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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-11-20
Corporation Bonds for
Sale.

SEALED BIDS will be received ur TO De-
- cember 9th, 1896, at IL O'Clock, NJ, at
which time they will be opened, for the pur-
chase of the issue of $40 900 Water Works
Bonds authorized to be issued by the Mayor
and Council OF Rockville, Montgomery coun-
y, Mar. land, by Chapter l79 of the Laws OF
Maryland, 1896.
These bonds will be registered bonds of the
of $500 and ST. 900 each,
dated January LIST, 1897, bearing interest al
the rate of four per centum per annum, pay
able semi-annually, the principal being due
in twenty years The bonds are exempt from
all taxation.
The assessed value Of the property offered
as security for the above bonds is S5l9, 900,
by the old assessment, and the new assess
ment now in progress will very largely in
crease this basis
These bonds are offered for the purpose Of
erecting water works for the town of Rock
vile.
The right is reserved to reject any or al
bids
Address
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
nov l3-4t ROCKVILLE, MD,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-11-20

Alexander Stephens Clay, of Cobb county.
Georgia, Chairman of the Democratic State
Executive Committee and ex President OF
tue State Senate, was nominated for United
States Senator to succeed john b. Gordon
by the Democratic legislative caucus Mon
day Afternoon after u long and bitter cun-
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MORTGAGBD'S SALB.

DY VIRTUE of n power of sale contained
I'D in mortgage from Hermione A. Dixon
and George H. Dixon, her husband, TO Mar
corded in Liber J. A., No. &c. folio 33l, one
OF the Land Records OF Montgomery county,
and assigned to Jasper NJ jackson, duly re-
corded, the said Jasper NJ. Jackson, assignee
default having been made in the pay ment of
the Indebtedness secured thereby, will sell at
public auction, at the Court House door in
the village of Rockville, county aforesaid,
On THURSDAY, the 18th day
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1877 ACRES OF LAND

and adjoins said village Of Jamestown and
fronts on two public roads,-the one leading
from Rockville to Poolesville, and the other
leading from Darnestown to Seneca Mills
II also adjoins the farms of Messrs John r..
Kelley, Jas. Tschiffely and Eggleston Ward.
IT is well wooded and wa,ered, under good
enclosure and in high state of cultivation,
having been thoroughly and heavily boned
and lined. II has also an excellent Orchard
OF choice fruits, and is improved by COM
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FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,

and all necessary Outbui ldings in good re-
pair.
This farm, from its natural fertility its
high state of cultivation, its exceptionally
favorable location-being contiguous to the
village of Jamestown, but % miles from the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and but four
miles from the Metropolitan Branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and very near
the Andrew Small Academy, one Of the best
institutions Of learning 10 this sections
most desirable property to one seeking both
the profits and pleasures OF country life.
TERMS OF SALE :--One-third cash on the
DAY OF sale, or on the ratification thereof by
the Circuit Court for Montgomery county, as
Court of Equity the balance in two equal
annual installments in one and two years
from day Of sale, said deferred payments bear
ing interest from day Of sale, and to be Sc
cured by the single bills of the purchaser or
purchasers, with surety or sureties to be ap-
proved by the trustees.
Conveyancing at the cost of the purchaser.
THOMAS ANDERSON,
EDWARD @. PETER,
nov cots Trustees n
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DWELLING HOUSE,

Parties desiring to purchase the above
property eau procure reasonable loan IRON
Us on the same for several ,etrs bF arrange
HseRt gith us previous To the sale.
+ = doom
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Hstray steer.

I HEREBY certify that on the 2sth dAy of
Il July, 1896, found trespassing upon m
farm near Darnestown, Montgomery county,
Nd Red and White Steer, with white spot
IN forehead and white spot on right hip; sup
posed to be shout three years old
The owner will plesse oome forward, prove
property. pay charges aud take him away
nov 5-3t CHAS G. DpFlEP
The advocate., 1896-07-01

official Receipts for 1896. .........
Slaughtered in Kansas City.
oOlu 70 r6eu0rS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Sold to Shippers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Total Sold In Kansas City In 1896.
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Sunshine for Other Worlds.

