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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15

New Firm, New Goods,
NEW PRICES!

THIS advertisement, merits attention We
4 want your trade and we intend TO have
it if lowest prices, fair dealing and highest
quality will get it,
Below we quote some of our special bar
gains.
Ma As we are sole agents for celebrated
Columbus Buggy Company Vehicles we can
sell YOU their best hand buff Leather-Top
Buggies tor ........ Sll2 oO
Canop Top SURVEYS, trom..." % % up
side Open Traps. go 90 -
Hyton Wagons al oO -
spindle Buggies ...............". ~ oo
Top BugReS......... ........''.. 90 w
We also keep Il large assortment of Single
aud Double Harness of all kinds aud descrip-
ton, Saddles, Collars, Lap-Robes, spreads,
Whips, etc which We will sell lower than
an, o her establishment
It will pay You to call and examine the
quality of our goods and get our prices be-
tore You purchase esew here.
JACOB POSS 4 SON
va Tn, fem OF Jacob Poss 4 son will
continue 1T the old stand tie Livery aud Sale
Smnles which have ben conducted by Jacob
Pos ter quarter OF century
~t,n sh saddle Horses and fine single and
d ubl, Bugpi,s aud Carriages ior hire at the
loves, pices
We make specially OF furnishing Car
ria es in charge Of skiIltui, sonrr ana polite
d liver for weddings receptions and tuner
al.
Every department Of the business has been
extended aud improved, and charges for al
classes OF service reduced by the new firm.
JACOB POSS Il SON,
mar 17-n ROCKVILLE, MD
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15

Two young men were riding homo In
an East End car. and as they happened
to get in the vehicle at the square they
secured seats. The car loaded up very
rapidly and at Bond street the aisle
was beginning TO oil. At the 6herif
street crosswalk girl came aboard
and her presence near his elbow made
the young man In the end seat little
nervous. He knew he ought to rise
and give up his seat, but he hated to
stand.
The other young man saw his diem
ma and whispered in his ear: Don't
look around-it's only the girl who
waits on our table at the restaurant"
"Eh!" said his companion. That
girl? Well, say. ! guess ] know my
business"
And he got up quickly and with a
smile and bow waved the young wO-
man into the vacant place.
II he doesn't get the juciest segment
OF the next strawberry shortcake II
probably won't be either his or the
girls fault-Cleveland Plaindealer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15
COZ 0OO TO LOAN

VDOsOOV ON FIRST MORT
GAGE Town Property on the plan OF "The
United Banking and Building Company Of
Richmond, Va"
~ Apply to B. r. HICKS, Secretary, or
FRANK HIGGINS, Agent, Rockville, Md.
may lift
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15

"As understand it," said the heath
en-, you purpose 10 civlllze me"
Exactly So"
you mean TO get me out OF habits OF
idleness and teach me to work.
That Is the Idea"
And then lead me to simplify my
methods and invent things to make my
work llghter?"
yes"
And next | will become ambitious
to get rich, so that | won't have to
work at all?"
Naturally"
We'll. what's the use OF taking such
roundabout way OF getting Just where
started? don't have to work now. 4"
--WashingtOn Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15
Wanted Her Money or Her Teeth.

A great crowd collected ut st. La
care Station, Paris, one day lately to
see furious dispute between young
girl and an elderly man, during which
the girl kept uttering the caballstic
words, MY money or my three teeth"
At length the police marched them
OF to the nearest police station, and
the girl told her story.
She met a man In Montmartre who
so admired her teeth that he offered
her go francs for three of them. The
girl had them pulled. but the treacE-
erous monster did not pay.
The man Of st. IIazare Station was,
however, not the culprit In question.
II was case OF mistaken Identity. The
police are now looking for the tooth
thief.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15
Music Killed "A Horse

Music caused the death Of beautl-
full three-yea Ally at Florence
Ala, the other day. farmer drove
his valuable young mare into town.
and as he was driving up the principal
street brass band suddenly struck up
It's blatant music. The mare had never
heard any sound like that before, and
so startled was she that she dropped
dead in the shafts Of the trap. vet
Urinary surgeon who examined the car
cass declared that the mare had died
OF heart failure, due TO excitement
caused by the sound OF the unaccus-
toned music OF the brass band.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15

Mr.. Newlywed (of Lonelyville)-Tv
been to the employment agency and
got a jewel OF coOk-cOmng to-
morrow, dear. Said she'd Just as
lief live here ms not, and was three
years steady in her last place Just as
lonesome as this.
Mrs. Newleywed-And where was
that?
Mr.. Newleywed-I forgot whether
she said It was on a whaler or lum-
Der schooner. but | know she'll like
Lonely Judge.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15
A COMPARISON
American and European Industries
Compared TO the Credit Of Former.

