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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26
Sneria1 antfres.

Third Precinct-At William F. Coghlan's,
Pikesville.
Fourth Precinct-At Odd Fellows Hall,
Pikesville,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26
Second District

First Precinct-At Jacksonville Hall,
Jacksonville.
Second Precinct-At W. F. Piel's Store.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26

Eighth Distrfct-
First Precinct-At Odd Fellows Hall.
Cockeysville.
Second Precinct-At Mrs. Laura Jockeys.
Timonium.
Third Precinct-At VIM. I. Curtis, Price
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26
IN MICHIGAN.

WANTED IN MICHIGAN
A MAN ON A DAIRY FARM. Must be
good mixer and good butter maker preferred.
Wages, $4,000 per month and board for single
man, or $500 per month and house rent for mar
ried man. Must not be boozer and church
man preferred; no liquor habits. Promotion on
proving ability. Address, 1.-THE UNION"
June 19-3t*1 Towson, Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26

TUESDAY WAS known as Fresh Air Day" in
Baltimore city when large number of young
ladies-appointed by the Fresh Air Society as
collectors-were stationed in the large stores,
banks and public offices to accept voluntary
contributions to the Fresh Air Fund. The
sum collected aggregated about $1,000 Last
year plan of tagging was tried and proved
quite successful, although there we're some
disagreeable features about it. 1t brought the
society $1,000. This money goes to most
deserving charity and it is surprising that the
sum collected on Tuesday was not much larger.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26
NOTICE.

Il
TOwSON, Md, June 23d, 1909.
The Board of Directors of the Second National
Bank of Towson have this day declared SEMI
ANNUAL DIVIDEND OF THREE PER CENT.
on its capital stock, clear of State and county
taxes. payable to stockholders of record June
18th, 1902 at its banking house, on demand after
June 30th. 1909. THOMAS j. MEADS.
June 26-1t] Cashier.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26

Ninth District
First Precinct-At Engine House, Co.
vanstOwn.
Second Precinct-At 416 Roland Avenue
at Terminus of Roland Park Cars.
ThirdPrecinct-At James Pnipps' Store
East Side York Road, Towson
Fourth Precinct-At Grange Hall, Towson
Fifth Precinct-AtJ. A. Matthew'S Falls
Road and Lake Avenue.
Sixth Precinct-At Frederick Crowder,s.
Hartford road, near Ailsa avenue.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26

First Precinct-At j. ID. Fishers Resi-
dence, ReisterstOwn.
Second Precinct-At Glyndon Volunteer
Fire Company's House, Glyndon.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26

J. FRED. C. TALBOT,
CHAS. H. DICKEY,
WALTER r. TOWNSEND
State Central Committee for Baltimore County,
GEORGE HARTMAN,
Secretary,
June 5-tdl Smedley Row, Towson. Nd.
TyARMERs, HOW ABOUT THIsil!
10000 lbs. STANDARD BINDER
TWINE, at 5K cts. per pound.
Apply at 100 NORTH GAY STREET
June 19-2tl Baltimore, Md.
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ALL THE FEE-SIMPLE PROPERTY IN SAID
MORTGAGE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

Watson r. Sherwood, Attorney, 400 CONT
mental Building, Baltimore, Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26

At Joshua t. Hale's. near White House.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26

I6ItH Bt8JTtCL-
First Precinct-At T. M. Pearce's, Manor
Second Precinct-At Wesley's Hall, Sunny
brook.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-26

Adjoining Owings' Store, Middletown.
Serenfh District
First Precinct-At James NJ. Simpsons
Second Precinct-At John X. G iffin's
Wiseburg.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

NO decision ever reached by the cabi-
~ net of president created greater
excitement than this pronunciamento
issued by President Taft a few days
ago:
The president wants the cook to
stop sending up to him every day at
oRe o'clock red apple and a shred
ded wheat biscuit for his luncheon. He
wants substituted for 1t meal worthy
Of grown up man. There must in
future. be cup of soup, a bit of roast
or fish. vegetable or two, a season
able desert or fruit, and a glass of
iced tea or buttermilk."
The members of Mr.. Tafts cabinet
who have been conforming to the
simple lunch" habit set by their boss
manifested their exultation by
chorus of joyful thanksgiving. They
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

