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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26
A PECULIAR MAN.

John Thomas Dobbins truly is a most peculiar
AS ali bis neighbors testify as often as they can.
'Tis true he's not so very bad, nor yet so very
But Nobody can count on him to do as others
would.
And though you hint smarter pace, you'll find
him walking still.
When Farmer .Cloddy lost his barn and nearly
lost his life,
wife,
The neighbors met one afternoon to say show
bad they felt;"
And each expressed his sympathies in words
your heart would melt,
They held "a benefit at which ian even ten"
was made;
some was never paid.
Yet all this time John Thomas kept himself
quite close at home;
He did not ''state his sympathies" nor to 1.-THE
social" come,
But when the farmer hauled some posts and set
them in the ground,
And gathered up such timber as could readily be
found,
Twas then John Thomas Dobbins turned in and
helped him out
And that's about the way he did when Widow
Brown was like
To be sold out of house and home-her home
down on the pike;
The women said they'd give her work. the men
would move her out,
And some would take her children who were
very smart and stout;''
They each and all had laid their plans, and meant
them we'll, no doubt;
But Dobbins bought the mortgage and helped
the widow out.
John Thomas sometimes says, says he, II never
take much stock
In folks that keep their charities packed up be-
hind lock.
These resolution keys are slow (they rust some
times, l think,l
And ere the meetin's get 'em turned some fell
lers apt to sink.
So if a neighbor tells me what his trouble is
about,
The best know to do, is-just wade in and help
him OUT Lou Laurence.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26
find all graduations of that color in

find all graduations of that color in
the heap.
"This took too long, although it
still stands as the most complete test.
Colored glass and yarn balls form the
usual implements of tests nowadays.
1t is practicable with these to pick
out the defective man.
Some of them betray their defect
in their extreme caution, others in
their confusion of colors. The quick
est way to catch them is by using
bright red or bright green for match
ing purposes. The red-blind man
will carefully pick out dark greens
and dark browns, while the green
blind will pick out greens and browns
that are lighter than his sample.
when screens are used the same
variety of tints is employed, and light
is displayed through these to initiate
the appearance of signal lights under
the different conditions of atmosphere
and distance. The color-blind man
is detected simply by altering the
brightness of the light without chang
ing the color.
"This is done by increasing the
thickness of the glass or diminishing
the intensity Of the light behind the
glass. The color to which he is blind
will simply appear less brilliant than
the other.
"When an old employee fails we
try to find him something to do in
some other department, but there is
little hope of his staying long at the
business. 1t is hard on them, but
necessary for public safety. ."-MeaO
Yo1k SNn.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH OUR BoYss

"The changes" says President
David Starr Jordan, Gin social and in
dustrial conditions will make it each
year harder for the unframed man to
find profitable employment. At the
same time there never was a time
when young man, sober and indus
trious, and trained to do things, was
SO much in demand. The time is
coming when the unskilled laborer
will have no place of any kind in the
industrial system. A bucket of coal
and a bucket of water will do his
work, and do it better. The laborer
must put brains into his work, and
brains will always be in demand.
There cannot be too much education,
even among 1aborers, if it be educa-
tion in the direction of effectiveness,
and an effective man will never find
the world overcrowded. So far as
vocations are concerned, there is room
enough in almost any of them, if one
is ready to do the best work he can.
But there is no vocation that will
keep a man in whisky very long, and
there is none that will give him leis-
ure to do poor work, and do it in a
dishonest fashion. The Tightening
lines of social development make it
harder and harder to keep for the
man who doesn't try"
United States Commissioner w. T.
Harris says: "The question of what
boy shall do is one that may be an
swered in a general way by glance
at the evolution of human vocations.
The more applications of machinery
the less laborers are needed iii the de-
partments where narrow, special edu-
cation will suffice, and the more la
borer is required to have general
and humane culture. This doctrine
contains a cheering gospel of final
emancipation from drudgery. The
only condition attached to it is that all
should be educated. 1t becomes the
interest of the selfish man as we'll as
the ideal of enlightened philanthropy
to have every member of society so
intelligent that he can find his voca-
ton in a higher order Of human oc-
cupations. The history of industry
goes back to time when only one in
thousand of the able-bodied popula-
ton could be spared for the creation
Of ornament or the ministry of cul-
ture. Great progress had been made
when one in a hundred could be spar
cd for such purposes. The United
States and Great Britain have reach
ed a point where FIVE in hundred
hborers are actually pursuing voca-
tions that have for their object the
addition of ornament to what is al
ready useful. When the ratio is re-
versed, and only five in hundred are
required to provide the crude neces-
saries, and the remnant of society
may devote itself to the higher order
of occupations, the economic problem
will be solved. Hence a constant re.
adjustment of vocations is necessary,
and all 1aborers who are mere hands
work at a continually growing dis.
advantage"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26

