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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21
ETIQUETTE OF THE DANCE.

When a man is presented to a
young woman at a dance he usually
says almost at once, "May have the
pleasure of this dance?'
After dancing and walking about
the room two or three times the young
man may take the girl back to her
chaperon and plead another engage
mentor better, she suggests that he
take her to her place near her mother
or chaperon.
The lady is the one to first intimate
her desire to stop dancing.
If man hold girl too tightly she
should drop her hand from his Shout
der so as to bring it between her
partner and herself. If he does not
take the hint let her stop dancing at
once under some pretext so evident
that he may realize her displeasure or
disapproval.
A chaperon should not be lacking
in personal dignity nor should she
dance while her charge is unprovided
with partner.
A girl should be attentive to her
mother or her chaperon, presenting
her friends to her and occasionally
stopping to say few words. Both
young men and maidens should re-
member that their dancing engage
ments must be kept.
A girl must not refuse to dance
with one man under some pretext,
and then dance with another; neither
should she dance with the same man
more than two or three times.
A young man invited to house
should dance as early as possible with
the daughters of his hostess, and pay
them every possible attention. La
dies Home journal.
"I DON'T know what's going to be-
come of that boy of mine. He never
is known to get anything right"
1 l. L - @f L.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21
HOW TO CATCH A COLD.

The various ways in which cold
may be brought on are thus describ-
ed by DIR. ]. H. Kellogg: A little
knife blade of air blowing in through
a crack in a window upon some part
of the body will chill that part, and
the blood vessels of that region will
become contracted, affecting some
where in the interior of the body All
tIon oI the SURFACE UI -5ooy:
"For instance, the blood vessels of
the skin of the top of the shoulders
and the chest are associated with the
blood vessels of the lungs, so that
whatever happens to the blood vessels
of the skin of the shoulders and chest
happens also to the blood vessels of
the lungs. If there is contraction
of the blood vessels of the back of the
neck, there will be contraction of
the blood vessels of the nose and
throat, and if there is contraction of
the shoulders and the shoulder blades
there will also be a contraction of the
blood vessels of the lungs. When
the Influence of the cold is contin-
ued, this contraction is followed by
congestion.
"When one puts his hands into
cold water for few minutes, they are
first pale and then red. This is re-
action. The longer the application
and the more intense the degree OF
cold the greater will be the contrac-
ton and the congestion. So if the
back of the neck is exposed for a
long time to influence of cold one is
likely to have a cold in the nose
and throat. If the shoulder blades
and the tops of the shoulders are ex-
posed, one is likely to take cold in the
lungs and suffer from congestion OF
the lungs. If the cold is long con-
tinued, it may cause not only a con-
gestion, but an inflammation of the
nose or the lungs.
$50 if the bottoms of the feet be-
come wet or chilled a weakness of the
bladder may result if there has ever
been trouble there or weakness OF
the stomach if there has been ca
tarrh of that organ"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21
SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION.

