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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
sHOPLIFTING.

The fixed charges of department
store must cover the loss of breakage
and general destruction, the failure
of goods to sell and theft. The cheap
er stores suffer more seriously from
thieving than the higher priced ones
because their employees are less trust
worthy. For years the proprietors es-
timated that their theft losses were
due half to their dishonest employees
and half to outsiders, but not one of
them would venture to estimate the
total. There is curious standard OF
ethics among some of the employees.
They do not regard taking articles for
their own use as theft, whereas to take
them for some one else, even men,
Der of the family, Is plain robbery.
Almost never are these guilty ones
prosecuted, even If they are detected
and the proof is conclusive. They are
discharged, of course, and notices are
posted in the dressing room explaining
the reason. But when an employee
steals goods to sell and is caught ar
rest follows.
Professional shoplifters have been
largely eliminated owing to systematic
prosecution. By far the greatest num-
Der of thefts committed by outsiders
are traced to women, usually reputa-
BILE, who yield to sudden temptation.
Incidentally the newspapers never
name store in which person is ar
rested for shoplifting for the simple
reason that it would frighten away
customers. A retail store on Broad
way, New York, that did a large bus
mess was actually ruined by the pub
lication of the details of several arrests
within its ors.-EveyybOdy'S.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

ed, blowing loudly, every muscle
quivering with excitement. He re-
moved the halter, and as he stood
stroking her silky name concluded
that she had paid him we'll for the
time he had spent in training her.
From that time on Trilby had even
more care than before and became
even a greater pet. This was inter-
rupted, however, when the fall after
she was FIVE years old, Dan bought
an interest in a threshiDg outfit.
Horses were scarce and Dan was fore
ed to break Trilby in on the power.
He was careful driver, however,
and by frequent changes soon had her
doing her share of the work.
During the next ten years Trilby
was on the power good share of the
time, for Dan bought a well-drilling
outfit which he ran with it when he
was not threshing. Dan used to say
thesssbe seemed to enjoy that work.
Anyhow it did not worry her, for she
was always sleek and fat.
One fall Dan and his partner bought
a steam engine-the first in that Sec
tion-to replace the old, wornout
power. With the advent ofthe engine
Trilby was given an honorable dis
charge and turned into the large
pasture.
1t was a sweltering hot day, the
first of September, when the outfit
was started up for the trial run. The
engine ran fine and the separator
hummed steadily until noon. After
dinner, Dan speeded up the engine,
"just to see what she'd do," he said.
1t was still and the dust hung over
the separator like a dense fog. One
after another, the men sought the
shade, painting for breath, and mop.
ping the perspiration and dirt from
their faces. Finally Dan slowed down
to the regular motion and thus they
ran until quitting time.
After the chores were finished, Dan
could not resist the temptation to
take an ear of corn down to Trilby.
He went down to the gate and sound
ed her usual call. He repeated it
several times but received no answer.
He thought that some accident had
befallen her, for he could not remem-
Der a time when she had not answered
his call, even though she were on the
opposite side of the pasture. He con-
cluded that he would go down below
the groves, anyway, where he could
get view of the large part of the
pasture. There at the south edge he
saw Trilby lying stretched out. At
first he thought she must be sick, and
not until he was within few feet of
her did the truth dawn upon him.
She had heard the hum of the old
separator and its familiar call had
seemed imperious to her. There, in
the grass, was circle the exact size
of the one she used to travel in when
on the power. But the steady steam
engine, which needed no relay, had
been more than match for her.
She was dead Kansas Farmer.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
WINTER WEATHER TIPS.

The man who communes with ma
ture and processes to understand her
signs and portents is now in evidence.
He is jealous of the importance which
the political prophets have achieved,
and insists upon having hearing.
He is ready to kill on the spot any
person who calls him a mature
fakir." We have never discovered
exactly how many centuries ago he
made his first appearance. But 1t was
thousands of years. Of course, he
"makes good" sometimes. Either
the winter is to be Every severe" or
it Is unusually mild" There are
only two propositions and it would be
impossible for him to be wrong all
the time.
The proofs that the winter of 1907
oS will be delightful one are found
in the following "tips" which have
been given to the naturewise:
Muskrats are not building winter
homes. Ducks have been in no haste
to migrate. Beavers, like the butter
fly, are enjoying themselves, taking
no thought of what may come in the
form of cold weather. The possum's
attitude is that of an animal which
does not look for heavy SHOWS and
zero weather. Fish worms are near
the surface of the ground. Chickens
have not added to their feathers an
undershirt of down. The goosebone
is calm and clean. Thus nature re-
veals to the sons of men glad tidings
of great Joy. The winter will be
mild. Let US be duly grateful. 1t
is thrilling message.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
CRUTCH WALKING.

