The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-03-21

It is easily wetted and does not dry quickly.
Methodist ministers in the United States are
today preaching in more languages, it is said,
than were used after the miracle of Pentecost.
After living seven years in cities horse broke
out of stable at Wabash, Ind, and went to his
old home in the country several miles distant.
In the vicinity of Lonoke, Ark, about 5000
acres ofprairie land was planted to rice and the
yield was about 900 bushes of rice, valued at
$4,000.
A Tennessee farmer has been shipping acorns
North for some time, receiving as high as 81
bushel for them. The acorns are used for
planting.
A steer owned by Elijah e. Rice, of Charlton
county. Missouri, originally valued at $50, on ac-
count of quarrel between two farmers, has cost
in litigation $4,000.
In Germany the vaccination Of cattle against
black leg, fatal disease, is becoming general
and very effective. as only three losses in five
years are reported.
Throw out the stalks of corn that have fungus
growths on the ear. Then burn them. These
fungus growth stalks should never be found
with corn stalk shocks.
1t is estimated that with proper canal facili-
ties connecting navigable inlands streams this
country could save two-thirds of the money now
spent for transportation.
Sparrows pecking at the mortar in the First
Congressional Church, of Westf1eld, Mass. have
so damaged the building that extensive repairs
are necessary for safety.
M,.sas Mario ana Amanda swinehart of POTTS
ville Pa, twins. aged 70, and never separated,
when taken i'll were put in room together in
hospital at their request.
Thieves in Memphis, footing the saloon of W..
A. Woods, found big bear inside as guardian,
which they quieted by feeding him with sugar
while they robbed the place.
Abram Mosteler, Jr., of West Vincent, N. j.,
has been arrested by order of Miss Margaret
Mullen for drawing caricatures of her and past
ing them on the outside of barn.
The custom of shaking hands can be traced to
the days of the ancient Israelites, and was in
tended to signify peace, to swear friendship, to
promise alliance or to give security.
A lead pencil seven inches long. swallowed at
Christmas while he was keeping score at cards,
has recently been removed from the body of
August Peterson, of Rhinelander. Wis.
In Belgium breeders are obliged to keep a
record of all cattle raised by them. and each
eAkrasefo6 the ring Fastened to ms ear.
The annual report of the insurance depart
ment of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
shows thar in a year lighted cigars, cigarettes
and matches cost the company $4,000 in fires.
The voice of Rose Fissel, of Littlestown, Pa.
lost on account of strain in telephone exchange,
was suddenly restored at the breakfast table,
after she had been treated for weeks by physi
clans
Sawdust is turned into transportable fuel in
Germany by very simple process. tits heated
under high steam pressure until the resinous in
gradients become sticky, when it is pressed into
bricks.
A fireman, cropping through burning build
ing at Summit, N. j.. found what he thought
was package of clothing, but which proved to
be baby forgotten when the inmates rushed
from the house.
When DIR. Adam Lyon, of Oakland, CAL, had
Mrs. Lizzie Good arrested for withholding two
diamond earrings which she had agreed to pledge
as security for a medical fee, the woman swal-
lowed the ornaments.
Jimmie" Mcdonald, an aged collector of
debts, who died recently in Portland, Ore, used
to get money by standing in front of debtors
house and ringing bell until the delinquent
came out and settled.
Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, says shat
many of the men listed in the Senate as worth
all the way from s1,OOOOOn to S6O.OOO,OOO each
would be willing to take 1Oper cent of these es-
Inmates in cash today"
While pumping water near Altus, OKLA, the
pump handle knocked a revolver from the pock-
ct of G. w. Cochrin, which striking the curb of
the well was discharged, the bullet entering
Cochrin's head. killing him instantly.
Mrs. Charles Foren, of Mill Bridge, Maine. has
been divorced three times. Her father John
Mitchell, was divorced four times. and the fifth
wife, Mrs. Foren's mother, had been divorced
four times when she married Mitchell.
Col. William ]. Bryan. in talking of the equal
work" agitation of the women
school teachers of New York city. said II be-
lieve the position should carry the salary, ire
spective of the sex of the incumbent
In cutting down tree in Ladoga Cemetery, at
tree had grown around marble tombstone
feet high and IA inches wide. The inscription
showed the stone was put in place in 1880.
Because the wedding of Miss Augustine Dun
combe, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Guy s. Well
lington. of Chicago, lacked certain display of So
ciety features the young woman has decided to
have a second wedding, which will be swell
affair.
In trimming trees the wound made by cutting
of limb close to the trunk will soon heal over,
while the wound made by cutting Off the limb
two or three inches from the trunk leads to de-
cay and sometimes causes the ultimate loss of
the tree itself.
In China the natives preserve vegetables by
coating them with salt and drying them in the
sun. Hams are cured by means of an alkaline
earth and common salt. Picked eggs are pre-
served with compound of common mud salt.
saltpeter and soy bean sauce.
Rev. A. H. Long, of Mount Joy. Pa, who has
just died, in 1878 chose the text for his funeral
sermon and Rev. c. H. Forney to preach it
Each year he renewed his request to Forney..
Mr.. Long preached during his life 5,76O sermons,
married ia couples and ofciated at ia funerals.
Thos. Stubs, of Hackettstown. N. j.. brought
suit for damages against a Rhode Island shoe
firm because pair of shoes he bought caused a
corn on account of an obstruction. which inves-
tigation showed was note put in the shoe by
female employee in the factory advertising for
husband.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt has established a regular
ire department on his estate, Oakland. near
Newport, R. /. Hose reels. chemical engine
md fire wagon are installed ina building erect
ID for the purpose. Horses are provided for the
apparatus, and a regular force of firemen has
oeen engaged.
Senator Stephenson, of Wisconsin, is one of
he best evidences of the self-made men in the
senate. His father was so poor that when he
vas boy he had to go barefooted even in win
er. He is one of the three new senators who
vas old enough to take part in the Civil War and
he only one who did not.