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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-04-26


Through oceans OF remnants and rib
bons the puffing big woman lowed the
meek little man.
"What in the world shall 1 send her,
John% she clustered. Come, suggest
something that would please Aunt Bet
sy. Something inexpensive. Why
don't you say something's
Stationery, books or workboxea."
suggested the meek little man.
Nothing OF the kind. You couldn't
select present for the ashman. I
will look at some OF those fancy boxes
of soap"
They were before the soap counter,
and she had her finger on an elaborate
box containing six round cakes Of
white soap.
Fancy and perfumedr abe said,
lifting cake. "The very thing that
would please her the most You may
wrap that up, miss"'
"But my dear" protested the meek
little man.
"You just keep quiet. I dou't care
for any suggestions from a person
without taste"
Really
Keep quiet. John Tenbrookw
1t seemed as II her voice had pene-
trated every corner Vt the great store,
and the little man shrank away In NOR
tincation.
well. John, what did she say about
the little gifti Something nice, I
know"
"She returned IT,"
"WhatT
Eyes; you will find note In the box"
She unfolded the mlssive and read:
Niece return the box OF shaving
soap. am little too old to appreciate
the joke OF being called the bearded
Lady Your Aunt Betsy Chicago
News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-04-26
Caution.

THAT COMPOUNDED life insurance com
pany refused my application for pol
ICY" said bunker.
"Why. | should think you were a fine
risk" replied Spatts. what made
them refuse your application
"Well. they found out In some way
that am In the habit Of eating mush-
rooms that gather myself."-Detroit
Free Press
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-04-26
Too s,ronr /. T.mpt.,Ion.

ayes. George asked me how old !
would he on my NEXT birthday"
"rhc lmpudent fellow or course
you said 1917"
mo; said 20"
"Mcrcy. girl. you amt but PAR
mo. but George Is going to give me
a cluster ring with a diamond In II for
every year."-Clevclund Plnin Dealer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-04-26
New Firm, New Goods,
NEW PRICES

rNNHIS ad vertisement merits attention We
4 want your trade and we intend to have
il II lowest prices, fair dealing and highest
quality will get it.
Below we quote some Of our special bar
gains.
va As we are sole agents for celebrated
Columbus Buggy Company Vehicles we can
sell you their best hand buff Leather-Top
BngRies Tor ................" SIP 90
Canopy-TOp SurreYs, from...... So 90 up.
Side Open Traps.....".."......... 60 90 "
Dayton Wagons ............"".... al 90 "
Spindle Buggies ........".....". az 30 "
Top Bnggies........ ....."."...... 30 90 "
We also keep a large assor tment of Single
and Double Harness OF all kinds and descrip-
ton, Saddles, Collars, Lap-R0bes, Spreads,
Whips, etc, which we will sell lower than
any other establishment.
II will pay you TO call and examine the
quality Of our goods and get our prices be-
fore you purchase elsewhere.
JACOB POsS 4 SON.
VA The firm Of Jacob Poss Il Son will
continue at the old stand the Livery and Sale
Stables which have been conducted by Jacob
Poss for a quarter OF a century.
Stylish Saddle Horses and fine single and
double Buggies and Carriages for hire at the
loves, prices.
We make a specially Of furnishing Car
riages, in charge Of skillful, sober and polite
drivers, for weddings, receptions and funer-
AlP.
Every department OF the business has been
extended and improved, and charges for all
classes Of service reduced by the new firm.
JACOB POSS IL SON,
mar 17-tf ROCKVILLE, MD.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-04-26

First Actor-It was q case OF Greek
meeting Greek last night
Second Actor-How was that1
you know what bad egg our come
dian tsp
yes"
"well, he was struck by another Just
a. bad Brooklyn Life
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-04-26
nov 23-y
School SuppIieS.

