The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-07-27
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.


about seventeen miles an hour.
The trahic Of the waterways Of this country Is
about one-haIf that Of the railroads.
Science has cut down the diphtheria mortality
in few years from 80 to 10 per cent
Elias zweizIg Of Berne. Pa. found turtle on
his farm with the figures 1906 cut on the shell.
The dew falling in England in the course Of q
year Is said TO be equal to inches Of rain.
In ten years John D. Rockefeller has derived
s10i5sO,eOO in dividends from Standard OIL
Trout, salmon, goldfish and pike are believed
never to sleep. but only to rest periodically.
A recluse woman who starved herself to death
at Newport, R. l., left personal estate Of $780,
600.
There are 527 distinct muscles In the human
body. of which eighty three are in the head and
face.
The possibility of one persons finger tip being
identical with that Of another 10 one chance In
6l.0c0OO0OOO.
It took A men IS days to count the SIS, $780,
Iose6 in the New York Sub Treasury The cash
balanced to q cent.
q tramp to jail. The tramp thanked the Judge
and stole his new hat.
The United States have 100000 school build
ings, in which 100000 teachers are at work teach
Ing nearly 100000 children.
In Russia the postofice 10 part of the military
system. and the postman, therefore. is under
discipline as strict as army rule.
49,. .,x~s..,- t1,<, ,,,lv .ountrv n, the world
where the fashions in women's dress have not
changed materially in $500 years.
King Leopold has offered prize Of $4,000 for
remedy for the sleeping sickness which is
wiping out his subjects in Africa.
Members of the Illinois Undertakers' Associa-
ton are discussing the plan to call themselves
"morticians' instead Of undertakers.
At the Chappey sale in Paris recently sofa
and ten chairs Of the Louis XIV. period, covered
with Beauvais tapestry, sold for $4,000.
Among persons Of social standing generally
the world throughout, the average age Of mar
riage is at present, men 81 and women 2s.
A swarm of blackbirds filled Taylor's Park at
Fond du Lac. Wis. The people attacked the
birds with stones and sticks and hundreds were
killed. M
In a Pittsburg court Mrs. Anna M. Hodge
charged that her husband made her eat sausage.
bean soup and pudding for breakfast for two
months.
Mrs. Caroline Lemmo of Middleboro, Mass,
told a Judge that her 7-months-old baby drank
three bottles of beer day and that she herself
drank keg.
Farmers near Margaretville. N. Y. have band
ed together and declare they will shoot automo-
bllists who fail to slow up when warned of ex-
cessive speed.
The largest baby ever born in Chicago meas
ures foot II inches, weighs 1Sk pounds and will
be christened Fred. Busse Ross in honor of the
Mayor of Chicago.
A clock once owned by John Wesley and pre-
sented by him to the John Street Methodist
Church, in New York city. is still doing good
service in the church.
A lizard owned by q freight crew Of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford road eats all the
flies, mosquitoes and insects. substituting for
screens in the caboose.
The Caspian sea is the largest inland body Of
water in the world. 1t is TAO miles long. and its
area is about 10000 square miles, but it Ia rap
idly diminishing in size.
1t is estimated that with proper canal facili-
ties connecting navigable inland streams this
country could save two-thirds of the money now
spent for transportation.
sparrows pecking at the mortar in the First
Congregational Church of Westfeld. Mass, have
90 damaged the building that extensive repairs
are necessary for safety.
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honeymaking supplies, and sometimes, when
compelled to do so through scarcity of material,
they double this distance.
One of the most valuable relics Of the great
hunter, Daniel Boone, is his powder horn, which
is now in the possession of Charles G. Shanks,
resident Of Claysville. Ind.
A thief stole 36 bars of silver in Omaha and dis
posed of portion Of 1t to plumber as lead, the
truth being discovered when the silver refused
to melt at lead temperature.
A dumb tramp has been arrested In Berlin for
begging. Housed photograph visiting private
houses only, where his machine poured out q
heartrending tale of its owners misfortunes.
The cloud formation known as 'sMares' tails"
and "mackerel sky are invariably three miles
high. The highest clouds are 10 miles high, and
these are composed of minute particles of Ice.
John r. Wheeler, an eccentric storekeeper Of
Winsted, Conn.,, is dead He still held goods
bought during the Civil War, which he had
bought at war prices and refused to sell at a
loss. 1
More patents were applied for and more pat
ents issued and re-issued by the United States
Government in 1905 than in any other year in its
history. The number of applications was SO, 4S2
and Of patents 1886.
bingham, Mass, has the Oldest church edifice
now in use in America-the First Unitarian
Church. The building is 2s5 years old. John B.
Lewis has been sexton and bell ringer at the
church for more than 80 years.
The three great industrial Acknowledgment,
France and Germany-each consume about so
per cent. of the manufactured goods produced
at home. The United States sells only per
cent. of manufactured goods abroad.
william Carr Of Belle Center. Ohio. escorted
Miss Nellie Jones to q circus. During the per-
Torrance young woman sang sentimental
ballad which 80 moved Carr that he proposed at
once to Miss Jones and was accepted.
Miss Achsah Clark, the first woman who went
as pioneer in the famous year 40 to California,
and Is reputed to have amassed several millions
Eocoubiy oAou ~ Asotihu8 W oonss utVuO IA buo
tumble-d0wn shack she called her home.
Congressman Nehemiah d. Sperry, of New
Haven. Ct, the Oldest member of the House of
Representatives, has just celebrated his SOth
birthday. He was one of the founders of the
Republican party, and was close friend of
Lincoln.
To his collection OF more than 800 relics Capt.
John Ryan, Of West Newton. Mass, veteran Of
several wars, has recently added a cane, the ma
terials of which represent three wars in which
he participated-theM Mexican, Civil and Spanish
American Wars. m
George II. worthington. of Cleveland, o.. has
stamp collection that experts estimate Is worth
$4,000. It is said to be the finest In the United
States. The next most valuable collection of
stamps in this country is owned by Henry J. Du-
veen, of New York.
The clock for the public building in Philadel-
phia is the second largest in the world. The
dials are % feet each in diameter, which gives q