The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-03-16


There is an average of 1893 persons marriedin
New York city each day.
pistol makes almost as much noise as rife,
but it doesn't shoot near as far.
The total pack of the United States of canned
tomatoes in 1905 is given as 9074,965 cases.
Our exports of wheat flour last year were
100000 barrels more than the previous year.
The average valuation of the paper money
printed daily by Uncle Sam totals over $SOOO,-
900.
Miss Nettie Metcalf, of Warren, o., is the only
woman in America who has originated breed
of chickens.
King Edwards physicians said to be alarm
ed for his mind because he shows attention to
his own wife.
At the present moment the countries of Eu-
rope are spending on their armies and naYies as
much as $40OO,OOO day.
Should q bill now before the California legisla-
ture pass it will be unlawful for any California
hunter to kill more than IS wild ducks in any
day.
Senator Richardson, newly elected from Della
ware is the chief proprietor of what is, perhaps,
the largest and best known canning business in
the United States
Prof. Chittenden, of Yale's scientific school,
after years experimenting on dog nourish-
ment has found that without meat they show no
less energy. strength or vitality.
Of all places in the world-in San Francisco
the other day man bought three "gold bricks
for $3.50. When he took them to the mint they
told him they were of iron, gilded.
Mr.. Rockfeller's gifts to education now total
some $T9,OOO0OO. Andrew Carnegie's gifts for
libraries and universities aggregate some $780,
600, 900, and he is not as weafthya mao.
The various German Railway administrations
make thorough investigations of every wreck,
little or big, and invariably someone is held re-
sponsible and punished for the occurrence.
Quite a lucrative business, it seems, is done in
Japan in the expectation of frog skins for pur-
ses. The works controlled by a Toxic merchant
have exported as many as 10000 skins in less
than year.
The term surname" is supposed by some to
be derived from the French surnom, meaning
"over NAME" because persons family name
was formerly written above instead of after the
baptismal name.
A small table that had been many years in an
almshouse at Bristol, England. was sent recently
with other discarded furniture to an auction
room where it was recognized as Chippendale
and sold for $S675O.
The rose is the emblem of secrecy in Greece,
and was formerly hung over the table where
guests were entertained, in token that nothing
heard there was to be repeated. Hence the ex-
preston Sub rosa"
The late George B. Mutt, of Pittsburg left an
estate of So, 900. Under the provisions of his
will the widow has life use of it, and at her
death it is to be devoted to the purchase of toys
and other gifts for poor children.
All the paper for the millions of postage stamps
used in the United States is manufactured at
Mechanic Falls, Me. Once a month the firm re-
ceives requisition for 1,OOO0OO sheets of the
paper, and each sheet will make S6l stamps.
John Keen, of New Jersey. now serving his
second term in the United States Senate, has
never participated in the debates, and now Frank
o. Briggs, who never made speech. succeeds
John T. Dryden, who was another silent Senator.
The majority of the high roads in Belgium are
now planted with trees along the way to the
great pleasure of travellers and to the advantage
of the country. In total distance of about A.
IT'S miles there are no less than 100000 of these
roadside trees.
Miss Ethel Foraker, daughter of Attorney Jas.
r. Foraker, of Cincinnati, and niece of Senator
Joseph Benson Foraker, has accepted position
as cashier in one of the hotels there. Miss For
aker is a social favorlte and well known as an ex-
pert at tennis.
Albert Roath. of Worcester, who is said to be
the holder of the American record for continu
GUS railroad service, has just been retired on
pension by the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford. His age is 70, and he has served SO years
81 as conductor. ------,-----
Special Agent Harry r. BurrilI writing from
Melbourne, says that American chairs, desks
and tables are extensively imported into Aus
tralia, and have attained wide popularity be-
cause of the excellence of their quality, attrac-
tive designs and reasonable cost.
King Edwards cigar bill is large. He is an in
veterate smoker, and the tweed" he uses is val
ued at anywhere from 81 to $3.50 apiece. 1t is
said that the Kings cigars are the product of a
particular plantation in Havana which supplies
no one but his Majesty and Lord Rothschild.
The production of gold in the United States
during 1905 is estimated by the Director OF the
Mint at $96 1O1 900, which is an increase of S.
100000 over that of 1905. The production of sill
YER is estimated at &c. $4,000 ounces, an increase
of 1900 ounces over that of the previous year.
Gen. o. D. Howard, of Maine the one-armed
"Christian SOLDIER" as they began to call him
years ago. is in great demand at banquets and
other public gatherings. He is one of the few
leaders of the Civil War who are left and his
empty sleeve is eloquent of the service he gave.
James d. Greer, young farmer of Nacas-
doches, Tex, has established wide reputation as
q wizard in grading up agricultural products
| during the last two or three years. He is ac-
complishing for grain and certain kinds of vege-
tables what Luther Burbank has done for fruit.
| King Edward is diligent collector of walk
| ing sticks. match boxes, caricatures and model
ships. His collection of canes numbers nearly
| 1000. and most of these have remarkable asso-
Citations A stick very highly priced by the King
is one used by Queen Victoria in her closing
| years.
| What is said to be one of the largest clocks in
| the world has been placed in the new tower at
Elizabeth, N. ]. 1t is 3S feet in diameter, with
1S-foot hands. The tower, which is $50 feet high,
was built expressly for the clock, which will be
| illuminated at night, and will be visible for
| many miles.
| Rev. James woodrow, VINO died recently, was
deposed from his professorship in Southern
theological seminary and convicted of heresy
about 20 years ago for advocating the doctrine
of evolution. Such thing would be impossible
now. The heretics of yesterday are the proph-
cts of today.
Simon Guggenheim, the new Senator from
Colorado, has given up salaries aggregating $76.-
900 a year to accept the salary of United States
Senator. But what is this sacrifice in COMPARE
son with gaining life's ambitioni Mr.. Gug-
genheim says it has always been his ambition to
| be lawmalzer.
H. Lee Maynard, who represents the James,
town Exposition District" in Congress, and
through whose persistent efforts the Exposition
secured the million dollar loan from the Govern
ment, is known as Modest Maynard" because
his biography in the Congressional Directory is
the shortest in the book, covering only three
| lines.
About ten species of vegetable sponges" are
now cultivated in the warmer parts of Africa
and Asia, especially in Algeria. The fruit Is
| ar,fr.f Ito In