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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-24
THE WASHINGTON
LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY.
Fire-Proof Granite Building, 9th and
+ streets,
WASHINGTON, d. C..
Capital..............".$1,0 900, 900.
SURPLUS, $4,000.

A legal depository for court and trust funds
and general deposits. Interest PAID on de-
posits-large aud small-at rates from to a
per cent. per annum, and the same begins from
date Of deposit.
This company is also authorized by Con-
gress TO act as executor, administrator, guar.
dian, receiver and trustee as fiscal and trans
fer agent and as registrar of stocks and bonds.
This company offers to executors and trus-
tees of estates and to religious and benevo-
lent societies exceptional facilities and advan-
tages for the transaction of their business. -
The company also has private boxes for rent
in its unrvaled safe deposit vaults at prices
from So per year upward
Office hours from 8 A. NJ. TO 4;30 Pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-24
10 3 lPRIE(N Nc
LARGE POSTERS, HANDBILLs
CARDS, W BLANKS
BILL-HEADS,
Together with every other description OF
PLAIN AND FANCY PRINTING.
Executed with neatness and dispatch.

Yearly advertisers will be allowed 10
change four times during the year without
charge. Advertisements should be marked
with time and space they are to occupy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-24
VERY Low PRICES.
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE.
TINE undersigned Offers at private sale the
Il following desirable tracts Of land
Lot No, I, 1l0 ACRES.

AulOInb uaFtott FAfk, on the MetrOpOI-
itan Branch Of B. 4 o. Railroad, lies on
public road leading from "Garreit Park" to
The public road ruaping from Rockville to
turnpike, miles from the former aud mile
from the latter place, fronts on both roads
land adapted to the growth Of cereals, fruits
and roots, no buildings, covered with pine
and other woods, only Q few hundred yards
from Garrett Park" depot, highly impro we'd
country around II, commands view of the
surrounding country In all directions aud
beautifully adapted for q first class farm for
grapery and fruit growing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-24

What tree is that which is not af-
fected by tho season, aud brings forth
neither blossom nor fruit The boot
tree.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-24
Lot No, 2. as ACRES.

Fronts on Washington, Colesv lille and A sh-
ton turnpike 10 miles from Washington,
more than half the land covered with ne
thrifty oak, hickory, chestnut and poplar
the balance covered with fne merchantable
pine, we'll watered, the projected Electri,
Railroad to Ashton passes through Il; land
productive and suited TO all cereals, fruits
aud vegetables, the timber suited to build :
ing purposes aud 10 the market would more
than return The purchase money.
For price and terms apply TO
TH0S. WATERS, of s.,
oct l3-f Ednor, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-24

Necessity knows no law" Being
the mother Of invention, she ought ct
least TO know the patent laws.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-24

harm OF 1870 ACRES,

Brookeville Pike, miles from Sandy Spring,
the proposed terminus of the projected new
Electric Railway. This farm is improved by
IA comfortable Frame Dwelling, with com
paratively new out-buldngs, such as stable
for eight horses, granary, courthouse, wagon
sheds, meat house good fencing on the
place, also fine orchards of apples and peach
es The land has been recently lined. The
farm s located in the garden spot of this
county and is frst-class in all of its appoint
ments.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-24
Hs- PURE BONE BASIS
FERTILIZERS.

For &c years this House has been manu-
featuring their popular brands of Fertilizers
which have given snch universal satisfact N
TO the Farmers None but the best materials
used. &a- Give us call.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16
He cor A CLAIM.


