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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07
WOMEN OPPOSE WOMEN.

"Why is it that women are practi-
cally debarred from receiving promo
tions to the higher places in the gov
ernment service?" asked a govern
ment clerk of quarter of century's
experience. The question was put to
several ladies in the Treasury Depart
ment. Before any one of them had
time to reply the questioner proceed
ed to answer his own interrogatory.
1t is because they are held back
by members Of their own SEX" he
said. "Some time ago lady in one
division l know of was SO favorably
regarded that she would have been
made chief of that division, but as
soon as her prospects became known
her fellow clerks of the same sex be-
came indignant and united in pro-
test. They declared that they could
never work under her; that they
would thousand times rather have
man than a woman to boss them.
They wouldn't allow her to lord it
over them.
"That is only sample of many
cases. Women can be depended upon
to antagonize women under such cir
cumstances. Not only did they do so
in the case have cited, but they ac-
tually gave the marble heart and the
icy hand to this woman after they de-
feated her prospects of promotion.
l am satisfied that one of the most in
fuential obstacles to women in their
effort to secure equal recognition with
men comes from their own sex"
The man who asked and answered
the question then moved off before
his audience of lady clerks had an op-
portunity to reply to his assertions
Washington Sta,.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07
TRYING TELEPATHY.

GA year ago the first of this
month, (" said New Orleans college
professor the other evening, "a little
groupof serious minded people out in
our neighborhood organized them
selves into an informal society for the
purpose of making some investiga-
tions in what is called 'telepathy, or
thought transference. We approach
ed the subject from strictly an impair
tial standpoint, our only purpose be-
ing to find out, if we could, whether
there was any real evidence in favor
of the phenomena. Of course there
is plenty of second, third aud fourth
hand testimony in print, but that is
not exactly satisfying to folks in dead
earnest, and we felt that it ought not
to be difficult in case thought trans
ference is really possible, to secure
some proof to that effect, which, how
ever slight, would be absolutely def
mite. Well, we have met about
twenty three or twenty-four times
the original intention being to get
together every other Monday-and
have attempted and number of exper-
iments, and I am sorry to say the re-
suit has been fiat failure We have
seen nothing that cannot be explain
ed more readily by coincidence than
by telepathy.
"Here, to illustrate, is the COM
monest test: A and B agree to sit
down at their respective homes at a
certain hour and A undertakes to
transfer thought to B. He concen-
trates his will on that purpose, while
B tries to maintain an open mind.
We tried that many times and occa-
sionally succeeded, but always when
the object selected was something en-
tirely familiar and apt to occur nat
urally to two people of similar tastes.
When it was something odd or outre
the test invariably failed. Another
experiment we tried repeatedly was
that of looking fxedly at people in
crowds with the intention of making
them turn around. 1t is generally
believed that that can be done sue
cessfilly by almost anybody, and be-
fore 1 tried it Systematically, was
sure l had often accomplished it N.Y.
self. 1 am now convinced that I was
mistaken and that the fixed stare is
never responded to except by mere
chance. We remember one coinci-
dence of that kind, where we forget
a hundred failures. BY the way, our
little group has no connection what
ever with the soi-distant New Orleans
branch of Psychical research society.
We are very quiet people and there
has never been word in print con-
cerning us. "-WeaO Orleans Times
| Democrat.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07
CHARACTER BY THE EARS.

With the craze for earrings women
have suddenly discovered that, small
and delicately-shaped as their ears
may be, one essential element of beau-
ty is missing when these useful fea-
lures lack color. A woman with pale
ears, it is said, can be safely set down
as one whose heart is hard to reach,
while she whose ears are pink along
the curled rims and downy lobes is a
creature of sympathetic and respon-
sive temperament. More important
still, well-colored ear is as becom-
ing as a rosy cheek, and, in conse-
quence, many a scrupulous girl, who
would scorn to even dust her cheek
with powder, thinks it no evil to
slightly rouge her ears till they glow
with a delicate pink color.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07
BOUGHT A FEW STOCKS, TOO.

