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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-11

Bethany Lodge of Odd Fellows Holds
Big Meeting The officers of the Grand Lodge
of Maryland and other prominent Odd Fellows
paid Bethany Lodge No; q ofGlenarm, visit
on Wednesday evening last. The lodge held
business meeting at the close Of which all adj
iourned to the room below the hall, which was
filled with members of the lodges and friends,
including great many ladies. Addresses were
made by Grand Master Robert W. Mobray,
Grand Secretary William A. Jones, Grand
Treasurer ]. Frank Plummer, Grand Repre-
sentative William Grason, Grand Representa-
tive e. s. Anderson, Grand Conductor George
Ewalt, Past Grand Patriarch Fred. A. Groom,
Grand Junior Warden Jacob Schapiro, Will
liam H. Hofstetter, Jr. of Garden, Lodge No.
ia, and others. DR.. John s. Green was chair
man Of the committee and introduced the
speakers. A musical and literary program was
rendered, after which the committee served
light refreshments. Previous to the meeting
the grand officers and others were entertained
at the residence of DIR. Green. Bethany Lodge
is strong and active body and is enthusiastic
over the prospects of having one of its mem
bers CDR. Green) elected Grand Warden of the
Grand Lodge on April 2lst.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25
By, GEORGE N. FALCONER

I Stripped naked OF all DISCUSSES. theo-
ries, forms, fashions, excuses. know
ing himself in all his strength and
| weakness, he bares his heart to the
worlds gaze. This was the kind of
sincerity and genuineness that ap-
pealed to the man of Nazareth. who
said 1000 years ago of woman who
had fallen by the way: Wherefore
l say unto you, her sins, which are
i many, are forgiven; for she loved
much; but TO whom little is forgiven.
the same loseth little"
Bobert Burns. as Robt. Ingersoll
once said, did more than give Scot
land songs to sing and rhymes to
read;" he helped to make men free
free from the CALLING yoke of poll
tical, social and religious tyranny.
and civilized men, wherever found
today, frankly concede that there Is
nothing grander than to break chains
from the bodies of men-nothing
nobler than to destroy the phantoms
of the soul.
People are mentally free today
or partially so. 1t was not SO 200
years ago. Freedom is a plant of
slow growth. The reign of ghosts.
holy and unholy, was long and bare-
ful. but 1t has ended. Into the dark
ness where they dwelt science has
have gone a-glimmering. Spooks
and goblins, which the ignorant
shuddered at and the pious implorej
all have quit their antics. The
Devil once so terrible, is now harm
less; Devil is but another name for
evil" with ID" prefixed. The in
cubus of the ages has been unloaded.
No longer afraid, men think. He'll
has become mild-winter resort. At
last men may think aloud without
fear of a dungeon. We are indebted
to the Ploughman Poet for our me l.
tai emancipation. He was one of the
first to laugh at the Devil-a dread
full thing to do in Scotland. Two
hundred years ago the Kirk in Scot
land had become an autocrat. The
Devil was the great Boss, invisible to
be sure. but none the less powerful
Everything dark and inexplicable
terrible was the work of Satan. In
; every shadow, unfamiliar sound, pain
, mishap and death. there was some
. thing of the ''evil one." Men feared
: to leave home on dark nights, fear
/ ing the Devil might trap them un
awares. The dark side OF things wa
: the DEVILS kingdom and in presence
! of 1t the Scotch people stood In ab1ec
! fear-a lamentable condition for ;
r people claiming kinship with Bruc,
5 and a Wallace. But fear has no com
| passion. 1t is the jailer of the mind
) 1t Is the great tyrant. We now un
derstand why the Canny Scot tool
D to Hot Scotch''-he needed some
: thing to make himself brave in tn,
4 darkness. Burns with true free
) mans soul challenged this age-loni
' Devil worship. His method of at
{ tack was singular and original. Ii
Q his Address to the eDvil'' he laugh
Satan out of countenance. turns hin
/ to ridicule. pokes fun at him. defie
s him, and then has mercy on him
S he holds out the hope that the Devi
: some time may take thought an,
0 mend his ways.
n This poem and Holy Willie
: Prayer. did more than anything els
n to kill the Devil of superstition Il
s Scotland. Rude the assault certainl
was and overwhelming. But Augeai
= stables are not to be cleansed witt
s a spray OF rose water.
r The cause OF freedom is the caus
!. of man. A gagged mouth is wors
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25

