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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25

and was accorded to be the wisest
man of his generation and one of the
ablest debaters the country ever pro:
duced. George Mason forged
"thunderbolts" for Washington and
the entire colonial contingent to fire
at the banner of St. George, which
was banished from Our lands.
The mansion house was always
known as Gunston Hall, and built
by George Mason in 1855. He call
ed it after his English ancestry, and
it is a fine example of colonial
architecture, solid and substantial.
The interior carvings and delicate
tracery, much of it being of rose
wood, was doubtless without peer
in southern homes of that period.
Even to this day architects come
from far and near to admire and copy
the exquisite detail of the interior
work done in the days when the
Indian Chief Piscataway padded his
canoe on the Potomac. The man
sion is eighty feet long by forty feet
wide, being built of brick twice the
size of those made today.
Great cellars underlie the whole
house, and the masonry is in as good
condition at the present time as
when laid with oyster shell mortar,
which defes the ravages of time.
On the front Of the mansion,
which is the principal entrance,
there is a square porch, built of
brick and stone, with pointed roof,
and supported by four Doric pillars.
On the south side, facing the Poto-
mac river, is smaller porch, pentag-
onal in shape and of classic grace OF
form. Each of these porches enters
into the wide hall, which is one of
the most impressive features Of the
mansion.
The whole interior of the hall is
rich with wainscoting, paneling and
carving, a combination as it has been
described, of the Corinthian with the
flower and scroll of the old French
architecture. A fine broad stairway
at one side, and made Of rosewood,
ascends to the hall above. The
mansion has twenty rooms. A large
walnut tree faces the residence on
the south under this leafy bower,
in a summer house covered with
roses and honeysuckle, with land.
scape of rare beauty as far as the eye
can reach, in this quiet and seques-
tered nook did Mason and Washing
ton play chess.
Gunston Hall is situated in Fairfax
county, Virginia, on the Potomac
river, about twenty-five miles from
Washington. Under modern meth
ods it represents an up to date
estate. Hereford and Jersey cattle
roam the fields; fine horses, Berk-
shire hogs, fancy poultry, Angora
goats, thousands of small fruit BUSH
es and 10, 900 fruit trees are parts of
the picture within the frame one
looks through as you see Gunston
Hall of to-day.
A description would be incomplete
unless mention is made of the famous
! lockwood hedge. Leaving the man.
sion. one walks along a narrow path
with the lockwood hedge towering
high above, ever green, and the foot
path of crushed oyster shells giving
a white ribbon effect. From the tea
house, which overhangs an Italian
garden, the view is magnificent up
and down the Potomac river and
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25
BLACK FRIDAY.

In the middle of the gold room was
small fountain. Around this the
days proceedings began, writes T.
Hendrick in the Ame,ican Magazine.
Jay Gould's own brokers, pale, hag-
gard, half distrustful and half asham-
ed of their work, started the bids.
Gold had closed the day previously
at I44, Now a Gould broker offered
I45 for $Ioo, 900 gold.
His only response were the curses
and fist shakings of a bedraggled,
perspiring crowd.
Zone hundred and forty.six for
500, 900 gold"
Still there was no response.
Zone hundred and forty. seven"
Each advancing point meant mil
lions in profits to Gould and likewise
millions in losses to the community.
At every advance the crowds, losing
all restraint, alternately roared and
wept.
Zone hundred and forty-eight."
Zone hundred and forty-nine."
Above the pandemonium the monot-
onous voices of the Gould brokers
could be heard, quietly, remorselessly
putting Zip the price.
Zone hundred and fifty"
Zone hundred and fifty-one." !"
At this point the buying began.
Hitherto the crowd had been held
magically spellbound. The audacity
of the Gould brokers had paralyzed
all. Board brokers were particularly
dazed. In face of the clique's demon
strated power no one seemed able to
bid, even to make the feeblest at
tempt to check the terrible rise.
A few uptown merchants now,
however, started to purchase. Soon
the bidding degenerated into panic.
Everyone scrambled to get his gold
now while the price, judged by what
had already happened and the un-
questioned power of the gang, seem
ed low. All purchases, however,
meant enormous losses. Fortunes ac-
cumulated through years of self-sacri-
fcing toll were swept away in mo-
ment. In their craze men ran aim
lessly about the room, moaning,
screaming, vainly appealing for help.
Outside, where the crowds breath
lessly waited announcements, the
same scenes were repeated. Ruined
men, unable to get into the building
itself, pushed, cursed and fought.
At each rise in the price the rage
against Could increased. When the
bid reached $50 there were cries of
Lynch Lynch %
And meanwhile what was the plot
ter of all this mischief doing? He
was selling gold. To whom was he
selling? To Fisk and all his own
associates. He was the only man
who really understood the situation
who knew, that is, upon what f1imsy
basis his corner" rested. He sent
Fisk, Belden and Speyer into the gold
room to advance the price ostensiblS-
for the benefit of the clique, and when
it had reached certain point unload
ed on his own account. He had sold
largely, unknown to his confederates,
the day before.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25
AN AMPLE APOLOGY.

