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The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-16
REASON AND INSTINCT.

Seth Green, in one OF his articles,
says: have made some OF my most in
teres,ing studies OF nature in the morn
ing. That is the time to see the insects
AZ their best-to see the mudwasps
singing the spiders without killing them.
and packing them away where they are
kept alive for weeks to be used when
needed. have seen small green worm
hanging down a web. An ant, station.
sd on the limb above, pulls up the web
and. just Is the worm comes within
reach OF his tiny claws, down drops Mr..
Worm. The an, pulls up again and
again the worm lets out another reef and
goes down. This sort ofihing continues
until finally the an, grapples the worm
and both go down together in grand
scramble, in which the worm manages
TO shake of the ant. This leaves the
worm on the grou7d. His web is so
strong iha; the other end is still fasten-
cd 20 the limb above. Wha, does Mr..
An, 10? Gives it up? No, sir. have
seen him go up the trunk OF that tree,
crawl on, TO the same limb, and 90 to
work aglin Iu' ing up the same web.-
Then, after another battle, have known
the ant 10 get bette. Of :he fight and
the worm of TO his hole, three rods
away.
Why talk abou; reasoning powers
The perseverance and instinct of these
little creatures are wonderful. People
go out to fish. They SPLASH around,
siaEd up in the boat, drop their lines
three feet away, and wonder because
they don't catch trout. They forget
that trout can see. Fish learn the tackle
and fish are, As rule, local in their
habitaiion. There are not as many gyp-
sizes among fish as among men. Any
man who will take the pains to study
fish, or will remember tithe of what
he reads about them, can catch them.
They are smart, but our brains will beat
them. | remember once of fishing for
salmon trou, for a long time and taking
nothing. Finally | concluded to get
down and look into the water, and so
throwing my coat over my head, got
the required shade and peeped down.
fThe salmon would sail down and look at
the minnow. Then with quick dart,
he would close his teeth round one-half
the minnow and open them sgain like
flash. He did not attempt to eat the
minnow, and half the severed body
would drop to the bottom. When il had
fallen TO the bed of the lake the salmon
would go down leisurely and eat it,
The next time when dropped my hook
and felt the quick bite Of the trout let
out enough line to send the hook to tn,
bottom, and the result was that when
the salmon went down for his meal he
was fooled and | had him.
The FAMILY DocToR.-To heal cut
fingers with rapidity wrap them in a
cloth saturated with alum water.
The following remedy for "black
eye" is given by DR.. Eaoke's HcaMh
N6nhb: Moisten dry starch with cold
water and place over the closed eye |;
cover with piece Of coarse brown pa
per soaked in weak vinegar
A sure cure for chapped hands is
something greatly to be desired. Try
this: Wet your hands in warm water,
then rub them all over with Indian
meal; do this twice, then in the water
used to wash of the meal put teaspoon.
ful Of pure glycerine. II il is not pure
j, will irritate the skin.
b9-A hackman went into the surf
The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-16

p0- A young gentleman, who was
looking over a pretty girls shoulder
while she was playing cards, observed |:
"What a lovely hand 7" "You may
have it, il you want it." murmured she,
and all the rest Of the evening he was
wondering what her intentions were.
The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-16
FoR THE Usioz.
DIsCoNTENrMENT.
nv BESSIE ALLEN.

I'm tired Of hearing you idly prats Of the jsys o
country life,
or life in a vino e-eOvsrsd cottage. away from IN
world and is strife.
To bo call In all" to each other, in short, . b
buried alive.
To lead out humdrum existence Is the end fol
which you would strive. IL
To befrse from learning and culture. say "nOihink'
and "somethink" and "haint,"
Such life might perhaps prove = theme for .
poets idle plant:
But hate such a stupid existence that gsss on
from day TO day
Without any change or excitement, but wearsth
the heart away.
long for life that's evsntful, not ~gcsIm aisoms
summers day, "a 'VsIuaot
One oiled with the wilds., em. SUN sgI~ bas.
siOns are called into p=
I wish not to sail along gent ;siE,ssaim,
quiet sea,
When the blilows are raging A-il
noise IL music 10 me. 49,
And fAnsy on psiussln spssssrs. s.vAssssonAs
I long for In life,
And the widest aud strangsst are those that with
keenest pleasures are rife.
Oh. Ienvy the favored who follow unfsttersd their
hearts desires
ned by the dictates Of others. they quell not Am-
bition's hercc fires.
Hut many. whom LOFTY ambition prompts onward
90 some cherished goal,
Are withheld through their dearest asctions their
lives filed with darkness aud dole.
Then talk not to me Of your cottage in accents 50
ardent and low,
The soul that's within me Is yearning for a life Il
never shall know.
ARLINGTON, Mn, December n, 1852
The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-16

