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The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-04

g.
until one afternoon in the back room
of the old House of David, in Clark
street, saw man raising a glass of
red-eye to his face whose right hand
looked pretty badly SCARED on the
back. I had a sudden bunch, and I
concluded that perhaps the fellow had
been removing some tattoo marks from
the hand with a toothpick.
II watched this fellows hand out
of the tail of my eve, and saw that
the scars were distributed all over the
back of it. When the chap got next
that l was eying his mitt he dug it
into the trousers pocket and kept it
there, and then I took him. 1 had
to put up a pretty good scrap at that,
but took him. He tried to eat lot
of pawn tickets on his way to the
Harrison street station, but l got the
tickets away from him and pieced them
together, and they showed him to be
the pincher of stones from the women's
ears"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-04
INDOOR BASEBALL AT Y. M. O. A,
business Men VIII Play n Team
Made of Young Athletes.

The main attraction on the pro-
gramme of the regular ladies evening
at the Young Mems Christian Associ-
door baseball between a team COM
posed of business men, and one COM
posed of members of the young men s
physical class.
In addition to this game, there will
be other features. The line up of the
two teams will be as follows:
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
MEMORY HARD TO BEAT.

In the days of Barnum, an old
"auntie" lived in East Tennessee who
was reputed to be of great age. Like
all of her kind she was extremely
proud of the distinction, and never
underestimated her age in the least.
She has outgrown that weakness de-
cades past.
Barnum heard of her, and conclud-
ing that if she was as old as rumor
made her she would be valuable ac-
QUESTION to his show, he sent an
agent down to make an investigation.
She caught the direction of the wind
very promptly, and was prepared for
any test question that might be asked.
Gradually the agent led UP to the
crucial interrogatory, and at last
said:
"Aunty, do you remember George
Washington
docs recomember George Wash
ington? Wy laws-a-massy, Mistuh,
| reckon l does. I orter, orient l !?
Fer / done nussed him. We played
together evy day when he was iii
chile"
"Well, do you remember anything
about the Revolutionary WARP
"G'way, chilel Yes, indeed I does,
Honey. l stood dar lots er times,
an seed de bullets flyin' aroun', thick
er'n rain drops"
"Yes-well, how about the fall of
the Roman empire? Do you recol-
lect anything about that?"
"The old woman took good, long
breath. In fact, it amounted to a
sigh. She reflected for a few mo-
ments, and said:
"De fact is, Honey, | was purity
young den, an I doesn't have very
extinct recommembrance bout dat /;
but l does member, now dat you
speaks of hit, dat / did heah de white
folks tell about hearin' some'pn drap. "
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE.

Grant Dexter in his book on Wealth
er Influences says that inhabitants
of hot climates are usually listless, un-
inventive, apathetic and improvident.
An equable high temperature, especial
ly if moist, weakens body and mind.
No long established lowland tropical
people is a conquering race in the
broadest sense of the word. For the
inhabitants of the higher attitudes,
even under the tropical sun, this may
be true, for as we ascend the tempera.
ture lessons about one degree every
$50 feet on an average, and even at
the equator we may have temper
ate climate. The most favorable
temperature for health, which carries
with it an aggressive energy which
leads and which has led the world
march of civilization, is about As de-
grees on an average, and this is found in
the temperate races. From there have
come the Drawn and brain of martial
conquest and intellectual attainment.
The dominant peoples are shown be-
tween the latitudes of rs degrees and
SIS degrees.
During the London fogs and on
days when the weather is particularly
depressing in the Bank of England
certain sets of books, an error in
which would be cumulative and pro-
duce disastrous results further on, are
locked up and the clerks set to tasks
less intricate and important in char
acter. Experience has taught those
in charge that the percentage of error
increases many fold during such cli-
matte conditions and that it is money
in pocket to yield to them. The same
n<ssssity COX cessation of certair lines
of work during bad spells of weather
is recognized by the larger banking
institutions in New York and the
other eastern cities.
''It has been the universal expert
ence of the superintendents of prisons
and asylums for the insane that
the persons in their charge varied so
markedly with the meteorologicslcon
ditions that no man could doubt that
the relation between the weather and
emotional states was any other than
that of cause and effect. When ask
ed, however, what definite conditions
of the weather tended to be the most
productive of emotional abnormalities
no satisfactory answer could be
made"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
WANTED IN THE INSIDE INN.

