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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
EVILS OF PROFANITY.

once heard preacher say that of
all the bad habits of which weak,
misguided human beings were the un-
enviable possessors, profanity was,
of them all, the most senseless. :"
That impressed me as being quite
true. Drunkenness and its kindred
Standpoint, Sian = but 1 profanity, because of
the fact that there is no appetite or
condition of the physical nature which
demands it, is absolutely senseless
and inexcusable.
There are certain men who curse
only when angry others swear in
sort of a casual way, but are careful
where they are, and will not be pro-
fame among ladies then there is an
other class of men who approach low
depravity mark so closely as to go
through life cursing and swearing at
almost every breath, respecting neith-
er his fellowman, his home, his wife,
mother or daughters, nor anybody
else's wife, mother or daughters. 1t
is disgusting, terribly disgusting, to
the person who believes in cleanliness
and precision of speech, to be thrown
into the company of one such person.
We believe that no thinking per-
son, who respects the deity, whether
he worships him or not, will make
use of profane language. A person
who has formed the habit of thought,
of reflection and meditation is more or
less analytical. Instead of speaking
always just what suggests itself to
him, as the indoient-minded person
who is guided more by instinct than
by reason, he will analyze what he is
going to say, and he knows how it
will sound before he gives it utter
ance. Consequently, any man who
respects God will not utter an oath
when he knows not only how it will
sound, but also the terrible meaning
of the oath.
Did any one, an habitual user of
senselessness and depravity of the
habit? A user of profanity never
means what he says, when he calls
upon God to damn somebody, or
something. If he did mean it, and
his request should be granted, how
many innocent persons would be
damned, along with those who called
for the damnation J?
The commandment says: "Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain, for the Lord will not
hold him guiltless who taketh his
name in vain." Ifthis commandment
is true, and believe it is with all my
heart, then how many men, and wo-
men, too, are cursing their own souls
into hell? How terrible it is to hear
some little boy, too small to form the
words perfectly upon his lips, initiate
his father or older brothers in the use
of the worst kind of profanity. We
wonder whether fathers who are
bringing up children in this way are
in any degree held responsible for the
future destiny of those children. They
will surely have to answer for it.
! Profanity is a habit which can be
easily broken. Any man of average
intelligence and soundness of mind
can discontinue it if he says he will.
All it requires is little self-control,
and sand" Every man who swears
should quit it. He owes it to him
self, and family, his associates and to
God.-C@r resb0ndenee IN st. Loais
Globe Democrat.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28

places where they had been abun
dant they were known no more.
Wonderful is the recuperative pow.
err nature. Beautiful growths would
swiftly spring up along the wire
fences and the water courses, and in
few years they would be embower-
ed with verdure and alive with birds.
In the commonwealth of Gods crea-
tures birds have rights as well as uses,
and it does not pay to deal with them
IN niggardly fashion. The farmer
who shall intelligently set apart a
liberal share of his domain for the
birds is the one whose fields will be
kept free from insects.
According to a recent estimate,
farmers throughout the United States
are losing annually from $50, 900, 900
70 s4o, 900, 900 from the depredations
of insects. If Our birds could be in
-. Ia .1ai1n1herS so fold the ex-
pensive and troublesome insecticides
now so largely used would become
needless, as in former years, when
potato bugs and currant worms, wee
wills and curculios and score of other
pests we're unknown; when field and
garden dourished, and the orchard,
untendet save by winged servitors,
yielded l;vish store of fair apples.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
DOMESTIC ECONOMY:

