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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1869-08-14

SIDoN AND TYRE-No description can do JUS
tce to the squalor and filth OF Sidon on wet
day. All of the streets are more than half arch
ed over, very dark, and so narrow that three la
den asses cannot pass, with gutter a foot deep
running down the centre. Where not arched, a
rotten screen of sticks, over laid here and there
with pieces of ragged mating and wattles, adds
to the deplorable condition Of the place. Copper
Smiths seemed the most thriving as well as the
noisiest of the artizans while like every one else
they sit in their open shops hammering away on
the ground. We turned up blind entry and
then mounted fight of steps in the corner, at
the top of which door led to a courtyard, clean
and tidy.
The port when compared with the harbors of
classic Greece, must have been spacious one,
and was perhaps, enlarged by an artificial mode,
of which, though not noticed oy any writer we
thought we could descry the traces. In many
places the old reef has been quarried out, till the
sea makes a clean breach into the habor, but this
has probably been the work of later times The
Jagged fretted rocks and the sea is full OF carved
huge stones still visible where the stanchions OF
gates had been fitted, and strewn with masses of
undecipherable masonry. We were struck by
the Cyclopean character of the work-immense
stones let in to form the edge of the ancient quays
by the side of which, among and on those an
cient rocks, must have been the warehouses OF
Sidon.
The masses of broken columns on all sides form
breastwork against the action of the sea below
but these remains are so perforated and honey
combed by the water and by the boring shells
(pholades) that it is impossible to make out their
| style. Time, man, and, above ALL the incessant
dashing of the waves, have SO many honey y-comb-
| ed rocks, stoneworks and columns alike, that no
clear plan of the style Of the building can be as
certained Such is the harbor of Sdon, the cra-
die of the worlds commerce, the mother ofTyre.
Sidon, in the rain, is wretched enough, and
what is that TO Tyre in the dry The filth and
squalor of the little city surpasses even that OF
Tunisian town.
Scanty bazaars and palm leaves the streets
never less than an ankle, often foot-deep in
putrid mud diliapidated, windowless novels,
half buried in rubbish-such is modern Tyre
Through these we picked our steps to the shore,
where lay few fishing boats from the navy Of
her "whose merchants were princes" We as.
cended to the higher part Of the promontory, and
from the ruined walls looked down on the won.
derous ful6llment of prophecy. For half a mile
sea flows to the depth Of a foot or two over fla,
rocks, covered by one mass of broken columns
leaning or PROSTATE, in bewidering confusion
as if pitched pell NELL into the water. This i
insular Tyre "the waters have covered her -
she is place for Fishermen to spread their nett
on"
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Greenland Dissipation.

"Kavit," or coffee Notwithstanding its high
price, seems to be the article chiefly in demand.
Whatever else may be wanted kavit must be had,
and to procure this woman will allow her chill
dren TO 90 about like half-skinned seals, and her
husband to want the most common necessaries.
No spirits being allowed to be sold, the natives
take coffee instead, and to such an extent that it
has not been inaptly styled "the curse of Green
land" For a family to consume one and half
pound per diem is no uncommon extravagance !;
ard the polite little trader turns to his books,
and shows me that some families, when in luck,
1.-THE father having killed a white whale or many
seals. will use as much as five pounds of coffee
daily. Half of this is wasted in the preparation.
The green beans are roasted in pot, or on a
fiat stone, until they are charred black they are
then smashed up with stone in an old leather
mitten, without fingers until they are thrown by
the handful into water and boiled for some time.
The result is liquid, black enough in all con-
science, with half beans floating about in it, and
very bitter but it is strong, and that is the
main thing. A bit Of candied sugar is taken in
to the mentb, and the coffee is slipped, the sugar
meanwhile dissolving, and imparting certain
degree of sweetness to the bitter liquid. This is
drinking coffee Ia Gronlandice but practice il
required to accomplish it satisfactorily, for the
sugar will slip down without the coffee, and tho
coffee, without receiving its proper saccharino ad
dition. ~.
Herr Assistant asks a hulking- -lookir- -usun>uta.
lander standing at the door with his hanH5lh hi!
pockets whyshe is not out seal hunting (Fol
independently OF his regard for the welfare of th'
natives, Herr Colonibestyrer is directly interest
cd in the produce ofthe bunt.) He gives grow
and replies, u have had no kavit to-day" ant
then, as If correcting himself, Besides there is
hole in my kayak, and my boy is not well and
but the real truth was ''no kavt." just as an
talking to him, little boy who is working 70
me begs few shillngs on account, AS he is ou
of "kavit," and finds it impossible to get aloni
without his accustomed beverage. Then arriv
| two brothers from distant settlement with bluo
ber and skins, which net nearly $40. What d.
thew buy Some bread, some butter, some to
bacco, a little powder and shot the rest all goe
| in coffee and sugar
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A CAT IN A Very AWKWARD FIx.--ln New
York, some days ago, while workmen were
constructing the iron front of u new building
in Walker street, a cat by some means crawled
into the hollow part of the iron girder which
forms the base of the front. Tho workmen
Tc5Fistfc cat, but paid no attention to its cries,
and the work proceeded, thus entombing the
cat The fact was reported to the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, by whom
the builders were ordered to release the cat,
even if it became necessary to take down tho
entire front TO accomplish it. The front had
been erected as far as the fourth story by this
time, and the matter began TO wear a serious
as we'll as expensive aspect. There was no
alternative but to comply with the order, and
men were set to work to remove tho animal.
1t was found necessary to remove small part
Of tho side wall, into which tho girders were
inserted, and then chisels and sledge-hammers
were brought into requsition, and a hole made
larre enough for the cat to crawl through.
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ES TIM NAL s

