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The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-16
THE EFFICACY OF WAITING.

D'tr"h Ere, Pres.
Out on Pemberton's lines came to
a spot on the highway where the road
narrowed to about ten feet, and just here
was faded old mule hitched to a wagon
loaded with quarter OF a cord OF wood.
The mule was up TO his knees in mud,
and the wagon was stalled. Refining
my horse OFF TO the left | took a circuit
through the thick woods, and suddenly
came upon colored man seated on a
log and half asleep. "What are you do.
ing heres" asked. "Waitin'," was
his prompt reply. "For what 2'' "Say,
boss, did YOU turn in from de road ,"
eyes" "Saw big mud hole out dar.
reckon ?" ''I did," "Saw an ole
rat. Guild mcwl stuck fast in de mud ?"
eyes" "Well. sab, dat establishment
b'longs to dis individual" "Thcn
why on earth don't you get the wagon
out and move on 10 iown?" "Bekase
de ole mewl won't pull, an bekase Ice
dun tired Of liitin'. But rs all right,
boss ! isn't worried Just then we
heard the sound OF wheels coming up.
ana team, win TWO men IN the car
riage, had to halt. They called "Nig-
ger :" three or four times, and the man
on the log winked to me TO keep quiet
Receiving no response, they got down,
and while one played the whip over the
old beast the other lifted on the wheel,
and the wagon was rushed out on solid
ground, so that the carriage could pass.
When it was out of hearing the negro
started for the road in leisurely man.
ncr, and chuckled back over his shoul.
der.: ''Dat's what was waitin' fur
yaw! yawl yaw! Tell you what, boss,
dar's muffin like maxim de white folks
take hold an help boost dis eend Of dc
kentry up few feet Whoa dar, Ma.
poleon Now you walk on wild dat
wagin -
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-16

B@-"Soled again, squeakcd the dea-
cons boot rs he went down the aisle.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-16

rB-A citizen called, recently, at the
Water registrars Office and introduced
himself and his business by saying
"Im Misther Jerry Muldoon. NV
cellar is full of water, and my hins will
be drownded If it isn't fixed so want
you to fix it," Mr.. Muldoon was in
formed that nothing could be done for
him there. Two or three days later he
reappeared. al come again to see
about that cellar" said he, ''it's worse
than ever" "But we told you the other
day, Mr.. Muldoon. that We can do
nothing about il here ayes, but my
cellar must he fixed or my hins will all
be drowned" "Well, Mr.. Muldoon.
did you see the mayor about the mat
ter :" "Indade and did," replied MIR.
Muldoon. "And what did the mayor
sayp" "what didhe say, isitr 'Misther
Muldoon,' says he, why don't you
keep ducks1'"
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-16
PERSONAL CLEANLINESS.

| WssfsTH karai.
When the women had full charge of the
milking and other dairy operations
there was not much need OF advising
personal cleanliness. A woman is nat
urally cleanly. She can see dirt where
a man would think it irksomcly clean.
But the men have largely dcthroned the
women in the dairy kingdom, have
driven the old fashioned dairymaid into
retirement, and have brought, il is true,
new enterprise and new strength into
the business, and, il is also true, have
brought considerable dirt into it,
Usually the carclessncss rs to personal
cleanliness is found more particularly
with those who are employed to do the
work. There is only one piece of ad-
vice that is suggested for the proprietor
Of dairy who will persist in neglecting
personal cleanliness, and that is to go
out Of the business. An unclean person
ought to be kept out Of sight OF the
milk pail entirely. II is utterly impos.
sible to mingle dirt with milk and have
pure milk, which is so sensitive that it
will absorb all impurities that come in
to contact with il. Some appear to
imagine that il makes no difference
how much dirt gets into the milk pail,
because the milk goes through s,rainer.
The strainer can do nothing more than
separate the visible dirt from the milk,
and it may not always do that. 1t can
not take the odcrs and gases out. Yet
we have seen men milking with dirty
hands, and milking COWS whose udders
were covered with dirt, which was con.
stantly dropping into the pail.
Wash up, should be the directions to
our mixers. They should be impressed
with the fact that milking is very del
icatc business, and that a milkcr should
be just as tidy when hc sits down by
the side Of COW rs he is when he goes
to the table TO eat. Having secured
personal cleanliness, the mixers aticn-
tion should be next directed to having
the COW clean. Brush the dirt off the
uddcr, il there is any on it. 1t will not
require a minute to do it. II is attcn.
tion to such little details that always
gives satisfactory results, and il is the
lack Of such attention that makes many
a dairy Improbable. The time when
butter that is tainted with enternal
navors can find ready market, Is for
ever gone, and If anybody will persist
in SO tainting it he must not complain
il he makes less profit than his more
careful ncighbor. We earnestly wish
that every butter maker would exert
himself and herself to make the very
best article possible. Not only would
such a course be for the interest of the
dairy in general, but it would at least
ultimately prove specially profitable to
the individual maker. We know that
great deal Of butter is now sold in the
village that goes into one tub, whether
it is good, bad or indifferent. IL all
brings the same price at such market.
But that custom is gradually being
done away with. People who make an
extra quality of butter, and know it,
will not submit to such treatment.-
They will find market where the worth
OF their article will be appreciated.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-16

