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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11
MARX OF ILLNESS ON NAILS.

lone who makes a close study of
finger nails will find many curious
things about them to excite his won
der and interest,"" says an expert on
such matters, but none more so than
the stories of physical condition toldin
their growth.
"You know that the nail of a per-
son in good health grows at the rate
of about one-sixteenth of an inch
each week-slightly more than many
authorities believe-but during illness
or after an accident or during times
of mental depression this growth is
not only affected and retarded so far
as its length is concerned, but also as
regards its thickness. The very
slightest illness will thus leave an
indelible mark on the nails which may
be readily detected as the nail grows
out. If one has sudden attack. such
as acute rheumatism, which sends the
temperature bounding upward to Io4
or Io5 within the space of two or three
hours, it will be found on the nails,
indicating the difference in thickness
of growth between the time when
health was enjoyed and the thin
growth of the i'll period.
eff the illness is one that comes
gradually, like typhoid fever, for ex-
ample, instead of a ridge gentle in
cline will appear on the nails. Should
one have an arm broken the thick
ridge can be seen only on the 6ngerso of
the one hand, but in all cases Of gen.
eral sickness the ridge or slope ap-
pears on the fingers of both hands.
When one has passed through a
period of extreme excitement or men,
tai depression, the fact will be i'm
printed on the nails either with an
abrupt edge or gentle slope, accord
| ing to the acuteness of the mental in
| hnence.
"In no instance can the marks of
illness, accident or mental condition
be clearly seen on the nail until after
the growth has carried the line be-
yond the white or half moon poStioH
of it, but week or two subsequent to
any of these things the ridge or slope
may be found on the nails, usually
| readily visible to the eyes, but if not
the mark may be found by running
the tip of the finger down any Of the
nails. ."--.S. L0nis GlO6e-Dem0cyat
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11
LOOKING AFTER ONES WIFE.

There ought to be code of minor
social morals which would compel a
man to look out of the corner of his
eye and see not only whether his wife
was we'll entertained, but whether she
was keeping one person too long be-
cause another failed to appear, or in
any way was not quite at her ease, and
to come to her rescue if anything were
going wrong, and bring her some old
friend Of his own or some woman with
whom she would have common in
terest.
TO take a woman of the shy, do
mestic type, not much accustomed to
society, into gay assembly and leave
her to look out for herself for whole
evening, is a sort of nameless cruelty
quite unworthy of a man who loves
his wife, or, let us say, of gentle
man, whether he greatly loves his
wife or not for though love makes
duties easy, the lack Of it does not
make them less binding.
I hold that in small things as well
as in great husband should be his
wife's protector, and should ward off
all annoyances from her as far as
possible. I think that he should be
for her sort of special providence,
and interpose himself as shield be-
tween her and any possibility of an
noyance. But the very essence of this
care should be it unobtrusiveness,
and it should be absolutely invisible
to others.
Are women then any more inde-
pendent of the general vice?' Not as
rule. Mrs. Carlyle knew what was
in her husband long before the world
found it out. She was his morning
star and lighted him to the slow-com-
ing dawn. But the ordinary woman,
while she loves her husband with all
her heart, is yet very apt to go to
other people for her opinion of him.
people say that Henri writes beauti-
full poetry" said Heine's foolish little
French wife, and she was very proud
of him for the poems she had never
read; but it takes wife who has
imagination as well as heart to un-
derstand an uncomprehended great
man; to wait for his sun to rise, as
did Mrs. Carlyle, or to sit with him
among his vision and take for pro-
phecy what the contemporary world
looks on as folly and delusion, as did
the wife of William Blake. For COM
mon mortals it is a great comfort to
be proud of those we love, to feel
that the world also has found them
out and crowned them, even though
it be only with the brief roses of a
pretty woman's garland.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

