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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
NV Little vi.itSss.

One summer, while living in Colo
RADIO. I equently had the most charm
ing little visitor you ever saw. You
could never guess what it was, so | will
tell you; it was little deer. 1t be-
longed to a lady living near US. She
had bought it from some Mexicans, who
had brought it in from the mountains a
few miles distant. 1t was light brown
color, with white spots on its side; and
had such soft hair and silky ears, and
the most beautiful eyes | ever saw. At
first it was very shy, but in few days
it grew tame, got accustomed to its new
home, a Id as we lived near, and there
was no fence between the houses, it
soon got ia the way of coming to see us.
1t would come iato the kitchen where
would be preparing dinner, and putting
its nose in my hand, beg in its
pretty way for a bit of pie or cake. 1t
was very fond of vegetables, especially
cabbage, and would often go through
the whole house in search of its favor
ito vegetable, frequently going to
the front part of the building, where
my husband kept store containing all
sorts of groceries, provisions and fresh
vegetables; here the little deer felt
quite at home (unless there were stran-
gers in, when he was very shy), and
he would help himself to anything he
wanted, sometimes going behind the
counters, where he would hunt among
the different sacks of dried fruit for
currants, for which he seemed to have
an especial fondness, more than once
eating his fill of them, until my hus-
band said 'Dicky'' Chat was his name)
must do better than that,
or stay out of the store.
Once during an illness that kept me
confined to my bed for several days,
Dicky would come every day at about
tho same time, and stamp on the door
step with his fore foot, until soma one
would open the door for him, when he
would come in, and coming straight to
my bed, lay his head in my hand. l
grew very much attached to him, but
as the weather grew cooler, he often
wandered away from home, and would
be gone two or three days, and finally,
much to the grief of his mistress,
disappeared altogether. She thought
he had been stolen, but l think
it was only his wild nature as
sorting itself, or he had fallen ia COM
pany with other deer. prcferring their
society to ours One day during the
following summer, while at supper, in
room opening off from the storc-room,
and adjoining the kitchen-the doors
being open clear through large deer
stepped into the store, and coming on
through the room where we were, with
out, however, paying much attention to
us, walked out into the kitchen and
coolly picked up a small loaf of bread
that had just brought from the bakers,
and walked out at the back door. When
l had recovered from my establishment
sufficiently to think, l went to the door
to look for him, but he was nowhere to
be seen, nor did we ever see him again.
lie had grown wonderfully, but am
sure it was Dicky.-I Farm, Field and
Stock
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
!, sILDREN's COLUMN.


Little Wheedler.
.ertoro rove,l was grandma half so goodI',
He whispered WINE pesiue ner CHAIR Nc
stood,
And III his rosy cheek,
With rnanner very meek,
Against her de ar OLD lace. IN loving mood
''There never Was nicer grandma bornl
know some little boys must be forlorn
Because they've none like you;
wonder what I'd do
Without a granclmas kisses night and mornl"
When I'm a man, what lots to you Pll
bring!-
A horse and carriage and watch and ring.
All grandmas are so NIGEL
Just here he kissed her twice)
All grandmas give boy most anythingP
Before his dear old grandma could reply,
This boy looked up, and with roguish eye,
Then whispered in her ear,
That nobody might hear:
'Say, grandma, have you any more mince
pie~
New York Journal
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07

An intelligent do; near Boston re-
ceives numerous friends Whenever he il
allowed to roam in the back yard. As
he was standing uaoccupiel near the
door lately ono of his visitors APP
preached, bearing in his mouth nice
little bono evidently fresh from the
butchers. On came the visitor and laid
the bone carefully at the hosts feet and
then retired with pleasant wag of the
tail to a safe distance. Both dogs
looked at each other motionless, lut
soon the host understood the friendly
meaning of the gift and began to show
appreciation in the best manner by hav-
ing good luncheon of bone Il Boston
Journal.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
The Australian War Dane.

