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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-11
N, MD, SATURDAY, APRIL IL, 1908.

dress by a talented member of the
bar, who then presented the crowns
70 the gallant knights, which they in
turn placed upon the sun-kissed locks
OF their charming ladies, after which
the string band struck up and soon
they were tripping the light fantastic
toe.
AT the conclusion of the royal dance
Mr.. Leon pleaded for two-step with
the maiden, to which she readily ac-
ceded. He then led her back to her
escort, thanking him profusely for
the pleasure of Miss Lilly's society.
Mr.. Pearson made him no answer,
which delighted him very much more
than the reply polished society man
ike himself would have given.
With slightly condescending
drawl he asked Miss Lilly, "May l do
myself the honor of calling on you
Saturday eve ?" only to hear her quick
@fsrly, "Thank you, Mr.. Leon, but I
am engaged for the evening. Mr..
Pearson has an engagement to take
me over to see my aunt. Some other
time, perhaps, if I do not happen to
be otherwise J e engaged
A year hence the little Quaker
teacher has written a popular novel.
Her name Isl everyone's lips. Mrs.
Leon is telling her dear fve-hundred
friends, "My son crowned her at the
tournament On Col. McDaniel's farm
last year. She is typical maiden of
the Society of Friends, SO quaint and
demure, with the peculiarly pure,
mild expression that belongs to that
sect of religion, and so very brilliant
for so young a woman. 1 shall well
come her as daughter with pride. /"
Mr.. Leon has gone to ask the mo-
mentous question, which, in his COM
placancy and false pride, he thinks
will be a mere favor. Miss Lilly re-
ceives him with her usual sweet un-
assuming manner.
After some little conversation he
quietly possesses himself of one of the
beautiful white hands that lie on the
arm of the chair and says:
LILLY, I am sure no words are
needed to tell you 1 love you. Will
you be my wife? You have fame
and l have position, and my mother
will welcome you gladly as my wife. y
"Spare yourself further words, Mr..
Leon. I am betrothed to Mr.. Pear
son, and if I were not / would never
marry you, as l heard your opinion
of me more than year ago. "A
dowdy little Quaker school marm'
were the terms you spoke of me in
to your mother at the tournament.
You doubtless remember the conver-
sation. l was very angry, but time
has cast its mellowing influence over
my evil temper, and I sincerely trust
you may never be guilty of such an
unmanly action again. -
Mr.. Leon took leave a sadly cha
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-11
ANOTHER HERO.

Let me tell you of hero who has never marched
away,
With gay flags above him flying, to be fearless in
the fray;
He has nevar heard the rattle of the rifles or the
roar
OF the havoc-dealing cannon as the shells go
screaming DER
He is not gallant soldier, and the world knows
not his name.
But, unlaureled, unapplauded, he's hero. just
the same.
All, the turkey was delicious that they piled
upon his plate,
And his sisters and his brothers chartered gayly
as they ate.
With thoughtful face he gently pushed his
white meat all aside
AND ne nibbled at the gizzard and wing. un-
satisfied;
Then he slipped his bunch of raisins in his pocket
on the sly
And was sorry that he couldn't hide away his
piece of pie.
At the. corner by the alley, where the wind
howled all the day,
Sat pale boy at window while his mother
sewed away,
And he held bunch of raisins and wishbone
that was bare,
Tasting still the tender white meat that had
chung so lately there.
have told you of my hero; men may never give
But think he has tabletup in heaven just the
same.
IS. E. Kissr, In Chicago Record Herald.
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THE FADING LIGHT OF DAY.

