The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

An interesting beQuest in the will of the. late
regimcntal flags, ITO be deposited in the tow!ol
of my old commander, Gen. Ulysses s. Grapo.
The increase of unsound teeth among ne Eng
lish and Americans is attributed by Dr. Egbert
to the growth of meat-eating. The Hndus, OF
India, vegetarians, are cited as race With SOUND
teeth.
Capt. I. NJ. Smith, the first man wp stretched
wires across the State of Wisconsin, still living
in Topeka, Kan. He has also made Weather OBJ
servations from scientific standpoint for the
past fifty years.
New Jersey has ranked sixth in value of
manufactured products for 40 yeas. The wage
earners of the state are 1873 pei cent. OF the ne
total population. and among them are 5O'OOO
A New York dealer ripens pinsapples for the
a room heated to ITO degrees, and ordinarily
three and one-half or four daysare required to
thoroughly ripen the fruit.
About 60OO,OOO women in the United States
are wage-earners or in bushes. for themselves;
Of these 10000 teach school, NOOo write, l,oOO
preach. 5000 practice medicine and 4,OOO are en-
gagged in art and decorative work.
Of the silks used in the United States s26OCO,-
600 worth are imported and $l07 ,O0O,0OO worth
home made. The domestic silk industry en-
ploys "a 600 men. coo women and 5000 children
in 4s3 mills, with So, 100000 capital.
The old grst mill at Port Jefferson, L. l.,
which was built before the Revolution by Rich
ard Mott, and is said to be the oldest structure
on the island. is being torn down because 1T is
unsafe. The building was erected in III.
Local papers of Butler. Kan, criticise the
erection of a Goddess of Liberty on the court
house dome on the ground of its inappropriate
ness. They say that the criminal element hear
tily endorses the sentiment the statue yplhes'
The adoption in Mexico of American styles in
clothing has been very marked in recent years
Well-to-do Mexicans are discarding the old
"charro" suits, high sombreros and pointed
shoes for American style clothing, hats and
shoes. g4ffrr
For hundred years Portland, Me-, has been
the American port most intimate with Marti-
nique. Many of the sawmills within 50 miles of
Portland have been kept busy with lumber aud
cooperage orders from st. Pierre and Fort de
France.
The hair on the heads of most of the hundreds
of thousands of dolls is made from the hair of
the Angora goat. This product is controlled
by an English syndicate. and after the hair is
prepared it is sent to Munich and made into
wigs by girls.
One of women's latest professions is that of
feminine resident of Los Angeles, CAL. who acts
as detective for medical society. She visits
doctors suspected of practicing without licenses
and gets then 70 n ha for any n %
court.
Harriet Beecher Stoves ninetieth birthday
was celebrated by negro residents of San Fran
cisco in the old church on Stockton street, from
the very pulpit where the patriot, Thomas Starr
King, preached 40 years ago to hold California
within the Union and against the extension of
slavery.
The figures of General Sherman and the horse
have been completed for the equestrian statue
to be unveiled in April next south of the Treas
ury Department in Washington. The extreme
height of the monument will be 80 feet, its ex-
IRENE breath about So feet and the entire cost
about $90OO0.
One of the largest tobacco growers in Ken
lucky, Edward ID. Jones, of Christian county,
was left stranded after the rebellion, returning
therefrom utterly wrecked in finances and spirit.
He now owns 1000 acres and is rich His mother
was sister of the great Confederate leader,
Gen. John H. Morgan
The value of King Edwards china at Buck
ingham Palace and Windsor is said to exceed
$2000,000. The Sevres dessert service in the
green drawing room at Windsor is valued at
$500000 and the Rose du Barri vases at $250,OO0.
At Buckingham Palace there are six Sevres
vases which are valued at $25,OOO each.
United States Consul General Bray, at Mel
bourne, reports to the State Department under
date of May 80 that Australia is suffering from
the longest drouth on record, and its continu-
ance will greatly curtail the purchasing power
of the community. The importation OF Ameri-
can goods consequently Will be anected.
The immigrants arriving now have low rate
of illiteracy. Last year 81 per cent of the adult
Syrians who landed at the port of New York
could neither read nor write. The rate OF IL
literacy among Southern Italians was 55 per
cent. and among the Greek immigrants II per
In all but IL of the So States and Territories
the male outnumpers tne female PopuihaSlo59'
California contains the greatest excess of men,
the recorded numbers being $4,000; Minnesota
comes second, with 1855; Texas third. with
100000, and Pennsylvania fourth, with 106,ON.
The Rev. DIR. w. H. Milburn. the venerable
blind chaplain of the Senate, is nearly so years
old. In early childhood he lost the sight Of one
eye totally and of the other partially. He en-
tered the Methodist ministry at the age OF ~,
and in the course OF IL years itineracy Travelled
over 100000 miles in the discharge of his clerical
duties.
John H. Lanius, of Stewartstown, Pa, whose
mother was a niece of Capt. Robert Mcdonald,
one of the participants in the battle of North
Point, has presented the sword. scabbard. belt
ty Historical Society. Capt. Mcdonald headed
company among the Scotch-Irish residents in
the lower end of York county.
It has been noticed that for a year or so David
B. Hill, on the occasion of his public appearance,
has always read his speeches, doing so, how
it is difficult to realize the fact. Mr.. Hill, it is
explained by one of his intimates, of late has
been a busy man, and cannot afford the time to
commit his speeches to memory.
The camera promises to become as indispensi-
BILE in business affairs "a as the typewriter It is
ments, statistical tables and other papers whose
duplication by hand would be laborious-and
reproduees these things with absolute correct
ness and with much labor saved. =
The Cincnnatus of Denmark is the Minister
of Agriculture, Familiarity known as "Old Han
SEMI He is a small tenant farmer who, upon
taking up his ministerial appointment, made the
smallest possible change in his manner of liv-
ing. When the duties of his high office permit
he returns to his pillow and the foddering of his
beasts and the other cares of his small farm.
The $4,000 in bills which figured in the bribery
case attending the election of Senator Clark by
the Montana Legislature still remains part of
the archives of that State. The man to whom
it was given as bride never claimed it natur-
ally the briber or bribers have not asked that it
be returned, and there is no channel by which
the State can appropriate it as part of the pub
lie funds.
A large vein of notified and banded agate has
been found on Chickies ridge, near Columbia,
Lancaster county, Pa. Masses have been I'M
severed large enough Tor STAND ana table tops.
Delaware. Lebanon and Lancaster counties, but
the deposit referred to near Columbia is by far
the largest found in the state and, in fact, in
the United States. ~
curious resemblance exists between ex-
Speaker Reed and Pat Sheedy, the noted gam
bier-especially odd from the fact that, though
the big lawyer is often mistaken for the sport
ing man, the latter is very seldom honored by
the reverse error. Mr.. Reed sometimes has con-
siderable difficulty in making it clear that he
knows naught of horse racing, card games and
other sinful amusements.
Sunday has been fateful day in the life of
King Edward. 1t was on Sunday, when, in 1871,
he caught typhoid fever, which attack nearly
cost him his life. On Sunday he happily took
a turn for the better. On Sunday he slipped
on the staircase in Lord Rothschilds' house and
injured his knee On Sunday he was shot at by
Sipido in Brussels railway station. Also on Sun
day he caught chill at Aldershot that led to his
present Illness
A number of old banknotes issued about Civil
War times are in circulation at Hancock Nd
The notes are in good condition and the people
readily take them, only to find out at the banks
later that they are valueless. They are sup
posed to have been found among the papers and
valuables of the old Smell family, near that place.
the last mamher of which died last year. Thai,