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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10
SOLVING IT.

Patrick, thrifty tradesman in the
neighborhood of the Dublin docks,
was, the story goes, a man who never
spent penny more than he needed
to spend, but he was nevertheless as
good man at the making of an Irish
bull as any who lived between Bantry
and Ballycastle.
Having one day occasion to send a
letter to a place some distance, Pat
rick called a messenger and asked
him his price for going such a dis
tance.
"It'll be shillin'," /" said the man.
"Twice too much p said Patrick.
"Let it be sixpence."
"Nivver," answered the messen-
ger. "The way is that lonely that
I'd nivver go it under shillin' -
LONELY, is it?" said Patrick
scratching his head. Faith, an
ye're right. Now, man, I'll tell ye
what we'll do; make it sixpence,
an I'll go wild ye to kape ye com.
pany p
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10
THE oLD.TlME SPELLING.

Only SO out of I4I Freshmen at
Northwestern University were able
to pass an examination in spelling.
They were tested with ordinary
words, not with difficult and perplex-
ing ones, and the test was too much
for most of them. Probably similar
examinations at almost any American
university would show substantially
the same results. Spelling is not an
accomplishment in which college
youth excel. Nor do the graduates
of the common schools distinguish
themselves in this useful, but now
somewhat superciliously regarded,
branch. The letters of the average
public school graduate or university
graduate are likely to be prolific in
bad spelling. The question natural
ly arises, why the situation of fact is
such as is thus presented! What
ever the defects or drawbacks of the
old country school, it managed to
turn out scholars who were reasona-
bly, good spoilers. In fact, there was
a time in country districts when
lads ability to spell was considered
of higher order than the capacity to
solve problems. Woe unto the coun-
try storekeeper who put up bulletin
board of prices and spelling the arti-
cles for sale or purchase wrong or
the printer who made a mistake IN a
sale bill; the constable or road super
visor, and so on, in pnblic notice |!
He became the subject of mockery or
laughter, and the strength of his in
tellectuals was doubted by the school
boy. In the old days, lad learned
to spell by constant practice and the
exercise of memory. 1t may have
been mechanical way, but it an
swered its purpose and brought re-
suits. Professor Clark, of the North
western University, says the cause OF
bad spelling now is the Scientific"
method of teaching it. 1t seems to
turn out scholars who know how not
to spell. Still methods" get to be
hobbies, which are ridden too fire.
quently in all assemblies discussing
education. Nothing can equal the
pity which the enthusiasts of the new
method bestow upon children who
have learned to spell without reliance
upon it. Spelling is nothing F.; meth
cd is everything. Let us remember
that, when we come across fantastic
or laundering speller. The worse he
spells, the more superior is the meth
cd by which he came to the preemi-
nence as a muddler and twister of or
biography.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10
GOT him AT LAST.
CHAPTER /.

CHAPTER I.
Jim Smith, he was
A lucky one,
AS people run;
He never had
A day in bed,
Or broken head;
He lodged the care
When lightning struck
He played in luck;
He never fell
Into q hole
Or from a pole;
He never looked
Into a gun,
Even in fun;
Jim always seemed
To be away
On trouble day;
When other men
We're sick. why, he
Was wells could be,
And everything
In Nature lent
To Jim's content.
CHAPTER II.
He lived along
From day to day,
This happy way
And everyone,
Short, tall or slim,
Just envied him
because Mt ~s>.y
AS they could see,
So gay and free;
But all things end
And so must this
No man can miss
His destiny;
So twas with Jim
They finished him
And sent his wreck
Back to his mate
Upon a plate,
When he had Judged
All me! All woe i
The Baby Show!!!
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10

In ADDRESSING letters there are
some States that should never be abb
breviated. For instance Ala. might
stand for Alabama or Alaska f; Ida.
might be taken for Idaho or Indiana !;
o. might stand for Ohio, Oregon, or
Oklahoma 10. may be either Iowa
or Idaho. Better be careful if you
want your letters to go straight.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10

"I AM afraid, Bobby" said his
mother, "that when 1 tell your faith
er what naughty boy you've been
he will punish you severely" Have
you got to tell him?" asked Bobby,
earnestly. 80, yes I shall tell him
Immediately after dinner" The look
of concern on Bobby's face deepened.
"Well, mother" said he, "give him
a better dinner than usual. You
might do that much for me-"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10

''YEs, lisa very valuable property
now, but a few years ago l could
have had it for a mere song" "And
couldn't sing, eh ?" "Oh I could
sing, but 1 couldn't get the right
notes."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10

ONE SWALLOW may not make
summer, but grasshopper can make
spring.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10
CIDER AND VINEGAR.

