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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-17

Here Are a Few Prices:
Two pairs-value IS 7O-now s..
Three pairs-value $lS-now $12.
Two pairs-value $6-now 81.
Two pairs-value $l0-now 81 SO.
Three pairs-value $15 75-now $40.
Three pairs-value $12-now IS.
We ask you to inspect this lot of
goods, feeling sure that you cannot fail
to make a satisfactory selection. We
also invite your attention to our stock of
Heavy Curtains-all varieties. Our
house is famous for its choice selections
you will find no difficulty in making a
purchase. H I5if
See our new Gobelin Curtain Fixture
no poles, pins or rings used.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-17

Here Are More Prices:
See our 81 rs Plush Rockers.
See our 81 rs Tapestry Rockers.
See our IS Bookcases.
See our IS Desks.
See our s. Solid Oak Tables.
See our Velvet Carpet-924c per yard.
We have full line of Silk Pillows /;
also White Down Pillows at 25 per cent.
less than any one else.
Eighteen.inch Pillows, IS cents.
Our price on k-65c-holds good
for another week.
We have full line of Screens, Stools,
&c. They make nice Christmas gifts.
Our Silkalines are reduced to lac
for this week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-17
Read this List.
CORSET COVERS.

S0&S6CA Wv 0&s0s
We have on hand a soiled lot of Cor
set Covers. in all shapes and styles,
made of Lonsdale Cambria, lace and
embroidery trimmed, ranging in price
from soc to 81 20, which we will sell
in two lots.
LOT l-Comprises Cambria Covers,
V, square and high neck, lace and en-
broidery trimmed. Usually sold for Soc,
63c and Use. We will throw out for
Cue.
LOT 2-Comprises Cambria Covers.
V, high and low neck, trimmed with
beautiful laces and embroideries. Usu.
ally sold for $50, $50 and 81 rs. Will
be thrown out for
sec.
WRAPPERS.
One lot of Calico Wrappers, broken
sizes. slightly crumpled from handling.
Were usually sold for SIC. Will 60 for
(only one to a customer) at
00C.
Very stylish Calico Wrapper, Wat
,eau back, pleated front, full rufiie over
shoulder, edged with colored beading.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-17

Wit 20 TOT
98c.
SHIRT WAISTS.
One lot of Ladies' Waists, in white
lawn, pleated front and back. Also
stylish patterns in percale, with fine
tucked bosom, deep collar and cuffs
Regular prices, 500 and 75c viii go at
40C.
just arrived, handsome India Lawn
Waist, trimmed with Chambray pleat-
ing down front. Also cuffs and collars
in blue, pink, navy, black and orange.
Will go at
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-17
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

ARE NOW IN ORDER and ready show you whole full
OF the kind that useful Our LACE CURTAIN Department
the first floor should claim your Irish
Point, Swiss Real Lace and Brussels. COME NOW before
the Holiday rush begins. We will keep them for you
until needed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-17
FINE SETS

Paro Furniture view Just the
your manageable daughters
daoy young time Just the kind that young fancy
and appreciate the comfort of Besides gives them fur
n'sh their own homes with before they
ting them good example Have week They will
never be able to buy Furniture cheap again.
Rug paOr Suites gao Silk Tapestry Palor Suites $35
Crushed Plush Paor Sut $35 Silk IN
We have Antique Oak Chamber Suites
all the popular prices We have Mating all
grades, designs prices "e' "
we have Just received 200 of those celebrated Baldwin Reges
Refrigerator known the best the market
sizes and prices See them before purchasing where
100 new Haywood Bros Co.'S Baby Carriages designs
and colors
Our entire stock Of Furniture Carpets Upholstery bottom
prices. " " ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-17
$l.3O.
Childreh's Caps.

One lot of Swiss Caps, with rosette of
lace. Regular price, 25c. Will go at
12kc.
A very pretty Corded Cap, full face
rucbing, in all sizes, extra fine lawn
Regular price, 49c. viii go at 25c.
A very pretty Swiss Hat, with crown
of embroidery. with colored brim. Reg
ular price, 63c. Will go at Bic.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-17
Money SGUers.

high full sleeves, cuffs trimmed with
ruffle and plated. Regular price, $3.50,
will go for
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-11-17
We Will Do It!