sorts of fads in addresses, i'll mono
grams and crests. 81
Probably no one who has the week
end party habit has avoided one or
two catastrophes through confusion
of addresses by attempting to visit
people at their posto6ice address,
which is seldom where they live or by
sending letters cordially accepting IN
vitations addressed to railway stations
that have no postof6ces, or by trying
to get long distance telephone to
either place.
So the up to date and thoughtful
hostess of a modern country house
has the upper part of the first page Of
her stationery devoted to illustrated
information about these important de-
tails. At the upper left hand corner
is first railway train /; following that
is engraved the name of the station.
Below this is letter or postman
aud the name Of the postofice town.
Then comes tiny telephone and the
number.
The name of the home may be in
the upper right hand corner or an
initial or shield may be used. The
crest and motto is never used unless
the stationery is to be used jointly by
husband and wife.
The metropolitan hostess has a
much easier time of it. A simple
street address at the top of the first
page or just tiny monogram is
sufficient.
The new monograms are extremely
small and very decorative. They
look like delicate. compliment to the
fad for crests.
Many of the dies for colored crests
run as high as $50, some up to $Ioo.
The simpler initalsmay cost SIS or $25.
When one adds to the expense Of
the dies and engraving the hundreds
of cards and invitations and dozens OF
quires of stationery necessary for
social purposes alone, it makes bill
of $1,000 for stationery seem very
economical indeed.
This for one person only. For a
family of daughters all busy socially
it must come to about the salary of a
fairly successful professional man.
Mey York Sun.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11
IN THE "GooD OLD TIMES. /"

Not until February of 1872 did the
people of Kentucky know that Madi-
son was elected President in the
previous November.
In 1884 one of the leading railroads
of the United States printed on its
time table, "The locomotive will
leave the depot every day at 10 o'clock
if the weather is fair"
The first typewriter was received
by the public with suspicion. 1t
seemed subversive of existing condi-
tions. A reporter who took one into
a courtroom first proved its real
worth.
In England, some centuries ago, if
an ordinary workman without per-
mission moved from one parish I'd
another in search of work or better
wages he was branded with hot iron.
When Benjamin Franklin first
thought of starting newspaper in
Philadelphia many of his friends ad-
vised against it, because there was a
paper published in Boston. Some
of them doubted that the country
would be able to support two news
papers.
When Thomas Jefferson was elected
President of the United States, on
February II, 1901, after one of the
most exciting political campaigns in
our history, the news did not reach
the successful candidate for as many
days as it now takes hours to trans
NIT the result oe Presidential elec-
ton to the whole civilized world.
When, in 1909, Richard Trevi-
thick uttered the following words
there were many who considered him
an insane. dangerous person: "The
present generation will use canals,
the next will prefer railroads with
horse, but their more enlightened
successors will employ steam carriages
on railways as the perfection of the
art of conveyance"
When Benjamin Franklin first took
the coach from Philadelphia to New
York he spent four days on the jour.
ney. He tells us that as the old
driver logged along he spent his time
knitting stockings. Two stage coache:
and eight horses suficed for all the
commerce that was carried on be-
tween Boston and New York, and il
winter the journey occupied week
Napoleon at the height of his power
could not command Our everyday con
veniences, such as steam heat, run
ming water, bath and sanitary plumb
ing, gas, electric light, railroads
steamboats,, the telegraph, the tele
phone, the phonograph, daily news
papers. magazines and thousand
other blessings which are now part o
the daily necessities of even manua
laborers.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

WHY DOES not the average bright
woman know that it is actual econo.
my to possess a few handsome objects.
such as a jeweled belt clasp, a few
old silver buttons, point lace collar
or two9 Such things wear forever
and may be used on dozens of gar
ments. Often very simple and in.
expensive gown or coat can be made
into a distinguished garment by the
addition of something rare and band
some. Women spend on fragile pas.
sementeries and fancy trimmings Il
one season the price of really beam
tiful ornament that would wear i
lifetime.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11
a PRAYER.