At the ;ams Time He Got Even With His
Wife and is Happy.
There is at least one boomer happy,
one "strippcr" joyous lin this melan.
choly vale;" it is a gentleman from
sheldon, Ia, who was interviewed at
the union depot in Kansas City. and
told the reporter a tale of woe through
which runs like thread of sunshine
the gloat of the exultant proprietor OF
the cow that ate the grindstone-
Listen:
my wife kept nagging at me to go
down and take claim until ! simply
had to go"
No one who has not heard wife
smite the harp of life on one key for
breakfast dinner and supper, and take
it to bed with her, can understand the
delirious bliss that frenzies the brain
of the gentleman from Sheldon, Ia, as
he makes this proud avowaL 1t is
bliss that transcends the joy of doing
good deed. 1t resembles nothing so
much as the excruciating, guilty JOY
one knows in scratching chigger bite
till it bleeds, with the aggravating
knowledge that it will make an ugly
sore After this outburst the gentle
man from Sheldon loses all sense of
shame and continues:
"Well, got a claim, and I'm afraid
got consumption with it, for my lungs
are full of ashes and sand"
Here he begins to feel his nails go
through the quick skin, but he only
digs in madden, more ecstatic and more
unreasoning than ever. 20, happy
love! where love like this is found. O,
heartfelt rapture, bliss beyond COM
parev What wealth of happiness the
gentleman from Sheldon, Ia, is storing
up for his quiet home! How he will
throw the halo of his presence around
| the hearth-stone and get even with his
wife for sending him away from the
roof-tree, if it takes all winter! lie
continues musing, as If to himself
while the reporter follows.
II got spade and began digging my
claim. In fifteen minutes the wind had
blown the sand out to a depth of four
feet am going home now to tell my
wife that I've got claim and the law
will force us to live on it or go to the
penitentiary."
/ All, there is considera ton for you
Ulysses returning from his travels
Hero breasting the waves to Leander
| the troubador who gaily thrums hi
guitar coming ..home from the war;
none of these bring the delicious thrill
of satisfying comfort that the gentle
man from Sheldon bears to the wife O
his bosom. A consumptive with on
lung full of sand on the one hand, and
a dank, dark, Shiny prison cell on thu
other. One can almost see him go trip
ping up the gravel walk that leads Z
his humble but happy home and hea
the glad cry with which he will gree
his patient wife who has kept 9TH
| light in the window" There are joy
and joys. There will be no billing AM
cooling in the family of the gentleman
from Sheldon, Ia; but there will be
| lively home coming and joyous re
union when he gets back. The go
bless our home" sign over the cupboar
Will be in full force and effect in tina
sweet hour, you bet your bottom do
lar.-Kansas City Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16
A WOMAN AND A BABY.
What She Did With 1t While the Car Was
Going Three Blocks.

What She Did With It While the Car Was
Going Three Blocks.
A woman got into Cold Springs car
the other afternoon. She was carrying
sweet-faced baby, which was not
more than six months old.
The car was detained on the corner
where the woman got on, and she
shifted around nervously in her seat
for few moments and then began to
toss the baby about Here is a true
description of what she did with that
child while the car was going three
blocks.
Held it upright on one knee for
thirty seconds Then shifted it to the
other knee.
Pulled it up against her and Rugged
it twice.
Tossed it on her left shoulder and
then shifted it to her right shoulder.
Held it up to the window and then
stood it up on her lap.
Made cradle out of her arms and
jumped it up and down about six times
Placed it on her left knee. Then put
it on her right knee.
Laid it on it's stomach in her lap.
Rugged it to her bosom and patted it
seven times.
Held it up at the car window again,
then pulled it over to her left shoulder,
shifted it to her right shoulder, and
wound up by dumping it on her lap.
Tossed it in the air dozen times and
Rugged it four or five times.
Laid it on its back in her lap and
then turned it SO that it lay on its
stomach.
Patted it for a minute and hummed
s.Hush-a-by, Baby" although the child
wasn't making a sound.
Put it on her knee and joggled hel
knee up and down, shook in front o.
her, holding it out at arms length. and
then Rugged it ecstatically three times
Held it up to the window for the
third time and then, when the con
ductor came after her fare, laid it in .
mussy lump on the seat beside her.
1 Patted it some more, joggled it some
more, tossed it some more and foppee
it down on its stomach again.
/ Held it out at arms length and gazet
at it rapturously. Talked gibberish t
| it and Rugged it some more.
And all this while the car was goinl
three blocks. Buffalo Express.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16
SAVING FEATHERS.
How Economy Can BE Practiced In the
Matter of Pillows.

