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The Baltimore County union., 1881-02-05
HUFFY PEOPLE.

One Of the oddest things to witness,
if not one Of the most disagreeable to
encounter, is the faculty some people
have Of taking offence when no offence
is meant-taking "huff," as the phrase
goes, with reason or without-making
themselves and every one else uncom-
Portable, for nothing deeper than a
mood or more than a fancy. Hufry
people are to be met with of all ages and
in every station, neither years nor con-
dition bringing necessarily wisdom or
insuspiciousness but we are bound to
say that the larger proportion will be
generally found among women, and
chiefly among those Of an uncertain So
cial position, or who are unhappy in
their circumstances, not to speak of
their tempers. Huffness, which seems
to be self-assertion in what may be call
ed the negative form, and which the
possessors thereof classify as high
spirit Of sensitiveness, according rs they
are passionate or sullcn, is in reality the
product of self-distrust. The person
who has self-respect and nothing to
fear, who is Of an assured social status
and happy private condition, is never
apt TO take offence. Many and great
are the dangers Of action with huffy
people, and sure you are to founder
into the bog with them, while you are
innocently thinking you are walking on
the solidest esplanade. The dangers Of
speech are just rs manifold. The dan
gers Of jesting are, above all, great. 1t
may be laid down as an absolute rule,
which has no exception anywhere, that
no huffy person can bear joke good
humoredly or take II as il is meant. II
you attempt the very simplest form of
chatting, you will soon be made to find
out your mistake, and not unfrequently
the whole harmony Of an evening has
been set wrong, because thin-skinned,
huify person has taken pleasant Jest as
personal affront, and either blazed out
or gloomed sullenly, according to his or
her individual disposition and the di-
rcction of the wind at the time.
s0-"Josh Billings" has published a
Cookbook and Pictorial Proverbs" as
his latest contribution to literature
Freed from their bad spelling, the fol.
lowing are some Of his best sayings:
The man who gets bit twice by the
same dog is better adapted for that kind
OF business than any other. There is a
great deal Of religion in this world that
IS like life-preserver, only put on at
the moment OF immediate danger. and
then half the time pnt on hind side be-
fore. Experience is a school where n
man learns what a big fool he has been.
The man who doesn't believe in any
hereafter has got a dreadfully mean
opinion Of himself and his chances.
There are two kinds Of fools in this
world-those who can't change their
opinions and those who won't. A good
doctor is gentleman to whom we pay
three dollars n visit for advising us to eat
less and exercise more. Out in the
world men show us two sides 10 their
characters; by the fireside only one.
The world is filling with educated fools
mankind reads too much and learns
too little. Every man has his follies.
and oftentimes they are the most inter-
esting things he has gotl ,. s.fHtD
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yxTEsLEY's STAGE LINE.
BET. rowsoyTowN AND LuTHERvILLE

On and after Wednesday, December 1st, 1850,
Stages will run from rowsontown 10 Lutherviiie,
instead Of TO Riders. Rs heretofore, a. follows;
LEAVE COURT HOUSE al $40 and $40 p. NJ.
Arrive at Baltimore at AIS and Sis =. NJ.
LEAVE BALTIMORE ut 1.30 and $50 A. NJ,
and $50 and $50 r. NJ.
FOR HARRISBURG AND WAY STATIONS,
Leave Towsontown at 7.10 A. NJ.
20 ceats.
Noy.s7.-,) WIN. WESLEY, Proprietor
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HARPERS PERIODICALS.

ssf- Postage free 10 all .uIscritsr. in the Cniisd
State. or CaHada.
The volumes Of the Weekly begin with the 6r.t
Number for January Of each year. When no time
IL mentioned, IL will be understood that the sub
'cribcr wishes TO commence with the Number next
after the receipt Of order.
The last Eleven Annual Volumes of Harysr'.
Weekly. in neat cloth binding. will be sent by mail
postage paid. by express, free Of expense (pro-
vidcd the freight docs not exceed ono dollar per
volume for 81. 90 each.
Cloth Cases for each volume, suitable for bind.
Ing. will be sent by mail, postpaid, ON receipt Of
sl.O0 each.
Remittance. should be made by Po,tofico Money
Order or Draft, TO avoid chance of loss.
yeTspaPsrs arc not 20 copy this adreriissReai
~iiko1 he cSpress order Of Hrrpsr t. Rrotiers.
Address, HARPER 4 BROTHERS, New York.
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FANCY GRENADINES,
Some lots reduced from 75 cts. to IS cts.
SPLENDID DOMESTIC .GIN1HAMs AT d
CENTS PER YARD.
SUITS And WRAPS.