To keep cider sweet it should be
made Of good apples, as late as posi-
BILE, be carefully strained to remove
all pomace, etc., allowing to settle
for day or two and then barreled
and kept as cool as possible, giving
no more vent than is necessary, says
a New England Homestead writer.
AS soon as the first fermentation is
over bung tightly. Keep cool and
expose to the air as little as possible.
Cider can be kept perfectly sweet by
scalding and skimming and bottling
and sealing tightly while hot. The
keeping of cider with preservatives
and antiseptics is another matter and
directions should be obtained from
the manufacturers.
The conditions for making vinegar
of cider are the opposite of those for
keeping the cider sweet. Heat and
exposure to the air are what produce
the change from sour cider to vinegar.
Put the cider into barrels. Those
which have been used for vinegar be-
fore are preferable. Fill them about
two-thirds full and put in warm
place, with a temperature Of SO to go
degrees. Leave out the bung so the
air can get in. A piece of mosquito
netting can be placed over the bung-
hole. A low shed is a good place in
summer, and near the furnace in
winter.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10

MRS. HARTT-"Yes, 1 have no
doubt there are unhappy marriages,
but really I cannot understand how
they are possible. Now, there's
George and 1, we are so devoted.
He says he could not exist without
me, and I'm sure 1 live only for
him." Mrs. Greene-"You really
are to be congratulated, both of you.
By the way, how long have you been
married ~ Mrs. Hartt-"Just week
day after tomorrow
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10

ONE fool in a family ought to be
enough, but it seldom happens that
way.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10

You CAN'T make the waiter be-
lieve that everything comes to him
who waits.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10

IT DOESN'T take muscular young
woman to throw a fellow overheard.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10

Earl and Margaret left the miner
with his dead son, and they went
into their own empty pantry they
pressed each others hands.
Poor little child murderers, -
Margaret whispered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29
ARTIFICIAL COLONIES.
New Solution of the DilicuIt Problem
of Controlling the Desired In
crease Of Bees.

There has always been rather diff
cult problem in controlling increase of
bees, and also in making artificial
swarms or colonies by any method that,
VIII give as good returns as natural
swarms. A method that has been re-
Gently practiced to quite an extent,
seems to have come near the desired ef-
feet, and swarms made on this plan
have, as general thing, given as GOOD
results as natural swarms. The honey
producer as rule does not want
sWarms, or increase of colonies, for IN
crease thus is always at the expense
OF the honey crop, writes A. ID. DUN,
in Kansas Farmer. But owing to very
close attention it takes to keep down
swarming, which the apiarist has not
always time to give, especially when
he is running several apiaries at d1t-
ferent locations, it turns out tnat he
loses many good swarms of bees in his
absence, which means a heavy loss to
the honey crop. If he could arrange
to have all his colonies to swarm on
one and the same day, he would not
object SO strongly to swarms. The
plan hit upon is about the same thing.
Perhaps it is little ahead. 1t is called
"shook swar1ns." When the hives be-
come strong and nearing the swarm
ing point, the apiarist opens them up
and takes out the frames and the bees
are shaken off into a new hive, and
enough only are left in the old hive to
take care of the young brood in the
combs. The new hive is prepared to
receive the bees as hive would be to
receive any swarm. The bees are well
smoked before shaking, so that they
are we'll filled with honey as in nat
ural swarming, and the colony thus
formed is composed of classes of bees
the same as a natural swarm, being
feld-workers, comb-builders and nurse
bees. They are thus left to the old
stand to begin work anew, and they do
it with as much vigor and in the same
businesSlike manner as natural
swarms. This satisfies.the bees in the
line of swarming seemingly, the same
as in natural swarming.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29
POULTRY PARAGRAPHS.