"There's mint of money waiting
for the man-or the woman-who
will invent a sock that won't wear
out" said the man with an economi-
cal turn of mind. "I can't afford to
buy a new pair of socks every time
most Of her time darning for me.
"I'm worse off than you," declar-
ed the economical mans unmarried
friend, 'for I've got no wife to darn
for me-" But" he went on, eve
found way to make my socks last
more than what you might call their
normal life. It's simple enough.
Don't wear the same sock on the
same foot more than one day at
time. Put today's left sock on the
right foot tomorrow, and so on. I've
been astonished at the amount of ex-
ira wear I've got out of my socks by
this easy method. 1t has saved me
many darning bill at the laundry
and if you will try it your wife will
have less darning to do"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
DUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTRR 145.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend
ments Section two hundred and twenty two,
Article 3, of the Code of Public Local Laws.
Sheriff, ;" as amended by Act Of the General
Assembly, nineteen hundred, Chapter four
Section /. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That Section two hundred
and a,n,o otwenty;,two OF Article 3 Of
by the Act of the General Assembly of nineteen
hundred Chapter four hundred, be and the
same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments to read as follows:
Section 222. The Sheriff of Baltimore county
shall receive an annual salary OF three thous-
and dollars, to be paid to- him in monthly in
stallments of two hundred and fifty dollars by
the County Commissioners of Baltimore county,
and he shall be allowed the sum of four thous-
and dollars annually, to be paid to him by the
said County Commissioners in monthly INSTALL
ments for the expenses of his Office. including
clerk, and the necessary deputies to assist him
in the discharge of his duties, and he shall be
allowed the further sum of three hundred dol
lars annually for transferring prisoners to and
from penal institutions and places or connne-
ment in the State of Maryland: He shall col
lect all fees and charges to which he may be en-
titled to by law, and exercise all powers con-
ferred upon him by law to enforce the collec-
.tion of the same, and shall at the end OF each
month during his term of office make sworn
report Of the same to the County Commission
ers of Baltimore county in such form as said
Commissioners may direct. and pay over the
upon the order of said Commissioners, and
whenever any Sheriff shall retire from office,
having uncollected any costs, fees and charges
lawfully payable to him, his successor shall col
lect and pay over the same, and it shall be the
duty of the Sheriff to keep in his office In such
books as may be required an oficiai record OF
those which have been collected, and such
books shall remain in his Office after the expi-
ration of his term for the use of his successor;
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved March 25. 1904. may l4-3t
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
THE FIRST RIDING LESSON.

The pupil of a good riding master
is usually disappointed at not being
allowed to do more in the first lesson.
He expects to mount the horse at
once, start off with trot and wind up
with canter. He is little annoyed
upon finding that the first lesson con-
sists almost wholly of oral instruction
and a great part of it on foot at that.
If the master is conscientious he will
not permit the anxiety to be off and
doing to interfere with proper un-
derstanding of the A B c of the art.
Should the beginner apply at one OF
the big riding acadamies in New York
for instruction the first lesson will be-
gin with the leading by groom OF a
horse, bridled and saddled. into the
center of the ring. The riding mas
ter and the pupil take their stand
close by, and the former begins to ex-
plain painstakingly the various parts
of the saddle and bride and their
purposes. Before anything further
is attempted the pupil must be able to
answer simple questions in regard to
the pommel and the cantle, the curb
and the snafae, and to know the uses
of the two bits.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
PLANTS IN BEDROOMS.

In the daytime, when sunlight slim
ulates their nutrition, plants can do
no harm in bedrooms, for then they
give off oxygen and are useful in abb
sorbing from the air the carbon which
is injurious to animal life. The free
use which is made nowadays of flow
ers and plants in our hospitals is in
itself sufficient proof that this is a
wholesome means of ministering men,
tai cheer and comfort to the sick and
suffering.
At night the case is different.
Then all plants and flowers are re-
moved from hospital wards, because
they exhale the carbonic acid which
they have gathered from the soil and
air and thus give off by a process
similar to respiration a gas which is
injurious.
We may therefore conclude that
during the hours of darkness, when
the respiratory process is active and
the nutritive is at standstill, plants
should have no place in our bedrooms.
What is prudent in spacious wards is
imperative in smaller chambers.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
WHY Is TT

