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


When an English doctor operates for appen-
dicitis and finds there isn't any. he calls it case
of neutrality-suspicious.. and the patient uncom-
plainingly pays the bill.
Bald-headed men can heave sigh Of relief
when they hear that Texas woman dislocated
her neck by quickly tossing heavy braid Of hair
to one side of her head. :.
New York city has an automobile bank that is
burglar proof, and which will make collections
at night. Here's word Of advice to depositors
be careful who is chauffeur.
In speech in Chicago several days ago Prof.
John Paul Goode, of the University Of Chicago,
predicted that within 100 years Chicago will have
a population of 900 souls.
Mrs. Rosa Lewis, chief culinary artist of the
Cavendish Hotel, London, is believed to draw
larger salary than any other female cook in the
world. She is paid $4,000 year.
James F. Devlin, o fireman on Western rail-
road, has patent for steam turbine engine
for which he has just received 1915 600 from the
Transatlantic Steamship Company.
fire alarm was turned in the other day in
Berlin for swallow caught by the leg on the
edge of roof of high building. The iremen
reared a ladder and released the bird.
German, which is spoken by upward of IS, OO0.-
600 people, ranks third in number among the
four leading languages Of Europe. the first being
English, the second Russian and the fourth
French.
The use of concrete already has thrown thous-
ands Of stone masons and cutters out of work
throughout the country. In some large cities
whole buildings have been constructed of the
material.
Since the foundation of the Government, in
1889, three states have furnished twenty of the
forty-eight Attorneys General, Pennsylvania
supplying eight, Massachusetts seven, and Mary
land five.
Twenty million dollars is the estimated value
of the debris left by the San Francisco catas-
trophe. It's weight is given at 100000 tons, and
it is figured that it would require train 600
miles long to carry it.
Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agri-
culture, is the nestor of the Cabinet and is now
the only member who was one of the original
group composing it at the beginning of Mr.. Nc
Kinley's administration.
Though bitten twice by monkey and warned
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Bath, England, refused to part with the animal.
She was bitten again. blood-poisoning set in. and
death from heart failure followed.
People breathe less when they are concen-
trating their minds on study or work, and also
when under the influence of depressing emotion.
On the other hand, they breathe more when ex-
hilarated by pleasure and amusement.
There is a remarkable increase in railway
traffic in New York city. Each month this year
there have been 10000 more fares collected than
during the corresponding month last year, and
ANN ON mora transfAss have boon isanad
Every man, woman and child in Massachu-
sets produced $3.50 worth of manufactured
goods and SIS worth of agricultural products in
1sO5-over $1,000, 100000 worth of manufactured
products and only $4s,OOO,0O0 worth of agricul-
tural.
Eighteen miles is said to be the longest dis
lance at which mans voice has been heard.
This occurred in the Grand Canyon of Colorado,
where one man shouting the name bob" at one
end was plainly heard at the other end, which is
Is miles away.
The rails on the Belt Line road in Philadelphia
are the heaviest in the world. They weigh 142
pounds to the yard and are II pounds heavier
than any rails ever Used before. They are bal
lasted in concrete, and nine-inch girders were
used to bind them.
Major Charles Loefier, chief usher of the
White House for nearly 80 years, has never voted
but once. That was in 1872 the year of Grants
second campaign. He Joined the army as an en-
listed man at Lock Haven, Pa, in 1858, but has
not lived there since.
A quaint superstition is prevalent In many
English villages. When woman is going to be
married every effort is made to prevent her from
seeing her wedding ring before the ceremony,
as It lie considered that sight of it except at the
altar is bound to bring bad luck.
Rev. John Schaefer, of North Benton, o., has
just celebrated his one hundred and first birth
day. He is the Oldest clergyman in Ohio, and
possibly in the United States. He preached
regularly for 80 years. He reads newspapers
without glasses and has hardly been i'll day In
his life.
DIR. Kenealys speech in the English Tichborne
trial lasted ITO days, but the longest continuous
talk is supposed to have been achieved in the
legislature of British Columbia, when member,
who was in minority of one, succeeded in sstalk-
ing OUT bill by speaking 20 hours without IN
Permission.
The heaviest locomotives in the world are
those of the Prairie type. which haul the fast
trains on the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern railway. This type weighs In tons. Among
British engines the record is 100 tons-namely,
the new engine of the CARDIGAN class in use on
the Caledonian railway.
The dahlia, that fine and large flower which
adorns our autumn gardens, is reconquering the
place which has been usurped for some years by
its Japanese sister, the chrysanthemum. The
gardeners have given to it what 1t formerly
it's shades now rival those
of the more popular flower.
Greater New York Is the greatest Y. NJ. @. A.
centre in the world. It has more than 40 organi-
cations and 10000 members ; it has 400 secreta-
ries and employees, and $500 of ite members are
office-holders and committeeman. Its largest
building, the Twenty-third street branch, cost
100000 and has 1890 members.
Speaking of talking machines, India is great
country for this instrument, and thousands of
them are in use. The native who can command
the price wants talking machine, and the rec
ords he delights in are those which reproduce
the native songs. The American machine takes
the lead, and there is room for more.
Soap has been in use for 1900 years and is
twice mentioned in the Bible. A few years ago
q soap boilers shop was discovered in Pompeii,
having been buried beneath the terrible rain Of
ashes that fell upon that city in the year 70 A.
d. The soap found in the shop had not lost its
efficacy, although it had been buried 1.sOO years.
The Electrical World announces the invention
by resident in Paris of an appliance known as
the electric thermophile." 1t consists of a
light battery to be carried in the pocket and an
of wires attached to an ordinary
,uit of clothes, which will keep the wearer warm
and do away with the necessity for an overcoat
out of doors or fire at home.
Col. William Elliott, of the War Department.
Washington, Is In indianapolis to undertake the
colossal task Of locating the graves of 400 Con
,ederate soldiers who died at Camp Morton dur
ing the Civil War and who were buried in one Of
The indianapolis cemeteries. He proposes to
remain in the city until he locates the graves or
slse concludes that his task is impossible.
G. f. Bodley, of London. and Henry Vaughn.
If Boston both architects have arrived in Wash