"Prince of lovers-lover OF
7 men and women and everything
God made-a composite OF tenn
peftuous tenderness, consumed
by the fire of his own big heart!
And no man ever swept tho
harp Of human life with truer
or more telling touch-nO sweet
er songs were ever sung. What
wonder that we admire him
when he so typifies the one emo
ti0n which guides and rules and
glorifies humanity-what won
der that manhood everywhere
makes his birthday a festival,
and with love I'm their hearts
and mayIhap drop OF noun
tain dew to their lips, revere his
genius and commemorate his vir-
tues while frankly forgetting his
fOllies?'
On the 25th of January, 1853. in
an "auld clay biggin" or cottage,
about two miles south of Ayr. Scot
land, there was ushered into life a
wee BARN. Weighted with tho vir-
tues and frailities of his parents and
the generations that preceded them.
No word of choice had he in the Sc
lection of his father and mother, no
voice in the choosing of his environ
ment-bnought into life without his
consent. and after 81 years of life
a life of love, laughter and song-of
night and dawn, of storm AMI calm,
he was thrust out of 1t very much
against his will. Such in brief is
the life-story of Robert Burns! Not
the complete story, however. Burns,
the physical man, has long since
turned to dust and ashes; but the
imp. rishable part of him-the soul
which blossomed into thousand
songs, songs for all times and sea
sons lives on and will live as long as
men and women are touched by tht
harmonies of the Choir invisible
whose music is the gladness of the
world"
Don't let that awkward squad fir,
over my body" was the last injunc
ton of the poet before death-re
ferring to a volunteer regiment o
which he was an honorary member
But they did fire over his body.
they knew no better way to do tn
poet honor than to fire volley
Awkward squads of the poets ad
mirers have been firing at him an
/ over MIN every year SluCt HIS uedti
Ignorant of the best in Burns. the
have lauded and initiated an
made capital of the worst J.
him. Men who never read a song o
poem of his. will tell you of hi
faults and foibles and escapades an
"a that and a that. Poor Bobbi
has suffered sorely at the hanls Q
his fool-friends. 1t is a pleasure t
the small mind, apparently. in dis
covering that the Gods are clay. an
are, like themselves, liable to sill
and fall. They forget that the onl
men who never make mistakes ar
dead men. Mummies, also, are quit
safe.
Rest assured II a man be candi
and sincere, he will be taken at hi
word, when he makes the world hi
confessional and calls himself sill
ner. Burns needs no attorney
plead in his defense. He Is his ow
biographer; his own Father Cor
fessor. He pours out his soul l
song; tells the tale of his loves, h
Joys, his sorrows, of his faults an
failings, and the awful pangs Of r,
morse. Every line written by him
free from sniveling hypocrisy an
concealment of motive. He new
uses language to conceal though
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25
Congregational Church.

Rev. Hodges our pastor at Tellur-
ide. who is spending a few weeks In
the valley to overcome the deleterious
effects of the high altitude upon his
his heart, will preach for us next
Sunday morning. The pastors even
ing subject will be. 1.-The Land Of
Dreams" All of our young people
are urged to hear this sermon.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25
SUNDAY SERVICES

Bible school 9;45 a. m.
Church services, IL a IN.
Christian Enleavor meeting at
6:30 p. m. Subject, Our Home Mis-
sionary Work. Leader, Miss Anna
May.
Announcements regarding the con
tinuation of the meetings will be
made Sunday.
Subject of sermon. "The Last Invi-
tation and The Second Coming of
Christ"
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25
Christian Science Church.

First Church OF Christ. Scientist.
Located corner Seventh and White
streets. Sunday school at 9:45 a.
m. Services at IL n. M; subject,
Truth"
Christian Science reading room
In the church parlor, where Chris
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25
His
Birthd ay