SUITS AND WRAPS.
Good quality Lawn Suits At 81. .5o-goo.ls We re
tailed at 80. Lawn Suits nj $780, such rs wo soid
last season at $40. Other Suits aud Wraps In pro
portion. This enumeration docs not comprise ,h,
bargains offered. There are many other goods al
equally a. low prices. In addition, We shall max,
Especial offering Of
Ladies' Muslin Underwear.
Night Dresses, trimmed, sc cts; Night Dresses
three rows insertion and cLging, 81; skirts, with
nounccd tucks, 30 cts. SkIts, with nine tucks, 6!
cts; skirts, Hamburg nouncc and four tucks, 81
Chcmises, stitched bands, &c cts; Cheniscs, cord
cd bands, 10 cts; Chcmiscs, tucks rulc. 50 cts.
Chemtses, corded tucks and trimmed, as cts.
Drawers. with tucks, % cts.; Drawers. with Ham
burg rufle and tucks, 80 cts; French Hand. Made
Undcrwcar--ureat bargains.
AVERY LARGE LINE or
New Hamburg Embroderics,
Among which arc some very elegant goods At
low prices.
CHEAPEST DLEACHED 4 BROWN SHEET.
ING 4 sHIRTINGs IN THE CITY.
NEAL, ARMSTRONG g. CO.,
baltimore d Holiday sts.,
Nov.27.y. BALTIMORE, Mp.
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oven until it is charred, and then
shelled, is eagerly eaten and is a de-
cided improvement on any other form
of charcoal.
Never keep an old hen. After the
second year hens, as a rule, diminish in
laying power. Of course the quantity
OF eggs fowl will lay as well as Che
season for laying can be regulated TO a
certain extent by care and feeding, but
unless hen is of very valuable breed
or especially useful as a setter OF
mother, it does not pay to keep her
after she is three years old.
1t is claimed by some feeders that
100 pounds of cornmeal and 400 pounds
of bran mixed will give greater gain
in flesh than 200 pounds of meal fed
alone. Meal and bran mixed is more
perfect feed than meal alone. Bran
contains a larger percentage of phos-
phoric acid, potash and nitrogen than
Indian meal, while the latter contains
more oil, sugar and starch than the for
mer.
The one-year-old grapevlnes set this
| spring should be allowed to grow but
Oue SuOOt. Ii Oluer VlueS WeTe SOU 1ileJ
should not be allowed to bear, but de-
vote all their energies in getting estab-
lished. All growing shoots should be
kept secured to stakes or trellises.
The fruit canes of the blackberries
and raspberries should be tied up to
stakes or trellises. The young growing
canes form the fruiting ones for nexI
year; cut away all except three to five
to each stool, and when large enough
tie them up; they should be p;nched
off at four feet for raspberries and sly
feet for blackberries.
A correspondent of the New Yorl
" Grid says he has found stable manure
ground bone, asEes and guauo all very
good fertilizers for onions. The bes
plan is to plow the stable manure in
The ground should be plowed deel
either in the fall or early spring; fal
plowing is generally preferred. Bone
OF ashes can be narrowed in after the
ground is plowed. He always take
guano in after the narrowing is done
Guano does frst-rate with other ma
nures. 1t gives the young plants al
early start.
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Cultivate During n Drought.

Cultivating the soil in q dry season
helps to retain the moisture. This will
not appear strange if we recollect that
water is conveyed through the soil in
capillary tubes; these being broken by
cultivation, the water cannot pass
through them readily. The following
experiments in regard to the retention
of water in the soil during dry times
were made at the Massachusetts, Agricul-
tural college. They were made by
taking three different kinds of soil
clay, loan and light sandy loam--t filling
two boxes with each and sinking them
into the ground unit! level with the sur
face, previously weighing them. One
box of each kind of soil was hoed every
morning and the other boxes left uncul-
tivated. This practice was kept up until
it rained, which in this instance was
seven days. The boxes were then taken
up and weighed to ascertain the amount
of moisture lost, with the following re-
suit: The clay soil, titled, lost at the
rate of 904 barrels per acre: the un-
titled, LILO barrels per acre. or 266
barrels more than the cultivated area.
The titled, sandy loan lost at the rate
of542 barrels per acre, and the untitled
1926 barrels or 734 barrels the
most. The heavy loan titled lost at the
rate of 1,106 barrels per acre, the un-
titled 1929 barrels, or 223 barrels more
than the titled. The average loss pei
day of the titled loan was at the rate OF
15S barrels per acre and of the untitled
1S9 barrels; of the titled clay 129 bar.
rels and of the untitled 167 barrels
from the titled sand seventy-seven bar.
rels, from the untitled 167 barrels. In
other words farmer cultivating an acre
of land under like circumstances, would
save 256, 734 or 223 barrels of water in
the same time, according as his land is
clay, sand or loan, which would have
been lost by evaporation had not the
land been titled.
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ODDITIES.

