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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20
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TLIBCE1Iat1eU1IB.
CHARTER OF THE
SECOND NATIONAL BANK
OF ToWSoN. MD.
No. 1881.
NO. 1881.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY,
WASHINGTON, d. c., October 1st, 1905.
WHEREAS, By satisfactory evidence presented
to the undersigned, 1t has been made to appear
that "The Second National Bank of Towson," in
the Town of Towson, in the County of Baltimore,
and State of Maryland. has complied with all the
provisions of the Statutes of the United States,
REQUIRED to be complied with before an associa-
tion shall be authorized to commence the busi-
ness of Banking;
troller of the Currency, do hereby certify that
"The Second National Bank of T0wson," in the
Town Of Towson, in the County of Baltimore and
State of Maryland, is authorized to commence
the business of Banking, as provided in Section
Fifty-One Hundred and Sixty-Nine OF the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF witness my hand and
seal Of Office this First day Of October. 1905:
WILLIAM B. RIDGELY,
lsHAAI Comptroller of the Currency.
The Bank will open for business in its building
opposite the Main Entrance of the Court House
about November let, 1905.
-OFFICERS:-
THOMAS w. OFFUTT. President.
ELMER ]. Cook, 1st Vice-P President and Counsel.
HARRISON RIDER, I'd Vice. President.
THOS. ]. MEADS, Cashier.
DIRECTORS
THOMAS w. OFFUTT. JOHN /. YELLOTT,
ELMER J. COOK, STUART KEARNEY,
HARRISON RIDER. CHAS. H: KNOX,
W. BERNARD DUKE, GEO. G. MORRISON,
ROBERT H. WRIGHT, WILLIAM A. LEE.
ALLEN STEVENSON, IOct. 6-3t
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20

A MAN is never too old to learn,
but is sometimes too young.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-20

"W1rH your daughter as my wife,
sir, 1 can conquer the world"
'But that isn't the question. Can
you make enough money to keep
Yourself in clothes"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Don't save your money and starye
your mind
Vigorous thought must come from a
fresh brain.
Tens of thousands of people fail be-
cause they love their ease too much.
keeping alive that spirit of youth, "
Stevenson used to say, was 1.-The per-
ennial spring of all the mental facul-
ties
A man may build a palace, but he
can never make of it a home. The
spirituality and love Of woman alone
can accomplish this.
If we are contented to unfold the life
within according to the pattern given
us we shall reach the highest end Of
which we are capable.
By proper training the depressing
emotions can be practically eliminated
from life and the good emotions rem
dered permanently dominant.
Every time you crowd into the men,
ory what you do not expect 1t to re-
tain you weaken its powers and you
lose your authority to command its
serviceS.-Success.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27

and l even went back to the old home
TO see if you had become discouraged
and had returned there
Il met with an accident" she ex-
planned. Il was struck by an auto
mobile, and my head was hurt-con-
cussion of the brain, they said il was.
/ was insensible for two weeks. Then
sent To your address, but you had
moved, and no one seemed to know
where you were"
Il had fitted up a fiat for two" he
explained When | lost you | could
not bear to live in it and be constantly
reminded of all had planned.
Then how did you find me nowT'
she asked
Through your handkerchief" he ex-
planned.
II did not know they were marked
with my address," she said coldly.
There must be some other eXplana-
tion of your suddenly awakened de-
sire TO see me. Did you not have my
address all the timer
do you remember that Cynthia
brought some ones washing to do here
at your house today:" he demanded,
ignoring her question.
Bessie nodded.
'Well, through some foolishness she
got the handkerchief you gave me the
tIey / went away mixed up with the
wash. When she came to pick it out
they were all alike, and she brought
the whole lot over to me TO see if /
could pick out mine"
Bessie's face cleared. do you
know she said, that for Il moment
l thought that since you knew where
, 1 lived you must have known all the
timer
'If / had" he smiled. there would
have been n double lsrndry for Gym
thia long ago.
"And to think that little thing like
that should bring US together"' she
cried Cynthia always spoke of you
as her young gemman.'
"And you We're her young lady,"
he answered. Don't you think it is
about time there was change of own
ership?"
IF you still want me. Charlie" she
said.
IF / want your' he echoed as he
caught her to him, and Cynthia, COM
ing back, beamed on them with the
air of one who has worked u great
good
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27

