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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-27
TELLING BAD NEWS.

One of the hardest things on earth to
do is to break sad news to people. You
never can tell how il is going to strike
them. They may faint, or they may 60
into paroxysm Of grief, or they may
stand il with stony calmness. But gen.
orally they do what you least expect,
and that is why it makes il so hard to
tackle them. A Northern New Hamp-
shire Deacon had very embarrassing
time of it recently when on one of these
sad errands. He called upon be-
reaved citizen, and, assuming an ex-
preston Of countenance sufficiently
lugubrious to dull the edge Of jack
knife, said: "My dear friend, don't
be alarmed" Immediately the citizen,
who had up to that moment shown no
sign Of alarm, began to look scared
Such is the contrariness Of human ma
ture. The Deacon continued: "This
is a world of sorrow and tribulation,
and we ought to nerve ourselves to bear
its ills" deacon, what're you driv-
ing at?" asked the now thoroughly
aroused citizen. ats always a hard
duty to be the bearer Of i'll news" said
the Deacon. eyes, yes Go on" cried
the citizen, growing more nervous every
instant. "Can you stand news of be-
reavement ?" asked the Deacon
Good heavens, I'll tryl Is it very
bad? Do tell me what it ISL" ex-
claimed the pale and trembling man.
"You won't faint ?" "No, mol But
if you keep me in this suspense | shalll"
And the citizen was in such state Of
scare that he shook all over and was as
white As sheet. "Well, hear it with
Christian resignation, my dear friend,"
said the Deacon. "Your mother-in-
law-now don't lose your self-control-
your mother-in-law is dead" The
look of horrid anxiety, grief and de-
spair passed from the citizens face. A
look of supreme disgust took its place.
"You great IDIOT" he cried, "have you
palavcrcd around all this time to tell
me that? Don't you know any better
than to come here and frighten me this
way? BY Jove, sir, you acted so durn-
ed melancholy and awful that you
scared me most to death. thought
mcbbc tcdn. had run over my dog and
broke his back - 'l'he Deacon went
home disgusted.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-27

The MOTHER RULES THE WORLD
1t is hard for a young mother, who has
not yet overcome the wayward tenden-
cies of her own youthful nature, to re-
alize the influence she exerts over her
own little ones. She is constantly sur
rounded by critical imitators, who copy
her morals and manners. As the
mother is so are her sons and daughters.
II family of children is blessed with
an intelligent mother, who is delicate
and refined in her manners, and does
not consider it necessary to be one lady
in drawing room and an entirely diff
ferent person in everyday life, but who
is true mother and always tender,
charming woman, you will invariably
see her habits Of speech and perfect
manners repeated in her children
Great, rough men and noisy, busy boys
will always tone down their voices and
step lightly and try to be more manner.
ly when she stops to give them kind
word or a pleasant smile for a true
mother will never fail to say or do all
the pleasant things she can that will in
any way help OF lift up and cheer those
whose lives are shaded with care and
toll. The mother Of to-day rules the
world of tomorrow.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-27
THE UGLY WOMAN.

A very homely woman passed party
Of men standing on street corner
"I.ook At that nose, will your" re-
marked one OF the men, and he laughed
heartily.
"That woman is my wife," said one
of the party
al take it all back, then," said the
sportman "I'm sorry that laughed. ="
"You laughed at her ugliness, and
that is 4 direct thrust at my taste
There may be better looking women in
Little Rock, but that does not remove
any of the sting. will be avenged
|; runs in the family. A man once
laughed at my mother when she had
boil on her nose and my father caught
him and sliced his ears till they looked
like the leather fringe on Texan sad
die. To further trace back the avcng-
ing Spiri, IN old revolutionary general
Sneezed at my grandmother, and my
grandfather threw him down, pulled off
his boots and drove his heel SO full off
brass. head ;acks that he never walked
anv more. | don't know whether to
make you take poison or cut your tongue
in two with 4 knife"
"My friend" replied the sportman,
81 am inexpressibly sorry, and ! hope
YOU will not injure me. ! am not well
and cannot fight"
al don't ask you to fight. When a
man starts out to kill dog he doesn't
invite the dog to bite him. ! believe
I'll just cut you in two," and the man
drew 4 long knife.
"My friend, we must compromise
this business. I'm married man, and
if You'll come down to my house I'll
bring my wife out into the yard and let
you laugh at her"
"Is she ugly enough to serve as a
stand off to my wife ?" asked the
avenger.
"Bea,s her all hollow"
"How's her nose 2"
"Turned up like gourd handle"
"Hump shouldered ?"
ayes, and nearly bald headed"
"Well, that'll sorter do. I'll accept
your proposition. Come on and let's
get through with this business" and
shutting his knife he accompanied the
man who had laughed at his wife,
Lite R0fk Gazette.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-27
FARMER BEN's THEORY.