INTERNATIONALLY National muse
w um, which is being constructed al
cost of $4,000, 900, will be completed
within the next six months. 1t will
be occupied by both the National
museum and the Smithsonian institu.
ton.
The present museum building is so
crowded that many of the most inter.
esting collections that have been ac-
quired by the government In recent
years cannot be exhibited.
Work on the new museum was start
ed about three years ago. The plans
were prepared by firm of well-known
Washington architects.
Mr.. Marshall and w. H. Holmes, the
curator of the museum, spent months
In inspecting the celebrated museums
of Europe with view to profiting by
the advantages of the foreign museum
buildings and avoiding the mistakes
of their construction.
The building is of white granite.
with a massive dome, somewhat SINH
lar to that of the Congressional H.
brary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
Taft Again Eating Three Meals Daily

have all fallen into the practice OF
going over to the Metropolitan club
where they serve fine luncheon, and
negotiating the entire bill of fare, from
soup to cigars. Secretary of State
Knox, who doesn't weigh much more
than three ham sandwiches, has gain.
ed ten pounds already, and Attorney
General Wickersham, who was the
only member of the cabinet that re-
fused to adopt the simple life lunch.
con, has the laugh on his associates
who did.
The president inaugurated his new
policy of taking three square meals a
day for two reasons. First, he found
that the cravings of the inner man
we're not satisfied with two and half
meals, and. secondly, his system of ex-
ercise has kept his weight down and
he thinks he can safely return to the
old way Of working on three square
meals.
The president discovered some time
ago that he could safely take care OF
three full meals by continuing his
daily golf and horseback riding. Since
Decoration day he has not missed
midday meal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
Cultivate Sweet Potato.

Sweet potatoes should be grown in
every home garden unless the space is
very limited. Twenty to so feet of row
will give a nice treat for many meals,
and larger space can often be devoted
to this crop. Sweet potatoes are at
their best on a rich, sandy loan, but
they can be grown on other kinds of
soil nearly as well as on sand. The
requisites Of suitable soil are that
1t be friable, well drained, and rich in
plant food. Sweet potatoes will not
grow well In soil that is water
logged. or which is stiff. tenacious. or
badly run down, says the Agricul-
turist.,
Plants can usually be purchased at
80 to so cents per 100. Unless person
expects to plant several hundred it is
not advisable to grow them. The
sground should be prepared before the
plants are secured. The soil should
be plowed and worked deeply. There
is no necessity for ridging for. sweet
potatoes. as was formerly thought
necessary. as Just as good crops can
be grown on level as on ridged soil.
Where the soil is very stiff the pota-
toes can be dug more easily If the
soil is ridged than when grown on
the level
AS soon as the plants are secured
they should be planted. A good way
to plant is to make holes with a |
pointed stick, place the plants in the
holes and pack the soil firmly about
the roots. Be sure that no open
spaces are left at the bottom of the |
holes. A spade may be used.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

gtp IB BILL" Taft went to the mat
~ with Dan Cupid in the White
House the other day and in Is min.
u.es had the little love god beaten to
a pulp. For IL minutes Dan gave the
big fellow fair tussle, but then the
weight began to tell, and when the
bigger man got toe hold in bunch
of red tape it was easy to pin the kids
shoulders to the floor.
Ole Maid, who refereed the bout.
slapped Taft on the shoulder and
called him winner. There was little
cheering. A fine big stork which
acted as second for Dan few from the
arena. The last heard of her she was
loudly screaming for "Bwana Jumbo. /"
or some other seaport.
Dan may get well, but he'll never
look the same. 1t is feared that he is
injured somewhere near the ambition
to shoot al soldier and sailor but
tons. This has long been his favorite
cunning and the blow given him by
President Taft may ruin what was
otherwise . likely. looking boys fu-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
Famous Blunder of Blaine Recalled