He was a business man making a
nice little sum every year for nest egg
purposes, beside extending his busi-
ness and slowly but surely moving
along toward Easy street. Yet he was
not content, and in the hope Of fore
ing the hand of Fortune was doing
some trading in the stock market.
His wife said it was gambling, plead
ing with him to stop. He insisted
that it was perfectly legimate and
regular, and she finally admitted that
he was right and gave up the con-
test.
His wife gave him no further trou-
bic until one Sunday morning she ap-
peared ready for church in hand
some new cloak. He wanted to know
where she got it, and she told him
that he would learn soon. HeweHt
to church with her, feeling uncom-
Portable. He kept his peace, how
ever, and said no more until the next
Sunday, when she appeared in rich
black silk gown. He asked questions,
but got no answers that were satisfy
ing. All that week he worried so
over that cloak and the silk dress that
he lost his grip on the market and
fell short seriously. Sunday came
again, and this time she had pair of
diamonds in her ears that fairly daz-
zled his eyes.
He hadn't spark of jealousy in
his nature and he believed implicitly
in his wife, but this was really too
much.
She calmly took from her desk
lot of blanks with which he was quite
familiar, and handed them to him.
They are the records of my trans
actions in stocks recently" she said
with an air of triumph "I borrowed
$50 on the diamond ring you gave me
when we were married, and handed
it over to Brother Charlie to invest
for me. l told him you said it was
all right, and he did as I told him to
do. I didn't know a thing in the
world about it, of course, but l was
lucky and I have made 81, 800, and if
the luck doesn't go against me I'll
make another thousand next week.
1t is too easy for anything, and you
know, dear, you showed me so clear
ly that there was nothing wrong in
it. I have paid our share of the
preachers salary, too, for the next
year, and I'm thinking of organizing
a Daughters of the Stock Market in
the church. Won't it be lovely?"
Mary, my dear" he said, solemn
ly, if you'll quit will" And, Mary,
after the manner of women began to
cry, she was so glad that it had turn
ed out just as it did.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07
GOOD MANNERS.

There is no more important work
done in Our schools than in teaching
"morals and manners" The lessons
should come, not once week, but
daily, and the teacher who cannot
find matters" sufficient for a daily
lesson is lacking in essentials. True
manners are the passports of the gen.
tleman. Too often our boys think
that good manners are for cultivation
by others, not for them. "The boy
is father to the man," and the i'll
hammered boy is the future fault-fnd-
ing man. By lacking manners, you
lack friends.
To smile, to bow, to lift the hat, to
beg pardon, to say thank you," cost
nothing. No one will ever know the
vast good that these words and SIM
liar ones have accomplished.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07
KEROSENE FOR ANTS.

Why goto the trouble and expense
of using bisulphide of carbon to de-
stroy ant hills and let the most of
them escape while punching hole
in their nests when kerosene will do
Just as well or better? Take the
coal oil can, and to catch the ants try
ing to escape, pour the oil around the
edges of the hill, then toward the
middle of the nest. Let none escape.
The amount of oil is regulated by the
size of the nest. Pour some down
their largest passageways. This has
never failed.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07
WHEN FATHER SIGNS a CHECK.

They've lately served poor father up
In quite sarcastic truck,
when father sings lullaby"
when father carves the duck
And when he monkeys this or that
To any rhymster's beck,
But no one yet has sung about
When father signs check.
The old man isn't up to date
In table manners p'rhaps,
And doesn't talk, or walk. or dress
Like modern college chaps;
But on his business habits, sirs,
There's neither flaw nor fieck,
You've got q paper good as gold
When father signs check.
He uses the colonial quill,
The letters of his name
Are rugged as the hand that writes
Unevenly the same;
But you can bet the jewels all
That kingly crowns bedeck,
The banks hand out the requisite
When father signs check.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07
WHICH FOOT WALKS FASTER.


