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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-23
"wRrrR 10 THE FOLKS TONIGHT. !

Don't go to the theatre, lecture or ball,
But stay in your room tonight;
Deny yourself to the friends that call,
And a good long letter write.
Write to the sad old folks at home,
Who sit when the day is done,
With folded hands and downcast eyes,
And think Of the absent one.
Don't sel6shly scribble Excuse my haste
I've scarcely the time to write,"
Lest their brooding thoughts go broOding back
To many by-gOne night.
When they lost their needful sleep and rest,
And every breath was prayer
That God would leave their delicate babe
To their tender love and care.
Don't let them feel that you've no more use
For their love and counsel wise,
For the heart grows strangely sensitive
When age has dimmed the eyes.
It might be well to let them believe
You never forgot them quite,
That you deemed It q pleasure when far away,
Long letters home to write.
Don't think that the young and giddy friends,
Who make your pastime gay.
Have half the anxious thoughts for you
That the old folks have today.
The duty of writing do not put on,
Let sleep or pleasure wait,
Lest the letter for which they looked and longed,
Be day or an hour too late.
FOR the SAD old folks at home,
With looks fast turning white.
Are longing to hear of the absent one;
Write them letter tonight.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-23
A REMARKABLY BLAST.

One Of the methods of quarrying
granite is to dislodge huge sheet
from the surface of the formation
through the medium of powder
mine. A large perpendicular shaft
is first blasted to depth of about 80
feet. At the bottom of this and radi-
ating horizontally, like the spokes of
a huge wheel, long holes are drilled.
The extremities of these holes are
then shot with light charges of dyna-
mite in order to create chambers
large enough to receive large quanti-
ties of black powder. This takes
weeks of ver-increasing charges.
Then the final charge is loaded.
The now huge chambers at the ex-
tremities of the spokes are packed
with hundreds of pounds of powder,
numerous electric wires attached, and
the whole mine tamped with fine ma
terial. A mighty roar and rumble in
the bowels of the earth and the huge
sheet is detached from the ledge.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-23
THE HIDDEN SPRING.

A traveller, IN telling the tales OF
his adventures, mentions among the
high mountains of a certain range a
tiny, hidden spring. Although many
visitors to that place seek for this
spring, it is only after diligent search
that they find it and drink of its
sparkling waters. They know it is
there, for the results of its silent
work are evident in the greensward
and the freshness of the vegetation.
So in this world there is a hidden
spring, at which all may be refresh
ed. Not one, whatever his lineage,
whatever his station, is debarred from
drinking at this fountain of life. CIV
ing water. New streams run from it
in many directions, quietly making
the ground green and reviving the
dropping and whitening flowers.
Many have sought in vain, not so
much for the one true spring as for
the results which obtain from the
pure, sparkling water found therein.
Have you guessed the name of this
hidden fountain? Yes, it is that for
which man has been seeking through
out the ages-she spring of happi
ness, which finds its source in the
great master mind of the universe.
For centuries man has been trying
to create spring of happiness which
might center in himself. He has
tried science, philosophy, psycholo-
gy, metaphysics, pantheism, new
thought, Christian science, higher
criticism, hypnotism and score of
others-but all In vain. Real, true
happiness is not to be found in these.
knowledge, wisdom, learning, are
we'll and good, and we pity the man
who has little or no desire to possess
bIifOu OGCOudC q azO'seA
and ability-but all the knowledge
this world can give is vain if not di
rected in the right channels.
Is happiness of heart or peace of
mind to be found in self? Is it to be
found in science? in philosophy =
never. In vain has man endeavored
to find it there. Vanity of vani-
ties" says the wisest human preacher
this world has ever known, "all is
vanity and vexation of spirit" unless
unless we have found the true Joy
which comes by drinking at the life
giving spring of happiness, the great
fountain of living water, and letting
that life, that happiness flow out to
water and refresh the hearts and
souls of those about us.
Are you happyf Then make others
so. Are you unhappy? You need
not be. 1t is your privilege to be
happy whatever your circumstances.
Forget self, live for others, draw long,
deep drafts from the great fountain of
living truth, that your own soul may
be watered and in turn water others.
Of all persons in this dark world,
Christians should be most happy.
They should carry the light Of a
beautiful soul upon their countenan-
ces, radiance shining from within.
1t would Danish the darkness and dis
pei the gloom from the faces and
hearts of others. Such a happiness
ennobles, puri6es and uplifts the
character, and helps to make the lives
of those around US brighter and
sweeter and nobler.-KakE,ina Bios
som Wildox. in Signs efthe Times.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-23