T E S II / M O n L A l. =.
Hos. GEO. W. WooDwARn,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of Pa, ,Orises:
Philadelphia, March l6 1861
al find Hoofand's German Bitters is good
tonic, useful in disea A ses of the dgest;ve
organs, and OF great N benefit in cases of de
bility, and want of nervous action in the SyS
tenn Yours, truly,
GEo. W. WoopwARr."
Hox. JAMES THOMPSON,
Judge of the Supreme Court Of Pa.
Phila., April 2S, 1866.
al consider Hoohands German Bitters' a
valuable medicine in case of attacks of Indiges
ton or Dyspepsia. l can certify this from my
experience Of it, Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON"
From Rev. JosEpn H. KEESARD. b. D.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia
DR.. Jackson.-Dear Sir: l have been fire.
quently requested to connect my name with
Recommendations of different kinds of medi-
cines, but regarding the practice as ou tof my
ciined but with alN clear proof in vari-
Gus instances, and particularly in my own
family, of the use of DR.. Hooflands German
Bitters, | depart for once from my usual course
to express my full conviction that, for general
debility of the system, and especially for Lfrer
Complaint, it IS a safe and paluable preparation.
In some cases it may fail but usually, doubt
not, it will be very beneficial to those who suf
fer from the above causes. Yours, very res
pectfully, j. A; KESSARp,
Eighth, below Coates ST.
FRoM REV. Z. D. FENpALL,
Assistant Editor Christian Chronicle, fhila
have derived decided benefit from the use
of Hoofand's German Bitters, and feel it my
privilege to recommend them as most valua
Bile tonic, to all who are suffering from general
debility, or from diseases arising from derange-
ment Of the liver. Yours, truly,
E. d. FEspALl.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1869-08-14

WONDERFUL CLoCK.--A citizen of Detroit has
just completed clock which is described by the
Free Press
1t is enclosed On case eight feet high, similar
10 the od-fashioned eight day clocks. Below the
centre of the face is an ordinary dial, with an
attachment for striking the quarter hours; at the
left Of this dial, set pivot axis, is terres
trial globe about eight inches in diameter, which
performs diurnal revolutions, and on which are
represented the FIVE grand divisions of the earth.
On the opposite side of the dial is self regula-
ting calendar, calculated to run ten years with
out winding, and pointing to the year, month
and day OF the week. Immediately above the
dial is section of a tower, resting on two pilas-
ters with window or opening, at which appears,
each time the clock strikes the hour, one Of the
apostles Still above this tower is sort of We
randa, at each end Of which sits an angel with
outspread wings, and in the centre Death pre-
sides at small bell on which he strikes the hour
of the day with hammer. When the hands
point to twelve O'clock the angel at one end of
the Yeranda "rolls the stone away" and the door
flies open, from which emcrges the Saviour, who
takes position, and one by one the apostles
follow and take their place in close proximity to
their beloved Master, while death rings out the
last stroke just as tho Virgin Mary appears at the
window Of the Tower beneath.
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= '.ruouAKr PREDIcTEp.-A very gene