''No one who has never tried to use
crutches can have any idea of the
trouble it is to learn to walk with
them,' says a St. Louisan tempora-
rily disabled by an injury to one foot.
"When I was first laid up antici-
pated speedy recovery, but progress
was slow, and in order that might
have little exercise the doctor recon-
mended pair of crutches. There's
no trick at all in learning to use them
He spoke of it as matter of course,
and 1 supposed that all I had to do
was to pick up the crutches, put them
under my arms and walk off, fast or
slow, just as pleased. l had seen
men with crutches walking at as brisk
a gait as 1 had ever been able to
achieve in my best walking days, so
1 was delighted with the prospect of
getting out of the house.
"The crutches were ordered and
sent home. took them with alacri-
ty, and at the very first step I sat
down so hard on the floor that it
seemed to me my spine was driven
halfway into my skull. After recov-
ering from the shock I concluded there
must be something wrong with the
crutches, and visitor to the house
after trying them himself pronounced
them entirely too long. So I took
off the rubber tips and cut off an inch,
then tried them again and would have
had another sitting jolt had l not been
held. The crutch expert declared
they were still too long, so we took
off another inch, then two half inches.
That remedied matters some, but l
speedily discovered after walking
few steps with man holding me up
that my hands and arms were about
to give out and that on the slightest
provocation the crutch slipped from
under my arms and wabbled soalarm-
ingly that l felt every moment as ifI
was going headlong to the ground.
"Then 1 discovered that I must
rest more weight on the top Of the
crutch and less on the handles. This
was an Improvement, but in five min
utes the muscles under my arms were
so sore that couldn't stand the pain.
Then 1 put pads on top, only to find
out that brick pavement is the
toughest walking place on earth. A
Rocky Mountain paths like granitoid
compared to it. The slightest ine-
quality caught the tip of the crutch
and sent me staggering. When I
raised my foot to take step forward
my shoe always caught against the
bricks, and 1 would have had twenty
falls every fifteen minutes if I had not
been supported.
"Crutch walking is a science. 1t
must be studied and learned like
other sciences. Now when see
man travelling along on two crutches
I am filled with admiration for his
dexterity, but when I observe one
legged man getting over the ground
on only one crutch / feel that he Is
born genius. "-.S. Louis Gl06e-Dem-
0C1at.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
A BUSINESS PARABLE.

Once a farmer had I 300 bushels
of wheat, which he sold not to sin
gle grain merchant, but to 1900 diff
ferent dealers, a bushel each. A few
of them paid him in cash, but far the
greater number said it was not
convenient then they would pay
later. A few months passed and the
mans bank account ran low. GLOW
is this 7" he said. "My 1900 bushels
of grain should have kept me in af-
fuence until another crop is raised,
but l have parted with the grain and
have instead only vast number of
accounts, so small and scattered that
l cannot get around and collect fast
enough to pay expenses"
So he posted up apublic notice and
asked all those who owed him to pay
quickly. Bnt few came. The rest
said, mine is only a small matter,
and I will go and pay one of these
days." forgetting that, though each
account was very small, when all
were put together they meant large
sum to the man. Things went on
thus. The man got to feeling so bad
that he fell out of bed and awoke and,
running TO his granary, found his
1900 bushels of wheat still safe there.
He had only been dreaming.
Moral.-The next day the man
went to the publisher of his paper
and said :: "Here, sir, is the pay for
your paper, and when next years
subscription is due you can depend
on me to pay it promptly. I stood
in the position of an editor last night,
and 1 know how it feels to have one S
honestly earned money scattered all
over the country in small amounts. :"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
LINCOLN AND THE ORANGE.