A COMMON nail is an excellent IL
lustration of the difference between
old and new methods. Formerly the
metal was cut into strips, and then
forged into shape with hammers, and
and an expert took one and one one
half minutes for each nail. Today
they are made of steel, and are light
er and stronger. Strips are cut with
steam shears and fed into automatic
machines. One man tends three ma
chimes, each machine dropping nail
every second.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-23
RENT Or BUYl

The above query is one that often
confronts young people as they start
housekeeping on their own account.
and they are often perplexed to know
which is the wiser and more econom-
ical course to pursue. While circum-
stances to be found in some portions
of larger cities may make the plan OF
owning home Of ones own inadvis-
able, it seems to be the consensus
opinion that under average conditions
those who buy are at the end of
term of years financially ahead of
what they would have been had they
rented a property of an equal value.
Added to the fact that in the period
of twelve years one would pay out in
rent considerably more than the
place could be bought for at the be-
ginning of the period is the satistac-
ton of having a home of ones own,
a consideration that it is not easy to
measure in dollars and cents. More
over, where young people buy home
of their own and have to go in debt
for it there is constantly present an
incentive to be econimical and careful
in ones expenditure. Thus the put
ting Ct money into home results in
much the same conditions that pre-
vail when one is carrying life insur-
ance or putting money into other
forms ofinvestment. Payments must
be made at stated intervals, and econ
omy is accordingly practiced that
these may be met. Where one rents
a portion of the salary is devoted to
this purpose, but the process goes on
year after year with nothing to show
for the money one has paid during the
interval but a bunch of receipts for
rent which have no negotiable value.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-23

TEAcHER-"Harry, mother has
five children and but four potatoes.
How can she divide the potatoes so
that each one will receive an equal
portion 2" Harry-"Mash EN-"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-23

SOME people never cast their bread
upon the water until it is too late for
their own use.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-23

"Is SHE young?" "Oh, yes"
"How young?" Well, young
enough not to get offended If you ask
her how old she is.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-23

DENN1s-"Goin' t shpend th'
wake.end at CalIahan's, are yez An
phwat do yez call tn wake-end 7"
Terence-''Shure, thot's Saturday
noight frum tn tonne yez dhraw yure
nav till tn saloons close"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-23

HAPPINESS comes to him who seeks
for the bright side of life.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16

from Hampton Roads, begun Dec.
last, a distance of 10000 miles II has
been decided that The destroyers will
not return TO the Atlantic coast.
Better Cars For Negroes.
The president In letter to the at
torney general has directed proceed
ings by injunction to compel certain
railroads of the south whore slim
Crow" cars are operated to furnish
equal accommodations to white and
colored passengers, as ordered BY the
interstate commerce commission. He
refers particularly to the case of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
railway, which has not complied with
the order.
For an Army Of 100000.
Upon the suggestion of Brigadier
General Bell, chief of staff, the presi-
dent has appointed special army
board to draw up plans for a general
reorganization of the army calling for
an increased strength from 65,000 Off
GERS and men, as at present, to 100000.
New Public Printer.
The president has nominated John S.
Leech of Illinois to the Office Of public
printer to succeed Stillings, resigned.
Leech is known as union man in
good standing.
Facts of Railway Combination.
The interstate commerce commission
has issued a special report made in
connection with the preparation of a
uniform system Of accounting for all
interstate railways. It shows how the
railroads have been interviewer into
vast systems of stock control and
makes possible uniform balance
sheet. For the first time it gives official
statistics of the amount of stock In the
hands of the general public Out of
about S1S,000 100000 Of outstanding
:ilroad securities $500. .000. 900 is held
j the corporations, leaving in the
hands Of the public $500, 900, 900 of
funded debt and $4,700,0oo,oo0 of
stocks.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16

