The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-01-04

A Chicago man has invented machine tn
cracking 200 pounds of nuts an hour. IS
Claimed that it is the only automatic nut cra6 is
in the world.
Ontario fruit at the Pan-American Exposi
captured ali the silver medals that were offAon
Nan ii a Iuo. sAO' = S''''-O ~ al
The only member of the Presidents Cal
not a native of the United States is the Ssnet
tary of Agriculture, James Wilson, whoyrses
born in Ayrshire, Scotland.
The Trans Siberian Railway gives the ch
est rates in the world It is possible to 6usdan
emigrant's ticket covering 5000 mileS-ne az az
three weeks journey-for about So. S
Judge Edwards ruled few days ago at Sean
ton, Pa, in brief oral opinion that layer
cannot collect in Pennsylvania charges fC.'o
opinion rendered to client on Sunday
Western Australia is making heroic effori. .,
develop farming industries, especially the row
ing of grain. In 1899 the cereals harvestd in
the colony aggregated less than lOOO,OOO bus heis
The Legislature of Texas appropriated X ooo
to have the statue of Gen. Sam H0ustOn'oo,vvo
cuted in marble for the Hall of Statuary. I, the
rotunda of the National Capitol at Washirr,t on
Philadelphia claims that raising the reta, IL
cense from $500 to 81, 100 has reduced the nm
Der of city saloons from ,T73 to LIB since1ao-
and has knocked 1000 arrests for drunke, mass
from years record.
Frank Price of Chicago, has 16 large foran-
books of newspaper clippings that tell thS most
stirring history of Chicago Illinois ami suTe
rounding states from times as far back q tha
days of Fort Dearborn.
The Electrical Reuieao, high authority, ltates
that there are now more than 2278, 600 teleI oneS
in use in the United States. They serve FOR q
yearly total of probably 0O0,000000 calls, n
very moderate estimate
Taking 1896 as fair basis of values Daring the
late agricultural depression, nine staple crops
for this year represent an increase IN value OF
over s7O0.OOOOOO. Live stock is worth 100000
600 more now than then.
James Phillips, of Fort Pierrs S. D., owns the
largest herd of fullblooded bEIfalo IN the world.
They are 60 in number, and Mr.. Philips pur-
chased them from the late Peter du Pree, mil
lionaire half-breed Indian.
Philadelphia druggists will petition the next
Legislature to enact a law requiring that regis
fer to be open for inspection, shall be kept,
giving the names of al persons obtaining medi-
cines from free dlspensarles.
The election expense statement of woman
candidate for membership on the school board
in Newburg, N. Y. is: mo talk, no money, no
bribery, no cigars, no 'schooners.'
According to the Missouri Valley Farmer, the
oldest hen in the United States died recently at
the age of Il years. She had raised over 30
hroods of chickens and was the property of
Aaron Brewer, of South Plainfield, Mo.
Whom the first Bible society in this country
was organized the English language was spoken
by only 2O,0O0 600 people Now l2O, 600 600 people
sneak It, Then the Bible was printed In Oh IAN
snages now it is printed in 40 languages.
Prof. H. R. Meyers declares that daily news
naner should go into every schoolroom, there to
be discussed like any text book. He regards
the study of civil government and the English
language as incomplete without this accessory.
BESSIE Morris, an old colored woman of Rox-
hurry New Kent county. Va, was attacked by
three hungry foxes the other DAY while 5aklng
her clothes torn and the turkey taken away
from her.
Alexander Mcdowell, clerk of the House of
REPRESENTATIVES, at Washington. although at
nresent a banker and capitalist, was at one time
q moor compOsitor on an Oil City. (Pa.) weekly.
He is fond of telling how he laid the foundation
of his fortune
Sir George Wombell, who has just entered
upon his SEVENTEEN year, is one of the very few
officers now living who survived the charge OF
the Light Brigade. He was a eornet,2O years oid
when he made his escape unscatned from the
valley of DEATH"
Gen. George H. Stewart, an ex Confederate
has inst had returned to him by A BRAN Smith.
of Long Beach, CAL, a Bible which he carried
through the Civil War. Smith took the Bible
from a Confederate wagon few days before the
new breed of chickens just received in New
York from China have tails II feet long. Tney
are kept in cages, and when they are taken out
for exercise an attendant goes along to hold up
the feathers The hens lay 80 eggs year, which
are Matched by other hens.