How Economy Can BE Practiced In the
Matter of Pillows.
There is great deal of wastefulness
in the world; and while good deal of
1t comes from lack of time to take care
of things, great many persons are
wasteful through sheer carelessness and
indifference.
An enormous amount of valuable ma
terial is in this way rendered useless
every year. If every housekecper, who
uses fowls or birds of any sort, would
take the trouble to keep the feathers
until some convenient season when
they could be properly put in order,
she would, in a short time, have no end
of cushions, pillows and paddings for
various purposes. If the feathers can
not be prepared at once, they should
be thrown into a very strong solution
of sal-soda dissolved in boiling water.
Put the feathers in. Immediately cover
the dish with thick cloth and let
them stand until cold, and rinse in
clear water. They may then be put
into bag, pinned up on the clothes
line and allowed to become thoroughly
dry, then wrap them very closely in
thick paper, tie them up tightly and
put them away. When time allows,
throw them into boiler with strong
soap-suds and little soda, boil them
f, for an hour, then when cool enough,
take out with the hands and strip
from the large quilts the flues at the
sides.
BY little practice one will almost
instantly detect any quilts that will be
large enough to be annoying or to take
| from the value of the feathers It's a
plan to remove the quilts as closely as
possible; indeed, if all were taken out
and the remainder of the feathers could
be carefully washed and thoroughly
dried in the air, the stuffy, heavy odor
that makes so many pillows offensive
would never be observed. 1t is the
presence of certain amount of animal
matter in the quilts that causes this
| odor.
Feather pillows that are old and al.
most worthless, may the thrown into
suds and soda, boiled. scrubbed and
rinsed, the broken quilts and matted
portions removed, and the result viii
be clean, fresh-smelling, wholesome
pillow Where the pillows have been
used long time, two or more may be
put together. 1t is not well to mix new
ones with old. but the old ones, boiled
and thoroughly cleansed, may be put
together, so that two pillows will make
one very nice one. In this way they
may be so arranged that q single new
pair will make up the complement
Sometimes one pair of very large onel
will make a very presentable pair O
smaller ones, provided they are not tot
much broken. If they are of moderate
size, two into one will not be too much
IN " T.o1oar
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16

A few evenings ago little boy was
busily engaged at his lessons. His
father, one of the leading citizens Of
Harlem, had gone to the lodge, and his
mother was busy sewing. The little
boy looked up and asked: Mamma,
what does the word pretext' Inean?"
when your father says he has to 60
to the lodge two. or three timesa week,
that is pretext to get away from his
family
The boy did not say any thing, but
next day when he read it out to a
whole school his definition Of "pre-
text created sensation Texas Sift-
inga
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16
THE STEAM ENGINE.
improvements In Construction and Poss
biIitIes of Power.


biIitIes of Power.
The improvements which have
marked the development of the steam
engine have been the result of their
application to their promotion of more
mechanical genius, higher skill, more
careful and scientific research. more
brain power generally than probably
have ever been given in the history OF
the world to ans other directly useful
purpose. The steam engine stands to-
day as a nobler monument, higher
tribute to the genius of man than any
other product of his many and mighty
powers that the world has yet seen.
1t is the source and the foundation of
all his material and wealth and largely
of his intellectual and moral wealth.
1t is the prime mover in every applica-
ton OF his inventive and instructive
genius to the solution of the problems
of modern civilization. It drives the
machinery of mine. mill and workshop;
it transports him and his possessions
across the continent and over the seas;
it gives life to TIE whole system Of
transmission of all energies, including
those of the electric light and the cleo
trio railway. 1t makes all that he has
and is possibility, and stands, the
mist giant, a genius Of more than Alad-
din-like power, the maker and the
guardian of modern life.
Light, heat and electricity, all the
powers of nature, are but its servants,
and do its work and run its errands at
- - - -
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16

A very good authority on fruit pre-
serving considers the plan followed by
many housekeepers, of using small
proportion of sugar and in consequences
boiling the preserves longer, is fallacy.
as the more sugar used the greater the
bulk of preserve obtained, less being
wasted in long boiling and evaporation,
while the flavor of the fruit is more re-
tanned A quick fire should be used,
and of course the preserve continually
stirred, the scum being taken on as it
rises To judge if the preserve has
boiled long enough drop a little into q
glass of cold water. If it does not
spread or mix 1t is done enough. Or
another way is to drop a little ON q
plate. If it does not run on the plate
it is sufficiently boiled and should at
pnce be poured st Louis Republic
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16
silencing Bully.