"It is all we'll enough" said Uncle
Joseph as he put down the book, "but
it isn't true"
"Why not p I asked.
Because the author makes him
propose to the heroine in crowded
theater. Now, woman doesn't want
to be proposed to in such place.
She wants quiet spot, where she can
weep little. Story writers should
take this into consideration"
"Pshaw - said I.
"When woman accepts man for
good and for all she likes to put her
head on his shoulder and cry" said
Uncle Joseph. II do not know why
it is, but they all do it."
"Do they?"
Didn't your wife when she accept
ed you?" he demanded.
"Well, yes, I believe she did,"
"They all do" said Uncle Joseph.
"They like it. 1t somehow COM
forts 'em."
"But why1" said 1.
"Ask the women" said Uncle Joe.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
DUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 1872,
AN ACT to change the boundary lines between
the First and Third Election Districts of Bal

AN ACT to change the boundary lines between
the First and Third Election Districts of Bal
Section j. Be It enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That the line between the
First and Third Election Districts of Baltimore
county, as now laid down, be changed. and that
the line which shall hereafter divide said dis
tricts shall be as follows:
Beginning for the same at the intersection OF
the westernmost boundary line OF the city OF
Baltimore with the center of Gwynn's falls, and
running thence northerly with said westernmost
line of the city of Baltimore to the center OF
the Baltimore and Liberty turnpike; thence
with the center of said turnpike to the inter-
section of said turnpike with Gwynn Oak ave-
nue. thence with the center Gwynn Oak ave-
nue.; thence with the center OF said Gwynn
Oak avenue to the center of Gwynns falls, and
running thence with the center of said Gwynns
easternmost boundary line of the Second Elec-
tion District of Baltimore county.
Section 2. And be it enacted, That the Board
of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore coun-
ty shall cause to be stricken from the list of
qualified voters in the registration books there
Of the names of all persons residing within the
limits of that portion of the Third Election Dis
trict hereby placed in Election District Num-
ber One, and shall cause such names SO stricken
of as aforesaid to be transcribed to the regis
tration books of the Third Precinct of the First
Election District.
Section g. And be it enacted, That due no
tice shall be given by said Board OF Election
Supervisors to all persons affected or changed
from said Third Election District to said First
Election District as provided for in this Act.
Section 4. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved March 20, 1904. MAY 4.-3t
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
nUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 6S4.
May 14.-St

AN ACT to exempt from taxation the real and
personal property and the capital stock OF
county. a body corporate. so long as said
property is used for charitable or benevo-
Preamble: whereas it is represented to the
General Assembly of Maryland that Trinity
Church Guild of Baltimore county Is corpora
tion incorporated primarily for the purpose OF
purchasing and owning property IN the viliage
of Towson. to be rented at nominal rentai 10
the Guild of Trinity Church. renglous OF,
Ranization, and that subscriptions to the capltal
stock of said corporations have been made from
charitable motives, and not for the purpose Oh
profit or gain; therefore
Section /. Be it enacted by the General AS,
sembly of Maryland, That the property, real
and personal, of the capital stock of the Trinity
Church Guild of Baltimore county, corpora
tion, be and the same is hereby declared exempt
from county taxation, so long as and to the ex-
tent that such property is used for the purpose
stated In the preamble to this Act.
Section q And be 1t enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April IL, 1904. MAY l4-5t
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
TEE ARMY OF TIE suMMER.

The army of the summertime is marching up
the hills
rills,
For here and there the movements of the cou-
riers are seen
In spreading waves of grassy spears that leap to
living green.
Away across the meadow lands the dandelions
bold
Each Haunting saucily his shield and buckler
made of gold
Are sprineing into action while the insect drum
rally roll that sounds the charge. with Winter
in retreat.
For soon the banners of the rose will blaze their
white and red,
And orchard blooms in misty pink the army's
tents will spread,
For now all bravely in the hush of hidden, mos
The o1tposts of the flower host have set their
sentinels
The army Of the summertime is marching up
The music of the fairy horns the distant forest
fills,
And soon, with crickets fling. and with flower
flags unfurled.
The fetters made of garlands shall imprison half
". d. Nes6it, In Chicago Tribune.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
MAKING CORN OIL.

