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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
DRY GOODS !!
DRESS GOODS.

Beautiful Spring Dress Goods at IL Lie;
Light and medium Spring shades Alpacas a,
| l5c; handsome Dress Goods 20, rs and to 75c;
| the largest stock of ALL-WO0L BUNTINGS
now on hand that we have yet offered, bought
early 10 the winter at old prices, and we now
offer them at 25c per yard, which is the whole
sale price. They are in gendarme blues, navy
blue, maroon and full line of black, all at
25c per yard; fine double width black French
Bunting 80 and 75c per yard. Black Alpacas
| 10, 20, 25 to 75c. Our 25c Black Alpaca is a
good bargain Beautiful colored Cashmeres
| 80 to Coo; black Cashmeres 4Oc to 81 %;
Black Dress Silks ST to So; colored trimming
Silks, gendarme blue Satin, Pekin striped
Trimmings, Black Grape Wells So so to 81.
LAWNS.-6000 yards new Summer Lawns
at 5, G, 8 aud l0c the most beautiful styles of
| the best Pacific Lawns IL l-2 cents large
stock Of new Spring Madras Ginghams IL l-2
and l5c; 10000 yards new Spring Calicoes in
themost beautiful patterns vet seen at ct, 8 and
| l0c; Shifting Calcoes and &c; few thous-
and yards left of those remnants Calico at SC
per yard,
THE NOVELTY IN CALICO We are SELL
ing Calico remnants by the pound, tied up in
bundles OF one pound each ut zoe per pound;
limited supply.
| PARASOLS.-A beautiful line of new Par
asols, carefully selected and newest styles in
the market; Rain Umbrellas 81, &c, Alpaca
Umbrellas, Cd Waterproof Cloth Coo to 81.
H0USEKEEP GOODS of all kinds,
Napkins, Table Cloths, Turkey Red do. soc
up, Towels, Crash at sc up; Table Oicoth,
White Bed Spreads, Feather-Proof Bedtick-
ing 20 and 25c; Ginghams and Shifting Che
viots 10 and lie; Bleached and Brown Cot
tons Ia to 2 lie; 1914 Bleached and brown
Sheetings at low prices
WHITE GOODS in great variety-Piques,
Victoria Lawns, Swiss Muslins, &c Lappet
Curtain Laces rs and 35c; Nottingham Cur
ain Lace 20 TO 75c
CASSIMERES AND CLOTHS.-New Cot
tonades, for mems wear, heavy goods, Is, 20,
and 25c; Kentucky Jeans at 10 10 25c; Linen
Drills for Summer pants and suits; Spring
Cassimeres So 75c and 81; Black Doeskin
Cassimeres, white and red Flannels sold cheap;
Spring Wool Shawls So up; Shetland Wool
Shawls in great variety
NOTIONS. Ladies' Brown Bolbriggan
Hose 25c--a bargain; Hose at S, 10 and lie;
Chldrens Hose 10, II aud l5c, &c. New
styles regular made Stockings 20 and soc;
Mems Socks 8, 10, l2c; new fancy Socks 25,
80, soc; Gents Cuffs, Collars, Hdk'fs Gloves,
Ties &C; Spring assortment Ladies' Thread
Gloves Is, 20, %, 40 and soc; Kid Gloves at
So 75c and ST.; our 3-buttoned Kid Gloves at
ST 25 are very superior; Ladies Corsets at
Soc, very good quality; Linen Hdk'fs &c, &C.;
Thread Laces nj 25c per dozen yards; SILK
VElLlNGS 25c per yard Gros-grain Ribbons
in Spring shades, also Black Velvet Ribbons,
cheap; Ladies and Gents Summer Under
wear; Fans in great variety; Mosquito Net
Toe per whole piece; a beautiful line of Cam
brio Edgipgs very cheap at 8, 0, s. 10, u, 10,
IN 4. a..faE buttons
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
The Library.

