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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-15
Mrs. Pxksk1ksaEss'8 Standing Invitation.

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 Many women suffer in silence and drift along from bad to wose knowing full we'll that they ought to have immediate assistance, but natural modesty impels them to shrink from exposing themselves to the questions and probably examinations of their family physician It is unnecessary. Without money price you consult woman whose knowledge from actual experience is greater than any local physician The following invitation is freely offered; accept it in the spirit.
 Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited promptly communicate with Mrs. Pnkham at Lynn, Mass All letters received opened read and answered by women only. woman freely talk of her private illness woman; thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs Pinkham and the women of America which has been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she has draw om it than possible that she has gained the very know ledge that will help your She asks nothing in return except your goodwill and her advice has relieved thousands Surely any rich poor, very foolish if she does not take advantage of this generous offer
 EYDA F. PEMNHAMS$ restored health than other medicine the drug
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-15
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WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT,
BEGUN A. d. 1868.
president OF THE U. s., FRANKLIN PIERCE.
SECRETARY OF WAR, -
BUILDING A. d. 1861.
PRESIDENT OFT THE U IS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN
SECRETARY OF WAR, SIMON CAMERON.


The name omitted is that of Jeffer-
son Davis, at the time Secretary of
War. The tablet originally contain
ed the name in full, but by order of
a successor in power it was erased.
Cabin Johns Bridge spans stream
of respectable volume which rises at
Rockville, Maryland, and pours its
waters into the Potomac River few
hundred feet below the bridge.
The curious name the bridge bears
comes from a somewhat obscure
source. A mysterious parsonage,
whose only recorded name is John,
came, tradition says, few years prior
to the War of the Revolution, whence
no one has said, and built a cabin
whose site is still in evidence, on the
bank of the stream at the place span
ned by the bridge. He lived there
for a number of years the life of a
recluse, his only companions his dogs,
his clothing mainly made from the
skins of wild animals, and his chief
sustenance the products of his daily
fishing and hunting operations.
Some time in June, 1862, when the
excitement of the Civil War ran high
est, and feeling was strongest against
the Confederacy and its President, a
stone mason armed with mallet and
chisel was lowered over the parapet
of Cabin Johns Bridge, and a few
vigorous and well-directed blows eff
fectually effaced the name of Jeffer-
son Davis from the memorial tablet.
A few week ago the Hon. John
Barrett, of Vermont, ex-Minister to
Siam, and one of the delegates to the
Pan-American Congress now conven-
ing in Mexico, visited the bridge with
number of friends and for the first
time noticed the erasure. Upon in
quiry finding that it was the unofficial
act of some one not even connected
with the War Department, he placed
himself on record as declaring that,
in the interest of history and truth
that tablet should be restored to its
original condition. The matter will be
brought up in Congress this session,
Mr.. Barrett being determined that
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WHEN THE OLD MAN GOT RELIGION.

When the oil man got religion things sorter
changed aroun',
The house wuz topsy-turvy, the worl' wuz upside
down;
We didn't know what hit us 'peared like we'd
started wrong;
Life had to be made over to his halleluja song.
He KEEP the whole house hustlin'. "Work while
it's called today!
An pray whilst you're a-workin'; but work an
work away!'
But ever youngster of us-with sad an sollum
face,
wuz prayin' fer the oil man to fall away from
grace.
Long years have passed. an left us still with our
work to do;
An the OF man, bein' weary, went home an left
US. too;
Led by his homely counsel safe to the shelterin
fold
Sightin' the fur-off city, with shinin streets of
gold.
An evermore we're praisin' of the Providence
On high
That the OF man got religion in the happy days
gone by;
An we hope to hear him shoutin'. when we reach
the heavenly stairs,
In the bright, celestial mornin', ''Rise up to
family prayers !" Atlantic Constitution.
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A BOYS COMPOSITION.