Blaine''s reply to 1t and realized thai
Blaine had made a fatal error. Upor
arrival at the hotel Devine sought
Blaine and asked him about the
speech, showing him the newspaper
account.
Il don't know a thing about It .
said Blaine. Did Burchard say that ?"
Blaine told Devine how he had gone
out on the landing of the stairway to
see the delegation Of ministers, head.
ed by DR.. Burchard. Dir. Burchard,
so Blaine said. read his speech in q
sing-song voice, and Blaine, who was
thinking of what he should say in
reply. did not pay particular attention
to it.
Blaine said also that he had been
so admirably looked after up to that
time by Devine that 1t never occurred
to him that he was likely to make a
fatal error in agreeing to what DR..
Burchard had to say. and he had not
heard the fatal expression of DR..
Burchard until Devine called his at.
tention to 1t in the newspapers.
"Of course. Mr.. Devine," Blaine
said. I'VE know what l would have
said had that been called to my at
tention."
Blaine's friends here say he always
attributed his defeat more to DR..
Burchard than to any other cause.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

low James G. Blaine might have
~ been saved from the effects of the
famous blunder by DIR. Burchard in
the campaign of 1884 is a story re-
; vived in Washington by the news of
the death in Brooklyn the other day of
Andrew Devine. long a reporter of the
house of representatives. Devine was
a friend Of Blaine and was assigned
by the Associated Press to travel with
him in the campaign. He supervised
Blaine's speeches and would furnish
local data and make suggestion for
replies to addresses of welcome.
On the morning the DELEGATION
headed by DR.. Burchard called on
Blaine, Devine was obliged to 60 to
Brooklyn to attend the funeral of his
wife's father. After the funeral. ON
returning to New York to Join Blaine
at the Fifth Avenue hotel, Devine saw
an account in the afternoon newspa-
pers of DR.. Burchard's Rum, Roman
ism and Rebellion speech and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
Cash Which Driftsd Across Arctic
Ocean.

the north pole may be accomplished
by putting vessel in the northern ice
pack and allowing it to drift over the
open sea.
For years 1t has been a much
argued contention among scientists,
naval officers and geographical stu.
dents as to whether the Polar sea is
open across the pole. and for the pur-
pose of verifying this an interesting
series of experiments has been carried
on by the United States government
and the Geographical society of this
city. In setting adrift specially de-
signed casks in the Behring sea. re-
cording the dates when set adrift and
then drawing interesting calculations
as to their course from their starting
point to the place where picked up.
The cask, according to Henry G.
Bryant, the president of the Geograph-
ical society, was set adrift July "a,
1900, by the whaler Norwhale, on the
coast of Gaze Bathurst, British Amer
lea.
After being tossed by the arctic
seas, and carried up the Behring sea
to the Arctic ocean, across the polar
regions and probably across the
noyth pole. the cask was picked up
OF the coast of Norway. November 8,
1908.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

ture. Taft weighed in at 80 seaside
and Dan tipped the beam at 2sA. The
big fellow looked fit and Dan was
slightly nervous when 1t began.
In other words, President Taft for.
mally signed the new naval regula-
ton which forbids midshipmen to
marry within the six years of their
cadet course. Heretofore the mid.
dies" were kept away from matrimony
during their four years at Annapolis.
The two years sea service which
follows the academic course was the
undoing of many of the '.middies" and
many became married men before
they had learned to use safety razor
The new regulation came up durfna
the Roosevelt administration. The
fearless one sidestepped and passed II
to President Taft He was game and
walioped Cupid in spite Of the sui.
fragette vote.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
SHRUBS MAKE FOR BEAUTY.
Plants, Like Human Beings, Have
Their Ailments and Need Doc
toring When Not Doing Well.

