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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11

pam, look out. You've got it. The
third cardinal symptom is rigidity oi
the right side of the abdomen. Not
iiniltrequently this rigidity is board
like.
On opponent of the knife in ap-
pendlcltis recommends large doses of
castor oil. Perhaps that famous cure
all OF our grandmothers would give
relief in mild cases, but when. in
acute cases, perforation, abscess or
gangrene supervenes, it is probable
that oil would be too slow. The an
pendlx is often so distended bv pus
that even a slight pressure Of the
hand upon the abdomen is sufficient
to burst it. A rupture floods the
9erltoneal cavity with virulent poi
son, and, and quick death is pet1er-
ally the result.
Massage would be dangerous in
acute cases, because of the liability |
treatment 1f Il The ehf irfieepdix fniRepepdix but many
the little worm is destroyed by the
lymptatics and white blood corpus
cles, but the malady is not cured.
In time it becomes chronic. Unusual
exertion is followed by dull ache
about where the appendix is suppos-
ed to hang, the digestion is poor
and the bowels become sluggish.
Millions are affected with appended
It's in its chronic forrn-Victor Smith
in New York Press.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11
ORIGIN OF A MARRIAGE CUSTOM.

Casting a shoe after a newly
married couple is one of the oldest
customs that still clings to the fabric
of this up-to-date life," Mr.. John
Clinton told me recently. "Centur-
les ago, nay, thousands of years ago,
it was one of the means employed
by the people of antiquity to indicate
ownership.
"When a piece of land was pur-
chased or given to one, or man
acquired ownership of a house,
cow, or took unto himself wife,
it was the established custom to cast
shoe over the land, the building,
the animal or the woman, thus as
serting to the world that he had ac-
quired all rights of ownership. The
custom is mentioned in several places
in the Bible, but the only instance I
can specifically recall to mind just
now is in Psalm tx, 8, where the
phrase, Over Edom will I cast out
my shoe, is employed to mean that
by this method will ownership be
asserted. Few who do it probably
know why they cast shoe after the
newly married, but in this ancient
custom is its origin found. So does
relic of barbarism linger in our
midst, and for her own sake the bride
ought to see to it that it is no longer
| practiced."
The pessimist doesn't believe in
expansion when it comes to smiles.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11
PERFORMING UNPLEASANT DUTIES.

The very next time you have
something unpleasant to do, some
thing to which you bring an unwil-
ling mind" says writer in Harpers
Basar, "just repeat the following
formula to yourself, and say it over
and over again until you believe it
This which I am doing now is what
in the circumstances | prefer to do
at this moment, above all other
things. Of course, then I enjoy itp
This self-restraint, faithfully applied
during dishwashing, bedmaking,
sweeping, dusting, housecleaning,
stocking darning, and all the monot-
onous duties of home woman, may
be relied on to bring floods of sun
shine everywhere. The work is done
in less time, and with less friction,
than ever before, an atmosphere of
peace and serenity pervades the
whole household, the soul of the
worker is enlarged. 1t is worth try
ing. Try it at once, dear readers,
and let me hear what the result is. E"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11
GET FULL BENEFIT FROM SLEEP.

1t may seem absurd to suggest
cultivating a habit while asleep, yet
it can be done, and the health greatly
improved thereby. One is often
really startled by the extraordinary
attitude assumed by small children
in their sleep and yet the grown
members of the family are doing
the same foolish thing in a modified
degree.
The extreme WEAKNESS felt by
many persons upon getting out of
bed in the morning is often largely
due to the unnatural position in
which the body reposed during the
strained and worse than all else, the
lungs have labored all night long
without sufficient fresh air, the re-
suit being that the blood is poisoned
by the gases and the whole system
is debilitated.
Beds which are too soft, springs
which sag and too many soft pillows
all help to throw the body in an
unnatural position. Heavy quilts and
overheated rooms cause restlessness
and consequent twisting of the body
in uncomfortable positions. A room
kept at IS or 80 degrees at night is
much too warm for health, even if
one is accustomed to this tempera-
ture. Refreshing sleep is impossible
until the room is kept cool and an
abundance of fresh air admitted dur
ing the night.-NeaO York american
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11
THE VICE OF NAGGING.