Here is a Western boys compost
tion on the Newspaper :"
Newspapers are sheets of paper
on which stuff to read is printed.
The men look it over to see if their
names are in it. I don't know how
newspapers came into the world. I
don't think God does. The Bible
says nothing about editors, and l
never heard of one being in heaven.
The first editor 1 ever heard of was
the fellow who wrote up the food.
He has been here ever since.
"Some editors belong to the church
and some try to raise whiskers. All
of them raise cain in their neighbor-
hood. Sometimes the paper dies, and
then people feel glad, but some one
starts it up again. Editors never
went to school because editors never
get licked. Our paper is mighty
poor one, but we take it so ma can
use it on her pantry shelves. Our
editor don't amount to much, but
paw said he had a poor chance when
he was boy. He goes without un-
derclothes in winter, wears no socks
and has wife to support him. Paw
has not paid his subscription in five
years and don't intend to.
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LOCAL LAW.

CHAPTER 524.
AN ACT to repeal Sections 100 and 1893 of Article
3 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary
land, title Baltimore County, su b-titl e
Roads," as amended by Chapter 685 of the
passed at the January Session, 1900, entitled
IAN Act to repeal Sections 1888 to 2l7, inclu-
sive, of Article of the Code of Public Local
Laws, title Baltimore County su b-tit I'll e
Roads, as amended by Chapter 40 and Chap
ter $40 of the Acts of 1892, Chapter AT of the
Acts of 1894, Chapter 469 of the Acts of 1895;
and Chapter 800 of the Acts of 1896" and to re-
enact the same with amendments.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, That Sections 1870 and 1913 of
Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title Baltimore County" title
Roads as amended by Chapter 6S5 of the Acts
Of the sesSn @ Sf
repeal Sections 1888 to 2l7, inclusive, of Article
of the Code of Public Local Laws, title 'Balti-
Chapter 40 and Chapter 679 of the Acts of 1892,
Chapter 47 of the Acts of 1884, Chapter 469 of the
Acts of 1885, Chapter 800 of the Acts of 1898, and
to re-enact the same with amendments
Section 100. The Road Commissioners so ap-
pointed are hereby required to adopt such sys-
tenn for the repairs and improvements of the
roads in their respective districts as said Board
may deem best, having first called for and re-
ceived from the Baltimore County Roads Engi-
neer, hereafter mentioned, written report
stating what system he advises in said district
provided, however, that no Road Commissioner
shall have any pecuniary interest in any con-
tract, and shall furnish no team for any work
quire at least two-thirds of the road tax to be
expended in macadamizing the roads with stone
or other hard material, every Road Commission
er, when presenting for paymentan bill for the
hire of horses and carts or wagons shall append
thereto an affidavit that he is not interested, di-
rectly or indirectly, in the payment of the
amounts charged for such hire of horses and
carts or wagons, or for any material furnished.
Section 1893. Each Road Commissioner shall be
entitled to one hundred and twenty-five dollars
per annum to cover his personal expenses, and
such other compensation as the County Commits
sioners may, by order in writing, allow to said
Road Commissioners for services actually rem
dered by them in the personal supervision of
construction and repairs of county roads and
bridges in their respective sub-districts not ex-
ceeding one dollar and fifty cents per diem; pro-
vided, however, that such additional compensa-
tion shall not be allowed for more than twenty
days in any one month, nor for more than one
hundred and fifty days in any calendar year. and
the County Commissioners are authorized to al
low any person who may be employed as exam
iner of roads, of roads to be altered, or of
bridges to be repaired or built, per diem not to
exceed two dollars for each day so employed.
Section 2. And be it enacted That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April Sth, 1902.
Nav I0-3t
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THE FINEST OF ALL.