We have just received several large Hat
Racks: also number of h-grade
Suits of Bedroom Furniture, within
structiOns to sselI Them" and we
shall do it!
They magnificent pieces of Furniture, and
shall of them at a reduction of 33t PER
CENT. regular price. This $ al opportunity
seldom ofeed-Don't let pass unheeded
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

Now aud then clients return to make
friendly call on the squire who may
have been instrumental is placing them
on the very pinnacle of martial bliss, or
vice versa. The old gentleman from a
remote county comes 10 bring gilt OF
sack of potatoes, and to sas incident
ally that sits great pity that that air
weddin' of mine an Rebecca's didn't
come off forty year airlier." In another
instance, the wife, who had been a
schoolma am writes, "Hezekiah went
out back of our house, in the mountains
last Saturday afternoon and killed a
wildcat that weighed sixty pounds, and
a buck that weighed 280 pounds. We
will have the head and horns of the
deer mounted, and the hide of the wild
cat made into rug, and send them to
you."
It is not uncommon for married
couples to return after two years, with
the offspring of their union, to exhibit it
to the magistrate. Frequently they
bring other suitors with them to be mar
ried on the spot.
But the magistrate has most useful
adjunct in the person of the ssmatrimo-
NAL agent" or ssIunner," Or sssteerer,"
or -grabber." by which pleasing
terms he is variously known, character
whose audacity was never equaled in the
palmy days of the cab driver at Niagara.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14
PIN Money

Among the presents formerly offered
as New Years gifts were pins, which
were first made in the early part of the
Sixteenth Century. However trifing
such gifts might now appear, 1t was then
highly valued, as previous to the inven-
tion OF pins clumsy wooden skewers were
in use for fastening garments. In this
manner arose the term "pin money" in
marriage settlements, the bride stipula-
ting for or the groom voluntarily con-
ceding certain annual allowance with
which to purchase what was then deemed
q luxury. Y.-Philadeiphia Times.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

way of perpetuating the species. Mr..
Charles Goodnight, of Clarendon,
Texas. has nine head. In the Philadel-
phia Geological Gardens there are eight.
In Lincoln Park, Chicago, there are six
head, and in half dozen other places
there are held groups OF two and three
and several single animals.
g With the jones herd an earnest and
intelligent effort is being made to save
the species from utter extinction, and
the fact that the animal may be domesti-
Gated and make source of profit has
also been demonstrated.
Mr.. Jones is perfectly well qualified
for this task. He was in the centre of
distribution OF the great Southern herd
from 1856 until their final disappear
ance, and was by profession buffalo
hunter. When the great slaughter be-
gan in 1871 he was employed by his
neighbors to shoot buffalo at ffty cents
q head, and they would follow and se--
cure the hides. His method was what
is known As "still-hunting, and be had
averaged from thirty to forty head :
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14
FARMING WITH BuFFALoEs.

which survived. Full grown animals
taken wild invariably die in captivity.
He had no success saving any over six
months old. Many animals, even among
the younger ones, died apparently in fits
of anger. When they found themselves
prisoners they went into fearful rage,
stiffened their limbs as though in cramps,
lay down and died. Others broke their
necks in trying to escape.
On his first expedition Mr.. Jones cap
tured eleven butfaloes, but saved only
four. He was 200 miles from ranch hav-
ing COW, and be had to feed the little
| fellows on condensed milk, which did not
agree with them. On his third trip he
took cows with him to the staked plains
of Texas, and out of thirty y-seyen buff
faloes saved thirty-two.
Most of the animals that survived were
from three weeks to four months old.
The buffalo calf is Of a tawny color, re-
sembling the hues of the sand and the
grass and the shrubbery of the great
plains. For the first three weeks of its
life it is hidden by its mother, and its
color blends so closely with its surround
| ings that wolves and other enemies may
pass within rod of it without discover
ing its presence.
Mr.. Jones has furnished buffaloes from
his herd to parks all the way from the
Golden Gate on the Pacific to Austin
Corbin's rock-ribbed estate in Vermont.
Others have gone to stir the curious in
teresr of gazing holiday crowds in
Europe. Wild West shows and rich in.
dividuals with private zoos to stock
have also drawn on this herd for their
support.
The oldest buffalo living is supposed
to be one in Paris geological garden,
which is known to be twenty mine years
old. Jumbo, nine years of age, is the
patriarch of the Nebraska herd. These
animals breed readily in captivity, and
this herd is capable of an enormous in
crease if properly handled.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

