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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06
CARBoL1c ACID AEr1DOrE.

A remarkable discovery has ap-
parently been made by Dublin vet
Urinary surgeon named Allen re-
specting an antidote for carbolic acid
poisoning, says the London Meas.
Some time ago his attention was
drawn to two horses which were
evidently suffering from poisoning.
On examining one he noticed that
the mucous surface of the mouth
was blanched and that the animal
was staggering. There was gen
eral twitching of the muscles, the
eyes were staring, and the animal
was rapidly assuming a comatose
condition. Mr.. Allen asked for some
oil, linseed for preference; if not,
any kind of oil that was handy.
Some was brought and about two
wineglassfuls administered to one of
the animals, the effect being, to
quote the words of Mr.. Allen, mi
noticed that the "oil'' which had
been given to the horse was the or
binary turpentine of commerce. So
satisfied was he with the result that
he gave the second horse dose, al
though at that time the animal was
unconscious. In about ten minutes
it recovered, and both horses were
at work the next day as if nothing
had happened.
Not long after this, by peculiar
coincidence, Mr.. Allen was asked to
look at a blacksmith who after
drinking glass of stout had become
very i'll. In the forge the veterinary
found the smith in a condition of
coma, a strong smell of carbolic
acid prevailing the premises. Ulti-
mately he discovered that the man
had drunk out of the wrong vessel
and imbibed a solution of the acid
instead of the stout. A doctor was
at once sent for, but in the meantime
Mr.. Allen administered a dose of
turpentine that happened to be on
the premises, and the man not only
quickly recovered, but resumed his
work within an hour.
Turpentine as an antidote in SINH
lar cases had been previously un-
known, and representative of the
Daily Meas recently sought out an
expert with a view of getting a med
ical opinion upon matter of SO
much Importance. "The symptoms
in the case you mention" he said,
"are distinctly those of carbolic acid
poisoning, and so successful does
the treatment appear to have been
that further experiments in the same
direction are we'll worth trying. If
subsequent experiment confirms the
oil of turpentine treatment, then on
every packet or bottle containing
carbolic acid should be printed this
simple antidote."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06
FAMILY HISTORY.

The fact that the offspring may
be the heir to the morbid tendencies
of the parents makes it imperative
that the greatest care should be ex-
ercised in the selection of spouse,
but one should not grow too wary
and hypercritical. No generation
ever existed which did not possess
some abnormality, and rational
mode of life will tend to ameliorate
certain untoward affections. The
rule of the life insurance companies
the applicant would be a prudent
course for those intending marriage
to adopt Even if the aspirant to
marriage evinces no unhealthy
symptoms, minute study of the
physical condition of his immediate
relatives might disclose the morbid
tendency to which he or she is heir.
Whenever anomalies and signs of
degeneration repeatedly present
themselves in preceding and present
generations, thus proving the ascen-
dency of such morbid affections, we
may assume that subsequent genera
tions will not be spared, and martial
union with member of such fami-
ly should be empfatically interdict-
ed. Among the lower classes and
for that matter also among those of
higher standing the fact that there
is tuberculosis (or insanity in the
family" is perhaps the only deterrent
to contemplated conjugal union, and
here it is the graphic and obvious
manifestation of the diseases which
inspire the dread. Of the nature of
the numerous other grave and disas-
trous affections the public in general
is woefully ignorant. Unless the
dangers that await them are impart-
ed to them in an intelligent manner
there can be little hope for the
amelioration of present conditions.
American Medicine.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06
TRIALS OF A DREssmAKER.

