citizens an appro-
pirate observance of said day that.the
flag of the nation be displayed ON pub
lie buildings, places of business,
homes, school houses and other edu-
cational institutions.
And l further recommend that the
officers and teachers of the public
schools arrange such exercises among
their pupils as will properly commem-
crate the anniversary of this great
event, which has SO wonderfully
strengthened our nation and nodded
our national history
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16
INSANE ASYLUM
MUCH TOO SMALL

Denver. Dec. 12.-The report of DIR.
H. P. Busey, superintendent of the
State Insane Asylum, recommends
that the institution be modernized and
that second asylum be built with
the capacity of the old one The Pu-
eblo asylum is overcrowded. Two
hundred and fifty unfortunates are de-
tanned in jails and county poorhouses.
The commissioners estimate that
s460000 will be required from the Leg
islature to put the asylum in proper
shape and maintain it the next two
years:
The appropriations asked of the Leg
islature, which the commissioners as
sert represent the minimum require
ments, are in details as follows:
Maintenance fund, on basis of sos
patients and forty-seven paid en-
pIoyes, S1S0000.
If additional buildings are con-
structed, an additional maintenance
fund of $4,000.
For the completion of the west wing
and woman's building, S5O,OoO
Erection of cottages Tor male pa
tients, S150,oOO
New electric light plant, $4,000.
Cold storage plant, $4,000.
Amusement hall, $4,000.
For improvements to main building,
new library and stables, SIS 200.
The property at Pueblo consists of
eighty acres, forty of which are under
cultivation. The asylum deficit to
date amounts to $12,754.61.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16
COLORADO PENITENTlARY.
Commissioners Submit Facts and Fig.
ures to the Governor.

Denver, Dec. Ex-Governor Orman
has received a letter from the com
missioners in charge of the State Pen
itentiary giving facts and figures rela-
tive to that institution. The letter
states that for two years past the
commissioners have made contracts
with F. A. Reynolds of Canon City to
cut the hay on shares. the prison re-
ceiving half of the crop. The prison
portion this season was 324 tons, 142
of which were used and 1S1 sold at an
average price of. rs cents per 100
pounds.
In the two years the deficit has been
reduced to S5,974.12, although the ap-
preparation for the institution was in
sufficient. Complaints have been
made in the past that convicts were
allowed to sell their wares near the
soda springs. This led to an order
that no convict should be permitted
outside the walls except when at work
for the warden or officials of the peni-
tentiary, and that no prisoner should
sleep outside the walls of the institu
ton. The report that prisoners, male
and female, had been allowed to min
gle in the evening, is denied, with the
remark that an investigation showed
the report to be without foundation
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

ager, is in Denver from London to re-
turn to Europe with the bereaved fam
lily of his deceased son. His other
sons, George and Edward Collins, are
said by a member of the Collins fam
lily to contemplate returning to Eng
land permanently with their father.
One thing which points to the aban-
donment of the Pandora is the fact
that member of the Collins family
states that the entire family, including
the branches of Edward and George
Collins, contemplate returning to Lon
don. England, permanently with ]. H.
Collins, their father who has arrived
in Denver from London to look after
the affairs of his deceased son, Arthur
and to accompany the latters family
bak to Europe Mrs. Arthur L. Col
Inns and her children will probably re-
turn with him as their household eff
fects at the family residence, 1887 Gil
pin street, are partially packed for ship
ping. 1t is stated that the family is to
an extent financially interested in the
New England company. In this case if
work at the Pandora was to be resumed
it is not likely, some think. that
George Collins, assistant manager.
would contemplate residing in London
at this time.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16
WOULD DISCREDIT
SILVER DOLLARS