Being to him so precious,
Beyond all things OF price,
So comforting and gracious
Oh, scales upon his eyes!
Since lost and brokenhearted
He'd go his lonely road,
If he and were parted,
Keep me. dear God !
From lightnings that alright me,
From pitfalls in my path,
From suns that burn and smite me.
And from the whirlwind's wrath
From poison and from fever,
From suares at home, abroad,
Because he loves forever,
Keep me, dear God!
Yea, will Thine angels guard me,
Lest that fail and fall,
From avalanchee ward me,
And percipices all;
By fire and water lead me,
Who have deserved Thy rod,
Because one man must need me,
Keep me, dear God
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

How IS your daughter progress;n.
in the study of languages 7" "Besres
tifully," answered Mrs. Cumro'x.
"Has she good foreign accent =; :;
"Yes. Her teacher says that 81.
speaks German with French accs.ss sue :
and French with German accens = :
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

SENATOR "Joe' Blackburn, who
was quite dandy in his younger
days, once ordered pair of trousers
from his tailor, and, as the fashion
then was to wear tight neither habili-
ments, he emphatically demandedthat
this particular pair be skin-tight. In
due time the trousers were sent home
and tried on, whereupon the Senator
sent for the tailor and proceeded to
open fire. 'What in the blankety
blank blank have you done with these
trousers he demanded to know.
"You told me to make them skin
tight SIR" faltered the tailor. eyes,
but by the great horn spoon, you
overdid it." roared the Senator II
can sit down in my skin, but / can't
in these pants"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11
FoR "THE UNION"
THE COMIC VALENTINE.
By FLORA STEWART EMORY.

ST. Valentines Day is again ap-
preaching and the store windows are
full of dainty, pretty novelties SO sug-
gestive of love, bashful maidens and
timid lovers. But alas the charm
ing effect is spoiled by the other kind.
These are valentines which are sent
to a defeated politician, a deceitful
friend, a suspected thief, a disagreeable
old maid, a meddlesome gossip, a firt,
a suspiciously acting church member
and all the other people who, for some
personal spite of ours, we wish to
hurt.
The question is: Does it ever pay
to wound the feelings of our brother
man? think not.
Perhaps the politician has big
family to support, and more than the
outside world knows may have been
at stake. He undoubtedly feels badly
enough without sending him a char
acteristic valentine.
Perhaps your supposed friend is al
ready regretting her treachery and
planning a reconciliation whereby you
will gain lifelong champion, if, at
the critical time, you show out the
sweet forgiveness of your Savior.
The suspected thief may be innocent,
and your cruel slur may harden his
heart to sin.
The disagreeable unmarried woman
is certainly to be pitied, mostly be-
cause she is disagreeable over hei
good fortune in being unmarried. MOI
that married women are not fortunate,
too; they are-sometimes. Certainly
a valentine adorned with corkscrew
curls will not make her any less dis
agreeable.
The gossip will be sure to find you
out and make you pay well for your
valentine. The fiirt may, after all,
be only a light-hearted, dear little
girl, whose thoughts are purer thar
yours. And the suspected church
member is most likely better mat
or woman today than you are.
Let the demand for this class o
art and literature cease, and the worlC
will be brighter, more full OF sun
shine, for the absence of the comic
valentine.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

CHANCE is word void of sense
nothing can exist without cause.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11
EXERCISES FOR HEALTH.