Gradually and through many
trlbulations am | gaining knowl-
edge" said the dressmaker in an in
terview in the New York Times.
Moreover, | am learning to con-
troll my temper. There was a time.
when it made me fighting mad for
a customer to bring garment back
alter it had been worn and Complain
that it didn't fit. The airs I used to
put on at such times were wonder
fully high and mighty.
You accepted the dress / would
say severely. IF it didn't fit Won
should have said so at the time
AS rule the troublesome cus-
toner was very meek. 4 thought
then it looked all right she usually
replied, but after / had worn Il I
noticed several defects that had not
been apparent before
.Ot course the end Of the argr=
| always charged extra for the al
terations. Now I make them with
out extra charges. Oh, well, per-
haps | do add little to the original
price to cover subsequent ripping
and sewing, but that is not the point.
What | am trying to get at is that l
no longer raise row over those af-
ter-Wearing repairs. With nine wo-
men out of ten they are necessity.
A gown may set faultlessly when
leaving the shop, but when it has
been worn once or twice it is apt to
develop unexpected eccentricities.
That is the result of shaping itself
to the figure. There are few women
who have not physical ups and
downs that run contrary to the lines
of perfect beauty. Clothes are bound
to accommodate themselves to these
peculiarities, hence the belated ap-
pearance of wrinkles and ridges.
even with my own clothes | have
come to realize that slight changes
are necessary after the waists get
set to the figure, so cannot blame
the customers for demanding equal
attention to their wardrobe. The
only thing | object to is the fact
that they put all the blame on me.
They attribute the late crop of wrin-
kles to my incompetency, whereas
the defects are really the result Of
their own physical imperfections."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06
HOW eoRMAH DEFAcRD THE MARBLE.

Workmen engaged in moving
some hangings in the Supreme
Court room recently discovered the
name, arthur P. Gorrnan," cut in
one of the marble columns. In 1852
the present Supreme Court room
was the Senate chamber, and CAR
thur P. German" had just been ap-
pointed a Senate page. This work
with his penknife indicates assur-
ance on the part of this thirteen-year
old Maryland youngster, remarkable
even in a Senate page boy, and SEN
ate page boys as a class fear neither
men, nor princes, nor potentates, nor
do they respect any power other than
the sergeant-at-arms.
But few of them deface the Capt.
tol with their penl<nives in quite
such conspicuous fashion. Arthur
P. German" at thirteen, however,
evidently intended to miss no oppor-
tunities to leave an impression of his
presence behind him. He is said to
have been no paragon as page boy,
but a very ordinary, active mischiev-
GUS youngster.-BoSton Herald.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06
BUCKS couNTY's sloaEsr CHEsTNUE TREE

On the farm of Irwin H. Schantz,
who lives near Spinnerstown, this
county, stands mammoth chestnut
tree, one that eclipses all the rest OF
the giant chestnut trees in the State.
Two feet above the ground the cir
cumference of the trunk of this tree
measures exactly SO feet. The trees
height is sixty feet, and ten
feet from the ground are two
branches, one to the left and
the other to the right, and the cir
cumference of the former is eight
feet; the latter, nine feet, two inches.
Ten feet above the ground its great
branches extend, one of them six feet
four inches in circumference, each of
the others a few inches less. Its
boughs spread nearly ninety feet.
The age of the tree is known to be
at least 22I years, from tales told by
ancestors of the proprietors of the
property on which the tree stands.
No one ever thought of cutting this
giant down, except in 1876, at the
time of the Centennial in Philadel-
phia, when the Exposition Commis-
sion offered the proprietor 500 for
an unbroken section of the trunk,
one foot from the ground. What
saved the mammoth from destruc-
ton was the fact that no saw long
enough to cut it could be procured.
With luxuriant foliage like that OF
a young tree, the monster chestnut
still bears abundant crops.-NesC-
toSUn (PG.) Enterprise.
| don't owe a cent in the world,
| can truthfulIy say it, and yet
When buy new hat,
And don't pay for that,
I am head over ears in debt.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06