A visitor to the Worlds Fair walk
ed up to the inside clerk of the Inside
Inn and asked:
Excuse me, sir; is this the Inside
Inn? And is the proprietor of the
Inside Inn in?"
"Yes,' replied the clerk, this is
the Inside Inn, and you will find the
proprietor of the Inside Inn, outside
by the inns side. He has kept the
Inside Inn for several weeks. Once
on an ocean trip he couldn't keep
his inside in, but this is inside in
formation and he don't want it known
outside"
"All right" said the inquirer, "if
this is the Inside Inn, we want to see
its inside before we look inside any
of the outside inns. If we like the
Inside Inns inside and outside bet
ter than we like the outside inns
outside and inside, we may bring our
things from outside inside and stop
inside the Inside Inn, because we
won't have to go from the inside
outside or come back from the out
side inside, but can remain inside or
outside the Inside Inn. it being the
only inn inside the grounds. The
other inns are on the outside and fur
nish no more comfortable inside or
outside than does the Inside Inn with
exhibits close outside the Inside,
while those who stop in the outside
inns have to 60 inside to get in, and
outside to get in their inn, SO you
see" But the clerk had tainted
away and fallen inside the Inside
Inns desk, and bell boys were hurry
ing with water for his outside and
brandy for his inside. In their ex-
citement they got that which was
ment for his inside outside and that
which was itended for his outside
inside.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
THRUSH IN HORSES.

In nine cases out of ten when
thrush occurs it is due to the horse
standing in filth, so that the preven-
ton of the trouble is plain to be
seen. Investigation will prove that
the majority of the horses afflicted
with thrush are heavily fed and CIV
en- little exercise, and, as stated, stand
in filth. While there are many honest
differences of opinion as to what ma
terial constitutes the best floor for
a horse, it is certain that the floor
must be kept reasonably clean or the
animal will contract disease OF some
kind. The best treatment for thrush
is to cleanse the foot thoroughly,
soaking it we'll in water as hot as
the horse will stand, if necessary,
and then place calomel in all the
crevices of the frog, covering it with
oakum to hold it in place; this dress
ing must be changed daily.
Place the horse in large box stall
and provide heavy bed of straw so
that there will be sort OF cushion
for the feet at all times. While the
horse is in the stall and not fit to ex-
ercise a great deal, cut the rations
down, being careful that the animal
has sufficient variety to keep the
bowels in good condition. AS soon
as the animal can be given exercise it
should be taken out of doors sew
eral times a day. The dressing
should be faithfully applied until
the discharge of matter ceases.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
ESTABLISHED 1850.
DISH WASHING.