In travelling around the country.
1t is interesting to observe the differ
ent manner in which the same name
IS pronounced, especially geograpfi-
cal names and those of Cities said
drummer.
For instance, resident Of San
Antonio, Texas, would feel insulted
If III his native habitat, you were to
pronounce the name of his city as it
is spelled, as one would here. or in
the east. In Texas it is San Antoine.
Here, and generally in the east
we say Galveston, with the. accent
on the first syllable. In the west, it
IS common to hear it spelled on the
second, the vest being strongly ac-
centuated. 1t sounds oddly thus pro-
II once met a young lady from At
lanta, Ca, who told me she lived in
'Athlawntah.' AS 1 had never
heard it pronounced so, l at first did
not for facr understand her. She
thought l was stupid when l asked
in what state in the south her town
was situated.
Before the Spanish war Cuba
and 'Cubans' were words used with
comparative infrequency. Now we
hear them all the time I am glad to
note in my travels that people do not
say Cubic and 'Cubeeans, as much
as they did; that is, some people.
Los Angeles, Cal, is frequently
mispronounced in the east and west,
being called Los Angeles" The
last syllable OH the Pacific coast is
pronounced as though it were SPELL
ed los, which is correct.
Helena, the capital of Montana,
is pronounced with the accent on the
first syllable. St. Helena, the island
where Napoleon died, and St. Helena,
CAL, are pronounced alike with the
accent on the 'le.
In Boston and New York, if you
were to call a young lady named
Beatrice by her first name with the
accent on the at, she would not ask
you to call again. l never heard it
pronounced otherwise in Beatrice,
Neb., or in the west.
Pierre, S. d., is called Pierre by
those who live there. The French
say pier
I'm the east, we say Manitoba
with the accent OH the first syllable.
In that province Of Canada, it is
'Manitobah, with the accent ON the
last syllable. This is the usual pr0-sr
nunciation in the northwest also.
"In Washington they pronounce
Spokane as though the final e. were
elided, thus, 'Spocan. We say Spo-
cane l have heard it called 'Spoka-
nee.'
"The capital of Idaho is generally
pronounced as written, in one sylla-
fAis. .-5sS,-e is4u.cll enst
running them quickly together
The second city in New Mexico is
pronounced in the north in three
syllables, 'querque, being the terini-
nal Down there it is divided into
four, like this 'Al-bu-quer- -kee. '--
"Here are four Spanish names, two
of which are familiar, one being a
city in California, and the other in
Porto Rico, namely, San Jose and
San Juan, pronounced San Ho-za'
and San Wharn, Mojaye and Vale
10, two towns in California, the latter
opposite Mare Island, the naval sta
ton on the Pacific coast, are pro-
nounced 'Mo-ho-ye' and 'Val-la-ho,
respectively.
eff you want to have fun with a
man, ask him to pronounce 'Saskat-
chewan' quickly. It's not very long,
but it is a tongue tangler while it
lasts. It is the name of province
of northwest Canada. - Wash. Star.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21
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 becoming
as rosy cheek, and, in consequence,
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, 1900-07-21

A MINISTER who used to preach in
Somerville had a little boy. A few
days before his father left the city to
go to his new parish one of his neigh
bors said to the little boy: $50 your
father is going to work in New Bed
ford, is he?" "Oh, no." he said.
"Only to preach"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21

Mrs. MULDooN-"Pwhat would
yez do if yez wur rich ?"
Mrs. Casey-"Oi think Old hov
me porthrait painted by wan av thin
ould masters we do be hearin' SO much
about"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21
S.

Remedy for Anks-Ants have
great antipathy for borax. Sprinkle
the powdered borax around their
haunts and they will leave.
Keeping Ants ont By Watey-If
ants are troublesome in the cupboard,
take dishes or. tins, fill them with
water and place one under each foot
of the cupboard. Let nothing rest
against cupboard that they can rub to
and fro on. If there is a pitcher or
jar with syrup or other sweets that
the ants visit, treat it in the same
way, through the ant season, and you
can rest assured you have found a
remedy that costs you nothing andis
sure and safe.
Keebing Ants and Jlice Quito
keep sugar, molasses, grain, or other
provisions from ants, mice, or other
vermin, place three bricks or blocks
in a pan as far apart as Possible Fill
the pan one half full of water. The
blocks must be thick enough TO pro-
iect above the sides of the pan. Set
the barrel or box on the blocks.
To Destroy Ants-Put red peper in
the place the ants frequent and scrub
the shelves or drawers with strong
carbolic soap.
To Get Rid Of Ants-Rub coal-oil
on their runawys, or if these can be
found and the ants seem everywhere,
scatter powdered borax around plenti-
fully, or dip a feather in eucalyptus
oil, and sprinkle among them. Re-
peat several times, if necessary, al
though once is usually sufficient.
Make a strong decotion Of tansy-tea
and wash the cupboard out with the
liquid.
Cambho, Gum rs. Anks-To keep
ants from sugar barrel, tie piece OF
camphor gum the size of hazelnut
in a cloth and put it in barrel. Have
cloth or paper on sugar to prevent
camphor from coming i'll direct con-
tact with sugar. Cover the barrel
with cloth, or put head on, and ants
will leave never to return. Put few
crumbs of camphor among seed peas
and keep them in covered cans l use
tea cans) and you will see no weevils.
Pieces of camphor gum tied in cloth
and put in kitchen safe will keep ants
and other vernlin away from victuals.
Kansas Farmer.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21

