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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11
POISON BY ABSORPTION.

The slow absorption of many poi
SONS changes in some more or less
modified form the complexion, but ar
senic and ammonia show their effect
about as quickly as any. The popu
lar belief that arsenic clears the COM
plexion has led many silly women to
kill themselves with it in small, con-
tinued doses.
1t produces waxy, ivorylike ap-
pearance of the skin during a certain
stage of the poisoning, but its terri
bic after effects have become too we'll
known to make it OF common use as
cosmetic.
The effects of ammonia upon the
complexion are directly opposite from
that of arsenic. The first SYMPTOMS
of ammonia poisoning which appears
among those who work IN ammonia
factories is discoloration of the skin
of the nose and forehead. This grad
ually extends over the face until the
complexion has stained, blotched
and unsightly appearance. With peo-
pie who take ammonia into their sys-
TENS in small doses, as with their
water and food, these striking symp-
toms do not appear so soon. The
only effect of the poison that is visi-
bic for time is a general unwhole-
someness and sallowness of the COM
plexion.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11
THE OLD ORGAN.

I can see it now astandin' in the parlor prim and
neat,
With its walnut case and yellow shiny keys
With its dark blue velvet cushion and its music
Qts only drawback was rather crazy wheeze1
Twas the first one in the neighborhood and cost
m0nstrous sum,
An 'twould even make the very rafters ringl
When Tildie pulled the stops out, twas the sign
for us to come
Then around the organ we would stand and
sing.
An what pleasure. when the young folks, on
Sunday afternoon,
Came a-traipsin' In to spend social hour,
From the other farms around u.s. some wus
lovers some to spoon
On the sOfyi Some was radiant as a flower.
An the ole folks in the sittin' room would stop
their talk awhile,
Then their door open wider they would fling,
An their faces full o. sunshine oft would light
up with smile,
AS around the organ we would stand an sing.
You could hear
Sweet and clear
Our young voices, all a-blendin'.
How they rang
As we sang
Old-time tunes on high-ascendin',
Nellie Gray
Far Away"
"Mollie Darlin', pray Don't Tease Her.
"ROck-a-Bye,n
Hush, Don't Cry
"Jordan's Banks and "Ebenezer."
An mind one face especially, knew in them
old days;
One face that's sorter clearer than the rest.
Twas framed in jet black ringlets, and her sweet
an winsome ways,
Fairly set my heart a-throbbin' in my breast.
Ofttimes now, in the gray twilight of my life's
drear afternoon
can see her, when gave to her the ring
slipped 1t on her finger, while the Others some
old tune,
Round the organ, they had started off to sing.
Ofttimes now, while softly noddin' in the fire.
lights ruddy glow,
/ think that I'm boy once again,
hear the same old voices, kinder hummin soft
and low
An it fills my heart with sadness an with pain.
In my throat lump keeps risin' for I'll hear
'em never more,
To my ears that old sweet music naught can
bring
For they're gone, the ones who made it, in the
happy days of yore,
When aroun' the organ we would stand and
sing,
Old-time tunes on high ascendin',
Nellie Gray
Far Away"
"MolIie Darlin'," pray Don't Tease Her,
"Rock-a-Bye,'
"Hush Don't Cry
"Jordans Banks" and "Ebenezer."
PHI. II. armstrong.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11
ABOUT CATCHING COLD.

Cold weather lowers the vitality
and in that way renders the body less
able to resist the effect of the outside
conditions. This so makes the sys-
tenn liable to be stormed by microbes.
Pneumonia invariably attacks people
whose vitality is lowered from some
cause or other-excessive exertion,
excessive worry, even excessive grief,
which is very potent factor in low
ering vitality. Sometimes neglect
ed cold will help to produce the dis
ease, and so will the missing meal
while one is more or less run down
through the strain of business or other
excitement. In the ordinary way,
pneumonia by itself does not prove
fatal, except in the case of very old
or very young people. The danger
arises when it is complicated by heart
or kidney disease. If these organs
are healthy at the time that the dis
ease sets in, the patient invariably
RECEIVERS, unless he has exhausted
himself at the beginning of the attack
by being about the house when he
should have been in bed.
1t has been found by experience
that while the harmful microbes grow
in the mouth, many others also have
their habitation there whose offices
are to perfect the body, as it were
from these microscopic foes. In the
Winter these "benefcent microbes, "
as they have been called, do not -four
ish to the same extent as they do in
warmer weather, so that the mouth
and, through the mouth, the rest of
the body is left without its protectors,
and if the individual does not by care
come to the rescue of his body, he
renders himself liable to be attacked
not the less seriously because his foes
are invisible. While the ordinary
"benefcent microbes" does not -four
ish in cold weather SO well, the mi
crobe of pneumonia does, and grows
active at temperature which is prac-
tically fatal to the other.
That is the scientific solution of how
one catches cold. How to cure it?
Ask the first man you meet.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11
POINTS TO REMEMBER WHEN MAKING
CALLS