1 than a shackled body. Truth is born
of open discussion. The days of the
inquisition were the darkest days of
the human race. The remedy for the
evils of freedom is-more freedom.
Man, to he truly civilized, must be
free.
In all ages the truest lovers of
mankind have toiled to make men
free. Burns loved freedom: he hated
tyranny, and said what he thought in
plain way. He sympathized with
the American colonies battling for
freedom; he was with the French
peasants in their struggle for bread
and-freedom. He saw and felt the
social inequalities of his time. He
rebelled. He declared no man should
be slave to another. He saw clearly
that the ''pith o. sense and pride O.
worth" are beyond all the dignities
king can bestow. Kings and
princes are but accidents, mere pup
pets, whose useless lives are made
possible by the workers of the world
who play their part in the worlds
drama, shirlS their part who may
'Tis earth's toilers, who today as In
times past, make life possible for
those possessed of either the opulence
of gold or the wealth of intellect. 1T
wasn't easy to stand for such prin-
ciples when Burns uttered them; 1t
isn't altogether an easy task to stand
and live for them today. But we are
better for having been told so long
ago, that 1t is manhood, and not
tinsel and show that counts. Burns
looked to the time when class dis
tinctions would cease, and the glory
of simple manhood be the highest
earthly dignity.
Then let us pray that come what
AS come it will for a that
That man to man the world o'er
| Shall brothers be for a that
What dreamer of dreams was
Robert Burns! Listening by his fire.
side, while the fierce winter-blast
made the doors arI windows of
his little cottage rattle, his big heart
and the birds, shivering with cold
was with the cattle and the sheep,
outside. While his soul was soaring
toward the realm of the Beautiful yet
to be-the better day.
Dreamers are mad, say the prac-
tical folk. If SO there are many mad
people for many people dream
without vision the people perish.
The feeling of longing. the desire
for human betterment, Is present In
every earnest man or woman. To
make the most of ourselves, to ac-
complish our tasks, to realize our
hopes, to labor-however obscure
for the better day coming-it is this
hope that makes life, under adverse
circumstances, worth the living. The
! pursuit of the ideal, the vision of q
world devoid of wrong. of humanity
! free and strong, of world sweetened
by the harmony of happy lives, oi
honest loves, of great worth, of limo
J cent joys,-must and does draw us
/ like a loving kiss. We can hear and
J see the waters flow and the sunrise
glow, of the Beautiful yet to be
Some day the dream of the Peasant
Poet shall come true,
, Monuments are only passing
, moments" says Bill Barlow, the sage
brush philosopher-"but literature
' will endure forever. Genius has
! chiseled one name on this immorta
/ slab which time serves but to per
petuate-Bobbie Burns-the master
ly lover, who has woed and won {
, world"
j GEO. N. FALCONER,
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25
Tomorrow's Services

tian Science literature is on sale,
and for reading purposes. All are
welcome. Open on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays. from to p. m.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25
Baptist Church.

''The Gospel to the Poor" will be
Mr.. Beach's subject tomorrow morn
ing. There will be no evening SER
vice.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25

Why do you trade with Harry HI
att? Because he makes good.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25

Our phone number h changed 4
plambsr. SAs colorado avsans,
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25

Fred Mantey's SOC rawhide leader
whip. See 1t.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25
W. Q. T. ..

There are five Fridays in January.
Tho next meeting of the Union will
be February z, at Mrs. DR.. Hub
bards. 1049 White avenue.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25
Methodist Church.

Bishop Warren will preach at the
Methodist church on Sunday. Every
person who had the pleasure of hear
ing Bishop Warren at our conference
will be anxious to hear him again.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25
Christian Church.

Pastors residence. No. 1875 Grand;
phone Junction 347.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25

Rev. Gemmill will have charge of
the prayer meeting, "Wednesday even
ing, January 90.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25
Presbyterian Church.

Rev. Benz. Mckee Gemmill. Phi.
ID. of Wayne, Pa. will occupy the
pulpit next Sabbath January 20,
morning and evening.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25

Arrangements are being made for
another monster Temperance meet
ing in February.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25

Gail and inspect our new show
turss On display. J. =. McKsnsie.
sesn- Al kinds ee plumbiEs A.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25

Let Fred Mantey show you that
Soc whip.
The daily sentinel., 1908-01-25

AS come it will for a that
That man to man the world DER
Shall brothers be for "a that"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-19
English Etchings.

London has 81 daily papers and 375
other periodical publications.
A mammoth dredger is being built
for the port Of Liverpool. It iss47S feet
long and will lift 10000 tons Of sand
In nifty minutes.
London's greatest rush hours are
from 8 to 8 in the morning and at
about 6:3O in the evening. Between 8
and 8 $4,000 persons enter the city:
between 8 and Z 175G0O leave.
The famous ruins of Tintern abbey.
Nonmouthshire. are being restored us
tar as the four great arches are con
lcerned. aud more excavations are be-
ing made around it in hope Of finding
other buildings.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-19
VOTE ON SCHOOL BOARD
Five members We're Selected for the
School Board Under the
New School Law.
ing the omcers.

