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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

He is richest who wants the least.
The fruit of success ripens slowly.
The luxury of luxuries is that OF dong
good.
The greatest of faults is to be con-
scious of none.
A million dollars will not buy ray
of sunshine.
While few are qualified to shine in
company, it is in the power OF most
people to be agreeable.
Our homes are like instruments OF
music, ofwhich single discordant string
destroys the sweetness.
The path of life is beset with thorns'
and they who are not afraid to encoun-
ter them may gather the rare flower:
that grow between.
Useful knowledge can have no ene-
mics, excepting the ignorant; it cher
ishes youth, delights the aged, is an or
nament in prosperity, and yields com
fort in adversely.
The comforts we enjoy here below
are not like the anchor in the bottom
of the sea that holds fast in stora, hsat
like the flag upon the top of the mast
that turns with every wind.
If rich, it is easy to conceal ou
wealth; but if poor, it is not quite Sc
easy to conceal poverty. We shall fine
that it is less difficult to hide thousant
guineas than one hole in our coat.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09
Low Water in the Wabash.
Ne,o York Star.

4NeW Urn our
A rural schoolmaSter in Indiana ask
ed a pupil named William Scott the
other day, which was the longest river
in the world, and William persisted in
crediting that honor to the Wabash.
As result, he went home with tanned
jacket. AS another result, stranger
appeared and knocked on the door.
is this the skule teacher?' he pleas
antly inquired.
sHe arr
sAre you the critter as licked Bill
Scott fur sticking up fur the Wabash? ?
The same, sir.
wall, Bill happens to be my son,
and I've come fur to gin you the aufull-
est whalin' ever writ down in geogra-
ply
Can you wait until 1 am through
with the class in spelling?' asked the
teacher.
'Oh! s'pose so, but under the cir
cumstances l hope yell cut it as short
as possible. Haven't got my corn husk-
ed, ye know.
Certainly. I never keep gentleman
waiting when 1 can help it. Sit down
on the wood-pile, Mr.. Scott. I'll come
out and pulverize you in just nine min
uteS.'
At the end of the appointed time the
teacher reappeared and at once rushed
upon the waiting Mr.. Scott, blacked his
eyes, broke his jaw and flattened his
nose. By and by Mr.. Scott said he had
all he wanted, and added:
(Which is the longest river in the
world?'
'The Amazon, SIR
tAm-a-zon. Please write it down for
me. You've licked it into me in fust-
class style, and when I git home and
git my paws onto my son Bill, he'll
come to believe there hain't nuff water
in the Wabash to wash his feet with
Amazon! Good-by, critter!'
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

Don't you worry. I saw it was CIV
ing way when put the patches on, but
I couldn't mend it then. I'll slip a
needle through it in a jiffy. Let me
take it now.'
'What shall put on2'
'On-oh-throw on my sack, if you
can't do better. You needn't be asham-
ed of it. It's paid for said the debt
hating mother.
Good evening"
1t was a mans voice. In astonish-
ment Dave and Mother Baldwin looked
up.
Excuse me. You did not seem to
hear my rap at the front door, and as
it was open 1 thought I would step In
and rap here-but excuse me-.
It's Toppleton,' whispered Dave.
Dear me Dear mel Let me get be-
hind you! No I won't Then Dave
came forward boldly and manfully, ar
rayed in his mothers sack!
Mother this is Mr.. Toppleton. Ex-
cuse my looks. ~
Fact is, Mr.. Toppleton, was inst
mending his coat, and he-he-'
ooh, no apologies, madam, said Mr..
Toppleton, grinning and rubbing his
hands. Il couldn't help hearing you
say it was paid for, and that is not a
bad motto to follow-to pay for what
you buy as soon as possible. wish one
of my clerks had followed that rule
but | suppose you know about it and l
won't say anything more on that point.
I came to say that l thought young
David was trusty boy, and I would
like to promote him. There is an open
place in higher department, and he is
welcome to it,
They next day Dave took his new
position in the store. Various explana-
tions were given by his fellow-clerks.
There, said Jim Blake, Il can ex-
plain it all. 1t is owing to the fact that
Toppleton heard our talk in the store
about patched elbows Imean to put
a patch on mine right off,
He did not by any means, but the
next week bought an expensive suit
which, at the end of two years, he had
not paid for.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

