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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-01-31

100 NvpJ lest. -
''D Ted THOMAS DAWSON, Clerk
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-01-31

Just NJ sou are pleased ut hnding
faults you arp dlspleased at finding
perfcC lion. iayater.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-01-31

MONEY TO LOAN.
5000, In sums OF 81 900 and upward,
on approved real estate security.
PHILIP D. LAIRD,
Attorney at Law,
feb 23-n Rockville, Md
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-04-10

Il have not the slightest hesitancy
in recommending Chamberlain g
Cough Remedy TO all who are suffer-
ing from coughs or colds" says
Chas. M. Cramer, Esq. well known
watch maker. OF Colombo, Ceylon.
1T has been some two years since
the City Dispensary first called my
attention to this valuable medicine
and have repeatedly used IL and it
has always been beneficial. Ii has
cured rne quickly of all chest colds.
II is especially effective for children
and seldom takes more than one bot
tie to cure them of hoarseness. /
have persuaded many to try this
valuable medicine, and they are all
as well pleased as myself over the
results" Sold by Greenwell Il
Drury, Leonardtown.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-04-10
Thomas Dunn English Dead.

was The Author OF BEN Boit'' And An IN.
DR.. Thomas Dunn English died
April I. 1909. He had been III for
several weeks. and death was not
unexpected.
DIR. English, who was a writer Of
some note, was widely known as tbs
author OF Ben Bolt.
He was born in Philadelphia in
1919. and graduated at the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania as doctor Of
medicine in 1899. Later he studied
law and was admitted to the Phila-
ielphia bur. From 1874 TO 1859 he
was engaged in journalism in New
York, after which be came TO New
ark to practice medicine. He-was o
member OF the New Jersey Legisla-
la.ura in 1863 81. He served two
terms 10 Congress from a New Jer-
sey distriet, being q Democrat.
Among DR.. English s other works
were Poems, 'kmeriean Ballads,
Book of Battle Lyrics. " Walter
Woolfe, Jacob SchuyieF's Mill
ions, Ambrose Fecit; or, ths Peer
and the Painter"
DIR. English's famous 'Ben Bolt"
brought into high favor in recent
years in connection with it's use i'm
Du Maurier's 'Trilby," is as fol-
lows:
BEN BOLT.
Don't you remember sweet Alice. Ben Rolf,
Sweet Alice whose hair was 90 brown.
Who wept with delight when you gave her q
smile.
And trembled with fear at your frowni
La the old church-yard In the valley. Ben Bolt.
In q corner obscure and alone.
They have atted slab OF the granite 90 gray.
And Alice lies under the stone.
Under the hlckory-tree. Ben Boss.
which stood at the foot OF the hiEi.
Together we've lain In che nooDdav shade.
And listeaed 10 Appleton's ulIl.
The MILL wheel has fallen 20 pieces. Iien Bols,
Tne rafters have tumbsed Ia.
And a quiet that crawls round the walls as you
gaze
Has followed the olden did.
Do you mind the cabin OF logs. Ben Bolt.
At the edge of the pathIess wood.
Add the button-ball tree with its motley llmbs.
which nigh By the doorstep ssoodf
The Gat1n 20 ruin has gone. Ben Bolt;
The tree you would seek in vain;
And whers once the lords Of the forest waved
Are grass asa the golden grain.
And don't you rezAenber the school. Ben Bolt.
with the master 90 cruel and grim.
And the shaded nook In the running brook
Where the chiidren went 90 Rwimf
Grass grows ON the masters grave, Ben Bolt:
The spring of the brook is dry.
Ard of all the boys who were schoolmates then
There are only you and I.
There Is change In the thIass loved, Zen Bolt.
They have changed from the old 20 the new;
But feel In the deeps Of my spirit the truth,
There never was chang" In you.
Tweivemonths twenty have passed Ben Bolt.
Since nrst We were friends jet hail
Your presence q blessing. your friendship q
truth.
Ben Bolt Of the salf.sea walaf
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-04-10