Oil, which is said to be superior to
linseed oil for mixing paints. is now
extracted from corn. Heretofore
crude oil has been obtained by pres
sure, but the latest method is to ex-
tract it by what is known as the SOL
vent process. This is the method
employed at the new corn oil mill at
Decatur, ILL.,. the only one of its kind
in the country.
The process of separating the oil
from the corn is simple in theory, but
somewhat complicated in its practical
application. A solvent is used, the
solvent being a light oil subject to
evaporation. The oil bearing por-
tions of the corn are stepped in the
solvent, which takes up the corn oil.
The solvent is then drawn from the
bottom of the tank, in which this
part of the process takes place. The
two oils are separated by distillation.
The corn oil is passed through filter
presses to remove particles of starch
or other foreign matter and is then
ready for the market. The solvent is
condensed and carried back to the
storage tank, to be used again. The
corn from which the oil has been ex-
tracted is steamed, and is then ready
for the market as feed. The pro-
cess of separting this oil from the
corn is similar to that of separating
sugar from beets, the difference being
in the solvent used. The stock feed
is not entirely devoid of oil. Enough
is left to make it per cent. oil, which
it is claimed is sufficient ratio of oil
in a we'll balanced feed. This feed is
not in the form of cake as it comes
| from the linseed oil mills, but is in the
shape of dry meal, partly cooked
and partly digested.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28

To BOIL potatoes, have the water
boiling first and slightly salted. Cut
off the tips of their ends and throw
into the boiling water. When done
drain and shake, holding the cover
down firmly set back upon the stove
for minute and they will be dry and
mealy. In the spring potatoes should
stand in cold water few hours be-
fore using. Baked potatoes are i'm
proved by first boiling them with
skins on for fifteen minutes, then put
ting them into the oven. Always
have quick oven for baking potatoes
and turn them over once or twice
while baking.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
THE LORDS PRAYER, IN VERSE.
liz e. LEXINGTON STREET. BALTIMORE, Nd,
May 10th, 1904.

liz e. LEXINGTON STREET. BALTIMORE, Nd,
May 10Th, 1904.
MEssRs. EDITORS BALTIMORE COUNTY UNIOr
-Gentlsmen Herewith inclosed please find {
copy of our Lords Prayer done in English verse
and written prior to 1916 by Mrs. Lydia JANE
Peirson, of Liberty. Tioga county, Northwestern
Pennsylvania. 1t is thought its insertion would
adorn the columns of The UNION. Martin
Luther set into German verse the Ten Com
mandments, the Lords Prayer and some of the
Psalms of David, and Mrs, Persons version OF
the Lords Prayer has stood forth unique in
Sunday issue of the Baltimore Sun a new YER
sion has been rendered by Rev. D. W. Clark. q
Methodist presiding elder of Cincinnati. Ohio.
This new version is quite tame and common
place beside that of Mrs. Persons, which has
the ring and stamp of the genius of Alexander
Pope's Universal Prayer" Mrs. Persons vol
published ut Philadelphia, Pa, in 1S46, and now
,ut of print, contains it at page Il.
A. r. MUssELMAN.
cux xatlsor. Goa. urn, nrb "a. zzeaVenA-.a@-& a
HallOwed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done,
In heaven and earth the same.
Give us this day our daily bread;
Anu, OIL forgive our bluS,
As every one who Injuries us
A ready pardon wins.
Oh do not lead US in the paths
In which temptations lie;
And when beset with evil, still
Be Thy deliv'rance nigh.
Thine Is tie kingdom, heaven and earth
With all their hosts are thine:
Who should oppose Thy sovereign sway,
Or at Thy deeds repine2
Thine Is the poa0er, and we rejoice,
All goodness as Thou art,
That Thou hast power in earth, and heaven,
And DER the treacherOus heart.
Thine Is the glory! Worlds on worlds
Through all the depth of space,
With their uncOunted forms of life
Are vocal in Thy praise.
Thine Is the glory! Angels sing
In high and rapturous strain,
Thine is the glory We reply,
For everm0re-AMEN.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28