'Just one minute more. Well, / left
and went abroad. The next winter
when | returned other stars were shin
ing upon the fashionable horizon. My
planet was gone. 1 am a proud man
by nature, and l said to myself that if
Miss Vaudeville had cared for me she
would have signi6ed to me by some sign,
however slight, that she was still in ex-
istence. She did not"
"You can see why" said Kate, with
heightened color. 81 have received
too many rebuffs from the dear particu-
lar friends of old days to encourage me
to risk any new dangers. But" with
dropping eyelashes, 81 have got the
sprig of sweet verbena hidden away in
my portfolio yet. l don't often get
time to look at it, but it is always there
to think of. Now may I go on with my
jelly?"
''Not quite yet," said Fontenel with
gravity that was truly laudable. "Miss
Vaudeville, if I had followed out the
fist insticts of my heart the night I gave
<2u -he-swset verbena-if I had asked
you % be my wife-what would you
havesaid?"
"Ishould have said yes" Kate an
swerd.
F0tenel bit his lip.
end l was mad enough to throw
awayall my chances of happiness, he
said. "But I will not be so rash Sec
ond time. Will you trust me now,
MissMandeville? Will you marry me?
l loed you dearly then, but, as heaven
is m witness, l love you better and
NOR tenderly now. In all my life
I haze never really cared for but one
woman she is before me now. Will you
takeme, Kate, with all my faults and
eccetricities, and try and make me
NOR worthy of yourself?"
AID Kate put her little hand in his
andanswered with innocent frankness,
"Ys."
Mrs. Major Fontenel was one of those
feminine diplomats who always adapt
themselves graciously to the exigencies
VI tHS SiluollOil, ouo DIG (dllCo Oll Nlloo
Vaudeville the next day, and congratu-
aed her, in the prettiest way in the
world, upon her engagement.
"But really" she added with an art
les laugh, 81 had grown to believe that
Fbrian was foreordained old bache-
10. You don't know Miss Vaudeville,
what victory you have achieved"
And she enacted her part SO perfect
lythat Florian Fontenel, in spite of his
own senses, was almost convinced that
sh had never cared for him at all. But
toher French maid, Jeanne, she said
agrily, when at last she returned home
AM flung her elegant wrappings reck-
lesly on the sofa:
''There bursts the brightest bubble of
M future; l could have held my own
aainst any new fancy, solemnly be-
live, but these old flames are too much
fc anyone to contend against"
| And Jeanne clasped her hands and
aswered tragically: "Ah, madame it
livery much heart broken"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09
My Sweetheart,

I'm in love with fair little maiden
With her eyes, with her lips, with her hands
With her dozens Of dear little dimples =
And although she's petite
On her sweet little feet,
'Tis wonder to me how she stands.
And she loves me, this dear little maiden;
And her hands, and her eyes, and her lips,
And her dimples, all giving me welcome
In q sweet, artless way
Have their say, every day,
AS to meet me she lovingly trips.
Will she wed me, this sweet little maiden2
Bless you, no That she will never do.
But, when I've told you the reason,
/ haven't fear
Twill appear to you queer
For I'm thirty-while she's only two!
Allen g. Bi0eLot1 in St. Nicholas.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09
what Energy Has Done.

1wenty-five years ago few young
men in London resolved to meet every
evening to exchange ideas,. The num-
Der gradually increased till it was ne
cessary to hire room. Growing am
bilious, they hired lecturers, and many
people were brought together. Many
of them now trace back their success to
this effort at gaining knowledge.
Indefatigable industry coupled with
the desire for knowledge produced
great results. Walter Scott, when he
was in lawyers office, spent his even
ings in study. John Britton, the au.
thor of architectural works, said: ri
studied my books in bed on winter
evenings, because too poor to afford a
fire." He used every opportunity to
read; the books he picked up for few
moments at the book stalls helped him,
he says. Napoleon had indomitable
perseverance and energy. DIR. Living
stone at the age of ten years, working
in factory, bought with his first wages
Latan grammar, and studied it until
.wtaua- at nial---' =,
Horace the same way, and finally enter
ed college, and was graduated.
Many will ask how they can advance
themselves in knowledge. The first
hing is determination; the next perse-
erance.
Walter Scott gave this advice to a
oung man: "Do instantly whatever is
o be done, and take the hours of recre-
ltion after business; never before II" "
Business men often say "Time is
money" But it is more than that to a
lgoung man. If used rightly, it is self
Improvement, culture, strength and
,rowth of character. The habit of idle
less is hard one to get rid of. Time
pent in reading anything and every
hing is weakening to the mind. Books
hosen and read with care cultivate the
mind and character. The books you
cad should raise your thoughts and as
irations, strengthen your energy and
elp you in your work.
Thackeray says: "Try to frequent
he company of your betters. In books
lad in life frequent that which is the
most wholesome society; learn to ad-
mire great things; narrow spirits admire
basely, and worship meanly."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09
"Is it AnybOdy's Business 2"

