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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-04-17
is awarded /: shall be by ordinance duly

is awarded Il shall be by ordinance duly
passed.
80 Whenever ii shall become neces-
sary for any purpose under this Act to
serve notice or process of any kind
whatso ever upon any person or persons
owning property within the limits of
said town who may be absent therefrom
or nonresident thereof, or upon
whom for any other reason personal SER
vice cannot be had and the Bailif shall
make return to that effect, service of
said notice or process may be made by
publication of said notice or process
once a week for three consecutive
weeks in some newspaper having gem
eral circulation in said town, which said
notice by publication shall be as good
and effective as personal service. The
affidavit OF the publisher or proprietor
OF said newspaper as TO such publica.
tion shall be evidence OF the fact there
OF.
81. That the parts of the several
county roads within the limits of said
town are hereby made and declared to
be public streets and avenues of said
town, and shall be from time to time
time improved and repaired as in the dis.
erection of the Council the public inter-
ests may require and the resources of
the 10 gn will justify.
IS. That the Com missioners of Mont
gomery and Prince George counties,
Justices Of the Peace, Sherlffs, Consta-
blcs and all other county and State off
GERS shall have, hold, and exercise their
offices and Jurisdiction IN said town
within the limits of their respective
counties.
36 The "TOwn of TakOma Parkn is
hereby declared to be the legal successor
of the Mayor and Council of "Takoma
Park" and shall be entitled TO and is
hereby vested with all the property and
rights of every nature whatsoever, be-
longing to the Mayor and Council of Ia
kOma Park. All proceedings now pend
ing IN the name of the Mayor and Coun-
Gil Of Takoma Park shall be continued
in such name and remain unaffected by
the adoption of this charter. The Mayor
and Councilmen, and all other officers
Of the town, in office al the date of this
Act, shall hold theii offices until their
successors are elected, or appointed and
qualified as herein provided, all OTdi-
nances, regulations and resolutions now
in force, and not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act, shall remain in
force until altered or repealed by COM
potent authority. No provisions of this
Act shall effect any right, lien or liabili-
ty, subsisting at the date of its passage.
81. All Acts and parts of Acts incOn
sistent with any of the provisions of
this Act are hereby repealed.
80 This Act is hereby declared to be a
public Act and may be used in evidence
in all the Courts of this State without
proof.
80 Aud be it Enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date OF it's pas
sage.
Approved, April 2, 1896
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
Tic Migration of Swallows.

A Dutch correspondent writes?
"Arnhem, the capital of the province
of Gueldelrand, as is known, is situ-
ated upon the Rhine, which is crossed
by bridge. Passing over it one day
last week, one of my friends witnessed
remarkable. scene. Myriads OF swal-
lows, apparently those living in the
environs, we're crowded together, as
they do every year in exactly the same
place. When they few up, which they
did several times before starting for
good, the mass looked like o huge
black moving column. When they
came down again, it was done with o
deafening shrill of shrieking, or whist.
ling, or piping-a curious noise, which
it is almost impossible to describe. 1t
seems as If they wanted to make sure
that all could stand the voyage, for
many were fallen upon by great num-
bers OF the others, who pecked them
to death.
"After different false starts they
went away like whirlwind, leaving
upon the fields those that probably
were too werk and so were murdered
first by their companions. People
may wonder how these bids in differ
ent countries start upon almost the
san same dag: il The Iaystery "a sss.lyee eSa. cd
by ornitholegssts. For my part, l
think as soon as the days shorten
they depart, as they need much longer
evening light to catch the thousand
of gnats they want every day."
Westminster Gazette.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
Universal Collecting MANN.