quesiii6i1 = = - = = 3 here is
no Is;mnle
demonslrable fact, which you can
prove to your own satisfaction in a
very few minutes.
If you will take a pavement that is
clear of other pedestrians, so that
there shall be no interference, and
walk briskly in the centre, you will
find that before you have gone hun
dred yards you will have veered very
much to one side. You must not
make any conscious effort, of course,
to keep in the centre, or you may do
it, but if you will think of something
and endeavor to walk naturally it is a
hundred to one you cannot keep di-
rect line.
The explanation of this lies in the
popularity of one foot to walk faster
than the other. Or, to be more cor
rect, perhaps it should be said that
one leg takes longer stride than the
other, and this, combined with the
quicker movement, causes one to
walk more to one side than the other.
1t is we'll known, for instance, that
if one be lost in the woods the ten
dency is to walk in circle and even
tually to return about to the starting
point. This demonstrates the fact
also that one foot walks faster than
the other.
You can try an interesting expert
ment in this way: If you will place
two stakes in the lawn, about eight
feet apart, and then stand off about
sixty feet from them, allow yourself
to be blindfolded, and endeavor to
walk betweenthem. You will find it
an almost impossible task, because
one foot will go bit faster than the
other, either to the right or left.
Now, which one of your feet walks
faster than the other?
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07

For A sick room a pleasant disin-
fectant is made by putting some fresh
ly ground coffee in saucer with a
lump of camphor in the center of it..
Set it on fire with a match and as it
burns the odor of roasting coffee will
fill the room, while the fumes from
the camphor will kill ordinary dis
ease germs.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07

ED1ToR-"Well, young woman, if
the story suits me I will pay you
SIS for it."
Young Lady Author-"Oh, come,
now. Buy it without reading it, and
I'll let you have it for SIo."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07

No DOUBT you may now and then
see something i'll newspaper you do
not like, but if SO, skip it and read
the rest of the paper.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07

WHY SHOULD sixty-three short
years dampen mans delight in the
beautiful? At that age he should be
in the very prime of life, ready for
great undertakings, and just as liable
to fall in love and make fool of him
self as boy. Perhaps more able.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07

IT IS funny thing the more brainy
a woman thinks she is the more she
looks like man.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07

A WAC, in what he knows offarm-
ing, gives plan to remove widows
weed; he says a good looking man
has only to say, wilt thou 7" and
they wilt.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Railroad Commission Enjoined.

The Kansas City Southern Rail- road was granted temporary in- junction in federal court at Little Rock against the state railroad com mission to restrain the members from attempting to compel said railroad to put in force rates and tariffs made by said commission on shipments originating in Arkansas and destined to points in Arkansas where the shipment of freight pass ed outside of the state of Arkansas This injunction was issued because of the order entered by the com mission overruling the petition for rehearing filed by the railroad com pany. Early in August the commis- sion decided it had jurisdiction over all shipments from any point in Arkansas to any other point in Ar kansas, even though the transpor- tation or shipment passed outside the state The case originally arose upon the complaint of the Fort Smith Chair Company, who ship ped a carload of furniture from Fort Smith to Grannis, Ark, the shipment being ffty-one miles in Arkansas and seventy-seven miles through Indian Territory. The point is a new one and has never been passed upon by the supreme court of the United States. Coun- sel for the railroad company con- tends that the state commission has no extra territorial jurisdiction, therefore has no right to regulate rates which pass out of the state, even though destined to points in the state. The final hearing was set for November 5th.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
Undertakers will Ask For Legislation.


 The Arkansas Association of Flu neral Directors will petition the next general assembly to enact laws governing the transportation of dead bodies to conform with rules in ef- feet in other states. The rules re- ferred to have strict provisions for the proper preparation of dead bod ies, especially those of contagious and infectious diseases, and require that an undertaken pass a rigid and successful examination in embalm- ing and sanitation before he be granted a license by the state board of health. At the present time there is no law requiring an under taker to secure a license when he en- gages in the business in Arkansas. As conditions exist in Arkansas just TOW, an undertaken or any other person, whether he be competent or not, can ship dead body. But, owing to the license existing in ad- joining states, the remains are lia- ble to a hold-up after crossing the Arkansas boundary line.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09