Don pushed aside the portiere at the
parlor door.
'Tn n Sarah Made" the manager had
explained before starting. "every one
sings the things he likes best. Just ms
quick as we reach the curtains all be-
gln!'
Don was like the heroes at Balaklava
mot his TO question why. He poked
himself into the dim, sweet smelling
room and opened his mouth in a dole
full howl. Gladys pushed in close be-
hind him, shrilly yelling; Jimmie plant
ed both feet firmly on the blue forlard
and grufiiy vociferated in an imitation
bass.
Their entrance was evidently not
happily timed. An athletic young man
sprang to his feet with smothered
exclamation, and Felicia was silent
from sheer CONSERVATION.
Don's next step, gasping Where the
love in your eyes / could see" was
inimical to renewals Of any sort. Be
ing born under Cancer, his movements
were usually sidewise and crablike,
and the clinging broadcloth skirt add
ed to his uncertainty Of balance. lie
fell heavily, and his chubby foot and
legs upset the shrieking Gladys and
bowled the valiant rag and bone
vender on top of his suffering sister.
Gladys in falling grasped despairingiy
at the legs Of the astounded Parker
and brought him to his knees on the
bowling heap.
Poll escaped from Don's clutches
and instituted a severe investigation
of every leg, arm or body within reach
of her vicious beak, clamoring inces-
sanity. go 1t, old boy. Now's tho
time. I'll bet on your Bunch o.
Brightness showed his fighting blood
in violent attacks on Poll and the
yowling Persian.
The man disentangled himself IN
grily and turned to the now hysterical
girl. Il suppose you call this funny.
Miss Austin, but / must confess my
idea of joke falls to coincide with
yours"
He stepped grimly over the strug-
Cling mass, kicked Bunch-not gently
and with apparent relish cuffed the
squeaking parrot
"Glad tidings of great Joy / bring"
sang a seraphic voice rs Parker strode
into the hall. The adorable one was
standing in his most admired Sunday
pose, his hands loosely clasped before
him and his beautiful face turned up
| ward. He smiled beatifically into Par
ker's face and completed his carol
| "Did she like itT" with sweet solicit
tude. did she like the Sarah Nader
Bobby" sternly, "who put up this
| job and what is 1t forf'
Me" proudly. I'VE wanted to Sa-
rah Made her."
From the parlor came pitiful sob
and then a shrill, insistent, childish
voice, did he say, Aunt Fillie-did he
say that p'tic'lar thing he came to
say?"
| Parker went back.
81 didn't, Gladys, but I'm going to
now. / won't be driven of 80 easily"
| And, to the astonishment OF the sere-
| naders, he took Aunt Fillie In his arms,
whispering swift, passionate words
that brought back the sweet fash to
her cheeks aud n tremulousy happy
smile to her lips.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27
LOVE AND
LAUNDRY
BY JOSEPH LANE
,yright. 1906. by p. C. Eastment

'If you keep on having deaths in the
family at this rate, you will kill them
all off before the end of year and
have to marry into another family to
get more relatives to KILL" warned
Freeman as he regarded the woman
who was supposed to keep his apart
ments in order.
The ebony face opened wide in guf
faw. Cynthia regarded Freeman as
rare joker.
Deed" she protested, 81 didn't lose
no family. 1t was my bes' lady. Her
7 Hle gal done got married yesterday"
'Well, don't let it happen again." he
warned "Give the rooms a good clean
ing today"
Cynthia wriggled first on one foot,
then on the other. 'I doan' can do no
cleanin' today" she protested. "Dis
my young lady day. Il jes, come for
your wash. She tole me could wash
yours there"
"If you mean you are going to do
my laundry on some one else's gas
range, be careful that you get all my
things back"
Cynthia, with many voluble protesta-
tions, escorted him to the door and re-
turned to the apartment to gather up
the soHed clothes, and Freeman went
downtown to work.
Things all went wrong that day, and
when he came home in the evening he
went to the top drawer, where from a
photograph and q handkerchief he was
won't to draw comfort. The girl in the
photograph smiled up at him, but the
handkerchief was gone, and, though he
turned out the contents of every draw
er, he could not find it,
With an odd sense of foreboding he
sat down to think 1t over, Freeman
was of an unusually sensitive tempera-
ment and the loss of the handkerchief
seemed to him to be an omen.
Bessie had worn it when he had gone
TO say goodby before he had started
for the city, and she had given it to him
to wrap the photograph in when he
slipped it into his pocket. 1t had been
his talisman, and the faint perfume
that he knew so well cleared his brain
of worries.
Now 1t was gone, just as Bessie had
gone. There was something uncanny
in its disappearance. and 1t seemed to
him to presage evil.
She had dropped utterly from sight.
She had written him that she, too, was
coming to town, and that was the last
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27

