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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19
AN EVIL HABIT.
The Outlook.

1t is the habit of self-consciousness. You
are not very important member of the uni
verse; you are not even very important
member of your own world. There are other
much more important subjects for you to be
thinking about than yourself. 1t is not well
to put much thought on the question whether
you are sick or well, whether you are misera-
BILE or happy, whether you are plain or hand
some, whether you are stupid or quick wheth-
er you are awkward or graceful whether you
are sinful or virtuous. The habit of self.ex-
animation is generally pernicious habit. If
you conclude that you are well, or handsome,
or able, or virtuous, you become self-conceited
and Pharisee. Ifyou conclude that you are
sick. or plain, or stupid, or sinful, you become
morbid, melancholy, hypochondriac, an OBJ
ject of pity to your friends and of contempt or
detestation to yourself Do not be perpetualy
asking yourself the questions, What shall eat
to be strong and we'll? what wear to look hand
some? how behave to appear graceful how
act to be virtuous? That is not the way to be
virtuous That is not the way to be we'll, or
handsome or graceful, or even virtuous.
Who by much thinking can add one cubit to
his stature?
What then2 Why, think of others, not of
yourself. l was taking lesson in golf one
teacher; look at your ball." I got from him
lesson in life. Do not look at your club
look at your ball Think of your food, not of
your digestion; of your book, not of your i'm
provement; of the friend you are helping, not
of the help you are giving to him. Sydney
Smith think it is who has somewhere said
that he was always uncomfortable in society
until he came to two conclusions first, that
every body was not looking at him second,
that he could not be any one but Sydney
Smith, no matter how hard he tried. Be your
self; you cannot be some one else if you try.
Are you awkward? 1t is less awkward to be
awkward naturally than to be graceful I'M
naturally. Are you homely? You cannot shor-
ten your nose or lengthen your chin, nor per-
feet your complexion, by thinking about
them. Self-consciousness only makes the
homely features homelier; but be who forgets
that he is homely makes others forget it also.
Do you lack some virtue? Selfshness is the
sum of all sin, and sefishness is thinking
about self love is the sum of all virtues, and
love is thinking about others. Render such
service as you can to whomsoever you can
not because it is your duty, but because it is
service. Make whomsoever you can happy
not because you ought, but because he will be
happy. Consider the lilies of the field, how
they grow. They toll not, neither do they
spin yet Solomon in all his glory was not ar
rayed like one of these" Grow without
thinking about it. That is the secret Of hap
by and a useful life. L. A.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19
Bad for the Small Stakeholder.


A well known New York lawyer and politi-
clans has caused some heartburnings among
the "kings of finance by his disclosures of
alleged irregularities in various consultations
of gas companies and in the formation of the
great tobacco trust. According to Mr.. Bourke
Cochran, the kings" have displayed a truly
royal disregard for the property rights of small
stockholders in their companies, treating them
not as partners at all but as dependents whose
goods and chattels were subject to the royal
will and who ought to be thankful if the
master did not seize the entire holding What
ever Mr.. Cockran's purpose may have been in
agftating this subject the pubic has some rea-
son to be displeased with the manner of lofty
Indifference now customary among large stock
holdsrs toward their minority associates. Much
is said about the widow and the orphan when
corporations are attacked from the outside, but
in times of mergers and reorganizations the
widow and the orphan can shift for them
selves. Ifthis form of business enterprise so
attractive to bold fnanciers. becomes more
fashionable, what is to happen to that security
of investments about which we hear so much
What chance is there for the person of moder-
ate means who owns few shares of stock
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19
Machine-Grown Carnations.

do you know why carnations have fallen
about 40 per cent. in price in the last year or
SOP" asks a florist quoted by the Philadelphia
Record. 1T isn't because they are less popular
they are more popular than they ever were
but it is all on account of little wire ma
chine, recently invented, that costs about 81
cents This machine may be described as an
automatic tree-box of steel wire. 1t is couple
of feet high, and stands upon three legs. AS
soon as carnation begins to grow it is slip.
ped within the machine, and thereafterward
it remains upright, for there is series of rings
that take hold of it and guide it in its growth.
Before the invention of this device the ma
jority of carnations spoiled because when they
became tall, they fell over and the flowers rot
ted in the dust. Now none of them spoil, and
hence their present cheapness.n
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19
Want Change Made in the Ballot.


