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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13
miscellaneous.

REAI ESTATE AND LOAN AGENCY
LOANS NEGOTIATED on REAL EST4TE
Farms, Dwellings, Village Lots and all
kinds of Real Property Bought
and Sold.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13

VIZ GILL SMITH,
w. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office-No. Smedley Row, Towsontown.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13
Sales nt grnpertu.
DEAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENCY.
LOANS NEGOTIATED on REAL ESTATE
Farms, Dwellings, Village Lots and all
kinds of Real Property Bought
and Sold.
Sales of 2rnpert1

LONGNECKER BROS,
Real Estate and Insurance Agents
TOWSONTOWN, Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13

TWO-STORY FRAME HOUSE, with back "a
building, containing rooms, on the corner ki:a
of East Pennsylvania and Virginia avenues; lot
9lx143 feet 8 inches fine garden and excellent
water. Small ground rent.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13

Lot on turnpike, improved by two-story "a
FRAME HOUSE, containing six rooms and Rell:H
garnet, with cellar; pump at door.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13

VACANT LOT. very desirable, on Delaware
avenue, about rs by $50 feet nicely located; for
sale cheap.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13

A LOT OF GROUND on Pennsylvania avenue,
having front of log feet with depth of $50 feet
to twenty-fOOt alley.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13

A FRAME DWELLING on Ware avenue near
the Catholic Church; lot 40x150 feet; fine gar
den, water convenient, variety of fruit.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13

Two-story and attic double FRAME Dwell
LING, on east Chesapeake avenue, near York
road lot $50 by 80 feet, in fee.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13

A TwO-STORY FRAME HOUSE on theNs:s
north side of Pennsylvania avenue, west of ta;T
York road lot 80 by $50 feet in fee.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13

Two-story and attic FRAME DWELLING, on
Ware avenue; lot 100 by 243 feet, in fee.
Apply to LONGNECKER BROS,
Real Estate and Insurance Brokers',
Apl. est TowSOntown, Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13

A VERY SNUG HOUSE containing rooms
and good cellar lot SO by $50 feet fine garden a.
and plenty of small fruits; four minutes zi:a
walk from II. X. Station.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-12-13

Compressed air power, originally introduced
for distributing uniform time to clocks, seems
to be giving great satisfaction in many indus
tries of Paris, and new uses for it are con-
stantly being found. Elevators are now run
by it, at saving, it is said, of fifty per cent.
The compressed air is supplied also for refriger-
ating purposes, its expansion in properly con-
structed cooling-rooms causing the tempera-
ture to fall to point far below zero.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06

1aSL year WIN Sucu eVlu0nCeS Oh 1LS dOlllty
to enable men to endure immense physical
labor that the German war Office ordered
thirty tons of it for consumption in the
army.
Artificial coffee is manuf tctured on an
extensive scale in Ger Gany. 1t is made
from linseed meal, roasted to dark color
and mixed VITA some glutinous substance
before being passed through machines
which turn out The compound in the shap
of a real coffee bean.
A lady in Americas, Ga, is using q lamr
chimney she has had and used daily for tbs
past eight years, AMI she expects to use il
for many years yet. She says that she
boiled it in salt and water when it was
bought in 1857, and no mattsr how large
flame runs through it, it won't break.
A convict who recently fell heir to i
million dollars in Switzerland was yester
day discharged from Joliet prison in Hi
nois. He had thousand-dollar troll,
after giving away several hundred dollar.
to fellow convicts. He was sent up froc
Rock Island for forgery.
Mark Twain says smoking agrees witt
him. Once he tried work without it au
it took him three weeks to write tire;
chapters of ''Roaghing It" he returned
to the pipe and finished the work in three
months. Every one must respect his owr
individuality.
An old Belfast sea captain is credited
with devising unique barometer. It con.
sists OF thin strip OF white pine with
number Of cross pieces upon it. This il
hung on the SIDE of the building, an
when damp weather is approaching tn
barometer bulges out in the center, Will,
in dry weather the center sinks in and tn,
ends come out
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06
Death and WindmiIIs.