SMALL BoY-"Where yer go'n' -
Smaller Boy-"Nowhere."
Small Boy-"Yes yer be.
Smaller Boy-"Naw, amt, I'm
les comm back"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21

CHILDREN behave when out as
they behave at home.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21

A MAN is poor indeed who is poor
in Charity.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21

LoTs of women have dresses they
are afraid to wear.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21

Tricks AND treachery are the prac-
tice of fools who have not wit enough
to be honest.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21

WHAT DO you think of this con-
troversy as to whether marriage IS
failure?" he asked, for want of some
thing else to say.
"I don't know anything aboutit, "
she replied, "but, she added hastily,
''I always was fond of experiments" "
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-21

"I DON'T know what's going to be-
come of that boy of mine. He never
is known to get anything right" "
"Make weather prophet of. him. !"
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18
CURRENT COMMENT.
BRYAN AT MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN.
New York SUM-

Under the Yigilant janitorship Of the
Hon. Richard Croker, and surrounded by
some of hhe biggest Trust Moguls IN New
York, Mr. Bryan made a speech IN the
Madison Square Garden last night. 1t
was 2 threadbare centO Of the speeches
which he has been uttering in enormous
volume all over the country. Nothing in
il, not even the blasphemy for which MIR.
Bryan has such gilt, was new. Trusts
and the Philippines that was all that he
dared to talk about He symDathized
with the laboring man with the full din
ner pail. He pitied the Abs8Ioms con-
demned to perpetual clerksh1ps. He
wanted to know what title we have to
the Filipino" He Iugged in Abraham
Lincoln, He threw sop to bIOokish dis
content by mentioning what he called
the Hsmiltonian doctrine that some are
well born and some are not so we'll
born
To those who have had to follow Mr..
Bryan through his long pilgrimage of
gabble, this speech with its weary old fu-
tilities and faIlaeies and demRgogisms
and suggestions OF falsehood and is fat,
ancient jokes rewarded with that laugh
ter which is as the cracking Of thOrns
under pot, is stale reading. Does Mr..
Bryan think TO win the enemy S country
with this sort Of stuff?
To New York what he did not say IS all
the interest of this speech. Whether in
spired by his own fears or instructed by
his Tammany tutors, be had not one
word to say about silver, about the nnan-
olal question, which to New York Is all
in all in this campaign. Only few days
ago at Ann ArDOr he was goaded into re-
peating, what everybody knows, that the
Democratic party is committed to the free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 TO ]
without waiting for the consent OF any
other nation. Last night he SUNK away
from his record and his principles. New
York, which would have non6 Of him
when he was brave, viii haY5 none OF
him now that he has become a coward.
But it was a glorious night Tor the
Hon. Richard Croker.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18
THE MOOSE HUNTER.


There is no better test Of what there is
of man than to strip him OF the con-
ventionalities and accessories of oiviliza-
tion and leave him to his own resources
IN the heart of a wilderness like that
of Maine, says Forest and Stream. Some
Of those whom the world esteems great
and wise would starve forthwith, while
many Of those who live and die unknown
to fame would "Wax and grow fat. -
There is one denizan Of the Maine woods
that stands pre-sminent to all others
which claim the attention Of spOrtsmen-
pre-eminent in size, pre-eminent In the
unooubh grandeur Of his gigantic bulk,
pre-eminent in the time, patience, labor
and skill involved in his capture, and
pre-. eminent in power to thrill the stead
fast nerves and cause the blood to flow in
quick throbbing beats like quicksilver in
the veins.
The sportsman who has not confronted
a bull moose in his native wilds has
missed an experience which is well worth
the best year of his life. 1 speak advised
ly, for have been there. Imagine If
you can, a huge bundle Of muscular
power, reared on-great, stiltlike leg to a
height Of seven feet, with bristIing name.
ana eyes which gleam vicsOusly from be-
meath broad, massive antIers which sway
with the huge head eight to ten feet
above the ground.
Imagine yourself standing, if you have
strength to stand, IN front of this fright
ful apparibiOn, and only few yards dis
tant, with the knowledge that If you
don't Kill him he will very likely kill
you, your heart thrObbing SO painfully
that your ears fairly ache with its puIsa.
tiOns, the blood racing through your
veins like molten lead. the sweat start
ing from every pore in your skin, while
your brain labors in vain to regain con-
troll Of the wild tumult which possesses
you. Imagine all this, if you can, and
then multiply the sensations which it
calls up two or three million times, more
or less, and you will have a result which
approaches the reality il magnitude. The
man who sends every bullet straight to
the mark under such conditions as these
should be excused if he brags a little
about it afterWard, He should also be
excused if be does some very foolish
things when he sees the aWe-insDiring
monster collapse under the paralyzing
shocks OF the we'll directed buliets-i. e
dropping his riffs and trying TO hug him
self, attempting to turn somersaults
which only land him on his head, trying
to shout the great news to everybody
within hundred miles and only succeed
ing in making poor little squeak some
where down in his throat, trying-hut
let Us drop the curtain. The ethics OF
s7ortsmanship forbid me to disclose all
the absurd things even the most sedate
and d1gnified Of our craft wiz do on such
an occasion.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18

