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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29
THE CLOCK WOMAN.

| When the modern woman gets into
her most modern raiment she resem-
bles a clock-interesting from the
front only.
She drags her hair out over her
forehead in a dropping cushion and
tops it with a rossette, or else sur
mounts it with forward pitching hat
with forwarded-posed trimming.
Her neck is encircled by front
embroidered collar or ribbon stock
that is crossed in the back with as
much careless abandon as if it were
the old-fashioned remedy for sore
throat-a strip of red flannel inclos-
ing slice of fat pork-and is then
fetched to the front and tied in a
fetching bow.
Her waist is plain and fiat in the
back and elaborately embroidered
and tucked and stitched in front, and
is closed by numerous big buttons of
more or less ornateness and useful
ness, and is surmounted by dangling
chain of more ornateness and less use
fulness, and its sagging pouch effect
is outlined by belt with a highly
ornamental clasp hanked by flap
| ping watch fob or bunch of nodding
| flowers.
Her skirt has trimmed front
breadth or the seams are stitched or
tucked or plated or strapped, all ex-
cept the back ones, which are plain,
and the back breadth is scant to a
step-impeding tightness.
Her shoes are embellished with
tapping bows or shiny buckles, and
we'll to the front she carries her para
sol and fan and purse.
To be sure, the back of her neck
breaks out now and then in a chiffon
rosette and her belt gets pinned down
in the back with a slide of chilled
steel the size and shape of car coup
ling link, and now and then swal-
low-tail belt fiaunts its perky flaps, or
some piacket pins advertise their use
fu1ness; but so does the back of
clock display sometimes upon its un-
compromising plainnesS a row of nail
heads or loop at the top by which
to hang it up.
The modern woman comes tripping
toward us in all her brave array, and
as she passes US in her forward-lean-
ing gear she appears to be speeding
before some coming storm, and as we
turn to look after her she seems sud
denly to have disappeared and in her
place in changeling, plain of costume
and unimpressive of mein.
Of course, there are many other
ways in which our woman is like
clock beside her way of dressing her.
self as if she were to hang against the
wall, for she tells with her face a-many
a little thing besides the flight of the
years which the finger of time marks
there and. her own hands seek to
erase. She gets put forward some
tooeffa fapldf a fh She gets tfa f6aaakgst se ?6 6u, t.
being self-winding, she seldom runs
down and although she often speaks
at the wrong time and says the wrong
thing, we would feel quite lost with
out her.-Ge1tevG Lane.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29
HOW DID YOU DIET

Did you tackle that trouble that came your way
With resolute heart and cheerful,
Or hide your face from the light of day
With a craven soul and fearful?
Oh, troubles ton, or troubles an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make 1t;
And it isn't the fact that your hurt that counts
But only how did you take it.
You are beaten to earth Well well, what's that
Come up with smiling face;
It's nothing against you to fall down fiat.
But to lie there-thats disgrace.
The harder you're thrown, why, the higher you'll
bounce;
Be proud of your blackened eyel
1t isn't the fact that you're licked that counts;
It's how did you fight-and why?
And though you be done to the death, what then ?
If you battled the best you could,
If you played your part in the world of men,
Why, the Critic will call it good.
Death comes with crawl, or comes with q
pOunce,
And whether he's slow or spry,
1t isn't the fact that you're dead that counts,
But only how did you die?
Edmund Vance Cooke
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29
THE HARDY SEX.