If you have shrubs that do not seem
to be doing well 1t is good plan to
dig out the sod for a radius of cou.
pie of feet and replace with rich soil
and well-rotted manure in proportion
of about two-thirds soil and one-tbird
manure.
We always have a heap of we'll
rotted manure in one corner of the
garden or orchard, where it will be
handy for use about the yard, and
when we see plant or tree that needs
nourishment we go to this heap and
get part of wheelbarrow load, fin
ish filling with good soil and fill in
about the sick plant and keep it well
stirred for few days. and the way
that plant booms is a caution.
You should understand that plants
have ailments just as human beings
do, and there is apt to be trouble with
the circulation and assimilative or
gans, and you should proceed accord
ingly. Remember that tonic is q
good thing for debilitated plant az
well as the human organism.
Sometimes we have tree or shrub
that is too erratic in its growth and
may need cutting back to cause 1t to
assume a more pleasing shape. Where
your lawn is small and not suitable
for large trees there are scores of
small yet beautiful specimens that
can be used.
In the blue spruce there Is an ever.
green that grows slowly and will not
crowd the view, and yet its gorgeous
color and symmetry of form make It
the king of ornamentals; then there
is the arbor vitae, beautiful tree that
adds grace to the landscape, and its
vivid green is charming. o. Shro-
yer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
Automatic Poultry Feeder.

An automatic poultry feeder to hold
charcoal, grit or anything which it Il
desired to keep before the fowls all
the time may be made from a cigar
box and a quart milk bottle or other
bottle having an equally large mouth
The box, which should be shallow
has single cross-piece reaching dag.
onally from one corner to another,
with an opening to fit the mouth of
the bottle cut in the middle, about
half the depth Of the cross-piece.
Stand the bottle over this and fasten
the bottle upright by strong rubber
band passed around it and an upright
strip of wood, which is nailed to the
back of the box, and which is also
used to hang the feeder just high
enough so the fowls can reach to feed
from 1t, but cannot scratch dirt into 1t.
The box being shallow, the space be-
meath the bottom is proportionately
small, SO that as fast as the food is
picked out by the fowls more falls
down to take its place, consequently
II Is only necessary to see that the
bottle is kept full.
These devices for keeping feed or
other material always before fowls are
perhaps all right If they are not neg
lected and allowed to become clogged
or foul with dirt or droppings. Al
ways replenish the supply every day
or two. as in this way one can be sure
that the boxes are clean-and cleanli.
ness is the most important thing in
poultry work.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

etable Compound had helped ner, ana
I tried II, and after the third bottle
was cured "-Mrs.ALyENA SRERLM0
II Langdon Street, Chicago, I'LL
If you are Ill do not drag along q
home or in your place Of employment
until an operation is necessary, but
build up the feminine system, and ne
move the cause Of those distressing
aches and pains by taking Lydia 3.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs.
For thirty years It has been the stan
dard remedy for female ills, and has
positively restored the health OF thou.
sandsof womenwho have been troubled
with displacements, Inflammation, III
ceration, fibroid tumors, Irregularities
periodic pains, backache, bearing down
feeling. f1atulency, indigestion, dixd-
ness, or nervous prostration. Why
don't you.try itP
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
! ROCKINGHAM DOOR KNOB.
Bought BY Lucky American In Lon.
don for 81 Cents and Sold to 4
Rich Woman for SIS.

London.-With the cutting through
OF new streets many ancient houses
have been torn down in London. Some
Of them were once stately residences
and boosted bits Of fine old brass, val
liable woodwork and door knockers
SO deliberately carved and wrought al
to be things Of beauty in themselves.
In the hurry Of getting rid of these
old houses some wonderful pieces Of
age-colored wood and articles of brass
and china have been picked up by
those on the watch for almost moth
ing.
Amonth other things several Rock
ingham china door knobs, the pride Of
generations past, have fairly been
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
National Museum Nearing COMPLETION

The chambers are large and Sc
verely plain, as the plans do not pro
vide for an elaborate decorative
scheme.
1t will be the largest and most com
plete building in the world devoted
solely 20 museum purposes. The
British museum consists of two build,
ings. but the greater portion of its
space is devoted to the library. The
National museum is devoted principal.
ly to the natural history and Indian
history Of the United States. It also
contains exhibits illustrative of the
various surveys from the early In.
dian trails down to the geological sur
vey of the present time and the ma
terial results Of those surveys.
The new building will be used al.
most entirely for the exhibits relating
to natural arts and industry. The
other exhibits will remain in the pres.
ent building and with the Smithsonian
institution.
The site is at Tenth and B streets
AMI in the park system known as THE
MALL That site was selected in &C.
cordance with the Durham plan for
tho Identification of Washington
which contemplates the acquisition by
the government of all of that section
of the city between the capitol and
White House grounds and between
Pennsylvania avenue and the Potomac
river.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
Growing chiyes.

