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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-11-26
TO distinguish young from old

TO distinguish young from old
fowls when dressed, the Mirror and
Farmer gives tn e following directions:
The rear end of the breast bone in
chicken is soft, gristle, which, as
the fowl grows older, hardens into
solid bone; by pressing inward upon
this bone it can be readily ascer-
tanned whether the fowl has been:
wintered or not, as it will easily bend
in a chicken but cannot be. bent in an
old fowl. All edible birds when
young have the lower part of the
legs, the feet, and the under part Of
the feet soft, but as the fowl natures
these become hard and rough.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-11-26
SEA-SHELLS IN THE ANDES.

Sea-shells have been found in the
Andes mountains full $4,000 feet
above the sea When I first heard
this | had almost a mind to declare
that [ didn't believe it. But it is
never very wise to say that one does
not believe anything that's wonderful
without stopping to inquire further
there are so many wonderful real
things that are true.
And this is true. Ny friend Hawk
tells me that the great traveller and
naturalist, Humboldt, picked up some
sea-shells at that great height on top
Of the Andes. How did they get
there? 1t is not probable that the
ocean waters ever rose to such a
height, but it is quite likely that the
magnificent Andes were once very
low ridges beneath the sea, and that
the great fires which are always burn
ing in the heart Of the earth and rag
ing to get out, once raised up by a
mighty effort the whole long and
grand range Of Andean mountains.
So tho eea ehclls were carried ur
with the mountains high and dry a;
they are to-day, and the poor she'll.
animals wondered at the dreadful
change, and sickened and died in the
bitter, dry mountain air long, long
ages ago.-St. Nicholas for December
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-11-26
Estray.
NOTICE.

TO Uhom II may concern:
7 have this day given my son, ALBERT
CLINE, the balance of his minority, and
will collect none of his wages and pay no
debts of his contracting.
MARTHA CLINE.
ST, Cloud, Mimi, Oct. 20. 1874
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-11-26

LIE case VI Camucl alexander,
a student of the Rensselaer, Institute
of Troy, who was caught thieving,
has been mentioned in these columns.
His narrative of temptation and TALL
is interesting. The students do not
lodge in the Institute, and Alexander
had room by himself over book
store. Late one night while sitting
at his window he dropped a gold ring,
which struck on roof below. 1t was
a young lady's gift, for the student
was favored and flirting beau, and
he disliked to lose it. So he took the
cord from his bed, made sort Of
knotted ladder, and climbed down to
the roof: The ring was found, and
just as he was going to reascend he
caught glimpse through the crack
Of a shutter Of the Ii GIFTED but unin-
habited interior Of the book store
He saw costly volumes lying around,
and the sight ruined him. He pried
open the shutter and went in. There
he found scientific instruments used
in his studies of the handsomest pat
terms: Making up a bundle Of what
pleased him most he climbed back
into his room with his plunder. His
adventure kept him awake all
night, but on visiting the store next
day he found that the theft had not
been discovered. His own social po-
sition would in any event have pro-
tected him from suspicion. He mi ght
have stopped here had not his love of
female appreciation asserted ITSELF
The stolen books made excellent gifts
for his fair companions, who belonged
to families of high social position.
Three more midnight visits to the
book store were made, and Alexan-
| der soon got reputation for princely
liberality and elegant taste. The
book store folks, too, finally connect
ed that liberality with their losses,
and patient investigation exposed
the amateur thief.
| Old Mr.. Crabapple is very much
pleased with a gentleman whom he
has engaged to saw. wood. "When
he piles the wood" said old Crabap.
pie to his friend, eff one stick projects
beyond the other, he pounds on it
with an ak" "He's a slouch," replied
old man Stubble; "you should see
my woodsawyer. When he gifts the
wood all piled, he takes off the rough
projecting ends with claw hammer
saw" "Does he? Well, he couldn' t
pile for me-" broke iu old Spikenburg
"my sawyer piles the wood carefully,
then goes over it with jack-plane
sand-papers them down, and puts OF
a coat of varnish before he ever
thinks Of asking for his pay" Then
they all went into the Grand Hotel
after a big drink, before Syntax coulc
tell how his woodsawyer silver-plated
all the ends Of the wood, and naild {
handle on each and every stick t
pick it up by.-Satetrday Night.
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M ID WOOD.
four feet in length, to be delivered one-
half by January LIST, and the balance by
February LIST, 1875.
JIG. SMITH.
St. Cloud, Oct. %, 1874. 2w
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