-. eA'~SS eWO tCCLAA WCAC put Dd%A,
my face suddenly became straight
again. 1t was those spaces at the
face.
My mouth was sadly in need of
repairs, for my lips were by no
means the lips that Cupid loves. But
alter | had my teeth treated my
mouth began to look very nice. 1t
bowed prettily and my lips seemed
fuller than they were before.
There is only one quick way to
redden the lips, and that way is by
the application of rouge. It can be
harmless vegetable rouge, and if
good will do no harm, nor will it be
detected.
Gray lips, blue lips and white
lips all point to a disturbed circu-
lation. Loosen the clothing, get the
circulation right, and you will find
ynar lips becoming pink instead of
paie: fatc tips ..1i..,-------'----.-.;sl.
corset,
Btu there is another way to red
den the lips, and this is by applica-
ton of a lip emollient. A good lip
lotion, applied nightly, will make the
lips quits ruddy. A lotion such as
this can le made at home from glyc-
crime and rosewater. The glycerine
must not be too strong, for few skins
can stand it clear. But well diluted
with rosewater and applied nightly,
it will keep the lips in very fine
condition.
Lastly, turned my attention to
my chin, which was double, and here
| found my greatest trouble. was
by no means old enough for double
chin, yet there it was, doubling in
the most aggravated manner. |
treated it by a quick, heavy massage,
the sort of stroke that takes away
the flesh.
There is slow massage which
develops the flesh, and this is per-
formed with easy strokes, while the
hand is filled with a good massage
cream. But the kind of massage
to reduce the double chin is done
with the palm of the hand, operating
with swift sideways strokes.
"Of course I used the head and
neck exercises. I bent my head for
ward and backward and sideways
until l had reduced the fat which
was crowding my pretty neck all out
of shape. / made it a practice to
wear loose neck arrangements, and
| never, under any conditions, did
my throat up SO tightly that could
not move my head. That is one cause
of the double chin.
Il practised the neck exercises
night and morning and during the
day I moved my head considerably.
This gave me just the right amount
of physical culture for the neck.
II suppose ought to tell how I
massaged the wrinkles around my
eyes and nose. Those around the
eyes needed the most cafelul treal.
cream of the very soft kind made of
almond oil and supermaced. But for
the lines around the mouth I mas
saged carefully with benzoinated
cream, which also made.
"And that is the strange true
story of how I reclaimed my pro-
file."
Here the pretty girl threw wide
the wings of her three-sided mirror
and invited her guest to take look
from all sides. 1t was just as she
said. She had reclaimed her profile,
for it was certainly attractive. Then
she picked up photograph.
"This is the way I looked before, !"
said she. And truly there was a
great difference.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06
THE MOTHER.

Come, my darling, come away
From those dressed up children there,
For their father yesterday
Got to be millionaire;
Get your playthings, dear-inake haste
Or I'll have to WELD the switch
They have ceased to have good taste,
1t is vulgar to be rich.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06
THE new MOTHER HUBBARD.
Old Mother Hubbard, she went to tn
cuDboard.

Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the
cupboard,
To fetch her poor dog a bone
But when she got there the cupboard
(only contained remnants of cold
Shredded Cheapa Vita Breakfast
Food, Olive Oil and Peanuts),
And SO the poor dog had none.
She went to the bakers to buy him
some (wholemeal) bread,
But when she came back Git is unneces-
sary to state after the preceding verse
tfat)
The poor dog lay dead.
She went to the joiner's to buy him
coffin Cher next door neighbor,
Christian Scientist, having heard her
unnecessary lamentation, in the mean
time had come in, and seeing the
poor animal prone on the floor had
read extracts to him from Mrs. Ed
dy's latest book on the influence of
mind over matter, with the natural
result that)
The dog was a-laughin'.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06

She went to the barber's to buy him a
wig,
But when she came back Che, having
picked up a copy of "The Cult of
Beauty" had found that by massag-
ing the muscles of the scalp of your
head for twenty minutes every two
hours and half, you produce not
only smile, but hair that won't come
off, in the exuberance of his joy)
Was dancing jig.
The dame made courtesy,
The dog made a bow;
The dame said, "Your servant" Ca term
which this faithful friend of man, be-
ing member of several trades unions,
took exception to as an obsolete term,
SO, after taking a brief resume of his
principles and convictions, and having
dwelt on the fact that though he had
devoted all the hours of his day which
were not claimed by his rest cure to
a develop-your- muscle e-eat-less-beauty-
for-us-all-strenuous-life, he had been,
still was, and always would be plain,
good hearted streetcar riding COM
mon-or-garden dog, and could never
hope to be the editor of ladies' pa
per, or an advertisement for any ones
complexion soap, with sign of pro-
found relief and happy resignation),
The dog said, "Bow-wow."
Life.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06