God made the streams that gurgle down the pur-
pie mountain side;
He made the gorgeous coloring with which the
sunsets dyed;
He made the hills and covered them with glory {;
and He made
The sparkle on the dewdrops and the lecks of
light and shade.
Then, knowing all earth needed was climax for
her charms,
He made little woman with baby in her arms.
He made the arching rainbow that is thrown
across the sky;
He made the blessed fiow'rs that nod and smile
as we go by;
He made the ballroom beauty as she bows with
queenly grace;
But sweetest of them all he made the love-light
in the face
That bends above baby, warding off the worlds
alarms
That dainty little woman with her baby in her
arms
A soft pink wrap embellished with vine in
silken thread;
flmy snow-white cap upon downy little
head;
dress 'twould make the winter drift look dusky
by its side;
Two cheeks with pure rose-petal tint, two blue
eyes wonder-wide;
And, bending DER, that mother face imbued with
heav'n's own charms
God bless the little woman with her baby in her
arms!
IS, w. GiHiLdn. in Los ANGELES Herald
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the restoration shall be accomplished
during the lifetime of Mrs. Jefferson
Davis.
And SO, after forty years, great
wrong done to the memory of Jeffer-
son Davis is about to be righted by
the United States Government. "A.
r. Z. ~, IN Me7Oto7Ow (Pa.) Ente,
h1Ico
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@lisceIIa

to have such boxes emptied shall be subject to
a fine of five dollars for every such otfense, re-
coverable as other fines before a Justice OF the
Peace. Nothing contained in this section shall
prevent any owner of property from having
constructed upon his premises waterclosets or
privy vaults built on approved sanitary princi-
pies.
*l27 Any earth pits which may be now in use
in any town village of more than five hun
easy Of access and shall be in their construction
and location subject to the inspection of the
Sanitary Officers; and if found by the said Off
cials to be defectfvely constructed or located,
the necessary changes ordered by the Sanitary
Officers shall be made, and in the neglect or re-
fusal of said property owners to have placed
such boxes, or to have them made or located as
in the Judgment of the Sanitary Officers seems
BEST in either case fine of five dollars shall be
imposed in the manner prescribed IN section ~
of privies or other offal, or deposit the same
within half mile of the limits of any town or
village having more than five hundred inhabi-
tants or within reasonable distance from any
dwelling house outside the limits of such town
or village, under penalty of fine of five dollars
129. It shall be the duty of the Sanitary Off
GERS, in all such places as may be supplied with
a force for the collection of garbage, to direct
the garbage force to remove the contents OF
privy boxes, for which service the remover of
garbage is authorized to receive twenty-five
cents for each box emptied, to be paid by the
occupant of the premises.
1870. The said Sanitary Officers shall have full
power to examine all highways, alleys and by
ways IN Lnelr respective uIsLrlcUS anu upon lue
report of said Sanitary Officers of the condi-
ton of any highway, alley or byway being pre-
judicial to the health of the neighborhood, it
shall be the duty of the County Commissioners
to examine the same, and to cause to be made
such repairs in the grading, paving and draining
of such highway, alley or byway, as may beneces-
sary and to tax the property binding thereon
one half the cost of said improvements.
131. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
keep hog-pe or pigpen within fifty feet of
any dwelling house, or well, or spring, the water
of which may be used for cooking or drinking
purposes, in any town or village in Baltimore
county having more than five hundred inhabi-
tants, under penalty of not less than ten dol
lars ; and the said Sanitary officers shall imme-
diately remove the same.
1872. All fines and penalties that may be i'm
posed under the provisions of the foregoing
sections of this subtitle shall be collected by
suit before Justice of the Peace of Baltimore
county in the manner prescribed by l18.
Section 4. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11th, 1902
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CABIN JOHNS BRIDGE.