Nagging may or may not be a vice
of the thin, as a famous physician
suggests, but that there is some truth
in his theory that there is scientific
basis for this ugly habit seems likely.
Perfect health" he says, "has as
one of its factors content of mind.
A nervous man or woman who is
anxious, discontented, gloomy, dis
satisfied, worried from any cause,
cannot enjoy good health. This
mental turmoil produces as one of
its primary effects on the body an
inability to digest food properly. The
blood which should supply the force
necessary for. the function of diges-
ton is continually drawn away from
the stomach by excitement in the
brain, and the woman who nags suf-
fers. While there be those whose
tendency to lay on fat is so great
that nothing will stop it, nagging
man or woman is generally thin.
Their habit of mind has partially
starved their bodies"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11
THAT SUNDAY APPETITE.
STRICKLAND W. GILLIAN.

|
It started to develop when was farmer I'D
The folks were scared at finding what an appe
tite had;
But ! was kept from worry by the fact that al
the rest '-A' O.
|ouid keep the pace set them when 1 did m,
1t reached its climax SUNDAYS wbe, ~. -, 49,,
Our Pa and Ma and Henry CLAW. and cada .,d
little Min, a''1
besides your humble servant. who was there
with all his might,
prepared to. do destruction with that Sunday
appetite
wed cat hearty breakfast-b -buckwheats. san.
sage, maple-drip;
Inc weary wait till noontime seemed LONG
half-famished trip.
wed then have biscuit, chicken, mashed pota
toes gravy, too
With jelles, pickles and preserves-a ,ov.,,
lot to chew.
We'd eat until our eyes stuck ont then orave,v
call for piel e'
of Coming % hSEt i5Ander that We didn't burst
Drove all of us to supper with that Sunday ap-
petite.
have it yet, and so have you. You take your
breakfast food
And other little knickknacks either boiled or
fried or stewed;
At two o'clock or thereabouts you wade into a
feast
And eat enough to last you for fortnight, at
the least.
You make call-there's tea and cake of which
you gamey munich;
And when you get back home you say, what
is there, wife, for 1unch?"
Now here's a guess-its yours to say if it be
wrong or right:
The father of Blue Monday is that Sunday ap-
petite.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11
LIGHTENs HER LABOR.

A woman who awakens the won
der of her friends by the ease with
which she gets through a great deal
of work confded to one of them re-
Gently few simple expedients by
which this is made possible.
Realizing that the work of ironing
is nothing to the fatigue entailed
while doing it, she has made herself
floor cushion about a foot and a
half square. This is simply a pad
three inches thick filled with excel
sior, but when standing on it she
finds that she does not incur that
aching and burning of the feet which
so often follow standing at the IRON
ing board.
This woman has also provided her
self with lapboard three feet long
and very thin and light. Sitting with
this across her knees, she irons small
pieces, such as handkerchiefs and
table napkins, and in this way saves
herself lots of fatigue. Then, again,
she has recourse to an old piano stool,
the most convenient thing in the
world, she declares, to have in the
kitchen. Upon this, screwed to a
convenient height and drawn up to
the kitchen table, she works away
comfortably, not only when ironing,
but when peeling vegetables and
doing such other tasks.
friends, and it is to this effect:
When you find a thing very hard
to do, be sure you are not going
about it right l firmly believe that
there is an easy-comparatively easy
way to do everything, and I think
it pays to find it out"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11

a novelty. But that was long ago.
Old women nowadays have their
own natural teeth. The teeth of old
people can be as white, as daintilv
delicate, as glossy and every whit
as pretty as the teeth of woman
of 80.
1t the teeth can be preserved until
middle age, they will be pretty sure
to last out ones life. The main dan
ger to the teeth comes in youth, when
the teeth are young and not yery
strong, and when the enamel is still
tender upon them.
Children whose teeth do not seem
to get strong should eat cereals and
good, wholesome sweets. God honey
does not hurt the teeth, but STRENGTH
ems them, and good maple sugar is
positively muscle and nerve builder
Tor the teeth as we'll as for the rest
OF the body.
is THAT the St0ffidcI1-vv<,s-.-.A-------.
the teeth would not be as strong
without them.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11
WHY SO MANY MEN DIE YOUNG.