For many days past we have been engag
ed in unpacking and arranging library il
room full itself of voiceless association
These days to us are full of pleasantness
All the while through our mind, like low
sweet melody, have run the sweet words o
| Southey:
"My days among the dead are past,
Around me behold
Where'er the casual eyes are cast,
| The mighty minds of old"
The library has been for many years GU
sanctuary, our place of refuge. When wea
ried with disappointments, and wounded by
the thousand and one Ills that flesh Is hei
to, we have fed to that silent room, ant
found hope and consolation in these deal
| friends whose faces are ever the same, ant
whose promises of relief are never broken
The working blood of busy life has SETTLED
into choice old wine; the waves that beat 81
YEARLY upon the shores of real existenc,
have rolled on into dreamand, and max,
harmonious music; the hidden root of sac
experience has shot up from its murky bet
to the flowers of poetry. The gross sensual.
ism of the earth earthly has been washed
away, and in robes of immortality the mind
stands arrayed.
Have we been sickened by the wickedness
Of the world have we been betrayed into
folly, that thing of all things most to be
ashamed of; have our friends proved faith.
less and our nobler impulses been betrayed
and ridiculed has that bitterest of all bitter
things come home to us, and have we seen
our child, watched over and prayed for,
whose very existence had grown to be our
own, in whose gentle, truthful nature we
builded our future, proved unloving and
unworthy Here Is the sanctuary, here the
many sympathizing friends whose power can
soothe and quiet. AS sensitive, thoughtful
spirits fly TO the woods and hills and fields,
TO gather in consolation from the voice of
nature, so we seek refuge within these sad
gray walls, and gather strength and com
fort from the mournful experiences of many
who, although long gone, yet remain In
their better part
The world goes up and the world goes
down. We battle wearily in the mazes o
error, folly and wickedness, until spent, ant
how blessed we are to be thus able to clos,
the door upon the waves of stormy life tina
beat upon the threshold, and, us in some
great cathedral, we hear only the murmur @
the world without, strained through pictureC
windows and subdued by sacred walls int
the voice ofprayer; We find all harmonized
calm and beautiful, How small appear on
worldly hopes, how small our disappoint
ments. The future that 30 lately we bull
upon fades, unlameried, Into naught.
=; 500 " uieame,i-vf sucfT nut lei them 60
lhey came like truth and disappeared Tx,
dreams,
And whatso'er they were--are now but 40
could replace them If | would, still teens
My mind with many form which aptly
seems
such as sought for, and at moments found :.
Let these too go-for waking reason deems
such over-weening phantasles unsound
Ana other voices speak and other sights sur
round"
- Waslingt0n CaDitoL
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
Mark Twain on cold Mining.

81 have just seenyouf dispatch from San
Francisco, inSaturday Evenings Ebsf, about
gold in solution in the Calistoga Springs and
| about prospectors having extracted 81, 100
in gold of utmost firieness from ten barrels
of water, during the past fortnight, by apro-
cess known only to himself This will sur
prise your readers, but II does not surprise
me, for once owned those springs myself
What does surprise me, however, is the fall
ing off in the richness Of the water. In my
time the yield was one dollar paiIful.
81 am not writing this to injure the prop
erty in case sale Is contemplated am
only saying il in the interest Of history. 1t
may be that this proprietors process is an
inferior one. Yes, that may be his fault
Mine was to take my uncle--I had an extra
uncle at that time, on account Of his parents
dying and leaving him on my hands--to fill
him up, and let him stand fifteen minutes
| TO give the water achance 10 sctte wen and
then insert him in an exhausted receiver,
which had the effect of sucking gold out
through his pores. / have taken more than
81 900 out of the old man in q day and
half. a.,, stA.tl ss4
81 should have held on to those springs
but for the badness Of the roads and the
difficulty Of getting the gold to market. l
consider that gold-yelding water in many
respects remarkable, and yet not more re-
markable than the gold-bearing air of Cat
gut canon--up there toward the head of that
auriierous range. This air or this wind---for
il is kind Of trade wind which blows
steadily down through six hundred miles Of
rich quartz scrapings-during an hour and
quarter every day, except Sundays, Is
heavily charged with exquisitely fine and
impalpable gold.
Nothing precipitates or solidiiies this gold
as readily as contact with human flesh,
heated by passion. The time when VIM
Ahrahams was disappointed In love he used
to step out Of doors, when that wind was
blowing, and come in again and begin 10
sigh, and his brother and | would extract
dollar and half out Of every sigh he sighed,
right along. And the time that John Har-
bison and Aleck Norton quarreled about
Harbisons dog, they stood there swearing
at each other all they knew how, and what
they didn't know about swearing they
couldn't learn from you and me, not by
| good deal And at the end of every three or
four minutes they had to stop and make
dividend. If they didn't their jaws would
clog up so that they couldn't get nine sylla-
bled ones out at all. And, when the wind
was done blowing they cleaned up just
little over 81 800 apiece know these iacts
J 10 be absolutely true. because | got them
from the man whose mother know per-
sonally. do not suppose person could
buy the water privilege at Calistoga now at
any price, but several good locations along
the course of the Catgut canon gold-bearing
trade-wind are for sale They are 10 be
stocked for the New York market. They
will sell, too. People will swarm for them
as thick as the Hancock veterans in the
North and South MARK TWAIN.
Hartford, Conn, Sept IA, 1880.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
WIT AND HUMOR.

