The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-15

ing his evening at the 'sstore." 1t is little
too much to ask Of any normal boy that he
shall remain home every evening. 1t is good
for him to mix up with those of his own age.
1t brightens and broadens him, and he studies
or works better for it to have an occasional
evening "out." And this is possible, since
every small town can have with little exer-
ton, and at small cost but with large returns,
and, with the girls, have good, healthy time.
But the place for village boy is not 1.-THE
corner store"
A Remarkable Blind and Deaf Man.
Baltimore american.
Frank Smith, of Baltimore, is one of but
very few ofthe orl6'sinhabitants, in all time,
who, though totally blind and deaf, has mas
tered language sufficiently to enjoy its use
for reading writing and conversation. He is
asubscriber to paper published in raised point
type and known as the Milwaukee Weekly, and
through it is enabled to keep himself informed
concerning affairs of the day, in which he
manifests much interest.
Besides, Frank Smith earns his own living
and has bank account, all of his savings rep
resenting what he has earned at his trade, that
of broom maker. He boards at the Maryland
| School for the Blind. North avenue, near 81.
Paul street. where from boyhood and until
able to earn his own living he had been
charity inmate. He is an expert at the work
of making brooms. and plies his trade indus.
| triously each day in the workshop connected
| with the blind school.
Frank Smith is AZ years old. He was born
| of poor parents in this city, and when about
eight years old was stricken with scarlet fever,
| which bereft him of his hearing and was the
direct cause of his losing his sight about year
| later.
He was brought to the Maryland School for
the Blind to be educated when IL years old.
The methods employed in teaching him are
those invented by Dr.. Samuel G. Howe, of
| Boston, and used successfully since the time OF
| Laura Bridgeman Q636 49,, the first deaf blind
child ever educated. The means of commune
cation used are the manual alphabet, in which
on the hand of the student, and the New York
raised point alphabet, consisting of letters rep.
resented by aseries of variously arranged raised
points, and used by the sense of touch for
reading and writing.
These methods were employed in the educa-
ton of Helen Keller, the worlds most remark
able example of progress in education made by
| deaf. blind person. In this country there are
now some SO or go deaf blind children being
educated with the use of the same systems.
Frank Smith is considered one of the most
! remarkable examples of ability on the part of
| blind-deaf person tolearn. HE understands
Biedsoe, Of the blind School; team appreciate
a joke and talk about affairs of the day."
WITHIN A week Mrs. F. A. Jump, who lives
near Centreville. Md, lost three COWS from
hydrophobia. One of the cows showed signs
of rabies, which soon developed, and in her
| frantic struggles she plunged into ditch and
broke her neck. Shortly afterward two other
COWS developed the malady, and DR.. G. Alan
Jarman, State veterinarian. pronounced the
Ho hot ho
COWS killed and buried. DIR. Jarman said that
any or all Of the herd might develop the same
trouble from drinking water from the same
trough, and that it was not an impossible
thing for the horses to become inocuated in
the same manner. sf q al
SECRETARY SHAw's report shows that this
year we collected S65, 900 more in taxes
than last year that we have surplus of $685.
10000 which will likely be increased to $685.
100000 at the end of the next fiscal year. He
thinks about the only thing our land needs is
an elastic currency-that is. kind that will
contract when money is plentiful and expand
when scarce. It will require a genius to in
vent such monetary system, but when he
arises he will be great benefactor of his race
even If not made rich in shekels.
THE REPORT of Gen. Ainsworth, military
secretary, shows that there were 6, 258 deser-
tons from the regular army in the past fiscal
year. This is IA per cent. of the whole army
and from to 5 per cent. higher than preced-
ing years. The per cent. of assertions is great
est among recruits in the first three months Of
enlistment. The actual strength of the army
on June SOth was 55,719 men and $3.50 officers.
Besides this there are 522 men and 26 officers
in the Porto Rico regiment and 5,04S men in
the Philippine scouts. . --
In NEW York women living in fats have
been trying the experiment of the halliday"
maid. These maids work four hours one place
and may 60 home or work q number of hours
in another place. Such maid working in the
morning washes the dishes of the night before
and the breakfast dishes, makes the beds, gets
things ready for dinner or does anything else
asked of her. She charges 81 and goes home
promptly, staying for no meals, and the room
that she might have occupied under the old
order is for the use ofthe family.
Hon. WIN. SHEPPARD BRYAN, formerly one
of the judges Of the Court of Appeals of Mary
land, died suddenly at his home in Baltimore.
on Sunday last, aged so years. He was ma
tive of North Carolina, but spent nearly his
entire life in Maryland. Judge Bryan was
lawyer of great ability and a gentleman of the
old school. One of his sons is Hon. William
Sheppard Bryan, Jr., the present Attorney
General of Maryland.
The american Agricoiturist gives the apple
crop of 1905 as &c. 12O0O0 barrels, as against a..
900 900 barrels in 1906 an increase of IL 100 900
barrels, bat 3,SSO,O0 barrels short of each of
the crops of the three years prior to 1905. The
figures arrived at are the capitalization of re-
turns from correspondents in every apple pro-
ducing section east of the Rocky Mountains.
A good many 1906 applesare available for win.
ter storage.
On A wager of $4,000 VIM. K. McBeth, of
Scottdale, Pa, has undertaken to visit on
horseback every capital in the United States in
four years. He was in Washington early this
week, going from thence to Annapolis and
Richmond. He will visit all the Southern
States during the winter months. 1t is esti-
mated that he will travel more than 10000 |
miles, or about 10 900 miles year.
A RHODE ISLAND man left S10.0 900 year to |
his horse, two dogs and parrot, but all the |
animals have died. There is said to be prob |