The customs Of the 'sblack fellows
Of the Australian bush in their wild
state are not uninteresting. Their grand
dance or corraberce, performed on occa-
:ions of great state, such as victory
over an enemy, OF to appeasc an angcred
diety, for they have crude notions of
Supreme Being, is weird and ghostly
spectacle. 1t is always performed at
midnight in the darkest glade. A huge
bonfire is built, and the natives, with
their bones outlined on tho surface of
their bodies with white pint, thus Civ
ing them the appearance of skeletons,
leap and jump in circle about the fire
to the tune of rude chant. Faster
and faster the dance becomes, higher
and higher the leaps are made, till, in
one grand finale, all fall flat to the
ground. Should one fall before the
end, he is at once taboocd as possessed
Of the evil spirit, and death will be his
lot if he fails to make his escape
[Alta California.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
Rich Peddlers.

Every now and then some seemingly
poor peddler passes away and it is learned
that he left quite fortune. 1t is often
recalled how Jim Fisk made his first
start of about fifty thousand dollars by
peddling in his native state. Another
late illustration of the fact was the death
of Edmund Smith, flower peddler,
who died within a year, leaving for
tune of about four hundred thou
sand dollars. Still another instance of
but little notoriety is that of Sam Geer,
who peddled honey, beeswax and other
wakes around the towns within twenty
or thirty miles of Boston. This old ped
dler died not long ago at the age of
from 65 to 70, worth from two to
three hundred thousand dollars, much to
the surprise of all who knew him. There
are five to six honey and wax pcddlers
around Boston today and one who re-
fines and bleaches his wax in South
Boston is said to be quite rich man.
These wax peddlers luy the crude
bccswax for from 20 to % or "a cents
per pound, boil 1t over AMI bleach it,
and make from 10 to 90 cents per
pound. Not only is the crude wax
boiled and bleached but paraffine and
tallow are sometimes compounded with
The bceswax and there is no doubt but
in mixing plraffi lie or tallow the latter
costing but A cents per pound, that it
will increase thu profit made on their
refined and bleached wakes. Compe-
lition has sprung up in this business
and profits are not so large as they were
few years ago. Il Boston Bulletin.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
A Curious Superstition.

1t seems that tho superstition that no
marriage can be happy one unless the
bride has one hair of every member of
her family sewn into the lining of her
wedding gown is no longer a monopoly
of the French. A young lady was mar
ried at st. Judc's, Kensington, few
days ago who had general collection
Of hair even including one from the
favoritc pet dog male, and attached
rs much importance to it as to the fifty
yards of material, executive of lace,
which her French maid brought from
Paris for the wedding dress. Lion
don Life.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
MUSTARD CULTURE.
The Different Varieties Of a
Most Useful Plant.
How the Seed Is Made to Fur
niSh Oil and Flour.