EXTENSIVE STOCK
Fine Diamond. Pearl, Coral.
Amethyst and Cameo Sets,
Etruscan and Enamel Sets.
Opera, Leoninc and Vest
Chains, Necklaces, Lockcts,
Pendants. &c.
English and American Gold and Silver Watches.
Fine Silver Ware. my own manufacture.
Triple Silver-Plated Ware,
Table Cutlery, Fine BronEes. 1c.
All description Of HAIR JEwELRY made, and
REPAIRIFG done in the neatest manner
call Is respectfully solicited. April li',S3y.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-16

pS-"l would like scalloped oysters, /"
she remarked. He answered meaning
to be funny: "I don't know how TO
scallop oysters" "Then bias some, "
said she.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-16

D@-A boy says, in his composition,
that "Onions are the vegetable that
makes you sick when you don't eat them
YOURSELF"
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-16

WNs NMWFhe" Htss BMHthHNUFts
Are making their elegant paris hnished) Cabinet
Photographs at 81 per doE; Card Size, 80 per dor.
The sty hand finish Of our work 10 unsxeelled.-
Portraits, Crayons, Poreelains, Miniatures and
every description Of copying done at reasonable
rates. t0ct.7,'s2.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-16

sS-"Does yere kape nothin' bu, dry
goods herel" "No ma'am." "Thin
where will be afther goin' for a water
cd silk 2"
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-16
HOW TAcKs ARE MADE.

The iron Is received from the rolling
mills in sheets from three inches to
twelve inches wide, and from three feet
to nihe feet in length, the thickness
varying. according TO the kir.d of work
into which i; is TO be made, from one
eighth to one thirty second OF an inch
pieces. and by immersion in acid clean
ed OF the hard outside flinty scale
They are chopped into strips of width
corresponding to the length OF the nail
or tack required. Supposing the tack
TO be cut is an eight-once carpet tack,
the strip of iron, as chopped and ready
for the machine, would be about eleven
sixteenihs OF an inch wide and thirty
inches long This piece is placed firm.
ly in the feeding apparatus, and BY this
arrangement carried between the knives
Of the machine.
At each revolution Of the balance
wheel the knives cut OFF a small piece
from the end Of this plate. The piece
cut off is pointed At one end, and square
for forming the head at the other. Ii
Is then carried between two dies by the
action Of the knives and these dies,
coming together, form the body under
the head. Enough Of the iron projects
beyond the face OF the dies to form the
head, and while hen firmly by them, a
lever strikes this projecting piece into
round head. This, as We have said
before, is all done during one revolu-
tion of the wheel, and the knives, as
soon as the tack drops from the ma
chine, are ready to cut off another piece.
These machines are run at the rate of
about $50 revolutions per minute. The
shoe nail machines, for cutting headless
shoe nails, are run at about 500 revolu-
tions per minute and cut from , to
nails at each revolution.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-16

s3-It is said that when a man lies.
the devil laughs. How the old fellows
sides must ache.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-02
News and Notes for Women.