compared To the Credit OF Former.
Those who are Interested In compari-
sons between the vast industrial estab-
lishments Of America on the one hand
and OF Europe on the other will find
no cause for dIsparagement In the case
OF the latter, In view Of facts 0fiicially
published In recent London Trades
Review. From this 1t appears that
the largest number OF blast furnaces
possessed by single concern In the
world IL owned by the Alpine Montan
Gesellschaft Of Vienna and Styria,
which has total OF thlrty.two fur
naces; but as most OF these are OF old
plans and methods, worked with char
coal fuel, the fact Is more important
that OF the modern class OF furnaces
the largest number owned by a single
firm IL twenty-six, owned by the
Boards Of Glasgow, who own the
works Of Gartsherrie EglintOn, Lugar
and Muirklrk OF Scotland, these being
equal TO total output OF 100000 tons
year, or about one-third OF the total
pig -lron production OF that country.
Next to this firm Is that OF B0kkow,
Vaughn Il Co. OF Mlddlesbor0ugh, with
a total OF twenty-fOur furnaces, equal
to an annual output OF 10000 tons OF
pig Iron II all were In blast The ca
pacity Ia both these cases Ii below
that Of some American firms, although
the number VI furnaces Is larger.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15

And by the way" asked the old
schoolmate, what has become Of
Mosely, who used to talk 80 much about
devoting his life to uplifting mankind?
Did he go into the ministry"
NO" answered the other old school
mate, "he IL in the elevator business"
A New Test Of Diamonds.
II Is reported that Prof William LAs-
penard RObb, OF Trinity College, Hart
ford, Conn. has made X-ray pictures
1f real and imitation diamonds. The
genuine stone was transparent TO the
rays, while the artificial stone cast A
solid Opaque shadow. This may prove
valuable test for jewelers. purposes
A combination microscope would en-.
able a jeweller TO detect a bogus dla.
mOnd,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15
CONCERTED.

unon n hin 10. ,,,,,,I1 r.. I,,I-,l
dinav aunmah hm, eo "' wv , nv 1891 oneu
and wild "raani,,,, IT, ,,,,t a,,,.,,",,a'I
ad ~ '' >'''P'"e ''"e' '''''' '"'A'""o'
uttIs hroo, ooro dono,,n doun
tho hin and MS Insia pmrtnn rushad
tha noiat o,,ria 81 NV .',I,,' ~
iookad ionoin,,,, tmt, i,s oani o.rs o
dantba "''' wv >''''
insia o,oroo, ,,ua., A., ~ ,aou
NJ tho schooIhon"a srnr' Wv NIL oan "a
Tho husy Inn, 30 thn ohii,"nn a., Iii
Lessons Wv '"''''" "' '"'
And a,,ar ,,,,,,.,. ,o,t.,aa ,,o
oscanded tho s,ons and rann.,d n, ,ho
door ''" "A' '"PP'N ~ Wv
Tosia wos stor,Iad at ,ha aDa looL,n.
man who stannad sor,ard int ria,,,
as sha ala sn. aanac,oIIr "a sha Was
oopsc,ous Frat sha ,,s,:antad 49,,
wild and ovnsv ill., anuaaronna
Ana aa a. GSp "a snh"aI ,naahar ha MN.
equally s,,rnr,.ad as ha IonIad do,vn
mon ;ha an.I,jn,, 49, oUS ~ tha
sp J ~" avna ~ H., 'v na " r,s,tar
.hiiiI ~, ,a,h ~ - i,, a.
got snns wo,.r ,rnn, ;ha hrnpL Won
Sarp,,
"corto,nIv 81, do,n an, mill ma,
n for Won ;; ''""' "' ~
ToLino tho nou ha d,s.nnaorad
among the trees and bushes that skirt
ed the hills.
As he issued from the woods, bear
ing the trimming pail, she could not
but admire the ease ana manly vigor
WI" I,to L., no ~ .,,rs.,, .o, ,ho
,hn,,oh+ sha hnd narar ,ostod a mora
grateful draught than that contained
In the dripping tin dipper, that the
stranger presented with such pleas
ant bow and smile.
How very cool and refrshingF
"Yes. 1t comes from living spring
in the rocks above. that IL never dry
In the hottest weather.
Then thanking him for his kindness,
she resumed her Walk.
oornt ru' s :" 1to"nhar;, w"s bar in.
,,ord Ejaculation .s sh. aIancad hack
' m"" tpa snhonIho, mo- ""'
Isl 81, ,',,,I,nd ~, S,o,,,,,, houa,ar that
sha ,,os ioInod hy c,orrio and Iamia
oh,,d " ns Torr,or w,,,iams with
..i'n' 81, hoa,a,n,. ara u,ho
' mnou S ,ra,,' aohnoi
Wy" 7, VOC NOT dia,nn,, 70 gat THAR If.
a., .on%o ~ "hatt,rino an5 sho elic,ted
tho Saat "a, lie rare ,"as Rrocl,ton
tho+ %o had come to toif. tho Mace M
o'a ,oonhar ,uho hod conc home sick
.TIa is oo,n0 :" commonca boarding
NJ anr honse 70 morrow" cried Carrie:
"ooin, 10 stoy with no a whole week
uS,o,,iSs - "h t. ~,
W, 80 tndaodr oohoad Iosja
And ~ was echoed INV her heart as well
as har ,,ns
u" NJ prncLtop mad. bis anneorance
,ha noxt dov a. dImnnr having reached
E"rn,a,. WiIl,o mo In occordonca with
tha finn. honorad nrocass of .'hoardIng
ronnd" and JosIa Ind no longer nnv
rooson 70 comnlaiu Of having no one
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15