CHARCOAL EPH's DAILY THOUGHT.
dat oil mule OBJ mine jess lax
some nsen, said Charcoal Eph. after
an in effectual attempt TO make Mr.
Jackson chop his wood. He run
one day lax de debbil's aftah him,
an he been loafin' evab sence LAX de
debbil done coiched him, an 'tain't
no use { run no mo-.
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New-York tribune., 1902-03-09

men for a ride. Only compliance with their i'm
portunties was necessary to give the flood Of
1902 the spice of fatality which was needed to
perpetuatc its fame.
Among the thrifty business ventures incident
to the food was which owed its success to
the number of strangers in the city. y boy with
a raft accumulated a goodly store of nickels by
rowing people to the gate of old Fort Pitt and
giving them one short peep at the ancient build
ings behind the high iron fence. The distance
from dry pavement the sate was less than
one hundred feet.
In Fourth-st, Pittshurg, near the Allegheny
River a colony of licensed truckmcn lives, and
the carts are kept in the street on Sunday
morning these tenements completely cut
off from the city except by water conveyances.
head of of the families, who rowed out in
a longboat with two pals conspiCuousy showing
at the stern asked what he wanted. He
looked pityingly at his questioncr and replied:
'Pfwhat the divil dye think? What could
Pat Murphy hope to fill two pals wid barrin'
wather? The spalpeens had divil drop since
yesterday Sure, an there's wather to spare all
over the house. but divil drop to drink"
The perversity of human nature was made ap-
parent on Sunday afternoon in peculiar way.
Hundreds of people were constantly crossing the
Sixth-st. bridge in both directions. a levee rat
was asked whether they were Pittsburgers or
Aneghenians
Both kinds" was the reply. "Ye see, the
AlIegherys is all goin across to pity flood
stricken Pittsburg, an the Pittsburgers is all
comm over to sympathize with waterlogged
Allegheny. Nobody's got sense enough to feel
bad about it on his own side o the river, 'cept
them as can't get out O their homes 'thout
swimmn."
Near the Allegheny end of the Sixth and Fed
eral-st bridge a locomotive all under water
except the smokestack and SandboX i foot Of
the boiler and the top of the cab
Whats that" asked a pert miss of OF
the wharf rats, who were near in force.
"Oh, that's Emperor Williams yacht that
was launched the first O. the week. said the
boy, without even a smile to indicate that he
was enjoying his share of the humor of the
great flood.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09

tention- Fifth-aye. art dealers are much in
evidence at these auctions, and buy for them
selves as well execute orders for private col
lectOrs.
That it is sometimes wise to bid through an
agent is shown by a recent incident a well
known Boston woman visited an exhibition in
this city with her son, who is an undergraduate
at Harvard He expressed a desire for a pair of
paintings-French court scenes-in neat Louis
AN frames. She promised to buy them for him.
and went TO the auction in person. Her seat
was in the rear of the room, and while she could
not see the paintings she thought she recog-
nized the frames. and bid in the pictures. They
were sent by express to the sons quarters at
college. He opened them, and found not the In
nocent court scenes which he had admired but
a pair Of rather daring canvases-
Well. this is a joke on mother" he said TO his
room mate but they just the thing for the
study" and they were hung without delay.
1t was only day two later when a good
old Puritan clergyman and lifelong friend Of
the family. visited the boy at his quarters. He
gazed in horror at the French paintings and
began TO demonstrate.
Il am most sorry to you show taste for
such things, my boy" he said il solemn tones.
These pictures are hardly the thing for an un-
dergraduates study"
My mother sent them to me-" said the boy
with a show Of dignity. They must be all
right, she would not have bought them"
The clergyman hurried back to Boston to
demonstrate with the mstron. who was Mortified
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09