HONE CoNDUcT.-Much of the COUNSEL given
by familiar moralists toward making home hap
py has the defect of a presuppositi1n that it
must be some particular member of be house
hold to whose aggressions or neglects the dis
comforts of the family are chiefly due. Thus
the self-suficiency of several individuals is en-
couraged to vaunt itself over the presumed i'm
ton of all is rendered more difficult tina IN before
To advise wife to be lovingly forbearing with
her care-abstracted husband, or husband 10
be affectionately patient with his pleasure low
ing wife, is to intimate that fault in the matter
has been all on one sde and nourish in the
passionately advised one a sense of self
righteousness particularly adverse to the har-
monizng end proposed.
All the members Of an ordinary family have
some part in the formation of the character of
each, for good or evil and where the happi-
ness of home is disturbed by what is common
ly attributed to the perversity or intractablity
of one of its occupants, a just consideration of
all past, as we'll as present, circumstances in
trlerrase will generally show that the offender
can cite some warrant for his offence in the un-
sagacity or neglect or petty provocations of
those with whom he lives. If he has been
wicked, they have been at least unwise. While
some natures in the family, as in the world, are
more prone than others to folly or irritability ;
while some are more gentle and ductle and un-
selfish than others, it is humanity impossible
for any one of them to take distinctvely un.
fortunate course without some, perhaps, invol-
untary or only maladroit instigation from the
others. Father, mother, sister, brother, are all
in some measure responsible for each others
defects, and the general manners of home
must be first studied when the uuhappiness
caused by an individual is to be radically rec
tilted.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14
North Gag Street Column.
(ABOVE THE MARKET.)
Old Town Millinery House,
No. 25S North Gay street,
BALTIMORE

MILLINERY and Ladies Furnishing Goods,
Nl Bonnets and Hats changed to the latest
New York styles for less than half the cost OF
new ones, and to look as well. We have q Zine
assortment of Flowers and Feathers just arri-
we'd from New York to which we invite your
attention, and also to the Fall and Winter
Bonnets and Hats of the Latest New York
styles. Ribbons, Ribbon Velvets, Velveteens,
Silk Velvets and Silks, f.-...rf ...-.
IN ALL COLORS,
Hose from to so cents and Balbriggans 90, 90
and 65 cents. Bustles, breast extentions, hoop
skirts, merino vests and pantalets, collars, cuffs,
lace collars and scarfs Band Boxes gwen
away with each Bonnet and Hat. Fine assort-
ment of Woolen Goods, Children's Caps, Bon
nets, Coats, Leggins, Sacks, Hoods, &C., also
Ladies' Hoods, dc.
aas- The above goods will be sold cheap,
&s- Please call and examine our Goods be-
for purchasing elsewhere.
Mas NJ. C. SKIPPER Il CO.,
July sly. 25o North Gay ot.
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ok MILE HOUSE,
. YORK ROAD. NEAR rowsoNrowN.

YORK ROAD, NEAR ToWsoNToWN.
The undersigned having taken the Six Mile
House, York road, latelely occupied by Mr..
John Bond, will hereafter conduct the same.
The house has long been known to farmers, as
place of resort to and from market, and the
proprietor desires to state that he will devote
his entire attention to his business and will en-
deavor to merit the expectations Of the public.
His table and bar will be supplied with all that
the seasons afford. Attentive hostlers will at
all times be present to care for stock placed In
his charge. s-Charges moderate.
THOS. E. r. GERMAN.
June 14.-ly.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

@ Daniel Webster once said to an aspiring
but modest young lawyer, who expressed his ap-
prehenson that the profession was over crowd
ed "My young friend, there is always plenty
of room al the top"-a wise observation, which
applies to all professions and all sorts OF busi-
ness.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

