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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26
His Wife's Queer Little Laugh.
Le,ciston (Me.) journal.

Let0tStOn mel OOW"ut'
A Lewiston business mans wife has
been away on visit to the old home
in another city. He has lived, during
her absence, ostensibly at home, but
really has been living on porteEhouse
steaks at the hotel, and had just been
elected president of new whist club in
which he had young red checked girl
for a partner, and while of course ne
deeply regretted the enforced absence
of his own dear wife, he was managing
to get along without pining away very
rapidly. The other night he and his
roseate partner had just swept the board.
They had had a thirteen-trick hand and
the rest of the table was nowhere.
The Lewiston man went home at
10. 20. Things looked just the same.
He composed himself to write his Gus
tomary letter beginning "it is now half
past 8 O'Clock. / have just come IN
from my work on the books l am aw-
fully tired, dear, and miss you SO much.
don't want to hurry you home, and |
want you to stay as long as you feel like
it. this time, for / shall not want to let
YOU leave me again, ETC., etc.
He finished the letter and stamped and
directed it, and then took look at the
starlit evening, and thinking he would
finish his cigar Che never used to smoke
in the house, walked out to the corner.
When he got back he heard rustic IN
the dining-room and looked in. The
light had been moved. There was a
head bending over the light. His wife
smiling face looked up out of the radi-
ance beneath the shade and greeted
him. She was reading the letter. His
heart dropped down his trousers leg.
He felt like death. "I'm reading a
charming letter from you" said she.
$50 kind of you! 1t sounds like those
YOU used to write before we were mar
ried." The lady read it through and
then read it aloud.
"If she'd only got mad I'd beer
all right" said the Lewiston man.
Tuesday; but she didn't; she laughed
Every one of my yarns twisted her VI
and She laughed until it made me sick
never got such roast, and the wors
of it is I've lost all of my reputation 70
veracity. If l say I'm going to tn
lodge she lets out one of them laugh
and l stay at home. If l say / hav
: been making up trial balance at tn
: office and it kept me late, she draw
that laugh on me and l wilt. It's terr
BILE. l feel meaner every day. If
" keeps on I'll have to fix it with sea
n skin cloak. It's my last resort, but
IF this thing keeps on and worse comes
l. worse I'll have to stop taking degre
and ante on the sealskin."
nSHTke fnt,,re of society is in III
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26
Invitations That Mean Nothing

The writer had been entertained for
the first time at the house of a certain
hospitable old gentleman, and both
were sitting, with half an hour to wait
the arrival of the carriage in which the
host proposed to take the guest to the
railway station, when the former said: {:
Il want to have you be sure to come
and see me again, and if you don't have
any business calls this way, come with
out Them He then added apologeti-
cally: 'I suppose ought to have said
this when bidding you good-by at the
station, but like to say things when L
think of Them There was charming
naturalness in the old mans invitation
and a whole-souled hospitality not to be
misunderstood. They would have been
almost lost if the invitation had been
reserved for last act of formality, many
as are in the habit of doing. One may
be justified in taking but very little
stock in come and see me again, when
accompanied by 'good-by.' Though
a suitable feeling may stand behind the
invitation in such case, yet it is not to
be compared to the certainty that exists
in the less formal mode. If one is stay
ing at friends house for a portion OF
a day and is about to leave before meal
time, he must not think of accepting an
invitation to remain for the meal when
it is made at the time of departure, the
guest, perhaps, with hat in hand. The
host could not say in palmer language
Stay and dine with me; do not ex.
pect you will and rather hope you will
not, though you have license to force
yourself upon me- Yet how many peo'
pie are there who issue their invitation:
in just this formal way, as if to get the
credit of hospitality without conterrln@
it upon any one.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26
Things Worth Knowing.
Good Housekeeping.