How a man goes: Chances at the
clock, drops his pen, jumps from his
chair, grabs his hat, bolts for the door,
says briefly. "Going TO lunch," and is
gone. Time, one-half minute.
How q woman goes: Chances at the
clock. Wipes her pen carefully and
places 1t in the pen tray. Arranges pa
pers neatly on her desk. Goes to the
mirror Removes four or five combs,
as many pins and possibly unties q
bow from her hair. Combs up her
pompadour, puffs out the sides, combs
up ths scelding locks. replaces bow,
pins and combs, then surveys result
with hand mirror. Washes her hands
and cleans her nails. Dabs the pow
der rag ever her face to remove ''that
shiny look" Applies whisk broom to
dress. Puts on bat and thrusts int" -
FIVE long hatpins S4i:s,....5 .is,.i.. 4.III-
ror again. Puts on veil Uses hand
mirror once more. Investigates sun
dry fancy pins at back of neck and
belt. Pulls qn gloves. Gets her para
sel. Gives one more look in the mirror
and goes. Time-depends on the WON
an and the length of her gloves, but
anywhere from twenty minutes to hall
an hour.-New York Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27

he had heard. That had been q year
ago, and he had searched in vain for
any trace of the girl who had promised
to become his wife.
He was still lost IN hia thoughts when
q shrill peal of the. electric bell reused
him. At the door stood Cynthia. painting
from the exertion of stair climbing and
carefully nursing Il huge basket COW
cred with his best red tablccloth.
"Get through all right:" he asked, has
good temper returning. '.What did the
young lady say to the intrusionF'
t'She done expect it," was the COM
forting reply as Cynthia made her way
toward the bedroom to put the things
away. "l done tole her that had to
look after my young gemman too"
"You better had" he laughed as he
settled himself with his paper.
''I got to go back there" she said as
Bhe came numbering toward him. 'Its
des as funny"
whats funny?" he asked.
81 done took a handkerchief outen
your top drawer"
"An' I don't know which 1t is" she
went on as she handed out a pile of
filmy lacy things.
"Your young lady use the same
kindY' he asked as he held out his
band,
Cynthia nodded.
Freeman gave gasp. There was
nfIa rryx hn fol hn
he had lost They were all alike. He
turned to Cynthia.
'What's your young lady's nameT
be asked
"AIis' Hadley," was the stammering
response. I'm sorry done got 'em
mixed"
'I'm notr' he shouted. "Wnere does
Miss Hadley live?"
81 was a-goin' to des slip 'em In de
drawer" she protested. "Doan' you 60
to talzin' 'em round"
"Hang the handkerchiefsr he
shouted as he caught up his hat and
started for the door, and he darted out,
gress.
Ten minutes later he was ringing the
bell of a fiat house half mile away
and with trembling feet was climbing
the stairs. 1t might, Of course, all be a
mistake, yet it would be odd If her
name was Hadley and it was not his
Bessie.
Then door opened in the hall above,
and her face peered over the banis-
ters. With choking cry she tottered
toward the stairs just as he sprang to
the top, and an instant later she was
sobbing in his arms;
For a moment he held her there, too
happy to speak, Then the closing of a
door on the floor above aroused him,
and he quietly drew her into the par
lor.
II have found you at lastp he ex-
claimed. 81 was beginning to fear that
you were dead"
Gently she slipped from his arms and
moved away. II sent and told you
where 1 was" she reproached. You
never came to me-"
Il did 60" he protested. Il was out
Of town. When l came home they told
me that you had gone out one evening
and had not returned. I searched the
town for you, but could find no trace,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27
THESURGEON'S TOOLS
AS FEW AS POSSIBLE USED BY THE
MODERN PRACTITIONER.

