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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
"a. the slopes.
1 FN 1877

The French idea that home produced alcohol
could be substituted for Russian and American
light oils for driving motor cars has not been en-
couraeed by experiment Analysis proves that
the alcohol has only about one-half the carbon
of a mineral oil, with 45 times the Oxygen, and
its calorific value is little more than one-half
Tested in a Broichot horizontal engine OF two
testhree horse power and in Benz vertical
tor of three to four horse power, the new
fuel showed nearly twice as great consumption
as that Of light oil. The price of the alcohol
heinp double that of even fine light OILS it is
calculated that in France the power yielded by
S1OO of petroleum would cost the equivalent of
Sf75 from light oil and at least $3.50 from alcohol
"a
The "Jigger Flea" is a South African pest
whose recent spread from the vicinity of Della
goa Bay to points further south has been
brought to Government notice. Itdiffers great
ly from the ordinary flea, lacks the latter's
agility, and attacks only the soles of the feet,
into which it bores holes and lays eggs therein.
The results are liable to be very painful. Sani-
tarv precautions have been recommended, and
medical men at the various ports of the Cape
have been requested to give the little invader
their attention.
One of the water-mains of Torquay-a ten
inch cast-iron pipe laid in 1s5S-was so incrusted
in eight years that the delivering capacity was
reduced 40 per cent. A piston somewhat smaller
than the tube and armed with projecting knives
is now regularly used to scrape out the rust
and is pushed through the pipe by pressure OF
the water at an average rate of 2H miles an
hour. a speed of TX miles being reached in
places. The 1898 scraping increased the delivery
from $50 to 7OS gallons per minute.
"a
A fortune awaits the inventor of protective
coating for pipes that will withstand soft waters
points out Mr.. w. Ingham to the British Me
chanical Engineers. Something has been done
in this direction. but the best coating is effec
tive only short time, so that soft waters cause
rusting in a few years.
-
Engines run by the waste gases OF blast FUR
naces are suggested in Germany as possibly
cheaper source of energy for making carbide
than even water power.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

A very few exceptions to the rule that animals
live with their backs toward the sky and away
from the earth are found by NJ. Henri Coupin.
The larva of the beautiful floral beetle, whose
winged existence is mostly spent near roses and
other flowers, is the best example. This grub is
a fat worm that does much damage to plant
root in gardens. 1t has three pairs of legs,
seemingly designed for use yet it creeps about
grotesquely on its back, pushing itself forward
six inches to foot a minute by contractile
movements of its segments, aided by a brush of
hairs. The aquatic world has its Waterfront
men, or Notonectae that always swim back
downward Among mammals are the sloths and
other Edentates that spend most of their lives
upside down, suspended from trees by their
claws.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
NoR SALE

About 500 ACRES of very valuable tsrmilng
lands in Baltimore county, situated abou 70 mlles
from Glyndon, Western Maryland halir0au.
This nroDerty will be sold on easy terms. for
further Information, address
LONGNECKER BROS,
Real Estate Agents and Brokers
June loft. No. 2s4.l IoWson' mu
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

TOHN It. GONTRUM,
IL ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ofice-Piper Building, Towson, Md,
EY-E Every day except Saturday, from III A. NJ
t03P NJ
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

The banks of the Suez Canal are being protec-
ted from shifting by trees and shrubs. Reeds
at first shielded from the waves from passing
vessels by fascines, have been placed along nine
miles of the canal proper and the whole lefsesla
81 the Sweetwater Canal. Plantations of snrub-
&ery. irrigated from the Nile. are being lestab-
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

DAM ANSTINE,
n ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Charles and Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Md.
Promnt attention to county business.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
miscellaneous.
DEAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENCY.
LOANS NEG OTIATED on REAL ESTATE
Farms, Dwellings, Village Lots and all
kinds of Real Property Bought
and Sold.
miscellaneous.
LoNGNEcKER BROS,