B9-A recently suspended foreign
minister, while passing through London
on his way to this country, registered
himself at Boyles' American Agency rs
"Col. -, American minister, in
rought for home."
The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-16

I@-A A Pittsburg druggist, being COM
plimented on the beauty Of his last baby,
replied: alt isn't my prettiest, but its
my PharmycuteSt. Interment private.
The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-16

bS-A hackman went into the surf
at Long Branch and encountered large
shark. Their eyes met for an instant
when the shark blushed and swan out.
The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-16

pS-We must learn to infusc sublimi.
ty into trihes that is power.
The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-16

p@rOpportunity is a heacon light by
which many are piloted to the harbor
OF success.
The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-16

s. PARKER BosLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN
cHANCERY,
ROOMS Nos. o AND MASONIC HALL,
TOws0NT0wN, No,
Except Friday and Saturday Of each week en
which days Office at
SIS SARATOGA STREET, BALTIMORE.
~ MONEY HED.-6a
Claims prosecuted In any Of the Departments In
Washington.
PENSIONS AND INCREASE OF PENSIONS
OBTAINED.
Jan.Io, SOFT
The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-16

EXTENSIVE STOCK
Fine Diamond. Pearl, Coral.
Amethyst and Cameo Sets.
Etruscan aad Enamel Sets,
Opera. Leontine aud 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, Fine Bronzes, 4e.
All description Of HAIR JEwELRY made, and
REPAIRIsG done in the nea,est manner A
call is respectfully solicited. April s,'s2y.
The true northerner., 1882-06-09
The kissing Deacon.

In one our puritanical towns of New
England, says an eastern paper, lived
Deacon Brown, very staid, dlgnlfied
sort of Christian, and perfect model
of propriety. Deacon Brown lad the
misfortune to lose his wife and at the age
of forty found himself with a family Of
four small children, without n mistress
to his farm house. AS he could not I'M
mediately take another wife and avoid
exciting scandal, and could not get along
without some one to take care of the
kitchen and nursery, he had recourse to
employing young woman as house
maid. Nancy was laughing, romping
girl, whose delight in experimenting up
on the deacon who was invulnerable; but
at last in a moment of unguarded weak
ness he Was led into temptation, and in
to committing slight indiscretion with
his beautiful housemaid. When in his
wonted presence of mind, he was horri-
fed at the enormity of his sin. In vain
he grieved over lost virtue. Finally, as
last effort for relieving his conscience,
at the conclusion of the services on the
following Sunday, he arose and request
ed the forbearance of the brethren and
sisters few minutes, when he electri-
fled them by making the following con-
fession:
"My Christian friends, you all know
that L lost my dear wife some months
ago, and that Nancy Stearns has been
keeping house for me; and you know L
have little child not year old. Well,
that child would cry in the night, and IL
would be long time before 1 could
quiet it; and last Tuesday night-God
forgive mel-the child cried so bad that
and leaned over the bed to hush the
child-and brothers and sisters, her
leaning over made me forget Christi
"What did you do?" sternly demanded
the minister.
"I-I-ki-kissed her" stammered
out the deason, between his sobs. "but L
have been very sorry about it, and have
prayed to be forgiven-and 1 want you
to forgive me and pray for me, brothers
and sisters"
As the deacon bowed himself upon his
seat like the mighty oak before the tor
nado. Deacon Goodfellow rose, and as
tonished the audience still more by say
ing:
"Brothers and sisters, you have heard
what Deacon Brown has said, and new
he wants our forgiveness. For my part,
think Brother Brown is truly penitent,
and 1 am willing to forgive him with my
whole heart. And brothers and sisters,
add still farther, that if / had no wife,
and pretty girl like Nancy stearns
should come to my room and lean over
me, I'd kiss her and abide the conse-
que nces."
The true northerner., 1882-06-09
BITS OF INFORMATION.