'eWhere does mustard come from2'
replied wholesale spice dealer to a
New York Mail and Express reporters
inquiry. ''Most everywhere. 1t is of
two varieties. One is white and tho
other is black. The first is called Eng
lish, and the other masquera les under
a score of other titles. The English is
full OF flour, lacks pulgcncy and IS sell
dom used alone The other kind con-
tains a large amount of oil, said to
average 25 to 80 per cent. The best
variety comes from Italy and is knows
as Trieste. There are many varieties of
this kind grown in California of every
shade of quality; also in other states.
That KIN own as Kentucky is very pun
gent"
"Do farmers generally raise it9"
eff they don't it is their own fault.
They can. 1t requires little or 70 cul-
tivation, but most of it is not worth
handling
How is it prepared9"
Usually by COMPRISING the seed to
extract the oil because the seed is much
more easily worked when the oil is out
and because there is now ready mar
ket for the oil as salad oil, it being IN
many respects equal to the best olive
oil. To extract the oil requires very
powerful hydraulic pressure, and suit
able press would cost from $500 to
$4,000 Large dealers in tho principal
cities operate in the seed or crude stock
and press it and supply the trade with
what is known as mustard cake, formed
by the process of extracting the oil, and
which contains everything except the
oil, the same precisely as linsecd cake.
After this the pressed seed is separated
from the bran to extract the flour. Pure
mustard cannot be ground in mills, and
unless it is very much aduIterated it
cannot be ground at all, on account OF
the oil retained in the cake. The usual
process therefore, is to take say 100
pounds and put quantity of the
broken cake in pot or mortar and
pound and sift 1T so as to extract about
so per cent. The machinery used for
p7unding the mustard is simple con-
lrivauce, called sometimes stamp mill,
being battery of Founders ranging
in number from two up to sixteen. The
process is slow, but very simple After
passing through the pou1ders the mus
tard cake-now reduced to the con-
sistency of soft middlings-is trans
ferred to a series of sleeves, the fnc fall
ing into receptacle below. This
bolted flour of mustard is strictly pure,
and is as pure as it is possible to make
it from the stock you have used,
whether it is good or bad"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The thick deposits covering ancient
ruins are now believed to have been
largely brought by the air.
The model of an earthquake is
unique piece of apparatus that has been
constructed by Toxic (Japan) seis-
mologist.
DR.. w. d. Miller of Berlin has re-
duced the proportion of lime-salts in
the teeth of dogs more than ono pei
cent. by changing the diet of the ami
mails for four months.
Water is not the only physical agent
concerned in carrying the earth's solid
materials from place to place, modern
Investigations proving that the dust car
ried by the wind produces astonishing
changes in the confguration of the
land.
Fresh researches by Brown Sequard
and d. Arsonval confirm the conclusion
that the air emitted from the lungs con-
tains powerful organic poison, prol-
ably an alkaloid. Further evidence oil
the nature of the poison is being sought.
Tests to determine the durability oil
various kinds of wood when buried I'm.
derground show that birch and aspen
decay in three years. the willow and
horse chestnut in four years, maple and
red beech in five years, elm and ash in
seven years; tho larch, juniper, and
arbor vitae werc uniujured at the expir.
alton of eight years.
Wine from a Theoretically sealed bot.
tic, exhumed in 1877, from the Roman
cemetery Of Aliscamps, near Aries, is
said to have been analysed by Berthe
lot, the wel-known French chemist.
The analysis shows that tho liquor has
retained its vinous character and con-
tanned four and one half per cent. of al
cohol.
Corn is food Astounding in starch
GO per cent. of corn is starch-and it is
well known that starch cannot be dis
solved in water blood warm or at the
temperature of the animal stomach; but
when the heat is raised to 140 degrees,
part of the grains of starch will COM
pletely dissolve. When the starch is in
solution it must certainly be more easily
digested than when undi solved.
The mean height of the land above
sea level, according to Mr. John Muir
ray, is $3.50 feet, and the mean depth OF
the ocean is 10. 4SO feet. O1ly 2per
cent. of the sea is included inside
depth of 500 fathom'. while rs per cent.
lies between 500 and 5000 fathoms. II
the land should be filled into the hol-
lows the sea would roll over the carth's
crust to uniform depth of two miles.
The fact that small springs of pc
troleum, together with certain gases,
have been met with in the course of
boring the Suram tunnel in Russia, have
given rise at Baku to the opinion that
large supplies of petroleum probably
exist in the interior of the Caucasus.
A large petroleum field has been opened
on the shores of the Black Sea, in the
government of Kutlisk, on the estate of
Prince Gouriell. 1t has been taken up
by some large capitalists. The great
petroleum fountain at Baku has at last
ceased to spout, although the oil in the
we'll is still agitated.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
Putting wild Cats to Good Uses.

Messrs. E. Donzelot & Son yesterday
received consignment OF 1924 pieces
of fur from Texas. which contained
the remarkable number Of /, 024 wildcat
skins, said to have been the largest
single shipment of this particular fur
ever sent TO this or any other market,
for that matter, because of their scarcity
and the danger attending the pursuit
of this savage beast. There is good
demand for this species of fur, as they
are very handsom ;, some of them bar
ing a close resemblance to that of the
leopard, and are extensively used for
lining coats and laiies circulars. list.
Louis Republican.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
In the Cars Household.

Adjoining the library is the czars
biliard-room, in which is a large carved
oaken chest filled with choice wines,
liquors and cigars In another room is
a roulette table, for the car CANDLES
like all other Russians. They do not
regard the habit with any more aversion
than smoking or whist. All ladies as
we'll as gentlemen gamble and smoke.
The billiard room connects with pair
of handsomely furnished drawing-rooms,
which are arranged with great taste,
and by the empress herself, who de-
signed most of the furniture. One is at
once struck by the absense of the gold
leaf that is SO prevalent in other palaces,
-IChicago News.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
A F.mou. Growth Of Hair.