Is it anybody's business when young man goes
to call,
If he enters at the kitchen or the parlor or the
hall?
Is it any body's business, but the girls he goes to
see,
What that young mans name and station nay
happen for to be?
Is it anybody business if he stays till it is lste
Or anybody's business if she follows to the gate
If he kisses her at parting, and she does not seem
to grieve,
Is it any body's business, save the man who takes
his leave?
If he comes to take her walking on a pleasant
afternoon,
Is it anybody's business that they do not come
back soon?
If by chance they come together upon the public
street,
Is it anybody's business if she bushes when they
moet?
If he goes to see her Sundays, and often stays to
tea,
Is it anybody's business what his business there
Is it anybody's business what sort of beau she
has got?
Or anybody's business if she loves him or doe:
not?
Is it anybody's business? I would really like tc
know.
If it's not, I'm sure they're many who try to make
it go. = Geofry Champlin.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

@~'George, who is your family ply
sician?' 'Dr. Smoothman.' what,
that internal old numbscull How does
it happen that you employ him2' 'Oh,
it's some of my wife's doings. She went
to see him about cold in her head
and he recommended that she wear an
other style of bonnet. Since then sh'
won't have any other DOCTOR
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09
Specification of the Indian Names
in the Geography of Maryland.
Kent Neaos.

Mr.. Milton Melvin, one of the teach
ers in the public schools of Kent, fur
nishes us the following interesting arti-
Gle, which is taken from an old 'Geog-
raphy of Maryland
AL le-gha-ny-Corrupted from Al-li-
ge-we, .. t. the old settlers
Anne mess -ex-The creek where are
logs for building.
An-tie tam-The swift current.
A-qua-keek, Ak-ka keek-The thick
ct; or the place for pic-nics.
A Aquas-co-Grassy.
A-qui-a--Passing between head lands.
Cat-oc-tin-The place OF many deer.
Chap wam-sie-The red-beech.
Chap tic-o- Deep water.
CheS-a peake-The great salt reser-
voir or bay.
Chic-a-hom-i-ny-T Turkey-lick, resort
for turkeys.
Chic-a mic Where turkeys
are plenty.
Chic-a-max en-Turkey- stone, where
turkeys brood.
Ching Where pike are
caught; or, poor land.
Chop-tank-Where there is bend,
or turmoil.
Co-an, Co-wan-The creek of pines.
Con-e-co-cheague-Very long.
Co-nol-away-Having deep holes.
Co-ra-pe chen--A fine running stream.
Cur-ri-o-man-Having much extent.
Gun-sen-We were called at or spoken
Lo-na-co-ning-The great right-hand
opening or stream.
Ma-cho-dic-Big water.
Mag-o-thy-Little Meadows.
Man-o-kin-The place of scalping;
or, the fort.
Mat-tap-o-ny-Where we had not
bread.
Mat-ta-wo man--Where we found
nothing.
Monte, Mo-ny-The place of as
sembling.
Mou-oc a-cy-Having many large
bends.
Nan -je-may-The haunt of raccoons.
Nan-ti-coke-The first or head tribe.
Nas-e ong-o, Mas sa-wing-o-Where
we kill deer; or black water.
Ne-ap-sco-Near foam or breaker.
Oc-co-quan--The boiling pots, i. E.
the cooking ground. -z-
Pa-mun-key-The place 9f sweating
ovens or vapor baths.
Pasp-o tans-a, Pas-qua- hans a--Where
we 60 for boating.
Pat-ap-sco-Having white-capped
waves.
Pat-ux-ent-Winding among loose
stones.
Pec-at -on-Open water.
Where our moccasins
were torn.
Pis-cat-a-wa--Having dark-colored
or shaded bank.
Po- co-moke-Having shell-fsh.
Port To-bac-co-Corrupted from Po-
ta-phac-o the creek between two hills.
Poto-mac-Among black-walnuts
or, the river highway.
Quant-i-co-The dancing-place.
Que-pong-o-The burt pines.
Sen-e-cay-Stony.
Sen-e pux-ent-Having many oyster
beds.
ue-han-na-The streams with
rapids.
| sny''~'-" -"h''--"'''n---''---'"-"~'--''.'--
Wic-om-i-co-Where houses are built.
Wit-ip- -kin-The places of buried
| skulls and bones.
Yoh -ga-ny, or Yough-io-ghe-ny
| (frst syllable pronounced yock)-Run-
ming the contrary way; all other streams
joining the Chesapeake, while this goes
into the Ohio.
Three other river names, Linganore,
Octorara and Tuscarora are probably
Iroquois terms, and were unintelligible
to the Lenni-Lenape or Delawares.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09
Care of the Finger Nails.