"I tell ye, it's nonsense" said Farmer Den,
"This farmin' by books and rules,
And sendin' the boys 10 learn that stud
Al the Agricultural school.
Rotation o. crops and analysis
Talk that TO q young baboon!
But ye needn't be teilin' yer science 10 me,
For believe In the moon.
"If ye plant yer corn on tho growin' moon,
And put up the lines for crows,
You'll find Il will bear, and yer wheat will, too,
II it's decent land wheret grows.
But potatoes, now. are n different thing,
They want 20 grow down, that is plain;
And don't ye SEQ ye must plant for that
When the moon IL on the wane.
$50 In plantin' and hoein' and hayin' time,
It is well 10 have an eye s-
On the hang O. the moon-ye know 20 can tell
A wet moon from dry.
And as 10 hayin', you wise ones now
Arc cuttin' yer grass too soon;
II you want Il to spend, just wait ill lie ripe,
And NOW on the full OF the moon.
"And when all the harvest work IL done,
And the buteherin' times comes round,
Though yer hogs may be lookin' the very best,
And rs fat rs hogs are found,
You will End your pork all shrivellod and shrunk
When u comes 20 table nj noon
All fried 10 rags--if u wasn't killed
Al the right time Of the moon.
"with the farmers mcciin's and grangcrs now,
Folks can talk till all is blue;
But don't yc be swolieEin' all yc hear,
For there amt morn half ont true.
They are ,ryin' to make inc change my plans,
But tell them I'm no such coon
shall keep right on In the safe old way,
And work my farm by the moon.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-27

s6-'T sce," said stranger to the
bobtail car driver, "that according to
rules you are forbidden to handle the
fare. Does the company wish 10 insin-
uate that you are not to be relied on ?"
"No, sir. It's not that at all, said the
driver, picking fly off the horse with
his whip. "But YOU see, the company
is afraid If we accumulated money too
fast we might quit the business, and they
would not be able to hire anybody cap
able of filling our places. Git a;pr'
And the car moved on.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-27

p0-A woman in New York accident
ally went to church with two bonnets on
her head-one stuck inside the other
and the other women Of the eongrega-
ton almost died Of envy. They thought
il a new kind Of bonnet, and too sweet
for anything.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-27

p1-A resident who reached home by
a noon train, after an absence Of two
weeks, was met at the station by his
eight year-old son, who welcomed him.
"And is everybody well, Willie," asked
his father. "The wellest kind" re-
piled the boy. "And nothing has hap
pened ?" "Nothing at all. I've been
good, Jennie's been good, and l never
saw ma behave herself SO well as she has
this time"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-27

s@-T can't go to the party tonight"
said Jones 'the truth IS my shirt is in
the wash" "Shirt in the wash /"
shrieked Smith; "why, man alive, have
YOU but one shirt 1'' ''One shir. Z" ex-
claimed Jones in his turn; "you
wouldn't want a fellow to have million
shirts, would you1"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-27

GROWTH OF THE NAIrs.-The growth
Of the nails is more rapid in children
than in adults, and slows in the age /;
goes on faster in summer than in winter,
so that the same nail which is renewed
in I3s days in winter requires only IFS
in summer. The increase Of the nails
of the right hand is more rapid than
those ofthe left moreover it differs for
the different fingers, and in order cor
responds with the length Of the finger,
consequently it is the fastest in the mid
die finger, nearly equal in the two on
either side Of this, slower in the little
finger, and slower in the thumb. The
growth Of all the nails on the left hand
requires eighty-two days more than those
of the right.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-27

p6rKindness is slowed away in the
heart, like rose leaves in drawer, to
swecten every object around il.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-27