concealed, and when animals became de-
monstrative they were jabbed into the
tough hides or hurled at the big humps
with all the force possible. At first the
burly fellows received these attacks with
panied surprise, but in time they ap-
parently concluded that these mysteri-
Gus prods were part of man and they
had better not provoke attack. At any
rate, they have become quite docile
under that treatment. Men go among
them freely, separating them or driving
them about as readily as though they
were so many COWS.
In connection with his work of domes-
tication, Mr.. Jones has experimental
with the buffalo's fur and has succeeded
in making cloth as fine as lambs wool.
Under the long, coarse hair of the ani-
NAL is short fur of the softness of
swansdown. When the hair is shed 10
the summer the under fur either falls of
or is plucked by hand. In the latter
case the animal is tied, and the more
unruly are thrown to the ground and
their legs fastened by ropes to posts
fore and aft. There are ten to twelve
pounds of fur on an animal, enough
to make big brown blanket as
warm as an oldtime buffalo robe and
as light as bedspread. This
cloth sells as high as $40 yard. Mr..
Jones wears ir winter an overcoat made
of it and trimmed with the glossy fur of
the catalo, and underclothing, stockings
and other garments have been woven of
the same material. He presented one of
the blankets to the Prince of Wales for
use as lap robe, and has received a.
grateful acknowledgment of the unique
gift.
In his several expeditions Mr.. Jones
captured 130 buffaloes, eighty-two of
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

worse, without let or hindrance, is
Known to all the reading world.
But, says letter from Jefferso nville,
fnd., to the Chicago Herald, the pres
.ige that was once the peculiar right of
he Gretna Green of history has its coun-
;erpart in America in this city of goodly
morals, which is the county seat of Clark
County, and upon whose principal busi-
,ess street, at almos. any hour of any day
,f any week may be seen motely group
Of would-be actors in that great comedy
If loves consummation that is as old as
Adam, and which loses none of its in
terest as the years go whirling along the
boulevard of time.
Back in the days when Henry Clay
was the idol of Kentucky and the adj
mlration of the country at large the
hamlet of Aberdeen, in Brown County,
Ohio, attained to something like motor
iety as market place for hearts and
hands, the medium through which the
marriage contract was executed being
found in the person of Squire Beasley,
who long since passed on to his reward
for the gooe-let it be said in charity
be had done in the flesh in bringing
happiness-transitory, at least-to man
and woman kind. But the achievements
wrought by this functionary were as
single blade of grass to the whole par
ticle of sod when compared with the ex-
plolts of latter day 'squires that flourish
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

weather. His robe alone is worth the
price of two good bullocks. In domesti-
cation his meat is equal to any range
beef. One good animal will yield each
year fur sufficient to make blanket. A
taxidermist will give from 500 to $500
for his head, and if Mr.. Jones's big bull,
Jumbo, were put on the market he would
bring $1,000.
What the possibilities of domestica-
tion may be is yet to be determined.
The two big bulls of the Omaha herd are
driven to cart by the owner, and when
it is considered that their agility is re-
nlarkable for the size of the animals,
that their strength is tremendous and
that they have the speed of the average
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

Office is located is his property, and
is well furnished.
There is, however, one other magjs-
trate with whom the popular officer
above referred to is required to share
some of the honor and profits of his
office. and while no rivslry exists be-
tween the two gentlemen, who occupy
identical positions, he has no mean com
petitor in the person of Esquire John
Ware, who formerly held the honorable
position of Mayor OF the city. Justice
Ware, who has lived forty-three years in
this community. enjoys the respect and
esteem of all who know him. Twelve
years magistrate, be has within thar
time brought happiness to 1000 couples,
or full 1000 ardent souls.
Incidental to this business OF the
blending of hearts that are adjusted for
heat, cold and position. it may be said.
like all other prosperous industries, its
beneficial effects are felt BY those who
have no direct connection or interest.
such as the railroads. the ferry line and
the like. The principal outside bene-
ficiary, however. Is the the county clerk.
whose annual revenue derived from this
source alone is estimated At rot less thar
two thousand dol'ar
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