The Chinese written language con.
sists of one hundred thousand char
acters.
All the natives of high northern lati-
tudes are short, measuring little more
than four feet.
Let him who regrets the loss of time
make proper use of that which is to
come in the future.
The Druids gathered their sacred
mistletoe with a gold knife when the
moon was six days old.
In domestic animals, such as the
horse and COW, the coat is of some
what lighter color in winter than in
summer.
The guanaco of Patagonia is de.
scribed as having the head of camel,
the body of deer, wool of sheep and
neigh of horse.
Leland mentions a feast given in the
reign of Edward ~, at which 1000
sheep, 1000 geese, 1000 pigs and
5000 custards We're consumed.
1t is asserted by Sir Gardiner Wilkin-
son that Egyptian mummies have been
| discovered with teeth stopped with
gold. There is nothing new under the
sun.
An auk's egg was sold in London not
long ago for $500; only fifty of these
eggs are known to be in existence, but
the tabled roc's egg could scarcely
command higher price if offered for
sale.
The objection to horses with white
feet, though mostly considered a mere
caprice, is reasonable enough, for white
hoofs are more brittle than black ones,
and are much more liable to break and
contract than those of dark color.
In some countries, especially in the
East, obesity is considered a beauty,
and Tunisian young ladies are fattened
before marriage. Roman matrons, on
the contrary, used to starve their
daughters before the ceremony, to give
them leanness.
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A Rnt-PrOOf Corn Crib.


A correspondent of the Practical
Farmer gives the following directions
for making that most necessary of farm
buildings, a rat-proof corn crib: Build
a good substantial house, twelve feet
wide, eight feet high and as long as you
want it, This will give you two cribs,
one on either side. Put your buildings
on stone pillars one foot above ground
inches by one inch of hard wood II
used oak), putting them on up and
down, being careful to have them half
an inch apart. The gables and any
part of the building that does not come
in contact with the corn can be sided
up with common pine boards; for bot
toms of cribs, lathes lengthwise, one
half inch apart; balance of flo r
between cribs lay tight of pine board.
My building has string of ties between
the sill and plate to nail to and cross
ties to hold the building together.
Every eight feet on these ties spike a
good strong studding or narrow plank
across them lengthwise of the building
as far from plate as you want the width
of top of crib, then set up studding from
floor, as many as will be sufficiently
strong for crib; mortice the end in floor,
gain the top into the horizontal stud
ding about three -qnarters of an inch
then lathe the inside of the crib with
any kind of lathe, Just close enough TO
keep in the corn, commencing ten inches
from the floor to leave room fer the corn
to come down into the trough, putting
these lath on lengthwise. Then put a
common-sized door in the end, between
the cribs. You can put lock on the
door, and all is secure. Il did nOt
lock mine, and gained something by it,
as l found a stray mitten in the crib on
a cold morning.) To get the corn ir
the crib make doors above the plate
the size you want them, the same as
dormer windows, and hang the doors
on, and it will be completed. If any
one wishes to have granary they car
use one side of the building for that
purpose and the other for crib. The
size of my cribs is three feet in the clear
at bottom and five at top, but am vel
satisfied they might be much wider and
still the corn woald cure we'll. ANY
one wanting wider cribs can build the
house wide enough to suit. 1 have
used this crib for about ten years an6
can recommend it as an entire success
The secret of this crib is putting the
lathe on up and down. This gives
no place for the rats to stand on to GU
holes, and the building being one foo
above ground they cannot reach the
bottom. We are infested with swarm
of gray rats, and there is not bull line
on the farm from which we can keeI
them out except the corn CRIB. w
keep corn over year until the new
crop is gathered in perfect safety,
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THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Feeding and Care of Chickens.