r INVITE the atten, On Of Teachers, Schol-
i Ars, and the gene a public, to "A full line
OF fresh goods.
TABLETS, for Pen md Pencil, Ia variety;
Copy, Composition .ud Exercise Books;
Lead, Slate and Colored Crayon Pencils;
Inks, IN all sizes and coors;
Wards, Writings, Cranes and Hurd's
6ne Correspondence Paper and Envelopes;
Legal, Foolscap and Bill Paper;
Blank Books Ia variety,
Al WILSON'S DRUG STORE,
Opposite the Court House,
sep 27-n Rockville, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-04-26

"Wbnt ten books would you take II
you had to pass the rest Of your life
on desert islandT
"Oh. wouldn't take books at all;
I'd take things TO eat-"--Exchange.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-04-26
II. W. TALBOT. g. W. PRETTYMAs.
TALBOT g. PRETTYMAN,
ATT0RNEYs-AT-LAw,
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND.

The undersigned, having this day formed
a partnership for the practice Of law In this
county, under the Hrm-nsme Of Talbot 4
Prettyman, are prepared to give prompt "
tentiOn 10 any business entrusted to us
HATTERSLY W. TALBOT,
CHARLES W. PRETTYNAN.
March 1893. mar 3-tf
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-04-26
The Skin ana the Lungs.

THAT the SKIN IL intimately connect
ed with the lungs IL proved by the
fact that our minor Ills OF the respira-
tory tract-colds, for instance--are al
most always traceable to a checking
Of the Precipitation, so that the impuri-
ties Of the blood poison u.s." says Har-
vey Sutherland, In Ainslee's. Every
body knows the story about the little
boy that was covered with gold leaf as
n cherub for some Roman pOmp and
how he died In agony n few hours
afterward. The poisOns manufactured
by his own organisms slew him, TO
say nothing OF his suffocntion. Burns
involving more than one-thlrd Of the
general surface are fatal because the
excretory powers Of the skin are less
ened beyond the abilities OF the other
depuratOry organs 10 make up for.
"Varnish an animal and II will die
In from six to twelve hours, say some
authorities. This incontrOvertible fact
IL matched by another equally lncontro-
vertible-that nobody ever heard OF
any case Of tarrIng and feathering that
killed the victim. lie might have had
all KINDS NJ trouble IN getting the stun
Off, and he might have felt shock
to his pride, but he didn't die that any.
body ever heard OF. | never assisted
at ceremony Of this kind at either
end Of the Joke, and 80 can't speak as
to the completeness with which the
body II covered with the tar, but from
my general knowledge OF the character
OF the people OF the west and south
west, where such sports are freely In
dulged In, should say that II would
most likely be thorough and compre-
henslye augmentation. II may be that
the man breathes through the quilts
OF the feathers stuck on. but doubt IT,
! should think tar would seal up the
pores Of the skin quite as effectually
~ yarnlsh. and II Is a paint warranted
10 wear In all weathers and not to
crack or scale on"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
BOSTON ONCE RECEIVED AID.
1t Was When BIockaded by the Brit
ish, and Even Montreal Contribu-

Tea.
From the Boston Herald
The Jacksonville relief fund calls very
pertinently to mind similar effort in va
rious parts of the American colonies, 126
years ago, for the relief of Boston.
The Boston patriots for some years be-
fore 1774 had justly been growing rest
less and uneasy over the idea of taxation
without representation. The sugar tax
imposed by Parliament upon one of life's
necessities, the odious stamp act, and the
still more odious admiralty court, giving
the presiding judge per cent. of his con-
formations of private property as his part
of the spoils, to make him jealous i'm the
performance of his duties, had stirred the
average Bostonian of the ante Revolu-
tionary days to the utmost limit of indig-
nation and resentment, and when that car
go of tea, upon which the English inn
porters were allowed a drawback for ship
ping 1t to America, arrived here, ID was
very properly and promptly thrown over
board.
AS a retaliatory act came the Boston
port or blockade measure, which closed
the port of Boston to commerce and nav
igation. The channel through which the
good people of this patriotic town on
Massachusetts, bay had been getting the
bulk of their supplies needed for their
5000 inhabitants was guarded by British
warships Boston was completely shut out
from the commercial world, and had TO
fall back on its home resources for the
necessities of its existence.
The Port act went into effect In March
1774. and all the other colonies, as well
as that of Massachusetts Bay, regarded
the event as a calamity of no small Inn
portance to the whole country. Whether
such an understanding was absolutely
needed or not, the people Of the inland
towns OF Massachusetts, as well as the
people of all the colonies, so far as they
were able to do so, Joined in sending a
donation of money and supplies to the
beleaguered Bostonians, and the perusal
Of the list Of subscribers, as well as that
of the various supplies forwarded. Illus
trates the fact that the people of those
remote days, like their descendants OF the
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
Plantation Chill. Cure "PIaiu"