The fellow who picked up the hot penny
originated the remark, "All that glitters i,
not cold"
We have just read handkerchief flirta
ton code and advise all men desiring t.
avoid breach -of-promisc suits, to wipe thcir
mouths with their coat tails.
Plumbers are a very ignorant class of men
They don't even understand multiplication
for they'll make two hours work, at 40 cents
an hour, figure up ST.
There are some statesmen in this country
who won't have rotten eggs thrown ut them
this fall The supply of eggs Isn't equal u
the quantity Of statesmen.
Talmage got seveml new ideas out West
One OF them was that no man could become
successful stage driver without being a
successful swearer.-Det,oa free Pre@
One Vermont man drank three mugs Of
cider and sat on fence all day and whitfield
TO celebrate the result of the election, and
the neighbors regard him as disspated en-
thusiast
Even deacon don't say grace when he
steps into n railway eating house. He knows
that IL would be asking too much TO request
that he be made thankful for anything he
will get there. ~
Washer; When two girls, one u blfsidc
and the other a brunette, come TO TX you
to decide which style preferable your only
way out of the scrape Is 70 soacr each an
arm and say: II llksbeiwecn the two"
A iigntning rod agent was struck by light
ming the other day, and thc phenomenon
can only be accounted for on the theory that
the electric fluid got tired Of being lied
about.
A New Haven man has invented gun
that will fire l2,000 shots IL minute We
shall not purchase one. gun that will
fire 5000 shots a minute isquick enough 10
kill all the game we are likely - see in that
space Of time in these parts. Bostom I'ost
Girls about 10 marry must make up their
minds 10 overlook the fact that his magnif.
cent physique existed in the pudding of hb
coat, provided he won't grumble because ne
tresses he has treasured during his courtitg
days originally came from hair store. 4
A boy at Winamac, Indiana, put revolver
into his hip pocket before being spanke, and
the old man danced about and wavd the
stumps Of two fingers in the air and GLOW
cd, while the boy howlcd for six ras 10 tic
up the places where the bullet dughrrows
In the back Of his legs.
A Dover street man, desiring 10 ecome a
bencfactor Of the human RICE, as spent
three years In perecting an imittion hor-
net that he says will sting just . badly rs
the real insect, and he offers 10 "A any one
who doubts Il try tho thing, brs somehow
folks don't take sufficient intcrcs In II TO do
No.
llahncmann, the founder ofthe homo0-
pathic school, was one day consulted by a
wealthy English lori The dDctor listened
patiently 10 the patient Ne ook small
phial, opened II, and held \ .ndcr his lord
ships nose. "Smelll Wei re you cnrcdr
The lord asked in surpns How much do
owe your" "Atlonmnd francs" was tho
reply. The lord Immediately pulled out
bank noic and hell Il nnfrr the de'tor's
noss "Smell Well, NJ you paid Z"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
Chained up for Twenty-Seyen Years