ist, was advanced to stenographer's
position, and while holding that po-
sition studied that branch of law ap-
pllcable to the work of the depart
ment in which she was employed.
Called upon by accident to examine
a complicated case she rendered so
comprehensive and able legal deci-
sion that she was promoted to the po-
sition of law clerk, which she now
holds. All this was without political
influence or the supposed power of
good looks.
Outside of the salaries paid skilled
laborers, printers assistants and press
feeders, which rarely, if ever, exceed
$40 month, remuneration for women
in the departments runs from $3.50 to
81, 400 a year-that is, for the aver
age clerk. 1t has been urged that
the women drawing these compare
lively good salaries are being spoiled
fof@wives. Perhaps they are. No
one can blame a girl for being reluc-
tant to give up comfortable income
and the freedom to live as she pleases
for the cares and worries of married
life. When department girl does
marry she usually makes a success Of
it. No dashing er-do-well can
hope to catch her fancy and her neat
nest egg. Sic meets and knows too
many men moi to be able to catalogue
them. Then, the matrimonial chances
in Washington are few. 1t is not a
business town. The male department
clerk is not an eligible" by any
means. He frequently gets no more
per month than his female co-laborer,
and sometimes less. A large proper
ton of them live from hand to mouth,
and are flush" only on salary days
and "broke" on all others.
1t is well-dressed crowd of wo-
men and girls who swoop down to
the departments in the mornings, the
women, many of them, from once
wealthy families-dressed in sombre
black, the girls in short skirts and
tailored waists. Indeed, this sensible
costume of short skirt and shirt waist
has become almost a uniform, so gen.
eral has been its adoptions. Boston
ZaonScY1bt.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26
POISONED TO SAVE EXPENSE.

A Chinese boy was brought into
the Peking hospital terrible injured
by a heavy log falling upon him.
The doctors, to save his life, cut of
his leg. The mother came, apparent
ly to help nurse the lad. The pa
tient, however, almost Immediately
afterwards died, and expert examin-
alton showed that his mother had
given him arsenic. Her reason, it IS
supposed, was to prevent her son
from the disgrace of reaching the
next world in a manned condition.
This is a strong point with the Chi
nese, who always pickle an amputa-
ted member to have it buried with
them when they eventually die. In
this instance, the family being poor
and a whole leg being difficult to
pickle, the simpler course was taken
of poisoning the boy, SO that he and
his leg might go together.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26

THE FOLLOWING conversation be-
tween two colored citizens on the
subject of vaccination was recently
overheard on the streets
81 has bout made up NAH mind to
be vaccinated again.
"Hab yo' eber had yo'self vaccina-
ted the second time before ?"
eyes, sab, I'se been vaccinated
the second time two or three times
before and hit took ebery time 'cept-
in de fust time"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26

A WOMAN not two thousand miles
away was, without doubt, the most
flurried female one Sunday in seven
counties when she discovered, after
coming out of church, that her brand
new hat was adorned with a tag
whereon was inscribed the legend:
"Reduced to S2.75."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26

DUsTY-"When / came into the
yard, the bulldog showed his teeth"
Wraggles-"And what did you do -
Dusty-"The proper thing. I show
ed my heels.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26

"MY BOY is only 8 years old, and
he writes poetry" exclaimed the
proud parent. Never mind, old
chap" remarked the bachelor friend.
"Don't worry about it. He may out
grow it, you know"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26

'sI CARE not if you kill the goose
that lays the golden egg,' observed
the man with the impressionate nose,
80 long as you spare the COW that
gives milk punches" )"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26

MANY A fellow owns watch dog
who doesn't own watch.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26
JOHN j. ROCHE,

Likes, Berwanger s. Co., have established
a reputation for manufacturing the best
Clothing possible of construction, and their
prices are always fair.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26

UNCLE BoB-"Say, does the baby
always holler like that till he gets
what he wants?"
Papa-'Yes and then he general
ly hollers for something else. F"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26

HOAX Isn't it strange how many
people say funny when they mean
peculiar p"
Joax-"Yes funny, isn't it,"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-26
VOL. SO. WHOLE No. 1916
Attprneus at Eaur.

