The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-06-06

of beer, one Of which he sold Tor Sz.ou.
In China the salt tax is government monop-
oily. It is one of the principal revenues OF the
empire, yielding about 100000 year.
In severe electrical storm at Evan. N. j., in
which there was no thunder, a barn was smashed
and several trees were struck by lightning.
william Schrader tried to drown himself in
the Delaware riyax Rl.klaAslRlaia- hut his cork
leg kept him afoat until policeman arrived.
The 100000 monument to Jefferson Davis, to
be erected in New Orleans will be placed in Au-
dubon PARK. directly opposite Tulane University
A horse at Sharpsburg. Pa, saved some little
children by engaging in a battle with mad dog,
receiving wounds which, it is thought, will prove
fatal.
The greatest daily changes of temperature to
be found on the earth's surface is in Arizona
There is frequently change of so degrees in IL
hours.
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.
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.
DR.. Benjamin X. Baldwin, a veterinary sur
geon, of Newark. N. j.. has sued Mrs. Kate Gut
man to recover $50 for Al weeks board for
black cat.
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
T,1O0 words.
An ancient font, removed years ago from st.
James parish church, Louth, Ireland. has been
discovered in use as flower pot and replaced in
the church.
Harry E. Elliott, of Rehoboth Beach, DEL,
says he found in a house buried by sand on the
beach, used 90 years ago for storing oil, ice in
good state Of preservation.
The wife of Joseph Grant. a ranchman in the
Black Hills. killed by lightning, found him sit
ting upright in his buggy, holding the reins, the
horse having made his way home.
One girl. Amy Meserve, will be the whole
graduating class in the High School of 1905 Linn
erick, Maine. She has had six instructors for
three hours day during the year.
Colbourn Huey, of Springfield, ILL.,. aged ID, fire.
quently runs away from home, in order, he says.
to get his name in the newspapers He gets his
ideas of making escapes from novels.
After reposing in London for 1856 years, the
bones of Emanuel Swedenborg. the famous mys-
tic and writer, will sosn be on their way to
Sweden for burial in their native soil.
Because his father sold the horse with which
James Hoff, of Gladfelters, Pa, used to take his
sweetheart out riding the young man tried to
commit suicide, but his life was saved.
Mon. tore fng En0es ma STOCKINGS from che
feet of Miss Mabel Kendall, who was knocked
unconscious but was not seriously injured.
Before polishing the stove wash it Off with
vinegar. 1t removes all grease, leaving the sur
face smooth, and keeps the backing from burn
ing off so quickly, saving much time and labor.
A new trial was asked in a case at Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, on the ground that the foreman of the
jury, before the evidence was discussed, asked
his associates to hold 30-minute prayer meeting.
In the last five years Henry Walker. con-
tractor in Gloucester City, N. j.. has had his
right leg broken twice, both arms broken, and
the other day in a runaway one ankle was frac
tured.
Edward Guerr, who drove horse attached to
a buggy over railroad trestle $50 feet above the
Cuyahoga River, in Ohio, the horse trotting over
plank foot wide, was arrested on a charge of
lunacy..
tornado passing over Minnesota, near Fari
bault, lifted the house of A. J. Manley, while
the family were at dinner and carried it some dis
lance. Manley was killed, but his wife and child
escaped injury.
Charles Eister, Civil War veteran, who died
at Shamokin, Pa, last week. had worn a silver
covering over his head since the battle of Get
tysburg, in July, 1868, when his. skull was frac-
tured by SHE'LL
Steam in pipes running through an abandoned
tool box in a shop in Allegheny, Pa in which
two dozen eggs were placed and overlooked
Matched the eggs and IA chickens covered with
SCOT were found.
Pm. Hubbell, said to be the wealthiest man
in Iowa, has signed note for $4,000 in favor of
the Iowa Home for the Aged payable 40 days
after my DEATH" Hubbell at the age of 70 is in
excellent health.
at Hartford City, Ind, Henry Goddard found
$3.50 in notes in a shoe that sent to him to be
repaired. The owner of the shoe, Mrs. James
Parker. distrusting banks, had put the money in
the shoe and forgotten all about it.
1t is curious coincidence that Canada's great
est railroad man, Sir William Van Horne, is a
native of the United States, and that the great
est railroad builder of the United States, James
J. Hill, is a native of the Dominion.
When John Cassidy, an old sailor with wood
en- leg and minus one eye, climbed a tall tree in
New Jersey and rescued cat, the farmers pass
ed around the hat and collected $40 80, and Cas-
So oxv md hon MI
When James Meyers fell over a ravine near
Hanover, Pa, with his head down in a perilous
position his pet pigeon, which always follows
him, flew back to the barn and gave the alarm
by Tapping its wings. summoning help and saw
ing the boys life.
In Germany if doctor is wanted suddenly in
the night. instead of flying round in a cab or
rushing wildly from house to house, one goes to
the nearest emergency station, and fetches one
of the several doctors who are always on night
duty in their turn.
A Kentucky negro earns double wages as a
hodcarrier because he is able to do the work of
two men. He carries from 40 to so bricks at a
time. He places the bricks upon board, which
he balances upon his head as he climbs to the
tops of high buildings.
Boiled eggs which adhere to the the shell are
fresh. A good egg will sink in water. Stale
eggs are CLASSY and smooth of shell. The shell
of fresh egg has lime-like surface. boiled
egg which is done and dries quickly on the shell
when taken from the saucepan is fresh.
In modern steel plants electricity is the mo-
tive power used in driving the various machines.
such as rolls, saws punches, etc. The electric
motor is particularly adapted to this work,
since it can be made to drive the machines d.
rect, without the use of betting or shafting
Paper bags are absolutely necessary in certain
lines of business, and, considering that there ia
no cash return, constitute probably one of the
large items of expense to stores and market
stalls. The expenditure for ordinary paper
bags, such as are used in grocery stores, during
1905 reached nearly $9,2OO,OOO.
From the year 1890 to the close of 1905 q. $40
men met death in the coal mines of the United
States. Not since 1897 has the annual list num-
bered less than 1000, and each year the number
has grown larger. In 1905 the fatalities were
2,06l, and 1907, when the figures are all in and |
compiled, will number more than that.