An Irishman, in order to celebrate
the advent of new era, went out on
a lark. He didn't get home until
three O'Clock in the morning, and
was barely in the house before a
nurse rushed up and uncovering
bunch of soft goods, showed him
triplets. The Irishman looked up
at the clock which said three, then
at the three of kind in the nurses
arms and said,. "Oim not supersti-
tious, but thank hivens that Oh didn't
come home at twelve.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06

There was young lady at Bingham,
Who knew many songs, and could
sing 'em;
But she couldn't mend hose,
And she wouldn't wash clothes,
Or help her old mother to wiring 'er1.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06

"Pa. what is intuition?"
Merely the feminine of suspicion,
my son.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06
A FOOL AND HIS WISDOM.

A story which is credited to Ma
jor Pond by the New York Tribune
tells of a weak-minded lad who went
to the nliller's to have some grain
ground. The miller said to him:
$50 you are fool, eh ?"
IT guess | am" replied the youth.
"A fool, Ell? A naturall" unused
the miller. "We haven't many ma
tural fools hereabouts. Do you mind
if l ask you few questions?'
"Oh, no, sir, of course not, the
lad answered, politely.
"Well, my boy, since you are a
FOOL" began the miller, II want you
first to tell me what you know and
afterward what you don't know.
Now, to begin, what do you know !"
II know" said the boy, "that the
miller's hogs are fat"
"Goodl Very goodp said the mil
Ter. "That is what you know. Now
tell what you don't know"
II don't know whose grain fat
tens 'em," replied the youth.
''Is that your muller" asked the
man who was going fishing.
"Yas, sir" said the colored man
who was sitting on a log by the
road.
Does he kick?"
Deed, mistuh, he amt got no
cause to kick. He's gittin' his own
way right along. I'm de one dat's
havin' de worry an difficulty"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29
WHAT THEY WANT.
Delegates TO Transmississippi Congress
Pass Resolutions and Adjourn.

S. 1c--is, Oct. 29.-The report of
the committee on resolutions of the
Transmississippi congress was adopt
ed 1t says:
We recommend liberal expenditures
for the Improvement of rivers and
harbors by the federal government as
one of the best and Nvisest methods of
appropriating funds.
We recommend congress make suf-
ficient appropriation to complete the
improvement at the mouth of the Co
lunibia river and the harbor of San
Pedro and Oakland, Calf. We rec
ommend the Improvement and ade-
quste protection of all Pacific coast
ports from British Columbia to the
this convention that there should be
immediate construction of a naval sta
ton at some point on the southwest
Pacific coast.
I'VE favor the passage by congress
of a law amending the interstate COM
merce act so that it shall definitely
prohibit common carriers from limit
ing or restricting their common law
liability by any general or special no
uee. We petition the congress of the
United States to enact legislation en-
towering the interstate commerce
commission when a rate or practice
complained of is found to be dis
criminative or unreasonable to deter
mine what change shall be made there
IN, which determination shall be OPP
srative within thirty days and so con-
finue until overruled or suspended I'M
der judicial proceeding.
I'VE recommend that all the prin-
cipal big tree groves in California be
secured by the United States govern
ment and held for park purposes.
I'VE favor statehood for Oklahoma
and Indian Territory and in joining
these two territories into one state we
urge upon congress the Importance of
a spirit of fairness.
'As an act of justice to Alaska and
20 those desiring to go there we offer u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29

