The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-03-06
SOMETHING WORTH HAVING.
The Indicator-The Latest and Best In
vention OF the Age-A Godsend
to Married Men.

TO Married Men.
Miraculous inventions are the order Of the day.
Even Edison has been surpassed by genius who
| has invented what 10 called married Mans In
dieator." II is a wonderfully sensitive arrange
| msnt of the ordinary thermometer, in convenient
pocket size. and IL graded to scale Of cabalistc
marks which show the exact state Of the domestic
atmosphere at any hour Of the night The hard
worked aud belated husband arrives home, say
about midnight. lie takes out his "Indieator."
thrusts IL in the keyhole and leaves II there few
seconds Pulling IL cut quickly he scans the dial
By the mOonlight's ftfui cleaning. II il marks
as. A." (Sound Asleep,) the poor husband pulls OF
his boots nOssessly uses his nght-kcy with batcd
| breath; gives the door quick shove 20 keep IL
from creakng, steals tremblngly TO bed, and when
his dear little wiley wakes up about two seconds
afterwasd and wants 20 know how long he has
been home, he 10 90 sound asleep that Gabrisl's
trumpet couldn't wake him.
II tho Indicator" scores "a. A. c. u. ID. X. W.
T. Awake, Awful Cross, but Does Not Know
What time IL Is.) the husband puts few more
grains Of parched coffee in his mouth opens tho
door boldly walks in with n slambapg air hits
his foot Intentionally against \ chair wants 10
know why the devil the chairs amt kept out Of
the way gets desperately mad on general princi-
pies: his wife clear out Of her crossness and
intended curtain lecture refuses 90 let her get up
and strike match never did Ikea light at night
no how;'l remarks grufly in responses TO n timid
query tuat ABOUT minutes altcF ~ anu
then turns into bed with such an apparently awful
state of mind that the wife Of his bosom IL afraid
10 speak 20 hm-at which heis very sad. OF course.
There are numerous other marks on the lndica-
tor, showing just where IL will do 60 "'play tho
Lodge dodge: or the "sick friend: :" or "bcen
standing the corner talking with so-and. 50 for
more than an hour - or "General or Honorable
this or that from. you know where was in town.
and had 10 60 away on the o'clock train, and ho
insisted % strongly that the whole party stayed up
90 see him 90. although il was a great bore. and
we only did it through cour,esy."
But the most awfully awful Of all the cabalstic
signs the dial is the nj the top. about two
miles above boiling point. When the weary hus
band comes home about ! A. NJ, from the dircc-
tion oi the butcher shop with a roll Of meat held
high in the air. that every one he passes cannot
fail 10 see il. and sticks the "indicator in tho
seyhole. he is almost too weak g. draw IL out
With hair end he reads IL by the faint light
streaming in upon him over the eastern hills. and
sweat breaks out 0a his noble brow in drops as
large n walnuts. a. he sees the bulb Of the In
dicai"r jammed smack up against "k. II. :. II.
". +. Y. y. I. t. Red Hot and Still lleaiin'.
and Waiting For YouJu', Inside The Door The
inventor o! the instrument says that when this ter
rbis misfortune oyertakes nan he feels that there
is nothing LEFT ia this life worth living for and ar
precaies the full force of those beautiful lines
'Thi. world i. all Gee,ing show.
For mans delu.ion given.
ile s44Nsr tue meat Out into tue iaIus anu uIAcer
himself for tho coming fray, but says nothing for
nothing can be said. BE he ever 50 gifted liar.
his accomplishment is more than valueess: No
lodge, no sick friend, taking on the corner. no
sitting 90 see the general oa-nO swearing that he
will never 10 it agAin-in fact nothing will avail.
IL is an absolutely indefensibe case. lie Is caught
in fagran;c delie;u. Even the ghasiy gaiety with
which. two hours previous. he had said TO tho
"boys" that he guessed he'd sec IL out now-might
a. well be killed for sheep az lamb'-had all
vanished. The Indicator havin; told him the ex-
act situation Of things he knows just what TO do.
and iha, /. TO do nothing bu, get into bed at once
and wrap the drapery Of his couch abou; him. pull
the pillow his and wait for his wife's
breath TO give out It's awful while il lasts. but
1t has is use in relievin; the unfortunate husbands
mind Of par; Of its load.
The Indicator IL great invention. and NO fam
lily should be without one. For sale NJ all stores
where they are kept.
Mas. FiIcH's b!AxoNp NEcgLAcE.--News of tho
| present whereabouts Of the magnificent diamond
necklace which was rresenied by the khsdive of
| Egypt 10 Mrs. Fitch. daughter of General Sher-
man. seeins 10 have been obtained from diamond
merchant By the Cincinnati Enquire. IL will be
remembered that this necklace vas deemed worth
s:no.o .o0u AMI Congress remiited the duties. s2O.-
Ou0 for the non payment of which il was lons de-
| tansi in the New York custom. house. "After
ihi.. says the informant; ";he necklace was sent
60 Washington and. with ten. Sherman's sword,
deposited in the United States Treasury for safe
keeping
tpon further inquiry. Lieut.. Fitch asceriainei
that the yearly take, the diamonds in So. Louis
| county. where he then resided. would be much
more than his salary, and he once found
them elephant on his hands. liis father in Law,
Ger. Sherman. took pity on the boy and returned
| the necklace. with thanks TO the donor in Egypt.
| tpon receiving them the khedivc wrote TO the
General saying that IL not his desire that the
diamonds should be given to any one member Of
| his family, and. having learned that he had four
daughters. IL was his wish then tha, the diamonds
should be mounted in sets and equally divided be-
| tween them.
| These daughters are Mrs. Fitch. nee Minnie
| Sherman. Ella Sherman. Lissie sherman and
Rachel Sherman. The necklace was then re-
turned to the sherman family. and mounted in
four magnificent pendants. four pairs Of splendid
| solitaire earrings and eight rings. These four
ladies are now the happy POsssssor, Of four com
ple;e suits Of diamonds the value Of each suit be-
| ing at least $4,000. This makes each Of them
rich 10 her own rish, through the generosity Of
\ Egypt's late ruler