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE Senate
committee on Philippines yesterday
discussed with Vice Governor Wright
the monetary situation in the archi-
pelago. IL was generally agreed that
there would be difficulties in changing
the currency in the islands. The con-
sensus of opinion was expressed that
the unit of value in the Philippines
should be a gold pesa of 1873 grains of
gold. which is one-half the value of
the United States gold dollar and the
peso in silver should be made legal
tender of equal value to the units.
Another feature upon which Gov
ernor Wright and the members of the
committee agreed was that United
States currency should not be made le-
gal tender in the islands, as the silver
dollar would then be worth twice as
much as the peso, containing more sill
yer than the dollar. which would en-
courage counterfeiting of the United
States dollars
Governor Wright said the extension
of the American currency system to
the islands would cause violent
financial disturbance At present the
Mexican dollars were circulating at
their bullion value, and the banks
were manipulating them so as to
make or 5 cents each by handling
them. Gold was held in the banks as
commodity and bought by merchants
and others who had to pay their for
eign obligations in gold. The banks
entered into agreement with General
Otis to fix the value of Mexican dollars
at two to one, and General Otis then
rescinded the order prohibiting the
further importation of Mexican coin.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16
BRITISH AND GERMAN SUBJECTS
ARE RELEASED BY VENEZUELA

London, Dec. ia dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Willemstad. Island of
Curacao. dated December 11th. says:
THE Venezuelan authorities at Puer-
to Cabello are fortifying that town.
They have seized and imprisoned the
British and German consuls there, as
well as other Britons and Germans, and
have taken possession of their prop
erty The authorities also seized a
British steamer which was discharging
a cargo of coal at Puerto Cabello; this
vessed was unable to escape owing to a
breakdown in her machinery. The Am
erican consul at Puerto Cabello at
tempted to intervene, but he was disre-
garded."
The British consul at Puerto Cabello
is r. holster. The German consular
representative is p, Tiedo. l.. T. Ellis
worth is the American consul at that
port.
La Guayra, Dec. 11.-All the British
and German subjects arrested yester
day We're released this afternoon.
General Ferrer, minister of war, has
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

arrived here with 1000 troops Eight
hundred men. under President Castro's
brother. are expected here at 10 O'Clock.
Only the British cruiser Indefatiga-
bic is now here. All the other war
ships have left La Guayra.
Minister Haggard and Herr Won Pill
grim Baltazzi, it was learned to-day,
left here last night. The former was
on board the Retribution and the lat
ter on the Vineta. which sailed for
Trinidad.
Volunteers to the number of 1926 men
all from La Guayra, have been armed
to-day and more are requesting arms.
1t is asserted here that the government
can find sufficient men to resist the for
eign forces, as the movement is pecu-
liar. Everywhere one meets all classes
and conditions carrying Mauser rifles.
The news of the capture at Port of
Spain, Trinidad, of the Venezuelan gun
boat Bolivar. by the British cruiser
Charybdis. was communicated to Pres
ident Castro by n representative of the
Associated Press. The event created
intense excitment.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

CONVINCING PROOF.