SOME PEOPLE will agree with the
Irishman that the grip is a complaint
from which you suffer for six weeks
after you get well.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28

STAR BoARDER-"The landlady
objects to you complaining about the
fare. She says all the food she serves
is nerve food"
Mr.. Kicker-'I don't doubt her
assertion. 1t takes great deal of
nerve to serve such food as this"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28

Hope IS all right when mixed with
an equal amount of hustle.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28

CPL MATCH pennies with you, !"
said the hungry man in the boarding
house dining room, TO decide wheth-
er you take my share of beef or take
yours"
"No, thank you," replied the 9th
er hungry one, "I never play for
small steaks"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28

SHE WAS city bred and had the
usual fear of COWS.
"Why," she asked when the dam
ger was past, "did you take me across
this lot?"
The small country lad chuckled.
"I thought it would be fun," he
said, 'to see you try to climb tree. !"
Then, after another chuckle, "And
it was"
PERSONAL---VERY. have to give
up drinking whisky for a few
months
Patient-"What shall I drink :"
Physician-"D milk; it con-
tains all the elements of the blood" +"
Patient I'm not blood
thirsty"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28

1--WE HAD known each other slight
w." said Miss Envy Waite, "but
never to speak to until one day while
out skating I fell down quite near
him, and"
"Ah, yes p' replied Miss Peppery.
"That broke the ice, of course"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28
LENGTH AND DEPTH.

Congressman Cyrus A. Sulloway,
of New Hampshire, lives in Manches-
ter, and one day last summer he at
tended a church service at France
town, village near by. The sermon
an this particular Sunday was preach
ed by a stranger-a young student
whose self-assurance was, considering
his years, unusual.
This young man fastened up to
Congressman Sulloway as soon as the
service was over.
He talked little while, and then
he made number of strenuous efforts
to induce the gigantic statesman to
compliment him on his discourse.
These efforts, which were indirect,
failed. Therefore the young man
adopted direct method to attain his
end.
"Senator, he said, IT hope you
weren't annoyed by the length of my
sermon?"
''No," said the Senator, "nor by
its depth, either"
land, MADAM" said the profes-
sor, having seen you safely aboard
your train 1 can only wish you a
pleasant journev-but don't let any
body step on it"
"On what, professor1" she asked.
"Your train, madam, rejoined the
professor, gallantly lifting his hat as
the cars began to move.
CHS FAMILY was greatly disap-
appointed when he married that girl. !"
"Was she foreign?" "No-a do
mestic."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28

THERE IS way of impressing a
man without wasting words.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-03

dates most suitable for Hood River for
the encampment. But the council OF
administration, through some misunder-
standing, fixed upon the 18th, 10th and
18th of June. Some comrades seemed
to think the dates set are too early in
the season, that the straw berry growers
would be too busy at that time to give
much attention to the visitors to the en-
campment, and even some OF the com
rades might be prevented from attend
ing. After the matter OF changing the
dates had been fully discussed, the adju-
tant poured oil on the troubled waters
by stating that the printed orders giving
the dates of the encampment had been
sent out to the three different orders
that will hold their conventions here,
and it is now too late to change the
dates. So the orators subsided.
The post contributed $25 to the fund for
the benefit of the Hood River band.
An interesting part of the proceedings
was the recital of each comrade OF his
experience when he enlisted in the
army.
A meeting of the executive committee
in charge of arrangements for the en-
campment is called to meet Saturday
afternoon, March II, Immediately after
the closing of the post. The committee
from the W. r. G. will meet at the same
time with the committee from the post.
Candy w. r. G. mustered new men,
Der in the person of Mrs. Bangle, Sat
II rdaV