Jenny, gather up the scraps, and, Hetty, bring
the broom,
Sally. push the kettle back and tidy up the room
Now's the time, 'twixt day and dark. TO clear the
work away;
For the morn make ready by the fading light of
day.
"Come, my boys, bring in the wood and split the
kindling fine,
Fetch some water from the spring and feed the
waiting kline;
You'll not need the lantern, lads the twilight's
clear and gray,
Haste and you will finish by the fading light of
day."
Thus the dear house-mother spake, still busy all
the while,
Helping girls and cheering boys with gentle
word and smile,
Till the tasks were ended and the sons and
daughters gay
Gathered round the fireplace by the fading light
of day.
Scattered, scattered, far and wide, in distant
lands. and dead
Long the grass has waved above the gentle
mothers head;
But at nightfall even yet seem to hear her say:
For the morn make ready by the fading light
of day."
Wiser now, methinks therein that hidden mean
ings lurk,
Teaching ere that night shall come ssOvherein no
man can work,
Every soul be girded ready; God alone can say
II our eyes again behold the fading light of day.
-AdrsoR 4. II. Harmon, IN Boston Transcript.
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COUNTRY YOUTH IN CITIES.

1t is useless for us to argue OF
plead with the young men and young
women who come to the city from
agricultural districts and tell them
that they are standing on the edge of
a malestrom which year after year
engulfs hundreds of thousands of vic
tins. They come here dreaming of
fortune and success and honor and
renown.
We are not sorry that so many
come from the rural districts into the
congested communities, because they
are needed. 1t is a good thing for
us-no matter what may happen to
some of them-to have young men
and young women with hearts that
beat with the tenderest sympathy to
help us in our city. We need the
vitality that comes from the country.
You are as welcome to a pure breath
of air that comes from the ocean or
the pure water that runs down the
hills or flows through the valleys. 1
could amuse you by making compari-
sons between the country boy or girl
with their awkwardness and the sim
pering city youth with his dudish
ways.
1t is a good thing to have simple
country youth seeking employment
to stand before those hypocritic and
contemplate traders and look him in
the eye and go out satisfied that he
will not make foxy" business
man. Men have been ruined by such
advice. 1t is good thing to have
young men come to the city with
country ideas, for they are American
and not alien ideas of riot and revolu-
ton. You don't find many Anarch-
lists in our country homes. They
don't grow in New England or Penn
sylvania or up in New York State
along the lakes. 1t is in the cities,
with their dark alleys and open sa-
looms, that breed anarchistic ideas.
What would become of our cities
were it not for our American boys?
They believe in the Constitution and
in the Declaration of independence
and in liberty. So am glad to well
come the youth from the country be
cause they serve as balance wheel
which saves our cities from riot and
anarchy.
Many who come here succeed.
They tell you of the man who came
with mouse trap and left his family
wealthy, and of the boy from New
England with few skins who after
ward founded the Museum of Natural
History. They did not throw them
selves away by cigarette smoking or
other vices, but used their wealth to
build colleges and other useful insti-
tutions. Still 1 am sure that there
are many men born and reared in the
city that are the peers of those from
the country.
there is another side. According to
statistics, thousands Of youths go to
the bad each year in London, and the
same may be said of New York, Paris,
Vienna, aud all the other large cities.
So that man coming into the city
might as we'll expect to brave the
perils Of an African jungle, and he
must therefore be constantly on his
guard against temptation and be able
to saw "No E'-BV the Rey. DR..
George c. Loz1mey.
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ALLEN ". FINKERTON In THE
CIRCUIT COURT
vs. FOR
BALTIMORE COUNTY,
SARAH SMITH ET AL. IN EQUITY.
The object of this suit is to procure decree
for the sale of certain property, of which Frances
a. Smith, late Of Baltimore county, died seized,
for the payment of debts due to the plaintiff
!. The bill states that Adeline Hawkins died
intestate in June, 1895. leaving certain Frances
A. Smith, granddaughter, her sole heir at law !;
that at the time of the death of said Adeline
Hawkins, she was seized in fee simple of par
eel of land in said county, containing about one
survived her husband. Samuel Smith, and de-
parted this life January TO- 1901, leaving sur
viving her as her heirs at law the following
named children: ID Sarah Smith, unmarried
20 William Smith, who intermarried with Mary
Smith, CS Mary Jane Smith, unmarried, (4) Jacob
% marred @ James a. smith, Ud Sa and an
infant under the age of 81 years, and ~ Samuel
e: Smith. unmarried and an infant under the age
dertaker to bury the said Frances A. Smith and
paid the expenses thus incurred, amounting to
the sum of forty dollars; that the plaintiff paid
and 1901 that the said Frances A. Smith, at the
time of her death, owed a certain William r.
Earckson the sum OF twenty three dollars, which
claim the plaintiff paid and which claim said
William X. Earckson assigned to the plaintiff !;
that the said Frances A. Smith left no personal
estate sufficient to pay said moneys paid by plain
tif or any other debts which she might have had,
and left no real estate, except the parcel of land
of one and half acres above mentioned.
2. That two subpoenas were issued for said
William Smith and Mary Smith, his wife, both
of which have been returned non est whereupon
the plaintiff filed his petition praying for the
passage of this order
1t is thereupon, this 10th day of March, A. d.
1903, ordered by the Circuit Court for Baltimore
county. In equity, that the plaintiff, by causing
copy of this order to be inserted in some news
paper published in Baltimore county, once in
each Of four successive weeks before the 18th
day of April, 1903 give notice to the said defend
ants, William Smith and Mary Smith, his wife,
and John Thomas Smith. OF. the object and sub.
On or before the 50t1 day of AprtL, 1908,
to show cause, if any they have. why the decree
ought not to be passed as prayed.
N. CHARLES BURKE.
True Copy-Test:
n. B0SLEY MERRYMAN, Clerk.
Mch. 14.-5t
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-11