at her mistake, and the paintings will be sent
back to the New-York dealer.
The reputation Of the collections offered at
auction makes a great difference in the prices
which the paintings bring. Many of the pri-
vate collectors who buy are afraid of getting
copies instead of the originals. If the collec-
ton is made by who is a recognized au-
thority, the auction room will be crowded. If
the collector is unknown, many persons stay
away, for they would rather buy from a recog-
nized dealer who can guarantee what he sells.
Every sale Of good pictures increases the
general interest in art" said Thomas f.. Kirby,
the art auctioneer yesterday to a Tribune re-
porter. Il believe that the dispersal of art
collections does more in this way than the great
museums. The latter stimulate art interest
among those who cannot afford TO paint
ings but the rich man who may become art
patron does not take the time and trouble to
study the public collections. He is interested
in the paintings which hang in his own gallery
if he has one, and those in the galleries Of his
friends. The spirit Of rivalry enters into the
matter, and the purchase Of first class exam
pies of art no longer becomes question Of cost.
There is a constantly increasing demand for fine
paintings, owing to the fact that our rich men
are building big houses which they desire to
embeilish This demand has been of great help
TO our native artists well 70 those of for
eign countries"
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09

The estate and the amount OF the sale was
t-zO5163 The estate Of A. T. Stewart art
auction, IN 1887, brought S575.000 In 1891 the
George L Seney collection Of paintings was sold
Il auction for 5000 $50. The Thomas b. Clarke
collection Of American paintings, Oriental porce-
kins and Greek art brought S30S, 1O4 when sold
Al auction in 1899
An art auction differs in many ways from
the ordinary sale to the highest bidder. OF
Course. there is no red flag hanging in front
Of the hall. and no ringing Of bells. Instead 1t
Is as dignifed as play, and loud bidding Is the
eIception. great deal Of preliminary work
falls upon the company which is conducting the
sale In the first place the collection Is most
carefully cataIogucd Neatly bound books In
which the paintings are described in detaA ana
more OF less information given regarding the
painter are printed Then the collection Is ar
ranged IN A gallery, and the exhibition opehed
70 the public Prospective bidders spend lnuch
tine examining the paintings, and ii IS seido'ii
that d bid is received from one VINO mas Ho'
pent some time in the exhibition gaHeTy'
As there is no saIesroom in this city large
enough 10 accommodate tie crowd winch a'
tends important auction, the sales are Ii''N
II some hall Tickets Of admission are lssueu DS
NE firm IN charge Of the auction, ana are
usually 10 be had for the asking. ms puts "
sufficient check those who are merely cufl-
QUE Lovers Of fine paintings have made these
art auctions social as well business events.
Almost every one who attends is in fun even
mg dress They made as comfortable as
possible. and every effort Is put forth to sho"
he pictures TO the best advantage. One hrIn
uses a background Of plush. on which Is pat
GIL arrangement for holding the paintings The
curtain is dropped after each sale. and remains
"h until another painting is substituted.
Sshers stationed In the aisles do most of the
t,.a thE' calling the offers whispered to them by
1uefS La The part Of the hall which they cover.
Ma saves confusion. and enables patrons to
themselves without attracting undue at
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09
ART SALES AT AUCTION.
BOW IMPORTANT PAINTINGS ARE DIS
POSED OF-INCREAsED INTEREST
OF COLLECTORS.

OF COLLECTORS
This city has become the recognized centre
tnr public ait sales, and rich persons from all
parts Of the country come here to attend the
auctions Of paintings, several of which are held
sTery winter When collections made in other
cities ara TO be broken up the finest paintings
are usually sent here. The number of art auc-
tons held this year has been large, and never
has the bidding been more spirited.
The sale Of the z. F. Milhken collection, held
q few weeks ago by the American Art Associ-
alton Is a good example. There were twenty
nix paintings in the collection, yet the amount
Of the proceeds Of the sale was S12S.325 Bid
ding was 50 spirited that the auction was con-
eluded in a little more than an hour. Titan's
Portrait Of GiorEio Carnaro'' brought the high
est price, $4,000 The first bid for this cele-
brated canvas was 10000, and the bids which
advanced it TO the final figure were from $1,000
70 $1,000 each. At the same sale Corot's "St.
Sebastian" brought $4,000.
There have been many sales in the past
which reached much greater figures than the
HiIliken sale, but the number of offerings were
greater. Perhaps the largest public art auction
ever held here was the Morgan collection OF
paintings. etchings, porcelalns silver and liter
ay property. 1t was held in 1886 in settling up
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09
ICE BREAKING BOATS FAIL.