THE Spaniards discovered cochineal in
Mexico In 1918.
THE royal observatory ct Greenwich
was built in 1875.
Sr. PETERSBURG was founded by Peter
the Great III 1903.
"How We Apples Swim" was orig
inal with David Mallet.
The canary bird was introduced into
Europe early in the sixteenth century.
The Emperor Justinius, not being
able to write his own name, introduced
the stencil.
An English mile is equivalent in
French measure to 1909. 30634 metres or
1.609 klometers.
The question of the Hanoverian sue
cession to the throne of England was
carried by single vote.
THE color of the national flag of Ire
land is green. On one side is a golden
sun-burst, on the other a golden harp.
The invention of the harness is as
cribed to Erectheus, King of Athens,
who lived 300 or 400 years before Christ.
THE steamer Pacific left Liverpool for
New York with 1856 passengers on board
Jan. %, 1856, and was never heard from
afterward. How or when she was lost is
not known.
The number of languages varies with
the different migrations and degrees Of
culture of races, nations, empires, etc.
and so cannot be accurately stated. Ad-
elung and Water reckon 1904 languages
and dialects.
The sobriquet johnny Rebs is said
to have originated in taunting remark
addressed to rebel picket to the effect
that the Southern States relied on John
Bull to help them gain their independ-
ence, and that the picket himself was no
better than John Bull, an accusation
which was Indignantly denied.
THE average daily temperature or daily
mean temperature is found by adding
the temperature at a. M, 2 p. m. and
twice the temperature at p. M, and
dividing this sum by four. To find the
monthly mean temperature the daily mean
temperatures of each day are added and
divided by the number of days of the
month. The annual mean temperature
is found by taking the sum of twelve
monthly mean temperatures divided by
twelve, and the mean temperature of
place is ascertained by adding the mean
temperatures and dividing by the num-
Der of years.
The true northerner., 1882-06-09
Speed of Sound.

1t has been ascertained that full hu-
man voice. speaking in the open air,
calm, can be heard at distance of AGO
feet in an observable breeze powerful
human voice with the wind is audible at
a distance of 10. S40lfeet f; the report of
musket, $1,000 feet; drum, 10, 500
feet; music, strong brass band, 49,
$40 feet; very heavy cannonading, $780,
600, or 80 miles. In the Arctic regions
conversation has been maintained over
water distance of 6,696 feet. In gases
the velocity of sound increases with the
temperature in air this increase is
about two feet per second for each de-
gree centigrade. The velocity of sound
in oxygen gas at zero G. is l, ,040 feet in
carbolic acid, S5S feet in hydrogen, 4, :
164 feet. In 1927 Colladon and Sturm
determined experimentally the velocity
of sound in fresh water the expert
ment was made in the Lake of Geneva.
and it was found to be Ala feet per
second at a temperature of ID degrees
G. The velocity of sound in alcohol at
20 degrees @. is 4,21S feet; in ether at
zero, 3,S01 in sea water at 30 degrees
G. 4,76S. BY direct measurements care
fully made, by observing at night the
interval which elapses between the flash
and report of cannon at known dis
tance, the velocity of sound has been
about /, 900 per second at the temper
ature OF freezing water.
The true northerner., 1882-06-09

some little stock, to SOW our fields, to
rebuild our fences, to make our homes
valuable, to feel new life and driving en-
terprise again. Words are not able to
express the thanks we feel for our ben
efactors. God may repay them and bless
them and their children for what they
have done for us. We shall never forget
it. These are the feelings of all of us,
although we have no chance TO have this
signed by all the fire sufferers of our
neighborhood.
Robert Russ, Charles Gelts, Albert
Lavitzkie, Ferdinand Finkee, Gustav
Morguardt, Albert Krase, Albert Plitz,
Adam Banker, Fred Hermann, Harman
Grannstadt, Dugall Weigmorm, Michael
Morguardt, Withston Schave, Roderick
Clark, Ira G. Carpenter, Robert Beath-
by, Judah Neckel, Alonzo Stone, Arson
II. Boman, Richard Randall, John @.
Jordan, Sylvester Vaugn, Ed Pleiness,
Daniel M. Gregor, Henry J. Harren,
August Galipke, Ferdinand Senogstock,
M. j. Salisbury, Anton Nitz.
PoRT HOPE, Huron County, Mich.
Newspapers are requested to copy.
The true northerner., 1882-06-09

