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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27
WHY SHE NEVER MARRIED.

Out in Chicago, one of the leading
spinsters, Miss Catherine Goggin by
name, president of the Chicago Trade
Teachers Federation, has been tell
ing the Catholic Women's National
League why she has never married.
The reasons she gave for not tax
ing husband were
Because he might not be an or
phan.
He might like tides.
He might be fond of using pet
names.
"He might part his hair in the
middle.
"He might demand an itemized ac-
count of household expenditures.
"Dinner would have to be taken
with the same person each day.
Marriage would necessitate daily
letter writing when either he or she
might be away.
"All the good men seemed to be
married already.
HE has not proposed"
Miss Goggin said she might have
given other reasons, but, it being
Lent, she had decided to stick most
carefully to the truth.
On the subject of pet names she
explained that she had heard some
of her friends husbands call them
"Duckie," and this would be un.
bearable to her. Some husbands OBJ.
jected to their wives belonging to
clubs. She belonged to five, and
would not want to give them up.
Miss Goggin said she lived "bird
like life" and was tolerably satisfied
with it.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27

Mr.. ]. A. GILMAN, of Reform,
Mo-, asks when is the right time to
deaden trees. If trees are deadened
or girdled in the month of August, in
the dark of the moon, when the sign
is in the heart, they will commence
to die the next season. Brush cut at
that time will never sprout. l prac
ticed this every year at that time
without failure. Small water will
lows are the only bushes 1 have fair-
ed on, but not on the larger willows.
Be sure and cut through the rine of
the bark. The downward stroke of
the AK is as good as girdling if all the
rine Of the bark is cut.-/oSebh Tot
ten.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27
SOME MISTAKES IN REMARKS.

1t is a happy knack to always have
a suitable remark ready on ones
tongue. 1 remember an instance of
this kind. We were all viewing the
new baby. The father and mother
were charming people. The former
was also a well-known bat. The
baby, however, was more than usual
ly appalling in appearance. Most
people were positively afraid to dis
cover any resemblance between this
hideous infant and his parents. Then
one little woman stepped boldly up,
and with a sweet smile observed ::
"What a thoroughly little cricketar
he looks, doesn't he?" This reminds
me of a story I read somewhere of
the ready tact and dexterity of an
other lady. A man of the party had
been introduced to her TO take her
down to refreshments, and she was
fascinating him with her bright con-
versation. Happening to pass a par
ticular hideous lady, whose features
were almost of Mongolian type she
observed to her partner: Il wonder
who this lady can be. Really, ma
ture seems to have intended her for a
Chinese" Indeed, and why do
you think so? She is my sister, re-
piled the man. "Oh," replied little
Mrs. Ready, who was never at loss,
because she has such beautifully
small feet"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27
WHEN THEY SAY GOODBYE

Did you ever hear two married
women take leave of each other at
the gate on mild evening? This is
how they do it:
Goodbye p
Goodbye Come down and see
us soon"
II will. Goodbye p
Goodbye Don't forget to come
soon."
81 WON'T
"Be sure and bring Sarah Jane
with you next time"
81 will. I'd brought her up this
time, but she wasn't very well. She
wanted to come awfully."
"Did she, now? That was too
bad. Be sure and bring her next
time"
IT will, and you be sure to bring
the baby"
81 will. 1 forgot to tell you that
he's cut another TOOTH"
"You don't say sol How many
has he now?"
Five. 1t makes him awfully
cross"
"I dare say it does"
"Well, goodbye Don't forget to
come down."
mo, I won't. Don't you forget
to come up. Goodbye p
And they separated.
JUDGE Was the stolen jewe1ry
gold or silver? Well, why don't you
answer?" Prisoner = Don't you
know, Judge, what silence is ?"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27

Royal Insurance Co.
German-American Insurance Co., NY.
Continental Insurance Co.
North British and Mercantile Insurance Co.
Home Insurance Co. of N. Y.
Hartford Insurance Co. of Hartford Conn.
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co. of Phila.
st. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
Philadelphia Underwriters of Phila., Pa.
American Insurance Co. of Philadelphia.
London s. Lancashire Insurance Co.
Representing as we do the above named first
class Fire Insurance Companies and an agency
of twenty years standing, that has so long
joyed the confidence of the public, we respect
fully solicit of the people of Baltimore county
a continuation of their patronage.
OFFUTT, WRIGHT & EMMART.
Oct. 6.-1V.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27
A MANS. CHANCE OF LIFE.