4 was eight years old when my fa-
ther took me with him to Washing
ton," says man now prominent in
national life. 'tIt was during the
darkest hours of the rebellion. We
were walking on the street when q
tall, thin man with very long legs and
loose clothes and frowning wrinkled
face came striding toward us. His
eyes were fixed on the pavement.
His lips were moving, and / remem-
Der thinking how cross he looked.
But I was more interested in watching
a ragged little urchin between us
standing barefooted on the curb, his
lips twisting and his big eyes fixed
on pile of oranges in vender's
cart. The vender's back was turned
while he made change for a GUS
toner. The tall man passed the boy
at the same time we did. He stopped
suddenly, plunged hand into his
pocket, bought big orange, gave it
to the boy and went on.
"The boy was grinning and already
set his teeth in the orange, much to
my envy, when my father asked him
if he knew who gave it to him. He
shook his head.
"'That was President Lincoln,
lad,' my father said. Hurry and
thank him.
''The boy ran, caught the Topping
coat, and as the stern face turned
sharply he called, Thank you, Mr..
President Lincoln I
Suddenly the face was transform
ed as have never seen face since
then. A beautiful smile covered it.
A voice which thrills me yet said:
"'You're welcome, boy. You
wanted to steal it while the fellow
wasn't looking, didn't your But you
wouldn't because it wasn't honest.
That's the right way. I wish some
men know were like you."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

A DIFFIDENT-LooKING man from
one of the suburbs stepped up to the
ticket office in one of the railway
stations in Chicago and asked the
man inside, in a hesitating way, if he
sold round-trip tickets to the James
town Exposition.
eyes, SIR" answered the ticket
seller.
"Give reduced rates1"
"Yes, sir"
"I suppose there will be special
days now and then ~
"Undoubtedly."
"Going to be a Pocahontas day."
"I guess So"
"Well, what 1 want to know is
this" said the stranger, clearing his
throat. "Will there be John Smith
day?"
''I don't know as to that" gravely
rejoined the ticket seller, "but ! am
inclined to think not. Hotel accom-
modations in the neighborhood of the
exposition are limited" = YOUTH S
Companion.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
THE SUPREME TEST.

He was no coward nay, rather,
men had even called him brave. At
the peril of his life he had stopped
runaway horses, had plunged into the
sea to rescue child from drowning,
and had CALAMITY charged up San Juan
Hill in the face of Spanish bullets.
But now his face paled and he trem-
bled.
II dare not" he muttered. "But, !"
he added resolutely, "since she whom
I vowed to love and cherish has asked
it of me, / will not falter."
So, with calm courage and a reso-
lutte mien he descended to the kitch-
en- to discharge the cook. Tie Clycle.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
SOME SHARP RRToRTs.

In London auction room two men
were disputing the possession of
picture by celebrated English pain
ter, which faithfully represented an
ass. Each seemed determined to out
bid the other.
Finally, one of them said: 'My
dear sir, it is of no use I shall not
give in. This painting once belong
ed to my grandfather, and I intend to
have it,
"Oh, in that case," replied his
rival, suayely, 81 will give it up. I
think you are fully entitled to it if it
is one of your family portraits" at
which there was great laug b ter
throughout the room.
With this sharp retort we are in
clined to rank the reply of the Irish
girl, who, caught in the act of play
ing on Sunday morning, and being
accosted by the parish priest with the
greeting, Good morning, daughter
of the evil one." replied promptly,
"Good morning, father"
Lord Cockburn, after long stroll,
sat down on a hillside beside shep-
herd, and observed that the sheep Sc
lected the coldest situation for lying
down.
"Mac," he said, II think if 1 were
sheep 1 should certainly have pre-
ferred the other side of that hill
The shepherd answered: !: "Aye,
my lord; but if ye had been sheep
We would have had mair sense" and
Lord Cockburn was never tired of re-
lating the story, and turning the
laugh on himself.
The man who was offering gratui-
tous information at country fair was
disparaging the show of cattle.
"Call these here prize cattle?" he
scornfully said. "Why, they amt
nothin' to what our folks raised. You
may not think it, but my father rails
ed the biggest calf of any man round
our parts"
"I can very we'll believe it," OBJ
served bystander, surveying him
from head to foot.
It is not every one who enjoys a
joke at his own expense.
The Judge, who pointed with his
cane and exclaimed, There is great
rogue at the end of my cane" was
intensely enraged when the man look
ed hard at him, and asked, coolly ::
"At which end, your honor?'
A friend of Curran's was Dragging
of his attachment to the jury system,
and said:
with trial by jury I have lived,
and, by the blessing of God, with
trial by jury 1 will die."
"Oh p said Curran, in much amaze
ment, ''then you've made up your
mind to be hanged, Dick?"
GEORGE, who is fond of music,
persuaded his uncle Joseph to go with
him to a classical concert. A lady
played magnificent violin solo, but
poor uncle Joseph displayed no en-
thusiasm.
"That violin solo was magnificent, +"
explained George. you've no idea
how difficult it was.
Difficult" exclaimed uncle Joe.
81 wish it was impossible. ."-zatley.
CLERK-I'd like to sell you baby
grand.
Smart Customer-Thank you
We have a grand baby at our house
which makes all the music that we
need at present.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
MISTRESS WHOM A SERVANT RESPECTS.