Look after your finger nails. Not
only cleanliness demands it, but you
may chance to come under the observa-
|tion of one who is able by a mere glance
at the tips of your fingers to read your
character and discern your good and
evil qualities. When long and narrow
they signify imagination and poetry,
love of the arts and incidence; long
and flat, wisdom, sound judgment and
Ill the graver faculties of the mind ;
vide and short, anger, rudeness, dlspu-
aciousness and obstinacy; highly color
ID, virtue, health, happiness, courage
generosity; hard and brittle, anger,
cruelty, quarrelsomeness, murder; curv-
ID like claws, hypocrisy, malice; soft,
weakness of body and mind; short and
nibbled to the quick, stupidity and lib
ertinism. Observation will confirm the
[kccuracy of the above.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09
NaalmJs.OUU' VA

The rose is the gardens face,
And the lily her white, white hand;
And one hath gift of grace,
And one is the pride of the land.
But behind the lily and rose,
By the crowd unseen, unsought,
A finer flower there grows,
And it is the gardens thought.
We may praise the face so sweet
And the lily hand, but yet
The garden were incomplete
Without the mignonette.
Carrie w. Bronson an Boston Transcript.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

ES~ Deliberate with caution, but ac'
with decision; and yield with gracious
ness or oppose with firmness.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

aa%It is an exploded theory that one
ring grows upon tree every year. The
agricultural department at Washington
linds that trees of six years showed
Twelve rings; of twelve, twenty-one; OF
live, eleven; and of twenty-four, twen-
l:y; the trees being, respectively, locust,
hickory, crab-apple and oak.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

B@People's intentions can only be
decided by their conduct.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

BgThe man who tries to read the
average doctors prescription never won-
der why druggist make mistakes.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

Beg Good manners is the art of max
Jig those people easy with whom we
onverse. Whoever makes the fewest
PRISONS uneasy is the best bred man IN
company.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

B3Idleness wastes man as senslbly
as industry improves him.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

nO~"A miss is as good as mile,
and deal better. You can't kiss
mile.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09

H@There is talk in England of an
intention to tax bachelors, and the alb
surdity of the proposition affords much
amusement. But the matter is not so
outrageously novel. 1t has been done
before. Who does not know that such
a tax was resorted to in old Rome and
Greece2 Bachelors were heavily taxed,
widows we're compelled to marry after
one year of mourning-some of them
may have thought eleven months too
long-and at one time legatee, if un-
married, could not obtain bequest un-
less within the space of one hundred
days he found some woman to join him
in holy wedlock. But we need not 60
so far back. William Ill. taxed the
bachelors in order to carry on his wal
with France.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09
The Sacred White Elephant Dead.

Ne,o York San.
The sacred white-elephant that lived
in a palace all by himself near King
Thebaw's own palace in Mandalay is
dead and there is mourning among the
Burmese. In fact, the loss of their ele-
phant seems to have affected them more
than the loss of their King. The sani-
tary reasons given by the British for
not allowing the dead elephant to lie
in state, according to the time-honored
custom of the country, were probably
deemed very unsatisfactory by the be-
reaved inhabitants of Mandalay, but
they had to hold their peace, and make
amends to the elephant, as best they
could by the magni6cence of his funer-
al. Having been relieved of Thebaw
and the elephant, the Burmese will now
have a.ehance to come out into the light
of civilization and shake hands with the
world. If British accounts are to be
believed, this is just what the heathens
| along the Irrawaddy have been longing
| 70 do.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-09
THE SOCIALISTS HOLD A PICNIC
For the Purpose Of Raising Fund for the
Anarchists Now on Trial.