Cranberry jelly mixed with cold water
makes refreshing drink for sick per-
sons.
1t is absurd to get body to do good
work on an empty stomach as to attempt
to fire gun that is empty.
Brooms dipped for a minute or two
in boiling water suds once a week will
last much longer than they otherwise
would.
A neat, clean, fresh-aired. sweet and
well managed house EXERCISES moral
as well as physical influence over its
inmates.
When bathing an i'll person be care
full to squeeze the sponge or cloth SO
that drops shall trickle over face or
body.
One can have the hands in soap suds
without injury to the skin if the hands
are dipped in vinegar or lemon juice
Immediately after.
Milk contains all that is required by
the body, and the best proportions of
mineral matter; is less irritating than
other foods and better digested.
Mould can be prevented from form
ing on fruit jellies by pouring a little
parafne over the top, and that, when
cold, it will harden to solid cake,
which can be easily removed when de-
sired.
When passing from light to darkness
the eyes should be closed minute or
two, and if they are weak, the same
rule should be observed in the opposi-
tion case-going from darkness into
light.
When ladies are afflicted with rough
skin, they will find it to their advantage
to use nail brush, not only for the
nails, but also for the knuckles, and,
indeed, the entire hand. A little am
monia in the water adds to its cleansing
properties.
When the dishes are washed the mop
should be thoroughly scalded, then rim
sed in cold water, and hung, not on the
inside of the sink door, but out of doors,
where it will be exposed to air, sunlight,
rain and even snow. 1t will keep clean
and sweet a long time, and we should
hear less about death in the dishcloth.
When going any distance in dark
room or passage, it is good plan not
only to raise and extend the hands, but
to cross them also; thus, in case of any
obstruction, they would touch it before
the face, which result, it can easily be
seen, would not be effected if the hands
were not crossed, as the face might
come in violent contact with a half
open door, while an arm went on each
side without meeting anything.
When the seasons garments are to be
packed away, unless they are to be re-
modelled, they should be pu n thor
ough repair. When in sudden change
of weather one needs thicker or thin
ner article of clothing, and gets 1t out
in a hurry, it is very unpleasant to find
it not in a wearing condition. If the
person be woman, she will do one of
three things-sit down and mend it.,
which proceeding will consume time
which should have been devoted to
other work, or was designed for some
pleasure; wear it shabby and feel asham-
ed, or, at least, fail to have that salts
faction which a woman conscious of be-
ing well dressed is apt to feel, or do
without it, and get cold or overheated
in either of which cases diSagreeable re-
suits are very likely to follow.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26

The farmer is busy thrashing,
hear the mufied blows,
And also the fellow yelling
Who gets the fail on the toes.
b, ar the partridge drumming
Among the beeches dense.
And / see the chipmunk running
Along the old rail-fence.
And out in the russet stubble
The quail doth'sweetly pipe,
And upon the breakfast table
The old slapjack is ripe.
Puck
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26

B@If the generation of men to follow
are to be better men and women than
the present, the cardinal principles O
righteousness must be taught and exem
plified to the children around us.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26

Ba~In the man whose childhood has
known caresses there is always a fibre
of memory that can be touched to gen
tie issues.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26

B@rShe said to her grocer not long
since, Il bought three or four hams here
a couple of months ago, and they were
very fine. Have you got any more like
them?' Grocer: Eyes, ma'am. There
are ten of those hams hanging up there.
Are you sure they are all off the same
pig7' Eyes ma Then I'll take
three of them.'
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26

n@-Have purpose in life, and hav-
ing it, throw into your work such
strength of mind and muscles as God
has given you.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26

s@-People who have more polish than
principle use it lavishIy.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26

@-Piety belongs to the wise. 1t is a
great promoter of happiness.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04

= Sen Contract fir 9ieferurs BON rs
Rtafter SOl5 CUR Seisuns Der union<
i6ule tuurbe benz Serrn Ibam Sanger
iberlai1en, BET ieinemNnsebot semdb bas
Rlafter Wapl. Sols fir $3.4s liefern
tptrb.
- 9ie Sarm bes in &i9 Brairie
peritorbenen Serrn 81. Stumpf stns in
bic Sdnbe Der Sdpieseri0bne bes Ser
fturbenen, Der 9erren ct. Stoq in 2ittls
Soils unb Sobn Roop in Brainerb, fiir
ben 8reis BON $4,000 iber.
- Sn Der Yerion bes Serrn Bete,
|Sdnbel perliert bas uSibelia : 9oppel'
lAuartett" ei1en tpaderen Sdnser. Ser,
Sdnbel tuirb auf einise Nonate ii6 BON
|@ef9aftsleben asrid5ieben unb sur met
|teren @ei6aftsausbilouns bas unter Sci
tuns bes bs9w. Serrn @osan ftebeno'
guQeae in @rope Safe befaden. 0i
our6 ben Mustritt bes Serrn Sdnoe
entfunbene 8acars 1T bereits burb Srn
Nue. 95rner tpieber sefiat.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04
Gin gnteS Mngebpt.