The street force has been filling in some of the low places in Front street the past few days.
 A heavy rain fell here Saturday night and since then the weather has been a great deal cooler. George Rice, an old Conway boy is here on visit to his parents, Judge and Mrs. G. w. Rice.
 P. C. Coleman, col, member of the Federal Grand Jury, is un- der indictment for selling whiskey.
 An enjoyable dance was given lat the residence of Mrs. Imboden, south of town, on the night of Oct. 4.
 The marriage of Joe Haas to Miss Henrietta Fawer has been an- nounced in the Catholic church here.
 Allind.r & McCulloch are pay ing 3.25 to 3.7o per pound for seed cotton delivered at their gin i'll this city. I5-tf
 Circuit Judge G. M. Chapline was presented with a gold-headed cane by the bar and citizens of Morrilton.
 Mrs. Henry Yeager, of Argenta, returned on Sunday night, after a three weeks visit to her father, J. P. Balmat.
 Mrs. John Harrod returned to Morrilton the first of the week af- ter a visit to friends and relatives in this city.
 Front street presents lively ap- pearance these days. At times it is so crowded that wagon can scarcely pass.
 Joe Rappelard, prominent mer- chant of Argenta, was here recent iy visiting friends. He has just re- turned from Paris, France.
 The Faulkner Gap and Conway baseball teams played match game here Saturday afternoon, which resulted in victory for the Faulkner Gap team, the score be- ing "A to 6.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
Cotton Belt Earnings.

The report of the St. Louis South western for the fiscal year ending June 30 has just been made pub lie. The financial results of the operations, with comparisons, are as follows: Gross earnings, $5,90S,- 2S4; increase, $45,946. Operating expenses and betterments, $4,156, ora; decrease, $53,015. Other in- come, $95,6s5; increase, $110,1S9. Interest, taxes and rentals, $1,217,- GOA; increase, $68,012. Interest on second mortgages, $360,000; in- crease, $180,000. Surplus, $270,- 292; decrease, $13s,3s4. For the first time in the history of the prop erty the full interest of i per cent on the second mortgage bonds was paid.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
Eighty Miles in a Goat Wagon.

J. B. Mahan, who lives in the nor- thern part of Conway county, mads a trip from his home to Little Rock, distance of eighty miles, in a two- wheeled cart, drawn by d mountain goat. Mahan, who was summonscd to appear in federal court as a wit ness, is cripple, with deformed feet and legs. He was four days in making the trip, and the little ani- nal that hauled him weighs only about sixty pounds.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
Land comm,ssioner,s Report.

Following is the quarterly report of State Land Commissioner J. w 'Colquitt:
 Fees, $1,8S6.75.
 Swamp land sold, 1,49377 acres, s1,s01.25.
 Internal improvement land sold, 320 acres, $400.
 Saline land sold, 40 acres, $50. Real Estate bank lands, 220 acres, $3Go.
 Forfeited land sold, 2,945 acres, s3,6S1.29.
 Forfeited land redeemed. S,241.- 43 acres, $1,337.45.
 Town lots sold, S493.34.
 Forfeited land donated, 11,93S46 acres.
 Forfeited land decded to actual settlers, 5,709.7S acres.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
Frauentha| & SChWarz

Bruce Greeson came up from
 Little Rock Saturday to spend a few days with the home folks. He will be employed in the State Au- ditor's office when Capt. Monroe takes charge.
 Mrs. J. F. Kincheloe received a few days ago check for $2, ,ooo in payment of life insurance pol icy OF the life of her late husband. This insurance was carried i'll the Knights of Honor.
 We learn that Mir. Peter Balmat, brother of Postmaster J. P. Balmat, of this city, was recently appoint ed Post-O Office inspector of the dis trict of Ohio, although he was not an applicant for the position. Mrs. G. c. Millar has returned from Winchester, Tenn, and is now instructor i'll French ill Hen drix College. She was detained at her home for some time on account of the illness of her father.
 Now is a splendid time for our subscribers to come i'll and pay up their dues. This is a good year for the people ill general and no one should let it go by without settling up with the paper.
 Judge Edward Randell and wife who have been visiting the family of ]. L. Randell for some time, left Saturday for Gurdon, where they will spend the winter. Miss Bessie Randell accompanied the m as far as Little Rock.
 Miss Maggie Stephens left for Central College, at Conway, last Monday morning. Maggie is a most successful teacher and most accom- plished young lady, and we feel safe in saying that she will make a splendid record while there. On Saturday night before leaving, she enjoyed the distinction of winning medal ill recitation contest among the lady teachers of the county. Clinton Democrat. Several Masons of this county went down Saturday to Hot Springs to be present at the memorial ex- ercises of Grand Master Smith, who lost his life and the lives of several of his family in the Calves ton storm. Among those who went were Jack Dickens, Dr. l. N. Nc Collum, E. J. McCracken, Berry Miller and B. C. Simms, of Green brier, and w. B. Wilson, Dr. G.. D. Dickerson, w. N. Owen and
 Dr. ]. $. Westerheld, of Conway. The services were held on Sunday afternoon and the party returned
 Monday morning.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
Renort of Auditor.