President Roosevelt has pet story
about negro preacher who, in de-
livering a foroeful sermon on theft,
volleyed forth:
"I see befo' me twelve chicken
thieves, includin' that thar Bill San
ders."
Sanders resented this clerical at
tention, and threatened his reverend
detractor with broken head and a
SANDER action, unless retraction
were made next Sunday. The apology
came in due course.
"What I should "a said," the
minister explained, "was I see befo'
me eleven chicken stealers, not in
cludin' Bill Sanders. ."-WeaO York
Sun.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25
MAXIMs OF RUSSELL SAGE WHICH LED
TO HIS SUCCESS.

Any man can earn a dollar, but it
takes wise man to use it. This has
been my motto from the very start of
my business career.
1 saved the first dollar I ever earn
ed and from that hour 1 have never
been in debt to a human being for a
cent that was not ready when due.
To excite envy is to make enemies.
Those who live for leisure alone do
no good to themselves or to others.
There is no such thing as the money
curse; a good man cannot have too
much money.
Fifty cents is enough for a straw
hat it will last two seasons.
If I had my life to live over again
I would try just as hard to turn my
money over and over and over again,
that it might do the most good to
other men.
1t is a surprising fact that many
men endure unwarranted expendi-
lures for no other reason than to ex-
cite the envy of their neighbors.
How wicked is this
A boy who knows bargains in socks
will become a man who knows bar
gains in stocks.
When you have made your fortune
it is time enough to think of spend
ing it.
The tender care of a good wife Is
the finest thing in the world.
The longer a man lives the more
mistakes he may be counted on tc
make.
Clubs are only place for idle men
and wasteful young men.
An active man builds success upon
the foundation of failures; passive
man does not.
Real charity is disbursed without
the blare of trumpets.
1 think the vacation habit is the
outgrowth of abnormal or distorted
business methods. 1 fail to see any
thing legitimate in it.
The physician may recommend a
change of air for a man when he is
ill; why be i'll? Illness is nothing
but an irreparable loss of time.
Securities have been made III great
quantities and sold at high prices OF
the idea that economies TO be affected
by Capitalization of control will give
them the arbitrary values which have
been placed upon them. This theory
will be exploded sooner or later, fol
there will always be competition
When the crash comes it will be q
national disaster.
I fear the Capitalization of big in
dustries in the hands of five or SIX
men will prove big mistake. Wher
half dozen men control the busines:
and financial policy of great indus
try a single error Of judgment will
plunge the whole nation into fnan
cial loss and ruin.
do not say that trusts are not {
good thing; but do say we should
60 slow.
A wealthy man does not work to-
himself alone.
My one desire has been to be le
alone in order that I might do wha
1 desired in my own way. In that
| have not succeeded.
Some people may not believe it
but it is a fact that it has been my
keenest pleasure to see people succeed
who have acted upon my advice.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25
THE AGED PARENT.

