The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-03-02

tries and colonies, and breaches the gospel IN 81
languages.
Charles Curtis the new United States Senator
from Kansas is an Indian. This Is the first time
real American has ever held such high Office
Appendicitis has made such steady progress in
Germany from year to year that medical socie-
ties have taken it up for special extended study.
England's potato crop averages over six tons
an acre. Russia grows barely two tons to the
acre, and Italy little over one and three-fourths
| tons.
| The income of Mrs. William Aston is put down
at 81 800 900 year, but her resources are practi-
caliy unlimited. She is now 70 years old and
| great grandmother
George Compere has returned from China with
a parasite that viii speedily destroy the red
scale that has ever been such pest to the citrus
groves of California.
| Card playing has become so general among
! German women of the upper classes that regu-
larlessons in playing are now given in fashiona-
bic boarding schools for girls.
Thomas A. Edison, the Llewellyn Park wizard,
has the front gate to his residence so hung that
every one who comes through pumps two buck
l cts Of water into tank on the roof.
| Mr.. Rockefeller's gifts to education now total
some S7eOOO,OOO. Andrew CarneRie's gifts for
libraries and universities aggregate some $780,
| OOOOOO and he Is not as wealthy man.
Billiard balls, boxes for handkerchiefs. ink
wells, combs, etc.. are now made from skinned
milk. Milestone of ''ganith," as It is called. is
a combination of SKINNED milk and formaline.
Senator Aldrich. in Providence, H. l.. recently
said that, as defendant of Roger Williams, he
would resign his seat in the Senate rather than
vote to expel Reed Smoot for his religious be-
| liefs.
New England battleships are first modelled in
parafine wax and the models tested in q tank.
The wax does not absorb wateror change weight
| and permits of easy alterations without loss of
material.
| Ex-Gov. Frederick Holbrook, of Vermont
and Ex-Governor William Sprague, Of Rhode
Island, are the only living war governors in the
| United States. Mr.. Holbrook celebrated his 9th
birthday recently.
Because the schools in France were closed in
| August, giving the boys chance to devote their
time to smoking. it is said that the receipts of
| the French tobacco monopoly increased $780,
| 900 for that month.
| + William ]. Oliver, of Knoxville. Tenu., the
I contractor for the Panama Canal, is less than 45
years of age, red-headed. and has more than
s4OOOOOOO in contracts under way in this country
H at the present time.
| Six hundred thousand pounds of butter were
| exported from Stavenger, Norway, to England
| in 1905. That was an increase of nearly 100000
| pounds over 1904 and indicates the growing popu-
| larity of the product.
A l6-year-old Hungarian girl, living in Dem
yer, is said to be the only female maker Of vio-
Inns in the world. She has just completed her
fourth, and all of them are said to be of fine
workmanship and excellent tone.
The only surviving cousin of Abraham Lincoln
is Elijah Lincoln. who lives at Fort Branch, Ind.
| He is said to closely resemble 1.-THE Great Eman-
| cipator" in appearance He is six feettwo inches
in height and is thin and muscular.
Germany excels all other countries in the pro-
duction of honey. 1t is estimated that there are
100000 beehives in that country. with an out
put of 10000 tons. Spain is second. with pro-
duction of 1900 tons from 1,690,O00 hives.
A monument to commemorate Mr.. Warren,
| who invented and manufactured the first side
hill plow will soon be erected in Peru, Me-. ac-
eording to plans recently formulated by a
wealthy Philadelphia, son of the inventor.
Hooks and eyes are indispensable in women's
attire, holding the folds together so neatly with
out the use of the conspicuous button. There
| are number of makes of hooks and eyes. and
the annual outlay for them is estimated at $780,
600.
One banking-h house with head Offices in Lon
don, and with several branches in different cities
| of South America, last year reported dividends
of 20 per cent. on the capital stock after carry
UNCOVER 1884, 900 to PENSIONS reserve and benevo-
/ lence.
A commission, of which Secretary Taft is presi-
dent has selected site at Connecticut avenue
and N. street, one of the best in Washington, for
the statue to the poet Longfellow. Congress
has appropriated 81 200 for the pedestal for this
statue.
Speaker Cannon was talking of the proposal to
| increase the salaries for members of Congress.
| 81 have spent twice my salary of $1,000 year."
he said, "since have held my present job. but
am not anxious to give it up. The fact is,
| like it,"
| John s. Fay, of Marlboro, Mass, the oldest
| postmaster in the United States in point of SER
| vice. has received news to the effect that he had
been confirmed in the Senate for another four
| years. term. Mr.. Fay has served as postmaster
| for AZ years.
/ Big Chief Pleasant Porter, ruler of 10000 Greek
indians, may be one of the Democratic candi-
datesfor the United States Senate from the new
State of Oklahoma. Like Senator Curtis, of
| Kansas, Porter's father was white man and his
mother squaw.
Joseph Lee, of Boston, gives annually $4,000
| in charity among Boston children. Since his
| graduation from the Harvard Law School as
| young man, his hobby has been that of spending
| his money and doing good in the many ways In
which only a devotee to the cause of public
| philanthropy can.
The celebration at Niles. Ohio. in honor of the
| birthday of the martyred President William
| Mckinley was made notable by the presence Of
| Major McKinley's first school teacher, Mrs.
| Maria Kyle. Mrs. Kyle is 70 years of age and is
| living peaceable ending to her days in Niles
with her only son and his family.
| l. Allan Sankey, son of the famous singing re-
vivalist, is following his fathers footsteps as
| composer, and some of his hymns are very popu-
lar in New England revival meetings. l. Waltz
is the name of a worthy singing evangelist who
| is helping the revivalists of all denominations
| down in Maine just now with their meetings.
only IN America Is chewing gum mhue' OhIi
| quite recently it was consumed principally in
this country. too, but now other countries are
waking up. For instance, Glasgow despatch
recently stated that, whereas a few years ago
Scotland was free from the chewing gum habit,
| now large part of the population chews gum.
| Women in China have the privilege of fighting
| in the wars. In the rebellion of 1850 women did
as much fighting as men. At Nankin in 1853
about 100000 women from various parts OF the
country were formed into brigades of 600 each,
| under female officers. OF these soldiers 10000
were picked women. drilled and garrisoned in
! the city.
There are few flies or mosquitoes in Jamaica,
but there are swarms of the most villainous
| ticks, which have to be guarded against con-
tinually. To walk across pasture or, in fact.
| to step of beaten path or roadway is regarded