For almost every person under ff-
ty, and for great many people over
fifty, exercise is the nearest approach
to panacea for bodily ills that has
yet been devised. Causing the body
to move and stretch and push and pull
makes the blood circulate, the liver do
its work and the nerves pick up their
dropped stitches.
An excellent time to exercise is be-
fore breakfast. Neither man nor
beast, as rule, goes to sleep hungry.
During sleep there is little waste Of
energy. On waking there is no i'm
mediate demand for replenishment of
lost tissues. Furthermore, the long
sleep has left the nerves and the di-
gestive apparatus dull and leadened.
TO sit down to heavy breakfast
within fifteen or twenty minutes after
getting out of bed means that the
stomach receives food which it does
not need and will not readily digest.
A little shaking up before breakfast
arouses the vitality and consequently
makes the appetite and digestion bet
ter. That means better work done
during the day. If a man can get
away from work in time to take adj
ditional exercise during the afternoon
he will have better appetite for the
evening meal and more power to di-
gest it. That will mean better sleep
at night. m
Many man has succeeded in the
world without paying any attention to
his body-Joseph Chamberlain, for
instance. But such men would pro-
bably have succeeded more easily and
certainly with more pleasure tothem-
selves if they had taken care Of their
bodies. A strong mind is certainly
stronger and more enduring in heal
thy body than in a sickly one. The
best way to keep the body healthy is
to use it.
"THIs THEORY of governing chill
dren by appealing totheir reason ism t
all it's made out to be, saida public
school teacher recently. IT teach in
a primary class, and it's my convic-
ton that youngster actually needs
a good spanking once in while for
his health. 1t does cheer up child
as nothing else will. Here is an in
stance:
Zone of my boys had skipped his
classes, deceived his mother, been
found out and caused much unhap-
piness all around. I took him aside
and we had heart to heart talk.
Johnny sat still, looking at me in
tently and seeming to be deeply i'm
pressed. 1 thought / was making
great headway and that my little SER
mon was surely penetrating Johnny's
brain. / never saw child who SEEM
ed so absorbed, even fascinated, by my
line of argument.
"But you never can tell. Just as
, had reached the climax in my appeal
to his better self, light of discovery
broke over Johnny.
/" Say, teacher he said eagerly
it's your lower jaw that moves AIM
it?'"
THERE is no satisfying people.
said Senator Sorghum, plaintively
public opinion is painfully incon
sistent."
"What is the matter now?"
"Some people are saying that !
used money to get into politics and
others that used politics to get into
money"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

Poverty is no disgrace-;f !. !.
through no fault of your own. : y
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

"WELL," SAID her proud old
father, as the trembling young man en-
tered his presence, it is unnecessary
for me to ask you what you want.
You have come to ask me for my
daughter. Now, tell me about your-
self. What are your qualifications ?"
"I-Iam a vegetariorfor one thing,
and"
GOOD. She's yours. I'll not have
to pay meat bills for you, anyway. :"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

Is THE doctor excusable for speak
ing i'll of his patient!
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

''HAs HE enough money to get
into society?"
"He has enough to stay out of so
ciety if he wants to-"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

"LooK year chile said Nanny
Brown, ''you come away fun dat
thermometer. 81 was jes' lookin'
at it,'' protested Pickaninny Jim.
"Well, you stan about two feet away
an keep yoh hans benin yoh back
when you looks at it. Yoh's made
trouble enough. Member dat day
you fooled wifi de clockl Fus ting l
knowed it was half pas seben an de
chickens war goin' to roos. You'll
go on tamperin' wifi dat thermometer
an dis here curious weather is liable
to keep up till springtime."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

HERE is what the young man said
after he had been married about two
months "There is gladness in her
gladness when she's glad, and there's
sadness in her sadness when She sad /;
but the gladness of her gladness and
the sadness of her sadness are as
nothing to the madness of her mad
ness when she's mad"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

NICE Old Lady-Will you kindly
tell me if the lady who writes "The
Mothers Page" every week in your
paper is in? l want to tell her how
much 1 have enjoyed reading her
article on 1.-The Evening Hour in the
Nursery"
Office Boy-That's him over there
with the pink shirt smoking pipe.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

THERE is no satisfying people. -
said Senator Sorghum, plaintively.
Public opinion is painfully incon-
cscko@1f ~
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11

"What is the matter now z!
"Some people are saying that l
used money to get into politics and
others that I used politics to get into
money"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

