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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17
THE GUSHING WOMAN.

The gushing woman is ubiquitous
parsonage; her presence is feature of
almost every community from Cape
Colony to kamschaika We may find
her in transports over the ruins of The
hes, going into ecsiasics 4; Pompeii.
cnrapiurcd over an old master or 4 Young
Apollo. over 4 Grccian urn or Parisian
bonnet. over i cracked ica-cup or the
cut oi panier. y baby sends her into
paroNySmS of enthusiasm, 50 does the
last novel by an acknowledged genius
she dotcs upon poetry. and prates about
Bach and Beethoven aS il they had been
her school-ma;cs. In the mean time she
iSnoi altogether without discretion she
knows ON which side her bread is but
tered, and gushcs To suit the occasion.
while she pushes herself into favorable
positions. into distinguished iniimacics.
by her persistent effisivencsS. To be
sure, there is the woman who gushcs by
nature. in spite of herself and every
body else, whose sponianeiiy is rs ire
prcs>iblc Is IraddleS's hair. who would
iind something to be eager and interest
cd about in dungeon cell. or subjects
to excite vivaci,y in the boliomlcss pit /;
and there is her sister who is grandilo-
qucnt by art, because enthusiasm has
proved becoming in another, preserves
an air OF youth and ingeniousncss abou,
one she atti,udinizcs mentally for the
benefit of her audience. because the post
ures take her fancy, are striking and
popular and applauded. At first ac-
quaintance one is, perhaps, made cap
tive by her vivacity; but familiarity
breeds contempt; she becomes your
bosomiriend in the space Of a morning
call, il you are worth cultivating. and
she writes lovc-lettcrs to you. il YOU are
one whom Others delight to honor. one
in whose society il is distinction To be
found. She con6des her biography to
whomsocvcr will listen, and, seen
through her spectacles, it is usually quite
a remarkable one. "a primrose by the
rivers brim" is great deal more to her
than yellow primrose merely il is an
opportunity to marshal her adjcctivcs,
and to order up her battalion of SMILES
for service. The gushing woman is no
doubt product of civilization, which
in giving her certain amount of culti
walton has not been able to supply an
equal share of brains sne mistakes the
exaggerated expressions of a feeling for
the emotion itself. Sometimes, indeed,
il is not so much intentional affectation
with her, desire to seem capable of
profound appreciation for all that is re-
fined or abstrusc, rs il is the strang ne
cessity for excitement developedin in some
natures, revolt against the common
place and even tenor Of her way. In
the mean time we would not be under
stood as decrying enthusiasms which are
the natural outgrowths Of sincere and
active mind, and whose manifestations
bear the same relation to the pretty
rhapsodies Of the gushing woman as the
substance bears to the shadow.-kay-
Pey's BG:ar.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17
HOW POSITION AFFECTS SLEEP.

According to an English physician.
DIR. Granville, the position affects sleep.
a constrained posture generally prevents
reposc, while a comfortable one woos
sleep. lie says: Lying fiat on the back,
with the limbs relaxed, would seem to
secure the greatest amount Of rest for
the muscular system. This is the position
assumed in the most exhausting diseases,
and it is generally hailed as token OF
revival when patient voluntarily turns
on the side but there are several dis
advantages in the supinc posture which
impair or embarrass sleep. Thus, in
weakly states of the heart and blood-ves-
sells, and certain morbid conditions Of
the brain, the blood seems to gravitate
to the back Of the head, and to produce
troublesome dreams. In persons who
habitually, in their gait or work, stoop,
there is probably some distress conse-
quent on Strengthening the spine. Those
who have contracted chests, especially
persons who have had plcurisy and re-
tain adhesions Of the lungs, DO not sleep
well on the back. Nearly all who are
Inclined TO snOrc do so when in that
position, because the soft palate and
uvula hang on the tongue, and that or
gan falls back 50 ~ 10 partially close
the top Of the windpipe. II is better,
therefore, 10 lie on the side, and in the
absence Of special diseases, rendering
il desirable to lie on the weak side, 50
as 10 leave the healthy lung free TO ex-
pand, il is well TO choose the righ, side,
because when the body is thus placed,
the food grayi;ates more easily out Of
the stomach into the iniestines, and the
weight Of the liver does not compress
the upper portion OF the intestines. \
glance 4: any plate Of the visceral anai-
omy will show how this mus, be. Many
persons are deaf in one ear, and prefer
to lie on particular side but If posi-.
bic, the right side should be chosen.-
Again, sleeping with the arm thrown
over the head is TO be deprecated bu,
this position is often assumed during
sleep, because circulation is then free in
the extremiiies and the head and neck.
and the muscles Of the ches; are drawn
up and fixed by the shoulders, and thus
the expansion OF the ihorax is easy
The chief objections to this position are
that il creates tendency 10 cramp and
cold in the arms. and sometimes 10 cause
headaches during sleep and dreams
These small matters often make or mar
comfort in sleeping.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17
LIGHTNING AND TREES.