When making the first call of the
season a married woman leaves, with
her own, one of her husbands cards
for the lady, and one for the master
of the house at which she visits.
Where there are other adults in the
househould she may use her own dis
cretion about leaving additional ones
for them. Of course she does not
leave her own card for the men Of
the family, but she usually shows that
recognition of the other adults.
Formal calls are made between the
hours of three and six. Informal
ones should be timed with considera-
ton. Do not stay less than 10 or IS
minutes or your visit will appear per-
functory nor more than half an hour,
lest you make your hostess twice glad
at your departure.
There is no further rule about who
shall make the first call than that res
idents take the iniative in calling
upon newcomers, and brides, elderly
people and those in delicate health
entitled to first calls.
If one of the family open the door
the cards should be laid unobtrusive-
1y on the hall table while one asks
cautiously for the person one wishes
to see.
A man should always leave card
for the mother when calling upon a
young girl" TIE Lady from Phila-
delbhia," +" in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11
BOTH FOOD AND MEDICINE.

The curative value of fruit is be-
coming more and more insisted upon
by those who make study of
dietetics. Grapes are recommended for
the dyspeptic, the consumptive, the
amaemic, and for those with ten
dency to gout and liver troubles.
Plums, also, are said to be cure for
equity and rheumatic tendencies. The
acid fruits, especially lemons and or
anges, are particularly good for stom-
ach troubles and rheumatism.
1t is not sufficient, say the advo-
Gates of the fruit cure, to eat a small
quantity at breakfast or dinner. One
should eat from two to eight pounds
of grapes day, or, if oranges are the
curative agency, the number to be
eaten in day may vary from three
to six.
A healthy condition of the body
depends upon a perfect balance of
foods taken. There are many other
factors entering into the question, but
this feature must not be forgotten.
Few people there are who can keep
healthy without fruit.
How absurd, some one says, to be
told to eat fruit when everybody eats
it. Yes, but how do you eat it? Do
you take definite amount of it, the
same as you do of meat and potatoes,
or do you eat it as you do candy?
If you suffer from an acute attack
of indigestion after a dinner of soup,
meats, pickles, sauces, salad, cakes,
pastries, with spices and condiments
enough to blister the skin, to say
nothing of the delicate lining of the
stomach, pray do not aver that indi-
gestion arises from the morsel of fruit
taken at the end.
Be honest with your stomach for a
month. Eat no more than you need
of simple food, into which the true
luxuries of nature, such as apples,
oranges, pears or other fruit, shall
enter. Try, if only as an interesting
experiment, to eat sparing1y of the
cruder articles of diet, and more of
those suited to your real needs, and
see to it that fruit forms a part of
each meal.
''But there are so many kinds of
fruit that 1 cannot eat"
"There it is again. Because you
cannot eat seventeen kinds of food at
one meal ending with fruit, it, of
course, was the apple or the straw
berries that did the HARM"
"But doesn't fruit make the blood
thin ?"
1t certainly does, and we are NIGH
ty glad of it. Ask any doctor who has
practised medicine for ten years with
his eyes open, and he will tell you
that the great majority of grown-up
folks have blood too thick.
"The minerals and natural acid of
the fruit are the very best conceivable
remedies for this thickened condition
of the blood. Fruit then becomes
both fruit and a medicine-a neces-
sity and most delightful luxury.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11
THE RIVAL GORILLAs.