Filthy drinking vessels introduce dis
ease.
Better have the poultry hungry than
overfed.
1t wouldn't be a bad idea to clean
that feed-trough.
Fowls soon become accustomed to
regular hours of feeding.
1t isimportant in the management of
poultry that cleanliness and regularity
be observed.
1t would be a good plan to feed
charred corn occasionally from now
until next spring.
One of the objections of feeding
sloppy food is that il too often makes
conditions which invite disease.
Don't expect that the poultry bust
ness will run ITSELF any more than
any other business. No gains without
pains.
We cannot say too often to the be-
ginner: Go slow. There is money
poultry, but it isn't to be found without
hard work and persistence.
Roup is unusually prevalent this
wear. Keep the chickens in a dry
house free from draughts, and look out
for colds, which may develop into roup.
Commercial Poultry.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29
ABOUT BLIND STAGGERS.
A Pig Disease Which Usually Yields
Very Quickly to Medicine and
Change in Feeding.

The attack is generally preceded by
dizziness for a day or so with apparent
tendency of blood to the head, which
will be shown by infiamed eyes. The
bowels are constipated and the pulse
hard and quick. If not relieved during
this stage of the attack the animal
runs wildly about, generally in cir
Gle, appears blind, will run against
objects, breathing laboriously, and
often dies during one of these fits.
Often it is caused by indigestible food,
feeding hogs on dry corn when they
should have a mixed and sloppy diet.
It is more often caused by a fit of in
digestion combined with costivenesS,
and can be relieved by getting the bow
els to act freely early in the disease
by injection of warm soapsuds accom-
panied with three drains of pulver-
lied castor bean mixed with molasses
and smeared on the back of the
tongue. If the hogs are badly cOnsti-
pated teaspoonful of calomel may
be substituted. Cold water should be
frequently dashed on the head, while
along the spine turpentine may be
applied, we'll rubbed in. Sulphite of
soda may be added to the injection,
materially adding to its rapidity.
Turpentine in small quantities added
to injections will have stimulating
as we'll as a local effect.-Rural New
Yorker
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29
GOT A NEEDED LESSON.
Mnria Forgot the Salt and Her EN-
plOyer Gave Her Something
for Her Memory.

The forgetfulness of servants is the bane
of all housekeepers. A London merchant
has servant who, although possessing many
good qualities, was at first very forgetful.
This fault was especially annoying at meal
times, when something essential was sure
to be lacking from the table relates the
New York Times.
One day the family were seated at the
table and the bell was rxcS as usual. The
girl hurried to the dinng-room.
Maria" said Herr b, Just run and
fetch the big steplaoder oown from the attic
and bring it here"
Maria, who had been disturbed at her
dinner, gave grunt of dissatisfaction,
but ran up the three flights of stairs to
fetch down the ladder In about five
minutes she returned to the room painting
with her eXertion.
Now" said Herr b, put it up at
that end of the room and climb to the top"
Maria did as she was told, and when
she was at the top Herr B quietly OBJ.
served:
Maria, you have now got better view
than we have; just look around and tell
us if you can see any salt on the table.
My wife and | could not find it"
This settled the business Maria has
never forgotten the lesson.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29
CURRENT TOPICS.

Plumbers in England receive $1O.34
O week.
The average New Yorker pays $10.44
street car fare year
The amount invested in the Siberian
railway is $401. 100000
In the United States 10000 locomo-
tives haul 100000 cars.
A ton of coal was shipped to Man
chester, N. H., by express.
The first electric railway was that
of Siemens of Berlin in 1879.
The Rock Island Railroad company
has started to build a road to the Pa
cific.
Uncle Sam employs nearly 1870
women in the various departments at
Washington.
The number of people employed In
the British civil service now exceeds
half million.
Importation of Negroes from the
United States has been suggested as
solution of the labor problem in Ha-
wall.
1t is reported that the Egyptian cot
ton crop for 1902 can not be estimated
over 1,138,50O bales Of 500 pounds
each.
Louis w. Thronburg, of Ottumwa.
Ia, is the oldest settler in that state,
and his wife was the first white child
born in Iowa.
In Siberia a winter rainbow some
times lasts almost all the day. 1t is
caused by fine particles of snow sus-
pended in the air.
The yield of apples in the province
of Ontario (Canada) for 1902 was 49,
1856, 1926 bushels from 7,024,890 trees of
bearing age; average yield per tree
Csc bushels.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is
quoted as saying regarding the British
empire: ut is the essential policy OF
this country to consolidate intimacy
and encourage friendship with the
United States"
DR.. Cotton Mather, who died in Bos-
ton in 1928, was the author of 3S2
works, some of them being of huge di-
mansions. The most bulky Of his
works contained seven large folio vol
umes He died at the age of 65.
Baron Pierre du Coubertin and the
manager of the international Olympian
games of 1904 have expressed a will
lingness to assent to the proposed
transfer of the games from Chicago, as
originally intended, to ST. Louis.
It sometimes takes long time to make
up a little mind.-Ram's Horn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29
WOMAN'S WAY.
n Ut me ashore! I was a fool to
come out with YOU"