Paul de Cassagnac is practically an
extinct volcano OF late his Interrupt
lions in the chamber have not been SO
frequent or SO noisy as they at one
time were. and in the field of politics
he does not count as a serious factor.
One of the best stories told of NJ. de
Cassagnac has as its hero M. Menier.
the chocolate manufacturer. NJ. Me-
nier, who was deputy, had mounted
the tribune and commenced to speak,
but NJ. de Cassagnac so persistently
shouted "Chocolat! Chocolate that he
had great difficulty in proceeding. At
length, in desperation, M. Menier
turned on his tormentor and shouted
that If NJ. de Cassagnac would pay him
the bill his uncle had owed him so long
for .schocolat'' he would feel very
grateful. The chamber roared. and
II. de Cassagnac at once subsidized. =
London Figaro
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16
uelp and Hurt Of Aims.

An honest, Industrious man of our
acquaintance came down with an ILL
ness which lasted through winter.
His wife also fell i'll A lot of MS
dubbed together and saw them
through. Both recovered and he as
serted his manhood by earning the
money and offering to pay it back.
That man was helped, not hurt, by Civ
ing him money when he has brought
wantupon himself by his own doing or
not doing. It is only when, because OF
circumstances beyond his control, and
not originating in his character, he is
in want, that he may helpfully be
helped. interior.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16
THE DUDE.


1he dude Is what the dandy wax
Raised to the MT degree:
LAS odd human specimen
AS mortal eyes can see
His faultiess collar towers high,
His patent CATERS glow
he calls himself the cream Of earth
For what he doesn't know.
A naonoclc adorns HIS eye.
A cane rests In his hand:
Too Idle is he, far, to work,
Or cen to understand
He doesn't dance--he dotes on form
Islanguid rs a beau;
B1s makes wall-lower picturesque,
As all the ladies know.
It's hard to guess his aim in life,
Since things are so passe:
Tho merest triffe troubles him
Though why, no one can say.
HIS chief exertion is to dress,
To sleep at times, and eat,
Aad show himself admir;ngiy
To folks In town and street.
Each nation has lis special dude,
To certain fcatures true;
But one may saS--to steal q joke
The Yankees ude'n do
cel Benton, in Once Week
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16
ADVENTURES OF A PHYSICIAN.


why He Found Himself Regarded - .
Pariah ON = Street Car.
II had rather a grewsome venture
the other day." said well-known
Washington physician to a writer for
the Star. Il had been up all night
with patient on whom had per-
formed critical surgical operation.
It was a question whether he would re-
cover from the shock. In fact it was
touch and go, so that could not take
a minutes sleep. About a. m. | got
away and started for home, SO ex-
hausted that it never occurred to me to
think of my appearance.
1.-The horse car had boarded quickly
filed up with laborers on their way to
work. Though very sleepy, / was some
what surprised to notice that several OF
them eyed me strangely. Those OF
them who sat down near me quickly
moved away, and one man who took a
seat next to mel was in one OF the
front corners-looked at me. got up
hastily, and held on to the strap. No
body else took the vacant place, though
the vehicle by that time was crowded.
mot being used to being regarded as
a pariah, / was considerably puzzled.
observed the faces of two or three men
who sat opposite to me, and ] thought
that they gazed at me with an express
sion of horror and disgust What could
it mean? / began to feel alarmed.
s.Just then CHANGED to look down
at one of my cuffs. 1t was saturated
with blood. The other cuff / noticed
for the first time was bloody also. My
trousers were spotted with blood, and
there were fresh stains of it on my coal
sleeves My anxiety about the patient
and subsequent exhaustion had pre-
vented me from thinking of the matter
and / had not done more than wash
my hands before starting for home. Al
once saw what the trouble was. The
people in the car could find no othel
way of accounting for my condition
than to suppose that ] had just killed
somebody. They sized me up for I
murderer. Unshaven as was, ant
wearing an old hat, must have lookes
rather tough. Not word was said Al
| got off the car and made sprint TO
my house, glad to get back safe. and t
remove the traces of imagined crim'
from my person. Washington Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16
SIZE OF THE PACIFIC.
vs Covers More Than Third Of the Earth'l
A..