Once upon a time a gorilla was in
love, and while he delayed his propo-
sal rival appeared on the scene,
gained the affections of the one he
loved, proposed, was accepted and
soon married her.
A year passed, and the disappoint-
ed lover called on his successful rival
while he was swinging on a hickory
limb, with a crying baby in his arms,
and silently listened to his wife scold-
ing him for some fancied breech of
household regulations.
THAT was narrow escape" he
said as he turned quickly in his tracks
and hurried away"
MoRAL-Delays are dangerous
for the other fellow.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11
THE BIRD THAT FLIES LONGEST.

Mr.. J. Lancaster, naturalist, who
spent FIVE years on the west coast of
Florida studying birds there, came to
the conclusion that of all the feather
ed tenants of the air the frigate bird
can fly the longest without resting.
He has seen one flying for a whole
week night and day without repose.
The frigate bird can feed, collect
materials for its nest and even sleep
on the wing. Apparently its wings
can be controlled automatically, with
out the power of its will, and it prob
ably adapts itself to take advantage
of the upward or bearing force of the
wind. The spread of the frigate
birds wing is great, and it can fly at
a speed of ninety-six miles an hour,
without seeming to flap its wings
much.
The albatross-that liking of the
high SEAS" as it has been called-is
larger than the frigate bird, but if it
follows a vessel for four or five days
it has to rest on rock or on the ship
itself.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11

ZONE NIGHT Costello picked up a
man who was unable to give his
name, SO they booked him as John
Doe,' of course" said the bailiff.
"In the morning he was brought up
before Judge Dooley. What's his
name?' asks the Judge. 'Saragawin-
ski, your honor says Costello. He
couldn't remember it last night, so
we had to book him down as John
Doe.' Well, well, says the Judge.
I don't wonder. If l had name
like that, I'd forget it myself"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11

A WOMAN who respects herself is
more beautiful than a single star
more beautiful than many stars at
night.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11

GLADYs--"Were you alarmed when
he kissed your"
Ethel-"Dreadfully !"
Gladys-"And did you scream ?"
Ethel-"Oh, no! 1t was a still
alarm p
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11

IT'S THE easiest thing in the world
to offer assistance to people who don t
need it.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11

THE MILKMAN can generally be
depended upon to make his customers
take water.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11

WHEN MEN don't like feller an
the wimen do, it's purity sure bettin'
thet the men're right.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11

DON'T TRUST a feller thet looks
somewhere else when ye try to look
in his eyes.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11

BORROWING is sorrowing, and SO
is lending half the time.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-11

If PRACTICE makes perfect the av-
erage doctor ought to be paragon.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22
PHILATELIST WORKS SCHEME
Government Authoride Decide They
Are PowerIess to stop
the Game.

The postof1ce inspectors have unearthed
a fraud which they believed could be pun
ished by the federal authorities, but after
the Department Of Justice had investigated,
it was decided that the fraud did not come
within the statute.
At the time the Columbian stamps were
issued by the Postoffice department, in 1898,
a large number of facsimiles Of every de-
nomination issued we're printed on card
board and issued to those requesting them
without cost. A local philatelist recently
secured from the department a large num-
Der Of the cards bearing the facsimile OF
the series and by the use of sharp knives
reduced the cardboard to the thickness of
the paper Upon which the regular stamps
were printed. He then simulated the per-
forations along the edge of the stamps, and,
FASTING the series upon cards, offered them
for sale as genuine Columbian stamps for
less money than the cancelled stamps in
series can be secured.
The low price at which the stamps were
offered attracted the attention of other
dealers, and they suspected counterfeits.
matter was placed in the hands of the
local inspectors, who soon uncovered the
fraud and turned the matter over to the
district attorneys office. From this Office
came the decision that the action Of the
stamp collector could not be questioned by
the government unless he should attempt to
use the fraudulent stamps for the trans
mission OF letters.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22
lions to be present, there will be songs
by a quartet.
NEXT MONDAYS EXCURSIONS
knights of Ak-sar-Ben Arranging 60
Receive Visitors from
Three states.