"For goodness sake" he cried, II
never saw anything like this collecting
manis." !
"It's avery instructive amusement. !"
"Yes. may be, but not for me.
There's my daughter Agnes; she's
collecting buttons and asks me every
day to go round to the headquarters
to get her some. and must buy of
every street fakir pass or she doesn't
like 1t. There's my daughter Lucy,
she goes over all of my letters and
cuts off the monograms, destroying
them. don't like her to do it, but l
can't stop it. She Gays some internal
nonsense about it's being I'll the
rage Then my son Tom is just rs
bad. He asks me for postage stamps
and cuts them off the letters before l
read them in the morning. And they
are always having something new to
collect. Every member OF my family
is collector"
"How about your wife3"
"Oh, she's worse than any OF them.
She says she's collecting coins. and
makes it an excuse for going through
my pockets every time. She calls it
being numismatist. I think itshould
be called kleptomania. Just then a
man with bill entered the Office.
"I am," he began, "a collector
for"
"Confound you, then, get." cried
the infuriated man. 81 am collector
myself. am trying to collect my
senses. Chicago mes,Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
FIYing Machines.

1t has been SO frequently stated Of
late that the problem of the flying ma
chine has been solved, and investiga-
ton has proven that most OF the claims
are without practical foundation, that
the majority of people need not be
blamed if they express themselves as
exceedingly incredulous on the subject
of aerial navigation. 1t is amusing to
note the curious forms that flying ma.
chimes have taken. One model strik-
ingly resembles an enormous grasshop.
per. There is q long cylindrical body
and wing-shaped side pieces. The
feet and antenne are tolerably well
represented by the rods and braces
that work and strengthen the machine.
There are also models with overlap
ping sections resem bling the siding on
building. A quaint and curious
model is dome-shaped and worked
with pedals. The problem OF flying
may be solved at some time in the fu-
ture, but SO far as has been made pub.
lie, ther, is little yet invented that
gives ze e.sonable assurance OF flying,
at lca,t during the life OF the present
generation.-New York Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
Evils of Roast Cohee.

The coffee eating habit is on the in
crease and doctors say there are few
worse. Coffee, when eaten roasted, is
productive OF train of ills that finally
result in complete physical and mental
prostration.
The trouble is more prevalent among
young girls than any one else. They
ont parched coffee without any definite
object, just as they eat soapstone slate
pencils, but with much moro disas-
trous results. The coffee eater be-
comes weak and emaciated, the com
plexion is muddy and sallow, the ap.
petite poor, digestion ruined and
nerves all unstrung.
Roast coffee will give few minutes
of exhilaration, followed with great
weakness. The victims nearly die
when deprived of the accustomed slim
ulant.-New York Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
Imported Flies.

The reports made from Laredo tt
the Treasury Department at Washing.
ton make constant reference to one OF
the queeresta articles of import brought
into this country. These are dried
Mexican flies, which are brought to
the United States in large quantities
to be used as food for pet singing
birds.
These flies live in the swamps in va
rious sections of Mexico, where they
are caught by men who devote their
lives to the work. The fy-catchers
use a silken net, and make a large
haul at every cast. The individual
fly is called the moscos. 1t IS small
and delicate, and its whole body has
the appearance of having been gilded.
The flies when alive are beautiful
and harmless. There is q duty on
these Mexican flies, doubtless to en-,
courage the home industry, but up to
the present time the moscos business
has not fourished in this country to
any marked extent. The imported
bies are packed in barrels. and they
sell for o high price.-New York
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
Gathered at Random,

When one is lying down the heart
makes ten strokes less per minute than
when one is standing up.
The British aristocracy includes IA, )
900 persons.
A single pound of the finest spider
webbs would reach around the world.
The most remarkable canal in the
world is the one between Worsley and
st. Helen's in Lancashire. 1t is 16
miles long and is wholly underground.
Only one marble statue of the hu-
man figure with eyelashes is known.
It is one of the gems of the vatican,
the sleeping Ariadne, and was found In
1903.
1t is computed by a statistician that
Queen Victoria's hand, which is very
beautiful one, has signed more impor-
tant state papers and been kissed by
more important men than the hand OF
any queen that ever lived.
Patti is writing "reminiscences and
says she was born in 1914. She is
therefore 50 years old.
Modjeska has 600 hives OF Italian
bees on her California estate and they
collect honey from the fowers of the
white sage. Modieska thinks sage
honey the finest made.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23

IL over again, and wake with deep
pain at my.heart, which cannot con.
quer until the morning light. 2
Sometimes rally her upon the
sweet words which she spoke to me
that night. She takes my jesting with
a patience chat charms while it amuses
me, and only says in reply "Lovc,
I should speak them, if we could live
that evening over again."
And know she would and know,
too, that the ten years which are be.
tween us weigh not 8 feather in hes
mind. She has just looked up from
her work. and said: "Are you writ.
ing a lecture, EusticeP" And lreply:
eyes, darling; on the best treatment
of heart disease"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
Flower and Tame.