Extensive Stock Of Fine Diamond, Pearl, Coral,
Amethyst and Cameo Sets, Etruscan and Enamel
sets, 0pera, Leontine and Vest Chains. Necklaces,
Lockets, Pendants, &c. English and American
Gold and Silver Watches. Fine Silver Ware, my
own manufacture. Treble Silver Plated Ware,
Table Cutlery. Pine Bronres, &e. All description
Of HAIR JEwELRY made, and RRPATRIH0
done In the neatest manner.
Eo-A call Il respectfully solicited.
March 27.'so.-iy.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-27
Chicago Inter-oceap.

In discussing the probable effect Of such an
event, we must not lose sight of the charac-
ter of the Gar, of the men around him, or OF
the Russian people at large.
By common consent Alexander III. is
classed as among the best intentioned rulers
that Russia has ever had. When he sue.
ceeded to the throne it seemed that he was
far in advance of the Russian nobility, and
animated by wise spirit Of reform. He did
much in the first few years of his reign to
encourage the poorer classes and much to
enrage the higher classes. Since then he has
done much to disappoint both classes, but
there is no reason TO suppose that the Rus
sian people are not as loyal to him as they
ever were to any Emperor.
He is between two fires. He is hampered
by imperious demands from opposing fac
tions. The Nihilists strike at HIM, not be-
cause they dislike him personally, but be.
cause they have an inveterate hatred of the
system he represents. A faction of the old
nobility intrigue against him, because they
fear he will join the people sgainst them.
The question in which the world is inter-
cSleu ID WDht tutCt NIL tulS Will nave on
the progress of Russia toward constitutional
government. The bureaucrats will find in
the violence Of the last few months strong
argument in favor of severe measures, and
more than ever before will forward move
ment depend on the Gar himself and his
immediate followers.
II is the custom to refer to the attacks on
the Gar as though they were all made by the
enemies Of absolutsm. This is not the case,
as it is well known that many of tho most
formidable conspiracies in Russia have or
iginated among the most bigoted supporters
Of absolutism. 1t may be that the extremists
in absolutism are taking advantage of the
Nihiist agitation to make war on the admin
istraton that has excited their fears and their
jealousy. Just why the friends of young
Russia should dislike the men under whose
reign the empire has made more real pro-
gress in twenty-five years than 1t did in the
hundred years preceding, Is not apparent.
Alexander, while looking after the substantial
progress of his people, has recovered all the
territory that was lost in the Crimean war,
has restored the military prestige of the
nation, and has made record in diplomatic
management that any nation In Europe might
be proud Of. His death will not destroy or
weaken abeolutsm, whereas his continuance
IN power may be better for Russia and better
Tor Europe.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-27
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

rlNHE PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing be
Il tween Dakan & Kicks is this dav dissolve ed
Dir Rick assumes all liability and collects ali
debts due the firm. DAkAN SRICKS.
febl7-tf
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-27
TO BURN BRENNAN.
Two Attempts Last Nighi-One ware
house Totally Dcstroycd-An A.
tempt u Week Ago.

Special TO the Herald,
BRENNAN, Feb. 2o,--Last night, about 10
o'clock, an unsuccessful attempt was made to
start fire on tho platform at Wilkin's ware
house. About 2 o'clock this morning fro
was successfully started At Mark ~ Dalshaks
warehouse, and the same together with itS
contents, were totally destroyed. Tho incen-
diarIsm obiot Is unknown. Tho loss Is
about $1,000. Last Saturday night week u
similar but unsuccessful attempt was made
to fire the cotton platforms
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-27
PATENTS.

+. A. lehman. Solicitor Of American and
Foreign Patents, Wsshin gton, ID. C.. All
business connected with Patents whether be-
fore the Patent Office or the Courts, promptly
attended TO. No charge made unless patent
secured. Send for circu lar. janidtf.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-27
FORT WORTH.
Formidable Mob OF Prominent Men
Organized 10 Hang Caps. The Negro
WouId.be Eapist, but IL Hangs
Fire - IInncy's Lecture.
Special 10 the Herald.

