The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-05-26

stem dividing it exactly in the center. In other
feathers the stems are found to be more or less
on one side.
Professor Calvin. of the Iowa State Univer-
sity. predicted an earthquake for the Pacific
Coast seven days before 1t came. He told his
class in geology that it might be expected there
at any time.
Representative Brownlow, who introduced the
bill to provide for federal care of Andrew John
sons grave. Is a nephew Of "Parson" Brownlow.
who described johnson as 1.-THE dead dog in the
White House."
King Alfonso, of Spain, is devoted to the pleas
ures of the table, and keeps a cook on duty until
in the morning. so that he can have supper up
to that hour. Five meals are served daily in the
Escurial Palace.
Sherburn NJ. Becker, the young Republican
mayor of Milwaukee. introduced new style of
campaigning when just-before election day he
distributed 5000 corncob pipes and as many
packages of tobacco.
Frank Ward, of New South Wales, Is believed
to have killed more rabbits at one shot than any
other man living. His record is 81. The little
animals were drinking at a tank and presented
every opportunity for big kill.
Mayor Clute, of Schenectady, N. Y, thinks it
foolish to spend money for the musical educa-
ton of children and then permit the dispensers
of street melodyto lower the standards of popu-
lar taste by grinding out ragtime airs.
The construction of bridge over the Royal
George. near Canon City. COL, was to have been
begun March 1st twill be the highest railroad
bridge in the world, for 1t will be 800 feet above
the Arkansas river, which it will span.
J.P Webster holds the unique distinction of
being the only mayor Waucoma, a.. has ever
had, though the place has been incorporated %
years. He was selected as the first mayor in
1888 and has continued to serve ever since.
One of the most unique honeymoons everspent
was that of Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Nully, of Cam
bridge. Mass, who have just completed riding
$500 miles through New England and New York
on the electric cars, the trip requiring five weeks.
Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco, is a labor
leader and musician. When elected mayor
the first time he was leader of the orchestra of
the Columbia Theatre. He was elected mayor
for the third time last fall after bitter CAM
paign.
Miss Esther Whitman, the strongest woman
in New York, has married Herman Hyams,
Harlem real estate man, whom she rescued from
drowning three years ago. She is an expert
swimmer and can lift dead weight of 800
pounds.
The United States manufactures today spe-
cialty in cottonseed oil called winter" which,
besides being very sparkling, golden in hue, and
tasteless and odorless, does not CONCEAL, pecu-
liarity which greatly encourages and aids con-
coctions.
stray, an English farmer sent blank check to
the magistrate with note reading: kindly
write out your requirements and oblge." The
court filled out the check for small fine and
| the case was ended.
It sounds almost incredible, but is none the
| less O fact that Frenchman under % years of
| age, whose parents are dead and whose grand
father or grandmother is alive, cannot enter the
married state without the written authority of
both or either of them.
In emulation of Benjamin Franklin, Mayor
Fitzgerald of Boston, has given 81, 900 to form
fund that to accumulate interest for 100 years,
to be then expended for purposes which will. in
the opinion of the board at that time, best serve
the interest of humanity.
Manley Lawton. of Pewee Valley KY, who
has just received his appointment as a cadet to
West Point, is the oldest son of the late Major
General Henry W. Lawton. At the tender age
of II he was under fire in the Philippines, where
he had gone with his father
While there are in France 100000 farmers
who depend principally on their vineyards for
their livelihood there are 100000 agents who live
by selling their wines. 1t is now proposed to
cut of these agents and turn their profits into
the pockets of the producers.
In Colusa county, California, recently, Miss
Florence Berker ran against her father, P. F.
Berker, the incumbent, for the Office of school
trustee, and beat him after hot campaign. She
did it because she had heard her father intended
to GUST female teacher who was a friend of
hers.
Fifty members are already enrolled in. the
Pocohontas Society, recently formed in Wash
ington. Members must prove their descent
from the Indian maiden and her English hus-
band. There is to be a "Pocohontas day" at the
jamestown Exposition, when the society will
hold first place.
Sir Jonathan Williams says that the purest
English is spoken in Kentucky. He is a retired
physician with ample means, and became inter-
ested in the question of the purity of the Eng
Aiou LOuBuO 6CtCAaA years d6Os ohN uoo cAuCO
spent much time in investigating English in
many parts of the world.
Among the curious things that arrest atten-
ton on arriving in Moscow is the absence of
whips among drivers of cabs, carriages and all
sorts of vehicles. There is law prohibiting
their use. There is not a single whip in use in
Moscow. The excellent condition of the horses
attests the benefit of this humane law
A Japanese soldier, on his way home from
prison in Russia, committed suicide on receiv-
ing letter from his father saying that his con-
duct in being taken alive would spoil the repu-
tation of the Japanese army and cast odium on
the names of the family and the villagers. and
concluding by ordering him not to return home
alive
The Elks' Lodge at Hobart, 1. T., has two
members who should attract attention at the
Grand Lodge meeting in Denver next July,
which they will attend. Robert L. Schurman is
feet inches tall and weighs liz pounds, while
his companion, Robert Hayden, is 8 feet inches
tall and weighs 1871 pounds, less than two pounds
to the inch.
If he lives to complete the task ex-senator
william A. PETER, of Kansas. will be the only
man who has ever read the Congressional Record
from the first day of its publication to the pres
emit time. Senator PETER is now 70 years old, and
since his retirement from the Senate has been
engaged in classifying the Congressional Record
according to the topic discussed.
The biggest cannon ball ever made weighed
2,6OO pounds and was manufactured at the
Krupp Works, Essen, for the government of the
Car. The gun from which this projectile was
fired is also the largest In the world, and is
placed in the Notifications of Cronstadt. This
gun has a range of IL miles, and it has been esti-
mated that each shot costs 81 500.
Icelanders have strange but effective plan
for preventing horses from straying away. They
tie the head of one horse to the tail of another,
and the head of this to the tail of the former.
In this State it is impossible for the horses to