In the English illustrated Dlaga-
zine Mr.. ]. Holt Schooling works
out some interesting results as re-
CARDS the chances of males at ages,
20, 80, 40, so, 90, 70, SO, and 90, liv-
ing for 10 years more, 20 years more,
30 years more, etc. For example, as
regards 1000 men aged 20, o3o of
them Give 10 years more" i. e., to
age 80; that is, 94 per cent. live to
age 36 and 6 per cent do not, so the
chance at age 20 to live to age 80 is
not quite 16 to in favor of living.
Similarly, $50 out of 1000 'live 40
years more" i. e., to age 90, so that
the odds in favor of man aged 20
living to age 90 are 65 to 44, say S to
4, in sporting phrase. Again, as
only 10 out of the 200 'live TO
years more" i. e., to age 90, the
chance age 20 attaining age 90 is
only I in 100, or odds of 90 to I
against him. As to the chances for
men to aged so, ITO per 1000 live
10 years more, ]. e., 70 age 90 tneIe-
fore, we may say the chance of man
aged so living to 90 is represented by
odds of II to 23, or about 7 to in
favor of the man aged so living 10
years more. This chance, favorable
as it is, is of course not nearly as great
as the 16 to I chance in favor of
man aged 20 living to age 80. Glanc-
ing at men aged 70 we see that only
335 per 900 live 10 years more, i. e.,
to age 80; this means that "a per 100
live the 10 years and GO per 100 do
not, so the chance at age 70 Of man
living to age 80 is represented by the
odds of 2 to I against him. As for
men aged 90, of 1000 men alive at
age 90, only 4 live to age 100. Thus
at age 90, the chance of living 10
years is very small, it being represen-
ted by the long odds Of 24o to I against
the man-quiet an outside chance.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27
THE MARRIAGE QUESTION.

There are in the United States to-
day about 2, ,2oo, 900 more unattached
males than female similarly situated,
the exact figures being 5,427767
bachelors and 1924, 1874 spinsters.
These figure dispel the prevalent no.
ton that there is surplus of unmar-
ried women in this country. In the
great and growing West there are ten
available males for every maiden, and
even in the Northern and Eastern
states there are actually more bache-
lors than spinsters, twenty years old
and upward. No state in the Union
has as many maidens as single men.
North and East the percentage of
bachelor surplus is as follows Rhode
Island 2, Massachusetts 3, District of
Columbia 8, North Carolina and New
Hampshire 9, Connecticut 20, Maine
81, Vermont 81, Maryland 10, New
Jersey 22, New York 26, Virginia 22,
Pennsylvania 21. All of these are
low percentage states so far as the
superiority of bachelors in point of
numbers is concerned.
Out III Idaho there are one thou
sand per cent. more bachelors than
spinsters-16, 5S4 to 1920. Wyo-
ming has 993 per cent. more unmar-
ried men than single women Arizona
o3I, Washington TIT, Nevada 67S-all
of which figures include neither wild
overs, widows, nor divorced people.
The average lonely spinster ought not
toneed many charms in order to secure
running mate in those states, nor in
Idaho nor Wyoming, where the eS~s
cess of unmarried males is as 1919 /.
In California single men op'humDer
single women by 3o7 per CENT III
Colorado 418, Florida 122, kansas
I5S, Michigan r22, minnesota I4S'
Missouri o6, Nebraska PA, New
Mexico 200, North Dakota 294, South
Dakota 2S2, Oklahoma 465, Texas
2S4, Utah PTS, Montana Io9' and
Oregon 4I2.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27

THE YOUNG MAN-"Jobnny, your
sisters hair curls naturally does it
not 7" Johnny (the young woman's
little brother)-"O, yes. She jest
naturally curls it"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27
sOMR MANIcURING HINTS.