It has been said that few men die
of old age and that almost all per-
sons die of disappointment, personal,
mental or bodily toll, or accident.
The passions kill men sometimes,
even suddenly. The common ex-
preston, "choled with rage" has
little exaggeration in it, for even
though not suddenly fatal, strong
passions shorten life. Strong bodied
men often die young, weak men live
longer than the strong, for the strong
use their strength and the weak have
none to use-the latter take care of
themselves, the former do not. As
it is with the body so it is with the
mind and the temper; the strong
are apt to break, or, like the candle,
run; the weak burn out. The in
ferior animals, which live temperate
lives, have generally their prescribed
term of years. Thus the horse lives
IS years, the OK IS or 20, the lion
about 20, the hog 10 or II, the rabbit
8, the guinea pig 6 or 7.
The numbers all bear proportion
to the time the animal takes to grow
its full size. But man, of all ami
mails, is one that seldom comes up
to the average. He ought to live
100 years, according to the physio-
logical law, for five times twenty
are 100; but instead of that he
scarcely reaches an average of four
times the growing period. The rea-
son is obvious-man is not only the
most irregular and most Incorporate,
but the most laborious and hard
working of all animals.
He is always the most irritable,
and there is reason to believe, though
we cannot tell what an animal Sc
cretly feels, that more than any other
animal man cherishes wrath to keep
it warm and consumes himself with
| the fire of his own reflections.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11
THE POWER OF A LOOK.

Nothing is more charming than
the straightforward look which indi-
Gates that a woman is in complete
possession of herself, confident of
her own powers and strength, and
does not feel the need of looking
hither and thither for a way of es-
cape. Soft and melting eyes, fash
ing eyes, brilliant eyes, soulful eyes,
are not in it with the eyes of direct
gaze, particularly if they are shaded
by lids which are rather large and
heavy. Many hostess is popular
because she looks directly at her
guests, and each one feels the mark
of her special favor. Another wom-
ans failure as a hostess and con-
versationalist may arise from the
opposite course.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11

Don't tell. him I put this in or Tn
lose my position" "
That typewriter is surely a wo-
man. unused Ruth; "only a woman
w would know the difference between
tne mechanical and the real" And
s.lalgntway she wrote to Dick Bovd
inviting him to come to see her
-, MRS. Ruth Boyd has a secretary
VINO writes her notes with pen).
Msolking WORKING when she feels like, it and
craving a salary of a hundred dol dol
fa .ars a month. She is Mr.. Boyd's
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11
E. TRAINING A DAUGHTER.

To train her daughter in courtesy
the mother must begin at a tender
age. The twig is so easily bent that
it scarcely resists the guiding hands.
Even with this training the girl may,
when half grown, come to stage
when self assertion shows itself and
when she feels that it is quite the
thing for her to force herself upon
peoples attention. All growing
things have their trying age. But
this, too, will pass away, and if the
girl has started right there is not
much difficulty in inducing her to
believe that she and all her affairs
are not of paramount Importance to
the public at large; that gentleness
and consideration command more
love and popularity than self asser-
ton and carelessness of the concerns
and whims of others.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11

The strokes of the pen need delib-
Grafton as much as those of the
sword need swiftness.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11

Every woman delights to hear her
company spoken of as being exceed
ingly swell.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11

1t is a good deal easier to cure an
other mans sins than to cure Our
own.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11

The pessimist doesn't believe in
expansion when it comes to smiles.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-11

the teeth would not be as strong
without them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-13
Dffet 50 %
Employment Office Southof Depot
The Nickel Plate Road.