From advance sheets of Consular Reports.
Under date of February |. 1902, Consul Gen-
eTal Holloway writes from ST. Petersburg:
The difficulties encountered in crossing Lake
Baikal in winter shown by a published
statement that the Trans-Siberian express.
which reached MySsoVaya, one of the termni OF
the lake passage on January =. was detained al
that place for six days. The passengers We're
finally compelled to cross the frozen surface a
distance of upward of thirty miles in open
seighs and on horseback. with the thermometer
registering y degrees below zero. The power
full ice breakers, built in England, useless
against the dense mass of ice, which. owing to
high winds. oVerlaps and packs. making ths
surface extremely rough and almost impassa-
bic. 1t is not expected that the railroad around
the lake will be completed under two years"
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09
THE PITTSBURG FLOOD:
Continued from page nine.

Of water man was sounding the depths with
a long pole. Asked what he was doing, he re-
piled that he was trying to figure out how much
more Of a rise would be necessary to enable
him to turn the Emperor's new yacht IN that
basin.
-I,nn of a mathematical turn Of mind" he said.
ano,oeetIcaIly. "and you know Prince Henry
nassed through Pittsburg an hour or two ago.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09

That set me thinking. and. with me. to think is
to act" He figuring industriousy a
barrel cover when last seen.
A theatre in Peyon-ave,. Pittsburg, was under
water Saturday night to the top OF the first
row OF orchestra chairs. A wag tackled on the
door a card Inscribed:
New-York tribune., 1902-03-09
BROADENING.

From The Philadelphia Record
Travel brOadens a Lots of fellows s0IeAd
themselves when they so away.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-03-18
$SssS$$% IT, %hS$ @ S$$ s 81 % %%SS
DR. STEVENS CO., NV Cor Gay and High Ss, COLUMBUS, 0.

or in the Massillon state hospital
The unfortunate woman does not
imprison herself in the rooms allotted
to her on the second floor, but has
made it a practice to travel about the
neighborhood. She is tottering gray
haired woman. Her clothes are in rags
and when she goes into the street they
almost drop from her. Several char
have taken her in a number Of times
and improved her condition consider
ably, but it is not long until she is
soon in the same state
NEIGHBORS AGITATING.
Mr.. Becher has requested these same
again and fix her up, but they have
refused, holding that he should send
her to the asylum. The woman has
two married daughters, single
daughter about 40 years old and son,
William Becher, living on Cherry
street.
Since the sanitary officer notified Mr..
Becher about 10 days ago to clean up
the room and care for his wife, the
neighbors say that no change has been
made and several are threatening to
go before the board of health to file a
formal complaint. They say that the
woman has been permitted to live in a
state of filth and dementia for four or
five years and declare that some dis
position should be made Of her.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-03-18
FALL OF THE COP.
Hurt His Back, Prey ESQ psd.

(Stan Specially
Alliance, March 15.-Aout o'clock
this morning officers Robert Green
and Martin Kale. of the city police
force. noticed two men standing at the
north end of T. B. Culp's dry goods
store. When the policemen started
toward the men the latter ran ives
through the alley toward the new
Crist building.
The officers were in close pursuit and
running, when, owing to the darkness,
Officer Green fell over the guard rail
and into trench in which water pipes
were being laid. The ditch was cn;y
four feet deep but the fall resulted
in the officer being badly injured. The
city ambulance took him to his home
where 1t was found that he was suffer-
ing from a badly sprained back.
The supposed robbers succeeded in
escaping.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-03-18
VOL LSELEY
TO AFRICA
Methuen's Release May
be Means of Opening
Peace Negotiations.

tNews-Democrat Leased Wire servico)
London, March 14.-Field Marshal
Lord Wolseley will sail at once for
South Africa. The government says
his trip is unofficial and for his
health. The general belief Is that he
goes as peace commissioner, and to
advise with Lord Kitchener.
Amsterdam, March 14.-The Beers
here state that General Delarey re-
leased Lord Methuen as a part of their
settled policy to treat prisoners with
the greatest generosity, thereby hop
ing to stop the ISLANDERS that represent
them as being only banGitti. They
wish to present a spectacle to the civ
ilized world in contrast to that of the
British treatment Of Commandant
Scheeper and others.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-03-18
TEXTILE WORKMEN
ARE ORDERED OUT
ConfereneeWith Ma n ufa cture, .
Proves Uusatisfae c etory--Un-
willing to Grant Advance.