Special 10 the Herald.
Fort Worth, Feb. 26,--A formidable mob
Composed of many of our best and mos,
prominent business men, was organized in
town last night and hung-iire. The inten-
ton in organizing was TO hang Copps, the
latest negro rapist, but it was decided to be a
dangerous undertaking, so the crowd dis
persed without action The fear of prosecu-
ton In the courts seemed to hare been the
only obstacle In the way. 1t will be remem-
bered that several of our citizens were con.
victed and fined not long since for attempt
ing 10 engage in the same business. While
we have many good citizens who would like
10 avenge the wrongs done to woman, still
they can not afford to spend their limited
means in resisting vigorous prosecutions by
the officers Of the court.
A PATLoLLING COMPANY.
Many of our leading citizens are taking
steps 10 organize patrolling company for
the purpose of putting fifteen or twenty men
on the streets each night for the protection
Of the ladies againstthe nightly assaults of the
negroes. When the company is organized,
it would be very hazardous indeed for me-
gro to show himself on the streets after dark,
This seems to be the last alternative and no
doubt will result in much good. Under tive
present state of affairs, nobody can feel Sc
cure from these midnight prowlers, who
from experience have recognized and realized
the fact that legal retributlon for their crime
is very uncertain.
FOUR IN JAIL.
-Four negroes are in the county Jail charged
with assault with attempt to rape white wo-
men.
CONN HANEY's LECTURE
On "Ireland and lrishmen" tonight was q
grand success. He is pronounced by many
that heard him second Robert Emmett in
eloQuence.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-15
Who Have Been Our Patrons.

Whilst conducting the London Institu-
ton, besides being favored with a very
fattering local patronage, we received stu
dents residing as far north as Minnesota, as
far east as Massachusetts and Nova Scotia
as far south as Texas and Mississippi, and
as far west as California and British ColuIn-
bia; and although at that time located on
British soil, there were very few, if any, of
the States in the American Union that did
not contribute to our support. young
man who came all the way from the Pacific
Coast for the sole purpose of attending the
College, assured us that taking everything
into consideration, he found it better to
come that distance to attend our institution,
in preference to attending one i'll his own
State,
We do not know of a single instance
among the thousands of our patrons, where
a student, after taking our course, felt that
he had made a mistake in giving us the
preference ..
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-15
Text Books.

AS it is very important that every bust
ness man should have proper Text Books to
use as books of reference, we sell our
books to the student in all cases. Their
price is included in the fee charged for the
first term, but as the books will only have
to be supplied once, the cost of each sub
sequent term paid for, is made less than for
the first, on this account. The Text Books
supplied would. at retail, cost considerably
more than they are estimated at in arrang-
ing our fees, but by purchasing in large
quantities we get the advantage of whole
sale rates. Of course, only one complete
set of Text Books will be furnished each
student for this sum, and if he should want
one or more duplicates he must pay extra
for them. In every case the student will
be responsible for the safe keeping of his
own books
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-15
PROPRIETORS AND MANAGERS.

fattering testimony from these parties,
showing their appreciation Of what we
have done to fit them for prosperous and
honorable business career. More than
twenty of our former students are now en-
gagged in banking establishments in differ
ent parts of Canada and the United States.
Some have become immensely wealthy, and
all who have been industrious in habits and
upright in life have been reaping a harvest
of benefits from the seed sown when they
were members of our classes Something
like three years ago we had the pleasure of
greeting our old student Leslie Marmaduke,
Esq, then on his way east. Mr.. Marina
duke is younger brother of the celebrated
General of that name, and in the latter
part of the year 1864 or the beginning of
1865 in connection with two of his friends,
came to London from ST. Louis, Missouri
where he still resides for the purpose of
attending our College. He passed through
our course with credit to himself and u.s.
and we are informed by mutual friend is
now worth something more than million
of dollars.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-15
Everybody Should Have It.