A girl employed as spinner in a
Lowell mill has taken the first prize
offered by the Boston Musical Society
for the best criticism of vocal and in
strumental music.
Miss NJ. c. Thomas, of Baltimore,
Nd, has won at the University of Zu-
rich the degree of doctor of philosophy,
'summa cum laude," the highest honor
ever granted there.
A woman's mutual insurance and
accident company is one of the latest
institutions in New York. 1t is de-
signed to benefit sewing women and
servant girls.
In Como district, Nevada, there is a
mining claim which was located sew
eral months ago by the Ely sisters,
aged sixteen and fourteen, and named
the Woodbine and Daffodil. These
young ladies, who are personally very
attractiAe, are ut work developing their
claim, in the value of which they have
great confidence.
The total amount annually received
or expended on Queen Vicoria and the
other members of the royal family is
e893,382. In this is inclnded main
tenance of palaces, expenditure in con-
nection with royal yachts CESS, 1892 };
households of deceased sovereigns
(f6,475), and many other such items
1t is estimated that about 100000 per
annum would have to be expended
were there no royal family to provide
| for.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-02
An ''Ocean Carrier"

A good deal of interest is felt in maui
teal circles in regard to experiments
recently made with what is called an
"ocean carrier" 1t is hollow ball of
red india rubber, about two and half
feet in diameter, made very light, and
so constructed that dispatches or mes
sages can be inclosed in it. 1t is in
tended to be thrown overheard from
ship at sea in case of disaster or want
of assistance. Its large size in proper
ton to weight, which is only seven
pounds, keeps it upon the top of the
water, and it is rapidly carried by the
prevailing winds to the nearest shore.
1t has great advantage over casks
and bottles, as it is easily seen, and
likely to attract attention of passing
ships, not easily injured even by ex
IRENE violence, and at the same time
moves more rapidly than current
borne float. One of these carriers trav-
eled 200 nautical miles in five days,
and another one an equal distance in
even less time. Casks and bottles are
VIGOROUSLY slow, and months usually
elapse before one is picked up; besides,
they are also frequently broken up and
their contents lost or at least so it is
supposed, as many of them are never
found. The experiments that have
been made with the carrier have been
unusually successful, and the inven-
ton promises to be most valuable
one
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-02
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

Try glycerine in place of sugar in
your tea or coffee when troubled with
flatulent (wind) dyspepsia Foote's
Health Monthly.
We give the recipe of a celebrated
Paris physician for the cure of small
pox: Il herewith append a recipe
which has been used to my knowledge
in hundreds of cases. 1t will prevent
or cure the small pox though the pit
tings are filling. When Jenner dis
covered cow-pox in England the world
of science hurled an avalanche of
fame upon his head, but when the most
scientific school Of medicine in the
world-that of Paris--published this
recipe as panacea for small poX,
it passed unheeded. 1t is as I'M
failing as fate, and conguers in
every instance. 1t is harmless when
taken by well person. 1t will alN,
cure scarlet fever, here is the recipe rs
l. udNC uSCu ~ stllNt ilCu CHllul Gil VI
scarlet fever; here it is as 1 have used
it to cure small pox; when learned
physicians said the patient must die, it
cured: Sulphate of zinc, one grain;
fox glove (digitalis), one grain; half
tablespoonful of sugar; mix with two
tablespoonfuls water. When thoroughly
mixed, add four ounces of water Take
spoonful every hour. Either disease
will disappear in twelve hours. For a
child, smaller doses, according to age.
If counties would compel their phys
icians to use this there would be no
need of pest houses. If you value adj
vice and experience, use this for that
terrible disease"
Many persons troubled with sore
throat find relief in a gargle of pine-tar
water.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-02
fClESTiFIU SCRAPS.

1t has been observed that workers in
copper who absorb a considerable
amount of dust from the metal, enjoy
ACUTE general immunity from cholera
typhoid fever, and like complaints,
while copper salts protect various ma
terials from parasites.
Where the air is charged with sui
phur fumes the tints of foliage in the
fall, so noticeable elsewhere, are not
produced. The leaves simply blacken,
shrivel up and fall to the ground.
The remains of a forest at least three
acres in extent have been found ten
feet below the surface of the ground
at Crowland, near Peterborough, Eng
land. Some of the trees are very large
and in good state of preservation,
especially the frs
DR.. Virchow, of Berlin, has some
ancient skulls found in the Caucasian
district. They are believed to afford
proof of the existence of the race
called Makrokephi, described by Hip
pocrates. The heads are large and ex-
tremely long or high in form, an effect
believed to be due to bandaging in
early infancy.
Archaeological researches have shown
that the ancient Egyptians were
familiar with dental processes which
are commonly regarded as modern in
novations. In tombs of this people,
Belzoni and others have found artificial
teeth of ivory or wood, some of them
fastened upon gold plates. Teeth of
mummies filled with gold have also
been found, it is stated.
An automatic electric mechanism,
that is designed to announce the APP
proach of railroad trains, has been tried
on what is called the Paris-Lyon-Medi-
torrance line. 1t consists of a box
filled with mercury placed under this
rail at the required distance from
bell. When train passes over the
box the mercury is so agitated as Ito
form contact with the wire commune
eating with the bell and thus makes it
ring. Herr Fuchs divides the animals
of the sea into fauna of light and fauna
of darkness. The former are found at
a depth of little more than thirty
fathoms, and the latter at fifty
fathoms. Where the light-limit is
higher the deep-sea fauna ascend; and
when the light penetrates farther as
in fresh water, the fauna of light go
down.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-02
The Cooperative Principle.