The nail as it should be is about
one and a half times as long as it is
broad, and always shows crescent at
the base. Highly polished or point
ed nails are not indicative of good
taste. They should have a natural
gloss and be neatly rounded at the
top.
If the nails are rounded off with
the file every day they will not need
to be cut with the scissors, which is
injurious. In order to keep the cres.
cent at the base we'll formed the skin
should be pushed back from the nail
with the towel, or, if necessary, with
a blunt orange stick every time the
hands are washed. The orange stick
is excellent also for cleaning the fin
ger nails after they have been soaked
for a few minutes in warm water con-
tanning little lemon juice.
If the nails show tendency to brit
tleness little soaking in warm oliye
oil after removing them from the lem
on water and an application of cold
cream at night will prove beneficial.
In polishing the nails with the
chamois polisher neither paste nor
powder should be used. Powder
makes the nails brittle, and paste
gives an undesirably high color.
After using the file to round the
finger nails in shape it is we'll to use
an emery strip to remove any rough
ness that remains.
Persons upon whom nature has not
bestowed taper shaped fingers some
times try to attain them by the use of
various devices. Metal cones reach
ing to the second joint, to be worn at
night, are supposed to secure this re-
suit, but unless one begins at an ear
ly age, when the fingers are soft and
amenable to external appliances, it is
doubtful if they would produce the
desired effect.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27

"AND WHY did you leave your last
placer" "Cook and me had fall
ing out, num-" "I don't see why
you should leave for little thing
like that" "But we fell out O. tn
third-story window, num-"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27
gowsoN, MD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER ~
BILL JoHNsoN's OPINION.

I've allus notissed, fellers,
Hits risky thing to do
To kalkalate accOrdin'
To how things looks to you.
The man It talks the incest
Don't help you uphill;
The one 'at prays the lOudest
Don't allus pay his bill.
Sometimes the biggest fishes
Bites the smallest kinds o. bait;
An mighty ugly wimmin
Can make the best o. mates.
The smartest lookin' feller
May be reg'lar fool,
You're allus kicked the highest
By the meekest lookin' mule.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27
DOES SHE EXIST 2

Here is a mans idea of modern
girl, but he has not announced as yet
whether he has found her.
She must be able to converse on
other| subjects>than balls, toilets and
frivoffties.
WithoSt posing as>an intellectual
girl, she mtnSt be able t0<ead seri-
Gus book without finding itdry.
She must be abfeto keep hen f<own
garments, and, PERHAPS the family
in perfect order.
She must be thoroughly acquainted
with housekeeping, and have,at heart
the health and happiness of those
around her.
She must be neither a blue stock
ing nor an ignorant drudge.
She must be we'll educated, able to
speak and write her language correct
ly, and enjoy refined society.
She must be perfectly we'll bred,
but not affected amiab1e, but not
forward.
She must be enthusiastic, impulsive
and earnest without being bold, reck-
less or extravagant.
She must be frank, generous to a
fault, high-ninded, ambitious within
the bounds of reason, and virtuous
without insipidity.
She must be afectionate, unselfsh
and Self-respecting
In short-I do not expect her to be
faultless-but she must make place
for herself in the world, and do her
best to fill it honorably.
This is the list of "must" set down
by this exacting specimen of man
kind; and a certain feminine critic
would like to add that, when he has
found this model girl, he must not
presume to claim her friendship un-
less he, on his part, can show cor
responding number of virtues.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-27

"WHAr's IN name?" Well, all
the property of many business man
is in his wife's name; and most of
them are very sorry for it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-23
A Great Lecture.

The lecture on "The Biological Revolu-
ton announced for Prof Poteat at the
Baptist Female University Saturday
evening October goth, was indeed worthy
of the lecturer and his subject. 1t was
great lecture, full of scholarly thought
expressed with unusual literary skill
Every sentence was clear and clean-cut
every word vibrating with a message
Every sentiment fresh and new with the
vitality of the speaker. 1t was great
lecture. The lecturer first gave the two
great doctrines of biology, the cell theory
and the theory of evolution. He Their
showed the ar-reaching effects of these
and how all learning, whether physical
of metaphysical had been compelled to
adjust itself to the new learning. AND
while the style was finished and beau
tiful, the lecture lost none of it's strength
or nascent power in the purity and
clarity of the well-inished sentences.
Those who heard this lecture will not
soon forget the vitalizing and regenerat-
ing thoughts which found such complete
and unexceptional utterance.
This is the first of series of lectures
to extend throughout the college year
The people of the city generally are in
vited TO hear these lectures, which arc
intended to instruct while they enter
tain.
Prof Poteat has set the standard high
for those who are to follow him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-23
COMIC OPERA AT THE ACADEMY