sd Ut me ashore! I was a fool to
come out with you
In the stern of the little row boat
Nancy DaIton's voice rose loudly-half
angry. half frightened. The frail
craft swung out, pointing toward the
center of the mountain lake, glitter
ing in the hot sun of the August aft
ernOon.
"Oh, Dick, please take me in" Her
tone was pleading now. Its getting
late, Dick"
The tanned face bending above the
oars was curiously pale. "Not yet,
broke from the set lips. 81 don't have
many chances to row you, lately"
But they'll expect me-" She
glanced anxiousIy at the receding
banks. No answer. The boat shot on.
After a moment: ''Dick!"
"WeIl?"
"There is no use in being so fool
ish. It's silly. A big, strong man like
you shouldn't mind. There are plenty
Of other girls"
The man paused in his rowing and
pointed with dripping oar. Look"
he said, hoarsely. ''Way over on the
hilI-my little house, Nan. | was
building it for you-for us. when J.
could make you a home you said. 1t
is almost done. Now" A quick
choke strangled his words.
'Pm sorry, Dick. Of course, [
couldn't tell about-about-" Her
hand went to her eyes. I'm only a
girl, you know"
Dick Caney's words came fiercely:
you're sorry! You couldn't tell!
Only a girl! In the name of the Heav-
en- | hoped for and the hell I'm going
to, how does that help me? It's your
eyes and hair and hands and voice
you! Mamie, I've worked and planned
and waited, dreaming of the day COM
ing when / should take you home.
TO look in your eyes, to stroke your
hair, feel your hands, hear your voice
and know at last you were mine-all
mine"
'Oh. Dick!"
"And trusting you, I never dreamed
Of anyone else. ] don't blame Burns.
He's a man same as ] am. And you
are ten years younger than /. Your
folks-welI, he's got money and style,
and I'm only Dick Caney. I'll take
the blame for my blindness, but he
shall never have you, Nannie-never!"
ooh, take me home, Dick! Don't
talk like that! Don't look so at me!
Please take me home"
Pm going to-" The strained
weather-beaten face was full of a
fierce pity. The suffering eyes roved
off across the water.
"She said" he spoke as if to him
self, "she said, Dick, I'd as lief marry
you as anyone, and when you've made
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29
Rees Do Not Injure Fruit.

Because honey-bees sting people
who don't like them and are disliked
by them, they are often accused of
sundry misdoings. Among these it is
claimed that bees will sometimes in
iure ripe fruits. To determine wheth-
er the accusation was deserved or not,
an experiment was tried. A quantity
of damaged fruit was placed on table
in the open air, and many bees from
neighforing hives were attracted to il.
After they had gotten fairly to work
upon it, the damaged fruit was re-
moved, and sound fruit put in its place.
In a few minutes the bees had aban-
doned the table. Most of the damage
to fruit charged to bees is done by
birds, ants, wasps and hornets; the
honey bee is not able to injure sound
fruit Midland Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29

allure. The pan has sheet iron bot
tom and ends and is placed over
small trench in which a fire is built
to heat the water in the scalder. The
sides and ends are made faring and
the dimensions OF the pan are as fol-
lows, outside measurements: Bot
tom, 33 inches wide and five feet eight
inches long; ends, % inches wide at
bottom, and 80 inches at top; sides,
"a inches deep, five feet eight inches
long at bottom, and six feet three
inches at top. The bottom and ends
are one piece, and nailed directly to
the two-inch pine sides. This pan cost
four dollars and has been in use every
winter by nearly all our neighbors
for ten years. Try one.-Almer q.
Tufts, in Rural New Yorker.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29
IT Pays to Use Scales.