The report that the edict ordering the
punishment Of high Chinese officials for
their participation In the recent anti for
eign uprising was forgery is very likely
true. Few have believed that 1t was put
out Ia good faith, with the intention Of
living up to it, but it was thought posi-
bic that the DoWager Empress CT the
Emperor, at her command, had issued 1t
with view of hoodWinking the powers
and gaining time Ii it was a forgery
the person who forged it ought to be re-
warded by the government, for it un-
doubtedly served a good turn. But for it
the proposals Of Germany that this deliv-
ering up of the eulprits for punishment
he made condition precedent for the
opening of negotiations might have been
accepted by all the powers and put into
effect.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18

The notice OF the Portland Water
Company in regard to the water supply
yesterday and the day before, was
not so explicit as 1t should have been.
The statement that the water pressure
would be light on the high levels gave
the impression that water would be OBJ
tainabIe On those levels, though it would
flow with less force than usual. Conse-
Quently few persons took the precaution
to store a supply, which they would
have done had they known what proved
to be the fact, that the water was to
give out entirely. We are informed that
gooi many families in the
eastern and western parts Of the
city had to buy water and were
put to very great Inconvenience. The
next time it becomes necessary for the
company TO shut OFF the water. it is to be
hoped that it viii point out the probable
consequences in language that viii not
be misleading,
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18

Mr.. Bryan's speech in New York seems
to have been a patchwork affair, made up
almost entirely OF extracts from the
speeches he has delivered elsewhere He
had considerable to say abnut the increase
of the army, and repeated what be said
in Chicago, that the Republicans were
augmenting the army in order to use it to
suppress labor strikes. The trusts came
in for good deal Of denunciation of
course, and he exploited again his well
known plan of dealing with them There
were plenty Of appeals to prejudice
and he made 1t evident enough that his
main dependence now is not Imperialism
nor silver, nor trusts, but class hatred.
Race prejudice at the South supplement-
ed by class prejudice at the North he
hopes may pull him through, and so he
is doing nothing to allay the former and
everything he can to stir up the latter
His neglect of the silver question-for his
speech contained nothing on that subject
shows that the lesson he learned in the
metropolis four years ago has not been
forgotten.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18

While the ELUSIVE welcome which
Bryan received in New York at the hands
OF Croker may help him in that state It's
effect in other st4 Yes bids fair to be detri-
mental. General Bragg. in nominating
Cleveland the first time, expressed a SEN
timent common among respectable Demo
carts all over the country when he said,
''We love him for the enemies he has
made, the enemy he had chiefly in mind
being Tammany Hall, which was then
opposing Cleveland. There is no love for
Tammany among the Democrats of the
country. They regard 1t as an ag-
gregation organized solely for plumber,
and anything that tends to an extension
of its power they look upon with apprs-
hension. A national administration
dominatedby Tammany would be regarded
by many Of them as greater ca
lamity than the Republican administra-
tion. The spectacle Of Bryan falling
into the arms of Boss Croker will arouse
grave fears that If he should be elected he
would remain there, and that the New
York despot would dictate the policy of
the administration. and It's most import
ant acts, just as he dictates the policy of
the mayor Of New York. It has been
Mr.. Bryan's misfortune from the first
to have to deal with elements so
different from one another that to con-
ciliate one meant to cool the ardor
Of another. When he tried to warm up
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18
A Deep Mystery.