To Remove an Appendix, For In
stance, He Can Carry Everythins
necessary ~ One of His Pockets.
Hand Forged instruments the Best.
"a surgeon used to carry bag of in
struments weighing often as much "a
twenty-five pounds when he was called
to operate" said member of the staff
of the New York Postgraduate Med
ical School and Hospital the other day.
To-day an average operation, such as
the removal of an appendix, calls for no
more instruments than can be carried
in the pockets.
81 have just come" continued the doc
tor from removing an appendix, and
here In this small package are all the
instruments 1 used-a scissors, two ar
terry clamps, two forceps and needle.
Many operations, OF course-gastro-
enterlc, genealogical and those that
have to do with bones-require more
instruments, but modern science de-
mands the use of as few as possible IN
order that time may be saved. Skill
and haste are prime factors in an OPP
Grafton. In the old days, before anaes-
thesia was known, this was to shorten
the patients agony as much as possible.
After ether was discovered surgeons
for awhile operated more leisurely, but
soon finding out that the shock to the
patient remaining under ether so long
was always dangerous and often fatal
they again recognized the Importance
Of swiftness. Diminishing the number
Of instruments was one of the methods
for saving time. In the operating room
In the old days there was always, no
matter what the operation, good sized
table laid out with ten or fifteen score
of instruments, fifty artery clamps,
scissors, forceps and lancets by the
dozen. It used to take over an hour to
remove an appendix; today the average
is about twelve minutes.
'The variety Of instruments increases
every year as surgeons meet with new
needs or solve old problems. In our
school here, as in others, many instru-
ments have been devised Especially
to those having to do with the eye, ear
nose and throat have we made valua=
BILE additions as well as in the field OF
orthopedic appliances. The Hippocrat-
ic oath precludes the patenting of any
such Inventions; consequently all In
struments are free to be made by all
and every surgical mandatory"
The making of surgical instruments
in the United States is nearly contem-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27
Old English Coal Records.

There is a record, dated $50, Of the
receipt Of twelve carloads Of fossil
coal at the abbey of Peterborough, and
this was assuredly not the first case Of
production and delivery.
4he deeds of the bishopric of Dur
ham contain records of grants of land
to colliers as far back as 11S0 in va
rious parts of the county. In the year
1899 a charter was granted by Henry
Ill. to the freemen of Newcastle-eA.
Tyne to dig coal in the fields belong
ing to the castle, and it was in or about
Jhis year that coal was first sent to
London. Very early in the fourteenth
century evidence abounds Of a large
consumption of coal by smiths, brewers
and others. Already the smoke nui-
sance appeared, and commission of
Edward I. levied fines to prevent it.
Another charter, or license was
granted to the freemep Of Newcastle
in Edward HIS time to work coal
within the town walls, and in the year
1867 coal began to be worked at Via,
laton, In the neighborhood where
George Stephenson was to evolve the
locomotive 400 years later, while hiHs-
self q worker at the coal Dits
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27

---------.es ~.~tel L.sIII>s' s--~ AhStA uAnc
quality. Steel oyerheated Ia the forge
Ii brittle or rotten. In shaping with
the file the form may be destroyed.
In hardening and tempering the steel
may be spoiled. In every stage the
value of the instrument depends upon
the skill applied."-New York Post.
THOUGtiTLESS TRAPPERS.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27
LANGUAGE EVOLUTION.
Use of the Sunix "Lcss~ I'm Verbs
Nouns and Adjcctives.

Use of the Sumx ALcss- I'm Verbs,
Nouns and Adjectfves.
Many will remember that some years
ago there went on violent contro-
versy about the word tireless. The
discovery had been made that less"
was q suffix which could properly be
appended only TO nouns; hence the
form must be discarded, and we must
all take pains to- say untiring- The
duty of SO doing was preached from
scores of professional and newspaper
pulpits No one seemed to think or
care for the various other adJectfyes
similarly formed and therefore liable
to the similar censure which they
never received. Hostility was direct
ed against Ii alone. The actual faw
which vitiated the arguments against
tireless its censors never knew or took
into consideration. This was that the
fancled rule covering the creation Of
such words had practically long ceased
to be operative whenever a new forlca-
ton struck the sense of the users OF
language as being desirable
Unquestionably in our earliest speech
the suftix less" when employed to
form adjectives was joined only with
nouns. But the general sloughing or
of nominal and verbal endings which
went on In later centuries reduced N
great proportion of substantives and
verbs in the speech u precisely the
same form. In consequence the sense
of any fundamental distinction be-
tween the two broke down In many
ways-in one way in particular. There
Is nothing easier In our speech than TO
convert a verb into u noun or a noun
into verb. 1t is "a process which has
taken place constantly IN the past and
is liable 10 take place at any time In
the future. either ut the VIII or the
whim of the writer or speaker
Thomas H. Lounsbury In Harper's.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27