Real Estate Agents and Brokers',
TOWSON. Nd.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

r EDWARD STIRLING,
81. ATTORNEY g. COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
~ Manufacturers Record Building,
North and Lexington Sts., BALTIMORE MO
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

Se0Shore Connections from linton Station
For Atlantic City (via Delaware River Bridge.
ail,rail route), LAC p. NJ. weekdays (throurh
pullman Buffet Parlor Carl LOS A. NJ, 40. (I.57
congressional Limited P. M. daily; via Market
street wharf 1888 A. NJ, 1906 and LAO M week
days, and LOS A. NJ. daily
For Cape May, 12.O5, P. NJ. weekdays, LOS A. NJ.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21


The full power of belfry bells is felt only
through the use of great masses of metal, and it
is estimated that the normal ia" of $40 simple
vibrations. which is found in the center of the
keyboard of the piano, can be given only by
bell 3 feet in diameter and weighing about 1000
pounds. while the deep "do'' of 81 vibrations
from the 32-foot organ pipe would require a bell
los feet in diameter and weighing 17,500,OOO
pounds. The Harrington cylindrical BELLS with
which experiments have been made in England
during several years, are claimed to give very
satisfactory results with much less metal. Any
note required is given by tube Of constant
diameter and thickness, the various tones and
semi-tones differing only in length, and the pos
sibility of obtaining notes with mathematical
precision is an advantage of great Importance in
the tuning of chimes. The range is less than
that of ordinary bells, increasing with the five
diameters thus far produced from mile to
miles, These tubes have a maximum length of
10 feet, and the saving in metal is illustrated by
the statement that tubular bell of 2X inches
diameter, with range Of half mile, weighs
only 1,540 pounds, while one of the ordinary
bells of the same range weighs 66,00O, the differ
ence in cost being that between $1,000 and $780,
600.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

W WINTHROP BOSLEY,
III. ATTORNEY AT LAW !.
No. 2 Smedley Row, Towson; 2l3 Courtland
Street. Baltimore. Bf-All business entrusted
to my care will receive prompt and caretul aS-
tention.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

T L. G. LEE,
ID. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Law Department, b. & 0. Central Building, Bal
timore, Md.
Every Saturday at Belair. Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
SCIENTIFIC MIS- CELLANY.


The Moons Enlargement at the Horizon
Deceptive Water Gages-Freezing at
Great Depths-Tubular Bells-Upside-
Down Animals-The Alcohol Engine
South African Fleas-W q { e r-P Up
Scraping-A Need of the Hour.
From recent discussion by the British AS
Economical Society it appears that the cause OF
a much-observed phenomenon is still mystery.
The new theory was offered by Mr.. Cecil ]. Dol
mage that the apparent enlargement OF the
moon is an effect of the sky's curvature, whlcn
is not noticed at the zenith but apparently in
creases toward the horizon. This recalled the
many other suggestions of recent years. A Bel
gian astronomer has sought to prove that the
cause is physiological, and that objects over
head always seem smaller than those at the same
distance on a level; another idea is that the
cause is atmospheric; still another, that the IL
fusion is mental. About the only thing really
proven is that measurement with the sextant
shows the moons disc to have the same size at
the horizon as at the zenith, except for the
slight influence of refraction.
-
German experiments suggest defective water
cages as the cause of many-if not most-mys-
terious boiler explosions. Using magnetic in
dicator, G. Remschel obtained an alarm Of low
water while the ordinary glass gage showed
four inches above the medium level. A defect
in the tightness of the steam pipe leading to the
top cock was found, and when this was remedied
the water level in the glass fell six inches.
81
1t has been assumed that the depth of un-
varying temperature in the soil increases from
foot at the equator to 70 odd feet at the poles,
yet shaft in northern Siberia has reached
depth of 1900 feet without getting through the
frost. western mining engineer explains that
=tl.ks-.nuy- -aIyPFvvc tEoOF5, sls0acrp
freezing may be result of annual accumula-
lions of sediment on unthawed ground.
-
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