A woman should insist upon being
mistress of her own kitchen, but un-
less she possesses self control, pa
tience and tact she is really just as
unfit to manage her servants as
child. It Is very true saying that
man or woman who has not learned
to control self is not fit 10 control
others. If woman cannot go into
her own kitchen without losing her
temper she would do better to stay
out of 1t. Fault must be found, but
with servants, it should be in quiet,
digni6ed way, and proper time
should be chosen for it. A woman
who does not know any better than
to take time when a servant is par
ticuarly busy or has some special
piece of work she is trying to get
done, washing, ironing, or getting
dinner, will never be likely to have
good service. If she scolds or nags
She at once lowers herself to the level
of her servant and loses the respect
which every mistress of house should
strive to deserve from those about
her. W0man'S Life.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
THE WARNING OF A sHEzzE.

AS a general thing sneezing Is ma
ture's warning to get warmer In some
way or other, and quickly.
The question of temperature and
ventilation is one of the most difficult
winter problems. So much depends
upon circumstances and individual
idiosyncrasy that 1t is hard to lay
down any definite rules. An indoor
temperature which is suitable for a
vigorous person or one in active mo
ton Is dangerous for one who Is deli
cate or sitting and doing head work
exclusively.
As a general rule, it may be said
that a temperature that falls much
below 10 degrees at four feet from the
floor is dangerous for sedentary work
ers, and any one who continues sit
ting when he feels chilled does 50 at
the risk of his life.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
A TALE OF A MoToR1sr.

There was a man of modest means,
But inclinations gay,
Who sold corner lot and bought
A motor car one day.
He closed his business up to ride
Within the big machine,
And parted with his diamond ring
To buy the gasoline.
Before. along the country roads,
The sumac lit its fires.
He put a mortgage on his house
To purchase rubber tires;
And next he auctioned of his beds,
His tables and his chairs,
To give the car a coat OF paint
And make some light repairs.
But speeding in the early dusk,
without his lamps alight,
A man in blue and brass appeared
And stopped his dizzy flight.
He didn't have single cent
To pay the fine imposed;
They took the auto for the debt,
And so the tale was closed.
Man York Herald
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

THE colored sexton of wealthy
New York church had a very stylish
mulatto wife. Finding his domestic
income not quite equal to his expens'
es, he decided to apply for an increase
in salary. So he wrote aletter to the
committee in charge with this expla-
nation at the close: "It's mighty
hard to keep sealskin wife on a
muskrat salary."-LGdies' Home
Journal.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

IRATE Father Ito son)-"It's as
tonishing, George, how much money
you need p
Son-'I don't need any, father !;
its the other people who need it."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

MAY-''I hear Jimmy Smith is go
ing to get married" Jay-"T'm
glad of it. l never did like that fell
low. ."-/udge.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
THE ANSWER OF ANN.