Up to noon Tuesday it did not seem
like there was going to be very
much of a vote polled at the regular
school election, but in the afternoon
the voters were brought out in largel
numbers, particularly on the east
side of the city. The west side failed
to take the interest in the election.
The particular issue was the location
of the new high school building
which is to be erected this year, and
the east side people made a special
campaign to elect a majority Of the
board for that purpose, and a S a re-
suit the east side polled a very large
vote. The following is the vote of
the four wards:
Geo. Foster,
One Year. 81 373 40 81
iG. Scheurenbrand,
One Year.. II s75 4os 81
E. w. Hyler,
Two Years. .15e s74 400 212
A. B. McKeel,
Two Years. 15s s74 4o4 ZIG
10. T. Litchfeld,
Three Years. 1877 377 -412 2o3
L. r. Stair. ..14O 6 4 1877
The total vote of each candidate is
as follows: George E. Foster GAL;
IG. Scheurenbrand 885; E. w. Heyler
l1145; A. B. McKeel 1853; O.. T.
Litchtield 1149; L. E. Stair 337. The
board will be composed of the first
five named men, and-next year there
will be two new men to elect.
VIM. M. Smith was the only candi-
date for school treasurer and was
telected to the position, which, it is
understood, runs for a period of three
years.
l II w0l1 .porr0~n yn.. -.-.Aa.a--
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-19
THEIR OFFICERS

suvO uU66eO uuUkuuS VI ] uV6uAO
Eastern Star Grand Chapter Complet-
ed Their Work by INSTALL
ing the Officers.
Despite the hard rain Thursday
evening and the further fact that
some of the members returned to
their homes during the afternoon,
there was a good attendance at the
Grand Chapter session, when the In
stallation of officers took palce.
Previous to the installation the
Chapter was very happily entertained
by Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, the Grand
Matron of Iowa, who recited several
numbers, one or two of which were
Ben Hur. Mrs. Stewart is an accom-
lplished artist in the line of elocution
and her efforts were given a sincere
appreciation. Mrs. Brown, the depu-
ty Grand Matron, of Iowa, gave al
short address in which she referred
to the Home building that was erect
ed at Boone, Iowa, by the Masonic
fraternity and the Eastern Star, and
what she had to say was in the way
of encouragement for the erection of
la similar building in South Dakota.
The two orders in this state have al
ready started a fund for the erection
of a home and it is growing to good
proportions in both. Miss Stevens
again favored the Chapter with a vo-
cal solo, and whose singing has been
very much enjoyed by the members
during the session.
The rest of the evening was deyot-
ed to the instllation of the Grand
officers. Mrs. Bell completed her list
of appointments by naming Mrs.
Myrtle Copyright, of Milbank, for
Grand Warder, Mrs. Eva Manson, of
Egan, for Grand Sentinel, and Mrs.
Williams, of Springfield, for Grand
Organist.
The officers were installed by Mrs.
Harris, of Aberdeen, Past Grand Ma
iron, Mrs. Eva Dawson, of Spring.
field, acting as the Grand Marshal,
and Mrs. William Roddle, of Brook
.ings, as the Grand Chaplain. With
that work ended the Chapter stood
adjourned to meet at Watertown next
year. The session to be held at Wa
.tertown will be the twenty-first ami
versary of the founding of the Grand
Chapter, n it will be quite appro-
pirate to meet at Watertown on that
occasion for the reason that it was
at Watertown where the Grand Chap
ter was first originated. The o%ccas-
ion will doubtless be celebrated to
quite an extent.
The present session of the Grand
Chapter has been very successful,
with an attendance that was highly
satisfactory and the work was car
ried forward in a very expeditions
manner through the promptness and
efficient management of Grand Ma
tron Ketcham, whose work has been
highly complimented by the mem
bers.
After the Grand Chapter adjourn
ed a large number of the ladies and
the gentlemen went over to the rooms
of the Mitchell Club where they we're
entertained at a dancing party, the
room being filled to the uttermost
and a very happy evening was spent.
The music was furnished by Nichols
Mandolin Orchestra
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-19

NO matter what It Is. II an al III
the want column can't ind It. tie
really lost
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-19

1t viii require less advertising to
sell property now thar at any other
season OF the year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-19