The very finest suit of hair in Wash
ington at this time is said to be that of
Mrs. Lee, wife of the representative
from Virginia. She is a tall and very
fine-looking woman, and her HAIR, when
loose, it is said, will trail o. the floor.
1t is of rich brown. She has with her
niece whose hair is of pure blorde
shade, which is an object of admiration
in Washington society this season.
They both place their heads in the hands
of professional hair-dresser each day,
and sometimes twice in day they have
the style of arrangement changed. The
only rival Mrs. Lee has is Mrs. Dawson,
whose blonde hair IS sail. to be about
two inches longer.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
APoisonous Green SILL Dress.


] hear from st. Petersburg that the
wife Of Russian general, we'll known
in Nice society, has lately been suffer
ing from malady the cause of which is
not little singular 1t appears that
her illness, which was at first attributed
to over-fatigue, has now been traced to
the emanations from green silk dress
forming part of her wardrobe, and
which had received its color from a
highly poisonous dye. Tho lady, who
IS seriously ill for some days, i, now
better 1t has been ascertained that the
workwomcn who made the gown were
similarly affected. : London Life.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
Will Watch No More.

Sweet girl "And do you really
stand and watch my window every
night before you go home, George,
dear!"
George: 81 have been doing SO, my
love, but shan't any more
Sweet girl (anxiously): "Don't you
love me as much as cver9'
George: "Oh, yes; but LAST night a
policeman thought was burglar, and
took me to the station house, ~ Philip
Fl. Welch.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
A Case Of Ahsentmindedncss.

Merchant (buying bill of goods of
Chicago drummeD: What is your
usual time, thirty daysa'
Chicago drummer (abscntmindedly):
''Yes, or ten dollars. always pay the
fine-oh--er 4 beg pardon; yes, thirty
days, or two per cent. off for cash. -
Epoch.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
Her Experience.

Eyes" said Algcrnon Tracy to the
young lady with whom he was chatting,
at is useless TO complain at what can't
be helped Man proposes and God dis
poses.
Gas to the latter part of the remark, :"
she replied, "Pm not prepared to speak !;
but as to the fir,t part | can only say
that some do AMI some oa't."-[ Mcr-
chant Traveller.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
The First.

Youth (who has just received letter
from the postofficcD Come under this
light moment, Jim.
Jim-What are you going to do2
VI want to read this letter.
J-Read the letter. Why, can't you
wait until you get hom2
WYATT till l get homca Why,
cool gracious, man, it's my first love
letter. Boston Courier.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-04-07
Lean Year.
Wife: Where have you been?

Wife, Where have you bcen9
Husband: l hive just ushercd that
.mpt rtincGt Miss S;nythc to the door
his is the eleventh inc his week she
has called on our son, and l have sworn
never to give her his hand. It'd
Bits.
Evening journal., 1888-07-10
The Frult ExhibItlon.

Preparations are ia progress for the com.
ing fruit exhibition in the Opera House,
from the 10th to the Oath Of September
next. G S. Horn, the secretary. has been
kept busy answering inquiries ia relation to
exhibits and prizes. he received
to-day from the president Of the
California Fruit Growers Union. letter
asking for information in relation to ex-
hiblts and stating that the Union would
send an exhibit, If the proper arrange
ments could be completed. Several OF the
largest growers have notified Mr.. Horn
that they will complete for the T. Harrison
Garrett prize for the best display
of peaches The death OF Mr. Garrett will
in no way affect This pTizs, unless it be to
increase its importance as it is understood
that the family are contemplating some
such step. Exhibits have already began to
arrive as soon as they are placed in Hart &
Brothers' refrigerator
Evening journal., 1888-07-10
r-AAE.Al
AK EsTuFA.

