The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-05-09
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
India's population is 800 600 OOO-one-ffth of all
the people in the world.
Ninety per cent of the wealth of the United
States is held by 10 per cent. of the people.
obtaining alcohol and sugar from pine and birch
sawdust.
In the past 20 years the receipts Of the United ed
States Postofhce have increased from $4OOOO,OU
to over S125,OO0,0O0.
Within five years wages for all classes of me-
chanical occupations have increased from ~ to |
rs per cent. in Hamilton, Can.
1t is estimated that persons seeking divorce in
South Dakota spend. while gaining residence
for that purpose, 100000 year.
French cabinetmakers have learned way of
preparing sawdust and making 1t into articles
of ornament that resemble carved WOODWORK.
Stephen NJ. Griswold. bank president, ex-state
senator and churchman, Will soon complete oO
years as an usher in Plymouth Church, BROOK
Ign.
Suicide is on the increase, especially among
married males. The death rate of married males
from Is to A years of age is greater than in un-
married males.
1t is an interesting phase of human nature
that panic years, such as 1898, show a much
larger consumption OF spirits than DO years OF
general prosperity.
George G. lockwood the well known pho
every President since Van Buren,. He has been
photographer fifty years.
The average railroad rate across the Ameri-
can Continent in carload lots is SIS ton the
rate on similar goods from London around the
world to Seattle is $40 ton
When President Roosevelt sat down to dinner
as the guest of Governor Bailey of Kansas he
sweetened his coffee with sugar extracted from
sugar beets grown in Kansas.
not only the last Of the war governors but he
was first of that historic band to make tender or
a regiment to the United States
Aunt" Penelope Gardiner who recently died
in Hesper, Kan, was ordained, minister in
1858, when she was 30 years old, and was
preacher up to the time of her death.
j: G. Perkins, an ex-slave, who fought on the
Union side in many of the bloodiest battles of
the Civil War. was elected last week to the
Office of judge in the town of Sheldon, Wis.
A short time ago Sicilian ad vocate was found
guilty of 50 different acts of fraud. For his in
dustry and enthusiasm in the cause of dishonesty
he was sentenced to 189 years imprisonment.
A few weeks ago, at book auction held in
London. Scotchman paid the sum OF l,25O for
q copy of the first edition of Defoe's Robinson
Crusoe," published in London in the year 1710
The immense indirect cost of warfare is illus
trated by the fact that the Spanish American
War cost million dollars day for over year,
although hostilities occupied but three months.
The manufacturers of absiDthe in Wisconsin
Duct so that the French have competition in
the business of making their most important
liquor.
Jesse Joel Moore. secretary of the new Rail
road Y. NJ. G. A. in Peru, Ind. has just patented
signal system and safety gear, which is de-
signed to prevent wrecks on steam and electric
railways.
Col Daniel r. Anthony. who was elected
mayor of Leavenworth at the late election by
more than 1000 majority, overturning Demo-
cratic majority of 500, is a brother of Susan B.
Anthony.
Moses Ashby. Pocono (Ct.) woodchopper,
celebrated the seventy eighth anniversary OF his
in rs years, and suit of clothes for the first time
in 40 years.
It has Just been discovered. through the
| records of the Nebraska State University, that
more than decade ago an invitation to become
| its chancellor had been extended to Theodore
| Roosevelt
DR.. Rehfield, a fully qualified physician of Luz
| months imprisonment and 900 damages for
| causing the death of a woman by want of skill
! and negligence"
| Mrs. Ashton. of New Albany. Ind. has the
distinction. of having been the wife of four
| veterans of the Civil War. She is drawing three
| pensions and has her fourth marriage on record
| at the Pension Bureau.
| Josiah E. Lynn, who 20 years ago was, next to
| John l. Blair, the wealthiest man in Warren
| county, N. j.. has just died in the almshouse at
| Washington, N. ]. In his early days he and Jay
! Gould ran tannery in Pike county, Pa.
|
| has just gone into effect, takes thousands of
| children out of the cotton mills of that State.
/ Five hundred little tots ceased tOiling their
| lives away in the Huntsville factories alone.
An Oklahoma couple were divorced not long
| ago forincompatibility Of temperament When
| the property was divided the man took the
house He now rents It to MS exwifs If. for $l2So
Harriet Martineau visited the United States
| in 1910 and reported that only seven occupations
were open to women. They were teaching,
! needlework, keeping boarders. working in cot
| ton factories. typesetting, bookbinding and
| household service.
| On account of the generosity of the late Jo-
seph Park, millionaire merchant, in building 80
| miles of macadamized roads for the town of
! Rye, N. Y, at his own cost. number of per-
| sons are about to raise funds to erect monu-
ment to his memory.
The old log cabin, in which was born the
eleventh President of the United States-James
| Knox Polk-stood in Mecklenburg county N
G.. and it was from here that was issued the first
| declaration of independence. The Folks, or
| Pollocks, were of Irish stock.
High license went into effect in New York
city May 1st, and as result 718 hotel and saloon
| keepers in Manhat tan and the Bronx went out of
business. Under the new law licenses were adj
| vanced from $500 to $500 in Brooklyn and from
| $500 to $1,000 in Manhattan and the Bronx.
In commemoration of Admiral Dewey's vic
| tory in Manila Bay on May /, 1898, Captain
| George w. Baird, superintendent of the State,
War and Navy Departments Building. displayed
cs9 aT in e posseson Of the
The old Dent Homestead at st. Louis, where
Ger, wooed and won Julia Dent his chum's sis
ter was visited last Sunday for the first time
since his boyhood by. Gen. Frederick Dent
Grant. Mrs. Grant and party of friends ac-
companied him.
A statement prepared at the U. s. Treasury
Department shows that, at the close of bust
ness April 30, 1903, the actual amount of money
or an kihds N ane os7 n1S SsaSes was
ury as Government asset, and $2,374 $50, no
was in circulation.
Henry Ward Beecher once read to an audience
various letters received by him during the
wor geE One Sf these saS eacs the
have known many man to write letter and
then forget to sign it. but never knew a man to
sign letter and then forget to write it.
Molten wood is a new invention. By means
of high distilation and high pressure the es-
cape of developing gases is prevented, thereby
reducing the wood to molten condition. When
cool the mass assumes the character of COAL
This new body is hard, but can be shaped and
nicely polished. 1t is impervious to water and
acids.
In 1902 this country was the largest exporter
of domestic merchandise in the world, while no
longer ago than 1870 her exports were exceeded
by three countries, France, Germany and the
United Kingdom. In favorable balance of
trade or excess of exports over imports, the
United States also holds first rank among the
nations.
The most polite men in the world live in Kan
sas according to the Kansas City Journal At
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