A farmer drove up as we were sit
ting on the side porch of the hotel.
and after fastening his horse became
around to us, and began:
Gentlemen, mebby it 50 happens
that one OF you is preacher?"
We put in a denial one after an
other, and he continued:
''Wall, the case is this. My hired
man died yesterday. He hain't got
no friends around here, and he didn't
amount to much, but we've got to
hold some sort of q funeral over him.
Kin ary one Of you do any talking?"
It was finally decided that an
Ohio man, who represented a wind
mill manufacturer, should edo the
right thing by the late lamented,"
and that afternoon the landlord car
ried us out to the farmhouse in a
wagon. Four or five farmers had
assembled, a grave had been dug
down on some waste land near the
railroad, and the coffin was the
cheapest affair to be had for the
money. 1t was evident that the de-
ceased hadn't laid by any cash for
such an occasion. When all was
ready for the windmill man he
stepped out from his chair and pitched
the tune and we joined in singing.
Then he said:
"My friends, death is sad thing.
1t must come to all. Our poor
friend here was hardly prepared for
death when he took to his bed. He
had been carrying water 20 the stock
a long distance, and this exertion
pulled him down. Had this farm
been supplied with one of our None
Such windmills, warranted to pump
$50 gallons of water per minute,
this mans life might
"Hold on bit" interrupted the
farmer, as he rose up. GIVE got
that very windmill on this farm, and
it was owing to the blame thing
being out OF order and then falling
down that Jim got his death. This
hain't much of a funeral, gentlemen,
but what there is of it has got to be
straight. Proceed. brother, and
perhaps you'd better skip windmills
and get in sunthin' about our loss
bein' his gain, the good die young,
death cometh to the high and low,
and SO on"
But the windmill man had lost his
grip and he led off with the "Doxol-
ogy" and closed the business in
seven minutes from the start. -New
York Sun.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06
A Cure for Obesity.

All persons afflicted with obesity
will be interested to hear of the surgi-
cal operation which has just been
performed at Paris upon M. Hiro.
guelle, a we'll known literary man,
whose fame as a gourmet is only
equaled by that which he has achieved
with his pen. Unable to bring him
self to abandon the delights of his
native cuisine or to submit to the
Spartan diet and severe regimen pre-
scribed by the 'Banting" process. he
placed himself in the hands of Drs.
Marx and Demars. The latter, after
putting him under chloroform, raised
his cuticle and cut away four and
three quarter pounds of adipose
tissue. The skin was then stitched up.
and week later Nj. Hiroguelle had
quite recovered from the effects of The
operation, which is known as ode
graissage,'' and bids fair to become
therage among fat men. Heis report.
de to be overjoyed with the improve
ment of his figure, and to have decid
ed shortly to undergo further paringt
in other parts of his body.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06

Where Potatoes Came From.
The potato is native of Peru.
When the spaniard first visited the
west coast of South America they
found this esculant cultivated by the
natives, although it grew naturally in
uncultivated places, wherever a sutf.
Gent degree of moisture enabled the
plant to live. Tradition has it that
it was on the top of Mount st. Lo-
reno, the island in the harbor OF
Calloa, where the Spaniard found the
first potatoes, and from whence the!
took the seed to Europe. When
Minister Hicks first saw the wild po-
tato vine on San Lorenzo he could
hardly recognize it. 1t was about
six inches high, with delicate little
vines, and a pretty blue blossom
scarcely larger than a violet, while
the potato on the roots below was
no larger than a hazel-nut. From
this insignificant plant has been
evolved, by cultivation, the numerous
family of the potato, which, within
3OOyears, has made it's way to every
part of the civilized world, and now
forms an important item in the
worlds bill of fare.
The minister's American ideas were
agood deal shocked one day when he
came upon company of laborers at
work digging potatoes in a field in the
valley of the Rimac. A team of oxen
plowed up the hills with a light pillow,
leaving the tubers exposed on the
ground. Six Indian workman picked
up the potatoes, and carried them to
a pile in one corner of the field, while
the overseer, a Spaniard, stood watch
ing the work. The men who we're pick
ing up the potatoes had neither pail
nor bag nor box in which to carry
them. Two of them put the potatoes
in their hats, and the others carried
them in their hands, each one going
from every part of the field to the pile
in one corner, carrying five or six pc.
tatoes each trip.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06
He Concluded to Live.