To those whose homes are honor
ed by the presence of an aged parent,
we would say: Deal very gently
with those who are on the downhill
of life. Your own time is coming to
be where they now are. You, too,
are stepping Westward" Soothe
the restlessness of age by amusement,
by consideration, by non interfer-
ence, and by allowing plenty of oc-
cupation to fall in the hands that
long for it. Only let it be of their
own choosing, and cease to order
their ways for them as though they
were children. GA hoary head al
the freside is a crown of glory to the
house where it dwells. The bless
ing on the aged is as dew on the
pastures, as the falling of sunlight
In showowy place"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25
GUNsTON HALL.

Colonial "Gunston Hall, " in Fair
fax county, Virginia, has just been
sold by Grant Parish, real estate
broker of Washington, for $50, 900,
to Gen. Robert Gibson Smith, of
New York.
Gunston Hall is alive with noble
memories, and, in colonial parlance,
it is sacred soil. Close by the man.
sion house is the grave of George
Mason, one of the legal pillars on
which George Washington leaned,
one of the signers of the Declaration
of Independence, the author of the
Bill of Rights, written in the library
at the hall the author of the first
constitution of Virginia, the compan-
ion of Thomas Jefferson, Patrick
Henry, James Madison and other
colonial celebrities of that period.
1t can truly be said that George
Mason was one of the founders of
the Republic. He was the mighty
exponent of the theory of a govern
ing system where there should be
liberty without license and authori-
ty without despotism." He was an
inspiration to George Washington,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25

plains because the luxuries of a city
table are not appetizing dishes of the
country. 1t is not always easy, for
instance, for the man who is keeping
boarders in an out of the way place
to get fresh meat frequently. If one
wants the best meat always on the
table, he or she had better stay in
the city, or, at any rate, patronize a
fashionable hotel near to a railway
line. Fruits out of season are easily
supplied by the city restaurant; but
they are impossibilities in country
homes.
If one prefers acid sponges which
look like strawberries to the deli
cious fruit fresh from the hillside, by
all means stay in town. The "Spon-
ges" come earlier, and are replaced
by pulpy apples before the green
ones are fit to look at in the old or
chard of the country house. But
when strawberries and cream do ap-
pear on the table they are like unto
nothing that was ever sold in a gro-
Gerry. And, as for the summer host.
1t will be money in his pocket if he
remembers that his guests are taking
holiday, and that they have more
time to think of the "menu" than
he has. This makes them more
critical of monotony than he can
quite appreciate. They may like
something very much; but that does
not mean that they will like it three
times a day for seven days ofa week.
Then they like to be comfortable.
If there are mosquitoes about of an
evening, it is very little trouble to
start a "smudge," and the lack of
one may leave very unpleasant i'm
preston of the holiday in the mind.
A chilly rainy day may come when
little fire in cozy room would
make the visitors forget all about it,
with their music and their books ;
but if there is no fire in comfortable
quarters, they sigh for home. 1t is
frequently the little things that the
summer host neglects, and it is the
memory of these lacks which drives
his summer boarder to seek a new
place next wear,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25