1t is yet to be proved that women
who wear low shoes are more subject
to colds than those who wear high
shoes. As yet it is to be proved that
those who are constantly on their
guard against what is called expo
sure" live longer than those who do
not care. When women not only sur
vive tickle climate but come out of
its most trying changes in clothing
OF weight that men would hardly
feel, it is difficult to see how their
yhealth can suffer because the wear
low shoes.
Now take man-take the average
man. He puts on FIVE thicknesses
of clothing on a cold day. Heis not
content if the temperature is below
rs in his Office. He would not think
of stepping across the street without
putting on his overcoat. In most
cases if the weather is at all bad he
would not venture out without his
muffler and over-shoes. Now take
that mans wife. She wears two or
three thin thicknesses of clothing
she doesn's mind the weather; she
will meet the blasts of Winter with
unconcern; in her home she will al
low the furnace fire to get low; she
will follow caller to the door, out
on the porch, and talk and talk and
talk, entirely unmindful of wraps.
Her husband takes colds-all
kinds of colds-every kind that is
going. His wife is good enough to
wonder with him, and tells him he
must be more careful of himself.
Mayby she will insist that in addi-
tion to all his other precautions against
exposure he shall wear a chest pro-
tector or porous plaster. But she
seldom takes colds and when she
does, she attributes the cold she takes,
not to carelessness, but to the fact
that she has inadvertently been try
ing to be careful of herself.
If sheer any other woman-fnds
greater comfort in low than she does
in high shoes if she wears low shoes
and openwork stockings from pure
vanity, why blame her? Are not the
women of America healthy? Are
they not harder than men, as rule?
Then why not let them have their
own way about low shoes, openwork
stockings and everything else that
gives them comfort or pleasure.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29
HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON YOUR GLOVES.

There are many ways in which, by
careful buying and proper care, the
woman of today may save consider
able portion of the money which she
now finds it necessary to spend for
new gloves.
In purchasing gloves, the first OBJ
ject, of course, must be to secure a
perfect fit. 1t does not always follow
that because you wear glove of
certain number, any glove which may
be stamped with the same number
will fit just as we'll. The fingers of
people, as we'll as the fingers of
gloves, vary i'll length and circumfer-
ence. Great care should be taken to
buy gloves of the right dimensions.
If glove is of the right size and
cut, much of its subsequent tractabil-
ity depends up the way it is first
put on.
1t should be perfectly adjusted to
the hand, with every seam straight
and true, each finger pushed down to
its proper place, and the whole fitted
smoothly and carefully. This will re-
quire little time, but it will be time
we'll invested.%
No attempt should be made to but
ton the glove till the hand is perfect
ly fitted then begin at the bottom,
and proceed gently-do nothing with
gloves in a hurry.
AS there is right way, and many
wrong ways, to put on gloves, there
is also a right way to take them off.
They should never be drawn off by
the finger tips, unless they are old and
very loose. Taking them off in that
way soon stretches the ends of the
fingers, so that they can never after
wards be made to give pleasing fit.
Instead, take the glove by the wrist
and draw it gently back over the
hand till the second joint of the finger
is reached. 1t can then be drawn off
the fnger-tips without damage.
When it is thus taken off, the very
best way to treat it is to leave the
fingers distended, just as they came
from the hand when it is next want
ed, it will fit the hand much more
easily, and look better, than if it
were smoothed and fattened back
into the form of new glove.
Gloves that are but slightly soiled
may be easily cleaned with the exer-
else of little patience and care. The
best way to Go this is to place the
glove upon the hand, wet piece OF
clean flannel with benzine and wipe
the stained part very lightly and
carefully. As soon as the flannel
shows any discoloration take new
portion.
When kid glove has been torn il
can, in most cases, be mended so as al
most to defy detection. Under the tear,
on the inside of the glove, place a
piece of strong silk of the proper size
and secure it by invisible stitches.
Then quilt the leather upon it with
darning stitches, which should be
made as nearly invisible as possible.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29
THE CREEK.

TIL crick? Why, bless you, man. it's good
To set an watch it dream along
An wish It a feller understood
Th' words it's putin in its song.
Why, it comes playin' through tn farms,
A-whisperin' to all tn grass
An calamus, at holds its arms
A-lettin' on at it can't pass.
An then it sort o. hesitates
Before it turns to go through town,
AS if tn water kind o. hates
To take tn path at hurries down
To where tn bridge spreads out shade
'At makes tn ripples dark an cool
An so it slips through there, afraid,
An rests when it has reached tn pool.
TIL pool-you know here that is Sho!
There where the ellum's bigges' limb
Hangs out, sign at down below
Is jest TIL place for boys to swim.
An then, tn crick, it travels on
An fights tn rocks, an seems to brawl
An quarrel with 'em-when it's gone
1t sends 'em back partin' call.
Tn crick Lord, bless you, man Why, half
TIL fun o. life is jest to set
An watch it run an sing an laugh
An shake the sunshine till it's wet.
Tn crick is lest like human kind
Or we're jest like it, as to that
Fergettin' what we've left behind,
When we get where the big worlds at.
Chicago Tribune.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29
TO PRESERVE EGGS.