When the Supervisors CT Election in the
city, as we'll as the various counties of the
State, prepare the form of the ballot to be voted
next November they will probably decide
upon square very much larger than that used
heretofore. This course is prompted by Lead
ing Democratic lawyers because of the decision
of the Court of Appeals in its construction OF
the election law and the revelations during
the recount of the ballots cast for Frank and
Plat.
The Court of Appeals it will be remember,
ed, decided that the intent of the voter could
not be considered and that if any portion OF
the cross mark extended even the smallest
fraction of an inch beyond the box the ballot
must be thrown out. Acting under the decls-
ion the council committee appointed to recount
the ballots in the Third Councimanic district
threw out hundreds of ballots nearly all OF
which had been improperly marked by lntelli-
gent voters. The colord men, it was found,
had been more careful in placing their crosses,
and few of their votes were invaldated. IL IS
now conceded that had the law been strictly
enforced in the counties of the State the result
might have been very different.
With the view of guarding against careless
marking in the future it is now proposed TO
enlarge the squares, SD as to give the educated
voter some leeway when he marks careiessly.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

THE APPOINTMENT of Col. William A. Nc
Kellip, of Westminster, to be U. S. Consul at
Magdeburg, Germany, has given great deal
of satisfaction to the people of Carroll county,
who have been showering congratulations
upon him. The salary of the office is $4,000
per annum, with fees that will run from
$500 to $1,000 in addition. Magdeburg is the
center of the beet sugar section of Germany
and is rapidly growing city. In 1871 its pop
ulation. including its garrison and suburbs,
was between 114,0O0 and 10000. In 1895 it
exceeded 214, 200 and at this time has increas-
ed to about $50, 600. It is a strongly fortified
place and has had tragic history After
desperate siege and gallant defence during the
the thirty years war, in 155051, it was finally
taken by lilly, who, exasperated by his losses
and its stubborn resistance, destroyed the city,
except its magnificent cathedral, and put $4,000
of its inhabitant-nearly its entire population
Ito death. Luther, when a student, spent
year in Magdeburg, and supported himself by
singing on the streets of the city.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19
Average Crops Don't Pay.

The average yield of corn per acre in the
United States is twenty-five bushels and the
average value 50, from which the cost of max
ing and gathering the crop must be deducted
to find the profit. We have made the neces-
sary estimates and deduction and have failed
to find the profit. The fact is there is not
cent Of profit in any average crop of corn nor
an average crop of anything else. Average
crops don't pay, and average farmers don't pay
either, for they have nothing to pay with,
unless they get it by ''robbing Peter" 1t is
far better to plant some other crop on any
land that will not yield more than an average
crop of corn. 1t would be worth much more
in prairie grass, and would require no cultiva-
ton. But often the cultivation is as much to
blame for average corn crops as the land. In
that case it is the farmers and not the farms
fault.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

Mr.. WILLIAM f. AIREY retired from the
office of United States Marshal for Maryland
on Wednesday last and was succeeded by Mr..
John F. Langhammer On the same day Mr..
Airey's friends to the number of several hun
bred launched his boom for the Republican
nomination for mayor of Baltimore and they
appear to be in earnest. Mr.. Airey has made
a most excellent official and retires from the
marshalship with a record that does him much
honor. Should he be nominated and elected
mayor the people of the city could rest assured
that his duties would be faithfully and hon.
estly performed.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19
W. GH Smith, Attorney, TO,csOn, Nd
TO CREDITORS.

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the subscri-
hers have obtained from the Orphans Court
of Baltimore county letters of administration on
the estate of
MARY ]. PARLETT,
late of said county, deceased. All persons hav-
ing claims against the said estate are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof to the subscribers,
On, or before the 10Th day of January, 1908 /;
They may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. Those indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment. Given under our hands this 18th day of
July, 1902 EREDERlCk SMITH,
July 19.-4t. Administrators
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DEATHS.

Tributes, &C.. 10 Cents Per Line
HILDEBRAND.-At Arlington, Nd, July 10,
Oliver c. Hildebrand, aged Is years.
BREY ER.-At Lauraville, Baltimore county,
July 10, George j. Breyer aged "a years.
ERDMAN.-At her home on the Belair road,
Baltimore county, July Is, Laura p. Erdman,
aged 80 years, wife of Charles w. f. Erdman.
MATTHEWS.-At the residence of her nephew,
William G. Price, Baltimore, July Is, Arianna
S. Matthews, aged IS years, a native of Balti-
more county.
HALL.-At her residence in Baltimore, Nd,
July Is, Amanda Bosley, relict of the Hon.
Eldridge Gerry Hall.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19
Niagara Falls Notwithstanding Va
cation Trips via PENNSYLVANIA R R.