DOBERT IL. BUSsEY,
OFFICES Piper Building, Towsontown, on
Monday Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday ana
Friday. Cockeysville- Saturdays at the Bank
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

Coffee berries are coated with sugar by an
English grocer, the cheaper material increasing
the weight to 10 per cent. In Germany the
berry is so closely initiated by prepared maize
that detection of the fraud is difficult, even on
close inspection.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

Engines run by the waste gases of blast fur
naces are suggested in Germany as a possibly
cheaper source of energy for making carbide
than even water power.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-27
Dead Letter Curios.

In poStOtice transactions the lack cf
ingenuity and even of ordinary com
mon sense is astonishing. The curios
of the dead letter Office include envel-
opes legibly cross marked Return e
not delivered" or IF not called for in
five days, return TO sender" without a
word of further specifications. Others
bear names without Typographical
data: Hermann Kemper, painter and
decorator, successor to Richie Bros. &
Co." Workingmen, foreigners especial
ly, often seem to credit mail clerks
with the gift of geographical clairvoy-
ance: Jan Jansen, at the miners
boarding house, or, perhaps, stops at
Mrs. Baumgarten's place"-no town to
hint about the state or county of the
mining camp. please deliver as soon
as possible some such letters are
marked ana seem often to have been
plastered with an extra stamp in the
hope Of inducing the carrier to give the
matter his earliest attention.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-27
SHOOTING IN SCOTLAND
An Immense Sum Expended Annual,
~ In This Form of Sport.


AS to the sums spent on shooting
in Scotland, so large is the total that
it is difficult matter to arrive even
at an approximate estimate. In Perth
shire alone there are 465 shootings, OF
which about four-lifths are let to ten
ants and bring in about tl5O.OOC Il
year, or an average of f4OO a year,
which seems about fair estimate if
it be borne in mind that this is an eX-
pensive country and that 30 of its best
shootings bring f35,00O, or an average
of f7OO a year. In the whole of Scot
land there are about 1000 shootings.
and as each of them must at least EN-
ploy one keeper and one gillie during
the shooting season some estimate
may be formed of the money expended
in wages and the number of people
employed.
In the deer forests and on the larger
shootings there will often be from four
to six men permanently engaged and
from six to eight others working for
the shooting season only. In well
known forest where once spent many
pleasant days there were three for
esters, three gillies and three pony men
out each day. On the grouse ground
there We're three keepers, with three
underkeepers, a kennel man and two
carriers going to and from the nearest
railway station, a total of IS men and
five horses, not to mention the ponies
kept for riding into the forest and
those kept to carry grouse panniers.
On this property three rifles could stalk
each day, while three other parties of
two each could shoot grouse, or the
six could combine for driving.-Cham-
bers' Journal
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peal to our people, not only in the
name of their love for the princi-
pies OF the Union, not only for the
sacred memories of the boys in
blue, but for the more sordid rea-
son of the welfare of their own
pocketbooks.
Does not this record of demo.
cracy in the south show at once the
speciousness and the hypocrisy OF
the democratic cry for liberty and
equal rights? If democracy is to
defend the Declaration OF lndepen-
dence, could it not better begin its
work at home? The harvest in the
southern field is plenty and the
laborers are few. Why should not
Mr.. Bryan when elevating his
stentorian voice in behalf of the
brigand followers Of Aguinaldo say
one word, one little word, in be
half of the oppressed and sub
merged laborers of the south? Why
does not his love for the working
man extend beyond the sphere in
which he wishes to obtain their
votes. If the letter of the Declar
alton of independence is para
mount issue in this campaign, why
is it not paramount as to the south
as we'll as to the Philippines? Our
democratic friends must answer
this question. They may dodge
the silver issue but they surely can
not dodge the issue of their own
making. They talk to US about
imperialism, but we wish to ask in
all honestness and candor, what
greater menace can there be to
free republican government than
the existence within its own bord-
ers of eight million people re
duced to practical slavery, of mil
lions of voters publicly Olsen
franchised, of open and boosted
election frauds and manipula-
tions, of the suppression of educa-
ton and the enforced acceptance
of the severest kind of industrial
serfdom?
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-27
A Observation-Disclosures.