DOGER T. GILL. N. RUFUS GILL; &C.,
IL US. MARTHA P. WEBSTER, EFT AL, IN
THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY,
IN EQUITY.
ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Baltimore
county. this 31st day of March, 1903. that the
sale made and reported by Roger T. Gill, James
U. Dennis and David G.. Mcintosh, Jr., Trustees,
proceedings in the above entitled cause, be rat
flied and confirmed, unless cause to the contra
ry thereof be shown,
On or before the 27th day of ApriI, 1908,
Provided a copy of this order be inserted in some
newspaper printed and published in Baltimore
county, once in each of three successive weeks
before the said 9th day of April, 1903.
The report states the amount of sales to be
81, 10000 N. BOSLEY MERRYMAN, Clerk.
True Copy-Test: st:
Apl. At
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-11
WEAK IN THE ALPHABET.

"Why is it that with some men
some letters of the alphabet are hard
er to make than others and, in fact,
that there are some letters that some
men never learn how to make"
asked young man who takes con-
siderable interest in the matter of
handwriting in the New Orleans
zImeS-DemoaGt. ''It is a rather sin
gular fact that nearly every man out
side of the experts is weak on one or
more of the letters in the English al
phabet. Sometimes the letter involv-
ed is capital letter; sometimes it is
of the smaller kind I; sometimes it is
one letter and sometimes another.
In any event, you will find few men
who are exempt from the failing re-
ferred to.
II know of one man who in spite
of the fact that he does a great deal
of writing has never learned how to
make capital P. He simply makes
a stagger at it, and as rule, the re-
suit of his efforts will look more like
small p than like the capital P. l
know another man who caD't t make a
small to save his life. He can never
get the lower part Of the letter below
the line. He makes it look like a
clubfooted b instead of an f. There
are others who, when they try to make
the small b, give it the long shank,
and it looks more like the letter f.
1t is rather singular that these traits
should hang on to mans writing
for a lifetime, but they do it just the
same, and if you make few inquiries
among your friends and acquaintance
you will find that but few of them are
exempt from this fault.
cit is very much like the habit of
spelling certain words incorrectly.
Many men who are rated as first class
spoilers pass through life without ever
in a single instance spelling certain
words correctly. 1t is due to habit
largely. If yon should ask them
how to spell the word. they would
tell you, but, when they go to write
it, that is quite different, and they
will get it wrong every time. Sc
they know, too, how certain letters
should be made, but they simply can t
put them down on paper. II is Gu
rious but common fault"
FARMER HAYsEED-'I jes' tell
you this ere edication amt no good
to young man at all jes' spoils
'em."
Visitor-"Think SOP"
Farmer Hayseed-"Huh Know
so. Do you know Bill Smikes
Don't? He lives in that ere white
house over the hill. Well, Smikes
had boy he was bound to edicate,
an he did, too-sent him through the
hull business, frills and all, and mort.
gagged his farm to do it. Well, sir,
that boy come back from college such
a dunn fool that he was accepted as q
Juror in murder trial."
WHEN A man suffers from dyspep-
sia his wife deserves a lot of pity.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-11
HER LIVELIHOOD.