Area.
The Pacific ocean may be reckoned to
include IS, 900, 600 square miles, or more
than one-third CT the total area OF the
carth's surface. 1t extends through
nearly 1856 degrees of latitude, or three
eighths of the worlds css1qmference--a
stretch of 1900 miles from north to
south. From east to west 1t varies from
an even greater length to less than fifty
miles. If confined by the smallest pos
sible length of boundary line it would
form a round pond 1900 miles in di-
ameter.
The deepest sounding made by the
Challenger expedition was in the Paci-
fic, between the Carolines and Ladrones,
and was 4, 475 fathoms, or s6,s5o feet;
a greater depth than the height of any
mountain in the world except three.
A still deeper sounding was made from
the United States ship Tuscarora of A.
600 fathoms (27, 900 feet at the entrance
to the Sea of Okhotsk; this being prob
aby the deepest reliable sounding ever
made.
The Pacific ocean has not been cx-
plored nearly so thoroughlpas as the
Atlantic, and generalization from the
comparatively few statistics available
may be subject to considerable inacu-
racy, but, putting together the record
ed soundings, and taking into account
an estimate of the depth based upon
/ the swiftness of the tide wave, it seems
probable that the average depth OF the
Pacific may safely be put at 1900 faith
oms $4,000 feet), or nearly 81 miles.
This gives the entire contents of the
Pacific as nearly 23s, Ooo, 900 cubic miles.
/ Some conception of one cubic mile
may be got from the statement that,
If we had block of buildings of that
size, it would take an hour to walk
around it at good pace, and fairly
easy staircase to the top of it would
contain ten thousand steps, while thir
teen cathedrals as high as ST Paul'i
could be piled up on one another with
out reaching to the top.
The cubic contents expressed II
feet is thirty -four trillions thirty
four million million). This is l
number it is not easy to realize
it is SO great that if 1000, 600 clock
licked once q second for 1000, 00'
years their combined tickings woult
not amount to it AS each cubic foo
of water weigh over sixty two pounds
the weight of the Pacific is over ZOO
trillion pounds, CSC, 900, 900, 600, 600, 90
tons. --Longman's Magazine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16
The Uscs of Charcoal.

Charcoal isn't always sufficiently APP
preciated. 1t is handy for various oc-
casions and for many uses. 1t may be
a help in time of need. Impure water
may be clarified by filtering it through
the crushed Jumps Glass and other
utensils, when they have been washed
with soap and water, may be freed
from odor by rinsing with charcoal
powder. An occasional use of charcoal
as tooth-powder makes the teeth
wonderfully white and the breath
sweet Powdered charcoal, taken as a
medicine, is excellent for Indigestion.
A pan of charcoal put in a closet which
does not admit light and air, and left
to smolder an hour or SO, will render
the atmosphere perfectly fresh. When
meat, fish, and the like are likely to
become tainted from intense heat OF
long keeping the simplest method OF
keeping them sound and sweet is to put
few Jumps of charcoal into the pot
where they are to be cooked. Chicago
Mail
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16

Mr.. Day Weld am afraid, love, You
will find me rather exacting at times,
and am afraid, too that am a little
inclined to find fault without cause
Mrs. Day Wed-Oh, don't worry,
dear! I'll see that You always have
cause Judge.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16

ssMa,' said newspaper mans son.
II know why editors call themselves
we. /"
s'Why?'
aSo's the man who doesn't like the
article will think there are too many
people for him 70 tackle. - Washing
Ion Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16

Fond Mother Willy tells me his en-
ployer is gradually taking him into his
confidence.
Father-Yes?
Fond Mother BE says he showed him
how to lock the safe yesterday Puck
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-12-16

-ssI should like to know when you
are going to pay that bill. can't
come hero every day in the week" "
..What day would suit you best9'
saturday Very well, then you
can cali every Saturday. Petit Par
isien