The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-08-05

mother always accompanied her.
The first patent for sewing machine was
issued in England in 100. This early invention
was not successful, and other patents were is
sued in 1904 and scores of times since.
Mrs. Almira Kramer. of Kalamazoo, Mich
who recently died, left trust fund of $4,000 to
be used to feed tramps, and Senator Burrows
will have direct charge of the money.
The opinion is expressed that President Roose-
welt will soon give favorable answer to Geroni-
mos prayer for liberty. He is now SO years old
and has been prisoner for nearly II years.
"Indecision about spending money . said Mark
Twain to W. ID. Howells, sis worthy of cultiva-
ton. When couldn't decide what to buy with
my last nickel kept it and so became RICH"
An express train which makes no stop between
London and Liverpool has been introduced by
the London and Northwestern Railway Com
pany. The 2O1 miles are covered in 208 minutes.
In order that he may familiarIze himself with
the work of railroad men, the Rev. Dwight e.
Potter, pastor of the Union Street Presbyterian
Church, in Oakland, Cal has gone to work as an
oiler in the railroad yards of his city.
The Marshal of Hamilton. Mont, evidently
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He publishes this notice in a local paper: "All
persons owning dogs and who do not pay dog
tax on the same by July will be killed.
Miss Rebecca Bracken. who is dead at Niles,
Mich was train dispatcher for railroad there,
and Is believed to have known more about time
cards and how trains ought to move than any
other employee on that division of the line.
By direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
1880 acres of Indian lands in Minnesota will be
open to settlement August IL. These lands at
present are partly in the Fond du Lac. Red
Lake, White Earth and the Chippewas of Mime
sofa reservation.
Louis Moilenen, of Houghton, Mich, is only 10
years Of age, but Is feet inches tall, weighs
$40 pounds and is still growing. He is well pro-
portioned and strong az an OK. His parents are
understood people. Mrs. Moilenen weighing less
than 100 pounds.
Marble City, Indian Territory, celebrated the
Fourth in the usual style, and the Enterprise
brags of the fact that in all the crowd there was
not an officer of the law, not a minister of the
gospel. not Chinaman, not a negro, not
drunken man, and not fight.
One hundred and thirteen years ago, on June
IA, 1892 the Hartford Bank was organized under
the charter granted by the State few weeks
before, and its doors were opened for business
on August s, 1892. It has had a continuous bust
ness existence since that date.
James G. Blaine, who is buried at Washing
ton. D. c., has no monument erected to his
memory in Maine. in which State he won his
fame and even the white marble bust of him
erected in 1899 in the rotunda of the Maine State
House has never had one cent paid upon it.
Governor vardaman, of Mississippi. says that
If elected United States Senator he will start q
systematic campaign for the repeal Of the
Fifteenth Amendment. But he is willing to
surrender any representation in Congress and
in the Electoral College based on the negro vote.
Owners of automobiles unprovided with drip
pans are being arrested in Washington, D. c., on
the ground that the oils dropped on the asphalt
have a deleterious effect The automobilists
have pointed out that the street car companies
have long been notorious offenders in this re-
spect
Out of 1888 graduates of Princeton this year,
I 200 claimed to have kissed members of the fair
sex-excluding sisters and cousins-at least once.
One member of the class is already married |;
nine are looking forward to matrimonial bliss
soon after graduation, and 81 have been en-
gagged.
The story is going the rounds that country
editor was dismissed from church for singing in
loud voice, during the singing of familiar
hymn the following words. LET every kindred,
every tribe, on this terrestrial ball, put down
their dollars and subscribe and well receipt
for ALL"
hx1f ror fho
you see man eating onions on Sunday, make
up your mind to one of three things: He is
either an outcast from society, married and not
afraid of his wife, or he has an immortal cnch on
the love of the girl he is going to see in the
evening""
The crop report for July shows an increase of
100000 in corn acreage, bringing the total acre
age at this date up to 94,0l1.OOO. This. with the
exception of 1901, is the largest acreage on rec
ord. Under usual conditions, it means yield
of 25OOOO 900 bushels, and value to the farmers
of $1,0OO,OO0,0O0.
Engineers can tell the condition of their ma
chinery by the note it sounds while running.
Every engine, stationary or locomotive, has a
particular note of its own, to which the engi-
neer becomes accustomed, and any departure
from this at once calls attention to the fact that
all is not right.
An amusing pastime is to have a ring hung
from the chandelier at a convenient distance
from the floor. Each child must walk directly
up to the ring and without hesitating try to run
a pencil through it. This sounds very easy,
but If you try it yourself you will be surprised
how difficult it really is.
The Government is sending out Frank Benton,
q bee expert of the Agricultural Department,
to scour those portions of the globe wherein de
sirable types of honey-makers are believed to
exist. In his tour he will visit India and the
Philippines for the purpose of studying the
giant bee of those countries.
The Car of Russia it is said. has $25 OOO 900 in
vested in English securities, and it is also de-
clared that he would in an extreme crisis fly and
live in England, as other troubled monarchs
have done before him. Then he has a second
string to his bow in the 100000 invested in
American rails, iron and coal.
A Boston scientist says that hypnotism can
develop only natural instincts, and the best
hypnotist in the world cannot make really
moral person do wrong. From experiments he
has made he believes that 70 per cent. of the
human race, if unrestrained by family pride and
other like considerations, would steal.
The clerks of the railway mail service who
work in the travelling postofHces that run in and
out of New York have lodging house at 20
Vesey street, which they maintain at cost of
$12 year for each of the ZOO clerks who put up
there at the New York end of their runs. This
is trife over three centsa night for each clerk
Poison is said to lurk in many familiar OBJ
jects, such, for example, as bright-hued. but
cheap, clothes used for woman's dress; red
hosiery, however expensive; the leather sweat
bands of hats, which contain lead leather gloves
and gold-tipped cigarettes. Perfumes, too. are
said to affect the heart, while the inner walls of
an ordinary house are full of microbes.
The Topeka Pension Agency, which handles
the business of Missouri. Kansas. Colorado New
Mexico. Indian Territory and Oklahoma. has
115,368 pensioners on the rolls, net loss of 252
for the year. The total gross loss was 5,0Sl, of
which 4,506 were due to deaths. The number of
Spanish war veterans and of Civil War widows
increases, but the rate of death of Civil War
veterans is very high.
On the advice of the Mexican Board of Health.
A.