The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-07-16
Correspondence Baltimore County linton.
LETTER FROM THE WORLDS FAIR.


81. LOUIS, Mo-, July 18th, 1904.
Messrs. Editors The crowd at the Fair on the
Fourth OF July was nearly as large az on the
opening day and everything passed on without
any mishap, even to the flying contest. Two
persons entered the contest to see who could do
the best in making their machine 60. Both
landed considerable distance away, one 26
miles. Owing to the downpour OF rain and light
ming they could not do as well as otherwise.
Santos Dumont was not in the race, owing to
crank having slashed the airbag Of his flying
machine week before the Fourth while 1t was
unpacked in the airdome. the building erected
for the airships That there is probability
someone will yet discover how we are to navi-
gate the air in safety Is evidenced by the fact
that the Fair officials think so, for they pay
100000 as first prize to the one who either goes
the fartherest in q straight course or prescribes
certain circles in the air and comes down at q
certain point, according to the rules laid down
for the contest, which is to take place next fall
after Dumont gets new airbag. This has to be
made in Brazil, think, where the order was
sent by cablegram as soon as it was found out
the depreciation had been committed.
Two fires have occurred on the Fair grounds.
One consumed the house Of Hoo Hoo, which was
the Iumbermen's place Of meeting. The other
was the restaurant inside the Jerusalem walls.
1t covered about an acre, but the fire was con-
fined to the building in which it started. Jeru-
salem occupies eleven acres and Is correct
representation Of the ancient city and shows
just how it was in the time when Christ was on
earth, and one can have brought wildly to mind
the scenes Christ passed through at His betrayal
and crucihxion. About 700 inhabitants of Jeru-
salem live inside the walls here to take charge
Of and run the show and sell the visitors articles
brought over from Jerusalem. This is one OF
the things all should see who have IS cents with
which to pass the turnstile.
The Republican national convention was I'm
vited by President Francis to visit the Fair and
they came as guests of the management, as wal
also the Prohibition national convention. The
Democratic national convention, which was held
in st. Louis last week, adjourned on Saturday
after having selected their candidates for Pres
ident and President. The latest thing Out
is that some one has secured an option on the
hall where the Prohibition convention met In
Indianapolis and that Rev. DIR. Swallow is to re
sign as candidate for President and Gen. Miles
be nominated. and that Bryan may throw his
strength and influence that way. Stranger
things than that have happened.
1t is refreshing and restful to 20 through the
Palace of Agriculture and see what the farmer
is doing, as shown by the states exhibits. Ten
nessee has licked all the other states out of theil
boots in making the largest number of ears Of
corn grow on the same stalk. The old saying that
she who makes two blades of grass grow where
one grew before will get rich" comes to YOU
mind when you see six ears of corn growing
on the same stalk, and they "ain't nubbinl
either.'' The Tennessee Experiment Station
exhibit, installed in the Tennessee State display
is the finest and most instructive made by any
of the experiment stations. In one case are five
stalks Of corn showing respectively two, three
four. five and six ears of corn. which has beer
accomplished by ingrowing, that is by selecting
corn from stalks having productive tendency
to plant next time. They also show a test
where c0wpeas were turned down for wheat
and fertilizer of different amounts of plant foot
applied. The result is shown by wheat in glas!
tubes, and the increase per acre was from 10 Il
Is bushels where the cowpeas were used. The
Southern States are growing cowpeas very ex
tensively to enrich their lands and are also com
mencing to grow alfalfa, while the Western
States are growing immense quantities of the
latter.
The exhibit from one of the foreign countries
comparing the result of the use of barnyard ma
nure with the use of fertilizers on wheat or
the same ground for 80 years shows that barn
yard manure held its own and increased the
yield of wheat to the end of the 80 years, where
as where different kinds of fertilizers were USED
the yield got less to the end. This is in fiat con
tradiction to the superstition that barnyard ma
nure applied alone would cause the ground tt
slowly become poorer.
Festival Hall is the centre of attraction TO-
music lovers and of large conventions. The
Christian Endeavor convention met there re
Gently and last week the Fisk University con
vention was held. The Fisk Jubilee Singer
were present and they are considered the fines
body of colored singers in the country. Booke
T. Washington made an address and was receives
that the Japanese ate great deal Of fish. which
accounts for them being so small. The Wort
small should have been smart, as it is wei
known fact that fish is brain food. w. Fl. r.