Comic opera will hold forth at the
Academy of Music for four nights COM
mencing tonight, on which occasion the
Columbia Opera Comcanp will present
Audran's The Mascot, and during their
engagement will sing Girofle- Girofla, Oil
vette and Fra Diavolo. 1t is always inter
esting to note the success of clean, whole
some and well-played operas such as the
Columbia company will present. And for
this reason the remarkable greeting ac-
corded them wherever they have played
must occasion special satisfaction. What
ever may be true elsewhere this country
invariably prefers operas that are with
out faint of suggestive immortality and
while there are enough degenerates who
will patronize vicious performances, the
high class offerings when possessing a
happy theme with inspiring music and
scintiHating comedy are always vastly
more prosperous. The Columbia company
consists of a powerful cast and chorus
and costumes that are magnificent. Seats
for the entire engagement are now on
sale.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-23
SIMMONS AT GREENSBORO.
Ie is Greeted by Great Audience and Makes
Magnificent Speech.

Especial to News and Obse1ver.)
Greensboro, n. C., Oct 22.-One of
the best, most statesman-like speeches
ever delivered in Greensboro was that
made here tonight by Hon. f. NJ. Sim
mons. He was greeted by storm OF
applause when he entered the room.
which was renewed again when he
rose to speak after a graceful and
eloquent introduction by Hon. A. NJ
Scales. The court house was literally
packed with people notwithstanding
the rain, and for nearly two hours they
listened to the fine argument and oc-
casional flights of eloquence INDUCED
n by the speaker.
He boldly announced a fixed deter
nination to defend our constitutional
amendment whenever and wherever
assailed. He went into an exhaustive
discussion of the national issues, deals
ing principally with the two leading
.opics, imperialism and trusts. He
closed with a burning appeal to the
Democrats to see to it that Kitchin is
returned to Congress.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-23
American Evolution.

The Sundays News and Observer an
nounces the meeting of the Daughters
American Evolution in. the Auditorium of
the State Agricultural Department. ]
beg to say in regard to the Society that II
has nothing to do with the theories OF
Darwin Huxley, ct al. in regard to the
evolution of the human race, or with
evolution of any kind; and this note is
intended TO try and SO eliminate the situa-
ton as to allow the general public to
evolve" correct idea of the Society
Ours is the North Carolina Society.
Daughters of the Revolution; and it met
last week and elected officers for the
ensuing two years, as stated in your pa
per for the Daughters American Evolu-
ton. There is a large and influential
society in this State of the Daughters Of
he American Revolution, which was
quite materially confused with the So
ciety Daughters of the Revolution.
Very respectfully,
MRS T. K. BRUNER.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-23
The dust Gang" Criticized.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
One of the greatest successes of the
State Fair is the Dust gang. They
did fairly well last year, but this year
they have been bowling success, as
they were fortunate enough to strike
a supply of dust of the most impaI-
pable kind, and having gotten such a
rich supply, they have been lavish
with it and the Hillsboro road is ankle
deep with dust as this is written, and
if it rains it will be a study in mud
Can't we keep the dust gang off the
road in the fall TIL after the Fair?
Dust we know is essential to a good
Fair, but there is such thing as hav-
ing too much of it, and we who live
out the Hillsboro road can dispense
with the dusd till after the Fair is
over, and then we would like to have
the authority to make the dust gang
dust and quit spelling the road. The
road needs mending and keeping
1nended, but the dust gang is not the
crowd to do it. A macadamized road
cannot be improved by covering it
with soil. Rock is the only material
to mend with, and the labor of the
dust gang has been worse than useless.
In fact we never saw better example
of how not to do it. You cannot make
fusion with soil and rocks though it
was a fusion road master who started
the dust gang.
w. F. MASSEY.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-23
LITERARY ASSOCIATION.
A State Organization to Be Formed Here This
Evening.

