The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-26

a Kansas man ClalmS TO nave u bWafW VI Deop
that made 20 pounds Of honey in three days.
Judge Andrew J. Harlan, Of Savannah, No., is
the only surviving member Of the Thirty-hrst
Congress. He was born in Ohio in 1915.
Zenos J. Rlves, who was elected to Congress
from the Twenty first Illinois district, is only %
years old, and is just beginning the study of law
Mrs Louise G. Smith, whose grandmother was
a sister of President Thomas Jefferson. died in
Louisville ON election day. She was rs years
old.
William N. o. Dawson, the Republican gov
ernor-elect Of West Virginia, is 80 years DID, and
began life as q printer, then became an editor |
and is now lawyer.
The countries that have the largest popula- |
tion-China. India and Russia are not the |
strongest nations, either industrially, CONNER
cially or In any other way.
e. M. Fowler, the wealthy Iumberman, who
has just died at his home in Pasadena, CAL, eav-
ing an estate worth $55,O00,00O, started as la
borer in the woods of Michigan.
The first Japanese newspaper was published
in 1868, and contained news translated from
Dutch newspapers. Today Japan has over $500
papers, and several of them are in English.
Kansas Is getting nearly as bad as Kentucky
when it comes to titles. Every one in Kansas
now has to have one, and the men who run the
soda fountains are now known as engineers.
All records on the Pennsylvania Railroad for
| long distance runs were broken few days ago
by a special train from Crestline to Fort Wayne,
| Ind The distance of 1871 miles was covered in
| 1l3 minutes.
The report adopted by the Protestant Episco-
pal House Of Bishops, in Boston, Mass. on the
relations of capital and labor meets with the ap-
| prova1 of labor leaders and has been favorably
| commented upon.
| Ex-President Cleveland was accompanied to
| his voting booth on election day by a compan-
ion, his faithful beagle hound Brownie, who
watched with much interest his masters asser-
ton of his citizenship.
| memorial window to Benjamin Harrison,
unveiled the other day in an Indianapolis church,
contains no reference to the fact that he was
| President of the United States. 1t is a tribute
| to him as churchman.
Bed sheets are unknown in Japan, except in the
hospitals. The introduction of white sheets
and of white caps and dresses for nurses was
| vigorously objected to at first because white is
| in Japan the color Of mourning.
Robert B. Roosevelt, of Sayville, L. l., uncle
| of the President and Democrat, who declined
honors from his party is very much elated over
| the handsome tribute of confidence paid by the
| country to his illustrious nephew.
| Prof. Charles H. Richardson, Of Dartmouth
College, believes that the petrihed bodyo of a
woman recently found in Washington VT. is
| that of a representative of race which in
habited America before the Indians.
John @. Cutler, Republican governor-elect of
Utah, was born at Sheffield, England. His pa
| rents joined the Mormon Church and brought
| him to Utah in 1854. He is merchant and stock
holder in many Utah industrial concerns.
Bryant B. Brooks, governor-elect of wyo-
ming, was born in Massachusetts, and went to
| Wyoming In 1881 and worked as a cowboy near
| CHEYENNE He is a self educated and self-made
man, and has large stock, land, bank and other
| interests.
The birth of an heir to the Car fulfls, it is
said, q remarkable prophecy made by Prince
Charles, of Denmark, who is understood to be
clairvoyant of the royal caste, he having pre-
dicted the birth of son after the arrival of four
daughters.
In its report as to the pension system, recently
| introduced as part of its economies, the Penn
| sylvania Railroad Company accounts for the ex-
penditure in four years of nearly 81 .25O,0OO for
the support Of over 1900 employees who have
| been retired.
| Swiss watch-makers have now added phono-
| graph to some of their wonderful watches. A
| small rubber disk is put in the watch and ar
ranged in such way that the record is repeated
| every hour. Anything can be put on the record
| that the owner wishes.
Rev. VIM. May, the oldest Methodist preacher
| in Kentucky, died last week. He had been
preaching fer 70 and atrius that tirao had
never accepted cent of money for his services.
| He married 5000 couples, baptized 5000 persons
and ofiiciated at 5000 funerals
The most remarkable deposit of coal in Colo
RADIO has just been uncovered in the Durango
district Just beneath thin crust of lava lie
beds of the finest coal and coke covering an area
of over 625 square miles. In quality it is unap-
preached by any other coal in the State.
The original of Wizards stirring picture,
yankee Doodle" which has become familiar
through reproductions in all parts of the coun-
try, hangs in Abbott Hall, Marblehead, Mass
The painting was presented to the town by Gen.
]. II. Devereux, of Cleveland, "a years ago.
]. B. Fowler claims to have successfully ac-
upon which he has been at work for many years.
He lives in Portland, Ore, and his daughter.
Miss Lillian Fowler, was allowed the privilege
of first peering into the marvellous instrument.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, the Topeka (Kan.)
author gave S25 to the Topeka Baseball Club
last spring. and now has asked to have the money
refunded. He said he gave it with the under
standing that the club would play no Sunday
games, and it has. The money will be returned
to him.
Samuel H. Elrod, the Republican governor
elect of South Dakota, was born in Indiana 46
years ago. and has resided in Dakota for 20 years.
He is a lawyer by profession, but dresses like
well-to.do farmer. His clothing was made a
target by the opposition at the opening of the
campaign.
| Judge D. Cady Herrick has filed with the Sec
rotary of State a statement of his campaign ex-
| penses as Democratic candidate for Governor of
| New York State. He certifes that he con-
tributed 81, 600 to the Albany County Democratic
Committee and spent $500 more for photographs,
travelling, stationery, etc.
Colorado has aroused great interest at the Ex-
position at St. Louis. Her record is one to open
the eyes of the world. for in two weeks the state
| was awarded seven first prizes, including one
| for agriculture. mining, pottery, honey, juven-
| lie court education. precious stones and beauty
| of installation of exhibits.
Although ]. Pierpont Morgan is credited with
| gifts to philanthropic enterprises which reach
| $1.OOOOOO year, the greatest secrecy surrounds
| his charitable work. As matter of fact, Mr.
| Morgan is well up toward the head of the great
| givers of the world. One of his chief philan-
| thropies is keeping boys off the streets.
1t is notorious that in other line of railroad
ing is there SO great percentage of men who
| do not approach the standard which should be
required from persons with SO great RESPONSE
bility as among the telegraphers. The railroads
| are blamed for this condition, because of the
| low wage value placed on this class of work.
There is a young woman in New York who
| makes her living by acting as valet to lapdogs.
She charges 81 a week for her services and visits
| the dogs each day, combing and brushing them
and sometimes taking them out for a walk.
| Another young woman earns livelihood by
polishing silver toilet articles for rich women.