1850 Slider 2anb, bon benen Is slider cultis
Dirt, 60 Mder sutes Splalanb II. etnise older
@ieienlanb iinb, unter annebmbaren ge<
6inalnsen at p~erfaufen. Sas 9arb 1T in
@ Do n siIs. s s;Ss9s,2. a nm S a;t19. s @lSsr s.,s sttna
Ser 8oben lit er9iebis; auf Der a~nitDBenben
5arm tpurben in bteiem Sabre 10 8uihel
8eiaen per Gder 9ebroi6en. Nuf benz
@iefenla1be fDnnen peni9ftens IS Spnnen
Seu gei1nitten tperben. 8esen Hdbere,n
tpenbe man ii9 on bic Expedition beg
.Norbiern".
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04

n@ IS. 2ummel's gisentbum III
Falbanp su permietben ooer au perfaufen
Rdheres BEL Sic. Mauer, Mlbanp,
Mtun. As
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04
0eIo at nerIetten.

sBenn irsenb' Semanb cine @~elbanleibe III
MAIDEN piiniht, 10 ipre6e er bel uns Dor.
Bir fDnnen iofsrt bic beanipru9te Sumnte
be5prQen unb au bei5eren Staten perleiben,
als otes ipnitus Der 6al TT.
SO e unb.:2 q m B,
Office iiber &en's Banf, Sauf Centre,
Winu. 48-6ul
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04

sar @a6 @aaB semadte Samens
Msante1, neueite Mtuiter, quite, 5uperldi=
Iise Baare, gu iold' ~nieorisen 8reiien
mie iie i~onittpo fir gang serinsen Stofi
perlanst tperben. S. S. 8rabforo B.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04
CUR gefaaige1 6enntnibnabme.

Solde, bic Der unterseidneten Sirma ge<
aeu Soften ober 8ubre6nung f9ulben, itno
hermit freunblidit erinht, Die ibr aufoms
member Betrdse, iobalb es ibnen tbunlib
lift, entridten 81 poaen,
9a r unb &ru6ten.
g. ct. glpub, ben 8. Hopen1ter, 1886,
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04

n6T 8artet! tpartet auf bic @loat'
|@r0ffnuns INT empire 2aoen, Montas,
|9ienitas, Mittmo9, BEN g., 10. unb II.
|stoo. BEL Sanbel & Nu9ent.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04

D@s~ 9ie ueueiten Nuiter tpoaene'
Jranien 10 eben ansefommen BET
8. S. orb.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04

Safen! Saden!
Sir 8 amen uno &inher, elm sanaer
8orratb, bic reueiten Muiter, su60 Gts.
uub ~auftpdrts. s. S. B~raoforo.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
STATE OF MINNEsoTA,1

COUNTY OF STEARNs. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of John Platz sen.
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons havinl
claims and demands against the estate OF John
Nat the Judge of the Probate Court ofsaid county
| viii hear, examine, and adjustclaims and demands
against said estate, at his office in the city OF st.
Cloud In said county, on the first Monday of each
month for six successive months, commencing
with october 31st A. D. 1885: and that six months
| from the 31st day of October 1885 have been
limited and allowed by said Probate Court Tor
| creditors to present their claims.
Dated this slst day of October A: D 1885.
John Platz Administrator with will annexed OF
the estate of John Platz sen. deceased.
PETER BRICK,
49, Judge Of Probate.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04

B6- &auft euren Tbee unb &afee
bel &ebertion uno SLIM, ber 8otoffice
se9eniiber.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04

- 0eIb at nerIetben auf @rurbei'
eentbun. Ha9aufra9en bel 5. 6. Btre.12-
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04

nkg= Bariet! partet auf bic Gloat
|GrDffnuns i'm @mpire > 2aben, Montas
Dienitas, uno Wittpod, ben g., 10. uno
IL. STOP. bel Sanbel&Nu9 mt.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04

NoIS gu uerleiben bel 8eter 8rid
Na95ufrasen img ourtbaus.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1885-11-04
Yliti6 GlDafs,
Watlaiiee Gloats,
.SttDutQ1t
8uQettn ION Gbas. g. @ou0,