CdIiOu Trips via E6uuSylVdul6 IL. hC.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has Sc
lected the following dates for its popular ten
day excursions to Niagara Falls from Washing
ton and Baltimore: July "a, August and 81
September and 49, and October 2 and 16 On
these dates the special train will leave Washing
ton at A. NJ, Baltimore 905 A. NJ, York 1915 A.
M, Harrisburg 11.40 A. NJ, Mlersburg IL 20 p. NJ
Sunbury 1858 p. NJ, Williamsport2.3OP p. NJ, Lock
Haven 3.0S p. M, Remove 3.55 P. NJ, Emporium
junction sos P. NJ. arriving Niagara Falls at 935
p NJ. Excursion tickets, good for return pass
age on any regular train, exclusive of limited
express trains, within ten days, will be sold at
$40 from Washington and Baltimore; $685. from
York; $40 from Littlestown $40 from Oxford,
Pa; $685. from Columbia; $3.50 from Harris
burg; SO from Winchester, Va; $3.50 from AL
toona; $7.40 from Tyrone; $645 from Belle
fonte; $50 from Ridgway; $3.50 from Sunbury
and Wilkesbarre; 1915 from Williamsport and
at proportionate rates from principal points. A
stop over will be allowed at Buffalo within limit
of ticket returning. The special trains of Pull
man parlor cars. and day coaches will be run
with each excursion running through to Niagara
Falls. An extra charge will be made for parlor
Seats An experienced tourist agent and
chaperon will accompany each excursion. For
descriptive pamphlet, time of connecting trains
and further information apply to nearest ticket
agent or address Geo. w. Boyd, Assistant GEN
eral Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

Property TransfersinB Baltimore County
Deeds, Leases. Mortgages. Bills of Sale, ETC.,
received for record in the office of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Baltimore county:
DEEDS
Elizabeth Schuck to Henry Siegrist
w. F. Ludwig and wife to A. A. Robins
S. ]. Van Lii and wife to H. H. Van Lii and
]. T. Radford and wife to W. II. Riley.
VIM: Ziemer and wife to Nj. J. Reese and wife.
W. c. Phelps and wife, to the Dundalk, Spar
rows Point and North Point Railway.
Washington and Baltimore Land Company to
R. +. Peasants to Newton D. R. Allen
y. c. Parr and J. S. Parr to A. +. Black and wife,
r: II. Peasants to w. P. Cole.
s; D. Schumacher ct al to 4. H. Peasants.
w. N: Mailoy, trustee, to r. j. Taylor.
r. Il. Paine, Jr., ct ux to S. e. Melville.
Thomas Lytlc and wife to T. w. Lytle.
W. ?. Cole and wife to R. H. Peasants.
R. H. Peasants to I. w. Offutt
]. NJ. Gill to r. G. Akehurst.
County Commissioners to ]. H. Dobson,
M. s: Dempster and husband to G. T. Parker.
Washington and Baltimore Land Company to
Daisy Oliver.
Bellese Davis and husband to J. L. IIgenfritz.
Roland Park Company to Richard Dorsey of l..
z. E. Il. Key to r. b. Porter.
Executors and trustees of James Henderson,
deceased, to H. G. Pfaff. r- -rUf
August Enders to Christiana Schoell.
David Wright to Peter McCue and wife.
H. B. HALEY to Henry Kistner and wife.
+. W. Diedrich ct al. to G. T. Parker.
County Commissioners to G. L. Parker
w. w. DUNCAN ct al. to G.. T. Corprew.
II. s: Clark and wife to b. s. Buckley ct al.
y. ID. SchlosSer ct al. to Ida Gettier and hus-
band.
E. G. Cole and husband to S. d. Bader.
IL. L. Paine, Jr., ct ux. to Louis Kaessman.
to b. Cassidy.
Geo. c. Goldman to William Yeager
Johanna ID. Steck to Harry B. Holley and wife.
MORTGAGES.
Arthur B. Nitsch Brick Company to Josephine
Nitsch, $15,000
S. D. Bader to First German-American Associa-
i ton. $4l6
G. M. Mullen and wife to First German Ameri-
can b. A., $416.
G. G. Rem and wife to j. g. Basser, 81 800.
Johanna Mutresky to Germania p. L. s. S. A..
e: 6: Thompson and husband to H. L. Price,
A. A. Robins and husband to W. F. Ludwig,
$4,000.
L. ID. Meise and wife to G.. H. Wempe, $1.4OO.
Henry SegriSt to the Oriole p. b. l.. A., S200.
A. +. Black and wife to Govanstown L. L. & B.
A., $1,430.
S. K. Smith to Thirty-First German American
B. A, $1.456.
R. G. Akehurst to E. NJ. Cole, 81, 100
Christina Schoell to the Canton p B. A, 500.
Henry Kistner and wife to Canton P. B. A.,
$500.
S. e. Brooks to G. w. Hull and wife, S1O5S62
Catherine NJ. Addicks to Canton p B. A. 800.
John Spencer and wife to :" $4,000
H. B. Holey and wife to Highland P. B. A., $500
RELEASE OF MORTGAGES.
Permanent b. A. No. l to William Ziemer.
Safe Deposit and Trust Company to Sadie c.
Councilman.
W. NJ. Warfield to A. B. Nitsch.
German American l.. s. A. to HI. B. HALEY.
George @. Goldman to Herman r. Yader.
Loyola p B. A. to Roland Park Co.
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Belgian Hares for the Table.