The failure of the Cooperative Dress
Association of New York has given
rise to many unfavorable comments by
the daily papers upon cooperation as
an industrial principle. In one or two
leading dailies it is asserted as fact
needing no proof that all cooperative
ventures in this country have been
failures. The truth is, there are many
flourishing cooperative manufacturing
establishments in the United States,
One of them is the largest mandatory
of woodworking machinery in the
world, selling its products to every
civilized country. Quite number of
cooperative stove foundries, both East
and West, are running successfully,
one Tin Troy, N. W having been in
operation about fifteen years, and
steadily increasing during the whole
period. Cooperative furniture manu-
factories are also running. both East,
West and South, with excellent sue
cess. Hardware and cutlery. boots
and shoes, and variety of miscella-
neous goods, are now being made in
cooperative establishments in differ.
ent States Of the Union.--American
Machinist.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-02
Solar Cannon Oftbe Paris ROYAL.

Strangers in Paris who have hap
pened to be in the garden of Palais
Royal at noon on fair day will have
noticed groups of persons watching
intently at not very conspicuous OBJ
iect in the garden, but all eyes seemed
turned toward it. The object which
attracts their attention is small can
non of antique pattern, which is auto
matically fired at midday by the ar
rangement of sunglasS so adjusted as
to concentrate the suns rays upon the
printing powder, and produce an ex-
plosion at exact noon. Referring TO
the little cannon L'Astronomie SAYS it
dates from greater antiquity than is
generally known. 1t Numbered during
the commune. under the empire, during
the days of AS, under Louis Philippe,
under the Restoration, during the wars
of the grande armee, during the gallo
tines of the reign of terror, on the
day when Camill Desmoulins harranged
the people, Louis XVI, under Louis
XV.-Scientifc american.
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to the ward school in Peake street quito
unfettered by the golden clasp of an
engagement ring; and they say there
is to be wedding at the rectory, in
which pretty Fanny Forester and Mr..
Harvey Carroll are to play the prin-
cipal parts.
Strange how slender straw will
turn the current of the stream of life |
If it had not been for that thunder
storm in the woods the whole aspect of
Miss Oriana Van Velsor's existence
might have been different.
But her complexion, unlike the roses
and lilies of Fanny Forrester's face,
was not waterproof.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-02
hauls coal with two-horse team to

hauls coal with a two-horse team TO
customers. She formerly worked at
Excelsior colliery with her husband,
and it is related that she could load
wagons as quickly and well as her hus-
band. Another notable example of
this kind is current among the miners
Reliance colliery. Thomas East, now
deceased, used for awhile to bring his
fourteen-year-old daughter to the mines
to help him. She did Che best she could
until the boss put stop to it by send
ing her home. East had a family Of
girls and proposed to make them useful
in the most convenient way to himself.
One morning, before the foreman's
interference, a miner saw the lass at
work. He had not. heard of her before,
and thinking himself bewitched or the
beholder of vision, he tainted from
fright. He lived to regard her pre-
sence with less terror, for within a
year she walked to the altar with him
and became his bride.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-02
The Flight of Time.

my days swifter than sweavers shuttle
The boil rings out the hour of nine
An hour that was, no more is mine;
The minutes worth so much
Have vanished like swallows flight
Or as the sinners dreams of right,
Or like spirits touch
I cannot call an hour my own
For, when 1 clasp it, it has flown,
What riches have then2
The little moments ticks of timc.
sit and weave them into rhyme;
And now the clock strikes ten.
Two hours, and then the day is don,t
The day so thoughtlessly begun
And lightly spent by me,
Has stamped some mark, or word, or sign,
On this enduring heart of mine,
Which meier effaced can be.
Those hours have passed: the hands that Play
Around the clock-face all the day
Are pointing heavenward now:
A round of perfect work is done,
Another days swift race is run;
To heaven they pay their vow.
And shall those hands upon the clock
My own free hands and fingers mock,
And point to Heaven alone?
No-I will raise mine own and pray
That that bright world of endless day
May this days sins atone.
The days go out, the days come in
They fly and whirl like tops that spin
Upon the kitchen-foor:
Thus have they spun since Time began
Thus will they spin for boy and man,
Till Time shall be no more.
&C. Z. Russell.
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THE THUNDER-SH0WER.