The astronomers have been figuring
IN the am ount of heat and light that
our sun is constantly emitting. 1t is
shown by this wonderful tables Of
.gures that our earth constantly re-
,eives as much sunshine as would
illuminate 50,000,00o square miles of
fiat surface. Even this vast quantity
is as nothing, for, of course, our earth
only receives that which happens to
fall on the SHE next to the sun. II
there were 1880, 900, 600 worlds strung
around the sun they would form g
shell of sphere, with the sun in the
center, and each would receive daily
and hourly the same amount OF sun
shine that we enjoy.
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New Name for Rabbit Skin.

"Electric sea-" which is simply
rabbit skin dressed to resemble the
genuine seal rs nearly as possible, Is
one OF the popular cheap furs this sea-
son, and the French tame rabbit ls
said to have the best fur. The skins
are first dressed to make them soft and
pliable, then passed through machine
which trims down the coarser hairs and
gives the fur gloss in the combing pro-
cess. The dyeing is skillfully done by
experts to give the same shading from
light to dark brown which we find ID
the seal, and all the superhuous hairs
are plucked out by electricity. In
color and warmth there is very little
choice between the real seal and this
clever imitation. New York Sun.
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Birds Blinded by Light CJlorS.

A queer discovery has been male
by Charles Jennings, a farmer and
hunter of Morris, Conn. 1t is that
partridges will fly against large OBJ
iects painted in light colors, and thus
cripple or kill themselves, because the
,olors blind them. Mr.. Jennings be-
iieves that the commonly accepted
theory of sportsnen that partridges,
especially young ones in the fall OF
the year, commit suicide in this way,
is an error. He has satisfie himself
that snowy white color or brilliant
white light has an attraction for the
eye OF the partridge which the bird
cannot resist, and that while light col
ors attract, they also blind the birds,
80 that the partridges cannot Judge
distances.
Mr.. Jennings's attention was first
directed to this matter by number
of tragedies at his front door. His
house stands on knoll near large
tract of woodland. The dwelling was
painted dark red, with a front door
of dazzling white, last spring. Before
this it was of a wood color and no
partridges were ever known to visit it.
But early this fall the front door be-
gan to prove an attraction for these
birds. Two flew against it and were
killed in September, one in October,
: and three last month. AS they struck
against no other part of the house Mr..
Jennings at length concluded that it
was the white paint OF the door that
attracted them, and he decided to
make some experiments. He was con-
tirmed in his opinion by the flying OF
large partridge into his lighted sta
BILE lantern as 1t stood on the ground
in front of his barn one night. The
birds neck was broken and the thick
globe OF the lantern was shattered.
| In an open space in the woods MIR.
Jennings stuck on end come wide
board, about six feet long, and painted
almost snow white, and awaited devel-
opments. That was about three weeks
ago. He set up four boards, and dur
ing the first week he found three part.
ridges dead at the foot of them. Dur
ing the second week he got two more
partridges, when light snow fell and
! destroyed the power OF attraction
! which his boards had possessed, as it
deprived them Of the dark background
of the woods. As there has been more
or less snow in the woods ever since,
he has not taken more birds. He has
decided to take in the boards for the
winter, but says he will put them ont
in larger numbers next autumn, and
that he has not the slightest doubt
that he has solved the problem Of the
the partridge's eccentric flights.
Mr.. Jennings adds that the reason
SO many more OF the young birds are
killed in this way than the old ones is
because the old ones are shyer, and
rs n rule do not venture SO near the
haunts of man rs do their progeny
Now York SIM
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CURIOUS FACTS.