each had been captured separately by
two or three men in civilians dress, A
Search of the rest of the building showed
every cadet in bed and every room in
perfect order
The question, how the young fellows
had contrived to do all this without de-
lection, was the subject of long and
exhaustive investigation. 1t then came out
that, as already stated, the Mexieans'
gun on the roof had been taken thither
by hand. What an effort this cost may
be judged by the fact that it took a COM
pany of engineers two days to restore
the piece to its place. The powder was
obtained by the practice of economy. For
six weeks the cadets had been slyly eX-
tracing powder from their exercise car
tridges and secreting it where it could be
gathered up in bulk when necessary. AS
the outside explosions were at consider
able distances apart, the group told off
for the first had a hard time getting
back to their barracks The distance to
be covered was about half-mile, the
snow was more than a foot deep, and sem
. tries and strolhng officers had to be
avoided. The boys having climbed up
dangling ropes, hand over hand, and got
in at the windows. One cadet on one of
the firing squads lost his way and fell
behind. On getting into barracks, the
leader discovered his absence; but 1t was
observed from a window that the missing
boy had some within sight of the build
ing, and was hiding in the shadow Of a
tree The leader ran down stairs, unbarred
the door nearest the hiding cadet, and
whistled. The cadet made run for it,
his companions sending off second vol
ley OF Roman candles TO distract the at
tention OF the besegers. A few OF the
latter caught sight of the lad as he was
darling through the door, and started
after him, only to have the door slammed
in their faces. and to hear the bars'with-
in slide into place.
In this instance the investigators con-
cluded that the entire cadet corps was
involved in the scrape. and that to punish
few of them for the sins Of all would
appear invidious. The matter was there
fore dropped This was perhaps the most
serious cadet revolt in the history of the
Academy. f. r.. l..
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06

present time, felt the truth of that oft
| repeated assertion.
| One touch of nature makes all the world
kin,
and that human nature was very much
the same then as now.
One of the curious items was a Montreal
contribution. Montreal at that time be-
ing supposed to be strictly loyal to the
home country, and unwilling to give aid
and comfort to the enemies of the King.
But Montreal, il must be remembered,
had only been an English town about ten
years. and the lingering fondness for the
old French regime must have been large
ly responsible for this Boston subscrlp-
ton
Far-off South Carolina was not at all
backward in showing its practical SYM
pathy for the blockaded Bostonians, the
Palmetto state forwarding two large cash
subscriptions and presumably a cargo of
rice. This feature of Boston's donation
partly only illustrates anew that old tie
of sympathy existing between the two
states down to 1861, and since substan-
TALLY renewed to remain, It is to be hoped,
unbroken. Philadelphia sent "A generous
supply of -four. Virginia sent large
amounts of grain, other states forwarded
reminders of sympathy. Dominica, In the
West Indies, saw the need OF cocoa,
while a cargo OF corn blown offshore, and
credited to Virginia, must have been
landed somewhere else than Boston and
transported overland to it's destination.
In LIttleton's contribution was one item
OF pink flowers, which must have been
regarded in the light OF a sentimental af-
lection for the distressed people of the
royalty obnoxious town, and appreciated
accordingly.
The last item was dated April H. 1775.
or only two days before the battles at
Lexington and Concord which at once set
the whole country on fire, every com
munity arming itself for the contest then
plainly made manifest, and the contribu-
lions for the relief OF Boston ceased to
flow.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
EXPRESSION "IIE's A BRICK"
quite a Venerable Representative OF
Slang Literature.

