The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-13
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Edwin Booth will rest fOr year after play
ing In GermAny.
--Gsns.sl Grant expects to pass most Of this
month In Washington.
An the money for $4,000 statue to Mr..
Garfield In Cincinnati has been raised.
Millionaire J. c. Flood gave 81, 200 In Christ
mas presents 20 charitable institutions in San
Francisco.
Robert c. winthrop Is to be invited 10 deliver
the Grafton at the unveiiing Of the Washington
Monument In 1881.
Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop wrote the novel
called "a Transplanted Rose" published annony-
mou'iy short time ago.
Miss Alice s. Blaine, the eldest daughter Of
Ex-Secretary Blaine. IL TO be married in February,
as rumor has Il, to Colonel John J. coppingsr. Of
the army.
"A big find was made BY John y. Heating on
the eastern border Of the Tioga mineral belt Of
California. II Il = rich vein OF geld quartz 100
feet wide. The gold can be seen In the rock.
Judge james Garland retired finally from the
Corporation Court At Lynehburg q few days ago.
lie 10 ninsty-oue years Of age and has led life
Of much usefulness for seventy years or more.
The young gentleman who smokes n bad
cigar on n crowded sidewalk ought 20 20 West and
take n clAtins Wucfo nc might nave hundred
acres Of land and whole blizzard all 10 himself
The Rev. ". c. winslown. Of Boston owns
door.knoeker that was brought over In the May
flower. The knoeker did duty through several
generations on the front door Of the winslow
House at MarshGeid, Mass.
The home Of Robert Tombs Is close by the
spot Of his birth at Washington, Ca. and he has
never lived permanently elsewhere. "Fifty years
ago." he said, ~ brought my wife 20 this house.
bride, aud here we have lived all these years. We
have been blessed more than the most, and thank
God for H."
Captain Joseph L. Trippe. who died In BAL.
timorc last week, was pisneer in steamboating
between Baltimore and Philadelphia. lie COM
manded the steamers Philadelphia. United States,
Carroll and George Washington before the canal
was cut across the Peninsula and among his pas
sengers were Lafayette. Adams, Clay. Webster and
Calhoun.
Mrs. Garfield has lately bees entertaining few
friends Of the late President at her home in cleye-
iani. A correspondent writes from that city 20
the Louisville CoHrisr-.Ioaraai "Mrs. GARFIELD
looks much better than she did early IN the SUN.
mer. There Is better color In her face and she
IL more hcshy. She looks older and is mere care
worn and numerous wrinkles have appeared in
the face since last saw her Her dress is won.
derfully plain. as is that also Of her husbands
mother"
An old woman in II. Louis saved sl.io0 out
Of the hard earnings Of thirty years and the other
night lost the mony in the street. The newspa-
pers described her pi,abie grief, for she was com.
Pieieiy prostrated By the loss. and when she read
of these accounts she felt still worse for she
said she did not want the whole world TO know
her trouble. But when a boy came in with the
money. and explained that he bad found out its
owner from the papers, she thought better of jour
nalism.
The expression "whiie as snow" l. not strict
ly accurate. for there IL such thing red snow.
Aristotle in his writings. mentioned the phenom-
enon. but could not explain it VI. Sossure,
French scientist. observed rel snow on the Alps.
and upon examining IL with a microscope discov-
cred that the snow owed its red hue 90 a minute
pisnt. Proiococcs. Sirdiis. which consists Of n
single cell. Red snow has been observed in this
country on the wass,ch Mountains. ten thousand
fec, above the sea. Il looks like snow that has
been sprinkled with fresh blood.
II is Profitable 70 Read Newspapers.
How newspaper pays eaa be at once seen. 10 you
will give the matter little thought. Suppose
you take paper tha; is only issued once q week:
you get ff,y.tWo copies n year. containing the
general current news Of the times. The sduca-
tional advantages 10 the family derived from only
a weekly paper. are cheaper aal more mpres.ive.
useful and thorough. after the children have
learned TO read. than the teaching in the ordinary
schools. II Is notable fact, and many eminent
examples might be referred 20. that faniiie. that
are never without newspaper become more intel.
lisent aud more influential than those who 20
through the ordinary scholastic studies without
the habit Of reading newspapers. After reading.
writing and arithmetic taught 90 a child, IL a
choice Is TO be made between school book. and
newspapers, II would be much more beneficial to
the child TO give IL two or three well. selected
newspapers TO read than 10 eonine IL to the tex,
books Of the school. Newspaper education il
poiytechnic aud universal and is indispensible 10
proper qualification for true American citizen.
ship.
A good newspaper saves money in all business
matters. II you want TO sell or buy anything ou
will likely SEQ the current price in a Newspaper,
and you will also see what you mi sht want aiTer-
tised you don't have 90 take hcarsay. and thus
suffer from mistakes and delays: you Just turn g.
your paper. and know all you wish 10 end out.
You will often save the subscription COS, Of your
paper by one single order for ten OF twenty dol.
lars' worth Of goods. You will often End chances
for good bargains advertised that cannot be found
10 any other way. Indeed. Il would be impossible
10 engmerate the amount Of pecuniary benefits re.
ceived from newspaper advertisement. alone. TO
say nothing Of the general information Of vital
Importance contained In them.
c1-A gentleman writing from Standing Rock
Agency, in the Sioux country, tell, few things
abou, ,ha; tribe Of indians tia, deserve to be more
widely known. In the first place. their reservation
covers a tract Of country ,ha, give, abou, 900
acres TO every man, woman and child of the 5000
Indians now there. That ought TO go somewhat
toward supporting them bu, in addition. year.
ly annuity Is voted them by Congress. This con-
sists Of many things useful and otherwise. The
clothes they receive sold 20 the nearest trader
at = dollar or two per suit, or else gambled away
all except their blankets. The furniture they re-
eeive 10 promptly cut up fer frewood. crust
stands and such things are speedily converted into
personal adornmsnts. The last treaty made with
them provides that the Government shall buy 25,-
900 head Of cattle, To be taken care Of By them,
and then sold by them 10 the Government, only 20
be reissued as beef This. to the average mind,
looks like paying the Indians for eating their own
beef. The amount Of the matter T., the noble red
man has, under the present policy. become gen.
,ienan Of elegant leisure. who spends a life Of
luxurious ease at the public expense.
'If Christmas on Q Monday Be-
One Of the timely papers in the A-,iqaary for
December Is Mr.. @. d. Lea,hams historical article
on Christmas. 10 which he quotes from the liar.
lean MSS. an smen applicable To this year
II Christmas on Monday be.
great water that year you'll zee,
And full Of winds both loud and shril
But In the summer, truth 20 tell,
Stern winds shall then be aud strong,
Full Of tempests lasting long;
While battles they shall multiply.
And great plenty Of beasts shall die,
They that be born that day, I ween,
They shall be strong each one and keen;