An all-white coon has been shot nea,
Rollins, Mich.
Steel rails we're first used for raj
ways at Chalk Farm, near London, il
1862.
At Marlow, N. B., snow owl with
a five foot spread Of wing was shot re-
Gently.
Many thousands OF artificial flowers
decked the trees of Paris during tho
Czar's recent visit to that city.
Coral found below forty fathoms in
dicates either that the bottom has gone
down or it has fallen from the forty.
fathom depth.
In 1864 all the public buildings at
Konigsburg, Prussia, were destroyed
by fire, while in 1869 the town was al.
most plotted out by great conhagra.
tion.
The oldest crown preserved anon
the royal regalia of Great Britain is
that which was worn by Charles II, be-
ing made for him at his coronation in
1860.
An onyx stairway in the mansion Of
Fifth avenue New York; millionaire
cost something over $500, 900 and is
the finest thing OF the kind IN the
world
The first deposit of silver bullion to
be coined was by the Bank OF Mary
land, July Is, 1874, that institution
sending in $50, 715, 735 in French
coins.
A recently designed horseshoe has a
spring frame attached to the shoe,
adapted to fit over the edge of the hoof
and locked in position by thumb
screw.
There was family reunion in Ken
lucky the other day at which were
present man ninety-eight years old,
who weighed only sixty-three pounds,
baby two years old that weighed
ninety-six and half pounds and wo'
man with twelve toes and fourteen fin
gers.
The first English watches had
weights and were used aspocket clocks.
They had only one hand and required
to be wound up twice day. The dials
we're of silver and brass and the cases
were unglazed, but opened at the back
and front, and were four or five inches
in diameter.
Italy has forty eight per cent. illit-
crate people; France and Belgium
about fifteen per cent. In Hungary,
the illiterates number forty-tbree per
cent. in Austria, thirty-nine per cent,
and in Ireland twenty. one per cent.
In Iudia only 1000, 900 out Of $780,
900, 900 can read and write.
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The Sultan'S HABITS.

Habitually the Sultan of Turkey
drinks only water, broaeht to the
palace in casks under special precau'
tions. His food is extremely plain,
consisting chiefly Of vegetables. Few
monarchs, If any, work harder than
Hamid. He takes but few hours OF
sleep, and sometimes passes the entire
night, pen in hand, signing every
document himself, from the appoint
ment of Governor to the lowest off
Ger at the palace. Like most Orientals,
he is an early riser. After the prayer:
and ablutions enjoined by his religion,
he drinks cup OF coffee, and he then
smokes cigarettes nearly all the day
New York Tribune.
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(,nld. and Its Uses.

If the average reader or thinker will
devote few minutes to the subject OF
gold and it's uses, and how much OF
it annually disappears by wear, leav-
ing no possible trace, he will find him
self involved in some extremely inter-
esting calculations. If some genius
would only invent a power strong
enough to attract to it the millions of
invisible particles that have, and are
constantly being worn off the various
articles composed of that metal, what
an immense amount would be re-.
covered.
Where do these particles go? Here,
there, everywhere: in your house, on
tho streets, in the banks, business
houses, stores, and wherever man
goes. As an instance of this the fol-
lowing is cited: There Is at present
veritable gold mine being worked In
an old watch. case factory in Brooklyn.
1t occurred to the new purchasers OF
this property that during the long
years of manufacturing of gold watch
cases that took place there, large
quantity of gold particles must have
been absorbed by the flooring, walls,
furnace, chimney, etc. So they went
carefully to work and tore the old
building down bit by bit, and burnt
and crushed the material, afterwards
assaying the ashes. So far something
like $50, 1000 has been recovered. Say
an ounce of this lost gold were re-
covered. If we melted 1t down and
gilded fine silver wire, it would ex-
tend more than thirteen hundred
miles; or if nineteen ounces were re-
covered (which in the form of a cube
would be about one inch and O quarter
square), it would gild wire long
enough to compass the whole earth
like hoop.
If you pick up 6 gold.leaf, such as is
used for gliding purposes, it becomes
curiosity in your eyes when you
realize that seventy.fve square inches
of it weigh only one grain. Now the
thousandth part of line, or inch, is
easily visible through a common
pocket glass Hence it follows that
when gold is reduced to the thinness
of gold leaf 1.5O7O0OOO of q grain of
gold may be Distinguished by the eye.
But it is claimed thas 1-l4OOOOOOOO OF
q grain of gold may be rendered Wis
ible.
Large quantities of gold are used in
gliding portions Of exteriors OF public
and private buildings. For instance,
if we take the Church of St. Isaac at
St. Petersburg, we find that it re-:
auired the use OF two hundred and
forty-seven pounds of gold TO gild itR
five crosses. They can be seen gilt
tering at a distance Of twenty-seven
miles. .-Harper's Round Table.
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the better for the remainder. Their