1t is a strange fact that the averag &c
newspaper man is superstitious to a
degree. Why this should be SO no
one knows. One of the craft, who
looks to be healthy enough, was
around town on his work the other
day and he ran across Frank Hill,
Chicago's coffin king, who was at one
time at the head of the i'll fated Thir-
teen club. In the course of chat
with a few mutual friends the scribe
ventured the opinion that he would
not live long. Every one laughed at
such nallucination on his part and
tried to cheer him up. Finally Mr..
Hill came to the rescue and took a
hand in the discussion. Heregarded
the matter from business point of
view. Don't die SO soon, my boy"
he urged. "You just wait until our
new spring style of casket comes out
and then I'll give you daisy at first
COST" Hereupon the scribe gave up
the idea OF dying and concluded to
live. He did not want business
matter made of it.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06

straw in the station-house. Died
raying. but blessing the hand that
sought her life. / knelt by her side
when the breath had left her lips for
ever, I asked the physician to explain
the mystery of her life. :.
"Few know" he said, "the story OF
her life, but it is familiar to me, ana
has been for months past. She vol
unteered to nurse the sick at the hos
pital, and while there she confided to
me her melancholy story. The man
who murdered her is her husband.
He is gambler. Hemade her young
life miserable her like adog.
She was beautiful as you can see now.
Driven to despair by his cruelty, she
listened to the persuasions OF man
who had known and loved her before
marriage with this fellow, and finally
fled with him to distant state. Her
old love for this brute returning, and
perhaps the desire to see her children
again, she returned and sought for
giveness. Few know what she sui
Tered; few know what good she has
accomplished. To those who did not
know her she was a woman of mys-
terry. and her somber habiliments,
her visits to the sick, her vigils by the
dead, her hidden life aroused the fear
and superstition of ignorant. She
has kept as close to this man as
she could for two years past,
for he had hidden away her two chill
dren and she doubtless hoped to OBJ
tain from him some information OF
them. Besides, as l said, she loved
him. 1t is d strange tale OF sinand
suffering and love and sorrow"
He ceased, and as we folded the
white hands prayer-wise over the
silent bosom, said:
"She has loved and suffered much,
ana should be much forgiven. AT
lanta Constitution.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06
The Heat Of the Sun.
From Good Words,


There seems to be sufficient reason
for the belief that the heat at present
emitted from the sun is neither great
ernor less than that which our lumin-
airy used to dispense ;,ges ago. Where
the vine and the olive now grow the
vine and the olive were growing twen-
ty centuries back. We must not, how
ever, place too strong a reliance on
the deduction from such a fact.
Darwin has taught us how, by natur-
alseiection an organism can preserve
it's adaptation Notwithstanding the
gradual change of the surrounding
conditions. The facts, however, fail
to show any grounds for imagining
that there have been changes in the
climates of the earth within historic
times.
We have geological evidence as to
the character Of the climates which
prevailed at remote antiquity far
earlier than any historical testimony.
The records of the rocks show us I'M
questionably that our glo behas pass
ed through many striking vicissitudes
of heat and cold. Those records de-
monstrate that there have been pc
RODS during which some of the fairest
regions of this globe were desolated
by frost so trightful that they. be-
came thickly cased with solid ice.
There have also been periods when
conditions Of a precisely opposite
character haveprevailed. Those polar
regions which are now 1.-THE perennial
abode of impenetrable ice have once
enjoyed a succession of long and de:
lightful summers, divided by winters
remarkable alike for their brevity and
their mildness. Arctic solitude, now
so dismal and SO barren, then nourish-
ed plants and animals that can only
thrive under genial conditions of eli
mate,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06
West Pointers Never Smile.

Now, strange as it may seem, smil-
ing is something totally against the
rules. No man ever dreams of smil-
ing at anything, no matter how lu-
dicrous, when he has been in the West
Point academy few weeks. The
face is required to have a stony, ex-
pressionless stare, the eyes fixed as if
in trance, gazing on futurity. The
head is thrown back, the arms held
rigidly, the body straight, and this
is the attitude of attention." which
is expected to be the normal condi-
ton ola cadet, except when speaking
with his own or with lower class
meli.-Cor. Philadelphia Times.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06
Sweet but Costly Revenge.