Al aTHQUAKE PREDIcrED.-A very general
excI,e mt has been caused in Peru by the publi-
cation of the prophecy of a German astronomer,
asserting that on the 10th, llth and 18th of An-
gust Of this year, preliminary shocks of earth
quake will be felt in Peru and Ecuador, to be
followed on the goth of September or October by
a movement of the earth in that region, and
along the line of the Andes mountains generally,
that will be perfectly appalling in its effects
This prediction has, it appears, created wide
spead terror among the Peruvians, ard many
families are now preparing TO seek places ofgreat-
er security The astronomer cannot ascertain to
certainty whether the grand rupture will occur
in September or October, but that it will be on
or about the goth he is confident He affims that
he has predicted earthquakes before with perfect
accuracy.
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AvEsoMoUs SERpsNr.-Mr. Moon is very much
in the habit of drawing the long bow One OF
his stories is as follows Did you never see one
Of these here hoop snakes? p NO. says his listen
or Il didn't think there was any such thing ;
sOh yes,' says Mr.. Moon, T'v seen one. Me and
INV hired man was down there in the home lot
by the side of the road, and we see something
rolling down the hill, and says l, 4 guess that
are must be one of them hoop snakes coming
along My hired man he was sfeared, and elm
M a tree but took my hoe in my hand and
went out and stood beside a tree in the road,
and when he come along ] stuck out the hoe
handle and be hit it slap, and be made noise
les like pistol and, sir, it warn't morn a
minute afore that are hoe handle was sweiiea up
as big as my leg
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ABOUT SHAKING HANDs.-Reader, do you I'M
ders'cnd the philosophy of shaking hands We
thu, rot Few do Here it is, from an ex-
chs ::
Ta-,; IS phylosphy in hand-shakiug. 1t is
an indication of character. 1t gives expression
TO the degree in which you are appreciated or es-
timaied By another. There is a variety of meth
ods OF shaking hands according to the tempera-
ment, disposition and occasion Some seizeyour
hand with an earnest graSil-one foot extended
and holding your eye with their own. Such
is the sautaiion of the jolly tar, ready to "share
the last shot in the locker" with the stranger OF
the hour. Others again seize Your hand with as
much frenzy, and may mean as well towards
you but they do not lock directly at you but
pass our cheeks, with their eyes sleadfastly set,
as If looking for some undeiued ghost beyond,
ard seeming TO converse with the same. Others
give too great show of ferYency to the saluta-
ton, causing your fingers 10 Jingle with pain
you involuntarily glance at yonr Injured hand,
cYoeciing il TO be compressed into one norrid,
bru'scd, extended index finger. Others add TO
this exhibition of muscular power by swinging
your hand up and down-a sort OF intimation
that they are about 20 pump you. A few come
so close 10 you that you can feel their breath up
on your fsce others seem TO De experimenting
on the greatest distance at which the saulation
can be exchanged. Some dainty offer you the
tips of their fingers it means either that they
consider themselves your superior, or that they
are not disposed to be especially gracious
Others, again, take your whole hand, endanger-
ing the immaculate whiteness ofyour wristbands.
The most agreeable shake Of the hand is that
meaning which stands guarantee TO the sympa
the!ic look and kindly spoken word. The most
atominable hand-shaking is lazy, listess offering
giving no pressure and averse to receiving. We
have shaken hands with such persons and the
memory of it has annoyed US for an hour after
wards. 1t was like touching wet dish".oth, or
a cold, quiveriug frog. An embarrassing shake
of the hands is when the party greets you hesita-
tingly, yet slightly, as if he felt guilty OF bold
ness, or was not quite sure but that be had beeA
misled by resemblance. 1t is as awkward as a
pause in conversation.
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:, TIES OF ADVERTISING.
p o g T r v.
TIME IS PASSING.