Case No. 4l,206.-Capt. Alfred q.
Rigler of Hose Company No. 4. Can
ton. Ohio. says: II had a weak back
ever since / was a boy. and about
six years ago the cause developed
into rather bad case of kidney COM
plant. 1t was not a little backache
now and then, but backache which
caused actual suffering day and
night, and the harder l tried to get
rid of 1t the worse it became.
When the attacks were in the acute
stage it was difficult to sit down. and
when down it was Just as hard to re-
gain an erect position, on account of
the twinges of pain in the kidneys. l
can only describe some of the pangs
as similar to that received from q
knife thrust.
In time, distressing and terribly
inconvenient urinary weakness result
ed causing annoying embarrassment
during the day and loss of sleep dur
ing the night.
l took everything which came to
my notice from reading. from observa-
ton, and which my friends and &C.
quaintances advised. consulted
physicians, but none of them were
able to relieve the trouble, let alone
stop it.
1t became so well known that | had
a pronounced case of kidney coma,
plant that I often received circuiarBj
from medical companies offering to
cure me. and one day eighteen letters
were handed to me by the mail car
rier.
att
my attention | wanted to try them,
just as | had tried everything else,
and Mrs. Rigler went to Durham &
Wright Co.'S drug store for box.
Relief followed.
l knew after a dose or two that
the medicine was acting directly on
the kidneys from the altered condi-
tion of the kidney secretions, and,
encouraged. l continued the treat
ment Finally. the backache and
otter complications stopped.
Let me sum up my opinion about
Doan's Kidney pills By saying,
would willingly pay one months
wages for box of them If | could not
buy them for less. You can refer
any one to me about Doan's Kidney
Pills and | will convince them tha'
they act just as represented"
-Four Years After.
Lapse of time has strengthened
my appreciation of Doan's Kidney
Pills. | gave this remedy my unquall-
fled endorsement in the summer of
1896, because of the results obtained
from a course of the treatment.
can now add to my original endorse
ment the experience of a number of
others who are just as enthusiastic.
when they express their opinion of
Doan's Kidney Pills, as l."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Rig
Ter. will be mailed on application to
any part of the United States. ADJ
dress Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, NJ
Y. For sale by all druggists. price
80 cents per box.
A name on the handle of an umbrel-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16
Pat Grove in South Africa.

Chicago, Dec. 12.-Steven A. Grove,
hotel proprietor. in this city, and
brother of Pat Grove, asserted ppsi-
lively to-day that the latter Is in Jo-
hannesburg, South Africa. n. He said
further that within the next few weeks
his brother may surrender himself to
the authorities, according to an agiee-
ment with Edward Cudahy when the
s25 900 reward for his arrest was with
drawn.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Many women and doctors do
not recognize the real symptoms
of arrangement of the female
organs Until too late.
II had terrible pains along my
spinal cord fer two years and suffered
dreadfully. l was given different
medicines, wore plasters; none OF
these things helped me. Reading OF
the cures that Lydia E. Pinkham'E
Vegetable Compound has brought
about, 1 somehow felt that it was
what 1 needed and bought bottle to
take. How glad 1 am that 1 did so;
two bottles brought me immense re-
lief and after using three bottles more
3. felt new life and blood surging
through my veins. 1t seemed as
though there had been a regular house
cleaning through my system, that all
the sickness and poison had been taken
out and new life given me instead. I
have advised dozens of my friends to use
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
81 Compound. Good health is indis-
Lydia e. PinlSham's Vegetable
Compound has secured this to me-"
Mrs. LAURA l.. BREMFR, Crown
Point, Indiana, Secretary Ladies Relief
Corps. $4,000 forfeit If original of aeoUe ictts,
Every sick woman who does not
understand her ailment should
write Mrs. Pinl1ham, Lynn,
Mass. Her advice is free and
always helpful. -1- ...-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

An u. S. patent has been granted
for an amidobenzoflavine produced by
Transforming the nitrotetraamidoditol
ylpiienylmethan of amididitolyphenyl.
methan into entaamidoditolyphe
methan. An Infringement seems i'm
possible
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Both the man who invented the
Cardiff giant" and the man who
carved it are dead and neither had
anything left of the money of which
the public was defrauded.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Which do you suppose is the mad
der, the burglar who blows apart
81 900 safe and finds s7.93 in it. or the
owner of the safe when he views the
wreck the next morning?y, t}.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Mr.. Carnegiess former private secre-
tary says that the chief characteristic
of the great philanthropist is his
egregious vanity" We beg to differ.
1t Is his egregious bank roll.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

The Kansas judge who has deliv-
cred the opinion that a man has the
right to bury his wife alive appar
emily hss no fear that he will ever
be In position to need the equal suf-
frage vote t-,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Sarah Bernhardt denies that she is
German. 1t seems ridiculous, taking
her past into consideration, that Sarah
must make personal declaration of
her Frenchiness.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

A beautiful young American woman
who was not satisfied with the shape
of her nose is now likely to lose 1t
entirely because she attempted to
have 1t changed. AS a rule nature
understands better how to do these
things.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

