The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-23
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Mrs. Charles Crellin, of Hazleton, Pa, says the
hole Bible can be read in 80 hours.


whole Bible can be read in 3S hours.
Rev. Sydney Goodman smoked in the pulpit at
Atlantic City as he delivered his sermon.
e The estate of David Valentine was settled at
Fall River, Mass, after having been in the
courts 102 years.
At least 80 per cent. of all cases of neuralgia
headache are attributed by DIR. Toms, an Ameri-
can oculist, to defects in the eyes.
The cotton mills of Switzerland have remain
ed almost stationary for the last ten years, ow-
ing to foreign competition and tariffs.
Germany population is increasing much more
rapidly than that of Britain or France. This is
a nations greatest source of strength.
A moderate wind moves at the rate of seven
miles an hour, storm at the rate of SO miles,
and hurricane at the rate of 80 miles.
1t is estimated that in the recent fire in Chel-
sea, Mass, 1000 cats were burned to death be-
cause they refused to leave their homes.
Wilmer Caudt, of Allentown, Pa, violated the
State game laws by caring for three young rab-
bits he found in a nest, and was fined $685..
Since the earthquake and fire at San Francisco
$500 buildings have been erected and 1000 others
remodeled. The disaster destroyed $4,000 build
ings.
This worlds population could be contained in
Delaware if it were as congested as II New York
city blocks, at the rate of 1900 people to the
acre.
New York city gets portion of its milk sup
ply from as far as 400 miles distant, and the pro-
duct of So 900 farms is drawn on to meet its daily
wants.
At Stirling, ILL.,, two brothers married two
sisters, and the wedding was attended by four
s~tsz1~s a.ss AZ ~nt'.~~s ava
sisters.
Edward D. Peterman, of South Bend, Ind,
who saved man % years ago from drowning,
has received check for $4,000 from the person
rescued.
Odd bugs with immense wings and protuber-
ances on their heads which have been discov-
cred near Evansville, Ind, have been called
MERRY Widows
Clare Stagemeyer, aged L, of York, Pa thought
to have been suffering from catarrah for two
years, was relieved when collar button was
taken from his nose.
Twin sisters named Moore, of Chicago, are so
much alike that DR.. Charles A. Street. a dentist,
in love with one of them, was forced to identify
his sweetheart by her teeth.
The proposed Henry Hudson memorial bridge
will be the largest span of concrete or stone in
the world 1t will Ee 7O3 feet in the clear. There
are some larger spans of metal.
Frederick Koenig. new conner in America,
bought farm from John Engle near Clinton,
Iowa, and was surprised to find that Engle's
daughter was not included in the purchase.
Edward Lane, aged SO. was married in the only
log cabin in Anderson, Ind. to Mrs. Anna Burns,
40 years his junior. In honor of the bride he
spaded up the garden and cleaned the house.
OK. Holmes. chief of the division of foreign
markets of the Department of Agriculture, has
found that the automobile has replaced about
10000 horses in this country up to the present
time.
The artificial cultivation of snails is an extern
sive and flourishing industry in France, no less
than 25O0,OOO pounds of this succulent delcacy.
as Frenchmen consider it, being consumed an
nually.
King Edward has his own distillery, where
whisky is made for consumption among mem
bers of the royal family only. No whisky is put
on the royal table that is not at least Is to 20
years old.
A cat with its head tightly wedged in an empty
salmon can made.so much noise in house at
Red Lion, Pa. that burglar scare resulted. 1t
required the exertion of two men to extricate
the cats head.
Two -year-old Mathilda Kelly. while asleep,
fell down the stairs in Philadelphia and was
rushed to a hospital by the frantic mother.
where physician found the child still asleep
and uninjured.
Isaac HoIlam, of Jacksonville, Pa, who as the
result of a quarrel, had not spoken to his wife
frr TX veara hogan fr fafk har afke trs'e.tid
of his spouse had become paralyz and render
cd nerspcecnless s-ss-=----~---s-------
John McAllister, Tilted by Miss Clara Holston,
of Upper Oxford, Pa. ran away and tried sui
eide, all within week, but the lady's heart
failed to soften until pneumonia attacked him,
when she yielded, and he is now improving.
A stranger drove off with horse, the property
of ]. X. Henderson, living near Independence
Mimi, and falling asleep after long drive the
animal took the thief back to the old home of
the horse, where he was captured by Henderson.
good way to send few choice cut flowers to
distance is to cut Sits in potatoes and insert
the flower stems, taking care that they are firmly
fastened in. An ordinary potato will keep most
flowers fresh for two weeks in a moderate tenn
perature.
A cane has been presented to the Governor of
Virginia that is a souvenir of two battlefelds.
The cane is of hickory and was cut from the
famous field of Charlottesville, and the handle
is deer foot, the animal being killed in the
Wilderness.
Mrs Catherine Heintz of Cincinnati, is now
engaged in her third suit for damages against
DIR. Frank Caldwell for alleged injuries result
ing from bites of dog in 1885, At the first trial
the jury gave her 800, and at the second $1,000.
She claims 5000.
John W. Stewart, who succeeds the late Sena-
tor Proctor, of Vermont. is SO years of age, and
will be the Oldest man in the Senate. He is one
of the best lawyers in his State, liberal, broad
minded man. who has made his mark in State
and national affairs.
A London letter says that large shipments of
Jersey and Guernsey cattle are being made to
the United States. Competition among buyers
has been keen, calves bringing $3.50. COWS over
$780, and one bull 5000, bought by Percival
Roberts, of Philadelphia.
In trying TO uuuaruebS u uules NdpOleOu
Vowel. farmer, near Rolla, Mo-, weighing 200
pounds, was attacked by the animal, which
kicked him, stamped on him and bit him. and he
was only saved from death by his daughter, who
shot the brute with revolver.
The following item of information from re-
port by the Department of Agriculture illus
trates the effect of the unwarranted advance in
prices of meat by the beef trust: Amount
saved by the American people eating one-fourth
less meat for year. $22S, 100000"
Many cases of stiRmatism arise from the prac-
tice of reading in bed, particularly by persons
recovering from severe illness. 1t strains the
muscles of the eye to such an extent that they
alter the curvature of the cornea-the obnor-
mality to which the term stigmatism is applied.
Nathaniel Whitman, a venerable New Yorker,
who has been living for "a years at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York city, was one of those
compelled to move in consequence of the in
tended razing of the building. 1t is believed
Mr.. whitman holds the record for long habita-
ton In one hotel.
The civilized nations Of the world strike $780,