81 don't think l care about the nut
ting picnic" said the rector's
daughter.
"Not care about it?' echoed Hora-
tia Dale. "Why, thought you always
went every year."
$50 1 always have done; but l don't
think 1 shall go this year.
"Ah! 1 see-jealousp' said Horatio.
81 am mott" cried Fanny Forester.
"And no one shall dare to say such a
thing of me?"
Nevertheless, it is true" said Miss
Dale. "You are not going to the nut
ting party because Harvey Carroll has
asked Oriana Van Velsor to accom-
pany him. Now, deny it if you darel
What goose you are, to go pinning
after man that doesn't care for you"
81 don't pine!' said Fanny.
"To break your heart because Har-
vey Carroll prefers the gaudy city
tulip to our little wild rose of the
woods!
81 don't break my hearth persisted
Fanny.
"Come, cheer up" said Horatio,
laughing. miss Van Velsor returns
to town tomorrow. The ward
schools begin next week, and she must
take her place as second assistant
schoolma'am in Peake street. And
even if she should take Harvey Car
rolls recreant heart with her, why,
there's this consolation, there's as good
fish in the sea as ever came out of it."
81 hate vulgar proverbs" said the
rector's daughter"
"You hate Oriana Van Velsor, you
mean," said Miss Dale shrewdly.
"Horatio," cried Fanny, "if you say
another hateful word, I'll"
"Come now, Fanny" said Horatio,
putting his arm around the waist of
the sobbing girl, I'm only trying to
raise your dormant spirit. Don't let
this conceited city girl think she's
breaking your heart; and don't let
Harvey Carroll suppose he is the only
man in the world. Hush! there they
rome up the garden PATH
"Not here" cried Fanny.
Eyes, here. Why shouldn't Miss
DRAMA vaunt her conquest here as
well as elsewhere?"
81 won't see them," cried Fanny.
But you must" commanded Miss
Dale. "Do you want her to think you're
blighted blossom? Brush those big
drops off your eyelashes at once and
come into the parlor."
And Fanny Forester decided that
it was best to obey her friends
counsel.
Miss Oriana Van Velsor was a tall,
neutrality-suspicious. young lady,
who called herself five-and-twenty,
who wore her hair banged, and gen.
orally wore white lace veil drawn
tightly over her face, after the most
approved style.
Harvey Carroll, the handsome vii
lage lawyer, was well nigh infatuated
by her metropolitan airs and graces,
to the grief of little Fannie Forester,
who up to this time had been his fav-
orite companion.
To lose the rich guerdon of Harvey
Carroll's love bowed our little country
girls heart to the very ground, and
made her think vaguely that il
couldn't be so very wrong to commit
suicide after all. For Fanny had ne
mother, and the rector, honest man
lived in a world of books and manu-
scripts, from which he emerged reluc
family, three times day, to eat hi
distracted meals.
Miss Van Velsor giggled, flirted he
fan, as Fanny Forester greeted her il
a lew voice, scarcely even glancing a
Harvey Carroll.
you're going to the nutting part,
tomorrow, of course, Miss Forester /?
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Great Indians.

The best blood of Mexico does not
dow through Spanish channels writer
says. The best man Mexico has had
was Benito Juarez, who was a pure
blooded Indian-one of the common
people, but a great man. Altimirano,
the leading orator in the Mexican Con-
gress, is a pure-blooded Indian; Ro-
nero, the present minister to Washing
ton, statesman who has done much
for his country, is an Indian; General
Trevino is, think, more Indian than
Spanish, and l am sure this is true of
the greatest living man in Mexico, Don
Porfirio Diaz, to whom more than to
any other man Mexico owes the final
ending of civil war and the establish
ment of peaceful, orderly and perma-
nent government.