The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-06-23

Ii the sewers OF New York city were placed
end to end in straight line they would reach
from there to Pixies Peak, lilo miles, and the
paved streets of the city would make road
along one side of them all the way.
f. d. Coburn. the new Senator from Kansas
began life as a farm hand at $l2 a month. For
a while he was editor of livestock journal and
later his RED Line Series" of pamphlets on
farm work were greatly in demand.
Thomas Garfield, only brother of the martyred
President, is farmer living five miles from
jacksonville, Mich. He was never in Washing
ton, but spent week with his brother before he
was inaugurated. He is SO years old.
In the mythology of Europe horses have
always been considered bearers of luck, and
there was a superstition which once was current
that the presence of horses hoof under the
bed would cure certain complaints.
When snail plumbers in among the bees they
cannot kill him on account of the protection of
his shell. So they embalm him alive. They
cover him, shell and.all, with snowy wax. he is
a prisoner whom only death releases.
James B. Reynolds, of Boston, has been assist
ant secretary of the United States Treasury for
Is months, and In that time has signed his name
somewhere close to 100000 times. AS rule he
uses up three fountain pens in a week.
One of the Labor party's members of the new
House of Commons lately received from con
stituent who thought he had grievance to
which the government should give attention, a
letter of no less than ZOO closely written pages.
AMI Smith, superintendent of the document
room at the Capitol, has a marvellous memory.
documents for many sessions back and can get
the desired one at any time without consulting
indexes or file lists.
Conspicuous among the adornments of the
bridal feast in Brittany is an artistic and eabor-
ate butter structure, as fanciful and elegant as
the most beautiful bridal cake, and into this
structure the guests stick split sticks bearing
coins of gold or silver.
An inventive Swiss is said to manufacture
perfume tablet which, when dissolved in the
gasoline, destroys the odor of the burnt gases
and emits pleasant and agreeable scent. They
cost % cents for box of six, and one tablet will
perfume $50 miles of road.
Silver and lead are generally found together,
and some scientists think that lead disinte-
CRATES into silver. Gold and copper are also
often found together. In New South Wales the
great Cobar mine furnishes copper containing
four uunuvs of gold 10 tho tom.
Bertha L. Fowler. l2-year-old girl of Lewis
ton, Me-, has been astonishing patrons of the
fair grounds there by driving big Hambleto-
MAN PAGER in something under 2:30 on half
mile track. She began handling the reins when
she was half her present age.
fof1 ov,r,ir for fat m a.
tiers and other articles is being largely replaced
in Germany by kind of parchment paper coated
with aluminium. The aluminium is made to adj
here by rollers, and the so called aluminium
paper is cheaper than tinfoil.
There is being built on the Minnesota State fair
grounds. in Minneapolis, the largest live stock
amphitheater in the world, at cost of 100000.
Although the building is designed wholly for fair
purposes, it will be available for conventions or
gatherings requiring large seating capacity.
Rev. George NJ. A. Schooner. pastor of one of
the fashionable Rochester IN. y churches, told
his congregation on a recent Sunday that the
young women would have to discontinue wear
ing the peek-a-boo waist to church, because,
"this church is not a bathing resort, buta church
of God"
youngest woman ranchowner in this country.
She is owner and manager of 1000 acres, COM
prising the Arrow Heart cattle ranch, and she
recently leased for 90 years 100000 acres of oil
and mineral lands in the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw nations.
Justice Homes is one of the most peculiar
judges the Supreme Court has ever known. In
order that he may preserve his mind free from
distractions of information and misinformation
that would impair his efficiency and wisdom as
q jurist he does not allow himself to read the
newspapers.
Several Wesley relics will soon be sold at auc-
ton in London. Probably the most interesting
is mourning ring that was worn by
Wesley in memory of his father. 1t contains
cofin-shaped crystal, under which is a tiny re-
plica of human skeleton. There is a diamond
at the head and another at the feet.
The opening of bank with capital of $685.
900 in Tioga, Pa, would not, under ordinary cir
cumstances. constitute notable event; but as
the bank is organized under the auspices of the
State Grange, is owned and managed by gran
gers and is designed to be the first of series of
grange banks its opening is very interesting.
Senator Morgan. of Alabama, though three
years the junior of Mr.. Pettus, his colleague, is
not nearly so vigorous as the latter. He can
scarcely walk. but every day he goes to a COM
to look up ammunition for his fight
to drive William Nelson Cromwell out of his
position as adviser of the administration in canal
matters.
Col. B. G. Clifford, of Jasper county, Ind, is
perhaps the only man in the country who owns
railroad. built chiefly for his own use. paid for
with his own money and operated independent
Of the will of any other living man. The road is
called the Southern Wabash Valley, is IS miles
ong and runs through half dozen or more pros
porous villages.
Albert Roath, of Worcester, Mass railroad
conductor. has turned his seventy eighth year.
He has been with the New York. New Haven
Ind Hartford road for So years, over half GEN.
Jury as conductor. His run every week day is
from Worcester to New London and back. He
,as travelled over 100000 miles, or over 100
times around the world.
Lead or zinc ore can be SO finely pulverized
hat a tablespoonful may be mixed in a bucket
If clear water without being visible to the naked
,ye. When thus powdered the particles are so
minute that it often takes half an hour for them
20 settle to the bottom of vessel full of water.
This fact makes it evident that stream may
larry large quantities of minerals rich in metals.
Miss Christine La BarraQue, now 20 years old,
Who has been blind since she was baby, gradu-
tied at the head of law class in California law
chool and has been admitted to the bar in that
state. She is now in New York city completing |
Ter musical education. Realizing that blind |
woman can hardly practice law successfully, |
he has decided to make her living out of music.
~ can always tell man this time of year who !
s losing his hair" said knowing car conduc
or lately. "They always ride with their |
rats of where the sun will beat down on them
md the wind blow their scanty locks about. :
Every man that is getting bald-headed imagines
he could go bare headed long enough in the !