Between the Towering end the flaming
woois,
All greening In the rain,
The fields unfold,
Tho sun upon tho grain
Ouipours its gold;
Aud sweet with sun and rain are Natures
moods
Between tho towering and the flaming
woods.
Between the flaming anil the Towering
woods
The wind bemoans host
OF shattered leaves,
The winter is n ghost
That grlevcs and grleves
Around q ruined house where none intrudes,
Between the flaming aud the Towering
woods.
o woods that break In flower or In flame!
My winged days and hours
Shall meet their doom
Like to your leaves and flowers;
Let not your bloom
And brightness put my flying years to shame
o woods that break In flower or In flame!
-Ethelwyn WetEerald, In Independent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
Tact.

Tact is born with some men and wo.
men, like the supple, delicate fingers
of the artists hand, and those who
have it use their gift instinctiyely. 1t
is not measured alike to those who
have it. Men possess ii in different
degrees; while others, again, are want
ing in it altogether. 1t is the outcome
of intellectual and temperamental
qualifications, and implies the posses
sion of clear perceptions, quick i'm.
aginatioD, and delicate sensibilities. Il
is these that give tho tactful person
his subtle intuition of another's men.
tai processes and modes of feeling, and
in the same moment exactly tho right
method of dealing with these -
Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
A Remarkable Family.

German Township. Marshall County,
Ind, has a remarkable family. They
are the Heckamans, the pioneers Of
that family being Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Heckamap, ST., who came from Starke
County, Ohio, il the esrly thirties, and
are the oldest settlers of Marshall
County, the husband now being eighty
three years old, the wife eighty-one.
Neither had ever seen an electric light
until last winter, though both were
near towns that used them. The wife
never rode on railroad until about B
year ago. Both are excellently pre-
served, and are the parents of ten sons
and two daughters, all living in that
vicinity except one daughter, with
seven children, who resides in Kansas.
Four OF the sons are the parents OF
twelve children each, and there are 157
of that name, none more distantly re-
lated that first cousins, who reside
within distance of two miles in that
locality.
So numerous ore the Heckamans in
that neighborhood that the advent of
a new infantile aspirant for name
different from that of some neighbor-
ing Heckaman is matter of grave
concern, and names ore found dupli-
Gated and Implicated, causing consid.
erable confusion. The Heckamans
dwell there harmoniously, and their
good will is of no small political i'm.
portance. The senior Hecknnans are
great-great-grandparents. and the
family has been noted for its longevity
one, Mrs. Wryougb, living to be
1O3 years old. Besides those men
toned, quite number OF the Hscka.
mans live in localities q little mora
distant. The family is Marshall
County marvel. Boston Advertiser.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
JApAN's NEW STAMPS.
In Memory of the Two Princes Who
Foil in the War.

Foil in the War.
However strongly the adherents Of
the Society for the Suppression of
Speculative Stamps may feel on the
subject OF stamps made for collectors
-"gumpaps," the out and-out philat-
elist scoffingly calls them--they will
be sorely tempted to invest in the new
commemorative issue of japan. All
the "advance notices" of the new
stamps have spoken of them as "war
stamps" but this they do not purport
to be. They are avowedly issued in
commemoration of two princcly Japs
who died heroic deaths in the fight
with China. To this extent they ore
war stamps, and it is not i'm
probable that the Japanese, IN
der The cloak of mourning, are
indulging in little iubilation by
postage stamp, in which case the new
issue has perhaps been properly de-
scribed- The issue consists Of only.
fwo values, Q sen and 5 sen Of
each value there are two types, ia or
der, we suppose, that the nations
grief shall be bestowed upon the late
Prince Arisugawa and the late Prince
Kitashirikawa with scrupulous impair
tiality. AS this is q special and strictly
speaking, unnecessary issue OF
stamps, which will bc on sale OF all
japanese postoffices side by side with
the ordinary issue, tits safe to assume
there will be some kicking on, the part
of philatelists. If, however, it is Ja-
pans object to make money by the is
sue, it must be allowed that japan is
not grasping. The total face value OF
the set is but I'd in English money.
The stamps, of artistic design and
beautifully engraved, form q vivid
contrast TO Japsn's previous efforts in
postage stamp production, and afford
ample testimony to the rapid "occi-
dentalizing" of the Jap. 1t is stated,
by the way, that the issue will aggre-
gate $4,000 stamps, which number
should be more than sufficient to Ego
round. ."-London Sketch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
TEE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE.