Some old histories ssy the Apaches once
had so, coo warriors. don't believe Il. That
would mean 10000 people and the whole
territory would not support that many In the
wild state ] doubt most Of the stories about
the Indians having died of 70 fest. Some
tribes have died out-no doubt Of that--but
the country still has nearly al 10 would sup
port ia tho wild state. The little valley Of
the ella would support moro people twice
over. even IL ii was fnrIned only In the awl,-
ward fashion tho hlnricopas farm 10, than all
the territory would IL wild Indians. But
even these half civilized indians do not in
crease in numbers; believe the reports show
that the Maricopas decrease. SO do the
Moquis aud Tiguss, and all the village
Indians. They are not Incorporate or licen-
tious; so they cannot lay the blame on the
whitO man. believe it Is because the country
has been getting dryer for many years, and
because they intermarry SO long in such
small populations. When 500 or 400 live In
ono village for 200 or 800 years, 90
or 100 miles from another village OF their
kind. it must come to pass that every person
in the village is OF some kin to every other
person in It. At any rate, the Pusblos evil
lagers'1 have the signs OF being in a perpet-
tai decay. It would be a Christian act to
break up these villages and scatter tho Pue-
bios FAR and wide among the whites and Mex
leans; but they say they would Eather die
and reckon they will.
Tho ruins Of this territory have been too
often described to need it by me; but in
rambling about we often come on them ia
most unexpected places There Is no doubt
that all this valley, and the little valleys
opening into it, were once very thiclly in
habited-100 years ago, those say who have
made study Of it. If you ask an Indian
about tho ruins, his answer viii depend on
how many white men havo asked the same
question and on what he guesses you would
like 70 hear; if you ask a common Mexican
he will flop up his shoulders and say,
Keen sahvayn C'Who knowsg9 As don't
"sahvay," and there are plenty Of people in
tho states who think they do, refer you to
them. Ono odd fact about tho Indisns is
that nearly all tho names We call them by
are really niclnames--not tho real name Of
the tribe at all II yoa ask Navajo what
he Is, he will say, with @ sharp click on tho
last syllable, "ren-ncb'-that is, a ''real
man. And nearly al tho Indians call them
selves simply 'mcn" CT "real men, and only
uso the tribe nanio when they mean the
whole tribe as q unit. l. q. r.
Evening journal., 1888-07-10
rsronrhtIn Inte-

The p, w. & B. car shops are send
ing cut a number Of new cattle cars.
Maud Hazel and Violetta Hyatt the
children who were injured by the fall
ing Of pile last week, are out OK
danger.
The Sunday school Of the p. E.
Church Of the Redeemer will 90 on an
excursion to Pennsgrove July IL, on
the steamer Juniata.
The Pullman works this morning
received two cars for repairs. The
three cars Locust Point, Relay and
Schuykill will be shipped to-day.
The schooner Eugie. which was
libeled yesterday by the u. S. Marshal
for saamen's wages, was released yes
terday afternoon on the claim being
paid.
The sidewalk on Church St., by
Solomon's coal yard, WIS flooded with
water last night. This morning a
thick coating of slippery mud remains
on it. 1t should be raised.
The pile of bricks at Cd and Wash
ington sts., had no lantern or signal
near it on Sunday night. Neither was
there any lamp on the pile of stone in
front of Plunkett's, on Front st. near
Broome.
Evening journal., 1888-07-10
DELAWARE FIELD CLUB.
Captain Carpenter 10 Resign-Ex-
Guiding Rough visitors.

elndtng Rough Visitors.
Frank D Carpenter, present ma1oger
and captain OF the Delaware Field Club
niue, intends TO resign his position 10 the
near future No candidates are announced
for the position, elthough the base ball
committee will eppoint a manager to
arrange dates and osher matters. Car
penter will continue a member Of the
tsom.
More interest has been taken in base ball
this year by the clup than ever before.
The only objection to the games on tho
home grounds is the disorderly crowd
which attends. The club has taken the
matter into serious consideration and it ia
probable that nobody who Is not a
member will be admitted 10 the games
1t would be wise arrangement. The base
ball committee lie pushing that sport WITH
great vigor. the team is to be reorganiz I'd
and some good playing Is expected.
There is talk Of organizing a foot ball
team in the Delaware Field Club next fall
Several Of the members, especially A. w.
Cumnius, are pa hing the project.
The Delaware Field Club is making ar
rangements for return game with the
Undines of Camden.