Time is rushing in his chariot:
Rapidly his wheels 60 round
Though they cast no dust behind them,
Though they have no rumbliDg sound
Silently they bear US onward,
Soon our journey will be DER;
Soon the friends with whom we mimgie
We shall see and hear no more
soon our feet shall press the meadows
0fthe vast, eternal Shore
FLYING months and years remind US
Ofthe world we're passing to,
let ms leave good deeds behind us,
In tha world we're passing through,
which shall be the seeds of kindness,
Watered by celestial dew,
And shall bear good fruit for others
Fruits Of joy, and peace, and love
Years long after we are singing
In the immortal land above.
Men are borne and men are dying,
thousands come, not one to stay
Time is swift, his wheels are flying,
Never ceasing, night or day,
For the laughter, nor the crying
OF the stricken or the gay;
Cushing down the God-defylng-
They who laugh atdeath's delay
And from sorrow, sin and signing,
Bearing gentle souls away
Plans and schemes Of men and nations,
Hearts and homes and homestead tree,
Granite walls and arts creations.
All the eye delights to see.
All .he ear delights III hearing,
trumblc, tumble, fall and fade,
Oh we need a world more cheering,
Free from graves and cypress shade;
THANKS TO God that world we're nearing,
In eternal sapphires laid.
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@sy- A bachelor friend of ours passing up
the street few days ago, picked up thmble.
He stood for moment meditating on the prop.
able owner, when pressing it to his lips, hs
said :.
ooh, that this were the fair lips of the
wearer."
Just as he had finished, big, fat, ugly
colored woman looked out at an upper window
and said
"Boss, jis please frow dat fmble in de entry
lis drap it,
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Ma- A constable pursued thief who took
refuge on q stump in swamp and pulled up
after him the rail on which he went out The
constable made the following return
'Sightable-c convsrsable- -eome-at-able
ia gwampuM-un stumpum-rail0.'
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PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE.
N O T | G.. E..

It is a we'll established fact that fully one
half of the female portion of our population
are seldom in the en-T joymentOfgood health !,
WE'LL" They are languid, devoid of all energy.
extremely nervous, and have no appetite. To
this class of persons the Bitters, or the Tonic,
is especially recommended.
Weak and Delicate Children are ade
stong by the use Of either of these remedies
They will cure every case of MARAS NJ US,
without fail.
Thousands of certificates have accumulated
in the hands of the proprietor, but space will
allow of the publication of but few. Those,
it will be observed, are men of note, and of
such standing that they must be believed
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SPRING d. SUMNER GOODS!
WYE have Just received from New York and
wv Baltimore, from .irect importations from
Europe, g fine assortment of GOODS compris-
ing Black Alpacas, Alpaca Lustrcs, Delaines,
Beautiful Challies, Chamberg Ginghams, Man
chester Ginghams, &c. COTTON GOODS OF
all descriptions Plaids, Cambrics, Lawns, new
STYLES of Calicoes from cents per yard up,
White, Red and Opera Flannels, beautiful Dam
ask Gable Cloths, fine Linen Napkins, Towel
Crash.
SUMNER C1SSIMERES. COTTONADES.
COATING AND PANT LINENS;
and ins stock of MUSLINS, bleaehed and
unbleaehed, from 10 cents per yard up, and
II 3 3 G .s.c=c!iod and ur hleached.
GLOVES Mourning Gloves, Grape; fine
assortment Of HOSIERY, Silk Linen Hand
kerchefs, cheap, and great variety OF NO
TIONS.
A fine assortment of
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
Alabata Ware, Hardware, qaeensware, Crock
eryware, Tinware, &c. fine assort-
ment of STRAW and WOOL
HATS, BOOTS AND
SHOES, for
Ladies, Gentlemen and Children.
Always on hand GROCERIES of the best quail
ity; TEAS, SPICES, &c. OILS, lburn
ing and lubricating;) LAMP
CHIMNEYS, &C.
Mss-P PATENT MEDICINES generally in use.
SUMMER MATING L OIL CLOTH.
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
constantly on hand.
ng~CALL AND SEE.
%g- Goods delivered free of charge. -EN
A call is respectfully solicited before going
elsewhere. We think our Goods and Prices
cannot fail to please.
NE.We are now offering as great induce
ments in bargains as can be found in the cities,
or anywhere else, having constant communica-
ton between Towson town and Baltimore. Any
article not found in our store can be furnished
on the shortest notice.
VIM. 8. SHEALEY 4 BROS,
Nov. I, 1S6s.--1y. Towsontown, Md.
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CA TT TION.