News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.)
Fall River. Mass, March 15.-The
conference this morning between the
executive committee of the textile
manufacturers and the secretaries Of
five labor unions lasted an hour and
half and adjourned without result.
This means a strike of $4,000 men
Monday. The manufacturers claim
they can not afford to give 10 per
cent. advance. They are willing 10
give six per cent Monday instead of
April as previously agreed.
The proposition not acceptable to
the secretaries who stated after the
meeting they would have the men out
Monday,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-03-18
ALASKAN VOLCANO
IS IN ERUPTION
Sides OF Mountain Gap Wide
ard Ashes Flow Hish-.Csus.
ed n Tidal Wave.

(News-Democrat Leased Wire service.)
Seattle, March 15.-A Juneau spec
ial says a terrific volcanic eruption oc-
Cured near Renal, in Cooks inlet,
Alaska, on New Years day. A severe
earthquake burst the mountain asun-
der, leaving large gap from which
Subsequently tidal wave did much
damage. The water In the inlet rose
to great height, and terror reigned
throughout the locality.
The mountain continues to smoke oc-
casionally. There was large flow Of
lava.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-03-18
WILLIAMS HOTEL
CHANGES HANDS
Louis Gibbs Buys tho Property
Tor $26,ooo--crystai Park
Lots Transferrsd.

Many important, transfers OF real
estate are taking place In Canton.
Harry Miller has sold the Williams
hotel property in North Market street
to Lewis Gibbs and SON for $4,000.
This property rents for $16O a month.
The Canton board of trade has made
formal transfers of 1886 lots in the Cry
stal park addition to the Carnahan
Land and Improvement company, the
consideration being 81.
Hiram Doll has sold his South
Market street property, running back
to Court street, to c. A. Dougherty,
but the price has not been made pub
lie. This property Is just south of the
City National bank building.
William l.. Davis has sold lot 256
to Ray C. Piero for $4,000.
C. Edward Holden has purchased lot
So In the Fifth ward from John r.
Wagner for $6.500.
Charles N. Nye sold to John G. Due
ber lot 2590 In the Seventh ward for
$3.50.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-03-18
CRUELNECLECT.
Is Charged Against This
Canton Man.
HIS DEMENTED WIFE
IL kep in the Up-S.airs of His
Home While He Lives With
Another Woman Be-

Henry Becher, aged about "a years,
an old resident of Canton. and for 80
years an employe Of the Aultman COM
pany has been warned by City Sanitary
Officer James Sell to clean the rooms
occupied by his partly demented wife
and to keep the woman in better con-
dition. Becher has lived for years in
the two story frame house on South
Market street near Charles street.
A number of years ago, his wife be-
gan to show signs of mental failing.
Apother woman was imported into the
household about five years ago and
since then has been doing the house
work. She is known to the neighbors
as Hattie" but any other name she
might have is unknown to them.
For years past old Mrs. Becher. who
is 72 years old, has been living on the
second floor of her husbands home
She has refused to allow any one in
the rooms and permits no one about
the house to touch her. Her condition
and the condition of her rooms has
been constant annoyance to the
neighbors and complaint was made to
Mayor Robertson and the health au-
thorities.
NOTIFIED BECHER.
Sanitary Officer Sell went to see Mr..
Becher and ordered him to clean the
rooms and take care Of his wife. This
was about 10 days ago, but. the neigh
bors stated on Saturday morning,
nothing has been done.
Mr.. Becher excused his conduct on
the grounds that his wife would not
allow anybody In her rooms nor would
she permit them to keep her in good
condition. The woman who has beer
living in the house has refused to care
for Mrs. Becher and her wretched con-
dltion has called forth sympathy from
the neighbors. They claim that she
should be cared for In the infirmary