the better for the remainder. There
is parasitic fungus, or phlegm, due
to the deposit OF micro-organism,
which attacks the fins and gills OF the
gold fish. This phlegm soon spreads
over the head and body, and kills the
fish. Where the disease comes from
or two what it is due no one seems to
know, but the general belief is that it
is caused by impure water. In small
aguariums, where the fish are crowded
or large, the water should be changed
every day, but with large bulk OF
water and in well-ventilated room
that is not necessary.
Goldfish require but very little
food, either in the ponds or in the
aquarium. Mr.. Shoup feeds only
toasted bakers bread twice a week.
The bread is kept long while and is
perfectly dry when fed. This, to-
gether with email quantities of moss,
is all they ever receive IN the shape of
food.
The goldfish is not 80 tender an ami
NAL as is imagined, for IN handling
and moving them from one pond to
another they are dipped up in nets
and carried about in baskets, much
like corn or potatoes. Sometime they
are out OF the water thirty minutes,
and seldom it is that they are injured.
How long they will live depends alto
gether Oh their treatment. In the
Government aquarium at Washington
is goldfish that is known to be fifty
years of age, and it is not perceptibly
la1 ger than when first placed there.
There is said to be in the Royal
Aquarium at Rome, Italy, fish that
is more than hundred years of age,
but it has grown slightly in the last
twenty-five years. It's color is the
same, except slight change with the
seasons.
There are two great general varieties
of goldfish on the market, and all the
fish offered for sale belong to one or
the other of these varies, the common,
OF Chinese, and the Japanese. Both
kinds are raised on these farms, but
are kept separate, because the pure
Japanese are more valuable and bring
higher prices. The Chinese variety
is sold to those who cannot pay fancy
prices, and many thousands of them
are shipped for Christmas presents
every year. The first Japanese stock
was imported by Mr.. Shoup twelve
years ago direct from the Royal
aquarium of the "Flowery King.
dom," and all the different forms
of japanese fish are the result
of selecting and crossing their de-
scendants. The Japanese are the more
difficult to raise because of their
peculiarities and because the easier
injured by exposure. More sluggish
by nature, as soon as they are large
enough to begin eating the little
commands gorge themselves and in a
stupid condition float close to the sur
face of the water, where they become
easy pray to all the insects which at
tack them. The water beetle kills
many thousands every year.
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Rabbits Cause niDhtileria.

Rabbits have caused an epidemic OF
iliphtherin IN the eastern part OF the
countv, that has spread to Downs,
Iowa Falls, Jewell Junction aul Al
den. No less than dozen deaths have
been reported. For the last five years
diphtheria has broken out annually II
the Immediate vicinity OF Tybiturs
Lutheran Church. which is used as {
school building. A large number o
rabbits have been making their no nt
in that building for long time, ant
the physic ans lave reached the con
clusion that the little animals have
planted the germs Of the disease which
spread among the children. Th
church will be burned. st. Louis Re
public.
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Clifnate and Comfort.

Either way, whether we are to have pro-
longed winter OF extreme cold or mild one,
through the dampness and chill neuralgia
will find its victims, and great many i'm
prudent people will find neuralgia. In either
case, when it does come, with its rscking
torture, let's look about US for the best that
can be done. We neeG not 60 far. The
reputation OF st. Jacobs Oil as certain cure
for neuralgia has gone before it, and it is an
established fact that it cures surely. sootbes
and restores the troubled nerves. To enjoy.
therefore, comfortable winter, whether it
Is cold or mild, bear in mind that for this
complaint one should have the great remedy
for pain ready for use. 1t is by putting of
that the aiiment grows worse. and the worst
cases grow less az soon as it is used.
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Dream Was Fulfilled.

Don Waggener, the twelve year-old
son of George Waggeaer, of Independ-
ence, Kan., was shot and seriously
wounded while out hunting by the
accidental discharge of gun. A
queer incident of the affair is that his
father was away frou home at the
time, but the night before dreamed
that q serious accident would happeI
at homo the next day. This 80 worked
upon his nina that he started for
home the next day, and arrived just
as his wounded hon was carried inio
the house. Chicago Chronicle.
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the Century.