Saut &apibs, Benton COUNTY, Winnepta.
glraer unb Sreunbe in Gturns gpunpl .E. '.- -
Ssrbei besrabe i'd e9 aus Gdrmae, unb crude gna, mir wensfens euenabel
gurer Harpna9e aufomnen 81 Iaen, ub id bun baan Iber5eust baB mir us gesen=
iehisen seuseu Saiaden fDamn" Sd bin i'm Befte zines fmnenen gouatbes al IL
Iere &aaren berth
Groceries ub 8rOotionen, gaenpaaren, gotions, Saten, &appen, @duben unb
stiesln alsiOeaeue, gestappsn unO gsssrDdsas SrOsnpsaren,, ~gesHsri9miso,
baat ben i'd 10 bds, os tr@ao enaaafmann I'M etaats los5lasn mane' aua na-
mt i'd i'm ummb se@n genannte g8aren
Saue, 8ase, Seae, gsOae, gIbpnf, &iniens uno Genet Snatea arauter.
eefassl Butter, gMr ainoaeH9, s4peneaeHa sdmtem
unb 2umpen. lberbaupt aas, mas Sbr pertaufen uoat uo
mos faufi6 II, gu ibr Belt. SD min ale
frtide Ctr nnb tutrtlid quite Butter, bic tit Gurer
@esenb semadt utb. Sd made cine @peialtat tm gmfanf bon
Snter, Gier, 9auen, s9apels.u, Ye5en, gsole, gilspre, seueta
uno Ginena &nr3cn. SD besa6le iebt 10 Geas
fit Elm 9ubenb frti1er Gier,
incl Dollars far Elm snsenO gaian.u. ben gearhpreis fur in s5se anssua4te Butter:
Z cs. per 9fnb fir fri9e, geiaI4R Sdute; 25 cs. Bis 70 ds fir S9dpe5e; 1o biz rs
as far sssa .s;;$ & sO 5s $1zs Per giao ias gtntms uno 80 bis ss 1s per sfsnDD ir
IN eassr gsgmo p$9nno S sssa g.%a dobalo bag s gstSr I'd. saas s siso} g ssptae
abias 0sdslbsn ir MIG sa ls'btg # PER- gbas .: ssass frabsr in Sisng..m sss
sDu eterns COUNTY bier gu besrabsn. 9ib enrer @anf empkbl.mS, prblebe ID IN
Nubtuns SIR Gbas. Q. Boob,
IS Sauf Hapns, Bentpn COUNTY, gfnn. GbaS. u. 2ea8Ie, Eerfdufer.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-11-19

as the wheat raiser and the wool
grower. The wisest and most sue
cessful farmers are not caught in
any such place, but they raise more
than one kind of stock and also a
variety of crops.
Concerning breeding for sex a
correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman gives the following expert
ence: kept two service bulls last
year, ..and kept q careful record
of all cows served as to time OF
day. My young bull served thir-
teen animals, and every one served
in the first stage of the heat has
dropped a heifer calf, and every
one served in the evening of or last
of the heat has dropped a bull calf
My old bull served forty cows, and
all that have calved to date that
were served in the first of the heat,
except three, have dropped heifers,
and all but two or three served in
in the last of the heat have drop
ped bulls l should like TO know
if any other breeder has paid atten
ton to this matter. Before l owned
bulls bred my cows at night after
working hours, sometimes as late
as 8 or 9 o'clock, and in two years
had bull calves all the time. Some
old dairyman told me to breed early
in the morning for heifers, and my
experience confirms me in the be
lief that it will work.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-11-19
Frank LeSlie'S Sunday Magazine.

For December closes the eighteenth
volume of this well known favOrite
magazine with a table of contents
which is attractive and timely, 1t i:
especially rich in portraits, containing
the Rev. r. L. Thornton, the English
cricketing parson; the late Earl Of
Shaftesbury, Bishop Maclagan, oil
Lichfield, England, and a view of the
Cathedral; Bishop Wordsworth, the
new Bishop OF Salisbury, England; the
Rev. Moses A. Hopkins, the newly APP
pointed Colored Minister TO Liberia,
the late Bishop Henry G. Lar, of Eas-
ton, Nd, and the late Cardinal McClos-
KEY, of New York, each with: a BIZ
ographicaI sketch. The twenty second
OF the series OF Parallels is devoted to
THE Pharisees and the Publican" and
the sacred musicians of this mum Der
are Ignaz Assmayer, George Perry,
John Henry Griesbach and Johann Van
Bree. Misunderstanding series of Chances
at bible History is concluded in this
number, as is also Mrs. Farmers story,
"What She Made of Her Life" Miss
Matthew's "Diletane Days" goes on
in the same charming manner, and
cloves Harvest" shows signs of near
inc its end. Among the other arIi cies
are "Old ST, Joseph's, 'of Philadelphia !;
ssTbe Home and Grave of Anthony
Wayne;' Gounod's "Mors ct Vita" and
many bright short articles, stories and
poems. Published by Mrs. Frank Les
lie, so, 90 and 81 Park Place, New
York City, at % cents a number, or
$3.50 a year, postpaid.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-11-19
THE sHEEPFOLD.