Hoofand's German Bitters are counterfeited
See thatthe signature nof c. NJ. JACKSON is
on the wrapper ofIDesch bottle. Alloth
ers are counterfeit.
Principal Office, and Mandatory at the
German Medicine Store. No. 63l Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
CHARLES M. EVANS, Prop'r,
Formerly C. NJ. JACKSON & co.
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Ma- 1t is said that when Lord Byron sent 10
his wife the well-known touching lines,
ssFare thee well and, if for ever,
Still for ever fare thee well ]"
he inclosed in the same envelope grocer's Dill
with the penciled remark "Please look over
this don't think we had 80 much cheese.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1869-08-14

sTIEFF's PIANOS HAVE ALL THE la.
TEST IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING THE
AGRAFFE 1REBLE. IV0Rf FRONTS.
and the improved FRENCH ACTION, Full
LY WARRANTED FOR FIVE YEARS, With
the privilege Of exchange within i3 months
if not entirely satisfactory TO the purchaser.
Second hand PIANOS and pARLOR OR.
CANS always on hand from $50 TO $500.
References who have our Pianos in use
John I. Ensor, Nelson Cooper, VIM. IL. Isaac,
John H. Longneeker, j. C. n. Merrillat. DR..
Craig, DR.. Woods. Robert Dilworth of Bai.i
more county Eutaw House, Maltby House.
Howard House, Fountain Hotel and National
Hotel. Baltimore city.
@Terms Liberal.
Ms-A CALL is SOLICITED. -Hz
Dec. 26, lS6S.-ly.
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WASHINGTON YELLOTT,
W MACHFN & r. J. CUTTINGS

Have associated with them, for the practice of Law
in the Courts Of Baltimore county,
D. G. MCINTOSH, OF TowsoSTowN
They may be consulted at their office in Tows0nt2wn,
or At the office of Machen Cuttings, No. AZ St. Paul
Street baltimore NOV. rs, 1S6S.-n
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H0Ofland's German Bittefs,
AND
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC,
PREPARED BY
Dr. c. M. JACKSON,


PREPARED BY
Dr. G. M. JACKSON,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
Thirty-fve years since they were first intro
duced into this country from Germ any, during
which time they have undoubtedly performed
more cures, and benefited suffering humanity
to greater exteiN, than any other remedies
known to the public.
These remedies will effectually cure Liver
: Cowplsint Jsundice. 4 E-Dyspepsia, Chronicor
Nervous Debility,I Chronic Diarrh e a,
Disease of the Kidneys, and all Diseases aris-
ing from Disordered Liver, Stomach or lntes
tines.
DEBILITY,
Resulting from any Cause fohateUer; ProStration
Of the System, induced By Severe Labor,
Hardships, Exposure, Feuers, dc.
There is no medicine extant equal to these
remedies in such cases. A tone and vigor is
impaired to the whole system, the appetite is
strengthened, food is enjoyed, the stomach di-
gests properly, the blood is purified, the com
plexion becomes sound and healthy, the yell
low tinge is eradicated from the eyes, bloom
is given to the cheeks, and the weak and -nerss
vous invalid becomes O strong and healthy be-
ing.
PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
md feeling the hand of time weighing heavi-
ly upon them, with all its attendant ills, will
find in the use of this Bitters, or the Tonic, an
elixir that will instil new life into their veins,
restore in measure the energy and ardor Of
more Youthful days, build up their shrunken
forms, and give health and h'ppiness to their
nil
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P R G E s.:

p R / g ES:
Hoohand's German Bitters, per bottle 81 90
half doz 5 90
Hoohand's German Tonic, put up in quart bot
ties, 81 SO per bottle, or half dozen for s. go
1- Do not forget TO examine we'll the article
you buy, in order to get the genuine.
For sale by
RICH'D WILLIS, DRuGeisr,
Towsontown,
And by all Druggists and storekeepers every
where. [Sept. 10, 1s6s.-eowly
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n. B.-Great inducements offered To C0UN.
TRY MERCHANTS. Oct. 3i.-tSl269s.
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Ms-A CALL is SOLICITED. 1&2
Dec. %, IS68.-1y.
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For additional information apply TO or addr
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80 Van Buren, Street, Chicago.
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EXTRA CHARGES.

Payments made quarterly, in advance. School
Books furnished at current prices. Hours Of at
tendance from a. IN. until p. m. Recess from
IL to 1890. No student is allowed to leave the
recreation grounds during the time Of Feoess.
10 case oflate attendance, or absence from school,
a note Of excuse is required from the Parent or
Guardian.