WY GILL SMITH,
Ofice-No. Smedley Row, Towsontown.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-12-15
TILE FOR UNDERDRAINAGE.

There is no need of caution con-
corning the use of soft tile for under
drainage. | grant that it is matter
of opinion only, but it is probable that
many underdrains will be short lived
because the material used was too
soft. 1t is short-sighted policy on
the part of tile burners to dispose OF
any tile that has not been burned hard
enough to make it absolutely safe.
There is less loss in a soft burned kiln,
because the warping and cracking is
less, and burners do not burn hard I'M
less there is an absolute demand on
the part of purchasers, but it is reas-
enable to believe that the hard-burned
will outlast the soft-burned. l know
that this is true of mains that cannot
be put below the frost line for any rea-
son. as is shown by the crumbling OF
very soft tile during winter above
ground. But no matter how great the
depth, the presence of air and water
will finally cause the tile to give way.
1t is too porous. The claim was made
formerly that tile should be porous to
admit the water in the soil, but we
know this to be entirely unnecessary.
The most of the water enters the
drain at the joints, and it can do this
easily, no matter how tight we may
seek to make them. Tile should be
burned sufficiently hard to remove any
particular danger of breakage in hand
either in hauling, laying or covering.
In the case of soft tile there is con-
slant danger that a piece may be dam
aged without the workman's know
ledge in laying or covering, and
single flaw in the drain may render 1t
useless. 1t is not business to buy any
drain-tile that is not hard enough to
stand lot of strain or that is so por-
Gus that the least frost weakens it.
Use strong drain-tile.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-12-15
The Mix-up In Our Irrigation Laws
w. r. Thomas.

From the very earliest periods OF
judicial procedure courts have en-
forced the claims of riparian owners,
and given protection to navigation
rights in the interest Of commerce,
until it has come to be regarded as
binding obligation, resting upon
Judges to do so. Now comes irriga-
ton with it's claim to appropriate the
waters of running streams for the
beneficial purposes of agriculture. Its
needs and demands are so revolu-
tionary as compared with the judi
cially, time-honored principles and
precedents of the common law, that
fears may we'll be expressed lest
Judges regard it as an interlOper and
an upstart Herein is the danger. r.
rigation is a new claimant for judi
cial favor and recognition and it's
standing in the courts is yet to be
fully and satisfactorily established.
Judges and jurists have yet to learn
to appreciate the fact that a new COM
mon law, born of new industrial and
climatic conditions, of necessities I'M
known to other portions of the repub-
lie, or in former citadels of the
jurisprudence, has arisen in the vast
domain of the West.
If this region is to continue to pro-
gress, if it is to become productive
and prosperous, if it's natural re-
sources are to be developed, it's in
dustries are to be encouraged and
multiplied, if it is to be peopled by
an intelligent, thriving, patriotic pop
ulation, then this new common law,
the right to appropriate water for ir-
rigation purposes, must not only be
recognized, but made part of the
fundamental law of the republic. Do
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-12-15
Tarred Paper COVERINGS.

Many poultry houses are covered
with tarred paper, and after it has been
on for a while, especially through a
winter, it will be seen to break in
places, or get holes in it, When it is
first put on there is way to preserve
it so that it will last a number of
years. 1t should be fastened down well
(the two-ply paper being generally
used), then give it a good coating of
the paint made especially for that pur-
pose, and which usually comes with
the paper. At the end of the first
year it will require another coat, then
another in five years, then in ten, and
so on. Give the roof little attention
the first six months and the rest is
very easy.
BIsnchard's Poultry Book 20
cts. Address The Ranch.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1902-12-15