Professor Colladon, of Geneva, has
made some interesting observations ON
the course Of lightning when il strikes
trees and houses. He holds that the
great discharges which injurc trees and
houses seldom or never happen while the
lightning has an unobstructcd course
which il has along the thin upper branches
Of trees, where birds and their nests are
often left quite uninjured by its descent.
But il is where the electric current
reaches the thick stem that the tree be-
comes worse and worse conductor, and
il is here, therefore, the tree is what is
called struck. G., here that the cleo
tricity, failing to find IN unobstructcd
channel TO the earth, accumulatcs in
masses, and gives out shocks that rcnd
the tree. And the same is true of houses
whose lightning conductors stop short
Of the ground. Professor Colladon has
also shown that the close ncighborhood
Of a pool Of water is great attraction
to the electric current, and that the cleo
aricity often passes down house or till
il is near enough to dart straight across
to the water and he thinks that where
possible, lightning conductorsshoulde end
in spring or pool of water. Professor
Colladon believes that lightning de-
scefids rather in a shower-through 4
multitude Of vines, for instance, in the
same vineyard-than in 4 single main
stream. II divides itself among all the
upper branches Of a tree, and is received
from hundreds Of atmospheric points at
once, instead Of, as has been usually
supposed from one. Electricity is a rain,
a number Of tributaries from wide sur
face, not single torrent.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17
For tho "Union."
MUSINGS.

'Tis sweet within some quiet nook,
Along iimpid, warblinE brook,
Within some shady, grassy plot,
Where all the busy world are not,
To 1T and muse while memory wings,
And brings up long forgotten things;
Some seeming darker than the night,
Aud others brighter than the light,
While fancy In the future peers,
To charm eur eyes, delight our ears
With pictured scenes and melody.
Earth's lost In Heaven! Angcls-iye!
Who has net loved some simple nowor
Who has not known happy hour.
Who draws no pictures ON the wall.
Aud sees no fairy castle falll
'Tis quiet fits US for the strife,
And opes the victories Of lifs.
These fields are planned 10 mark u chief;
There poets win the myrtle iaaf,
There Is the hidden mystic Key
Unlocking Immortality.
Read hut your thoughts when all alone,
Aud to yourself yourself 10 known,
Just As yon rivers wave reveals
The ocean into which IL stcais. }. :. q.
sw OIEoRp. Pa. July. lSs0.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17
THE LANGUAGE OF FERNS.