1t Is impossible to say how much de.
mand there is for chives in local
markets. In some places they are un-
known: In others always abundant
IN early spring. Neither condition
seems to imply much money in grow
ing the chop. Nothing is simpler to
grow. When planted the little bulbs
soon form thick. turfy masses with
abundant small green tops which are
used far fiavoring or for eating raw
like young onions, which they re-
semble In flavor. In marketing the
clumps are usually cut in squares.
None Of the cultivated onions is so
pretty for edging flower beds. The
dowers are very dainty and attractive.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
RETURNS FROM POLAR SEAS.
After Floating Over 2,4oo Miles
Through Behring Sea cask Was
Found on Coast Of Iceland.

Philadelphia.--Picked up several
hundred miles of the coast of Iceland
after floating over 2,400 miles over
the Arctic ocean, after having been
set adrift nine years ago, cask OF
the Geographical society of this city,
was brought to port by the Norwegian
steamer Gin bria.
The discovery of the cask, it is be.
lieved, proves the contention of Ad-
miral Melville and of other members
OF the society that the Polar sea ia
open and that the discovery OF
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17
TUBERCULOSIS TEST
INTERESTING TEST OF INFECTED
HOGS AND CATTLE.
Iowa Station Experiments with Tuber-
cuiin; All Animals Suspected of
Being Diseased Should Be
Tagged Until Properly
Inspected.
BY BURTON ROGERS,
Kansas Experiment Station.

The Iowa experiment station al
Ames tested a herd of cattle for tuber
culosis with tuberculin. Those react
ing, and thus considered tuberculous
we're placed in a separate lot, and
those not reacting, and therefore con
sidered as free from tuberculosis, were
placed in another pen.
Then rs healthy pigs were put in
each pen with the cattle.
A few months later when the hogs
were mature they we're sent to mar.
ket for slaughter and carefully fol.
lowed to the government inspector.
Twenty-one of the hogs that had
associated with the tuberculin react
ing cattle we're found to be tubercu.
Ious. while none of the others were
diseased.
Not only did the tuberculin, but so
did the hogs test the cattle.
While federal veterinary inspector
In 1904 the writer instituted an expert
ment in an Iowa packing house, and
which has been continued since
namely. of tagging all the hogs bought
direct from the farmers.
Recently the state veterinarian or
dered the cattle to be tested on Is of
the farms from which tuberculous
hogs came, and In every instance tu-
berculin reacting tuberculous cattle
were found.
Again the tuberculin and the tuber-
culous hogs paralleled in testing the
cattle.
We are short-sighted. indeed, If we
do not realize that the simplification
Of this perplexing problem, in the west
at least. is to require that all animals
entering the channels of trade for a
limited time be tagged with tags that
win remain until the animals have
been inspected.
These are the farms that need i'm
mediate attention; the vast majority
of the others do not It is the quick
est way to bring many unsuspecting
farmers face to face with the fact thae
they need to do something.
For tuberculous cattle mean tuber-
culous calves, tuberculous hogs, tuber-
culous chickens, and last, but not
least, tuberculous babies and tubercu-
lous people.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-17

The Rockingham China Door Knob.
given away and the very beautiful
knob shown in the picture was pur.
chased by an enterprising American
who was watching the dismantline
and destruction Of one of these
houses. Thirty-seven cents was what
the bystander paid for this door knob.
as fine specimen of Rockingham az
you could see.
Naturally the American was proud
of her bargain and meant to keep II.
She washed 1t carefully and put It in
the place of honor in her room and
wrote long letters about It to America.
Life in London is expensive for stu
dents and one day the American
heard of a rich woman who wanted
just that kind of Rockingham door
knob to match a set for a drawing
room, 50 she succumbed and sold her
treasure for SIS. Now it is being used
again in beautiful drawing room fur.
Aished as nearly as possible in the
style which was followed when the
Rockingham door knobs were first in
vogue.