@-Mr. Godfrey Simpson, who is accustom
ed from time to time to make visits to Oshkosh
with the boys, returned from brief but event
ful sojourn in that great center of hilarity at a
late hour yesterday morning, Just as the clock
struck one three times. Being in a state of
comparative tipsidity, bordering on absolute
drunkosity, he was to the last degree obfusca-
ted, and after making several but Intellectual
clutches at the house as it madly walzed around
him he made frantic dash at the first door that
came along and bulged nosily into the cow
shed. Old brindle met him, tucked her cud un-
der her tongue, wrathfully jabbed her knobbed
horns into the Simpsonian ribs and tossed the
gentleman over the alley fence. Boiling with
just indignation, Mr. Simpson raised himself
into a sitting posture, and with vivid recol-
lection nofsomething like handles having thump-
ed his corporosity, he roared cut, "Mrs. Simp-
son say, Mrs. Simp hic-son Whwh Who
in thunder left the wheel barrow in the front
hall?"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

G9-An ingenious wife in Des Moines cured
her husband of snoring thus: She had gut
ta-percha tube with two cup-shaped ends, one
she puts over his nose and mouth, and the other
over his ear. He consumes his own noise, as
stoves does its own smoke, and wakes up in
cfa nfop
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

The MBANEsr MAN-If we were looking for
a model by which to draw the meanest man in
the community, we'd go for the fellow who will
receive paper and read it for time, and then
on receiving bill for it, sends it back marked
"refused."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

MS -Mamma-"Br will soon be ready,
Tommy" Tommy Tin hurry to try his new
skates Couldn't papa ask the blessing now,
lust To save iMe?"
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@An Irishman, being asked what he would
charge per day for his labor, replied: "a dol
LAT and a-half If eat myself and one dollar
IF ysu eat nae"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14
Notions,
FANCY AND MILLINERY GOODS
in All their Branches,
No. 29J North Gay Street,
BALTIMORE. MD.

TTAVING purchased all my varied stock of
1 the above named goods for Cash, l am
enabled is give greater bargains than houses
that have to buy on credit and pay more for
their goods on that account Believing in the
motto, Quick Sales and Small Profits" ] have
made up my mird to sell at per cent. profit
and thereby gain and retain the best of Gus
tom, To prove that am in earnest and do not
put in print what don't mean,
LOOK AT FOLIO WING PRICES:
Yard wide bleached and un-
Canton fannels 10, IL and Is /"
Alpacas .................2O, 25 and 80 {"
Double eshawls..............$1OO 90, $3.50 and $40
All wool cassimeres IS and 10 cts.
Sattines 80 and 35 l"
fTenCn COTSetS '''''.''VV
Ladies Hose 10, II and Is "
Clarks and Coats cotton on........"............6 g
Willimantic "
Sept. l3, lS73.-1y.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

ELoUR, MEAL SALT,
SHOES, NAILS, MACKEREL,
lBABBIT'S SOAP, COAL OIL,
Cheese, Hats, Maccaroni Starch, Crockery,
Smoked Herrings, and many other articles too
numerous to mention. All sold at reasonable
prices by 0HAS. r. CHEW
Feb. 1s.--tf.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

LOVE IN SwEDEN.-Courtship and marriage
in Sweden are peculiar institutions. Du Chaillu
says: I saw one match made. He met her at
the gate, poked his fingers in her ribs and said /:
II want to get married; don't your"
"Oh, don't know Go away"
eyes you do. Let's get married"
"Well, ask papa"
ono; never mind him. Well get married
anyhow"
And he went around telling everybody he saw
"Im going to marry that girl"
The preparations continued during the three
weeks required by law to have the bans publish
ed in the churches. Fishes were caught, stores
for TIE feast laid in, beer brewed, and whisky
purchased. Weddingjolfcation were INDUCED
in for week. The couple were married. They
went from the church to the house, and the
bridesmaids locked the bride in the room. The
groom knocked at the door.
'How much will you give to come in ?"
1.-TWO cows and S."
"That's not enough"
"Three cows and 80"
"Oh, you are rich. You must give me more
than that"
Give cows and $685." was the final offer,
which was accepted.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