moned Herbert A. Asquith, chancellor
OF the exchequer, to Biarritz to receive
the appointment to the vacant premier
ship. While this choice pleases a ma
jority of the Liberals, it is unsatisfac-
tory to the labor and Irish elements
Before starting Asquith eulogized the
character of the retiring premier and
moved the adjournment of parliament
till April IA, which was agreed to.
Election Riots In Portugal.
Starting with dispute over the
counting Of the votes in one section Of
Lisbon at the end of the parliamentary
elections April 5, crowds Of Republic
ans made forcible resistance to the ar
bitrary ruling of the government cleo
ton officers, and fierce rioting ensued,
which was checked only when the
troops had fred into the mob, killing at
least seven persons and wounding a
hundred. Demonstrations continued,
however, for several days, and hum
dreds of citizens were arrested. Mar
tial law was used throughout the city,
which looked like an armed camp. The
result of the voting was an overwhelm-
ing victory for the Monarchists, ac-
cording to the face of the returns. The
Republicans gained only five seats,
while the Regenerators head the list
with sixty-two seats, and the Progress
lists come second with fifty-nine seats
The suffrage is limited to those who
can read or write or who pay certain
direct taxes. This excludes 80 per cent
of the people
Province Excludes Motor Cars.
The legislature of Prince Edward
Island has excluded all motor cars
from the province on the ground of
public safety. it being argued that con-
ditions there are peculiarly unfavora-
Bile to the liberation of these machines
because the farmers have to depend
upon horses largely to reach the trade
centers.
Castro Accuses Roosevelt.
Correspondence from Caracas tells
how the official organ OF President Cas-
tro of Venezuela has accused President
AeCSoNsscAb vi SCcttIiAAS lOL 4lE1t f1Gl-
dents out of which to create conflict
with Venezuela, referring to Minister
Russell's protest against the violation
OF American mail pouches of the
steamer Tacoma at La Guayra. The
article adds that If the aspiration Of
Roosevelt is the abdication of yenezu-
elias territorial sovereignty 1t is high
time that the truth be known The
opening Of the Tacoma's mail bags was
shown to have been a clerical error
Officers as Cuban Governors.
Upon the request of Governor Ma
goon the governors of all the provinces
of Cuba have resigned, and Ia their
places officers of the American army
OF occupation have been appointed.
Magoon also has decreed the creation
of regular army of 1000 men com
manded by Pine Guerra.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16
SOCIOLOGICAL
Protest Meeting UnmoIested.


With about 200 of the New York po-
lice force present, some in uniform and
others in plain clothes, a meeting of
the Socialists was held to protest
against the brutality of these same po-
lice in preventing the Union square
meeting of the unemployed the week
before. Algernon Lee, editor Of the
New York Socialist, who presided, said
they We're glad to have the police hear
what was thought of them Morris
Hilauit gave notice to all the forces of
reaction that in trying to make the in
cident the pretext for a campaign of
SANDER against the Socialist movement
they had undertaken a fruitless and
silly task. All the speakers said the
police clubbing had made many re
cruits for the Socialist cause
Would Isolate All Anarchists.
The suggestion that the advocates Of
anarchy be sent to some lonely island
where they. could try ouf their theories
Of freedom and no government is Offer
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16
E x &c We
Interest In Flying Doubled.

Interest II Flying Doubled.
The United States patent Office re-
ports that in the last year there has
been an increase Of 100 per cent in the
number of applications for aeronautical
patents, the majority of ideas dealing
with a combination Of the aeroplane
and the diriglble balloon.
Quarantine Excepts Cuba.
The marine hospital service 10 order
Ing the yellow fever quarantine against
Cuba has excepted the Havana district,
this exception being made upon the
assurance OF Governor Magoon that
Havana is now a clean city
FlotilIa joins Battleships.
on APRIL the flotiIla Of torpedo boat
destroyers arrived at Magialenl bay
one day ahead Of schedule. thus CONF
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16