The Novice-Do you find 1t hard
work, my boy?
The Caddie-Well, the hardest part
3 keepin' from lausbln when de guys
miss de ball. Puck.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15
WHEATLETT


perfect Breakfast Food, and contains all
the food properties Of wheat. Superior to
Oatmeal. Absolutely the best cereal food for
Mush, Gems, Griddle Cakes, Puddings, &c.
Just the food TOR children. Try II and learn
mar IL ID. II. BOUIO.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-12-15

r. W. Vinson has nice line Of Rogers
and Wostenholm's Pocket Knives and Ra
zors. Also Razors Of Wade 4 Butcher M Ike.
For sale at low prices.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-05-31
Texas Boy in China.

Mr.. w. McDaniels of Milford
is in receipt of a letter from b. A.
Berry, a Milford boy, who is in
the service of the imperial mari
time customs at Mccao, China.
Mr. Milford was principal of the
Milford public schools in 1888
and 1889. He writes that about
nine months ago he lett America
for the Philippines, but finding
everything IN an unsettled con-
dition there he went to Hong
Kong, China. He had no letters
or recommendations, but the
United States consul, without
having known him, endorsed him
for a position in the custom
house. which he succeeded in Sc
securing at fair salary. He says;
II fully intend to make a career
of this service-spend at least
fifteen years in it, at the end of
which time, under favorable con-
ditions, | will be able to retire
with a snug little fortune. / have
figured out that in six or seven
years | will be an examiner with
a salary of 1913 a month. There
are higher grades, tide surveyor
getting $500 a month. There is a
premium on learning the Chinese
language and L am devoting some
time to that branch of know
ledge. When | return to Ameri-
ca | hope to be able to speak the
Chinese language like a man
darin.'
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-05-31
Fine Crops.

W. B. Freeman, a travelling
man, who travels out of Denison
in several different directions, in
speaking of the crops said there
was never finer wheat in that sec
ton of Texas. 1.-The CROP" he
says, sis very promising, In
some places the oats are inclined
to be affected by rust and that
may prove detrimental to them.
Corn is as fine as a man could
wish to see. In the country west
and south of Denison there is
fine crop of alfalfa-something
that is very valuable to the farm
ers in this country-and fattens
stock until they look like butter
balls. AS a rule farmers say it is
very profitable crop and are
raising much more of it this year
than usual"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-05-31

g. According TO form:
VI Green manures
O2-Anma manures.
&C commercial manuree.
)l-Name-Chemical 1d physical properties
WR-Sources
O0}-Uses
OOi-Preparation and c 70 in handling.
O0j-Applicaion.
OB-Enects
0OOl-Chemical.
WO2-Physical
OOO}-Boogical.
OU-Economy.
OOl-Etfect OF use on product.
w 2-Pecuniary value
3. Waste due to exposure and use:
Ol-Removed by crop.
02-By leac ing
Oj-By washing.
O4-By oxidation.
Every home should have its col
lection of books and every
farmers home should contain
some standard works on agricul-
ture and a few special treaties up
on that line of industry in which
he is chiefly employed. The books
of general value, and those that
should be owned in every farm
household are here suggested.
They require study as well
as reading:
"First Lessons in Agriculture, -
Gully, $1.OO; agriculture" two
volumes, Storer, $500; "Soil
Physics, King, $1.OO; "The Fer
tiity of the Land, Roberts, $1.25;
"Farm Drainage, Trench, $l.50;
"Irrigation Engineering" Will
son, $3.50; Corn Culture" Nor
row & Hunt, $l.00; "Feeds and
Feeding" Henry, $500; "Califor-
MIA Fruits Wickson, $500; 1.-The
New Horticulture" Stringfellow,
$1.OO; "Proftable Poultry Keep
ing" $1,5O; "California Vegeta'
bles," Wickson, $500.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-05-31