Seemingly little attention is often
given to this bit of housework, yet it
is an art acquired only by study and
practice. Some think the dishes can
be washed and the dinner table clear
ed away by most any one, but dare
say we would be surprised to know
the per cent of housekeepers, especi-
ally young ones, who know how to
wash dishes and do it properly. |
have actually seen this work done in
such a manner that wished for
goodly lot of hot water and strength
to use it, that / might rid myself of
such hired help as l had.
Have on hand hot water, soap and
good dish cloths and cup towels, pre-
pare pan of light suds, then remove
eatable bread, cake, vegetables and
meats; then gather knives, forks and
spoons into trays or deep dishes and
carry away to sink or cook table,
drain and. stack. cups, saucers and
meat pIatters when cleared of scraps.
With crumb brush or clean cloth
clear all crumbs from the table linen
into the crurnb tray or plate and
carry to the proper place. Refill and
clean the castors, sugar bowls and
syrup stands that remain on the table.
Now proceed to wash dishes, begin
ming with the. glassware; rinse and
place in drain. Next wash cups, sau-
GERS, knives, forks and spoons, and
last plates, bowls and dishes. If all
glasses and plate are properly rinsed
out before putting into the water,
the suds will not need to be changed
so often. Begin with the glassware
now and dry until all are dried and
in their proper places. The table
set now will lessen the work at meal
time again. Cover your dining table
and your work is all at the place of
washing milk and stove vessels.
a pan Of fresh suds for your milk
vessels, when they should be hung
in the air and sunshine. Be sure all
cook vessels when needed, have had
water in them, that nothing will be
hard and dry when you are ready to
clean and wash them. Never leave
a vessel to soak until needed or after
another meal is over.
When all are in their places,
shelves and tables all cleaned, you
may wash your dish cloths, pans and
drainers. If refuse is kept for chick
ems or hogs, see that the vessels for
same are emptied and washed often.
Your dining room and kitchen are
now ready for sweeping if needed,
if not all is ready for preparing the
next meal-Woyd and Works.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26

Fifty dollars year with accumu-
lated interest, will give the lad enough
money when he is IS to scratch
through a four-year course in an mex
pensive college with the help of va
cation work and a little money from
home as he goes along. One hun
dred dollars year with interest will
carry him through almost any col
lege, with as much money to spend on
extras as is good for him.
II always hope. when hear about
such children, that the relatives don't
confine their presents to checks for the
bank account at Christmas. A child
that wouldn't prefer woody dog to
a check for his college course would
be no comfort to have around the
house.
"It is usually the first boy baby
that gets the bank account. They
don't do it for girls, because col
lege education. even in these days of
advanced womanhood, is rather an
ornamental thing for girl.
by the time the second baby comes
the family hasn't so much money to
spend on the education which, is eigh-
teen or twenty years away. Still
there's one family on our book keep
ing separate college accounts for all
three of its bOvS.'
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
woMAN's SOCIAL SLAVERY.

Il can't help wishing" said wom-
an who values her friendships, that
we women could rid ourselves of the
debit and credit system in our ex-
change of visits and letters.
Perhaps it is relic of my Quaker
ancestry, but feel as if in the paying
of visits and the writing of letters |
would like to be moved by the spirit
rather than impelled by the mere cir
cumstance of Indebtedness. Often /
feel as if l could enjoy an hours
chat with friend, but the fact that
she owes me call keeps me home,
for lack the courage to face her
well bred surprise over my forgetting
the conventialities.
On the other hand, it may happen
that more than the accepted length
of time has elapsed since | visited
an acquaintance. Then l am sure,
when do go to see her, to feel
chilly atmosphere of injured wonder
as to why I have not called before
mo one more thoroughly enjoys
writing long letters to her family and
friends than I do, but there are days,
even weeks at a time, when the mech
anical pushing of a pen is irksome,
and long for some power of telep-
athy to communicate with my friends
at a distance. To force oneself to
write letters at such time seems
almost sin.
i know one woman who actually
averages letter day the year
through. If she misses writing her
daily stint on week days she forth
with makes up for it by grinding out
seven letters on Sunday. | could not
consent to become such a mechanical
letter writing machine as that.
II think we women might learn a
lesson from our husbands and broth
ers. For instance, at dinner my hus-
band will say, oh, by the way, So
and-So dropped into the Office, and
we went out to lunch together. Had
not seen him for ever SO long. Had
a good visit with him, and he wished
to be remembered to you. Fine fell
low. Always enjoy meeting him.
Or, Had line to-day from What's
His Name. He's out on the Pacific
Coast; been there six months. It's
the first time I've heard from him
since he left New York. I'm glad
he's found the place he deserves
Imagine such ease of social rela-
tons between two women! With us
it is forever give and take, pound for
pound. In the realm of calls and cor
respondence there is no such being
as an emancipated woman"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
POISON 1vr AND sUMAC.