The women of Boston are manifestlng dispo-
sition this year to avail themselves of the OPP
nortunity to vote for school officers more gen
orally than heretofore, 1880 having already
registered for the purpose. This is gam OF
5,O54 over last years complete list.
the last sdidatss on the tickets in New SaAI =
| sans and mechanics, 40 merchants and trstes
| men, II clerks, IL physicians, 81 liquor dealers
| IL professional politicians, 10 officeholders,
real estate brokers and undertaKers.
| H. II. Rogers has spent millions of dollars AM
much of his time in improving and decorating
beautify his own home. He has already givel
| to the town library, waterworks, drainag
system, town hall, schools and church.
| A Berlin dentist was sentenced the other da,
| to five years. imprisonment, fine of 1000 mark
| ($23S) and five years loss of titles and privilege
! for overcharging, cheating and injuring his pa
| tients as well as compelling them to sign con
| tracts while under the influence OF anesthetics
| When Senator Aldrich went to Washington
twenty years ago. he was a comparatively poo
| man with large family. Today he is reported
to be several times millionaire. The founda
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| street railways of Providence, which he still
controls.
| Many Cuban shoe dealers are now ordering
| their goods from Haverhill (Mass) manufactu
| rers. One large factory recently received al
order to which was fe FMS nS
supplicate to you to disssemcle us any error yol
observe"
| Senator N N. Stranahan, who has been select
| ed as Collector of the Port of New York, ha
| as his given names the States of Nevada ant
| Nebraska. At the time he was born the grea
West was Just beginning to develop and hi
| father was impressed by reading about thes
| Territories.
| Col David Crockett reported, after visit t.
| the White House, that Gen. Jackson. who wa
| then president, was the most polite man he eve
| met. When handing out the bottle for guest
| Colonel Crockett said, he turned his back, leav
| ing his friend free to measure out his drink &C
cording to HIS own discretion.
Mayor Jerome Dewitt, of Binghamton, N. Y.
is doing such thriving business in marrying
established two of his office employees, maj
and young woman, as permanent best man ant
bridesmaid, respectively, so as to give future
couples all the comforts of home wedding.
CONGRESSMAN Flood, of Virginia, is going t,
introduce bill for the purchase OF about 1,50
acres at Appomattox Courthouse. to be set apar
as a government reservation and parked. Thu
Mclean farmhouse, in which Generals Gran
"a fraDSacted that DIT OF history making
Harry Tssers ago, would be included in thu
tempt an overland -
completed the preparaIfT4sgsa
ana started for Siberia VAC. is to at
RUSSIAN government is actively assisif..xl 4Qrk
ana has telegraphed to the remote settlemarr
IN North Siberia to have reindeer and docs
readiness for his use. Jugs
After a search extending through China n,
Japan, the Agricultural Department has 9,
cured specimens of the Chinese beetle thar aat
tne San Jose scale, the pest of fruit growers ;
al al parts OF the country, and especially on I'll
| Paclfic Coast. 1t will be propagated At WosI
1ngton and beetles will be sent ont IN "rTi
| growers ali over the country.
The Fifty seventh Congress has not a singt
negro member, and the prospects of any neg,
being elected to Congress in the near fnt5r
seems darker than it has been at anv time in ~
! last third OF century. With the exception q
brief period, from 1887 to 1889. this is tha Az y
| session OF Congress in 81 years without ono %
| more colored men as members
1t was recently announced in Chicago mana,
that a carload of manufactured honey in IL,
COMP mad been received in that CITY from ceIi
fornia. In reply to this the publisher of fL
american Bee journal has offered 81 0O0 for AZ
sight OF single pound of manufactured oom r
honey. He adds that he has been maxine ~ y
o1er Tor ~ years without finding a taker ''i''
Locomotive No. Gil of the Pennsvlvsnio Dot,
road has established record for enduranoa III
running more than 10000 miles since she ny y!
received from the AlfOona shows vas