Onions are an excellent cure for
sleeplessness. They act as kind of
soporific IL taken In small quantities
before retiring. They will be found to
be more appetizing IL finely chopped
up and laid between two thin waters
or biscuits. Eaten in this way, they,
are also easily digested. The reason
so many people complain Of 0nions
disagreeing with them Is that they eat
too much Of the homely vegetable.
Onions are not intended to be eaten
en- masse. When they are taken raw
they should be thoroughly masticated,
or, better still, the juice Of the onion
should be pressed out and taken ON
bread or as a sauce. In this form the
onion is splendid for liver complaints
and acts in consequence as n purifier
for dark and muddy complexion. !.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27
A Horse story.

Our Dumb Animals tells a remark
able story about the intelligence OF
mare who saved her colt from death
by stopping n train on q railroad I'm
Texas. The colt had fallen with Its
legs through a railroad bridge. and the
mother started down the track to meet
the coming train. As the train came
up she stood on the track whlnnying.
The train stopped. and then the mare
trotted ahead OF 1t as 1t moved slowly
to the bridge. Here the colt was -tlis-
covered and cxtricated from its peril
Gus position. The story was vouched
for by the engineer, railroad men s&H
passengers IN the train.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27
salmon sometime. Caught .s See.

Salmon Sometimes Caught at Sea.
The salmon Is one of the anadromcus
fishes, of which the shad and sturgeon
are other examples, anadromous fishss
being those that come from the sea and
ascend fresh water streams to spawn
and return to the sea again after
spawning. 1t is not known OF the shad
whether it remains in deep water in
the ocean not very far away from tho
river whence it came or whether 1t goes
south, but it seems certain that some
salmon at least spend their sen life not
far away from their rivers, FOR salmon
have been caught at sea in northern
waters off the New England coast ON
hooks baited for cod, haddock and hal
ibt1t
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27
Not buried Yet.

There has never been any decisive
action on that bill you introduce year
after year"
No" answered the statesman. THAT
bill has been Of such Waite in giving
me prominence that | should rather re-
gret to see it removed from active con-
troyersy ana buried in the statute
books. Washington Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-09-27
Torture to Animals and Ruthless
Destruction of Game.

Destruction of Game.
People who have not seen can form
no idea of the suffering trappers cause
nor of their ruthless destruction Of
game Nothing escapes them. Even the
squirrels are sacrificed to bait traps
for marten and fisher, and not only the
squirrels, but all kinds Of birds, wheth-
er game or song birds,
In trapping mink, otter, beaver and
a few other fur bearing animals the
trap Is nearly always set near the
water. where the animal when caught
can drown itself, thus ending its suf-
fering.
But with bear, marten and fisher it is
different. The bear must drag heavy
clog about until it catches in some root
or BUSH There he must wait until the
trapper comes 10 kill him, and this in
some cases Is not for days. The bones
of the leg are almost invariably broken
by the trap, and the leg swells to in
credible size. One trapper in one day
shot nineteen large blue grouse merely
to try new rifle. The birds were nest
ing. He had no use for them, and not
one did he even bring to camp.
Years ago in British Columbia an old
trapper camped near our bear hunting
party. He shot everything he could
find. even little ducks and marmots. A
goat he killed fell over a cliff, and as
it was harder to recover 1t than to shoot
another he shot another. He was
trapping beaver out Of season and
boasted OF having caught one that was
about to become a mother.
I have seen the spot where bear
fast in a trap had been caught for more
than week in q thicket through which
it was impossible to drag the trap and
clog I once knew an old French trap
per who shot seventy three moose and
elk in one winter for bear bait for the
spring catch. asked why he killed so
many. He said that he wanted big
stink in the spring so as to bring the
bears around All of the animals he
had slaughtered for n spring stink were
shot with a revolver, for they were
snow bound and could not escape, He
told me that he dropped five big elk in
one pile This frightful destruction by
trappers has exterminated the game
Worlds Work