$50 you're going to make political
Speech" said the old.time politician.
"Yes," replied his son.
"Would you object to my giving
you little advicep"
.sNot at all. J"
'IfI were in your place I'd be as
general in my remarks as possible.
Stick to the American eagle. and our
own dear native land as much as pos.
sible, and don't bear any harder on
the vital issues than is absolutely
necessary. You may be running for
Office yourselfsome day, and you don't
know what your politics NAV be then,
you know" Washington Star
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
oes Pills sss sssy RE9ags ss sss sssst g ssats aaa
QUEER FACTS ABOUT NATURE.

Yesrvius, the famous Italian vol
cano, is s, 932 feet hight.
: It is estimated that the earth weighs
about 6, ,o49. s36. 900, 600, 900 tons.
The Niagara river just under the
suspension bridge is said to be the
deepest running river in the world.
The timber wealth OF the United
States gives a yearly product of over
81, ,0QO, 900, 600, or more than twice the
value OF che output of the mines.
The leaf OF the cocoanut tree is near
" thirty feet long. A single leaf of
the parasol magnolia of Ceylon affords
shelter for from fifteen to twenty per-
sons.
The synapta, water insect, is pro-
vided with an anchor the exacs shape
of shose used by ships. BY means of
it the insect can hold itself in any po-
.sition it desires.
The lightest known wood is that of
the anona pallustris of Brazil, which is
much lighter than cork. The heaviest
is the iron bark of Australia, which
weighs nearly 10G pounds to the cubic
foot.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
'And tho dort may creen.

And the dark may creep,
And the storm may sweep;
But thank the Lord rs I SOW and reap
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
HIS WANDERING WITS.

"co you think that druggist is
really deranged9"
ayes, crazy as bicycle rider. He
sold me nickel's worth OF pepper.
mint and didn't stick his own label
over the one already on the bottle. -
Chicago Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
NO 1NpucEMENr TO STEAL.

"say, Tradeley, why does yonr
floor walker never watch the bargain
counter?"
"Because things are 80 cheap there
that thieves prefer to tuy and have
the goods delivered. Detroit Free
Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
A QUESTION FOR PROPHETS.

Gazway-"speaking of the world
being round, there's one thing that
bothers me-"
Jizney-"What's that?"
Gazway-"If it's true that it's
round, how is it possible for it TO come
70 nm end ?"-Roxbury Gazette.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
AZ Anpeal for As.i.tance.

The If,an who is charitable to himself viii
listen to the mute appeal for assistance made
by his stomach, or his liver. in the shape Of
divers tlyspeptie quslns and uneasy sensa-
lions In the regions OF the gland that secretes
his bile. Rostetter's Stomach Bitters. my dear
sir, or madam-aS the case may be-is what
You rpQuire. Hasten to use IL you are troubled
with heartburn, wind In the stomach, or note
that your skin or the whites of your eyes are
taking n salloyy hue
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
1nREFRAaABIE proof.

"sprockett is in love with Ethel
Gadsby."
"Did he tell you SOP"
"No, but he hos replaced the pic
ture OF his bicycle he used to carry in
his watch by her photograph. -
Washington Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
Majesty.

whene'er I look upon this mighty treo,
Standing alone on the wide-stretching plain,
! think once more how, often and again,
The winds have tried II, yet coul1 never be
So fierce, so strong, rs to gain victory;
For 1t has ever bent and let them strain;
And even lightning.bolts have pierced in
vain
Its rugged trunk. II aye seems unto me
Symbolic OF NIL grandest things that are:
The ocean tides which nothing may sbaie,
The Night that falls not early or too late.
The punctual power which men have named
star,
A strongest soul, content to move or wait
Or whether hope be near or very far.
William F. Barnard, In Midland Monthly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
What the Roentgen Ray Is.