A recent letcr from Reading, Pa, says -
A shocking case Of barbarlty has Just been
discovered in this district through the lnves-
legations of the board of poor director A
few days ago ii was re'orted TO mem that q
man Was receiving crlel and inhurnan treat
mont in the bacltwois country, some TWEEN
ty miles from this city. John II. Bowers,
James Sallade andJ. w. Knors Of the aims
house vent 10 tle farm Of Joseph Zechler,
at the foot Of the Blue Mountains, and there
they found a small hut built Of logs. Tho
narrow dod was barred on the outside by
heavy peicSof oak. The roof was coyerrd
with thatcll Under the hut was a rough
fireplace, built Of boulders. The floor Of 'he
hut was o heayy slabs, with wide crafks 10
admit of he lrat from the fireplace below.
As the oili;ialsipproeched they card wild
sbrieks in the hut Taking dewn the bar
and opening the door, they saw, crouched ON
pile Of filthy sraw, the form OF what nrsi
seemed to To an animal When they become
accumtomm 10 the darkness inside they say
that II was Inc form Of a man. Ills ghy and
shaggy BEARD s-ssnaad to his alps and MS
hsir was long and matted, His skin was
SLACK as that Of a negro. In tht center oil
the floor was very heavy irof staple, ut
tached 10 which was chain Tho other
end was elapsed tightly aboh the mans
right ankle. Tho prisoner showed fight, and
there was a violent struggb before he could
be handcuifed and bound The chain was
heavy and rusty, and 1t required blow from
sledge to break it. The man was then
carried into the open air. for the first time
in twenty-seyen yeas the light OF heaven
shone upon him. For oser quarter Of
century he had occupied that pen.
The prisoners name = Benjamin zech-
Ter Thirty years ago he was robust,
hearty man, aged twenly-eight years. He
worked on his fathers nrmin Albany town
ship. One day, while greatly overloaded, he
jumped ino acool mountain stream 10 battle.
The sudden plunge into cold water had
bad effect. Ia time he became demented.
Then his father died, leaving his property
To his two sons, Jacob and Benjamin. Jacob
did not wish u have his brother taken TO an
insane asylum, W he determined To keep
him ON tho farm. In a few months Bcnja-
min .baessf very violent. Jacob then de-
tcrmincd y build the hut at the foot Of
the mountains, into which Benjamin was
placed and chained. For twenty-seycn year
he was KEEP there, until the case was re-.
ported and Inquired into. The hut Is IN
mountainous backwoods country, which ia
rarely visited by strangers.
IL is believed that he can be cured sufIl.
GENTLY To giu the story Of his terrible suf-
fcrings. Hisbrother claims that he fed him
well. This ; apparently true, because the
lunatic was powerful and il required the
strength Of fur men to overcome him In
his filthy ceIl Jacob zechlcr has always
been rccognizsl as peaceful, law-abiding
citizen, but u barbarous treatment Of his
brother has clsngcd public opinion against
him.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
Y netiral.
THE LIFE CLOCK.

There is little mystic clock,
No human eye hath seen,
That beateth on and beateth on
From morning until cen.
And when the soul is wrapped in sleep,
And heareth not sound,
1t ticks and ticks the live-long night,
And never runneth down.
Oh, wondrous is that work of art,
Which knells the passing hour;
But art ne'er formed or mind conceived
This life clocks magic power.
Nor set in gold, nor decked with gems,
BY wealth and pride possessed;
BY rich or poor, or high or low,
Each bears it in his breast.
When lite's deep stream, mid beds of flower
All still and softly glides,
Like the wavelct's step, with gentle beat,
1t warns Of passing tides
When threatening darkness gathers DER,
And hopes bright visions flee,
Like the sullen stroke of the muffled oar,
1t beateth heavily.
When passion nerves the warriors arm
For deeds Of hate and wrong,
Though needed not the fearful sound,
It's lnell is deep and strong
When eyes to eyes are gazing soft,
And tender words are spoken,
Then fast and wild it rattles on,
AS if with love 'twere broken.
Such is the clock that measures life,
OF flesh and spirit blended,
And thus twill run within the heart
Till that strange tie is ended
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
Dullding Frames in Tempered Glass.

A correspondent of the MaryLand Fapme,
thinking that new French discovery in the
use of glass might be of interest to It's readers
sent the following translation from the Issue
of June 10TH 1880, of the lie TechnoIogiste-
a French scientific weekly:
1--WE have Of late informed our readers in
regard to railroad ties made out of tempered
glass obtained by the system Ssemens.
A new application of this matter is brought
to our notice, which would have appeared in
credible in the time when glass was known
only in its primitive state of chrystaline pro-
duct, hard and brittle, but 80 fragile and so
little resisting shocks and pressure The tenn
pered glass can be made in large pieces or
beams, endowed with force of resistance
such as could not bs supposed from their spe-
cific lightness as compared with the weight
of metals. They san be used notably in
frames Of buidingsas sills, beams, traverses,
joists, &c. They unite the advantages both
Of strength and inq,rruptibility in their CON
tact with all the atmospheric as well as
chemical agents, ald consequently, are of
endIess duratio@j' finally, TO all these advan-
tages may be added the moderate price.
At this time theycost hardly more than
iron Of equal weight; and such extensive
sales is anticipated q TO make it possible to
lower the price bdow that of wood. 1t is
beyond doubt that many industries will be
benefited By this nsw process in the fabri-
cation of glass, and that it will be fully ap-
preciated in the intedor Of households. One
sees the tine when metals and wood will be
replaced by glass for an iniinity Of tools and
utensils, such us cocks, spouts of cutters,
tubs, even casks and barrels, &C." II
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24

When W shrewd American goes into
French ssciety, he gets friend 10 tell what
wondrfpld shot he is with pistol, and
how heaid killed seven men In sword hghu.
Then my little Ignorance Of Frc1ch ways
isn't v apt y get him killed In daol.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
FIELD TRIALS
OF
CHILLED PLOWS ! /!