WHAT THE USE OF ToBAcco DoEs.-Here is
little anti-tobacco extract from q letter in the
Country Gentleman:
First experiment: hog was shut up in q
tight pen, and his only food was one-half pound
of tobacco day. In one week he had lost four
pounds. Second, a mule was placed in stall
without food. Two plugs Of tobacco were placed
before her twice day. She grew gradually
restive. On the third day one plug was forced
down her throat, when she tore the experiment
ter's ear with her teeth, showing the bad effect
tobacco has on ones disposition. 1t was then
found necessary to muzzle her SO that she could
not open her mouth. At the end of eight days
she died. Third, a dog was nailed up in a to-
bacco hogshead. At the end of four days he
was taken out much reduced Fourth, another
dog was enclosed in a tobacco barrel and rolled
down a steep hill. Within two years that dog
went mad Truly these are Satan's nets l
could cite plenty more of such experiments
We all know that single drop of the oil of to-
bacco placed on the end of dog tail will kill
q man in minute. OF four men lately killed
on the Erie Railway three were smokers and
the father of the other an in veterate chewer of
tobacco. On the bodies of the two men washed
ashore after the late storm on Lake Michigan,
papers of tobacco were found. In my own
neighborhood, very distressing accident by
which a most estimable lady, the mother of
seven lovely children broke her leg, was occa-
stoned by pair Of runaway horses running
into fence that surrounded tobacco field
Miss Chloe Flatfoot recently died in the county
adjoining mine at the age of l18 years. She
has both chewed and smoked over 100 years,
and as she had no disease till the time of her
death, it is only fair to suppose that it was to-
bacco that killed her. For so long time was
Satan spreading his nets for her; but think
Mr.. S. will agree with me that he must have
her for sure now. But why multiply examples!
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

SWAN HUNTING.-The Forest and Stream says
that the swans. early in September, leave the
shores of the Polar sea and resort to lakes and
rivers in and about Hudson's bay, where they
remain until October. Then they collect in
hocks of fifteen or twenty, and mounting high
in air, in wedge shape, depart with loud
screams for more genial southern climate
They fly with great rapidity, at the estimated
rate of one hundred miles in the hour, which
is about double that of the goose. They de not,
like the geese, follow the line of the sea-coast
but fly far inland, reaching their feeding
grounds at night; and the first signal of their
arrival is given the next morning by univer
sal clamor. They seem to be greeting each
other with their musical notes after their com.
pleted journey. When settled on their feeding
grounds, they do not forsake them unless driven
away by very severe weather.
In the Chesapeake the wild swans collect in
large focks of hundreds, feeding over extensive
flats on the duck grass, worms, insects, and
she'll fish. They are found from the mouth of
the Chesapeake to the Capes of Virginia; but
do not pass southwark to Hatteras inlet. We
have seen few focks of them in the bays of
Jersey but have never met with them in the
waters of Long Island. They feed with the
geese but do not fly with them. When crippled
and caught, they are easily tanned; and we
have had them at the South, ir our barnyards.
stalking majestically among the tanned wild
geese and other domestic fowls.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

THE Goss- UDDERzooK BueeY.-A young man
from Chester county, on Tuesday night last,
stopped at Hanna's Hotel, having in his pos
session the horse and buggy used by Udder-
zook in taking Goss the fatal ride into the
woods, near Penningtonville, Chester county,
when he murdered him. The murderous attack
was supposed to have been made while Goss,
stupid with liquor, was seated in the wagon,
and in the fight that ensued the dash and a
number of the bows of the top were broken.
The broken places have since been repaired,
but in such way as to show the repairs, the
pieces being preserved and in the possession
of the present owner. The entire team as used
on the fatal ride were in the possession of the
stranger, who was en- his road to Baltimore, ex-
pecting to be able to dispose of them to advan-
tage Who was to get them, or for what pur-
pose any one should desire to have them at
high rates, is unknown. We since learn that
The horse and buggy is being exhibited in Bal
tinaore at 25 cents admission.--Rd,7trd Dem.
eHxt, 2sM Fss.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-14

The more woman's waist is shaped like
an hour-glass, the quicker the sands OF her life
run cut.
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PRICES REDUCED.
Madame H. ROSENTaf A L.,
No. 279 North Gay ST,