Some years ago one of the promi-
nent banks of the state failed for many
thousands of dollars, says the Indi-
annapolis News. The crash was pre-
cipitated by a "run," and many peo
pie suffered. A gentleman was talk
ing with a News reporter of the fail
ure.
"There is a story connected with
that bank failure that is known to
but few persons, and has never been
in print" he said. 'In that town,
ten years ago, there was a poor boy
who had patented an invention with
which he expected to make fortune,
but he had no means. He called on
the president of the bank for help,
but was repulsed and told to return
to his work and give up such foolish
ideas.
''The young man struggled along
for a couple of years before he got
the needed financial assistance. I
think all he wanted was 81. 500.
"The invention was success, and
in four years he was worth $15O,OOO.
He purchased some of the bank
stock-enough to be On the inside
and made deposits sufficient to be on
friendly term with the officials of the
bank. In q few months he discovered
that the bank president had loaned
large sums ofmoney on poor security,
and that a run would bring about
a failure.
"Hesold his stock and began check
ing bis deposits, claiming he needed
the money for investments. When he
had a small balance on hand he went
to several heavy depositors and told
them the bank was shaky, and advis-
ed them to get their money. This
started the run, and in two hours the
bank was closed.'
"How much was the balance he left
in the bank?"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06
Awful Consequences of Impet-
uOSitV,

"Emersonia, my daughter" inquir-
ed the stately matron, "why did Mr..
Brodweigh leave SO early lastevening?
Have you and he quarreled?'
Mamma, replied Miss Howjames,
''Mr. Brodweigh kissed me last even
ing with such unseemly vehemence.
that he disarranged my spectacles.
l have dismissed him forever"
And the proud Boston girl, pale
but sternly resolute, turned again to
her volume OF Aristotle, and deep,
decorous, classically Bostonian still
ness prevailed the apartment.-Chi.
cago Tribune.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06
WHEN LOVE IS TRUE.

When love is true. no test it needs.
And from such does recoil.
In confidence were sown it's seeds
And confidence the fruitage breeds,
And jealousy and doubts are weeds
That spring from different soil.
When love is true, it seeks no test.
Nay, scorns to one impose;
If ranking fears thy heart intest,
Rest thou assured thy bosom's guest
Is only love in name at best
And one o! true loves subtlest foes.
When love is true, to love is right;
1t is the prize of heaven
Dropp'd in the heart that makes it light,
The sieve that sits the soul pure white,
The God-illumin'd beacon light
That points the nearest road to Heaven
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06

sF1fteen thousand dollars. This
he lost, but he has told me frequently
that the 81 5, 900 he lost was nothing
to the satisfaction he had in seeing
the. bank go under, and the wealthy
president, who had treated him so
harshly, made penniless."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06

The woman lay there, moaning and
raving in delirium. He was brought
to her side. She shrieked as she
caught a wild glimpse of his face.
'Don't kill me, John, don't kill
me! Don't kill me, because love
you'll" she cried.
cit is enough" said the chief.
''Take him to a CELL"
81 didn't mean to kill her, he said,
as he cast one remorseful glance upon
the pale face: before he was led away,
"but she has wrecked my life. and she
deserves to die"
My story is quickly told: The WON
an died that night, on that cot oil
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06
THE YELLED WOMAN,

HO was she? I had
heard of the strange
doings of a mysteri-
Gus woman who Git
ted like a 8 b a dow
through the city's
streets at nighttall,
entering the dwell
ings OF the sick, a
voluntary watcher
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-12
TO BE .WHINLEY,S OPPONENT.
JOHN G. WARWICK NOMINATED BY THE
DEMOCRATS.
sEVENTY-FOUR BALLOTS TAKEN IN THE XNITH
OHIO DIsTEICT-THE CANDIDATE
MAN or WEALTH.