During the summer months the
people of Washington, whom cir
cumstances compel to remain in town
throughout the heated term, are in
the habit of seeking short reprievals
from the heat and oppression of the
rather low-lying Capitol city, by trips
to the many points of interest sur
rounding it.
No place has been more popularity
resorted to the last season than Cabin
Johns Bridge, SO beautifully situated,
seven miles west of Washington, near
the. shores of the historic Potomac,
among the picturesque uplands of
Montgomery county, Maryland. It
is indeed to be deplored that the pic
turesque seclusion that has hitherto
characterized the spot has been desc
Grated to a great extent by the advent
during the late months of the modern
devices for attracting city's sum-
mer crowd. The great bridge, how
ever, stands by itself, alone and be-
you'd all surrounding attractions, a
noble attestation of the scientific
achievement of man.
Cabin Johns Bridge is the largest
single stone arch in the world today.
History tells us of its superior in but
one instance. This was the bridge
spanning the AIDA, a tributary of
Poat Trezzo, in Northern Italy. 1t
is supposed to have been built in the
year A. D. 1880, by order of the
Duke of Milan, but in the year 1927
it was destroyed by the Italian gener-
al, Carmagnola. This bridge con-
sisted of a single stone arch of gran
ite, with span of 25I feet. 1t had
a rise of 88 feet, and at the crown was
only four feet thick.
The dimensions of Cabin John S
Bridge are: Length of bridge, in
Guiding abutments, 45o feet height
of bridge above bottom Of ravine, los
feet; length of span, 22o feet rise
of span, 81 feet; width of span, 20
feet. The materials composing the
bridge are granite from Quincy,
Mass. red sandstone from Seneca,
Maryland, and gneiss from Mont
gomery county, Maryland. It's cost
was $254,ooo. 1t was built by the
U. S. Government for the purpose of
conveying the water supply to the
city Washington. Ground was bro
ken for the construction of the bridge
in 1857, but the structure was not
sufficiently completed to have water
turned into the conduit until 1868,
and not entirely finished until 1873.
The designer of this triumph of
engineering, as we'll as engineer of
the entire Washington aqueduct, from
its inception, was Captain, afterwards
General Montgomery c. Meigs, U,
S. Corps of Engineers, and one of
the tablets in the arch chronicles this
fact.
A much more prominent tablet than
that containing the name of the en-
gineer gives the main points in the
history of the bridge as follows
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NOTE

*l27. In the beginning of this section, the bill
as introduced in the Legislature was worded as
follows: ANY earth pits which may be now in
use in any town or village of more than five
hundred inhabitants in Baltimore county SHAH
be filled p 90ith dirt and the said 60reS shall rest on
a6OUe the earth surface shall be easy of access"
etc., etc.
In transcribing the bill, during its passage
through the Legislature, the words printed in
italics seem to have been accidentally omitted
AInrr -
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"WILL1NG TO HELP. = John, :"
she whispered, there's burglar in
the parlor. He just bumped against
the piano and struck several keys"
"You don't say I'll go right
down." said he.
"Oh, John. don't do anything
rash p'
Rash? Why, I'm going to help
him. YOU don't suppose he can re-
move that piano from the house with
out assistance, do your"
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PAPA" whishered Johnny, as the
contribution plate was passed around,
"does the man that's playing the
organ get this money!"
"Oh, no, replied his father.
"Then what's he working so hard
for?''
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MULES !
HORSES f.
MULES !