The following valuable information
appeared in a recent issue of Woman S
Home Combanion
"Have a kettle of boiling water on
the stove and into that dip the eggs.
Let them remain as long as it takes
you to count ten fast. This recipe
has been in use in my family for forty
or fifty years. The eggs can not be
told from perfectly fresh eggs, as the
hot water cooks that fine inner skin
and there can be no evaporation.
There is no taste of lime about them
put up in this way. tits fine thing
for country women who want to hold
for better prices, and also for the city
woman who wants to purchase for fu-
ture use while eggs are cheap"
We RESPECT a good poet; we rev.
Il y
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29
HOUSEWIVES REMEMBER.

That it is always decidedly cheaper
in the end to buy only good carpets
and good furniture.
No matter how good the income, a
small sum should be put aside regu-
larly for the preverbial rainy day.
That a simple dinner well served
is decidedly more enjoyable than an
elaborate dinner poorly served.
That a practical knowledge of
ECONOMY of good cookery" will be
absolutely necessary for the young
housewife, no matter how much
"help'' she can afford to keep.
That all bills for marketing should
be paid weekly, or, better still, when
the articles are bought.
That with care and economy
small amount of money will do won
ders.
That it is important to be syste-
matte in looking over the left-overs.
That all cold vegetables and scraps
of meat may be used in the soups and
salads and croquettes and many appe-
tizing ways too numerous to men,
ton.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29

PARKER-"Ah, I see you have
parrot. How long have you had it?"
Kerwin-"Three weeks"
Parker-"Can it talk 7"
Kerwin-"Don't know. My wife
hasn't given it chance yet"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29

MARX TWAIN tells a story of a
man who received a telegram telling
him that his mother-in-law had died
and asking: "Shall we embalm,
bury or cremate herr" Twain says
he wired back: eyes, and if these
fail try dissection" :"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29

''MY LOVE for you," he wrote, "is
so deep, so vast, SO powerful, can
not express it."
"Why don't you send it by
freight?" she wrote back. And then
it was all off.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29

LOVERS OF cats should not forget to
provide their pets with a little green
food in winter. Lettuce leaves chop
ped in their food, or even celery
tops, are relished by cats. 1t is a
good plan to keep pot Of grass or
oats growing in the house for them
to nibble at.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29

Our CHILDISH loves are forgotten
because they left no sting.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29

MAN IS about the only animal that
kills fun.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29

IT DOES not make it right to do
what you ought not to do when you
don't do what you ought to do.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29

WE RESPECT a good poet; we rev.
erance good cook.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-29
"No," said Miss CAYENNE.
shouldn't say that he is illiterate. !"
"What should you say %

"That his vocabulary is too large.
He has acquired more words than he
has had time to learn to spell or pro-
nounce."
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
WITH AYERELL
On His Raid Salem, December, s63-Pvations Hard
ships of Nine Days March.


quantity to me in those days, much as
have learned to love him since, for durin.
a number of years duty with explorations
and surveys west of the Tooth Meridian,
after the war. he saved my bacon more
tlran once by his wonderful instinct.
The Colonel commanding cautioned the
men of his regiment not to look down at
the water while crossing the river. as, with
their already empty stomachS, they might
easily he seized with vertigo and fall of
their horses.
1t was Il dismal scene. Low, lcaden
clouds overhead: in front Il roaring, swish
ing torrent. carrying drift ice; behind, and
for all we knew, on all sides of lis, the
human enemy. Seven good men of the
18th Pa. We're swept down the river and
drowned, and scarce man looked at
them. since help was impossible and every
one had enough to do to look out for him
self.
IF those poor fellows could not get
across oil their big horses. what show have
| TO get across on this small jackass:' |
asked myself: and | determined | would
not cross, but would try and work my
way back to our lines by travelling at night
and hiding in the daytime. | was just
about to turn my mules head away from
the water. when. to my great surprise, Il
rear guard of 4 Captain and 20 men came
trotting up to the crossing.
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Gen. kimballs Farewell to the Goth Ohio.