Many 90 out early in the morning and
give their fowls hearty meal of corn OF
other grain, leaving them as stupid all
the fore part of the day as stuffed
anaconda.
Not SO. Allow them to shirk for
themselves in the fore part of the day,
especially in the warm summer morn
ings, when numerous insects and worms
are out. Make them industrious-get
their own living when possible, and
give them their food after they have
done their own level best to get liv-
ing. 1t is the active and not the stupid
hen that lays the most eggs.
Farmer Graham says he has never had
aly difficulty with gapes in his chick
ems. His plan is to keep everything
perfectly clean about the hennery. His
hens roost in one apartment; have theii
nests and sit in another. When any her
has Matched her chickens, he immedi
ately cleans out the nest, whitewashes
the place, making everything clean, ther
putting in fresh straw or hay. He cleans
the roosting place every two weeks
whitewashing and sprinkling on little
lime.
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Recipes.

Corn CAKES FOR Two.-Sift cupful
of cornmeal into a bowl or tray, make
a hole in it, put in salt, soda and short
ening, as for biscuit, break in two eggs,
stir with a strong spoon until the eggs
are well broken and mixed, then with
new buttermilk or sour milk make into
q batter. Bake in a brisk oven; have
the cake three-fourths of an inch thick
when it goes into the oven.
OUNCE MARNIALADE.-Rub the fruit
well with rough cloth, cut out the
stems and flower end, and quarter the
fruit without removing the core or skin; /;
stew it on the fire with a very little
water till soft enough to run through
a sieve. Strain the pulp and add a
pound of sugar to pound of fruit;
set the mixture on the fire and cook 1t
slowly till done, which should be tif-
teen or twenty minutes longer.
A WELSH CAKE.-Half pound of but
ter, without salt, beaten to q cream;
half pound of -four, well dried but not
added till cold; half pound of sifted
sugar, each put in separately and by
degrees, four eggs, the yokes and whites
beaten separately to a perfect frot hand
added by degrees the last thing,
The whole ingredients must be beaten
together for one hour, and the yolks
added after that Butter your mold
well and butter the paper you line your
mold with very well, and allow the
paper to be much higher than your
mold, as ii will rise high.
TOMATO CATsUP. - Boil one half
bushel of tomatoes three hours; strain
out the skins and seeds; to the re.
mainder add three pints of vinegar, one.
half pound of salt, one-fourth pound OF
black pepper, one ounce of cayenne
pepper, one-fourth pound of allspice,
one ounce of ground cloves, two pounds
of brown sugar. Boil one hour. l have
never seen any catsup to equal this, and
have kept the above secret for thirty,
five years till now.-Chief Cook.
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Farm and Garden Notes.

Kerosene oil poured on the nests of
caterpillars until thoroughly saturated
will destroy them.
Do not allow the soil about young
fruit trees to become hard and crusted,
but keep it clean and constantly mellow.
1t is advantageous to turn sheep into
orchards in summer and allow them to
stay there until the apples begin to
ripen.
A mixture of lime and phosphates
sprinkled over the cut potatoes day or
two before planting will increase the
fertility wonderfully.
1t is said that new ground soil mixed
with the manure for the melon patch
will prevent rust and brown patches on
the melons and keep the vines green
longer than usual. Experienced grow
ers have discovered that melons and
vines do not rust on new land as they
do on old even in seasons of extreme
wet.
We frequently see the use of char
coal for fowls advocated. If pulver-
lied finely and mixed with soft food il
will be eaten and is beneficial. Corn
on the cob placed in the fire or in an
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SkiI,S Kicking Machine.

The facts were these Mr.. Skids
neighbor kept goat, and that goat had
often got at Mr.. Skid and butted him
two rods, end over end, and he hated
the goat profusely. But the neighbor
wouldn't keep the goat shut up, and SO
Skid invented a machine to slay the
goat. 1t was in the form of a man
bending down to pick up hat, but in
the body was a spring of tremendous
power. From the hip pocket of the
figure waved a red handkerchief that
was targeted to draw the goat. When
he butted it the spring would fly and
throw the goat a big distance. The
machine was gotten up in very elabO-
rate style and looked just like a man.
1t was perfect enough to deceive any
goat, andit cost Mr.. Skid seventy-fve
dollars. But he didn't begrudge the
money so long as it fetched the goat.
And he took the machine and put it
out in his front yard where the goat
would see it, and then retired to his
house and waited to see the fun. He
waited about two hours, and then his
on came in and told him the goat had
swallowed an old hoopskirt the night
before and it had got tangled in his
bowels and slain him. And, of course,
Skid was terribly mad. But the ma
chine was not wholly wasted, for the
boy took it and put it outside of circus
tent so it looked like a man just start
ing to crawl under, and stalwart circus
man ran up and kicked the thing and
was picked up twenty feet away, and
when he got over his surprise he said
he'd give the man season ticket
if he'd tell how he did it, as he'd
like to work the same racket on the old
man of the girl he was courting. But
the machine couldn't be found, the boy
having, in the excitement, taken it
home.
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Bernhardt's future tomb, we learn
from the New York Commercial, will be
adorned with Sara phims.
Talented Lndv,s Views.