A good business course is worth a farm.
No young man or woman is properly pre-
pared to engage in business life without
being taught the practical application of
what they have learned in the Common
Schools. This practical part of education
is not taught in such schools, and is &C
quired nowhere else SO rapidly as in a good
business training school; and this is one of
the best and most thorough institutions of
the kind to be found anywhere in America.
Hundreds of our former patrons are pre-
pared to testify that term at our College
doubles the value of all the knowledge
previously acquired, and enables the pos
SCISSOR to put it to such use as will yield him
the greatest amount of real benefit. Every
scholar, at the time of leaving the public
schools, should spend at least three or six
months at this institution. Any person de-
prived of such privilege will labor under
serious disadvantage all through life, and
can never hope to successfully compete
with those who have received our Business
Training Parents owe it to their sons and
daughters to give them this browning part
of preparatory education. A three months
course is of great value, but six or nine
months course is worth far more.
The unrivalled system of Actual Business
Teaching practised in our Bookkeeping
Department, and the completeness of our
Business Course, cause our Graduates to be
sought after and employed, when patrons
of many other institutions find it difficult to
secure situations on any terms '
OUR GRADUATES ARE THE BEST SPECIMENS
OF Our WORK, and of these we challenge the
closest scrutiny
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-15
Resources of East Tennessee.

East Tennessee is not only one of the
most pleasant and picturesque countries in
the world, but in natural resources it is also
one of the richest. Its grand expanse of
table lands interspersed with hills and dales,
affords large amount of the best farming
land. It's mild climate makes it peculiarly
adapted to fruit raising and grazing pur
poses. On its hills, clothed with natural
grasses, cattle get their living out the entire
winter, and here and there, are magnificent
springs OF the purest water, which are the
sources of numerous tributaries of the HoI-
ston, Clinch and Tennessee Rivers. supply
ing, in many instances, capital water power
for manufacturing purposes. And then the
mountains, which in many other States
are obstacles to improvement, are here,
immense sources of wealth to the inhabi-
tants. Inexhaustible supplies of excellent
coal, iron ore. marble. ETC., found in these
lofty ranges. indicate that ere long this will
become one of the most thriving manufac-
turing centres of the United States, whilst
the timber which covers their sides, fur
nishes the material for building. fuel and
other purposes.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-15

We invite special attention to the follow
ing rates. They will be found low, as COM
pared with those of other colleges:
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-15
Qualifications for Entering.

We admit to our course any person of
steady habits, not less than thirteen years
of age, who has previously made at least
medium advancement III the ordinary Eng
ish branches taught in our common schools.
We have sometimes admitted young men
who were extremely backward even in
these, and some of them have succeeded
very well. Of course such persons had to
remain longer before they were able to grad
uate, than would have been necessary if
they had been further advanced at the start.
On account of our system of individual in
st1uction such parties are able to pursue
their studies without any serious embarrass-
ment resulting from their previous deticien-
cieS
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-15
Why We Have a MidSummer
Vacation.

Nobody pretends to dispute the necessity
for a Summer Vacation i'll our Public
Schools and Classical Colleges. and we hold
that there is not single argument that can
be advanced in favor of such an arrange
ment that does not apply with equal or
greater force to Commercial Colleges. No
Teacher can instruct, and no Student can
learn, with the same advantage during the
heated term, as at other seasons of the year
The faculty of all educational institutions
alike, need season of rest and chance to
recuperate, and wisdom would certainly die
tate that that season of the year should be
devoted to this purpose, that is least suited
to study.
The practice of continuous teaching still
followed by many of these Colleges, has
undoubtedly come down to us, like many
other things, from those who first orig
mated such institutions, without just or
weighty argument in it's support. In this
manner the Life Scholarship System was
carried out for years, but after a fair trial
that system has been declared a mistake,
and has now become very generally super
seeded by the Limited Term System. And
now number of the very best Commercial
Colleges have likewise adopted the plan of
having a summer vacation, instead of keep
ing open during the entire year We be-
heve such change is the best for all con-
cerned, and have accordingly practised it
during the past two years, and find that it
works satisfactorily in every respect.
AS we sell scholarships for any period
that may best suit the requirements of the
student, he is always enabled to make such
arrangements as may seem best i'll consid-
Grafton of the particular time of the year
at which he may find it convenient to enter.