w. s. Shus!er. Co. B. Goth Ohio. Shick
ley. Nebr sends the following address. is
sued by Byt. Maj.-ien. Nathan II mball,
ut Camp Harker, Tenn. June II. 1S63:
You. officers and men, OF the oh
Ohio after three long years of gallant de
votion to the cause of our common coun-
try i'll this war against rebellion. are now
about to return to your homes with honor
uustaned. and with reputation bright
with glory. Your deeds will 1--we forever.
In nearly every battle of the Southwest
Perryvile. Stone River. New Hope. ker G.
saw. Joneshoro. Lovejoy, Atlanta. Frank
liz. and Nashville. you have borne tha
Flag of the Union and the banners of
your noble State to victory OVER the fO2,
who would have destroyed the Cove nment
and Union made hy our fathers. God has
given YOU the victory. Remember Him.
And ROW that the war is over, the rebel
lion ii an end. remember those whom y5u
have conquered. Use victory "a becomes
true men and brave soldiers. Return to
your homes with eImity toward none.
with charity for all. | know that You will
be the best of citizens because l know you
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
Record of the a6th nh,o

]. n. Boho. Co. II. 3Gth Ohio, New
Plymouth, Ohio, writes: Aug. II. 1861
the 36th Ohio, 1,J40 officers and men
was mustered into the army, and sooE
thereafter left Camp Putnam, going to
West Virginia. At Parkersburg we re-
ceiyed GO recruits. From Parkersbmg
the regiment went by rail to Warenton
and participated in the battles of Cedar
Mountain and Bull Run. Gen. J. ID. Cox
commanding the. division; thence We
marched day and night until we engaged
the rebel advance at Frederick CITY. Md.
charging through the town and driving
the enemy to South Mountain and AHtie-
tam. In this campaign the regm ment S
losses were much greater than is recorded
IN history. l was one of the wounded
The regiment afterward marched to Han
cock, waded the Potomac and took pas
sage on hog cars for Clarksburg, w. Va
thence going 300 miles to Charleston w.
Va. where. with the 18th and SD Ohio
we boarded steamboats, and went down the
Ohio, and participated in numerous en-
gagements with the Western Army. In
June, 1863, we marched over the Cum
berland Mountains and joined the Army
of the Cumberland at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
AT the close of the battle of Chickamauga
only 300 of the regiment answered at roll
call. In 1864, the 34th and Both Ohio
were consolidated. ! have not gone into
details. | might tell of service with
Sheridan in the Valley. but it is not my
purpose to write a full history of the regi-
ment. After our last fight, at Beverly
w. Va, Col. VIM. S. Wilson made the
following statement: The 3ith Ohio had
on its rolls the names of $50 officers and
men. The losses in killed were as follows:
Co. A, 81; Co. B, 6I; Co. c, 30; Co. Il. 60;
Go. r, Al; Co. +, 81; Co. g, 81; Co. IL, 50;
Co. l., 30; Co. X, CO.
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Mich. Cav. He had been pronounced vi
cious, but in Sheridan he recognized n
master and was notably dOcile. His pow
er of endurance was remarkable. In
short. he was an ideal war steed 16 hands
high. intelligent and courageous. not un-
like the glorious animal described in the
Book of Job. The glory of his nostrilS
is terrible. He paweth in the valley. and
rcjoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to
meet armed men. He mocketh at fear.
and is no: affiighted: neither turneth h
back from the sword. He smell
eth the battle afar off. the thunder of the
Captains. and the shouting. Not only at
Cedar Greek, but on every important oc-
c;lsion thereafter. Sheridan rode the mag
nifcent Eienzi. that survived the war and
died of old age in 1873
The National tribune., 1903-07-30

have been the best of soldiers. While we
live, enjoying the honors and privileges
which valor has Won and saved, let us
ever cherish as idols of our hearts and
memory of our country the men who fell
by your sides battling for the right. Re
member the widows and the orphans of
our dead comrades. Be true to them as
our comrades We're to us and our coum-
try. My comrades. accept my gratitude
for your devotion to me personally. You
have been true and noble sold erS and
brave men. May God ever bless you and
crown your lives with happiness. Be as
you ever have been-true to God. country.
friends and yourselves. Good-by comrades
God bless you.''
The National tribune., 1903-07-30