This evening at o'clock, meeting
will be held in the music hall of the
Olivia Raney Library, for the purpose
of forming State Literary Associa-
ton.
The Committee on Program and Ar
rangements is composed of E. p
Moses, chairman, Henry Jerome Stock
ard, d. III. Hill, I. b. Womack, j. L.
Kesler. b. +. Sledd, T. n. Ivey, Mrs
Josephus Daniels, Mrs. Jno. W. Hins-
dale, Miss Edith Register, Mrs. +. A.
Olds, and Miss Mary MacRae. They
have prepared an interesting enter
tainment for the occasion, to which
the public are invited. The program
is as follows:
Prayer by DR.. A. A. Marshall.
-8:3O-Reading of Plan of Organi-
zation, by Committee on Constitution.
Song-Thou Art Mine ALL (Tipton)
Miss Minnie Fitch Tucker.
How to Collect and Preserve Material
for Local and State History.
8:45-9:00-Graham Dawes, Newbern
N. c.
9:00-9:15-J. S. Bassett, Durham, N c..
Violin Solo-Miss Mary Johnson.
Practical Plans for Publishing What
we Produce,
9:SO-9:45-E. ]. Hale, Fayetteville,
N. C.
How we May Stimulate the Produc
tion of Literature In North Carolina,
9:45-10:OO-B. F. Sledd, Wake Forest,
II. c.
Vocal Solo-(Angels Serenade)-Miss
Mamie Cowper.
General discussion.
The Old North State-( Gaston)-Miss
Mitchell, Mrs Hamilton.
Chorus accompanied by choir and au-
dience).
0:45-Adjournment
This meeting will be the first public
meeting to be held in this beautifully
decorated music hall. 1t is singular
~ appropriate that an association that
has for its object the cultivation of the
reading habit and the stimulation OF
literary activity throughout the State
should be the initial user of this build
ing that is destined to do so much for
the fostering of literature in our city
In beauty of finish and completeness
of arrangement, no library building in
any other of our cities can equal the
Olivia Raney Library building. The
fact that a generous hearted citizen
has built and equipped this ornate and
attractive house for the intellectual
uplifting of the city can but be an in
SEPARATION to every son or daughter OF
the State who attends this meeting to
go home and work for the mental
progress of his own community and
commonwealth,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-23
BAD ROAD TO FAIR GROUNDS.
Complaint Of the Manner in Which Hillsborc
Road is Fixed.

A public spirited citizen writes to
the News and Observer, calling atten-
ton to "the deplorable condition of
the road leading to the State Fair
grounds" and adds: Under the pre-
tense of repair, almost all the dirt
which you see there was placed upon
the road by the county road hands,
about a week ago. The road was re-
paired in the same way a
year ago, and was injured great
ly thereby. Whoever is responsible
for this ignorant treatment, should be
held accountable"
This letter is accompanied by Far
mer's Bulletin No. 95, of the United
States Department of Agriculture, on
Good Roads for Farmers"
Not only the writer of the above let
ter but many others, who have to drive
over the Fair grounds road are loud in
their complaint of it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-23
Taylor Williams.

The following invitation was receiv-
ed yesterday in this city:
Mrs. Lula V. Taylor requests the hon
our of your presence at the marriage OF
her daughter, Margaret Louise, to Mr.
Alonzo Rowland Williams Wednesday
afternoon November the seventh. one
thousand nine hundred, at five O'Clock
Grace church, Wilmington, North Caro-
lima.
Both Miss Taylor and Mr.. Williams
are well known in Raleigh, where they
once lived and have since visited Miss
Taylor is the daughter of the late Mr.
Ford Taylor and young lady of great
beauty. Mr. Williams is son of Mr.
j. r. Williams, express agent at Will
mington. He holds a responsible po-
sition with the Southern Express Com
pany in New York.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-23
MR.. BECKwIrH's CANVASS.
His Speech at Dexter Made Votes for Bryan,
Says Capt Shaw.

Mr.. B. C. Beckwith the Democratic can
didate for elector from this district, is
making an aggressive and effective can
vass. He spoke at Dexter one day last
week, and the speech has been highly
complimented.
Captain w. B. Shaw. of Vance county,
who was in the city yesterday says that
there were a number of Populists and
Republicans out to hear him; that they
were impressed with Mr.. Beckwith' S
statement, and that a number of them
announced their intention of supporting
Bryan and Pou. Mr. Beckwith is meet
ing with good crowds and enthusiastic
receptions all over the district, and will
doubtless give a good account of himself
in the debates with Mr.. Mendenhall,
which commences Friday.