Botany is one OF the mos; beautiful OF
natural studies, because il tells Us all
about the glorious vegetation which
springs from the earth. Yet are there
no; thousands who do not understand
botany? To some the study is too dif.
ficuli. Others can find no opportunities
for pursuing H. But all would like TO
know something of the beautiful vege-
table world. something less--less formal.
less diiicul;-ihan wha; is usually TO be
found in books. and something more
than can bc learned from the mute Ian.
guage-.eloquent nevertheless in its
muicne>s-oi the plants themselves
Why is i; that so few attempts are made
To render popular the study OF plants
Our artists on paper and canvas attemp;
TO reproduce the gorgeous coloring OF
natures garments Why can not our
writers give lis word.painiing in their
descriptions OF plants. instead Of using
only the unpoeiic language OF science?
Why cannot more OF the grace and
beauty with which the Creator has en-
dowed the natural world be reproduced
in books ? Amongs; the mos, graceful
and beautiful of the many lovely forms
of vegetable life are the ferns. Ofplanis
they are the least prosaic. Represent
ing the beauty of form rs distinguished
from the gorgcousncSs of coloring, they
are endowed with tender and romantic
grace. To study them is one OF the most
popular of pursuits. 10 cultivate them
has become popular passion. Blu;
thousands would be added to the great
host OF fern lovers ii fern literature were
not so difficult to understand and so
unatiraciivc. The tourist makes drive
into the country lane. Charmed with
the varied and glorious forms OF fern.liie
which he meets, he resolves To study the
objects which have had 81 pleasing 8
fascination for him. He obtains i fern
book but after reading two or three
pages he wcarily throws it aside. Should
it chance to contain colorcd engravings
OF his favorites, he may linger for a few
moments over il I; but when he has once
scanned the artists efforts. he has seen
all that he desires to see. |; is the old
story. The language Of science, as gen
orally rendered by our scientific writers,
is language for the few. and science
will never be popular until popularity
taught. "The language of flowers" has
been taught; cannot an attempt be made
To teach the language OF ferns
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17

D0-It was at the opera house. The
performance was about to begin, when
one ofthe two strangers looked all around
and said "Bill, where is the dress cir
cle" Bill glanced up toward the third
gallery and replied: al reckon il is up
yonder. Iseea feller taking of his coat"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17

b0-One warm morning last month
we were out riding-in horse car-and
fell in conversation with .he Hibernian
conductor. "Phew I" We remarked,
''that this weather is hot enough for
May" eyes, bedadr" hereplied, can
hot enough for may, too." We got of
and walked.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17

p@~An old maxim says that "a miss
is as good as a mile" Then miss Of
miles is equal to mile Of misses. Pass
the mile Of misses this way, please. We
are just odd enough to have a preference,
that's all.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17
nay-Jus, exac,ly what a woman war

ba-Just exactly what woman wants
a watch for is not quite certain. The
chain is the only part Of the arrangement
she ever wears. The watch itself is "run
down." handspring broke and tucked
away in the dressing case most Of the
time. A woman and awatch are incom-
patible.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17
ps-A Yankee came running down

pes-A Yankee came running down TO
4 pier just rs a steamer was starting
The boat had moved of some four or
five yards a. he took jump, and COM
ing down on the back of his head on
deck, he lay stunned for two or three
minutes.
When he came TO, the boat had gone
the best quarter of mile. and raising
his head and looking to the shore the
Yankee said:
"Great Jehosaphat ! What jump !"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17

b1y-He asked a Cincinnati belle II
there was much refinement and culture
in that city, and she replied: "You
just bet your boots we're a cultured
crowd"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17

na-All railroads to watering places
have a right to call themselves great
trunk lines.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17

NiGHT AiR.-An extraordinary ial-
lacy is the dread OF night air. Wha; air
can We breathe ~ night but night air ?
The choice is between pure night air
from without and foul air from within.
Mos, people prefer the latter. An un-
accountable choice. What will they
say If i; is proved 10 be true. that fully
one-hali OF all the diseases We suffer from
are oocasioned by sleeping with our win
dows shut: An open window most
nights in the wear can never hur; any
one. This is not 10 say iha; light Is not
necessary for recovery. In great cities
nigh, air is often the best and pures, air
TO be had in twenty -four hours. lcould
better understand shutting the windows
IN town during the day than during the
night for the sake OF the sick. The alb
senoe OF smoke. the quiet. all tend To
make night the best time for airing the
patient.
One OF our highes, medical authorities
on consumption and climate. has told
me that the air in London is never so
good Is after ten O'Clock n night
Always air YOUR room then from the
outside air. ii possible. Windows are
made To open, doors are made TO shut
truth which seems extremely difficult
OF apprehension. Every room must be
aired from without-every passage from
within. But the fewer passages there
are in hospital the bei,er.-F20,fRff
Nightingale.
WHArwE LIVE FoR.-"Whaii is liics"
some one asked Montford. His answer
is one Of the most charming things ever
written 1.-The present life is sleeping
and walking il is good night on going
to bed. and good morning on getting
up; il is to wonder what the day will
bring forth it is rain on the window as
one sits by the fire it is to walk in the
garden and See the flowers and hear the
birds sing il is to have news from East.
West, North aud South; il is to read old
books and new books il is TO see pic
lures and hear music; il is to have
Sundays; it is to pray with family
morning and evening il is to sit in the
twilight and mediate it is to have
breakfast and dinner and tea il is to
belong to a town and have neighbors
and TO become one in circle Of acQuaint-
ances il is to have friends and love
il is to have sight of dear old faces and
with some men il is to be kissed by the
same loving lips for fifty years, and it is
to know themselves thought Of many
times day, in many places, by chill
dren and grandchildren and many
friends D
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17