would lie of great interest to the boys. If
you want To know more about me. | will
refer you to Morton {. Hunter. Adjutant-
General mentioned in 81 klege recently
He is Quartcrmaster of Post %. NcrSail-
les, Ind. of which | am Past Commando,
QuartcrmaSter and Adjutant: or to Capt.
Americas Wheaton. Provost l.. * y. Off
ccs. Louisville. Ky. who was captured
with him. an old schoolmatc of mine at
North Madison bcfo' de wah; or Col. John
5. Moshy. c. $. Cav, whose prisoner
was: or Henry Weber, Western Depart
ment. Pension Oiiice-THoMAS G.. DAY,
Go. T.. Sd Ind. Cav. First Brigade, First
Cavalry Division. Cnrrect. Ind.
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
Had Hog at pomo

s. e. Mccoy, Co. G, 18th w. Va,
Huntington, w. Va, writes: bill Hat
ton, good-natured old vet of the 1st
w. Va, returned from the war badly
bruised, and had hard time providing
for a large family. His pension was a
long time coming. A benevolent neighbor,
the Rev. Hilton, occasionally gave Bill a
hogs head, spare-rib, or backbone. Fin
ally the old vet got his pension. and soon
thereafter his neghbor called at his hum
BILE domicile: Bill come over to my
house and get hogs head Said Bill: 4
thank You very much. but the Hattons are
now feeding further back on the hog"
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
Rescued Drowning Comrades at vicksburg

c. A. Watson, Co. +. Goth Iowa, Pu-
laski, Iowa. writes: when Grant was op.
positc Nicksburg. early in 1868, and the
feet was attempting to run the heavy bat
teries myself and eight or 10 of my COM
pany were on guard down by the rive,
side. We saw a shell sink one vessel OF
the fleet. and men struggling for their
lives in the turbid Mississippi. Fortunate
ly there was skiff near our post, which
myself and :: comrade used in reScuing the
drowning men. saving all but one poor fel-
low who went down before we could reach
him. One was So badly scalded that he
soon died. The rebels she,led us contin-
uaily. but God being on our side we came
out all right"
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
Sheridan's War Horse,

A. T.. Stevens, Co. G. 1st Mich, New
burg, Ore, writes: Being native Mich
igander, and more or less familiar with
the organization Of the troops with which
Gen. Sheridan was identified. l can speak
advisedly concerning the Generals war
horse, Rienzi. famous in song and story.
R:enzi was jet-black, excepting his feet,
three of which were white, one front foot
being black. When three years old. in
1862. he was presented to Gen. Sheridan
by Capt. Archie Campbell, of the %
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
A WORD TO THE ADVERTISER
Who is Selecting List OF Mediums for the Coming Season:

The National Tribune rates-30c line
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inviting advertisers 70 come in one or
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The National Tribune is on the Roll of
Honor list, guarantees and yeritieS its
more than 100000 circulation.
The National Tribune has the largest
weekly circulation of any class paper. Its
class-eX-vGluntcer soldiers-was greatly
enlarged and vitalized by the Spanish
American War
The National tribune., 1903-07-30
Notable Military Record

A writer in the Columbus (Ohio) Cit,
zen says: "Wm. Il. George, 2572 North
High street, is the oldest living member
of family notable for its military record
He was member of the 45th and 10th
Ohio. isis service extending over Il period
Of 30 months. Four of his ancestors serv
ed in the Revolutionary War, and five in
the War of 1872. -Four of his family
were in the Civil War, and one, belonging
to the I'd Ore, was member of Gen
Merritts body guard at the surrender of
Manila"
The National tribune., 1903-07-30

0From The Mail Order Journal for July,
1903)
The National Tribune Washington. n.
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10 its foreign advertising patronage This
weekly has a national circulation of over
100000 weekly and charges Il very rea-
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The National Tribune asks from adver-
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its advantages as will be fairly and frank
", and without exaggeration, presented by
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