my dear" said gentleman to his
wife, where did all those books on as
tronomy on the library come from
They are not ours"
"A pleasant little surprise for you,'
responded the lady. You know, you
said this morning that we ought to
study astronomy, and so l went to a
bookshop and bought everything l
could find on the subject"
1t was some minutes before he spoke.
My DEAR" he then said slowly, his
voice husky with emotion, Il never
said we must study astronomy. said
that we must study economy."-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-27
BLAMED THE GOVERNMENT
But Had the Letter. In His Pocket
All the Time.


'See here, young fellow" shouted an
angry visaged business man with his
head up close to the stamp window in
the postotfice. "You are pretty lot of
incompetents that the government hires
to transact the nations mail business"
whats the matter, sir" asked the
clerk, calm by long familiarity with
such outbursts.
"Why, mailed a letter to Cleveland
last week that was of the utmost i'm
portance, and it has not reached it's
destination yet. l have come here to
kick, and to kick right hard"
you're in the wrong pew, my dear
sir. Go to the superintendent of mails,
and he will fix you up"
The indignant business man" was
passed ON from department to depart
ment until he finally ran up against the
authority competent to handle the mat
ter.
"Such things do sometimes happen"
he was informed in the conciliatory
words of the superintendent. well
send our tracer after your letter. To
whom was it addressed? Tell us where
and when you mailed it."
ut was plain envelope" explained
the still angry customer. 81 usually
use return envelope, but had rea-
sons for using plain one in this in
stance. Here is one fumbling in his
pocket like it. BY George, let me look
at that again. I'll be hanged if that
isn't the very letter. haven't even
addressed it yet"
AS he vanished down the corridor
there was ~ suggestion of apology
left behind.-Detroit Free Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-27

The Carroll Herald hits the nail
en- the head when it says: "About
the only man in Iowa who does not
know what the governor oughtto do
in the senatorial matter is the gov
ernor himself 1t is queer how
ready people are to give advice
when they have no responsibility
in carrying it out. 1t may be set
down as fact that the man who
can write a column or two on
"Shaw's opportunity doesn't know
in reality what sort of an oppor-
tunity the governor has. 1t may
be, though, that.such friends would
not sit up nights to keep the gov
ernor from doing the wrong thing.
We believe that l.. NJ Shaw will
do we'll by refusing to be hurried
in this matter"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-27
PERFUME AND DISEASE.
Nature Practical, Not Poetical, Il
Scattering Sweet Blossoms.

A French physician has decided that
perfumes prevent people from taking
certain diseases. During an epidemic
his attention was attracted to the fact
that persons who constantly used per-
fumes escaped taking the disease. But
he found that the more delicate per-
fumes, like violet, lavender altar of
rose, We're more etficacious than musk
and strong, rank essences.
Beccaria, the famous italian botan-
list. long ago advised city officials to
plant trees and shrubs with odorifer.
Gus blossoms or fragrant leaves along
the highways, courts and parks of
cities, because these strong odors pro
duce ozone and thereby purify the air
and make the city more healthful to
human beings confined to city streets
or narrow, sunless courts and alleys.
Indeed nature teaches us some of her
delicate mysteries and farreaching
processes when she plants tuberoses,
orange trees, the night blooming ce-
reus and other shrubs and blossoms
with such rich and oft well nigh over
poNeiiuS ouoIS III tIOplC ILLUS W ueu'
tralize the danger of feyers and mala-
ria arising from dense vegetation OF
damp, unwholesome marshes and riv.
ers.
Who of us can resist the charm to
the senses of great masses of White
and purple lilacs with countless bees
murmurfng round the fragrant spikes
of blossoms-the pure, delightful per-
fume not too strong in the open all
under the radiant sun of May? And
lilacs are so vigorous, are easily grown
on any soil and very long lived. Only
an expert could tell how old some lilacs
on q grandfather's old place are
with the gnarled trunks and vigorous
masses of green and blossoms in May
Boston Transcript.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-27
Instructed the Queen.