s@Agentleman named hisdog Penny
because IL was one sent TO him.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-07-17

- Better is little righteousness than
a thousand subscribers who cheat the
printer.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-31
CONGRESSIONAL.
LEGrsLATroN AT THE CAPITAL
4 Light Day in the Irouse-AckIer
Rises TO Explain-Removal OF
Political Disabilities.


Washington, Jan. 30.-Acklen, rising
to personal explanation, read extracts
from newspapers, charging that, by the
report on Nicaraguan claims bill, made
in the absence of the committee on for
eigu affairs, of which Acklen was not
a member, he had misrepresented that
committee. Acklen claimed that the
statement was false, and asked that
said committee investigate. Granted.
Valentine asked leave to offer a reso-
luton that the postoffice deficiency bill,
with the exception of star service items,
be reported by February ..
Blackburn objected.
Private bills being called for, Knott
introducedthe petition of VIM. b. Tale
aferro, of Virginia, for the removal of
political disabilities.
Conger objected on the ground that
the petitioner spoke of the war 'be-
tween the Southern States and the
United States" instead of "war of the
rebellion"
The speaker thought there was no
ground for objection.
The bill finally passed-1T2 to SO. A
number of republicans voted aye.
After other debate ON private bills
the house adjourned.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-31
PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK.
Cool Calculation Taken from an Eie.
waited Standpoint.

Leadville, Jan. 80. = To-morrow's
Herald, of this city, will contain a re-
port of interviews with l $40 represent
ative republicans of Colorado, on their
first choice for the presidential nominee
of the Chicago convention. The result
is Blaine 1,026, Grant s66. Sherman.34
Conkling 8, Washburn 7 and Garfield 9.
The Democrat of tomorrow will con-
tain letters and interviews with all of
the leading democrats and republicans
of Colorado, including the congression-
al delegation, on the presidential ques-
ton. Republican sentiment is divided
in ratio of about 81 for Blaine, 90 for
Grant, Is for Sherman, l for Hayes,
2 for Washburn, and / for Hartranft.
A majority of Grant men favor Blaine
as second choice.
Democratic opinion is almost equally
divided between Tilden and Bayard
with Field, of California, next, and
Seymour, Hendricks, Pendleton and
Hancock about even.
The republican opinion now on how
the Colorado delegation will vote is
about evenly divided between Grant
and Blaine.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-31

Washington, Jan. 30.-The senate
committee on census met to-day and
received reports from several sub COM
mittees on the nominations of census
supervisors. The appointments were
reported back favorably from the SUBJ
committee, for all of the western states
except three for Illinois, one for Iowa
and one for Tennessee, which are held
by the sub committees for further in
quiry. 1t was agreed, by common con-
sent, that all the nominations reported
from the sub committees to-day, in re-
gard to none of which there is any
question of personal fitness of the NOM
inee, shall be Immediately reported
back to the senate with recommenda-
tion for confirmation, but at the same
time several democratic members of
one half of the census supervisors
throughout the whole country should
be selected from the democratic party,
and they therefore reserved the right
to disregard to-day's action of the COM
mittee when the nominations come up
for consideration in the senate. The
indications are that a strong move
ment will be made in the senate to
have up all the census nominations for
the present, with Il view to forcing an
equal division of these appointments
| between the two preat political parties
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-31
FRENCH POLITICS.
a Darwinian statesman Opposed for
His Re!iefs.