B. f. Fitzgerald, a lumberman
was shot and killed by Ed Strah-
lem, his brother-in-law, at Ham
mond, La. Fitzgerald threatened
to kill his wife, who was Strah.
lem's sister, when the later took
a gun AMI killed him.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-05-31
CROP INVESTIGATION.
An Address Delivered on the Sub
jeCt by J. II. COnncll.

nm address by j. II. Cornell, d.
rector of the Texas Experiment
station, at Beeville, Tex:
The first man was the first hus-
bandman or farmer. In stretch
ing forth his hand to supply his
natural wants u diversity of prod
ucts was ready for his use. But,
not satisfied with the abundance
of Eden, he craved to eat of the
stree of knowledge" He and
the woman that was given him
ate, but it is worthy of note that
this pair and their children have
ever since been buslly employed
in finding the whcl ewithal to sup
ply the pangs of hunger that the
fruits of the first garden were in
tended to satisfy. "Ihe tree of
knowledge" is now the staff upon
which man leans while seeking
his daily bread, and providing the
place whereon to lay his head. No
longer does Il kind providence
forestall and supply his needs be-
fore he realized their existence;
no longer does the tree yio'd her
fruit, or the herb its substance,
without the application of know
ledge through the medium of la
Dor. Man works out his daily
destiny in the sweat of his brow,
and without the assistance of spe-
cial knowledge secures only liv-
ing or bare subsistence while
yearning for a competence. He
succeeds in proportion to his wis
dom and the opportunities grant
ed him.
Hence men have organized
themselves into associations to
learn of each other and to in
crease the opportunities that each
mayenjoy. Such is the reason
for the existence of this wide
reaching Truck Growers associa-
ton, and the same purposes are
kept in view by the doctors OF
medicine, the lawyers of our
courts, the bankers, merchants,
railroads, colleges, universities and
all those many clubs, societies and
associations with which our peo-
pie are so intimately connected.
In the drive and rush of COMPETE
tive conditions, the best know
ledge Of industrial and CONNER
cial feature is called to the front
in support of Its plan and to de-
fend the very existence of tina
interest. knowledge is the pow
er that makes opportunities fol
the individual, and suggests anC
provides the means by which
he may embrace them. So in al
material affairs there is no helr
for us but self help.
1t is to preach the gospel Of
"self help" in farming matters
that address you upon "Diver-
sifed Farming" Once begun the
way is open to continuous i'm,
provement in essentials. If right
ly understood, it adds pleasure tc
our work and satisfies both the
pecuniary and artistic sense. I'm.
less we, as a people,are capable OF
diversified farming, we are doom.
ed to the bondage and serfdom oil
ignorant peasantry. If a sale
crop, such as cotton, fails tc
yield us the returns desired, We
must be able to grow successfully
something else or be ground under
the wheels of the commercial jug.
gernaut, competition. If we make
cotton for a living. we must il
the course of time be prepared tc
live on as little as the negro, Mex
lean or Indian coolie, who pei,
form the bulk of this work
These are the hewers of wood anC
drawers of water for the worlt
to-day. They constitute the mas.
i.,,r;+1, tba o,othatio io.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-05-31