Invites the attention of purchasers 10 the fol
lowing:
Ladies' Velvet and Crepe Bonnets, OF best
quality, from $3.50 to $500; Ladies' Velvet
Crepe, Straw and Felt Hats, best quality, from
Sl.5O to 81 90; Children's Velvet, Straw and
Felt Hats, best quality, from 70 cts. To $500.
These goods are all OF the latest sty les and best
trimmings. Untrimmed Hats and Bonnets in
Straw, Velvet and Felt, 25, 40, so, 6O and Is
cents French Corsets 35, 40, SO, Is and IS cts;
Skirt Braids, all shades, cents; Clark's and
Coates Cotton cts. II BIB. Blankets 1926 per
pair; Ribbons, all colOrs and widths, 5, s, 10,
IL, Is, II, 20, %, 25 and 80 cents; Gents Cn-
dershirts and Drawers 80 cents; Ladies' Felt
Skirts Sl.25 Double Shawls 1925; Kid Gloves
so and Is Gents Woolen Jackets $l.25, Sl.5O
and S175 for best, and many other kinds of
goods that are much below usual prices.
znss- Band Boxes given free of charge with
all hats and bonnets bought here.
szs- Cit5toa,ers purchasing from ne tesH 5s al
looed deduction Of 10 per cent 30 cents on each
dollar,) on presenting this advertisement. There
fore cut it out and bring it 10ih you to
MADAME H. ROSENTHAL,
Apr. 19,'73-ly. @79 N. GAY ST.
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JOHN GERLACH,

Near Beldir Market. bAIIIMONH'
II WOULD respectfully call the attention o1i OF
i the public to my NEW STOCK OF PIECE
embracing all the --latest Styles and Colors OF
French, ENGLISH, GERMAN 4 AMERI-
CAN CLOTHS, CASSLMERES AND VEST
INGS which will be made up in the most sub
stantial and fashionable manner, and at very
reasonable prces .nr
aes- Goods bought elsewhere CUT MADE
UP TO ORDER.
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Q BoHNsLINGLUFF, PIELDBRc .sLINGLUPP,
fowsontown. 4SSt. Paulst., Baltimore
= LINGLUFF IL SLINGLUFF

4TTORN NEYS At l. W.
Z. BONN SLINGLUFF will be found daily at his
office in Towsontown, and in connection with F..
SLINGLUFF will attend to all business entrusted
them promptly either in the county orcity.
Sept. 1, lS69,-ly.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-21
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Vegetable, purely. containing no mercury,
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ne- Observe the following symptoms result
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Constipation, Inward Piles, FuIneSS Of Blood ia
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Heartburn, Disgust OF Food, Fullness or Weight
IN the Stomach, Sour Eructafions. sinking or
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ol the Head, Hurried and Difficult Breathing
fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Sufi,bcafing
otnsntions when in Lying Posture, Dimness
OF islon, Dots or Webs before the sight, Fever
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sSllL1uoh, l hellowncss Of the skin and Eyes
t,Y.. AIN IN the Side, Chest, Limbs, and sudden
FAusnes OF Heat, burning In the Flesh
"A - rev doses Of Railways Pills will free the
- - SSsutna iroiu all the abOye-named disorders
rIiee' % cents per box Sold by druggists.
hehd "Ealse and True" Send one letter
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NsN loik- Information worth fhousands will
'~ 4-l-ly
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The Law OF Newspapers.

i Subscribers vho do not give express notice
10 the contrary are considered as wishing 10
continue their subscriptions.
= II any subscribers order the discontInuanee
ol their newspapers, the publisher may con-
'i"ne TO >eHd them until all arrearsses sre
paid
a. Il Subscribers neglect or refuse tn takatheIr
newspapers fHoinsihe Offices to which they are
direcied, The law holds them responsible n,tl
they have settled the bills, and ordered ,be,,,
discontinued.
l. u subscribers remove TO other place, with.
out informing the publishes, and the n.u,sp,.
pers are sent 10 the former direction. they A..
held responsible.
.. The courts have decided that refnsin1 IN
take newspapers from the office, OF ren,ovipr
and leaving them unealled for, is prima faeIe
evidence Of intentional fraud.
o. The postmaster who neglecis 10 give the
legal notice Of the neglect Of a person 10 take
from the onice the newspapers addressed 10
him, Is liable 10 the publisher for the snbscrip-
tion price.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-21

Tie triangular fight for Governor and other
state officers is over. and the returns are COM
Ing in. Some think the result will be In favor
Of the Democratic Ticket. and Vice vena, but Il
IL ceffaln thai FISHEL& & ROBERTS are lead
ing in the race for supremacy in their partlcu-
lar line 81 business. This popular clothing
house Is now filled Ia every department with
the latest fashions and they are Offering great
bargains. though that Is generally understood
by all who know the firm. Leave your meas
ure, and we assure yon that satisfaction will be
given in every instance. &