Mrs. @. f. Flomming State Lecturer of Mis-
souri,, and also an artist of rare merit, whose
press to be the most beautiful portrait in the
United States, in recent lecture said: 81 have
been troubled with kidney disease since my child
hood, and it finally eliminated in chronic
catarrh of the bladder. 1t would be impossible
for me to describe how much 1 have suffered
and l had abandoned all hope of ever being
cured. l was, however, recommended to try
Warmers Safe Remedy and Liver Cure and il
has done me more good than the combined
skill of all the physicians 1 have ever tried
during my entire life" Such testimony is
beyond question, and proves the value to all
ladies ofthe remedy it advocates
Cretonne fans in Trianon designs
match parasols and suits of printed
sateen, cambria and foulard.
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Nashville Daily News.l
Terrible

Such is the term Mr.. @. W. Purcell,
of the National Stock Yards, Chicago,
ILL.,, applies to his sufferings. He says:
/, for one, wish to speak a word OF
praise for st. Jacobs Oil. l suffered
with pain in my shoulder and arm for
some six months and at times it was
terrible. One bottle of st. Jacobs Oil,
however, cured me thoroughly.
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AND NEVER FAILED

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perfectly harmless; also externally, Cuts, Bruises
Chronic rheumatism. Old Sores, Pains in the limbs
back and chest. Such a remedy is Dr. TOBIAS
VENETIAN LININIENT.
"a No trying il will ever be without il:
over 600 PHI ysiCians use it,
25 Cents will Buy n Treatise upon the
Horse and his Diseases. Book of 100 pages. Valuable
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at night they were unable to dislodge
tha cat, and several other cats had
slipped in and were sharing the fish
with the original thief. Benton is as
mad as wet hen, but Monk says that
probably trout are not good for conva-
lescing Presidents, and it was providen-
tial that the cat bagged the game.
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In answer to an inquiry from the
Savannah Presbytery, "Can one elder,
where there is but one in the church;
invite in minister, and thus constitute
a session ?" the Presbyterian Assembly
(South) returned an affirmative reply.
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[Harrisburg pa.l 1ndepondent. !

For five years, says Mr.. J. Echter,
this city, have been afflicted with
rheumatism, and for two years have
had sore on my leg the size of silver
dollar, which nothing would heal. St.
Jacobs Oil cured the rheumatism and
healed the sore.
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Wicked for CIpruymeu.

for clergymen or other public men to be led
into giving testimonials to quack doctors fol
vile stuffs called medicines but when a really
meritorious article is made up of common valu-
able remedies known to all, and that all ply
sicians use and trust in daily, we should freely
commend it. | therefore cheerfully and heart
lily commend Hop Bitters for the good they
have done me and my friends, firmly believing
they have no equal for family use. will moi
be without them"
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aaaaH44-
H ts Vorth o Trial.

"I was troubled for many years with Kidney
Complaint, Gravel, ETC.; my blood became thin
l was dull and inactive; could hardly crawl
about, and was.an old worn out man all over,
and could get nothing to help me, until got
Hop Bitters, and now am boy again. My
blood and kidneys are all right, aud am as
active as a man of thirty although l am seven
ty-two, and have no doubt it will do as well
for others of my age. 1t is worth the trial.
(Eathprl
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Bpd-HUnS, Rouchps.

Rats, cats, mice, ants, flies, insects, cleared out
by "Rough on Rats" 15c, druggists.
Quc-rious that the Chinese men should have
such long hair Ladies, if you would have your
hair as long as the Chinese, and as beautiful as
an lgouri's, use CARBoLINE, the deodorized pc
trnlrum hair remover and dresser.