The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-10

The American Missionary Association will is
sue an invitation and appeal to the Congrega-
tional churches, Sabbath schools and Endeavor
societies of the country, requesting an obser-
vance on Sunday. February 10Th, as "Lincoln
Memorial Sabbath" commemorative of Abra-
ham Lincoln.
Mrs. Naomi Randolph died at the home of rela-
tives near Bridgeton, N. j., leaving fortune of
100000 For a quarter of century she has
lived the life of a recluse in a wretched house
in BridgetoD's fashionable quarter, denying her.
self all comforts and constantly in dread that
she would be reduced to poverty.
A Christmas prize offered by Jamaica news
paper to the servant who could show the long
est continuous service in one family in Jamaica
was awarded to an old African woman. with IA
years service to her credit. She is now SO years
old and quite hearty. Fifty eight competitors
had been employed from to " years.
Franklin E. Brooke, president of a Cedar
Rapids, Ia. Investment company. has closed
deal for the sale to Eastern capitalists of 10000
acres of land IN Western Kansas, which is to be
made fit for the development of polled Angus
cattle. The tract is situated just southwest of
Colby. on the Rock Island Railway system.
What is the plural of chicken? Why, chick
ns Oh tb SAY scb er 9C6k says
Chicken is itself plural. Chick, chicken; hose,
hosen-such is the form. A farmers wife. at
least. in the most rural Districts says correctly
that she is going to feed her chicken, meaning
not one, but many.
Eugene Skyles, an alleged bigamist, now in
Jail at Port Gibson. Miss, was minister of the
Christian Church, but is said to have no fewer
than eight deserted wives in various parts of
the country. His latest matrimonial venture,
and the one that resulted in his downfall, was
his marriage to Miss MILESTONE, daughter of a
prominent planter of Mississippi.
A review of sport for 1902 must have a word
about the automobile to be worthy of considera-
ton. Four years ago there were fewer than 30
automobiles in the United States. AT the pres
ent time a conservative estimate on the number
of horseless machines is 12,000 and it is predict
ed that at least $4,000 will be the figure before
another annual review can be written.
Constantly crying II want to go where mother
is" Lucy Edwards, the year-old daughter of
Elmer Edwards. of De Bruce, Sullivan county,
the best medical attention. Lucy's mother
died several months ago. and since her death the
child had refused to be comforted. The physi-
clans said she had no disease, but died of grief.
The reduction of alumiDa to metal is now
progressing in America on what would have
been regarded ten years ago as stupendous
scale. With II 900 horsepower operating at
Niagara Falls and 5000 horse power at Shawini-
gan Falls, in Quebec, America possesses 5000
horsepower devoted to producing this metal.
This will produce aluminium at the rate of $500
tons yearly, or production twice as large as
the rest Of the world put together.
The new Congress elected last November will
date from the 4th of March and will begin its
regular session in December, 1908 But when
this schedule was made there were no railroads
or steamboats,. The member from Hawaii is
now closer to the Capitol than the member from
Alabama was in the old days. The life of new
Congress should be closer to its birth, but it
will be hard to make a change. so conservative
have we become in the alterations of the plans
of our forefathers.