l have at my farm 200 HEAD OFsWA
HORSES AND MULES. 125 head of HX
THE BEST MULES THAT CAN BE
FOUND. weighing from 1,100 to 1,500 pounds;
also, IS HEAD OF HORSES, including MATCH
ED COACH TEAMS, SADDLERS s. DRIVERS.
LOCUST VALE STOCK FARM,
Towson Md, Ak miles from city limits.
Take Towson cars, York Road Line.
e. E. MCCLEARY, Proprietor.
C.and P. Telephone AL, Lutherville Exchange.
Dec. H-tf.
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"WoNDER WAT makes them troll
ley cars go?" unused Mrs. Reuben
Wayback. II reckon" replied her
husband, "it must be wat they call
'wire-pullin'.' 1 don't see nothin'
else ter drag 'em erlong."
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Mr.. TIMMED-"I don't suppose it
would be proper for me TO kiss you on
such short acquaintance" ?"
Miss Innit-"No, l suppose not
but isn't it too bad we haven't been
acquainted 1onger?"
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"WHo CAN finish the quotation
about stitch in timer asked the
teacher. ga stitch in time, prompt
1y replied the boy at the foot OF the
class, "is worth two needles in a hay
stack"
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EILSTON FARM.
A PARTICULARLY FINE LOT OF BERK-
sHIREs, NOW READY FOR SALE = y
SIRED BY OUR KING LONGFEL-eAEaz---
LOW BOAR, VICTOR PREMIER End, out of
Sows of imported blood. Ca Prices reasonable.
Also, A FEW BULL CALVES, particularly
LHSfJ desirable, owing to their fine breeding,
and the heavy milking qualities of their dams.
A1-For pedigrees ETC., apply to
ASA d. GARDINER, JR., Manager,
Feb.1tJan.4.1 Glencoe, Md.
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THE NEAREST approach to perpet-
ual motion is when one good turn de-
serves another.
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WHEN 1T comes to the social scale
a lot of people don't weigh much.
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THE ONE crop that never fails is
the dead beat crop.
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IT ISN'T what man used to be, or
what he is going to be, but what he
is, that counts.
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JOHN j. ROCHE,

With
LIKES, BERWANGER & CO., C1othiers,
10 and IL E. Baltimore St., Tailors,
Near Charles, Furnishers
Baltimore, Md.
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FARM FOR SALE.

n 7 It
/ offer at private sale my FARM OF 65 Ill
ACRES, more or less. acres of which is wood
land improved by T-room frame house, barn
with stabling for horses and 20 head of cattle !;
wagon shed and corn crib combined; silo of so
tons capacity; also, other buildings, such as
convenient to buildings near Dulanys Valley
turnpike and within a short distance of Hyde
Station. NJ. & p. r. R.; soil very productive; has
been used as a dairy farm for several years and
will be sold for part cash, balance can remain in
property. Further information on application
to JOHN G. SNIDER, Owner,
Hyde p. o., Baltimore county, Md.
or LONGNECKER BROS,
Mch 15-3m* Towson, Nd.
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SHE-"Stop! You shan't kiss me
tonight-at least, not before I have
had an explanation. I heard today
that you had been engaged to sixteen
different girls" He-"But that was
before 1 had seen your angel face,
my love-" She-"So it was, to be
sure. / never thought of that 'a
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eve DIDN'T have very fashion
able audience today" said the man
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You CAN'T tell the size of a man. S
trouble by his sighs.
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EOR SALE OR RENT.

i
Small place containing ACRES AND 30
PERCHES OF LAND, on west side of York
turnpike, Towson, formerly belonging to the
estate of the late Jacob Wisner,
Good Dwelling House, Stable and other out
buildings,
The land has southern exposure and is we'll
adapted for Truck Gardening. 1t would also
be an excellent place in which to conduct the
business of FLORIST. Convenient to both cleo
trio and steam railways.
Apply to JAMES E. GREEN.
Dec. 1.-tf. TOwSOn. Md.
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a reputation for manufacturing the best
Clothing possible of construction, and their
prices are always fair.
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"No, everybody listened" replied
the celebrated pianist, petulantly.
Evening journal., 1902-07-02

A general shake up Of the police
force planned by Chief Black and ap-
proved by the Police Commission, will
take place next week Sergeants. spe-
cial officers and patrolmen will be as
assigned from one district to another,
and men given different work TO do.
House men will be put on the street
and street men brought into the police
station. The crews Of the patrol
wagons will be changed
Chief Black. when asked concerning
the shake up this morning. admitted
that a number had been made in the
police force, but would not say what
they were. He said. however. that no
one would be raised or lowered in
rank.
"None of the changes will go into
effect before the Fourth Of July, and
probably not before Monday" said
tho chief.
The list of changes was submitted to
the Police Commission last evening.
and the members of the board approved
Of it. When asked his reason for max