Poison ivy has three leaflets, and
Virginia creeper has FIVE. The for
mer has white berries, the latter pur-
pie.
All the drugs in the world are of
no use in preventing bad case of
poisoning, unless one begins to do
something as soon as the telltale itch
ing begins, says Country Life. When
the pustules break open one is almost
sure to be in for three days or week
of suffering. 1t is well to have a
little bottle of the extract of grindelia
in the house all the time. Ten cents
worth is enough. You can get it at
any drug store. Rub it on the af-
fected parts every FIVE minutes until
the trouble is averted, and be sure to
lose no time in beginning.
There is another member of the
Rhus family which we should avoid,
as it is as poisonous as the poison
ivy, if not more so. This is the poison
surnac, or poison elder. It is a short
or small tree, sometimes growing to
height of twenty-five or thirty feet,
but usually not more than ten or
twelve. 1t is indigenous to the Mid
die and Eastern States, growing in
swamps and low, marshy places. It's
foliage consists of from three to five
pairs of opposite leaves, and one ter
nirlal leaf to each petiole, and to an
ordinary observer it appears like our
common staghorn and other sumacs.
At all times its swamp loving habits
for it is never found elsewhere)
should serve to identify it, while in
the autumn it proclaims itself in un-
mistakable terms, for, as Thoreati
puts it, ''it blazes its sins as scarlet" :"
Moreover, its berries are white, as
are those of the poison ivy, instead
of red, as are those of all the other
sumacs, and this is the most impor-
tant point of difference.
Of the four other surnas which
grow with more or less abundance
throughout the Middle and Eastern
States, we need have no fear, as they
are all harmless. In every instance
the berries grow in dense clusters
and are bright red. The leaves are in
many pairs on the same petiole, with
the single exception of the fragrant
sumac, which like the poison ivy,
has but three leaflets, but this need
not in the least confuse one, as the
shape of the leaves and the general
characteristics of the plant are in no
wise the same.
There is little jingle which l re-
member having at some time read,
which concisely, if not POLITICALLY
explains these differences, and which,
if committed to memory, will always
serve to distinguish the poisonous and
nonpoisonous sumacs:
Berries red,
Have no dread;
Berries white,
Poisonous sight;
Leaves three,
Quickly Aee;
Leaves three, with berries red,
Fragrant sumac, have no dread"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
FAMILY PORTRAITS.

"Some enterprising and aspiring
people in this city recently had a
splendid opportunity to add to their
family portrait gallery" said an art
ist of local renown. There was
sale of the effects of a portrait paint
er, and it included scores of por-
traits in oil of men and women with
distinguished-looking features. A
great many people wondered what
value such portraits could have to
people who had no personal interest
in them and who did not even know
who they were.
"But they had value that was
known to some of the wiser ones.
They were bought up at low prices
and already adorn the homes of some
of our citizens who were little shy
on family portraits. A dozen or SO
portraits in oil of distinguished-look-
ing men and women do not go beg
ing when their value in adding to
the social standing of people is con-
Sidered.
"I once heard of a funny instance
of a family that had liberal display
of family portraits. A friend of mine
was visiting their home, and glancing
around the room, he spied a portrait
of himself, which he had declined to
accept because it failed to portray
his likeness we'll enough for his most
intimate friend to recognize it.
"'Whom does that portrait repre-
sent? he asked his friend We'll,
YOU see,' he replied, are family por-
traits are so old that | cannot now
tell who they all are. They have
been in the family long time, you
know. But they are all numbered
and noted on list that is filed away
somewhere. That, | think, however,
is a picture of my great-great-grand-
father on my mothers side of the
family. The picture was painted
when he was but forty years of age
by a celebrated artist
"By this time the guest was so
greatly interested in another portrait
that he heard no more"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
THE OCCULT IN MIRRORS.