ends amounting to $7,499,67 say
81, 500, 900. AS our iron companies do
not publish their dividends, it is impos-
sible to give exact figures but the
amount of ore produced and its value III
market are published, and from these
figures any one acquainted with the cost
of placing the ore on the market can
make very close estimates of the profits.
Those best qualified to Judge of these
profits estimate the earnings of our iron
mines for 1881 at eight millions of dol
lars, about half a million more than the
amount of dividends paid by all the gold
and silver mines of the United States.
The capital stock of the gold and silver
mining companies declaring this 81, 500,-
900 of dividends amounts to about
$500, 100000; they, therefore, paid
three and three-fourths per cent. on
their capital stock. The capital stock
of all the iron-mining companies OF
Michigan operating in 1881 amounts to
about $40, 900, 900, and their net earn
ings OF $4,000, 900 for that year paid
dividends amounting to 40 per cent.
on their capital stock. These figures,
you will notice, embrace only the div
idend-paying gold and silver mines,
while they embrace all of the operating
iron mines in Michigan. If the $780,
100000 represented by the dividend
paying gold and silver mines of the
United States-to say nothing OF the
innumerable operating companies that
pay no dividend-no further showing is
necessary to demonstrate that iron min
ing in Michigan is more than ten times
as profitable as gold and silver mining" 4"
The true northerner., 1882-06-09
A Queer Family.

correspondent at Battle Greek writes
to the Detroit Post and Tribune that
northwest of the town of Johrstown,
Calhoun county, lives family consist
ing of two brothers by the name of Will
lison, one of the brothers being married
and the other single, which Is a genuine
case of monomania of very peculiar
type. They own about 200 acres of
good land and are said to be average
farmers by those who know them and
yet for seven years now they have
been accommodating wheat IN anticipa
ton of famine. This wheat they do
not thresh, but have stacked it here
and there over the farm. till they have
now about twenty stacks slowly rotting
away, and some of them utterly spoiled.
The fluctuations of the market make no
impression upon them their time is
coming, as they conceive, when they
will make a fortune out of their long
accumulated crops. Some of these
stalks are badly wasted away by winds
and storms, but their faith never fails
they still hold on. None of the family
are the victims of religious fanaticism,
having not the least apparent religious
interest. They are no politicians; min
gle but little, if any, in society, and are
every way curiosity. Henry, the old
er, is man of apparently about 40 or
so years old, intelligent-looking, and
only one repugnant feature, and that
being his hair and whiskers, which have
probably not been trimmed for several
years. his hair coming down almost to
the middle of his back, and his beard
equally as long. He is married and has
four children. Delos, the younger
brother, is not so much of curiosity as
his brother, being very tall, muscular
and wearing his hair and whiskers like
other men. He is some years younger
than his brother, probably about 30
years of age. For five years the neigh
bors claim that the wife of the oldest
brother has not been off the place; the
children do not go to school; and, as a
whole, they shrink from rather than
court public recognizance."
The true northerner., 1882-06-09
Determined to Die.

George Muellerweiss committed sui
eide by hanging at Saginaw City. He
had been drinking very heavily for the
past three weeks. He retired to his
room at II 80 at night, at his boarding
house, and as he did not put in an APP
pearance next ring search was
made for him, which resulted in his body
being found hanging by a rope to a
clothes-hook in his room. His feet
rested upon the floor, and his knees were
slightly bent, showing that he was de-
termined to die, as he could have saved
himself easily had he SO desired. Muel-
lerweiss was an old German doctor and
was 81 years of age.
The true northerner., 1882-06-09
Thirteen Days without Food.

The Saginaw Curier says: "a little
more than two weeks ago David Bene-
dict, woodman, was in this city and
got on a spree. He went back to Glad
win, where he continued drinking. The
effects of the whisky finally crazed him.
He got away from his friends and wan
dered off into the woods, and was not
heard from again till Tuesday, when he
was found in an exhausted condition in
an old lumber camp. The parties find
ing him took him to farm house, where
he received food and care. He states
that he had nothing to eat from the time
he left Gladwin till he was found. 1t
was thirteen days. With patience he
might make another Tanner"
The true northerner., 1882-06-09
Locking Horns.

The Quincy Herald relates this cham
pion COW story: "a most singular con.
fict between cattle recently occurred OF
the farm of Orton Hoxie, in Algansee.
Upon going to his field Mr.. Hoxie found
two of his milch COWS in nearly dying
condition. They had engaged in furi-
Gus battle, and their horns had become
so thoroughly locked together as to pre-
vent their disengaging themselves. The
horn of one cow had passed into the
throat of the other, and in order to sep
arate them 1t was found necessary to saw
off one OF the horns. Had the relief
not come as it did both cattle would
have made death loss to their owner.
The true northerner., 1882-06-09
Beside those tabulated above. the 70