A young woman, who now lives in
Boston, has decided that it is not so
hard after all to make livelihood,
provided good looks, tact and presen-
table clothes be assets at the start.
Two years ago she was left alone
and penniless by her fathers death.
He left nothing to her save her edu-
cation and looks and a fair wardrobe.
In her need she took counsel with
a woman acquaintance upon whose
advice she knew she could depend.
"Tell me what to do" said she.
The elder woman assured her that
there must be something that would
fit her ability and told her to wait a
day or so; she needed time, she said,
to think it over.
When the young woman called two
days later her friend said trium-
phantly:
"I have thought it all out for you.
Come along"
They went to a wholesale house
where two dozen mems cravats of
fine quality and make were purchased.
The bill was guaranteed by the elder
woman, and the younger one started
out to sell them.
Her method was a simple one and
her facts and good manners were
great aids. Officers were visited and
the neckware sold like hot cakes.
Men exclaimed as her wares were
displayed that it was just what they
had been in need of but had not had
the time to hunt for. She met with
some unpleasant experiences, but her
good sense got her out of such diff
culties.
Her first lot of two dozen scarfs was
disposed of on the second day of her
venture and the wholesalers bill set
tied that afternoon. The net profit
on the lot was $34. A second lot
was Immediately purchased, and she
sold it more readily than the first as
her experience increased. Four
months later she was more than ST. 900
ahead Of her expenses.
The idea of making permanent
thing of the fine cravat business then
occurred to her and she determined
to learn the details of their manufac-
ture. She obtained place as a fin
ishing hand in large factory in New
York and worked hard for six months
learning the details of the business.
She received wages Of So a week
throughout this apprenticeship.
She left this place then and opened
small factory of her own not far
from Washington Square and was SC
successful that she was enabled a year
later to open a much larger establish
ment in Boston. She now lives there
and owns lucrative business which
promises, eventually, to yield her a
| fortune.
Mr.. GooDcATcH Calling on the
eldest sister)-"Why, Johnny, how
you are growing. You'll be mar
before your sister, if you keep on"
Johnny-"You bet 1 will Sister'l 1
never be man if she keeps on being
twenty like she has for the last five
years"
Then there was trouble in the
household.
VIsIToR-"And aren't you going
to send your son to college, Mrs
Brisk 7" Mrs. B.-"No; we've con
cluded it's useless. His hair is SC
thin that there's no hope of his evel
| getting on the football team"
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@. Ross Mace, Attorney at LGtc, 10 Daily
Record Building, Baltimore, Md.

Record building, baltimore, Md.
TTlHE GOLDEN RING PERMANENT LAND
i AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF BALTI-
MORE COUNTY US. WILLIAM WENTZEL
AND AMELIA WENTZEL,, HIS WIFE, IN THE
CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY, IN
EQUITY.
county. this 18th day of March, 1903, that the
sale made and reported by c. Ross Mace, Attor
ney named in mortgage, for the sale of the prop
entitled cause be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary thereof be shown,
On or before the goth day of ApriI, 1908 !;
Provided copy of this order be inserted in
some newspaper printed and published in Balti-
weeks before the said 10th day of April. 1903.
The report states the amount of sales to be
$1,4l000. N. BOSLEY MERRYMAN, Clerk.
True Copy-Test:
N. BOSLEY MERRYMAN, Clerk.
Mch. 2S.-4t
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WHY NOT An INFIpE2

81 once met thoughtful scholar, y
said Bishop Whipple, "who told me
he had read every book he could
which assailed the religion of Jesus
Christ, and he said he should have
become an infdel but for three things:
First, l am a man. l am going
somewhere. Tonight I am day
nearer the grave than was last night.
l have read all such books can tell
me. They shed not one solitary ray
of hope or light upon the darkness.
They shall not take away the guide
and leave me stone-blind. Second,
l had mother. 1 saw her go down
in the valley where I am going, and
she leaned on an unseen arm as calm
ly as a child goes to sleep on its
mothers breast. 1 knew that was
not a dream. Third, / have three
motherless daughters. They have
no protection but myself. 1 would
rather kill them than leave them in
this sinful world, if you blot out from
it all the teachings of the gospel "
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-11