day. On one occasion he shot seventy
two head without shifting his ground.
He acknowledged that he was frequently
ashamed of his work, but with the whole
country out hunting he did not feel like
missing his share. In 1878 he began
to realize that the wholesale slaughter
was beginning to make inroads upon
what then appeared an inexhaustsble
supply of game, and made his first effort
to preserve the species. On the Solomon
River in Western Kansas, he captured
seven calves which he subsequently sold.
He went on expeditions to the fast re-.
ceding haunts of the animals each year
afteward until 1888, and the herd now
at Omaha is testimonial to his cour.
age, skill and pluck in the chase. Every
one of the adult animals was run down,
lassoed and tied with his own hands.
His last and greatest feat was in May,
1883. There was known to be at that
time small herd in the uninhabited
sspanhandle" of Texas which could not
long escape the rifle. With an elaborate
s'outft" of men. horses and camp equip
age Mr.. Jones started from Garden City,
Kan, to capture it. For forty two days
and nights the party followed the ami
mails across the Staked Plains until they
had finally lassoed or rounded up the
entire herd. Only buffalo hunters can
realize what such an achievement means.
From this herd sBuffalo' Jones now
secures three or four full -blooded buffalo
calves each year and number OF half
Breeds scatalo, he calls them. The
hybrid product Of the buffalo and Gallo
way cattle is a magnificent animal. Its
robe is nearly black, fine and silky in
texture and with brilliant lustre
characteristic of the Galloway cattle.
For enough of one of these robes to
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

heard her declare she has the gift Of
oratory in marked degree. Her deep,
powerful and resonant voice commands
instant attention and enables her hearers
to catch every word under circumstances
most trying to public speaker. 81
have heard her," said Congressman-elect
John Davis the other day, stspeak for
two hours in the open air to an audi
ence that no mans voice, as / believe,
could have compassed. Her tones seem
to cut the air and penetrate to great
distance" It is voice that is startling
and controlling. Her style is her own,
the sentences short and strong and
poured out with volubility rarely
equaled. It is q torrent of speech
launched at the most Vulnerable point Of
attack Indicated by her keen intelli.
gence. Her figure on the platform i
commanding. She is tall and stately in
bearing, and was once introduced by
General Weaver to st. Louis audience
as ssOur Queen Mary" Her hair is
black, eyes blue and complexion fair.
By many she is thought extremely hand
some. The accompanying picture gives
a correct idea Of this champion of the
Peoples Party.
The domestic side of Mrs. Leases life
is not the least of her creditable charac-
teristics. She is q fond mother and
good wife. Her home is in Wichita,
where her husband, who is a pharmacist,
is engaged in business. Her children
are bright and we'll trained, and the ED
est son. now almost grown, will probably
follow her to the rostrum.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

still, and wax fat in the pursuit of their
most laudable profession.
From small beginning marriages by
q magistrate have grown to large pro-
portions and are looked upon with favor
BY all classes of society, who seem now
to prefer, above religious rites, this
mode of entering upon the marriage re-
lation.
There are good reasons for this pref
erence which it were well to explain.
In the first place, such marriages are no
longer looked upon as disgraceful, as
they were formerly held to be by most
persons. There has been radical change
of sentiment in this direction within the
last decade, SO that now quite as much
respectability attaches to one as the
other, and losses sustained by the parson
in the abridgement of perquisites that
were formerly exclusively his have been
gained by the more jovial squire. In
deed, such are the inroads made upon
the minister's income as to materially
lessen auxiliary earnings that brought
temporal comfort to his household.
Under the laws of Kentucky, which
State furnishes more than ninety per cent.
of those happy pilgrims to this shrine OF
wedlock, girl may not reach the mar
riageable age before twenty-one years,
whereas her debut in society is frequently
made at the age of sixteen or earlier, q
period of life when the ardor of roman
tic sentiment often reaches its culmina-
ton, and it is then she begins to bemoan
the requirements of cruel law that
would restrain the one important
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

make coat Lady Foster, wife Of
Treasurer Foster, of Canada, once
offered Mr.. Jones $500, saying she pre-
ferred it to the seal.
In half-breeds the domestic animal
seems to predominant, and the casual
observer might not notice the long hair,
the small hump at the shoulders and the
slight shagginess about the head. These
catalo have been bred back until they
were only one-sixteenth domestic, when
even trained eye could see no differ
ence from the full -blooded buffalo.
The profits of buffalo raising are very
considerable. The animal feeds cheaply
and looks after himself in all sorts of
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14
SQUIRE KErewrr's OFFICE