The student of the occult remarked
in a reverential tone, with her head
a little on one side and her eyes
downcast, as if she were reading a
sacred revelation from the carpet:
Mirrors have always been allied
with necromancy. They are favor
ite subject in charms and spells.
Probably most of you recall"
eyes, indeed" broke in the reciter
of original monologues. Il know |
can. Why, | knew a girl who on
Halloween saw in the lookingglass
YOU remember that charm ?-the
face of the man she actually married
afterward. She said she felt after
seeing him in the mirror that she
Just had to marry him or something
dreadful would happen. Within six
months she said she must have read
the charm wrong, for it had turned
out just the other way. It is so hard
to interpret these things"
"It would not be difficult, " resurn-
ed the student of the occult in her
level monotone, eff we exercised Our
spiritual faculties as constantly as we
do our material ones"
Certainly some things that hap
pen are very mysterious" !" broke in
another woman. "Why, do you know
my cousin wrapped small hand
mirror in Grape, and put it under her
grandfather's pillow-just for joke.
YOU know. The next morning, if
you'll believe me-that mirror was
broken, and the old gentleman-oo
years old, he was-died within a
year. Now, how do you account for
such things as that, I'd like to
know?"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
SHE WASN'T GOING 10 MARRY HIN.


The happy man with the license
had been out of the clerks office
about FIVE minutes when the tele-
phone bell rang. Deputy Clerk Ber-
ner, who had issued the precious
document, answered the phone.
"Is this the clerks Office? If it is,
did you give Andy Narrows license
to marry me?"
eyes, we just issued license for
Andrew Narrows and Lucy Mif-
ford"
Honest, did your"
eyes, honest, / did"
"What did you want to go and
do that for"
"Why, because he wanted it."
"Well, didn't want it! You
didn't think I was agoin' to marry
that Andy Narrows, did you? I
guess not!'
well, you see, ma'am"
"Guess mebbe | been kiddin' him
some bout marryin', but / wouldn't
marry him if he was the last man
they was"
Expect that's right, ma'am, but
you see | didn't know that"
"Well, looks like you'd a-knowed.
What kind of a girl do you think |
am, anyway"
1--WE couldn't tell-that is = you
understand that"
"Well, you can just make record OF
it that l amt goin' to marry Andy
Narrows, and l don't care if he's got
forty licenses! So therel
"All right, ma'am-"
"And, say, I guess you'll be more
careful the next time you issue a
license, won't your"
But Berner did not mind; Mar
rows had paid the freight.-Indion-
apolis Meas.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26

JOHNNY, dear, did you try to
mind the Golden Rule in your deal
ings with your playmates at school
today?" eyes m, till we had recess.
You can't use it in football, you
know. It'd kill the game deader'n a
door nail"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26
THE GRACE OF cHEERFUIEEss.

said: / will be glad today!
The rain-cl0uds drift along the hills.
The grass Is drowned in lakes and rills,
The birds of song are chilled and mute,
The dreariness seems absolute;
And yet will be glad today
will be glad, be glad today.
Though many tiresome tasks are set
Ny patient hands; ] will forget
The frets that trouble and depress,
And think on things of pleaeantness
And yet will be glad today.
And 80 will be glad tOdayl
will be glad today, today;
For summer suns again will shine,
The air will thrill like tonic wine,
The birds will sing as ne'er before
And with these blissses yet in store,
Why should not be glad again?
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26

tHEAR YOU'VE been speculating,
old man. What did you realize"
"I realized that was blamed fool, !"
replied the other man sorely.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26

TT MAKES a boy pretty tired to
have his mother take so much pains
with the way he must dress to make
a creditable appearance at Sunday
school when he is really going fishing.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26

SHE-"I know some couples quar-
rel good deal at first, bat get along
pretty we'll later on" He-"Oh,
yes! Some people take matrimony
like rheumatism-they get SO accus-
toned to it that they don't complain
much"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26

ToMMY-"How did you like dat
candy, Annie?" Annie-"I heav-
enly?" Tommy-"Well, de gal wot
takes me fer her steady is goin' ter
hab er stick jest like dat every week. !"