London, Jan. 30.-A dispatch from
Paris says the coalition of the moder-
ate republicans with the conservatives
yesterday elected Leon Say to the pres
idency of the senate finance committee
over Calmon, vice president of the sem
ate, the regular republican candidate.
On the senate proceeding to elect a
life senator, Viscount Camille Bacca-
hassor Demontalivet (recently deceased
whose turn it was to make the nom
ination) had selected DR.. Paul Broca,
the eminent anthropologist. Dufaure,
a republican life senator, with twelve
or fourteen followers, who have prac-
tically ceased to belong to the left GEN.
ter and must henceforth rank rs q dis
tinct group midway between the left
and right centers, declined to be bound
by the left and opposed the nomination
of DR.. 'Broca, on the ground of his
Darwlnian tendencies. They nominated
Bartoland, a well known advocate and
republican, but opposed to the anti
Jesuit clause Of Jules Ferry's educa-
tion bill.
A vote being taken DIR. Broca re-
ceived 126 and Bartoland 11S; scattering
u. DIR. Broca thus receiving three
less than an absolute majority.
The election was then postponed
More than one hundred senators of the
right center supported the nomination
of Bartoland. The rejection of clause
seven of the education bill is now con-
sijered certain.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-31
The Cars Skeleton

A st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Paris Voltoire processes to give the
particulars of the Russian court scan
dial to which reference has been made
in recent cable dispatches to the Trib-
une. A few years ago, says the cores
pondent, the car become enamored of
the Princess d. Ia Vienna paper gives
her name in full as Dolgorousky,) one
of the youngest and most beautiful
ladies of the court. After the birth of
child she acquired such an influence
over him that he wished to bring the
infant up in his own family and treat it
as if it were legitimate son. The
empress protested, mildly at first and
then sharply. A quarrel ensued, and
the empress left Russia and took up her
abode at Cannes, on the plea of ILL
self from the court. The control of the
princess over the mind and heart of the
car seemed to increase after his rup.
ture with his family. He desired at
one time to procure divorce and
marry her, but this was impossible un-
less he abdicated, and as he was not
willing to abdicate, the project was
abandoned. 1t Is reported that he fell
into a paroxysm of fury when he
learned that he could not carry out his
wishes without laying aside his crown.
Dr,, n 10. hos
tile to the proposed governmental re-
forms, and it is believed she has induced
the czar to lock up in his writing-desk
the constitution which the liberals Of
Russia expected he would promulgate
several months ago.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-31
THE FAMINE.
The Distress In ireland increasing
Relief Inadequate.


New York, Jan. 30-Richard O'Gor-
man, secretary of the Irish relief COM
mittee of New York, received cable
dispatch from Edward Dwyer Gray
Lord Mayor of Dublin, and chairman
Of the Mansion house relief committee,
Dublin, stating that the distress in the
west of Ireland is rapidly increasing
and assuming calamitous proportions.
O'Gorman said this evening that he is
daily in receipt of information from
Ireland, all to the effect that the desti-
tuition in Connaught and the north
west and southwest, and the islands
lying off those parts was rapidly devel-
oping dimensions far exceeding the
worst fears of the people. In some dis
tricts the distress had almost taken the
character of a famine, and the gravest
fears are entertained for the spring and
summer. He will tomorrow send
e200 to the Mansion house committee,
which will make e400 already sent by
this committee,
The Irish relief committee OF this
city have issued an address to the peo-
pie of the United States urgently re-
questing speedy contributions for the
distressed in Ireland. After reciting
the miserable condition of the people in
many districts, the address says: The
Dublin Mansion house committee seems
to fulfill all the conditions required for
the wise and humane disposal of any
funds placed in their hands.
The subscriptions to the Irish relief
fund will be received by the treasurer,
Henry L. Hoguet, at the emigrant In
dustrial savings bank, 81 Chambers
street.
Springfield, Jan. 30.-Parnell to.
night violently attacked the veracity
and birth of Lord Alfred Churchill,
who by cable dispatch from ireland
has denied Parnell's statements made
in this country. The proceeds of the
meeting here and at Holyoke We're two
thousand dollars
Rome, Jan. 80. The pope has sent
5000 francs for the relief of the dis.
tress in Ireland.