But few years ago 1t was accepted
az natural consequence that II man
was great, II he really amounted to
anything. he would drink to excess.
It was the weak spot on most Of our
statesmen, scarcely one OF them feel
ing capable to face an audience In an
eloquent endeavor, without first filing
his tank with the artificial fire Of life
and energy. 1t is manifestly crafty
ing to note the changes in this custom.
Only last year an OK cabinet officer,
who went upon platform to speak 10
Oklahoma was forcitly elected from
the room as soon as his condition was
discovered, The men who are hired
as wage earners In any responsible
calling must now pass muster as sober
men. Even in Warrington II n no
longer considered real good form ID
get so drunk you can't walk. Mem
bers Of congress now refrain from be-
ing carried to their rooms as- sone
were in the days Of yore. Altogether
1t begins to look as though common
sense is taking the place Of greedy
thirst throughout tha nation.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

Here and there may yet he found .
bark from the tomb preacher who
carries the awe OF hell-A literal hell
stamped upon his face, and admQpishes
his small audiences to beware they do
not plunge into the chasm. Many
now living can rememb or when this
sort OF sermon was the fetching
standard" but 1t lie no longer believed
and is seldom preached, for intelligent
thought makes It vanish like mist.
The only regret at omes, is that there
Is not . place internal into which we
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

One OF the most staggering phases
Of the average American citizenship
10 seemingly indifference Of the masses
to the growing tendencies of those
called to positions of public trust u.s.
Ing their places OF honor as common
graft plants. Only occasionally is an
isolated offender run down and pun
nisned as in the case Of Burton or his
colleague, Mitchell, but these are
only broken straws floating on the
crest OF the seething mass Of corrup-
ton sticking ont all over the public
structure.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

An insurance company recently paid
the full amount of insurance on a
church destroyed by storm Ia Okla
homa. The money was used SO SPAR
ingly in rebuilding by the minister
that $500 was left, which he sent back
to the insurance company. What he
should have done was to pay some of
the policies which have been repudi-
lated through some legal technicality
BY those same companies.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

Public Office holding il the last aspi-
ration that should be aspired to Dy
4 Young man, II be bas TIE slightest
~ nptoms Of making his mark in the
world. The grave yards are stocked
with thu bones Of men who might have
bsen happy and prosperous had they
never been exposed "a The Office itch.
Few men ever leave public trust
and enter into composition with the
Business world without realizing that
30 hasglipped back materially.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

You may not be able to buy 90 Ok
pehsive g present as You wish, but
wrap up considerable love nthe pack
age, the express charges win not be
q bit heavier and the present will be
the very thing IL all the world that
was wanted.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

might hope to see some williams we
know plunged. But the new oreeds
are cutting it out, and hell ie doomed,
except that which we brush against
here on earth.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

Three usilersnl men ia Topeka,
Ks.sas. Esvs pawued their family
tOles for tiger whisky and strange to
cay, in both cases the Bibles brought
IL enough to get drunk on. As a just
fstributlon each one got arrested,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

II you have to borrow money it will
probably be little conso|ing to know
that there are thirteen bankers in the
Ohie penitentlarY.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

Pi,tA as 8 been advanced In
tni ines snce September 1st.
used demands for
" has helped strongly to
tbr 4 t',is COMMODITY.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

We haven't had many itome of news
lately because 1t has been go rainy
oar lady friends couldn't get together.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

The reasan some me- fail N business
! hecause, instead Ct having an inter-
I IN the business t,4v ON to have
q Nv mil3 curiosity.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

A Des Moines, Iowa, woman's club
advocates ''fswer but better babies"
Sounds like woman's club.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20
EsTABLIsHED 1872.

Oh they're after the beef trus alright
,. Ogden Armour has just been fined
~ for not muzzling his dog.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-20

The woman who marries a rake or
Gshauchs has the satisfaction that il
she lives she will inherit widowhood.