The prices OF wool have until re-
Gently not been so low since 1880
and the four years preceding,
Missouri has n new dog law which
provides that dog-owners shall be
liable for all sheep killed or injured
by their dogs, etc.
Get the mutton sheep in good
condition before winter sets in. 1t
is much more easy and cheap 10
feed them up in the fall on grass
than in winter time on more expen-
siye feed.
" COL is advancing. 1t looks as
though those wool-gro@ers who
have held their clips would be re-
warded for their firmness. Watch,
and be ready to take advantage OF
developments.
One good sheep will bring in more
clear profit than two poor ones. In
fact the POOR ones are often kept at
positive loss, when good sheer
! uLder the same circumstances are
yielding fair profit.
The sales of sheep at Chicago
latel y have shown considerable i'm
proyement in quality and quantity,
and the same can be said of the
Pittsburgh sheep market. This
looks little like the business was
improving.
Sheepmen have cause to rejoice
that the fiocks being offered for
sale at a sacrifice are now growing
beautifully few. They are either
sold to men who know what to do
with them, or they are being with
drawn from sale.
Every owner of sheep should
pick out the old sheep, and all that
have bad teeth, from his fiocks and
fatten them on meal and sell them
to the local butcher.
Placing sheep out on the shares
is quite largely practiced in some
parts of the west. Whether this is
good plan or not for the owner, 1t
gives a good many men of limited
means an opportunity of engaging
in the stock business and of soon
becoming the owners of fine focks
of sheep of their own.
The sheep cannot stand wet
weather, when the water will freeze
in their wool, nor to be worried by
dogs. Dogs as everyone knows
are much more apt to run and kill
sheep at night than in day time,
and for these two reasons every
farmer should be prepared to shed
his sheep at night and during wet
weather.
A small flock well cared for is
more profitable than large one al
lowed to pick its own living. Don't
forget this. Keep fewer sheep, if
you cannot keep what you have
properly, but keep better ones and
give them better care than ever be-
fore. This is the way to make the
flock profitable, and sheepmen
should remember in these times of
close competition, that no means
should be left untried to make our
fiocks attain to a higher average
in both fleece and carcass, if they
are expected to be reasonably
profitable.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-11-19
DAIRY DEPARTMENT.

Feed literally; that is, feed all
that the COWS will eat and thorough
ly digest.
Always strive to stimulate the
milk yielding capabilities of the
COWS to the highest limit within the
bounds of reason.
Wedding out the poorest COWS is
the best way to improve the record
of any dairy in the amount of milk
and butter produced, according to
the number of COWS kept.
A large majority Of men like to
see their milking COWS look in good
condition-evsn fat; but you may
take it as a certain fact, that if
milking cows put the fat on to their
backs they are not putting it into
the pail.
The farmer or dairyman WHO did
not raise large crop of fodder
corn for his milch cows certainly
does not realize the great value of
this crop as cow feed. AS rough
feed it is superior to all others for
this class of stock.
1t is evident, owing to the ex-
tremely low prices of cheese, that
much larger quantities of it are go
lug into domestic consumption than
formerly. This may create a great
er demand for this product Of the
dairy in the future, and so a benefit
accrue to this industry from the
present depression.
If a dairyman raises his own
COWS, he ought to be certain that
they are good ones. If they are not
he has no one to blame but himself.
Always keep a thoroughbred bull
and raise the heifer calves from the
best COWS, and the dairyman may
rest assured that he will have bet
ter cows, than can be purchased at
reasonable figures.
1t is said that the richness of
milk increases with latitude-the
further north we go the richer we
find the average milk to be. This
is most likely on account of the
difference in the quality Of the feed
grown in the different sections; as
it has been long recognized that
the heritage of the northern states
is richer in the fat forming ele-
ments than that of more southern
ATTITUDES.
In estimating the returns from
the dairy do not only count
what the milk, butter and cheese
are sold for; but also the value of
the whey, skim and buttermilk fed
to the hogs, the value of the calves
that are raised or disposed for veal,
and last, but not least, the value of
the milk and butter which went in
to consumption for family use. 1t
is not doing the COW justice to CAL
culate only on the price of what is
sold for cash; but what she brings
in indirectly should also be just as
rigidly estimated, and, if this is
done faithfully, many will find that
they have often made big mistakes
in estimating the profits from their
COWS.