After refusing food for four years
the captive turtle of Prof. Lee of
Bowdoin college has died. Maine al
ways was a healthful state.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Another duel has been fought on
French soil; fierce combat; nobody
killed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Maseagni has discovered that an
American cocktail makes music. Two
or three of them. however, are apt to
create a discord.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

The Nav York Tribune thinks that
the resul. of the Molineux trial ought
to put a stop to the practice of hiring
handwriting experts" at $50 a day
and Expenses" to swear away mems
lives.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Michael Jsspafy, the Brooklyn con
tractor, has Been bunkoed out of s10.-
900 in Havana but in isimpla Justice
to the Gubans' it must be said that the
operation was performed by a man
hailing from Chicago.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

The North Missouri father who has
an 1s-ounce pear in his orchard and
12-pound boy in the nursery is glad
that the boy isn't a pair.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

School girls have reason to rejoice
because the price of sugar has he
come lower at the very beginning OF
the fudge season., M
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Buffalo Bill's retirement from the
show business will rob many of our
most carefully educated Indians of
q oongenial vocation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

To ascertain just how many of us
there really are cost the census
bureau about s12 600, 900, or 15.5 per
capita.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

The turtle who bad initials carved
on his back thirty years ago at Nam
tasket has just arrived at Q New Jer-
sey coast resort, where he hopes to
play his shell games unmolested.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

The American heiress whose name
was not on that European syndicate's
list must feel very cheap.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Uncle Sam is now at peace with
all the world. Both Crazy Snake and
the sultan of Bacolod have promised
to be good.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

High noon is the proper hour for
wedding in high life. When 1t comes
to a divorce any old hour is good
enough.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

The sntion of the German students
in joining in a movement against pis-
tol dues is unreservedly to be com
mended. There fs always possibil-
fly that ,somebpdy will get hurt in a
pistol dug, Fl @ e -,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

The decision Of a Montana Judge
that an abusive cartoon of Senator
Clark is not libelous should not be
taken, however, as applying to all pub
lie men.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Express messengers are warned
that Harry Apgar. aged eleven, has
left his home in Gotham with the in
tention of becoming an outlaw like
Jesse James.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Honolulu is making desperate effort
to get in the St Louis class.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

M. Marconi is still trying to accom-
plish results without the use of wires.
What if he should get into politics?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

A prominent Mexican boasts that
he owns 100000 cattle, 100000
sheep and 100000 horses. He is
hog.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

A name on the handle of an umbrel-
la is not sufficient identification at a
bank
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-12-16

Gray hair is the fashion In Paris.
The dye is cast-aslde. f-
Middletown transcript., 1902-10-06

With such q ticket, which in
the county is well balanced and
acceptable to sll and In the hun.
dred is representative of all
sections, the Republicans Will
have every assurance Of success.
The campaign win be short, as
the election is only fonr weeks
OF. The last day for registra-
ton is Saturday. October 18th
Ind those Republicans who are
Middletown transcript., 1902-10-06

fellow RepRblieans gave
him what was practically 0 unan.
imous denomination and we feel
sure OF his election.
The other nominee for Road
Commissioner, Mr.. Robert s.
Carpenter, is a Unknown far
mer near Port Penn. His popu-
iarity is well shown BY his
winning over Mr.. HIRAM Pleas
anton who had made q good Off.
cial
Middletown transcript., 1902-10-06

4 ~
tion he became . part
bis father in the man
+ wagons and agricnl- I
Elements aud IS now
Control of the business
bout foray eight years
Pf mature experience,
every qualification Tor
Pre- General Assembly
rove an honor to bis
elected
Middletown transcript., 1902-10-06

For Assessor the Republican
have chosen Mr.. George W. In,
gram who is known widely as a
successful real estate agent. His
business experience has made
him an excellent Judge OF the
value Of both farming lands and
town properties.
Mr.. John Cowgirl Aston has
made such good record as q
. Road Commissioner that his