The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-06-20

horse, both perfectly formed at their birth.
The wealth of New Zealand. according to re-
cent statistics is $14SO per person, and is said to
he ths highest OF anSsSonntry An tho world.
Thomas Clifford, doorman at the Hotel Plaza,
New York, bought $4,000 in bonds of the hotel
that employs him, the investment representing
his tips.
A darning needle was removed from the ankle
of Miss Fannie Inskeek, of East Liberty, Ohio,
which physician said she probably swallowed
when child.
Luther Burbank, of California. declares that
for the first 10 IL years of life the human plant
needs sunshine and fresh air more than books
and schooling.
For compensation for three years service in
looking after an estate valued at $4,000, Judge
G. H. Cowell. of Waterbury. Conn.,, rendered a
bill of only $25.
Isaac Manhof, peddler, of Lake City, Iowa,
aged ~, having smoked go cigarettes DAY,
100000 altogether, at an estimated cost of $319l.
decided to stop.
A young woman in Howard, Kan, is charged
with having delayed having dental work done
until after her marriage SO that the bill could
be sent to her husband.
Mrs. E. M. Asher of South Norwalk. Conn.,,
who got whooping cough from her niece, while
coughing fractured one of her ribs the end of
which penetrated the lung.
The police in New York say that in searching
Mary Crum and her daughter Catherine, arrest
ed on charge of larceny, so shirt waists were
found concealed in their clothing.
whole freight train passed over a section of
track of which five-foot section of one rail was
missing at Horse Shoe Curve. on the Pennsyl
vania line. and not wheel was derailed.
Since the establishment of the Roman Catholic
diocese Of New York century ago there has
been erected in the territory of Greater New
York one church building in every 200 days.
Judge Tracy. of st. Louis. fined Christine John
son 500 for selling his wifes powder bag and
throwing it out of the window, saying a woman
had right to use powder bag without inter-
ference.
Peter Arth, of st. Louis, got job from Con-
tractor Charles Merx by carrying brick around
a block 10 hours continuously. Merx was doubt
full if Peter would stick to job. and chose this
method for test.
Mrs. Russell Sage is SO annoyed by beggars
country home in Sag Harbor, L. I. OF the $780,
100000 left her by her husband she has expended
in charity $15,0OO,0O0.
A Massachusetts boy. Nathan Sampson. has
art soy
| who marked the same turtle in18l6.
| In boring for oil at Mobile, Ala, some three
years ago, salt water and natural gas were struck
at a depth of 400 feet All attempts to shut off
the well have been unsuccessful. and 400 acres
of farm land have been ruined by it.
N. H. Kirssin. merchant at Hanover, Pa
having caught Charles Nickum, a negro, with a
pair of trousers which he alleged Nickum had
stolen from his store. compelled him to remove
the property from his person while in the street.
While services were being held in the First
United Presbyterian Church at Bellefontaine,
o., the congregation was alarmed by the tolling
of the bell. An electrical storm was in pro-
gress, and the bell had been rung by a stroke of
lightning.
A bottle of whiskey was recently sold for $50
at Ohakune. New Zealand, which is 40 miles from
the nearest saloon. One man bought two large
''nips" for S. each, and the remaining contents
of the bottle we're put up for auction and knock
ed down for $40.
In certain towns in Germany householders are
compelled by law to sort out their house dust.
They have to provide three receptacles-one for
ashes and sweepings, one for cooking refuse and
one for rags and paper. The rubbish is utilized
by the town authorities.
The clock for the public building in Phiadel-
phia is the second largest in the world. The
dials are % feet each in diameter, which gives
distance of about foot to be traversed by the
end of a minute hand every minute. It's place is
$50 feet above the street.
Jokers at Pittsburg provided 20 babies, white.
black, dirty and otherwise, to greet bride and
groom, Miss Elizabeth Welsh and Frederick
Hoff, as they left the church after the marriage
ceremony, the babies screaming as the organist
played the wedding march.
Young willie" K. Vanderbilt III. has so
many toys. it is said, that he has to have them
insured for $4,000. Many of his toys have been
especially made for him. They are richly en-
graved and finished in gold and silver, and in
sured against all ills save death.
The first dress suit that ever came to Kansas
came with the laid" from Boston during the dry
summer of 1850. Some rich man in the East con-
tributed it, having outgrown it, and farmer
named Paswell, in Kapioma township, in that
country, plowed corn in it all summer.
William P. Clarke, "newsboy" mayor of New
port, r. l.. was elected chairman of the Demo
cratic City Committee without his knowledge
He has given notice that if he was expected to
indorse the candidacy of William ]. Bryan he
wanted co resign once. Mayor Clarke IS men
toned for the governorship nomination.
A Woodbury. farmer recently hired lad to
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out in the pasture. The boy took quart of salt |
and thoroughly rubbed tall over the calf, work
ing it into the hair. Colts in the pasture scent
ed the salt and got after the calf. They licked |
all its hair of, and nearly took the hide off, too
King Peter of Servia owns barber shop, owns |
a patent medicine and conducts a motorcar |
agency in his capital. The reigning Prince of |
Lippe- Detmold deals in butter and eggs, while |
prosperous brick factory swells his profits. The
King of Wurtemberg is the proprietor of two |
hotels in his kingdom, and they add $50, 600 year
to his revenue
One of the most conspicuous characters to at
tend the Democratic National Convention at
Denver will be Congressman NJ. r. Denver, of
the Sixth Ohio district, who will be one of the
from the Buckeye State.
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Gen. James w. Denver, in whose honor the city
If Denver, Col, was named.
There is no nation in the world that gives
greater encouragement and opportunity to its
people to become skilled artisans than Germany.
Municipal, State and the federal governments
II contribute to the establishment and support
f technical and industrial schools, and there is
carcely a city or town of any Importance where
ne of these splendid institutions is not found.
Eleven years as secretary of the United States
department. of Agriculture, during which time
be efficiency of the department has been ele-
ated triple-f old-that is the record of James
wilson. And now it is reported from Washing
On that Mr.. Wilson is going to lay down the
flee and seek quiet life The strenuousness
( his work has won him plaudits from the en-
re agricultural community.