Orville. Ohio July II Npccan.-The dcadlocK IN t'e
Democratic convention I'm the NNlth ohio District was
broken night after two days and orc night OF la"1
ing by the nomination of cX Lieutenant Governor J"l
g. WARWICK of Ma-~!Hsu. Mr.. Warwick, who VIII he
the opponent Of COugr'- -,man Mckinley, was eie'"'
with Governor Hoady in ., and with him wa dc
fcatcd two years later The nomination was made on
the seventy fourth ballot the follower oi Moho' anu
stillwel giving W.rvich tine necessary vote.
Mr. Warwick was born in Ireland in 1-29 and came
- America at The age Of twenty one. Five years
later ne embarked in the goods business lie 7ub@e
qucutly became Interested i'm COAL mining. mining am
railroad lu.ld!nc lie IS now director ~ several
railroad conpanc, and the Of several hundred
acre, Of mining and agricultural lands,
The resolutions adopted 10y the convention say
among other things: We call the attention Of @oi"'r'
10 he failure Of Major Mckinley 70 support IN" 'Id"u
Army Of The Republic service Pension hilI A. a p''o
of tachcry o Interests to which hc has long pr'c'-od
10 Ice especially loyal. and HOW. a- over i we ii'
favor liberal dealing with the veterans ol l' "'' wa
on the basis Of mertorlpu7 service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-12
THE TRAVELLERS INSURANCE COMPANY SoCNl

Hartford Conn, July l1.-Iu~uraucc Commissioner
Fylor ma, made public the result Of his investigation
into the affairs of the Travellers Insurance Company,
upon which he has been engaged for the last three
months, lie finds the asset, t. be 4l3 I95 993 Habh
itic. S9,2f9.O71, and surplus Of $3.21GJO5 The
surplus the Commissioner finds IT, j, S79l 1GG more
than the surplu, the company n-cf report, IT, In
closing his report he The company J., entitled
in point Of assets, income and number insured to the
twin honor Of being the largest and most successful
accident and purely stock life Insurance company in
the world. Representations for the puru0-c of dls
crcdtng its annual statement, and 4, pcr,ug the in
tcgrity Of it, auagcmcut been widely circulated
far this Department hi> been able 10 d- cover
during exhaustive inquiry INTO the affairs OF ihi-
COMPANY. these repre- -cutdtlOus 10 have been
in splrcd by malice, and have not been fOnnd 20 be
tFue.n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-12
A LAKE STEAMER BLOWN UP.
A NUMBER OF LIVES LOST By AN EXPLOSION
AT CHICAGO.
THE DISASTER OCCURS WHILE woRKMEN ARE
UNLOADING THE CARGO-HALB
DOZEN MEN INJURED.

Chicago, July ia boiler explosion occurred
tonight on the steamer 1ioga, one OF the largest
vessels on the Great Lakes Thrty-eight people
were aboard the steamer at the time When the
work Of rcscuing survivors, which began almost
instantly, was well under way, only two persons
could be found who escaped unhurt 10 make
matters worse, fire broke out on the wrecked YES
sci. The steamer in the Chicago klNer ~
the foot of Westinghouse. Most OF the victims
were stcycdores, who were unloading the vessel
Only three of the Tiogas were reported on
the list. Captain A. A. Phelps said:
arrived here last night from Buffalo In com
mand of the Uoga, and we were unloading at TINS
dock when the explosion took place. ! was In the
frcieht-shed on the dock when | heard ter
rifle noise, and running ont saw the north quarter
Of the vessel cnvclopcd in steam. All OF the
crew of twenty-five were either aboard at the
time or were on the dock or in the irclghthouse
found after careful search that all except three
were safe. Those three, all from Buffalo, were
the second engineer, George IIag; lookout, c.
Levalcy; 1cck-hand, William 'uthhurt. BE
sides the three missing, who belonged to the crew,
there must have been from twelve 10 fifteen men
killed, and probably half dozen wounded.
There were laborers in the hold who were doing
tie uuoadin4 Eight colorrd men are said to
have been below, and siX on seven others were at
the matches aiding their fcllowsteyedores lower
down. The explosion occurred in the hold, not
in the machinery or boilers, as near as | could
ascertain, and was probably in some combustible
leich' stored there
The explosion occurred Just after porter named
William Palmer had gone below with lighted
lamps lie had scarcely reached the decks again
when the shock came. II was said that 200
barrels of oil were among the caro- and that
these hal bcc3Hc limited. OILERS insisted that
tuc explosion must have been due 10 a. lack Of
water in the boilers. and that the second en-
.iurrr. who was known 10 be mi>sln-. was the
man Whose duty il would be 10 start the pony
pumps I'm such an emergency.
TIE uut,rtuiatc sie>ed'rcS were gang IN
clar-c OF John Ncilc. a white man. Among those
supposed 10 bee in tuc hold were Neile himself
Osborn Polk. Henry Alexander, John Lewis.
Thomas Lewis and Alexander smith.