The Bucks county (Pa.) Intelligence says that
Mrs. Rorer, the exponent offs good cooking, has
not only urged the use of Belgian hare meat
in her lectures, and cooked it before her classes,
but has gone into the business of raising hares
on her farm in Bucks county, intending to sell
them next fall at Is cents pound in the Phil
adelphia market, the present price being 30
cents. She says the special value OF the flesh
is that it is highly nutritious without being
stimulating 1t is as rich in nitrogen as beef,
without the stimulant quality thought dele.
terious by physicians. The latter recommend
Belgian hair meat for invalids. 1t is white, OF
delicate flavor, resembling capon. 1t is now
served at hotels and used in private families
A Philadelphia firm has placed canned Belgian
hare on the market
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19
TO CREDITORS.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the subscri-
Der has obtained from the Orphans Court of
Baltimore county, letters testamentary on the
estate of
H. SHERMAN ARMACOST.
late of said county, deceased. All persons hav-
ing claims against the said estate are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof to the subscriber,
On or before the 10Th day of January, 1903 J;
They may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. Those indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate pay
mept, Given under my hand this 18th day of
July, 1902. EMMA b. ARMACOST,
July 19.-4t* EXecutrix.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

THE CANADIANS who remove to the United
States are assimilated, but will the same thing
happen to the Americans who are taking up
land in the northwestern provinces of British
America Time alone can answer the question.
Heretofore the sons of Uncle Sam have never
been disposed to change allegiance.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

DROsPECT HILL CEMETERY, tow
Il SON, MD.-IncOrpOrdted 1S91.-BEAU-
TRULY SITUATED. COMMANDING FINE
VIEWS OF SURROUNDING COUNTRY;
HIGH AND DRY; CHOICE LOCATIONS;
LOTS ALL SIZES. Address the SECRETARY
OF THE COMPANY. Towson, Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

UNDER ITS new management the Belair
Times has appeared in new suit of type and
its general appearance is much improved. Mr..
John B. Hanna, until lately Surveyor of the
Port of Baltimore. is the present editor and
publisher. The paper is owned by company
composed of well known citizens.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

ARRANGEMENTS ARE being made for tearing
down the old Black Horse Hotel, Second and
Callowhi!l streets, Philadelphia, for the pur-
pose of erecting modern building OH the site.
This house was built about 1862 During the
years that have elapsed since its doors have
never been closed, night or day. For 140 years
the hotel has been the rendezvous of farmers
and commission men who do business along
the river front. When the hotel was built it
was considered one of the most pretentious
structures in Philadelphia. That was before
the Revolution, when the principal part of
the city was along the river front from PENIS
landing place south.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