The Board Of Governors OF the knights Of
Ak-Sar-Ben Is making arrangements for the
last Of the excursions to the city previous
to those given during the fall festival.
These excursions will take place next Mon
day and that night the visitors will be taken
into the order and admitted to the mys-
teries which surround the throne this sea-
son. On this occasion the excursions will
be over the Milwaukee, the Illinois Cen
trail and the Wabash. with a special excur-
sion over the Union Pacific from certain
points not covered by the excursion rates
given heretofore. The towns from which
people will come on Monday are:
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
Aston, Defiance, Earling. Panama, Ports
mouth, Persia, Yorkshire, Nicola, Under
wood. Weston, Manila, Buck Grove, Arion,
Bell, Kenwood, Charter Oak, Ute, Maple
ton, Rodney, Grant Center, Hornick, owego.
Luton, Flanders, Glen Ellen, Morningside,
Sioux City, all in Iowa.
Illinois Central Railway-Dunlap. Dow
City, Arion, Denison. Deloit. CRADLE, Rode,
Logan, Woodbine, all in Iowa.
Wabash Railroad-Mineola, Silver City,
Malvern, White Cloud, Strahan, Imogene.
Shenandoah, Coin, Blanchard, in Iowa, and
Elmo and Burlington Junction in Missouri.
Union Pacifc--Schuyler, Columbus, Madi-
son, Fullerton, Cedar Rapids, Belgrade, st.
Edwards, Monroe, Genoa, Boone.
Governor Savage and staff, who were ex-
pected on Monday, have decided to post
pone their visit one week and will be pres
ent September 1, at which time Il is hoped
that an excursion from Lincoln will bring
the Commercial club and other citizens of
the Capital city.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22
DOUGLAS COUNTY VETERANS
ola Boys Hold n Successful Reunion
at Elk City and Elect
Omcers.

The Douglas County Veterans associa-
ton is holding its annual reunion at Elk
City this week and is having a great time
from all points Of view. Attendance is
large, weather is hne and enthusiasm
knows no bounds.
Thursday, the second day OF the reunion,
witnessed the election of ofieers for the
coming year. Charles Herrier OF Valley
was elected president; w. e. somes Of Elk
City, first vice president; Fred Etter OF
South Omaha, second vice president; ID.
NJ. Haverly Of Omaha, secretary; Charles
B.. Hall Of Omaha. treasurer.
About 5000 people were on the grounds
during the day. The principal speakers
Of the afternoon were e. ]. Cornish, N. G.
Pratt, G. r. Scott and w. A. Debord, all
Of Omaha. A sham battle was given at
4 O'Clock. At the camp IRE tonight many
army stories were told and army songs
we're sung. Judge Lee Estelle was the
principal speaker this evening. The re-
union will close Friday evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22
ACCUSED OF STEALING TOOLS
Detective Causes the Arrest of Three
Former Employees of Union
Pacific.

d. McKenna, William Mobiles and Charles
A. Forbes are under arrest charged with
grand larceny. The complaints were sworn
to by a representative of the Union Pacific
Railroad company, who alleges that the
men stole tools of the value of about $170
from the shops. The robbery is alleged to
have occurred on or about August Is, and
the complaint specifies one box of steel
files valued at $40; FIVE boxes of wrenches
valued at $40 each and other tools to the
value Of $50.
Forbes was lodged in the county Jail
Wednesday night and yesterday his hear
ing was set for Saturday in police court
He has been released on bond. Mobiles and
McKenna were arrested at Bancroft. They
have not been arraigned. Forbes denied
the charge against him, but refused to dis
cuss the case. Ia
Special Oficer Wizard Of the Union Pa
cihc visited the home of Forbes, 214 South
Twenty ninth street, and there discovered
a quantity of tools and paint brushes with
the Union Pacific mark on them. At the
residence Of Mobiles. 3511 Burt street. more
Of the goods alleged to have been stolen
were found. In all about $3.50 worth were
recovered. The house of McKenna has not
yet been searched. The men are former
employees Of the Union. Pacific.
For some months the Union Pacific COM
pany has been missing tools from the shops,
but until the arrests Wednesday nothing had
been lone to stop It. While the repre-
sentative Of the company would not discuss
the case, he left the impression that the
arrested men had confederates on the inside
who brought the tools out IN order that
they could be disposed Of.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22
ToniEht nd CourtInnd.