the. justices of the supreme court com
prehend these facts, these conditions,
these necessities? This question is
yet to be determined. There are
learned and eminent men on that
bench who never saw an irrigating
ditch, to whom agriculture by irriga
ton seems more a myth than vast
industry in which millions of dollars
are invested, on which whole com
monwealths are dependent for their
very existence.
These men do not seem to fully
realize all the vital points which in
volve the homes of millions of people
and who, because of a want of knowl-
edge of the actually existing facts,
fail to comprehend the destruction
they are capable of working by judi
cial DEGREES. No judge is competer
to apply the law or to enforce equity
as regards an industry affecting the
rights and interests of a vast number
of people who third dawofodl uOpouipn
with the terms and practices and
excellent their regulations, I can not
but doubt the capacity of judges to
intelligently and impartially deter
mine a question SO vital to the well
fare of so many states and so many
communities, who have not some per-
sonal knowledge at least of the physi-
cal conditions prevailing in the region
out of which have sprung the issues
now at the bar of their courts If the
trend of judicial sentiment be re-
garded as against the right of the
people of the arid west to appreciate
the water of natural streams for pur-
poses of irrigation the trend of con-
gressional legislation has been other
wise.
In this fact lies the hope of the
doctrine of prior appropriation as
against all other pleas. We are all
familiar with the manner in which
mining rights and water rights for
mining, as well as for agriculture,
took their rise on public domain. So
far as Colorado is concerned, these
rights had taken form and obtained
before the territory was organized in
1861, and the same is true of other
arid states. No code of laws in ar
nation, or at any period of time, ev
sprung so directly from the peoI
themselves. These codes were recC
nized as just, proper and necessar.
by the earliest territorial legislatures
and transformed into statute law and
administered and enforced by the
courts. Thus these rights became
vested under local law and judicial
practice. They lacked, however, con-
gressional recognition, since the pub
lie domain was affected and the ter
ritories were subject to congressional
or federal control.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-15
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Quotations-All Quotations Based
on Par of 100.

first mortgage, due 1920 0..... l15
Peoples Street Railway. first
mortgage, due 1918 ....-...... ll5
Peoples Street Railway, Cen
eral mortgage. due 192l,.... lis -,
Scranton 'rrac. Co., per cent. ll5 ...
Economy L., II. g. p. Co.., ... 81
N. Jersey & Pocono Ice Co.. -. 81
Consolida ted Water Supply Co -, 105
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-15
THE MARKETS..
Wall Street Review.

New York, Nov 14.--A renewal Of heavy
tquidati ton in the stock market this az
ternoon and q violent, drive by an organ, l,,,
zed bear party caused a disorderly slump
TO the lowest prices of the week. Even
at the final rally, due to the scramble
amongst bears TO cover their short con,
tracts, which lifted prices one to three
points above the lowest for the weakest
active stocks, the prices of not n few I'm n.
portant stocks are lower than before for
the week. At the extreme declines when
were made early In the final hour losses
of from three to seven and quarter were
shown by the stocks which bore the prun.
7i1 point decline from Yesterdays. Rock
island 6k the preferred z, Baltimore and
Ohio and Louisville 5H; CANADIAN ,,,ai paeinc an.
Reading 4 Pennsylvania 3ss and nun. num-
her of the Pacifics. coalers and other
stocks 3 points or over. The iierceness
mud suddenness OF the RAID came al the d snp.
port given to the market at the open,iig
decline and the cagerness shown by lile
bears who sold short YESTERDAY, rs AMID % tumb ITb
of rumors of financial difficulties ana
probable failures which gave act,ye en-, IN
the making of denials. The wiping OUT
Of markins and the uncoveiing OF stop
loss orders dislodged great asSanyinr mass oil Sn
the market. No doubt very heavy specui-
]ative losses were involved IN some Oh tnis
selling The knowledge OF tne pTecdriouS
situation of some very extensivc long ac-
counts doubtless figured In the formation
of the powerful bear party which broke
the market. Some of the selling To-Day
was alleged to be by holders of stocks
who have maintained their holdings Tor
8, long time and through all the period OF
the late advances. These holders have
seen immense paper profits melt away
with the disintegration of prices and were
driven to sell out today to avoid losses.
There was no immediate news on wh,ch
to base the attack upon values beyond
the prospect of n poor bank return TO-
morrow Yesterdays announcement ny
the Pennsylvania company of 10 per
cent. increase of wages which would be
equivalent to a large proportion OF the
amount at present paid in dividends was
u disturbing factor in view of the recent
discussion of this very subject. Pennsyl-
vania and its affiliated stocks We're the
first in the market to show acute weak
ness. The announcement of a bank siS-
pension in Boston was also taken adNan-
fage of by the bears and spectators at
that center were supposed to be aimed
Mt by the raidng tactics in some stocks.
Total sales today. 1,279.000 shares. Bonds
were weak in sympathy with stocks. To-
tal sales par value. S665. United States
% and old As declined 4 per cent on the
last call.
The following quotations are furnished
The Tribune by Haight g. Freese Co, 3lA-
Bis Mears Building. w. D. Runyon, man
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-15