1t is a mystery why women en1ure
Baekaehe, Headache, Nervousness, Sleep
lessness, Melancholy, Painting and Diz-
" Spells when thousands have proved
that Electric B1tters viii quickly cure
such troubles. 81 suffered for years with
kidney troubles, writes Mrs. Phebe
Cherley, Of Peterson, La, land lame
back panied me so [ could not dress NY
self, but ElsStrio Bitters wholly cured
me, and, although 70 years old, now am
able to do all my houseWOrk." It over
comes Constipation. improves Appetite
gives perfec5 health. Only SOC at H P,
5. Goold, 577 Congress street, drug store.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18
N E RV O. u S
w o NJ E n
SHOULD TAKE
langir
LYNN, MASS, June 26, 1900.

GENTLEMEN: I suffered great many years
from Inflammation of the bladder and other
female troubles. I consulted q rEvsician and
took several kinds of medicine, 6ut nothing
gave ne any relief. saw Tangin advertised
bottle, which found pleasant % take. and
seemed TO make ne feel good. got a large
Dottle, and have taken several since / pro-
nounce Iangin the best medicine ever took
ana an very enthusiastic in my praises of It.
Inc nrSt bottle seemed to go right % the SPOT
ana i certainly has cured ne hope al the
people nave told about I angin VII get the
benefit did, and know they VII.
MRS. F. II. FOSTER, Market Square.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18
Oet17d1W*

NEALED proposals will be received r,.
~ undersigned until y O'Clock r.. RF-@- me
oct % 1909 Tor furnishing al ne nlsa EzcSyYs
a. tSorS % 70 II Il 2 70 IL. lIa = 49, a.
Name. Plans and specifications may - - go,
and all Information obtained at the. ~ sen
kineO House. kineO, Maine. AMI 81 ~ 4 lTt
of COOmhs & Gibbs, Architects. nee
Maine. ans aud Specifications nav -.-ss-On.
seen at tbe Office OF Morse s Co. -So be
Maine. The right is reserved 10 reiect- =slr.
all proposals. 81 q or
CHARLES A. J UDkINS. II srr-,
OcE1ZEl -
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18
For Vice President,
Theodore Roosevelt
OF New York.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

At Large-Joseph Q. Smith of SkOwhegan
George 2. Kescott of Portland.
First Dist.-CbaTles +. Libby of Portland
Second DiSt.-James w. Wakefield Of Bath.
Third Dist-Fred Atw0od, WinterpOFt
Fourth DisL-AlmOn Il. FOgg. HOultOn.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18

the PopuIists he chilled the Gold Demo
Gratis, and now BY trying to please the
Tammanyites in New York he stands
good chance of disgusting a good many
of his respectable adherents in other
cfafaz
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18
Z PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BEGUN.

London, October 1.-THE Chinese min
ister here asserts that peace negotiations
have actually begun at Pekin, between
the Chinese pIenipotentiaries and the
Of the powers. in the
Tsung Ii Yamen buildings, which have
been given over to the Chinese for thct
purpose.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-20
HOW Far Apnrt Did Thcy IiveY

81 was at the capitol one day" said
Boston lawyer, sin attendance upon
committee having in charge bill in
which my clients are Interested. On
the long, leather covered settec near
me two southern members were SmOk-
ing and c0nversing The following
words were jotted down by ne YER
batim:
"'Majah, | was down among youth
find Ger'al Blood's plantation, but l
got off my road. Where does lie 1.-Two
from you'll place, majah:
"'Why, cOlonl, he lives near me,
right smart piece south on the river
"Does he live right smart smart
piece or right smart right smart piece
south, majah?
"'Wcll, it isn't as far as either Of
those pieces; just right smart piece,
colonl'
"'Then that must be the reason I
missed it. | went too far around the
river bend
"Now, these gentlemen understood
each other beyond Il doubt. But what
| want to know is, how many miles
was it from the majors plantation to
the generals? And for the life of me
| can't solve the question. 1t haunted
me so that l stumbled two or three
times when subsequently making my
argument before the committee, CT
which these two members formed q
part" -Washington Star