Nordin's orchestra will tonight render a
classical program and tomorrow night a
program composed entirely Of coon melodies
and popular selections. The revolving lad
der performances, that have so highly
amused the large audiences this week, will
be continued every afternoon and evening
while Sig Frisco, the aerialist, will con-
tinue his pendulating perch acts and Tony
Faust his slack wire performance. Monday
viii be Strauss night; Tuesday, descriptive
night Wednesday. sousa night; Thursday,
comic opera night; Friday, classical night;
Saturday, coon melody night. The Jack.
sonian club picnic will be held August SC
and Labor day picnic September /, at Court
land beach.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22
LABOR MEN WILL CELEBRATE
Exercises September First VIII BE at
CORTLAND Beach for strik-
ers' Benefit.

The committee appointed by the Central
Labor union to make arrangements for the
celebration Of Labor day has decided to hold
the usual exercises at CORTLAND Beach. A
contract has been made with the manage
ment whereby the union is to receive one
half Of the gross receipts of the day and
these receipts will be turned over to the
unions now on strikes.
The program will include games and
speeches by members of the unions COM
posing the Central Labor union. The ar
engagements for the parade are not COM
plete, but Will be announced later. The
parade will march over some Of the prin-
cipal streets and the marchers will take
cars for the grounds about noon. The ad-
mission to the grounds will be the usual
fee Of 10 cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22
TOMPsETT NAY BE RETIREp
Board of Education C~onHiderinR
Change in Military In
structiOn.

At a special meeting Of the Board Of Ed
ucation to be held this week the question
OF securing a military instructor from the
United States army will be considered. The
War department has said that 100 officers
would be detailed for this purpose to 60 to
schools where at least 100 pupils are to be
given instruction in military science during
the year. The cadet battalion at Omaha
will number more than 200 at all times,
which puts this school well beyond the
limit.
Members OF the board who are favorable
to the plan say that It may cause some
friction for the reason that the present
commandant Of cadets, Mr.. Tompsett, has
been employed for a year and may insist
upon the contract being carried out. 1t is
proposed by those who desire to carry out
the contract that Mr.. Tompsett be given
the position of clerk to the suuerintendent
Of buildings, or some similar position to be
created. so that he can draw his pay for the
year and the school still have the benefit Of
the regular officer. The desire to change
the contract with the commandant is caused
by the fact that the regular officers will be
detailed for a period OF two years, and IL
one is not secured for Omaha as soon as
the detail is made 1t may be impossible to
secure one before the end Of two years.
At the special meeting to be called it is
expected that the final steps in the matter
Of securing additional ground for the Mon
mouth Park school will be taken and the
tract purchased or negotiations dropped.
The price at which the tract was offered was
$500. A bid of $1,75O was made and It is
understood that the owner will sell for
1000. Friends of the purchase believe that
it will be made below the latter figure.
The smokestack at the High school will
also be considered and 1t is expected that
some friction will develop between those
who think a new chimney necessary and
those who believe that the present one, with
a few alterations, can be utilized.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22
RinEIinx Bros. Coming.

Arrangements are under way for a return
visit OF Ringing Brothers big circus to
Omaha. The date has been definitely set
for Monday, September is. This will bring
the show to Omaha on Sunday and the pub
lie will have an opportunity to see the al
ways interesting sights incident to a big
~caravansary in Sunday quarters. The big
show has made an extensive tour this
season, and Is now winning success and
appreciation on the Pacific coast. In a few
days 1t will turn eastward again, and Omaha
and many OF the smaller cities of Nebraska
will have an opportunity to see the exhi-
bition in its new garb. For the announce
ment is made that everything in connection
with the show is entirely new this year.
pharaphernalia is new and up-to-date,
the costuming is brilliant and rich beyond
anything hitherto attempted. while the per-
Torrance is presented by a great company
Of 300 artists, hardly one of whom has ever
before been seen in this city. The spec
tacular displays are also new, and special
and unusual attention has been given to
trained animal novelties of all kinds. In
the spectacular line 1t is probable that the
new equine ballet takes first place. This is
said to be the most brilliant and exhilarat-
ing display of high class horses and horse
manship ever presented in an American
circus. 1t is the browning achievement of
John O'Brien, the successful originator of
many clever horse acts and the trainer of
the sixty-horse act which attracted so much
attention with Ringing Brothers circus
last season. Wonderfully trained elephants
seals and sea lions. bears and ponies con-
tribute to the success OF the raine ami
NAL section of the show.