Will sell tickets to Cleveland, O.,
and return, account of National Bap-
fist anniversary, ON May 16, II and
10, at rate of one fare for the round
trip, plus Is cents. Tickets good go
ing date of sale. By depositing same,
extended return limit of June 10 may
be secured. Through service to New
York City, Boston and other eastern
points. No excess fare charged on
any train on the Nickel Plate road.
Meals ON American club meal plan,
ranging in price from 35c to 81; also
service a la carte. Chicago depot,
LaSalle and Van Buren, streets, the
only passenger station in Chicago on
the Elevated loop. Chicago city ticket
Offices, Ill Adams street and Audito-
rum Inc Phone Central 2O57.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-13
One Fare for the Round Trip.

Plus 25 cents, to Cleveland, O., and
return, via Nickel Plate road, May
16, II and 10. Tickets good going
date of sale and returning to and
including June 10, by depositing same.
Three through daily express trains
to Fort Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buff
alo, New York, Boston and New Eng
land points, carrying vestibuled sleep
ing cars. Meals served in Nickel
Plate dining cars, on American club
plan, ranging in price from 35c to 81;
also service a la carte. Chicago depot,
LaSalle and Van Buren, streets. No
excess fare charged on any train on
the Nickel Plate road. Chicago city
ticket Offices, Ill Adams street and
Auditorium annex. Phone Central
POST. km14
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-13
TO BUILDING CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals for the erection
and completion, exclusive of plumbing
and heating, of a stone and pressed
brick, two story and basement office
building for the Bank of Fergus
County in ~Lewistown, Mont, will be
received on Or before May 26, 1904.
at II o'clock moon, by the Bank of Fer
gus County, Lewistown, Mont. Bids
must be accompanied by a certified
check payable to the Bank of Fergus
County for three (3) per cent OF the
amount bid as a guarantee that the
contractor whose bid is accepted will
enter into a contract. Contractors
will be required to file a surety COM
pany's bond in the amount of contract
sum for faithful performance by him
of the obligations set forth in the
contract.
Plans and specifications may be
seen at the Office of the Donovan-Mc-
Cormick company, Billings, Montana,
or at the Bank of Fergus County, in
Lewistown, Mont, and at the office fo
j. H. Kent, Union Bank building,
Helena, or at the Office of the Finlen
hotel, Butte.
The right to reject any and all bids
is reserved.
BANK OF FERGUS COUNTY,
81 LeWlstoWn, Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-13
(First Publication April 26, 19O4-6w)
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Lewistown, Mon
tana, April 10, 1904.-Notice is hereby
given that James w. Richardson of
Lavina, Fergus county, Montana, has
filed notice of his intention to make
proof in support of his desert-land
claim No. 1871, for the NJ SEA OF
section 50, township Z north, range
"a east, M. NJ, before clerk of dis
trict court at Billings, Montana, on
Thursday, the End day of June, 1904.
He names the following witnesses
to prove the complete irrigation and
reclamation of said land: Edward
C. Roberts of Elso, Montana; John
f. Conway of Elso, Montana; Smith
S. Hood of Lavina, Montana; Alex.
M. Voolfolk of Lavina, Montana.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-13
(First Publication April 20, 19O4.-3Od)
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department OF the Interior, United
States Land Office, Bozeman, Montana,
April 81, 1904.-A sufficient contest atti-
davit having been filed in this office by
Christian Yegen, contestant, against
homestead entry No. 2427, made April
1, 1897, at Bozeman, Montana, for
SEA section IS, township 1 north,
range 81 east, M. P. NJ, by John
Woodson, c%ontestee, in which it is
alleged that said John Woodson died
about April Is, 1900, and nom of his
heirs have ever cultivated, improved
or remained in possession OF said
land since the death OF said entryman;
and that said land has been wholly
abandoned for three years last past.
And that said failure of said heirs to
cultivate and improve said land has
not been due to their employment in
the army, navy or marine corps OF the
United States in time of war. Said
parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching
said allegations at 10 O'Clock a. m.
on June 1, 1904, before 7. A. Will
liams, clerk of the court, at Billings,
Montana, and that final hearing will
be held at 10 o'clock a. m. on June
9, 1904, before the Register and Re-
ceiver at the United States land office
in Bozeman, Montana. -
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit, filed April p, 1904,
set forth facts which show that after
due diligence personal service of this
| notice cannot be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publica-
ton.
NJ. R. WILSON, Register.
J. N. KELLY, Receiver.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-13
Wanted.