Following is the report of Audit or Clay Sloan for the quarter end ing September 30, of receipts from all sources: Sales and redemptions, $3,46S.79; land commissioners fees, $1,Ss6.75; swamp land sold, $561.- 26; Real Estate bank land sold, S360; internal improvement land sold, $400; Saline lands sold, $50; secretary of state fees, $2,O94.s5 insurance fees, $560; nomination fees, $673.50; sixteenth section lands, $34, ,109.0S; state penitentia- ", $27,255.90; miscellaneous, $300.s5; receipts from collectors, $719,737.45. Total, $791 ,470.32.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
New Rules in Bankruptcy.

Federal Judge Trieber last week announced a new set of special rules governing bankruptcy cases. He provides that the referee for the dis trict of Pulaski county shall be the referee for all the counties com prising the western division; the referee for the district of Phillips county shall be the referee for all the counties comprising the esatern division, and the referee for the dis trict of Independence county shall be the referee for all the counties comprising the northern division of the eastern district of Arkansas.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
: Treasurer's Report.

The following report shows that balances in the state treasury fol the quarter ending September 30 1900: United States currency, $463,966.5S; county scrip, $7,393.- 31; city scrip, $62.25; Gov. Jones notes, $103,915.95; auditors ger tifcates of indebt edness, $549.50; per cent funding bonds, $1,113,500, coupons attached $96S,745. Total $2,658,132.59.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
The New Penitentiary.

The walls of the new penitentiary about two miles from Little Rock are practically complete, with the exception of the four guard-towers at the corners, gates and the cap stones. The walls are 400 by 300 feet long, 4 feet thick at the base and 22 inches at the top, with an average height of 22 feet. The foundation for the hospital, dining room and office have been con- pleted.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
Convicted of Criminal Assault.

Chas Anderson, a negro, was convicted in the Pulaski circuit court of criminal assault, and sen- tenc 1 to |e hanged. Anderson wa, indicted June 3eth on the charge If erll iEal assault on Mrs. Rc4.e Edwards, young white woman, 'cn May lIth last, at a tie camp neal Marche.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09

Genuine yellow yam potatoes at Paine's. 2o-tf
 Henry Frauenthal was ill Little Rock Saturday.
 County court was in session the first of the week.
 John Kierspel was over Monday from Redemption.
 Charlie Harmon went up to Merrilton Sunday.
 Max Frauenthal went down to Little Rock Monday.
 Mortie Frauenthal was down from Atkins Sunday.
 John Hodge and wife of Vilonia, were in the city Monday.
 Conway now has telephone con nection with Republican, Ark.
 Dr. J. H. McCulloch, of May flower, came up Monday morning.
 Ring Telephone No. for gro ceries. We appreciate your patron age. 2o-tf
 w. G. Langford, a good citizen of Newton township, was in town Monday.
 Paine & Co. for new can goods, pure cream cheese and high grade macaroni. 2o-tf
 Lee Atkieson left Monday even ing for Sedalia Mo-, where he will visit relatives.
 Prof. J. w. White, of Center Point, was appointed County Ex- aminer last Monday.
 Mrs. R. F. Cole has returned from an extended visit to relatives ill Pueblo, Colo.
 c. H. Kennedy, representing the Graham Paper Co, of St. Louis, was here Monday.
 Miss Ida Martin, of Quitman, is visiting the family of Rev. o. H. Tucker in this city.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
Wiu Establish a Health Resort

A syndicate of Boston capitalists has purchased tract of land only a few miles from Hot Springs. on which is located a cluster of min. eral springs. Ire owners propose to erect mammc h hotel and make other provisions toward establishing resort for pleasure and health seekers.
The Conway log cabin., 1900-10-09
For two years, ending

Although the price of all printing material has advanced at least B per cent during the past two years, the cost of printing to the state has been reduced $1, ,04S.7S.