One autumn afternoon many years
ago Queen Victoria was going out to sit
on hillside and watch some of her
relatives fishing in the river below her,
when she found that she had no Thin
BILE in her pocket, so could not work. as
she had intended, at the sewing she
was carrying.
Turning out of her way to Mrs. SYM
ond's shop. she bought the smallest
thimble there. which was. however, too
big for her. There was an old Scotch
dame at the counter impatiently wait
ing to make her own purchases. Not
recognizing the queen, she broke into
the conversation with "Hoots, but it's
rare fuss an PADDLE you're maxim.
Blow intae it weel, an it'll stick"
That phrase the latter part of the
sentence, amused her majesty i'm
mensely and became quite a proverb in
the royal famfly.-Scottish American
Inc westbouuu pennsylvania limited
train killed and horribly mutilated John
E. Zeublin, a telephone magnate of
Chicago, Thursday. He fell from the
train near Bucyrus, O..
At a meeting of the reorganization
committee of the United States Flour
Milling company Thursday, the plan for
the rehabilitation OF the company was
amended by reducing the capital stock
and bonded debt.
The plant of the Waco Ice and Re-
frlgeratlng company, one OF the largest
in Texas, was Thursday demolished by
a terrific explosion in the boiler room
which killed two and seriously injured
several of the employees.
Under an assumed name Mortimar
ID. Shaw, who conducted the telegra.
piers strike i'll 1888, passed away in the
city hospital at St. Louis last week.
His identity was brought to light after
he had been buried in potter field.
The steamer Cottage City arrived at
Victoria Thursday, bringing about $780,
600 in gold. She had number Of
K4ondikers on board. News was
brought by her that the miners had
| found rich placer diggings at the head
waters of the Yukon.
The runners and drivers at the Della.
| ware and Hudson mines at Scranton,
Pa, struck Thursday for increased
wages. In all 1000 men and boys are
employed at the DInes.
Mrs Jennie Blair, at Peoria, shot
Horace Alexander, dog catcher, who
was about to make way with pet dog.
Alexander was wounded in the wrist
and side, but will recover.
Sidney Lucas, winner of the Ameri-
can Derby, won the Turf Congress stake
at Highland park, Detroit, by half a
length over Advance Guard. Distance,
mile and sixteenth. Time, l:4S4.
Parties broke into the house OF J. B.
Bowbn at Weston, Ore, Thursday, and
tried to kidnap him and his wife Bow
lin is the man over whose extraditlon
on Governor Beckham's reQuisition
there were two habeas corpus cases.
Acting Governor Akers of Arizona
Thursday issued an answer to the re-
quest of the Texas officials for clemency
IN the case Of Valdeman brothers, re
fusing to grant communication of sen.
tence to hang Aug. 10, at Tombstone.
Mohican Ordered to China.
VALLEJO, CAL, July 27.-Orders have
been received at Mare Island to fit up
the United States steamship Mohican
for duty on the Chinese station and to
have it in condition to sail in seven
! days at the most.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-27
TIE Banyan Tree.

In the fr'iting season the banyan
tree Is an arbor for the feathered crea-
ton, and a rude temple is often set
up under or close to it's shade, at which
the wayfarer stops to cook a meal more
frequently than to offer prayer.
These sacred trees, with their grateful
shade, are common in every part of
India, and are confined to the tropical
zone. AS timber they are of no value,
but gumlac is obtained from their
Juice, and the bark is used by the Hin
aoos incidentally.