lands. It is alleged that the price
paid for these lands by white people
has in no instance approached the
real value of the land, and the depart
ment officials believe that in some in
stances, at least, the Kickapoos re
ceived nothing for their lands in thi:
territory, but were to get in exchange
other lands in Mexico, practically
without value when compared with
the rich agricultural lands they held
in Oklahoma.
During the last year an inspector
forthe Indian Department was thwart.
ed while attempting to secure evi.
dence in Mexico, although he went
there after assurances had been given
by the Mexican Government to Min
lister Conger that he would be allowed
to proceed with the work. The in
vestigation has been in progress ever
since, and it was on this business that
Assistant United States Attorney Out
celt was recently instructed to go to
Mexico.
The Kickapoos are a pure race,
never having intermarried with whites
or blacks. This is due to their reli-
gion. Within few years Kicka-
poo girl was wooed by white man,
and he had every reason to believe
that she would marry him. She per-
sistently refused and, pressed for an
explanation, she said:
"You are fair to look upon and
agreeable to me, but your God is not
my God and our offspring would be
neither Indian nor paleface, and there
fore a spiritual orphan, to be denied
in the unending life the protection of
the Good Spirit" ,"
Love him as she might, yet she
loved her race more and refused his
offer. 1t is boast of the Kickapoo
that none of his tribe has ever become
a Christian.
The Kickapoos in Mexico are ruled
at the present time by woman chief,
known as Wapahoka. She is about
forty-6ve years old and her title is in
herited. She has had much to do in
getting the remnants of the tribe in
Oklahoma to come to Mexico, as her
advice to them has ever been to leave
the United States for that country.
Whenever they have lived any
length of time by the water the Kick
apoos have become famous as swim
mers. This would not be peculiar if
the tribe had lived on the coast or on
an island they, however, are an in
land tribe. The most expert of Kicka-
poo swimmers have been known to
remain under water for two minutes.
News of the satisfaction of the Kick
apoos with their new locality has
spread among the fullbloods of other
tribes in Indian Territory, and plan
Is now on foot whereby all fullbloods
will move to Mexico and colonize
there. The Indians are willing to
dispose of their lands in order to
make the transfer, and many of them
are so anxious for the change that
unless prevented they will not remain
long enough to dispose of their lands.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25

over into Maryland for fifty miles
General Smith, through Grant Par
lsh, purchased the adjoining estate,
known as "Ben-venue," in many
respects equal to Gunston Hall.
The entire acreage is 615 acres, and
commands nearly two miles of shore
line on the Potomac river.
The price paid for Gunston is re-
ported to be $4,000, while for the
entire holdings which have been ac-
CURED $50. 1000 is said to represent
the expenditure. "A. r. E. ~, IN
Ne7VtoaOm Enterprise.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25
ADVICE TO BOTH.

Hints to the summer boarders are
now appearing in the ADVICE depart
ments of the newspapers and he
and she-need them. But as he,
and she are getting fair supply of
hints on the usual subjects of dress
and exercise, and rest and fresh air I
fancy that my space would be en-
ployed more usefully in dealing with
other phases of the life. For one
thing, summer boarder in a remote
part of the country does not show
good judgment when he or she COM
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25
For THE UNION.
THE MORNING GLORY.
BY EDWIN HIGGINS.

hanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderest joys and fears,
% me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tear
Wordsworth.
When the pearl drops glisten, glisten
In the roseate dawning listen
To cadence of the glory-bells.
You do not hear them-do not hear?
Come. listen with listening ear,
And you will hear the glory-bells.
On the wings of the morning air
Come trooping strains of anthems rare
From ivory wells Of glory-bells.
Every bell has tongue as white
As an angel in its robe of light
To sing the songs of glory-bells.
All the bells are ringing, ringing;
Purple tints are singing, singing,
Beautiful songs of glory-bells.
See them bringing, clinging. singing,
The mystic songs of glory-bells.
The sweetest songs are voiceless ones.
The lowliest are the sweetest tones
The silent songs of glory-bells.
The voiceless bells of every cline
Are ringing out their joyful chime
To music of the glory-bells.
Would you rise to the highest bliss
Meier life's purest blessings miss?
Sing the songs of the glory bells.
The dear hand that sets glory's chord
Is the beatific hand of God
He sets the chimes of glory-bells.
Oh, hasten, hasten, heavenward climb,
Aloft, above its realms sublime
There ever chime the glory-bells.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25
LAWYER -" Would you believe

LAWYER -" Would you believe
the sworn testimony of this man?'
Witness-''Certainly not, sir"
Lawyer "And why not ?"
Witness" Because, sir, that man
hates to tell the truth. He always
did. We were boys together, and he
used to cry when the teacher made
him say two and two made four"
Lawyer-"Anything else?"
Witness-"Oh, yes. Once he was
i'll, and described the symptoms so
that the doctor prescribed for sprain-
ed ankle when he was suffering from
neuralgia in the head"
Lawyer-"That will do"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25
"That will do.