Annually, from 100 to 500 l, 2 and
3-year-old steers to run until matured
for shipment; also a party to turn over
100 or ESQ head of stock cattle and
take an interest, or let out on shares
she stock or mixed; 200 square miles
of excellent we'll watered range di-
rectly tributary; $4,000 in equipment,
pastures, ETC.; incorporated. Address
The Marias Ranch & Cattle Company,
inc, box s, Fort Benton, Mont. If
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-13

(First Publication May Is, 19O4.-2)
Notice Of Application to Effect a Loan
by Mortgage.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Seventh Judicial District of the
State of Montana, in and for the
County of Yellowstone.
In the matter of the Congregational
Church of Billings, to mortgage its
real estate.-Notice of Application
to Effect a Loan by oMrtgage.
Pursuant to an order. of the Honor
able c.. H. Loud, judge OF the Seventh
judicial district of the state of Mon.
tana, in and for the county OF 1ellow-
stone, notice is hereby given to any
and all persons interested in the real
property of said society or church,
cause, if any they cam, on Tuesday,
the 18th day of May, 1904, at 9 O'Clock
a. m. of said day, o r as soon thereafter
as said matter can be heard, at the
couort room of said court, in the city
of Billings, in Yellowstone county,
in the state of Montana, why the trus-
tees of said church should not be
authorized by the order OF this court
to mortgage the real property of said
church, situated and described as fol-
lows: Lots numbered seven CD, eight
60 and nine (9), in block numbered
forty-four CAD of the original town
(now city, of Billings, in the county
of Yellowstone, state of Montana, &C
cording to the plat thereof on file in
the county clerk and recorders office
OF said county of Yellowstone; and
to make, execute and deliver with
such mortgage a promissory note un-
der the corporate seal, if any, and
in the corporate name Of said church,
as evidence of the Indebtedness, to
secure which the mortgage is to be
made.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said district court this 18th day of
May, 1904.
(Seal) T. A. WILLIAMS, Clerk.
By E. w. Dunno, Deputy Clerk.
James R. Goss, Attorney for Petition.
erS.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-13
NO 'HoPPERs EXPECTED.
Ranchers Not Fearing Repetition Of
Winged Scourge.

Several times last fall it vas pub
lished that because of the appearance
of an insect that fed ON the eggs de-
posted in the ground by the grass
hoppers which ravaged portions of
eastern Montana last summer it was
believed that there would be no repe.
tition of the scourge this season. Re.
Gently information has been received
which would confirm the belief then
formed.
During the week a number OF par
ties have informed The Gazette that
careful investigation had convinced
them that this summer only the nor
NAL amount of 'hoppers would be
seen. In localities where the pests
were at their worst last year no traces
Of them are to be found now. The
insect that Toasted on the eggs last
fall seem to have done it's work in a
thorough name While empty shells
are to be found without number where
the eggs were deposited, none that
contain any germ r discoverable,
the bug having emptied them in its
quest for feed.
These reports are brought in from
both the Yellowstone and Mussel.
shell valleys and apparently are re-
liable in every regard. The men re-
v,o,cil1~ &0,n 41,@1, 11os-. - I-.,z
exhaustive investigations and that
their experience is confirmed by that
of others who have given attention
the matter.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-13
Billings Machinery and General Iron
Works.

For machine, iron, boiler and general
repairs call on us. All kinds of agri-
cultural machinery repaired. Save
money by good repairing. Repairing
of bicycles, guns and all kinds OF
fine mechanical work a speciality. All
work done in first-class mechanical
manner 1O3-11
BEHRENDT BROS, "a N. 29th st.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-13
Why Drink

Muddy and impure water. The
Hydrogen filter all impuri-
ties. No matter how muddy the
water, the filter will make it absolute
ly clear. For sale by Aitchison q
Beeman, Bell phone 166; Moffett, b6.
Minnesota avenue. 39