SHE (indignantly)-"Sir, what do
you mean by putting your arm around
my waist 7"
He (meekly)-Why, Ter thought
you wouldn't object. "
She-"Well, 1 do-and I'll give
you just three hours in which to re-
move it."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-11

SHE-'"Tom, dear, before get
you your birthday present I want you
to tell me how much you can afford
to pay for it,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-11

CHoLLY-"Why, Mabel, I haven't
seen you in age" Mabel-"You
horrid thing How dare you talk OF
age to me-.
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VIsIToR-"And aren't you going
to send your son to college, Mrs.
Brisk?" Mrs. B.-"No; we've con-
cluded it's useless. His hair is so
thin that there's no hope of his ever
getting on the football team.''
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-11

Roger 4. Gill, 216 st. Paul Street; james
U. Densais, S39 Equitable Building, and
David G.. Mcintosh, Jr., 1413 Cont
mental Building, Att0rneys.
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WHEN A man suffers from dyspep-
sia his wife deserves a lot of pity.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-11

MONEY TO LOAN ON MORTGAGES.
Apply to GRASON & BACON,
Ja .1S.-tf. TOwson, Nd.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-11
Copper Production.

The following statistics relative to the
production of copper, from reliable
source, indicate the importance Of the
United States as producer of that
metal:
Last years production is set at 542 40
tons, of which considerably more than
half, or 294, 800 tons, were taken from
the mines OF this country. The copper
production of the year 1902 was about
"a 900 tons greater than the production
OF the year 1901, but the copper produc.
ton of the United States was approx
mately $4,000 tons greater In the yeaa
1902 than In the year 1901, thus showing
that In that interval, at least, the gain
in output was II gain exclusively Ameri-
can. The next largest copper producing
area is Spain and Portugal, which is
credited In the year 1902 with an output
In round numbers of $4,000 tons; but
this product In the case of the Iberian
peninsula Is no greater than the output
Of the year 1886, while the quality of
copper mined In the United States WAS
more than four times greater In 1902
than it was sixteen years aho. Follow
Ing Spain as large producer comes
Mexico, with product OF 25795 tons,
Japan POTTS tons, Chill $3.50 tons,
Australasia 2S, $40 tons, and Germany
sos tons. The other countries of the
world show but relatively small out
put, and that apparently Of somewhat
stationary character.
The Somerset reporter., 1903-06-11
The Great Scarcity of Help.

The Maine Farmer says one trouble
with dairyipg In Main is that in almost
every neighborhood farmers are 10 be
found who re reducing their number of
cows, or at best are not increasing them
on account of the help problem.
In Newport Wednesday a professional
man said that to hire anyone 10 do job
now about town in the line of general
work is exceedingly difficult, in fact, it is
practically impossible.
at is very doubtful" said he, 'if those
who build houses here this summer will
be able to do so on account OF the lack of
wotkmen obtainable. This condition IS
one that has never confronted this COM
munity as seriously as at the present time
AT Pitsheld | have been told, the pro-
moters having the job OF constructing a
large dam few miles bell W the village to
develop about 1000 horse power, fear that
they will be unable 10 secure the force
necessary to do the work when they need
the men. Farmers are complaining. 10
the eastern part okthis town Henry Simp-
son has sold his place on account OF his
inability TO hire help TO carry 1t on. The
Lowell Fertilizer Co. owning the wool
pulleTy near the Name Central depot, has
had plans drawn for Too-foot extension
on one side OF the plant and another of IS
feet on the back side OF the present
structure. 1t has been expected that the
plans will be carried out this summer
but | don't know as the company will be
able to hire the men needed to do the
work unless they look elsewhere than
about this section y The gentleman also
declared that it was difficult to get the
same amount of work cut OF a man that
was possible few years ago for the same
number of hours and then the prices today
being paid are much higher.