ksquith Takes Up Reins of British
Government Bloody Riots Fol-
low Monarcbist Victory In
PortugaI-venezuela Defiant.
Congress Enacts New Liability
Law, Gag Rules Checking Mi
nority FiIibuster-The Presi-
dent Urges Legislation Against
Anarchism - Massachusetts
Court Against Sympathy
Strikes-New York Racing Re-
form Bills Tied.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16

speedy trial Four Of these and two
accomplices, who pleaded guilty, were
indicted, tried and sentenced In six
hours. The policemen got a seven
year sentence and their chief assistant,
Frost. four years The nlneteen-year-
old boy who acted as a tool was sent
to reforlnatory ldge Kinsey IN de
liyering sentence bitterly berated the
convicted officers of the law for their
reasonable actions The confession Of
the boy led to the exposure.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16
LEGAL CRIMINAL
syrnpathetie Strikes Illegal.

9yiBHNNtsStt~ &AitNSe 7ttISGts
The Massachusetts, supreme court in
the case of nine building contractors
of Lynn who asked an injunction
against the Building Trades council for
enforcing sympathetic strike against
the open shop has ruled that any such
strike is Illegal The opinion holds
that union has no right to decide a
grievance between employer and en-
ployee no right to force an employer
to submit to delegate body, and that
the rules of the unions in question are
unlawful. Chief Justice Knowlton dis
sented on the open shop point.
Margined Stocks RedeemabIe..
The United States supreme court has
affirmed the practice on the New York
Stock Exchange that broker is the
agent of the customer and that the lat
ter can redeem stocks he has pur-
chased on margin and that such prac-
tice is not contrary to the federal bank
ruptcy law. The decision was on a
test case.
Hartman Answers Federal Suit.
A general denial of the charges
made by the government in its suit to
dissolve the Hartman system Of rail
roads Is contained in the answer fled
by Mr.. Hartman himself on April at
Salt Lake City. Answers also were
filed by w. A. Clarke and other Off
cials of the roads comprising said sys-
tenn
Great Northern Fined $4,000.
In the federal circuit court at New.
York the Great Northern railway was
found guilty Of rebating to the sugar
trust and was fined 5000 by Judge
Holt, but bill of exceptions operated
to stay sentence The trust already
has pleaded guilty to its share i'll the
transactions and paid fines.
Relating Lumber Company Fined.
The Stearn Salt and Lumber com
pany Of Ludington, Mich, has been
fined $4,000 for accepting rebates from
the Pere Marquette on lumber ship
ments.
Emma Goldman Not Barred Out.
When the woman leader of American
anarchists, Emma Goldman, returned
from a brief trip into Canada, where
she went to address striking workmen,
an effort was made by the American
frontier authorities to question her
right to re-enter this country, and it
was supposed that the action was In
spired from Washington in view of the
current federal activities against those
Of her cult She submitted papers show
ing that she had married J z. Keers
ner, an Anericanized foreigner. and
with this explanation she was adj
mitted.
Alexander Berkman. the New York
anarchist and comrade of Miss Gold
man, was released from custody of the
local police In connection with the Tns
ion square bomb throwing. Siiverstein,
the man who was injured i'll trying to
throw the bomb at the police, still lin-
gered between life and death at the
hospital and is said to have told the
police how he made the bomb and in
tended to get revenge upon the police.
who had dubbed him.
Cannot Export Jersey Water.
The United States supreme court has
upheld the New Jersey law prohibiting
the expectation of water from the
state by pipes, the appeal from that
law having been made by water COM
pany which had contracted to deliver
a large quantity daily to one part of
Npvv York CITY The eonnanv insSisfaf5
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16
EDUCAT TON AL
Teachers Going to Prussia.