Every farm should have its scales
and the farmer should use them. Ex-
perience proves that in marking hay,
Grain. live stock, ETC., one cannot al
ways rely on the figures he must take
from the dealer. Then, where he is
feeding stock, he is running great risk
if he does not weigh the amount OF
feed put into the lot, and determine
the rate of gain the animals are maxi
ing by weighing at least once week.
It pays, as many successful feeders
know, by experience, to know as soon
as a loss in the rate of gain begins. 1t
pays to know on what feed the ami
mails do best, and to f5 ure out the
amount of profit. You cannot do this
without pair of good scales.-Mid-
land Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29
Indian Servant Girls.

A new solution of the servant girl
problem is being discussed in the
large cities of the west. Indian girls,
from special training schools, are be-
ing employed as servant girls. 1t is
said that the Indian girls who have
been properly trained are found to
be perfect embodiments of satisfac-
tory domestic service. Five thou
sand or more Indian girls have been
engaged from the various Indian
schools of the southwest to act as
domestics in the homes of wealthy
people in Kansas City, Chicago, ST.
Louis and Denver. Most of these
girls are from the Chilacco and Has
kell Indian schools. The Indian girls
are physically strong. They are, as
a rule, faithful, polite and unobtru-
sive.-Buffalo Enquirer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29
HIEZ EllI|II Ifi'II 3 T'RFIR7TTI
SCRATCHING sHEDNHoUsE.

has proved about right. They may be
confined closer, if they have a scratch
ing shed where they can run in bright
weather.
This may be made open to the sor'
and annexed to the hen house, and it
would be better if such shed or apart
ment was closed with plenty of glass
on the south side. This apartment
need not be as warm as the regular
house Mine is of plain boards put on
up and down, and cracks battened. 1t
has two large windows in south, as
cut shows, with spacious door, which
can be left open on fine winter days,
so the hens enjoy good warm sun
bath. The windows should be ar
ranged with curtains to close cold
nights. Most of the feeding is done
in the scratching pens in litter of chaff
or straw.-Orange Judd Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29

a comfortable home for me, l will
She promised. Yes, she promised. Of
course she belongs to me. Poor lit
tie Nan! SO soft and sweet and pref
ty! Oh, she can never know what
just thinking of her has been to me
all these lonely days and nights. To
think of my harming one hair of her
head. 1t will be over quickly"
The girl screamed. Caney looked at
her.
IF ] didn't love you so, dear,
wouldn't do this" said the man, quiet
~. Come home with me now"
His barred muscular arm went out
suddenly. One brown hand pressed
firmly on the terrified lips.
"Cr-r-ack!" The rifle shot echoed
and reechoed about the peaceful
wooded shores. Conveys head sank in
the fainting woman's lap. A gasp, a
shuddering. downward slide, and his
body collapsed. huddled at her feet.
The girl slipped forward and the boat
careened to the gunwale.
Leonard Burns from his canoe hid
den in the rushes had taken a rapid
aim, but he was an expert. There
seemed no other way, and he fired
without a second of hesitation. Now
the water boiled behind him as his
paddle flew. Surely he had just time,
Coming down to the pond from the
pasture after an hours hunt of the
elusive woodchuck, it had been cool
and pleasant lying there among the
high weeds with his eye on that dis
tant fishhawk, his gun upon his arm.
Pleasant, too, his thoughts o: Nam
ME Dalton, yet with a shadow. That
delightful Irritation; it had r;pened
suddenly and unexpectedly into an en-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-29
Walnut Salad.

Take one cupful each of chopped
walnuts-either the native or the
English nuts celery and apples;
combine, and sprinkle over two
tablespoonfuls of sugar; let these
stand ten or fifteen minutes; imme-
diately before serving add the dress
ing. Spread whipped cream over the
dish and garnish with perfect half
meats. A cream dressing IS prefer
able to one made from oil for this
ad.-Ladies' World, New York.