From the Woman's Home Companion.
The expression Hes a brick" which
IL now family byword. Is first found in
Plutarch The whole phrase Is express
slve Of every form Of admiration. The
Spartaps, quick-witted and noted for
their repartee, we're early trained in both
schools. They were men OF few words,
and fewer laws, and embodied In short
phrases their admiration. dislike or APP
probation. Lycurgus was not only a
man OF few words. but quick action. On
being asked, Should Sparta be inclosed?"
an invasion of the enemy being expected
during the time of war, replied: "A city
Is well fortified which has a wall of men
instead Of brick"
A very clever story is told Of the diplo-
matte mission from the Court OF Epirus.
The ambassador. being shown over the
city by the King. expressed surprise that
no walls were built around Sparta for
It's defense. "Walls?" cried the King.
Thou canst not have looked carefullyi
Tomorrow we will 60 together and /
will snow you the walls of Sparta" on
the following day the King led his guest
TO where his entire army was drawn up.
Pointing with great pride to the magnih-
cent body of men. he exclaimed, '"rhere
thou beholdest the walls OF Sparta, and
every man a bricki'
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
IN THE FIELD eF.SPeRFss
Gravesend Crowd Cheers for Whit.
ney's Victory.


ney's Victory.
New York, June 5.-The favorable con-
ditions brought out big crowd to-day at
Gravesend. The news OF the victory of
william c. witney's volodyovski in the
English Derby was greeted with. tremen-
dous cheers by the spectators, which last
cd for several minutes.
First Race-About six furlongs. Dernur-
rer, Z to /, won, with All Gold, to /.
second and Dublin, to /, third. Time
1:10.
Second Race-One mile and a furlone
selling. Nones, Z to 2, won, with Double
Dummy, 6 to l, second, and Arden. 20 to
! third Time 1:54 As.
Third Race-F1ve furlongs. Evelyn
Maud, s to 5, won, with Rossgnol, to
J. second and Destitute, 20 to 1, third.
Time 1;02 3-5,
Fourth Race-Gazelle stakes, one mile
and a sixteenth. Trigger, to l, won. with
Janice. even, second. and Morningside. 4
20 l. third. Tiane rs 1-5.
Fifth Receive furlongs, selling
Oclawaha, IL to 1, won, with Rightaway.
. to l, second, and Honolulu, 6 to 5. third
Time 1:01 40
Sixth Race-One mile and seventy Yards.
Alfonso, 3 to s, won, with DIR. Preston. z
10 l, second, and Isaac Hopper, II to 1.
third. Time :46 40.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06

on behalf of the company, but Pitt, see
ing money in it, could not resist the
temptation of making a private bargain.
He became the possessor of the stone for
the sum of f20, 400, and he was quite salts
fed that he had behaved honorably when
he paid the man, who, on his part, was
also content. But the diamond was known
to be worth more than Jamohund had re-
ceived and the transaction gave rise to
a great deal of gossip, which in no way
decreased when later on Pitt had the
stone cut in England and sold 1t to the
regent of France for f135,OO0. Even that
enormous sum did not represent its true
value. The stone was set In the royal
crown of France, and It is valued in the
present day close upon half million
sterling. 1t weighed 40 carats In the
rough, but the cutting reduced it to 1856
carats
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06

Cincinnati June 5.-Results at New
port
First Race-Seven furlongs, selling.
Ethel Davis, 2 to /, won, with Mamie j.,
20 to l, second, and Polly Bixby Is to /,
third Time 1:2sA.
Second Race-Five furlongs. Ben HUI
lum, to 5, won, with st. Hera, even.
second, and Tom Crabb, 20 to l. third.
Time 1:G14e.
Third Race-One mile. Peter Duryea,
S to 5, won, with John McElroy, 8 to 1.
second and Ben ofallon, to l, third.
Time 40%l
Fourth Race-Six furiongs selling.
Golden c., 80 20 l, won, with Oconee, to
!, second and Minnie B., to l, third.
Time 1:14s4.
Fifth Race-Six furlongs. Lilly Pant
land II to ), won, with st. Sidney, % to
J. second, and Lillian Hoffman, go to- /.
third Time TIA.
Sixth Race-One mile, hurdle Gov.
Boyd, even, won, with B. G. Fox, IL to
], second, and Cardenas, Is to !, third.
Time AZ.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
undermining THE HOLY LAND.
TroIIey-Cars, Telephones, Phono-
graphs, in the valley of the JOr-