A 1.-THE Annual Fair of the Wayne County,
IA N. Y, Agricultural Society, the prehi-
ums on Flows were decided by field trial,
on September 20, 1879, under the supervision
Of Committee of Judges selected BY the So
ciety, The result OF the draft test, as pub
lished in the Wayne County Democratic Press
Of October /, 1879, is as follows:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24

"Ella, is yur father at home 7" said
bAshful lover ghis sweetheart II want a.
propose something very important " him"
"No Clarence, apa Is not at home, but lam.
Couldn't you ''pose 10 mo just as welli"
Aud be did VII perfect success.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24

The trouble with 70 many In this woHd
is, that they want reserved seais cyerywliefe
but the family cfrclo. "Whcn lovely wo-
man stoops 10 oily she slackcns the girdle
Of prudence and iightens the cords Of dos.
pair
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
that evsS STITUTE.

UNIT wv STITUTE.
and his coR YOUNG LADIES,
placed upon MISSES DUGAS a
lckville, Mont
After being assula Monday Of
that your neighbor is als
who have but recently mos In
uet from other parts and Wv
registration to qualify them to
yember next.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
Ill CLOCK AND'wATcH MAKER,

UbUCk AND WATUH MAkhhI
NosrafNrHY avenue, ROCKVILLE. Clocks,
Watch aud Jewelry repaired and war q.
ranted to give perfect satisfaction. Fine E2Ap
watch repairing speciality. DiamondNs.sA
setting and fine Gold Jewelry made to order.
IIavitg had an experience OF over thirty
years % practical Watch Maker, all work
eni' ed 10 my care will receive promp'
'.-..-, IN and perfect satisfaction guaranteed
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
ROCKLAND SCHOOL
For Girls,
SANDY SPRING, MARYLAND.

New shop I'VE learn that il is the bbe
tention Of Mr. Seymour Council, iormeriy'
a resident Of this town, 10 establish at this
place saddle aud harness mannfactory,
during the present month. This isE branch
of business long needed by our citizens apd
we have no dOubt but that in the hands OF
Mr.. Council it will prove a success.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24

Chatauqua Co., N. Y, Fair Trial, 1879.
JAMESTOWN, Sept. 10, 1879.
Premiums awarded .or chest blowing" as
| follows:
LIST Premium, work done by Oliver Chilled
Pow.
I'd Premium, work done by Syracuse Plow
Sd % Gowanda :"
JAMES z. CLARK,
ALBERT SHERMAN,
SlLAS STRUNK,
Awarding Committee.
The LIST Premium on blowing has been
awarded TO the Oliver Chilled Plow at this
Fair three successive years.
Ee- Committee made their award without
knowing which pows did the work
Hampshire County, Mass, Fair, 1879,
Field Trial.
LIST Premium for hest blowing awarded to
Oliver Chilled Pillow.
Plymouth County, Mass, Fair, 1879,
Field Trial.
let Premium for hest blowing awarded TO
Oliver Chilled Pillow
Gs-FOR SALE BY
f. l.. MOORE,
apr 1T Georgetown, D. G.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
w. PRETTYMAN.

CHARLES w. PRETTYMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ROCKVILLE, ND.
Prompt attention given to all business en-
listed to his care.
OFFICE, on Perry Street, directly opposite
Cast wing of the Court House, formerly oc
cupied by Hon. Spencer c. Jones lnov Ia
HOBART HUTTON,
COUNSELLOR At LAW.
Office hours-Rockville, Tuesdays, from
10 A. NJ, to4P NJ, at the ofice OF brewer
4 Brewer.
Post Ofice-Brookville.
may 24-ly
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24
,.o ovrrn JAS. B HENDERSON
w. BOSWELL,

TAMES W. BOSWELL
IL LICENSED AUCTI0NEEk,
ROCKVILLE, MD.
will attend "a sales in any part of the
ounty, and bis terms will be such as cannot
,ailto please. All orders addressed to him,
Rockville, Dernestown, or Poolesville, will
promptly attended to- sep Lift
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-24

~ r. WALTERS,
LICENSED AUCTIONEER,
GAINESVILLE, Md.
Will attend to sales in any part OF the
county nd his terms will be such AS cannot
fail to 81 ase All orders addressed 10 him at
Barnesvile or Sellman's Station will be at
tended . promptly. [sep l2-y