Teachers Going to Prussia.
Beginning Oct. this year. by an ar
rangement between the government Of
Prussia and the Carnegie Foundation
For the Advancement OF Teaching, from
twenty-five to fifty American teachers
who have graduated at some college
and taught at least one year in a col
lege or high school may visit the
schools of Prussia, with all expenses
paid by the Prussian government. Sim
ilarly Prussian teachers will visit Amer
icaneschools
$4,000, 600 to Teachers Fund.
The Carnegie foundation has re-
sponded to the appeal Of the state uni
versities for admission OF their pro
fessors TO the pension fund with the
announcement that Mr. Carnegie has
increased the fund by $5,0o0.000, max
ing the total for this purpose $15, ,0e0,-
coo. In his letter making known this
gift Carnegie says, aMost grateful am
to be privileged as trustee of this
wealth to devote it 10 such USE There
are 100 colleges now on the pension
list.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16
COM MMERCIAL
Hartman to Have the Erie

Hartman to Have the Erie.
Financial centers have been chiefly
Interested in the fate Of the Erie rail-
road for some time back, as it was
known that this Morgan property was
on the point of defaulting obligations.
AT the crucial moment E. Ell. Hartman
stepped forward with his personal loan
Of $5,5o0,000 iii cash to the manage
ment This is taken to mean that he
and his associates had arranged to as
sumo entire control of the road in
which heretofore he has had only a
minority interest. Just before Harri-
mans offer reached the directors hold
ers of maturing notes had given notice
that more time would not be given,
and a receiyership was thought in
evitable.
Railroad Business Better.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad re-
ceipts for March were 515 per cent bet
ter than In February, and this is re
garded as a sign of returning prosper
ity
Record Prices For Beef.
The prices of all kinds of meats have
continued to soar in all the centers of
population. and commercial war is
on between the packers and the cattle
raisers, while the consuming public
pays the bills or turns vegetarian. The
packers are forcing down the price Of
cattle at the same time that they are
charging more to the wholesale meat
dealers
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16

ed By the Rev. Dr..
r. S, Macarthur of
the Calvary Baptist
church. New York
He expresses the
belief that a brief
experience in the
actual practice of.
these theories would
make anarchists Of
the Berknlan and
Goldman type glad
enough to return to
civilization, which
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16

the unprecedent-
ed circumstance
of the absence
Of the king from
the country, Ed
ward being. him
self taking treat
ment at Biar-
ritz. The reslg-
nation was TAX
en- to the king
by special mes
senger and its
acceptance sent
back by wire At
the same time
the king sum-
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16
70 r EIGN

Asquith Britain's New Premier.
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman form
ally relinquished Office as the prime
minister of Great Britain, April 8, aft
er long illness from which he could
not hope to fully recover and under
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16

they now denonnee Dr. r. S. Macarthur
and try to destroy, while the rest or the
world would learn with great COM
posure of the results which would fol
low their theories on this lonely Is.
land Or. Mac Arthur does not hesitate
TO connect the invectives aud activities
of the better class of Socialists with the
throwing of the bomb in Union square.
Block That Houses 6,t7s Souls.
Harold NJ. Finley IN report for
Federation, the organ OF the Fedora
tion of Churches. gives the result Of his
study of the congested sections of New
York There. he says, one may find
now more than seventy five blocks hay
ing density Of population Of over !. 900
people to the acre lii 1905 So6 blocks
had population OF 1000 souls each,
1856 had !. 900 population, forty 81 Il over
1900, three over 600 and one with
over 900 and one other with exactly
6, 1T3 This last Is the negro block On
the upper west side bounded by AI1s
sterdam and West End avenues and
Sixty list ana SKI second streets Qf
122 of tie most contested blocks f1le
li61 sEesnt6 5os
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-22
BIG HOUSE SEES
OPENING PA Y

the work OF Miss Garland and the
young man with the camera. a La
Harry Blaney. was very good.
Leaving the ladie sto fight it ont
among themselves-look who's here!
Chester Bishop. Remember the
heart-breaker of last season? He is
the same as ever and every inch as
handsome-but as he proudly said
In the fourth act. he would not let
Miss AEnott support him. and conse-
quently. he supports" her.
Any how. 1t is good company.
and a good show. and the audience
liked 1t. Hold. one minute. one kick
must be registered. Last night they
produced the repertoire Child" and
he or she or it. acted he or she or it's
part nobly. But now We have them
where were those repertoire pa
pers''-we repeat-where were those
'.papers2'' Until those papers are
produced we are going to boost the
vaudeville specialties. which are of
the best. that take place between
the acts