CHICAGO, Aug 8.-Twenty-three passen ger
coaches were chartered to the Socialistic Pub
fishing Company, this morning, by the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern railway. Into
these, men, women and children were packed
like so many herrings. The party was bound
Tor Sheffield, Ind. and the proceeds of the enter
prise were to go towards defraying the costs of
defending the Anarchists now on trial. At 9
o'clock this train pulled out followed
later in the day by struggling
crowds on the outbound accommodation
trains. rough estimate places the number
of the crowd at the picnic at between 5000 and
5000 Beer flowed freely, and there was more
or less disorder, but not Of serious character.
About P. NJ DR.. Ernest Schmidt mounted
platform and addressed the picnickers His
subject was the Anarchist trial. DR. Schmidt
called upon his hearers to stand by the doctrine
of socialism and transmit it to their children.
The men on trial, he said. were self-constituted
martyrs who should be upheld and encouraged
He had no doubt that even jury composed for
the most part of capitalists would vindicate the
cause of socialism and its advocates now on trial
for their lives. He was glad that a sparsely-
advertised call like that put out last week had
been responded to in so liberal manner. The
speaker was Justify cheered. and as he jumped
down from his perch, shrill cries of 'Neebe,
oscar Neebe," went up. That worthy, the only
defendant out on bail. the outskirts of
the crowd an attentive listener to the Doctors
discourse He was promptly espied ana carried
TO the fore on the shoulders of enthusiastic ad-
mirers. 1t was some time before quiet was
restored The sight of the man seemed to craze
the crowd and the woods resounded with their
huzzas Neebe was too much overcome by the
mental strain of the trial to make much of an
address, he said, but on behalf of his ''compa-
triots" he thanked the audience collectively and
individually. for their support His fellow pris
oners would appreciate their generosity. Neebe
then branched off into TRADE against capital
lists and the 'capitalistic press" and the meeting
wound up with him still on the stand, shouting
"Long live the doctrine of Socialism"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-09
Battle Between Roustabouts.

ST. LoUrs, Mo-, Aug. 8-The deck of the
steamer P. w. Anderson was the scene. last
roustabouts Immediately after the boat left
Alton, III. Joe Bell, Fletcher Coleman Harry
Price and Joe Jefferson engaged in a game of
dice The play progressed quietly and unin-
terruptedly until Coleman and Price accused
their companions of cheating. A quarrel imme-
diately followed, in which fists and feet were
freely used Knive and axes were then brought
into play, and the men cut slashed and chopped
viciously at each other. In the melee Coleman
raised his ak and dealt Price heavy blow the
blade striking the eft shoulder burying itself
in the flesh and almost severing his arm from his
body. Bell was stabbed in the back, the cut be-
ing nine inches long and five deep. Coleman
was cut in the abdomen. the knife penetrating
the intestines. Jefferson escaped with only a
few slight gashes When the boat arrived here
an ambulance was called, and the wounded men
were taken to the dispensary. where their
wounds were dressed. and from there to the hos
nital
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-09
Delays Are Dangerous

The time to take medicine is when nature gives
her first warning. That tired feeling is often tho
forerunner of serious disease, which may be warisa
off If you attend to yourself ia time Don't wait til
your system is all run down and you are obliged to
stop work, but take Hoods Sarsaparia now. 1t viii
purify vitalize and enrich your blood create APP
petite and tone the digestive organs, headashe
biousness and dyspepsia and regulate the liver
and kidneys and give strength to the whole body.
Il have seen the value Of Hoods Sarsapa~ia IN use
in the Massachusetts, State prison. and also used
tin my family with perfect satisfaction We believes il
to be everything that is claimed for it"-A w.
KEENE Deputy Warden, State Prison, Charleston,
Mass.
Having been afflicted with complication of disos.
ders, the result Of impure blood took Hoods Sar-.
saparil and the result was perfectly satisfactory
-dRs J. BARTON, New Haven, CT.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists ST. six for So. Prepared only
by G. l. HOOD s. CO., Apothecaries, Lowell Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-09
The Day at Chautanaua.

CHAuTAUQuA, Aug. 8.-The Rev. 0: P: Gift
ford Baptist pastor of Boston, preached here
this morning on Christ and the Woman of
Samaria." urging that it was the duty of the
people of the several Christian denominations to
recognize the equality and rights of all, to the
end of bringing unity out of the diversity of
opinion prevailing. He alluded to the shutting
out of Unitarians from the great Sunday-school
parade at Brooklyn as modern instance in
keeping with the action Of the Jews when they
refused to have any dealings with the Samari
tans About three thousand persons were gath
cred in the several departments of the Chau-
tauQua Assembly Sabbath-school this afternoon4
At o'clock President Calisle, of Wofford Col
lege. South Carolina, delivered an address on
Christian Ethics" In the evening the Rev.
DR.. Hobbs Of Louisville, KY, preached in the
amphitheater.