p
their fellows, of Superstition and
Ignorance, and the worst of these
is Ignorance. They largely com
pose the great throng of litter
ates, the objects of the worlds
charity, the inmates of prisons
and the dangerous element in
government. TO leaven this mass
our American free school system
was panned-was aimed at the
! ignorance of the masses. Only
an enlightened citizenship can eX-
pect free civil government, and
certainly only enlightened and
wise electors can wisely direct
and control government such as
ours through the ballot.
To properly educate the farm
ing element may by some be lik-
ened to "ventllatlng milestone,
but not so. The masses have made
vast progress in education and
culture since the Magma Charta
was signed by Englanis king in
l2l5. Our American Declaration
of independence is another great
mile stone upon the road to real
mental and moral progress by the
masses, and still the work of in
tellectuaI and moral regeneration
proceeds among the people, de-
spite the fact that children con-
tinue to be born in ignorance, and
death limits the time of opera
ton to less than forty years for
the individual.
A country is prosperous SO long
as the value of exports exceeds
that of imports, so of state, so of
country. so of the individual.
America, as country, prospers
us compared to other nations, be-
cause her people have a bountful
soil, good climate, and intelligence
with which to employ these adj
vantages. So Texas has done
and individuals are now doing.
The prosperity of the state, and
any section, is the sum of the
prosperity of its individuals. What
have been the underlying causes
of the increasing wealth of this
state and that make Texas the
rich field of capitalist and the safe
T homestead of the poor man? I'm
; equalled soil and climate and in.
| telligence, How can the most be
made of soil and climate as vita
factors? Study these and the
: worlds markets while making
sure that the farm yields food fol
: wife and little ones. How to make
= money is certain y an absorbing
I problem, but how to meet the
: many wants of the household i!
much more urgent and the farmer
is the only person so situated a.
+ to solve this problem without the
4 aid or consent of other classes Of
4 the trusts-for he can supply hi
J own wants. His position, if in
, telligently used, is most power
full one.
t What is diversification?A coun
$ try may diversifyits crops; com
munity may diversity; a farmer
> may diversity. To what extent
: may we safely go in this matte
= of dlversication? We have hearC
D enough of the farmer as tn,
g backbone of the country,
: enough of this idea that ''if tn,
I farmer does not succeed financial.
: no other class will thrive" Tn,
tiller may produce far beyond hi
g own wants and receive a meagr,
0 living only if he be not intelligen
g enough to hold the fruits of hi
y labor and here is where "kno W
r ledge is power To produce lib
: orally of the fruits of the eartl
. and retain fair amount for hi
a own uses is the part the progress
. sive farmer must play.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-05-31

increase Ine IeXhS crop III we
choose, but these items cannot be
pe,d fOs with cotton as an only
resource. 1t fails to pay the bills
on our imports and forces re-
trenchment in expenses, a change
of methods, and to new crops. 1t
reduces the schooling of our child
rem, cuts out the small home COM
forts of producing classes, and
embitters the lives of thousand of
these who have been engaged in
this field of farm productions and
who aspire to laudable planes of
higher living than plnching pow
erty will permit. Oh, that we
might inoculate these thousands
with aspiration for special knowl-
cdgel
For short while single crop
in a country or section may prove
best, as in the opening of new
countries, involving the utiliza-
ton of new resources and the use
of crude clements, but in short
while the pendulum swings back
and an equilibrium is established.
In early days before railroads and
telegraph were intoduced, it re-
CURED a long while to equalize
conditions and to settle into time
worn methods; now only a few
years are needed to open, develop,
settle and wear out the entire sec
ton; note the history of this mat
ter in the eastern states and Eu-
rope.
A proper balanced diversified
ton in Texas demands that as far
as possible each section should
produce its necessities, depend up
on other states for its luXuries and
condiments only. This is true,
because Texas is an empire
within her own boundaries, capa-
BILE of producing, preserving, can
ming and manufacturing at least
cost any or all of the important
crops, and capital are here and
we only need that special know
ledge of these matters that will
permit us to attain, in practical
safety, this greatly desired indus
trial end. f'He
How shall we study diversifica-
ton? The slavery system has
forced upon the people of the
south cotton culture, because cot
ton was the only crop that might,
with any safety, be left to the cul-
tivation of the negro tenant. Thus,
the illiteracy of this people has
produced the plantation system
and this has caused the one cror
method, resulting in crop oil
eleven million bales. But many
intelligent people desire to quit
the service of liking Cotton" anc
declare that they cannot. They
say 1--WE cannot raise other crops,
or "we cannot Market" or "lacG
capital, " or "laclk Transports
ton" These are all essentials
How can they be assured to the
man who has the will to Diversity
by raising largely some of thes;
products-horses, mules, oxen
milk cattle, sheep, swine, bees
barley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rye,
wheat, cotton, flax, hemp, sugar
cane, sorghum, hay, rice, tobac
co, broom corn, hops, Irish anC
sweet potatoes, peas, beans, cab
bage, caulifower, orchard fruits
onions, asparagus, celery, etc.
ETC., not forgetting the sturdy
men and women who are nurturec
as children under theliberal condi-
tions of the diversified farm-alI
of which south Texas and the
coast country can produce il
quantity upon some of their varied
soils?
For one, / do not question thai
within the past few decades the