The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Its estimated that there are over 10000 stem
graphers and typewriters In the United State

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paper weights and ash receivers are manufac-
tured from waste paper.
Former President Cleveland does not care to
60 far from the shore in boats. He never crossed
the ocean. Heis afraid of sea sickness.
The average locomotive will draw 800 tons OF
goods mile every three minutes. 1t would
take man and his team ten times as long to
haul single ton for one mile.
In selecting name for its Louisiana Purchase
Exposition flyer from the II, $50 suggestions Of
fered for q $50 prize, the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie Railroad chose "Loupurex Limited"
franklin Farrell, SON of well-known million
aire Of Ansonia, Ct. of the same name, after
spending two weeks in Europe. has accepted
place at SO q week in his fathers tool factory.
Both Roosevelt and Parker are of Dutch an
cestry. The President is descended from one OF
the Oldest Dutch families in New York city,
while Judge Parker is little more than half
Dutch.
Henry G.. Davis, Democratic candidate for the
Vice Presidency. never fails to write letter on
each day to his bachelor brother Tom. He also
receives daily letter, and for forty years they
have kept up this practice.
Henry M. Flagler, Standard Oil Midas, is known
to the general public only as a bloated trust
magnate. monopolist. railroad owner and hotel
proprietor. His intimates declare him to be q
philanthropist without peer.
DIR. w. e. Scott. who recently resigned as
president of Franklin College. Laporte, Ind, Is
about to take up the work of writing history
been collecting data for rs years.
caorato ~ uav oftar a hard sfrnoola n learn
| the Russian language. has finally given it up.
He says he has most profound respect for any
one who has ever succeeded in acquainting him
self with this linguial abnormity.
Contrary to popular opinion. the most eminent
authority in the land has recently declared that
beef which has been used for the preparation of
beef tea or broth has lost comparatively little
in nutritive value, though much of the favoring
has gone
| proposition is now on foot to irrigate GER
tain parts of North Dakota and Eastern Mon
tana whereby the government is to put in fri
cation canals and the settlers are to pay $25 an
acre for the service, payable in 10 annual install
ments of $3.50 each.
The annual report of the New Jersey state
geologist shows that during 1908 there was IS OI6
acres of forest destroyed by fire, which is 1854
acres less than in 1902. The damage, however,
aggregated more than in 1902 by $Is7, 42l, or an
increase of so per cent.
Miss Mary Reynolds, of Sibley, Ia, has ac-
cepted an offer to go to China and become tutor
I to the two grandnephews of the Empress Dow
ager Of China. She will sail in October and her
home will be in the family of missionary in
Picking, but her work will be at the royal palace.
J. M. Barnes, veteran of the Union Army,
who lives in Cincinnati, o. has in his possession
the armchair of Gen. Robert e. Lee, used in all
his campaigns from 81 to '65, and in which he
sat when he surrendered the army of Northern
Virginia to General Grant at Appomattox court
house.
Nose corsetsr in three sizes are being adver-
tised in the French papers. says Paris dispatch
in q London paper. BY means of this ingenious
continuance ladies, 1t is claimed, may gradually
change the shape of their noses. the most de-
termined "snub" being converted into a grace
full aquiline.
Tulare Lake. in California, once navigable by
steamers. is now perfectly dry. A man on foot
can cross it safely at any point, and in some
places the ground is hard enough for a team to
drive over. The cause of this condition is the
draining of Kern and King Rivers of their waters
by irrigation canals.
grandfathers clock was brought to a watch
makers shop in Peterstown, N. Y, a few weeks
ago for repairs, the first that have been made
upon 1T since some trifing ones In ITS, which
were due to the raid of the Indians under Brant
and the Tory Butler at Cherry Valley, in No
,srerrlaev &c thet
oped MOUTHS. one above the other, was singn-
lar catch recently made in Clear Lake, near
Georgetown, COL, by Robert Maxwell. Each of
the mouths had the customary teeth and was
practically perfect in every detail. The fish
weighed over two pounds.
At West Point it has been decided that no fat
cadet may go into the cavalry because he must
lack the agility of the ideal horseman and must
prove burden to his steed. Excessive weight
says General Burton dnspector), sis ruinous to
horse, is cumbersome to rider and weakens
the endurance of the individual"
A strange case of the affection man may have
for dumb brute came to light at st. Louis
when the will of DIR. John Gilwee was probated.
The first clause of the instrument provided for
trust fund of 5000, to be held in the name of
faithful old horse, Tony. who had served the
physician continuously for nearly 20 years.
w. H. Hart, weIl-known lumber mill man,
claims to have found giant sequoia measuring
SO feet in diameter and 100 feet around the base.
This is said to be the largest tree on earth.
Hart says the tree is in Eshom Valley. Tulare 4
county, CAL. in secluded gulch near one of his
mills. The mammoth. he figures. is 400 feet in
height.
According to the United States census, in 1890
there were $3.50 members of the bar in the
United States, or one to every 69S of the popu-
lation. According to the census of 1900 the total
number was 1l4.703, or one to every $50 of the
population. Since 1900 there has been a very
considerable addition to the ranks of the pro-
fession.
Judge Riley, of Lexington, KY, whose name |
has been associated with the re-establishment |
of the whipping-post, is the author of a still |
more startling punishment. All those charged |
with drunkenness are to have the choice of |
drinking glass full of fish brine going to jail.
1t is reported that one victim took the emetic. |
and that it had the desired effect.
Senator Benjamin Tillman goes shy of Sena-
tor Hoar in colloquy. Not long since the South
Carolinian remarked to the Massachusetts Mes
tor that there were not seven men in the Senate
who would know the Lords Prayer if they saw
it in French. Whereupon Senator Hoar re-
would not be because they can't read French
Chicago has figured it out, from her new City
Directory, that she has population of 2,241, O0O
Judging from the size of her City Directory,
New Yorker would probably conclude that Chi
cago must have population of at least 10000
600. If the city continues to increase and to put
nearly everybody in its directory it will soon be
necessary to handle the latter by the aid of der
ricks.
An architect from Cleveland, who has visited
much in the East, CHANGED to remark to friend
that living was cheaper in Boston than in New
York. I'm what respect ~ asked the other ut
cost $500 to expectorate on the floor of a street
car in New FORK while In Boston the charge is
$780," Been experimenting 2" ventured the
friend. mo" replied the Ohioan, Reading the
signs in the cars
0nas Teel, a five-year-old Akron (O) boy, was
taken to the home for feeble minded youth in
Columbus the other night The boy weighs over
dc M has he ELL