THE FREIGHT-HANDLERs strike in Chicago
has ended and those who were in it gained
nothing, the men having returned to work on
the same time and the same wages as before.
But the estimated loss to the business men of
the city on account of the almost total suspen-
sion for many days is s1O,OOO,OO0 So much
for strikes
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

G ENERAL KNOX is booked to make
a few speeches in the Congressional canvass,
in which he will give special attention to the
trust issue. The Attorney-G General is giving
considerable attention to that question now as
shown by the cases which he has before the
courts in which the trust question is directly
involved The beef trust and the railroad
trust have already heard from the law officer
of the administration in a concrete way. De-
cisions are likely to be reached before the cleo
ton, and if it be found that the antitrust law
is not adequate to deal with the combines,
new act will be put through Congress at next
winters session. On the trust issue the Re-
publican party's record cannot be successfully
assailed.
On MONDAY last the Board of Commissioners
of York county unanimously adopted resolu-
ton refusing to pay five notes given as tenn
porary loans, aggregating s133, 900, with inter-
est. Twenty-Five thousand dollars is held by
the First National Bank, $685. 900 by the-York
County National Bank, s25, 900 by the Farmers
National Bank and 100000 by the Security
Title and Trust Company. The Commission
ers allege that the loans were illegally made.
The county solicitor, William Miller, informed
the Commissioners that the loans had been
made without the authority of the law and
that the county could not be held for the pay
ment of the same. Judge Bittenger also de-
clared from the bench that they were illegal.
Acting on this advice the Commissioners refuse
to pay back the money. 1t is now thought
that the responsibility for these loans will fall
upon the men who were Commissioners at the
time the money was borrowed.
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Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
THE CHATTANOOGA JULEP.

BALTIMORE COUNTY, Nd, July Is, 1902.
MessTs. Editors "A paragraph in last weeks
UNION briefly alludes to an incident of recent
occurrence, which leads me to believe perhaps
the story may be acceptable in full. (Sic)
AT the eno OF hot, dusty June day in Chatta-
nooga, bustling town of 5000, remarked to a
resident, IN whose Office happened:
I'm dry. very dry"
He started for the cooler
mo- no." said, mot that. Limestone water
does not agree with strangers. Let's try mint
julep Where shall we go?'
ITO The Stag"
And so past many saloons, restaurants and
hotels we wound our thirsty way.
1.-TWO Juleps, please to the urbane dispenser
OF cooling thirst dispelling beverages, in conf
sorry sir, very sorry. I'm just out of mint"
where"
1T will be no use, gentlemen. 1 get all the
mint that comes to town."
in my country replied, to crush him,
mint grows around every spring house. where
there's always bottle handy. so if one carries
sugar he can quickly quench his thirst medicinal
ly. III we want the chief Ingredient very fine we
plant an old Marylander and it grows luxuri-
antly."
well. only one here-he lives on Cameron hill,
out yonder-grows it. get all he has for market
fresh each morning. Come round then and I'll
give you mix you'll not forget
Il IN down on trusts and monopoies,n fired
back; lin the morning I'll be in Kentucky.
Give me two sours.'
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

AND NOW it is the National Grocery Com
pany that has been incorporated at Trenton,
N. j., with capital stock of S5,5OOOOo. II
this thing keeps up very soon there will be no
place whatever for the small dealer. twill
be simply another case of the big fish eating
all the little ones
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LGban Sparks, Attorney, 224 st. Paul Stree
Baltimore, Md.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

NVOTICE TO CREDITORS.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the subscri-
Der has obtained from the Orphans Court of
Baltimore county, letters of administration on
the estate of
WILLIAM T. PERDUE,
late of said county, deceased. All persons having
claims against the said estate are hereby warned
to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof,
to the subscriber,
On or before the 10Th day of January, 1908;
They may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. Those indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment Given under my hand this 18th day of
July, 1902. LABAN SPARKS.
July l9,-4t* Administrator.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

UPWARDS OF one hundred bodies have been
removed from the Rolling Mill mine of the
Cambria Steel Company at Johnstown, Pa, in
which the explosion of fire damp occurred on
the 10th instant. The funeral of forty of the
victims took place at the same time in one of
the Catholic churches of Johnstown last Sun
day. Nearly all the men who lost their lives
were foreigners and most OF them had families.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

BY SOME strange dispensation the United
States Senate during the last session was the
center of personal hostilties. Perhaps the
Senate needs an infusion ofyounger and calm
er blood.