"ALGERNoN is interesting" said
the stock brokers' daughter.
"What does he talk about Z" in
quired the father.
"He's ever so well posted in Shakes
pearian quotations.
Young woman," said the fnan-
cier sternly, "don't let him deceive
YOU. Don't you let him make sport
of your ignorance. There isn't any
such stock on the market. 1 ought
to know, for I've been on the ex-
change long enough"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25

IT'S so much easier to borrow trou-
BILE than it is to pay debts. Many
mans so-called happy home is happy
only when he isn't there.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25
WHY THERE ARE SO MANY SMITHS.

At the time of the adoption of sur
names every artisan whose work re-
quired the striking blows on metal
was known as a smiter or smith, and
the community therefore had its
blacksmith, whitesmith, goldsmith,
silversmith, arrowsmith and several
others of the same character. The
number of Smiths of the present day
may therefore be readily accounted
for when we remember that each OF
the different kinds of smiths was as
much entitled to the use of his trade
name for a cognomen as any other
artisan. John the blacksmith and
John the coppersmith were both
known as John the smith, an appel
lation which naturally resolved itself
into the family name of John Smith.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-25

WHEN YOU lose your health you
are "broken down - when you lose
your property you are "broken up"
when you want to phone fellow,
you call him up, if he gets gay you
call him down when one has praised
you, you hunt him up, if he ISLANDERS
you, you hunt him down.
Folly AND failure roost on the
same perch.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-02-23
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET,
EDGERTON. Wis. Feb. %. 1906.

Interest in the local tobacco markets
still centers in the receiving of the crop
which is going forward as rapidly as pos
sible. Packers are using every effort to
meet the demands of growers for early
delivery and piling up bundle goods a
long time in advance of the sorting
needs Marqusee received Il car loads
from growers Wednesday. Warehouse
handling is also, being crowded along as
expeditiously as possible at the packing
points and the crop is going into the
cases much more rapidly than usual.
Old leaf is SO nearly out of the market
that transactions are becoming fewer
each week. Some of the large holders
continue to supply their customers
needs, but it seems only a question of a
short time when manufacturers must
look elsewhere than the local markets
for their supplies.
The shipments out of storage reach
about 400 cases from this market to all
points for the week. During the same
period So car loads were received from
outlying points for warehouse handling.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-02-23
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Market.

Tobacco is going rapidly TO the assort-
ing tables, and is being assorted into the
different colors, sizes and grades, and is
being got ready for the manufacturers.
Some of it is now ready to be sampled,
shown to the trade, although [ do not
think any of it will be ready for the cigar
makers for some time to come. Meyer
& Mendleshon of New York are filling
their sweat rooms for the second time.
I conclude by their doing so that the
first sweating has come out 10 good to
fair shape. [ hope so, for we have not
pound to be wasted this year. Every
leaf and scrap must be used, for the
manufacturers are rushing business ev-
erywhere. At Lancaster, Pa, the out
put in two districts there is above seven
teen millions more cigars made in the
month Of January than for the cores
ponding month Of last year, and SO it is
all around so far as the reports have
come in.
The deliveries of 1905 tobacco at the
packing houses surpasses everything
ever seen here before at this season IF
the year. The season for two months
past was unusually favorable both for
stripping the goods and sending them to
been a single day when work was i'm
peded. Instead OF deliveries by vagon,
the larger par is by railroads from out
lying stations where as many as one hun
dred teams have unloaded in single
day By the middle of this month three
fourths of the crop will be delivered.
One of the most gratifying features is
that one rarely hears of dispute on de-
livery. In other years they are almost
as plenty as the tobacco itself.-Culti-
VatOr,