The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-09-17

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The best iron for gun making purposes Is OBJ
aimed from old horse shoe nails.
There are 10, ,21g people engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits in the United States.
John D. Rookefeller's annual income from
Standard Oh Is now estimated to be slsoOo.o@.
The average pay month for men teachers
last year in Kansas was sl3 and for women sa5.
The statistics show that the average number
Of persons to family in the United States Is ~.
It takes about three seconds for message to
60 from one end Of the Atlantic cable to the
other.
known to have cholera, smallpox, scarlet fever
or influenza.
fashion note says "veils win be largely
worn" Most Of us thought that they were
plenty large enough now.
At least half dozen women in the business
and professional life Of Chicago receive $4,000
per year from their vacations.
More than $1,000 persons have registered in the
Roosevelt cabin in the North Dakota exhibit IN
the Palace Of Agriculture at the Worlds Fair.
As an original stockholder of the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad Col. William Davis. of Huntington.
N. Y, uses pass issued, without limit, in 1850.
David r. Francis. president OF the St. Louis
Fair corporation, ex-secretary Of the interior
and ex-governor Of Missouri, began life as Q
newsboy.
The Bishop Of London has received subscrip-
ton of SIS from an undertaken who described
the gift az thank Offering ssbecause trade has
been 50 brisk Of late"
MIsgd csndida as1 Tor ri the Il nomina
ton for mayor of Minneapolis. He is man Of
considerable property.
Great Britain is said to have spent more than
$2o0O0,0Oo on imported eggs and poultry last
year, while France. during the same period. ex-
ported s7O.OOo,OOO worth.
Judge Julian Bennett. of watertown. 8. D.,
died suddenly few days ago of heart failure.
He weighed 440 pounds. and was known as the
largest Judge in America.
The first Chinese American citizen to vote in
New York city will exercise his franchise there
this fall. His name is Chew Ngon Wing, born In
San Francisco 80 years ago.
Miss May Van Allen. the New York heiress. is
a godsend to her milliner, for she never wears
the same hat twice, this being one of the eccen-
tricities for which she has become famous.
Potatoes deteriorate in cooking qualities when
exposed to light probably more than any vege-
table grown. and should strictly be kept in per-
feet darkness If the highest quality Is to be pre-
served.
The President now weighs 208 pounds. When
he became President Mr.. Roosevelt weighed 1885,
The ONCE seems to make men fatten up. Both
Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Mckinley had this ex-
perience.
In Bradstreet's report Of labor conditions of
the United States It Is stated that there were
295.0O0 persons on strikes or locked out in the
United States on June LIST last, while on thesame
date in 1903 the number was 5s5,0Oo. b
Sometimes scions for grating are cut in the
fall. They may be kept through the winter by
putting the butt end into potato and placing
in the cellar. The potato win supply the needed
moisture. Be very careful in labelling them.
The area Of Japan is about seven-tenths OF
that of the German Empire. More than one
half of the inhabitants live in towns Of from
1000 to 5000 persons. Of which there are S,0O6.
For every 1000 men there are only so8 women.
Mrs. Fanny N. Nerthe. who superintends the
bee and honey exhibit at the St. Louis EXPOSE
ton, il one Of the most successful apiculturists
in the world. For three years she has filled the
ONCE Of treasurer Of the Bee Raisers' Associa-
ton Of her State, Missouri. e2E
Farmers would do well to spend some Of their
leisure hours this winter in considering whether
they cannot add something to the variety Of
their crops, either for sale or, home use, which
will be profitable to them without adding very
much to their labor or cares
The table upon which the Declaration Of Inde-
ginia Building at the Worlds Fair. The chair
in which Jefferson sat when vice-P President is
also exhibited in this building. which is repro
duction Of Monticello, Jefferson's home.
The tobacco monopoly yielded the Austrian
Government the enormous net profit of $27, OOO.-
600 in 1902. OF the O,445 persons employed as
28l were females; the number of factories were
30. The average wages of the male employees
were only $3.50 week; Of the females SOS.
Because q man was known as an habitual
drunkard Judge Miller, of Lima, O., refused Q
marriage license under the new code. Despite
protestations he made the would-be bridegroom
left the license bureau without permit to
marry woman who awaited him in the corri-
grocer in Liverpool. England, was recently
fined $25 and costs for selling marmaiade con-
tanning over nve grains OF sancyhc hcid
pound. The onense was neid 70 pc aggravateo
by the fact that properly MADE marmaiade VIII
keep for years without the adoition OF preser-
vative.
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ONCE ever slnce.
Col. Mate" Flaisig, who represents an Eng
lish firm OF needlemakers, Is believed 70 be the
dean Of American drummers. having been with
this firm for "a years. He has travelled about
100000 miles since first he went on the road.
has crossed the Atlantic 100 times and has circled
the globe six times. 5hs.s''
4 rew ~.,,road MANNED "a ,sacs,as, a ravs Peak
near Dillon, COL. WIN attain height Of at least