inal; track white western, s6a3ic; trad
white state. 36a3Ic.; on a fair speculatid
trade oats ruled firm all day with corr
December closed 35%c. Butter-tirm; e.
ira creamery, 26isc.: factory, 16a1Sc
creamery, common to choice, c0a251sc
imitation creamery, 17ha21c.: state daiii
19a25c.; renovated, 11iaa21c. Cheese-Firn
old. 12s4a13c.; new, 12Iac.; small white, oil
12sta13c.; new, 12iac; large white. old, 13o
new. 12lac.: large colored, old. 13c. neV
121sc. Eggs--Firm; average best, 2Sa2S1ac
refrigerated 1Sa2lc. western fancy, n
27c.; western poor TO prime, 20a25c.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-15
Chicago Grain Market.

Chicago, Nov. 14.--There was a heav
trade in wheat today and prices wei
higher: December closing lsaHc. highei
December corn. Ssc higher and oats
exc. higher to TIsal0c. lower. Cash qu,
tations were as follows: Flour--SteadS
No. . spring wheat. 72a73c.; No. 3, 66h
I0c.; No. 2 red. T1Ra72Ac.; No. 2 corr
No. 8 white, 29Ia32c.; No. rye. 49iac
good feeding barley, 35a3;c.; fair to choc
mailing. 4Sa5Sc.; No. flax seed, 81 IL; NJ
northwestern, Sl.21: prime timothy sect
$3.50; mess pork Sl6.SIisa17; lard, si.55alO q
short ribs. $tOa1O.20: dry salted shoulders
Sg.5Oa9 GIih; short clear sidas, SlOalO.25.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-15
New York Grain and Produce Msrks.

New York, Nov. H,-FIour-Market was
firm with a continued fair demand from
29ssersi e sievator Masa!sp9' No. rea i iss &c. req
ailoat; No. northern Duluth, s17se. I. o.
b. ahoat; options quiet but generally iirm
all day. The close was firm at Ac. net
advance. Sales included No. red May,
closed 7sc. December, 7s7sc. Corn-spot
firm; No. g, 66c, elevator and 6SlAc. 4. o.
D., ahoat; No. yellow, 66Sc.; No. white,
again strong and active, with May fol-
lowing at slower pace. Near months
closed &a7sc. net higher and May un-
NoYember. 63c; December, $3.50. Oats
srot steady; No. 9. Sllsc.; No. 3. 337sc.; I;
stanGard white. Sc; No. white, 3Tc.; No.
3 white S8lae.; track mixed western. nom
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-15
Scranton Wholesale Market.

corrected Dy r. G, Dale, 27 LaelSa. Ave.)
Flour-si.i0.
Butter-Fresh creamery. a6c,; fresh
dairy, 25l2c
Cheese-l3al3kc
Eggs Nearby. 30c.; storage, 22c.
Marrow Beans Per bushel, $2S5
Onion--Per bushel, 65a70c.
Potatoes-65c. per bushel.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-15
Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, Nov. 1i.-Cattle- Receipts. 2,jOl
including 500 westerns; steady: good Il
575: stockers and feeders, s2ad.G5 cows
81 4Oa4.50; heifers, $2a4.75: Gamers, 81. III
2.40: bulls, s2a4.50; calves. $3.50a7: TeXai
fed steers, s3a4; western steers. s3.50a5.5O
15,OOO; left over, 5000; strong to sc. hlihcr
close easy; mixed and butchers. S5.95a6. u
good to choice heavy, s6.;0a550;. rougl
heavy, $5.90a6.20; light, S5.95a6.30; bulk q
sa les sG 15a6 10