The function of this gentleman is to
serve the groom for consideration, in
his Iaborious search for the matrimonial
office in strange town; and that the
service is most attentively bestowed can
be attested by anyone at all familiar
with the estimable agents methods.
Twenty years ago magisterial mar
riages were rare in this community, but
thereafter, by degrees, the practice grew
until it was not long before the shrewd
official could see IN it possibilities Of con-
siderable pecuniary profit. One of the
first to lay hold OF the golden opportun-
ity was Justice Ephraim Keigwin, de-
servedly popular gentleman, who has re-
sided here all his life. His urbanity and
kindliness of disposition made him fully
qualified, when coupled with his varied
experience. for the work which he has
in hand. Formerly druggist, doing
good business, he was in 1876 elected as
q magistrate, and since that time up to
November 30th of last year, has united
6783 couples in marriage. His tenure OF
office, which has been continuous, en-
braces period of sixteen years.
By the advantage which always comes
to those who first enter npon any line of
business, Justice Keigwin has easily
maintained the position OF leader in the
profession of his choice. OF the vsri-
ableness of The fee which is his reasonable
compensation for service, it should be
stated that it ranges from So to $40, al
though in one case, such was the un-
speakable JOY of his liberal client, S35
was thrust into the hand of the aston
ished Judge. The building in which his
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

rate of fifteen geographical miles an hour
may be modified without diminishing
the speed perceptibly by tie application
of a sail, as shown in the accompanying
cut. A sail of proportionate dimensions
to suit the user is constructed as out
lined in the cut and fastened to the
shoulder with straps and buckles or held
in the hand of the skater. When the wind
inaates the sail and the skater is any
kind of an expert, the St. Louis Post
Dispatch says, be will find himself spin
ming away over the glistening icy SUR
face at very rapid rate.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14
A Feminine Champion of the Peoples
Party.

Mrs. Mary Lease, of Kansas, accom-
panied General Weaver on his stumping
tour throughout the country during the
recent Presidential canvas, and divided
the honors with him-winning the lion
share, according to the Chicago Herald.
In many respects Mrs. Lease is re-
markable woman. Those who have
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14
A GRETNA GREEN.
THRIVING MATRIMONIAL MART
In INDIANA.
Jacksonville a Haven of Bliss for
Kentuckys Eloping Lovers
The Justices Reap
Rich Harvest.

HAT noted farm
stead, in Dumfries-
9 b ire, S C o tland
(Gretna Green), the
fame of which out
lived many genera
tions ; although, by
a change in the
English and Scotch
marriage laws,it has
been shorn of the
glory that formerly
attached to it as the
haven of security
where love-slck lad
and lassie might be
joined by the nup-
tial tie, for better or
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

step which il ever uppermost In her
mind Hut sne may have friendly
ally in bordering common wealth, the
statutes Of Indiana permitting her to
marry at eighteen. and, knowing this,
rather than suffer long period OF sus-
pense which might prove fatal to her
future prospects, she is apt to become
the prominent one Of two figures who
will seek this friendly Gretna BY that
method Of procedure COMMONLY recog-
mixed as an tselopement."
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

The ice yacht which spins in great
numbers over the northern lakes at the
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14

~ AAAlCo Woo jill
the city of Omaha,
Neb., grazing over
a manifcent rolling
prairie, m a y b e
seen these days,
according to t h e
New York Adver-
tiser, a herd o f
strange looking an
Passaic City record., 1893-01-14
A BUFFALO FARM.
ANEBRAsKA RANCH ON WHICH
BISON ARE BRED
CuItivating the One-Time King OF
the Plains" and Picking From
His Body Fine Fur Which
is Made Up Into Cloth.

1--WE miles west from
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-12-01
A Shake.

At the club house at Saratoga, d. was
shaking dice with a wealthy man from
the Pacific coast. lie lost constantly,
and finally found that he was 5000
loser. The time agreed upon to quit
had come. The wealthy mar wa
abort to leave the table when i. said:
"I'1t shake you double or nothing, one
dash, and quit, sure" "Agrccd," said
the other. "Siokc," said Is. He shook,
end five aces appeared upon the board.
T.. scratched his head, and said: "ETow
can / beat that? The very best can
dyrjs to tic you. Give me a show"
'"%hat show 60 you w.ant?" the Frisco
man asked. Let me pat six dice into
tho box and see II / can beat you"
"AErccG,' rays the western man.
"Boy5," b. odds, you may believe it
or Lot, but / put si% dice into the box,
shook, and Cu} caIne six Gcuces, AMI J
was cvcn!'-CiI2innati Commercial ia.
zette.