sectional survey of said region. And
we favor the amending of the home
stead laws pertaining to the lands of
Alaska so that any citizen of the Unit
ed States may acquire 800 acres by set
Element, residence or communication pro-
viding that the applicant is not the
owner of $50 acres of land and wishes
said $50 acres for home purposes.
We favor union labor and the COM
bination of capital as the proper means
to advance public goods. We condemn
any act of either combined labor or cap
ital that in any way abridges the ma
tional rights of man. We recommend
the enforcement of-the Sherman act of
1890, and to that end urge congress TO
pass an amendment to that act making
1t the duty of all United States district
attorneys to prosecute all union of labor
or capital whenever evidence making
prima facie case of the breach of the
terms of the act presented
I'VE recommend the appointment of
special committee by congress to inves
tigate the arbitration laws of New Yea
land and other countries which may
have such laws. We recommend to the
several states and territories the adop
ton of such legislation will place
the subject of permanent public road
Improvement under an intelligent and
uniform state and county supervision"
The resolutions urge a thorough or
ganization of the consul service and
favor a department of mines and min
ing in the cabinet.
The congress adjourned sine die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29
THEY STOLE ICE CREAM.
This Time the Boys Got Mixed Up
With Police.

Ice cream, like watermelons, is con-
sloered best when stolen, and many
people VINO would not steal a nickel
from a street car conductor would
steal two dollars worth of ice cream
ana never be troubled by conscience
Two Wen known young men, Will Lee
Iand and William E. Rice, were ar
rested by Sergeant McEIroy and De-
tect1ve Ross last night for appropriate
ing the ice cream intended for a party
at the home of j. H. F,rizell, I'LL West
zenith avenue. The bows got the
freezer of cream and escaped, hotly
pursued by the guests. They escaped
Tor the time, and the young men who
mad fixed their faces for ice cream
called on the police for assistance The
two officers called at the Leland home,
lOl7 Quincy street, and found the two
boys in the act of feeding themselves
on the stolen cream. After being
taken to the station the boys were re-
leased on their own recognizance. and
this morning some of the guests of the
delayed ice cream party called at the
police court and swore to a complaint
charging Rice and Leland with petit
larceny.
1t was afterward found that the
boys are members of the senior class
which gave the party and they helped
pay for the cream. They took it for a
joke and the case was consequently
dismissed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29
BATTLE OF THE BLUE.
Samuel j. Readers Observations ON
Its Anniversary

To the Editor of the State Journal:
In your issue of Saturday. October %, L
was Interested III reading AN article by d.
w. Boutwell, in regard to an event that
happened just 40 years before that date.
But he told not all. On q bright Satur-
cay afternoon. October .. 1864, the Tope-
ka regiment, known as the Second K. S.
M, attacked a superior force of confed-
crates and after a rot enga cement was
routed, with a loss of artillery and nearly
half its members. Old settlers can recall
that nearly every household was mourn
ing the loss of friends or discussing the
probable fate of those that were captured
when the sad tidingS reached this city. 1t
was a bitter cup, drained to the very
dregS- 1t is claimed that this battle was
an important factor in saving Kansas
from invasion and it has been commem-
GRATED in marble and spread on the
pages of the historian.
Nine years ago the survivors of the Sec
ond regiment met and organized and held
annual reunions thereafter on the 22d day
of October for period of six years But
the grim reaper" has been busy among
the comrades of the old regiment and
many of its most strenuous workers have
been mustered out. Scarcely a corporafs
guard now remains and this accounts for
the fact that no reunions have been held
for the last three years. Hereafter the
battle on the Blue" will doubtless be as
a memory of the distant past.
S. J. READER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29

doubtless carry a good many other
Populists in his locality with him. he
does not say, however. that he will
support the Republican state ticket.
although he may vote for part of it.
Judge Geiger had been advertised
to make some Populist speeches and
it was this fact that brought out
letter from him declaring his inten-
lions. He says that his voice is not
in condition for him to speak, and
besides, he adds.-v.from the point of
principle, conviction and duty Pres
ident Roosevelt and his principles APP
peal to and concur with my political
ideas and inclinations more nearly
than those of the Cleveland Democ-
racy- He says he would not like
to speak for only part of the Demo-
cratic ticket, and in closing he says:
Having some years ago, with many
others, abandoned the Republican par
ty for principles advocated by the
Peoples party, Bryan having been
abandoned because he espouSed its
principles, and it no longer existing as
a national factor, I shall cast my vote
for Roosevelt; and to be consistent
with myself and conditions now exist
ing, shall not fill any political APP
pointments this fall