Beside those tabulated above, the fol-
lowing-named diseases were reported
each by one observer diabetes, phar-
yngitis, chorea and rotheln.
For the week ending May 81, 1892,
the reports indicate that consumption
of the lungs, whooping-cough, intermit-
tent fever and chicken-pox increased,
and that diarrhea decreased in area of
prevalence.
At the State Capitol, the prevailing
winds were west; the average absolute
and average relative humidity, and the
average day and night ozone were more,
and the average temperature was lower
during the week ending May 27 than
during the preceding week.
Including reports by regular OBJ
servers and by others, diphtheria was
reported present during the week end
ing May 27, and since, at II places;
scarlet fever at IL places, measles at Is
places and smallpox at 10 places, in all,
as follows At White Cloud (three cases),
May %; at Buena Vista 1.-TWO cases), in
Port Huron township Zone case), at
Grand Rapids, at Manistee, at Cadillac
(two cases), and at Flint Zone new case),
May 27; at Detroit (four eases), May 30;
at Kalamazoo 1.-TWO cases, one fataD,
May 81 at Battle Greek (three deaths,
no cases remaining), May 81, 1882.
HENRY B. BAKER, Secretary.
LANSING June g 1892
The true northerner., 1882-06-09

A CHINAMAN who was defeated by
some of his relatives in q suit at law
concerning burial ground murdered
three of his opponents. The criminal
was sentenced to death, but it is prin-
ciple of Chinese law that the punish
ment shall be as far as possible COM
mensurate with the crime, and accord
ineIy the criminals wife was sent into
penal servitude, and his son was con-
demned to mutilation. His daughter,
luckily for herself, was engaged to be
married, and she was accordingly deliv-
cred to the family of her betrothed to
be married when she comes of age 9TH
erwise she would have had to share her
mothers fate.
The true northerner., 1882-06-09

The ministers of Providence, r. l.,
have agreed not to perform marriage
services for divorced persons who wish
to take new partners unless the divorces
have been granted for scriptural causes.
The mysteries and entanglements of di-
vorce cases are, however, so many that
it is difficult for any minister, or indeed
for anybody else, to be positively sure
as to what were the exact causes and
who was TO blame. The divorced can
have ope consolation in the event of the
refusal of all the Providence clergy to
marry them. There are so many other
clergymen and so many magistrates who
are willing to perform marriage serv-
The true northerner., 1882-06-09

HANK BLoDGErT, who for the past
twenty years has followed sea-otter
hunting ON the coast of Washington
Territory, says that he now averages a
hundred shots for every otter obtained.
In early times, when an otter was shot
it would come ashore, but the animals
have become so shy that unless killed
instantly they put out to sea. They
cannot be approached now nearer than
600 yards. Blodgett uses a Sharpe's
rifle, forty-five caliber, carrying 12O
grains of powder. The fur of the sea-
otter sells at S75 to $3.50, and is becom-
ing more rare every season.
The true northerner., 1882-06-09
ABOUT the smartest cat that was ever

ABOUT the smartest cat that was ever
mentioned in the newspapers goes by
the name of Tommy and belongs to Mr..
Darius Brimmer, of Berlin, n. Y. A
trout brook runs through Mr.. Brimmer's s
farm. and the cat brings in fine mess
of trout about three times week.
Tommy will go to place in the creek
where the water runs between two rocks
very close together. Here he will watch
for his prey, and the first trout that at
tempts to go through the narrow place
is pounced upon by the cat and carried
in triumph to the house. He then re-
turns for another, and has brought in as
many as six good sized trout in one
afternoon. This is the story as told by
Mr.. Brimmer, but has not been sworn
to, and probably would not be accepted
as evidence in court of justice unless
corroborated. Nor would the candid and
straightforward statement made by Mr.
Henry Edmonds. of Charlotte county,
Va, unless fully substantiated. Mr..
Edmonds states that his hound Nero
caught rabbit and swallowed the game
without biting it that the rabbit, strug-
Cling in Nero's stomach, threw him into
spasms and killed him, whereupon the
rabbit slipped through the dogs throat
and resumed his previous occupation.
Without presuming to doubt Mr.. Ed
monds' statements, it is safe to observe
that it was either very small rabbit or
a very large dog.
The true northerner., 1882-06-09

A MAN who resides in the neighbor-
hood of Stellacoom, Washington Terri
tory, imagined the devil was after him, and
to escape his prosecutor leaped into dry
well about thirty feet deep. When he
reached the bottom he found, or thought
he found, the devil still at his side, and
commenced digging deeper with his
hands. In so doing he wore the flesh
from his fingers to such an extent that
con being found, seven days after his dis
appearance, it was considered necessary
to amputate three fingers on each hand.