1T nevertheless true,
ents which a score OF
nave created O nine
over the civilized
over with a mere
has done so much
kventy years that the
Pst ceased to wonder.
Jay brings forth all
Is which would have
hraticns to think the
arrived. A scientist
e front with an ap-
the deaf are made to
he hands. In other
ky carries the knowl-
rough the nerves into
great work of bot
Prtion Of the power
for thousands of years
Fails has practically
an immense current
ill be driving wheels
Y from the Falls. Ten
person who intimated
g might be was hooted
IT imagining that there
les at this late day.
ne ago it was imagined
I kept full OF light and
of comets and stars
,pping into it. Now
Q known the fact thai
e case. Philadelphia
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Are You Satisfied With What You Kno

Or would YOU gladly improve your stock of
can spare for a 10-vo.ume encyclopedia, but
you can afford to pay fifty cents for Hand
Book Of General information. You won't want
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boo ed
mass of valuable knowledge. will be read By
you. This valuable Encyclopaedia will be sent
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Every person who has not a large ency yclopadia
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MERELY A SUGGESTION.

My DEAR" said Mrs. Younghus-
band, 81 saw such queer. dingy
cable car this afternoon. 1t had no
passengers at all. "
"phat was sand car, replied her
lord and master, as he looked up from
his evening paper. ut distributes
sand along the tracks to keep the
wheeis from slipping"
Glow very nice, Edward" she
sighed. ut seems to me that such a
contrivance would be very useful to
yon at times. New York Herald
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Burning MeteDrS.

It is supposed that meteors begin to
burn when they are within about l25
miles OF the earth, and that combus-
tion is completed and they disappear
of from thirty-hve to fifty miles above
the earth. When we see falling star,
therefore, we may consider that we
have watched 1t through flight OF
mbout 100 miles before it finally burns
out and disappears from view.
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TO DRIVE OF NOT TO DRIVE.

Roberts-"H "Hallo! What's wrong,
old fellow?"
Benson -"I'm almost crazy. I sent
a letter to my broker, asking him
whether he thought l was fool, and
another one to Miss Willets, asking
her to come for drive with me, and
/ don't know which of them this tele-
gram is from
Roberts-"What does 1t say2"
Simply Yes"
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ENOUGH SAID.

Baldy-"What became. Of your
nephew, who was such a promising
fellow a few years ago."
Oldun-"Oh, he's discovered that
he had mission to fulfil in the world. "
Baldy-"Ah, yes. and went to the
dogs, OF course. Too bad, too bad, >
Truth.
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HEARTLCSS PUN.

When they told her that the young
man whose suit she had rejected the
previous evening had hanged himself
to the gate post directly after he left
her, the beautiful girl shrugged her
shoulders.
"It isn't my fanlt," she said, coldly.
Il specifically told him he mustn't
think of hanging around here any
more. "-Detroit Tribune.
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HOW He ENESS Up.

"Is it true, Gravely. that Boomer.
Iy bests you every time you go duck
shootins?"
"No, but I have no chance against
him when it comes to lying about the
amount of game We bagged. "--Detroit
Free Press
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BANTER.

81 may be hileous, slab-aided and
all that" remarked the slate tenta-
lively, "but if there's any tigaring to
be done you can count. on me-"
Whereupon the pencil asked the
sponge if it saw the point, and the
spong dried up New York Journal.
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ANALYTICAL,

pat" said Tommy to the gardener,
"what is nothing?'
"There amt any such thing as moth
in" replied Pat, "beca'se whin ye
fud nothin' and come to look at it
there amt nothln' there. "-Harper's
Round Table.
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MALICIOUS.

Tom Barry don't see aEy sense
in girls kissing each other. Now, you
hate that girl you just kissed.
Prudence-"You bet do; but just
see how the freckles show where ]
kissed the powder of. Truth.
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EYPERIENIA nOCEI.

"John, John, whatever shall we do?
Little Willie has swallowed his china
alley!''
Never mind, Martha Don't grow
excited. 1t will not harm him to be
given the marble heart early in life. $"