Professor Oliver Lodge, an English
electrical expert, says that everything
now indicates that tho Roentgen rays
are transverse vibrations. They are
akin to ultra. violet light,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
on THE PORCH.

Wsggleton-"That's fine looking
girl you havs just engaged, Mrs.
Briggs" :,
"She's as fine as fiddle. !"
Mrs. Briggs-"Well, just bear in
mind, Mr.. Briggs, that you've no ear
for music l"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
an ENoorRAaEsfENr TO vAIoR.

Smith-.T SEQ that bullet from
one OF those new rifles Will kill six
men, standing one behind another. F"
Incorporation don't sayP In
that case, man might just as we'll go
to the front. PUCK.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
What Shall I Do.

What shall 1 do lest life in silence pass2
Aud II 1t do,
And never prompt tho bray OF noisy brass
What needst thou ruc2
Remember aye the ocean deeps are mute;
The shadows roar;
Worth is the Ocean-Fameis Is but the brink
Along the shoro.
What shall do to bo for ever known?
Thy duty ever.
This did full many who yet slept unknown -
Oh! never, never!
Thinkst thou, perchance, that they remain
unknown
Whom thou knowst not2
By angel.trumps In heaven their praise Is
blown
Divine their lot.
What shall do to gain eternal llfc2
Discharge Alright
The simple dues with which eaeh day Is rife;
Yea, with my might.
Ere perfect scheme OF action tlog devise
Will life be fed,
While he who ever acts as conscience cries
Shall live, thou dead.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
GRoTEsoUEs.

"Did you hear how splasher made
big hit in postersP"
''No; how did he do it?"
"He tinted up lol OF Photographic
out OF old family albums. "-Chlcago
Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
ODDITIES og INvENrloN.


A new typesetting machine photo
graphs tho copy and reproduces it in
type.
ASouth Dakota. man has been grant
led patent on sleigh. It differs
from ordinary ones only in being made
entirely Of sheet metal.
A De'E steering device for ships con-
irols the rlldder by pneumatic pressure,
The cir being forced into cylinder on
either side of the rudder post by
neans Of .he steering wheel in the pilot
house.
An inventor in Tacoma, Wash, has
device for preventing the wheels Of
street car from slipping when the
brake is applied. His idea is to make
the wheels act as magnets end grip the
rail.
A Massachusetts, man places num-
Der OF horizontal bars overhead in an
elevator, hung on springs at each end,
which are intended to be grasped il
the car falls, the springs breaking the
forcs OF the fall.
Z Advertisements are printed on paper
nsed for doing up packages by the act
rtnrolling paper from thereel, thetype
Of being sat in roller resting on the pa
Ier roll, and linked by another roller
lying above the type roll.
Inyalids are now given bath with
out thu necessity of removing them
from the bed. The device consists Of
d canvas sheet fastened loosely to
frame over the bed in which the pa
iient is placed. The center, being
lower than the edges, it holds all the
'Rater necessary for the bath.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
EASILY EXPLAINED.

Barber-"You say you have been
here before? 1 don't seem to remem-
Der your face"
yictim-"Probably not. It is all
healed up now" "-Tit-Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
THE LAND OF LIBERTY.

Barber tout West)-"Your head is
very"
Cowboy showing revolver)-"Eh?" ?"
Barber (hastily)-"Very clean, sir. +"
New York Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
COMPARISONS.

Balderton-"Your hair is like o
stroke of lightning, old man-such m
awful shock, you know"
Buzzfuzz-"Andy yours is like fool
and his money-soon parted. An.
swers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
THE PARnoR KIND.

"Don't you think Chollie Slim and
Anne Spatts would make q good
match?"
"First-rate. He'd be the stick and
she the birthstone. "-Harper's Bazar.'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-23
A SAFEGUARD.

Mr.. Poorly-''This ERE wall'll fall
down eff ye don't fix it; th' cracks are
enormous.
I.andlord-"All right. I'll have it
papered at once. Atlanta Constitu.
tion.