VII tCCCAvAM6 In0 ulOucy 1OE tU0Iu.
The whole transaction was for value
and bona fide. The writer had per-
sonal knowledge OF the facts at the
time.
In the meantime, the state placed
attachments upon the Mellette prop
critics, including the brick block, in
Watertown, for the purpose Of recov-
iering upon the state treasurer's bond,
and thereby prevented the closing of
the exchange with ]. H. Bass and lost
to Governor Mellette the benefit of
the exchange. The state made no at
tempt to redeem the brick block from
the mortgage. and the same was fore
closed and became a total loss to ita
owner.
During all this time, Gov. Mellette
did not make a move to hinder or de-
lay the state In its recovery upon the
treasurer's bond, or as against his
property, but conceded his obligation
hereunder and was willing the state
should hold all Of his property. First,
to pay the Taylor note, which after
wards came into possession Of the
state among the Taylor assets. Sec
sond. the balance to apply upon the
treasurer's bond. because Of his per
|sonal liability as q surety thereon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-04

L Captain j. G.. Waters says that +
Dumont Smiths new book, "Blu
Oceans and Green" is destined to live
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-04

when a policeman and three pedeS-
TRANS came running up. They had
been standing on the corner and seen
up making our descent.
What is it? WHAT'S the matter
here ?'' they shouted.
1.-THE matter is that the house is
a burning volcano inside replied Mr..
Bowser so calmly and matter of fact
that I adored him.
The four men ran up the steps to-
gether and busted the doors open
with a crash, and little smoke cam
burning rag. Then about ten men and
boys arrived in a bunch and entered
after the others.
Mr.. Bowser stood there like a hero.
1t was a cold night, but he didn't even
SILVER. He reminded me of the rock
of Gibraltar. We might have been
standing there yet. he with his arm
around me and saying that he would
shed his last drop of blood for me, had
not the crowd in the house reappear-
ed, with the policeman at their head.
Say, do you know what it wasp
asked the officer, in Disguised tones.
II think the furnace blew up re-
piled Mr.. Bowser
ST don't. 1 think it was an old dish
cloth burning away. If you'd gone
down stairs instead of playing the fool
you could have saved all this nom
sensei" -
Then the crowd went away laughing
and Mr.. Bowser and I went into the
house and propped up the busted
doors. and picked up the overturned
chairs and the pulled-down portieres
and curtains, and when I saw that he
looked a bit disappointed and put out
l 1ustsPut my arms around him and
said: f-fea -'>-s,s > 1s5s
Never mind, dear. You are real
hero, and it won't take over five dol
lars worth Of cough medicine to max e
US all right again. "-(Copyrighted,
1908, by S. C. McClure) -. y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-04

Eugene F. Ware QronquilD whose
excoriation of John Brown in his book
''The Lyon Campaign" has caused
much surprise and comment says that
he has received bushel of letters from
people commencing and abusing him.
THE people don't seem to understand
the difference between poetry and his
tory" is his only explanation of his
remarkable change of front on the John
Brown question --..a
1.-The Great Secret" is the title of e.
Phillips Oppenheim's new novel which
Little, Brown & Co., Boston. will pub
lish January II. In this new story Mr..
Oppenheim deals with a stupendous In
ternationaI conspiracy in the same In
terest compelling manner that charac-
terizes his most popular stories. An
American girl possessing both beauty
and brains furnishes the author with
a most captivating heroine. THE Great
Secret will contain ten capital full
page illustrations by c. d. Williams.
F. Marion Crawford has written for
the January Century the true story OF
Beatrice Cenei, which he calls "a great
love drama, less noble, but even more
human, and surely far more awful than
the Bride of Lammermoor. passing
the corrected version in part on recent
~ acquired letters and documents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-04
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and their deaths, recently published by
the J. B. Lippincott company. An at
tractive feature of this Vo1ttrne is the
pictures, of which there are no, fewer
than thirty-two. To say they are beau
tiful gives but faint idea of their ar
tistic loneliness. They must be seen to
be fully appreciated. OF the text, too,
nothing but the best can be said-it is
all very interesting and entertaining,
and to read one of the chapters to the
children is to bring a CLEAN of wonder
into each little eye Older minds, too,
will appreciate the delicate handling of
each subject. The authors descriptions
of landscapes and animal life are very
fine.
In Richard Harding Davis new book.
1.-The Congo and Coasts of Africa" he
gives, in vividly interesting way, some
account of the life of the missionaries
and traders and officials as it appears
to a traveller passing by, and he man
ages to bring it all home to us with an
enthusiasm and freshness that is ex-
traordinary. His accounts of the, mis-
sionaries, free from statistics or ar
gument OF any attempt to prove a case
for or against, bring them before US in
a novel and refreshing way quite diff
ferent from the stereotyped traveller s
book Mr.. Davis excelS in the striking
pictures of what he sees, and he has
done no work more remarkable than
some of this pages Of this new book.