The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-09-26

patent has been granted 10 a California man
for poison bottle with the sides covered with
sharp points.
The inscription on an old coin which has been
worn smooth may be often deciphered by placing
it on red hot iron.
Comparison of prices shows that living ex
penses in New York city are IL per cent. more
than three years ago.
Ethel McAllister, aged years, travelled safely
alone from Melbourne, Australia, to New York.
a distance of 500 miles.
Smoke from the great forest fires in Canada,
many miles away, was so dense in Boston that
the sun was almost obscured.
John Mitchell, the labor leader. is writing
novel which deals with industrial and political
conditions in the United States.
Kansas has this year more than 100000 acres in
alfalfa, an area exceeding the land surface of
the whole of the State of Rhode Island.
Grant worley.. of York, Pa, says he killed
black snake seven feet long, inside of the body
of which was squirrel not quite dead.
Inside of 10 years New York promises to be
the largest city on the earth. 1t is now growing
more than six times as fast as London.
Policeman Michael Meehan. of Jersey City.
found package containing 81 1000, and on restor
ing it to its owner received a reward of 81.
Immigrants do not come to New York city in
state of absolute poverty by long way. They
bring us annually about $l6,000,000 in money.
In putting up leather betting be sure to place
the hair side next to the pulley. 1t not only
clings to the pulley better, but will wear much
longer.
Forty dollars an ounce is said to have been the
price paid in New York by Mrs. John T. Win
drim, of Philadelphia, for dog weighing %
ounces.
George d. Chenoweth, of Waukegan, ILL.,, has
written the Lords Prayer 100 times on piece
of paper the size of United States postcard, in
| all 100 words.
| Lightning descended into herd of 10 COWS
| grazing in an open field near Pottstown Pa,
| and killed one COW instantly. but all the others
escaped injury.
A dozen hens were frightened at Bayonne, N.
| j., by an automobile. and one. in flying over the
car, dropped an egg in the lap of one of the
female occupants.
mike" Donovan, who has given the President
| points about athletics says Mr.. Roosevelt is in
fine physical condition. and has reduced his
| weight to about 200 pounds.
William Y. Lyons, former county detective of
Reading, Pa, aged 49, has offered his services to
President Roosevelt as bodyguard when he goes
to Africa to hunt next year.
A dog was shot to death in Brooklyn while
clinging with its teeth to child's leg, after re-
peated efforts had been made with clubs to force
the animal to release its hold.
Women are fighting in England for the right
to practice pharmacy, and the pharmacists are
fighting to keep them out, on the ground that
the calling is overcrowded already.
Rev. Joseph S. Evans, pastor of Goshen Bap-
fist Church, borough of West Chester, Pa, in
celebrating his seventy-seventh birthday figured
out that he has married l, AGO couples.
The cornea of a rabbits eyes has been grated
to the eye of Lyman Cohen, of New York. who
has been blind l5 years, and he is able to distin-
guish colors and go about unattended.
The most complicated watch ever made the
work of Louis Leroy, gives 25 different indica-
tions. 1t has two dials, and the mechanism, in
four layers. contains 975 different pieces.
In the county Jail at Lincoln, Neb, Dr. Earl
Truell. a dentist forcibly took three gold teeth
from the mouth of Edward ia Reed.a prisoner.
: EDWARD Morris and Miss MarEaret Hamilton,
de
hearts go years ago, but separated the result of
! misunderstanding. They are II years old.
After 25 years of married life J. W. Nash, of
Newark. N. j., has filed bill for divorce Both
are mutes, and Nash declared his wife finger
dashed him until the air was blue with her
language"
George Palmer and wife walked from Ash
croft, British Columbia, north $50 miles into a
wild country to take up land for farming pur-
poses, wheeling all the way, in go-cart, their
1-year-old son.
man attacked by vicious bull near East
hampton. L. l.. seized the ring in the animals
nose. and drawing the bull after him, crawled to
a fence where, watching his chance, he leaped
over and escaped.
Samuel Griner, farmer near Ewing n j.,
having been knocked off load of nay by an auto
mobile, refused to be hauled to the hospital in
another auto, saying one experience with motor
cars was sufficient.
Cornelius O'Connell. of Yardley. Pa. has fled
bill in court against trolley car company
alleging that the vibrations from the power
house have moved his cook stove four inches
from its proper place.
new disease, called limber-neck, is DESTROY
D.
ing lost nearly 5OO The fowls lose all control of
their necks. and their heads droop until they
almost touch the ground.
Ralph Martin, of Spokane. whose flesh on one
| side of the breast was nearly cooked by a stroke
| of lightning, is being cured by lying at full
length in the sun, the affected parts being COW
cred by piece of gauze.
The use of the gas engine on the farm is grow
| ing more popular every year. In the last two
| years $1,000 of these motors were purchased by
farmers, and the demand this year has every in
dication of being greater.
Despite opposition from the Japanese govern
ment the Department of Agriculture has sue
ceeded in obtaining 455 900 plants of the grasses
used in mating, and will experiment with them
in several Southern States.
While laughing at joke a friend was telling
at his expense about his age. Charles c. Tyler
was stricken with apoplexy as his train was en-
tering the Grand Central Station at New York
and died almost instantly.
The Brooklyn Bridge was opened for traffic
May oath. 1883. 1t has afforded passage to more
than the worlds population in % years, and ex-
pert engineers have just declared it as servicea-
bic as on it's frstday OF usefulness.
May murray, aSucceSSIula actress IN New York,
has forsaken the theatrical field to control the
courtroom privilege in big hotel paying 5000
a year for the business. She expects to receive
at least $4,000 year in fees and tips.
After watching 152 women alight from street |
cars the observer reported that one out of each |
IS got off correctly, facing in the direction the
cars were going, and then added he thought they
intended to make it unanimous, but made mis-.
takes.
Apart from the very general sentiment of re-
spect for the horse as an animal too noble and
useful for the degradation of the slaughter
house, there is perhaps, no good reason why its
flesh is not as clean and nutritious as that of
horned cattle.
A petrifed forest covering an area of 0Osquare
miles has existed for centuries in Arizona.
Thousands and thousands of petrified logs strew
the ground and represent beautiful shades of
pink, purple, red. gray, blue and yellow. One of