Young Bertle courted pretty Ann,
and asked her for his wife.
Said she: "I love no other man, so
will be yours for life |"
Then gently around her taper waist
his arm in rapture went, and on those
ruby lips so chaste the first long kisses
spent.
"What is it." cried he injoy, "that
draws this heart to mine? What
makes those cheeks SO bright and coy,
those eyes like stars to shine? What
is it proves the world so fair when thy
sweet form is nigh-that permeates
the ambient air, the trees, the flowers,
the sky? Oh, say, what is it that en-
thTalls the kiss hold so dear -
She gently on his bosom falls. cts
onions, love. I fear !'
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

THE FARMER-"What are you
getting up in that there apple treef"
The Boy-"Stummick ache, SIR"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

S1NGLEroN-Do you really be-
lieve that living expenses have In
creased 20 per cent. in the last FIVE
yearsl
Marryat-What Why, they've
increased 100 per cent. at least.
Siugleton-Nonsense
Marryat-Not at all. Five years
ago there was only my wife and I,
and now there's six of us In the FAM
ilv-PkiZadSlbEfG Press.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

"CHALMor, you don't know your
geography lesson at all tonight" )"
said Gunson, Sr. "When 1 was your
age could answer practically every
question in the book"
"Well, pa" retorted Gunson, Jr.,
''I guess you had some intelligent
person to help you with your home
work. ."-Byooklyn Life.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

Mrs. SMITH hear Mrs. Weeds
is going TO marry farmer and live
in the country.
Mrs. Jones-Well, she ought to
make good as a farmers wife.
Mrs. Smith, don't see why. She
has always lived in town.
Mrs. Jones-True; but as this is
her sixth matrimonial venture she
evidently knows all about husbandry.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

COURAGE, like cowardice, is un-
doubtedly contagious, but some per-
sons are not liable to catch it.-Ge0rge
D. Prentice.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

WHEN a girl refuses fellow and
he doesn't go to the bad 1t is a bitter
blow to her pride.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04

SOME men are born great, but as a
rule they soon begin to shrink.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-04
CLERK-I'd ike to sell YOU a /

CLERK-Id like to sell you baby
grand.
Smart Customer-T b ank you
We have a grand baby at our house
which makes all the music that we
need at present.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-05-08
Ever Troubled With Rheu-
matism In Your Feet !?

Under date Of June 80, 1904. this letter wss
T Tt1i from Ed. W; R. StFoder. Pastor
FIRST Baptist Church. Casey, Ill. MY wife
was sorely afflicted with Rheumatism IN the
feet l tried doctors aud many remedies, but
sne got NO better. ] wrote you for bottle
q Seven Banks, which proved great bless.
ing to her"
How some women do suffer with
their feet. They can't hardly stand
on them, let alone walk, when Rheu-
matism gets 4 good hold. We've had
them tell US just how they've suffered
and asked US ii we knew OF a good,
honest remedy. We always recon-
mend Seven Barks--don't know of
anything better. II costs but so cents
bottle, and when it fails. return the
esnpty or partly used bottle ard well
'eturn your money. Seven Banks is
great remedy for Stomach troubles,
mt its good for many other ailments,
o.DTry it and see.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-05-08
Is Your Blood and StOrns
ach Out of Order?
IF SO READ THIS.

The experience OF Mrs. f z. Ritter. Of
Dallas, Texas, With our medicines is best told
BY herself IN letter written on Juiy s. 1864
sonal experience that Seven Barks and Globe
Pills are HE very best medicines On earth
FOR Blood and Stomach troubles. am IN
better health than 1 ever was in my life You
are az liberty 80 publish my opinion Of your
medicines. l hope that Gods blessing will
follow you through life
We don't know Mrs. Ritter. but we
do know that Seven Banks has cured
good many people who suffered with
diSordered stonachs. We know, too,
that il is purely vegetable remedy,
and people say 1t is easy and pleasant
TO take. The doses are small. Seven
Banks has been made and sold for *
years, and If it wasn't a sure cure for
stomach troubles. the company back Of
il wouldn't refund the money If il fail
ed to cure. But you don't know the
company, you say; all right, you know
Us. Deposit so cents with us and take
a bottle OF Seven Banks home and try
il. II t doesn't do all that is claimed
bring the empty or partly used bottle
back and get your money. There is
only one way to be cured and that IS
to try il, and VIC don't know OF any
fairer way to get you to make the
trial. Do yous