From the New York Evening Post)
washington, May 22-Yankee ingenuity
and commercial vigor are doing wonder
full things in the Holy Land Until few
years ago, ii is said that II one OF the
prophets had returned to the scenes Of
his earthly activities he would have had
little difficulty in recognizing them. ex-
cept for the change in the character Of
the population. The hills and valleys of
old Judea had otherwise taken little note
of the flight OF the centuries But our
consuls write to the Department of State
that times are changing even in Palestine
and Syria. The railway from Joppa TO
Jerusalem, at first an experiment, has
been put upon paying basis, and other
lines which will connect II with points
OF interest up and down the valley Of the
Jordan have been projected or are actual
" IN course OF building. In Jerusalem
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
POstnoneI Games

chicago, June 5.-Boston- Chicago Ma
uonal League game postponed, rain.
chicago, June 5.-Washington-C, Chicago
american League game called second in
ming rain. =.
N-eVeland, June Cleveland
america Leagune game called in the third
Inning, rain.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
GEORGIA OFFICER RECOVERING.
'eH macarthur Cables Mrs. McDon-
aid of Her SONS Condition.

VI nut SOhB COnditIOn.
0'iuhous, Ga, June 5.-A cable from
17"' macarthur to Mrs. Mcdonald
''''sS the pleasing information that her
'O' capt, John Bacon Mcdonald, is
~ recovering from bullet wound in
,o luhs received in leading his company
r ss the Finpinos. He was wounded
~ q aud as soon as he can be brought
r. a., |eougoo, North Luzon, to Manila
"h De iRvalided home. His recovery
o ao~ considered certain.
w wv. MacArthur compliments Capt. Nc
r LAC mghly. The message relieves Abe
~ OF capt. Mcdonald greatly, MS they
IT,, oeen unable to hear from him in six
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
A Hard struggle at st. Louis.

St Louis. June Saskatchewan pitched
another great game for New York, but
St. Louis played very aggressively. Harp
er was steady throughout and most of
New York's hits were of the scratch or
der. Attendance, 5000 Score: R.H.E
ST.. LOUIS 40 0 2 2 O x4 6 1
New York 30 0 0 0 0 o O-S 6 l
Batteries-Harper and Nichols; Mat
ShewsOn, Bowerman and Smith,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
Rusie Regnins His Old Form

Cincinnati, June 5.-Rusie gave evil
denoe Of having recovered his old form
80 the game against Brooklyn to-day.
The game was called in the eighth in
ming on account of darkness. Score:
HH. T..
Cincinnati e. 20 OO1o o XII Z 2
Brooklyn e.. 80 . D U . o. y y
Batteries-Rusie, Bergen and PETIT; Kit
son aud Mcclure.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
BueIOw's Home Run,

Detroit, June 5.-Bueiow's home run in
the eighth won the game. Barrett made
two catches in centerfield. Score: R.H.E.
Detroit % l % 0 o ks 3
Athletics e. / 0 0 0 0 % 6 2
Batteries-Cronin and Buelow; Plat and
Powers.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
Boston WIN on Errors.

Milwaukee, June 5.-Both pitchers were
mt pretty hard, but errors gave the WISH
tors the game. Score: R.H.E.
MI Waukee 20 l 0 2 0 0 "a 10 4
Boston ..'.....0 0 l 0 3 Il % 2-713 1
Batteries-Garvin and Conner; Mitchell
and Schreck
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06

ham g.
al shreveport-Shreveport 10; Selma s.
Al emphis-Nashville 2: Memphis /.
tanooga 2. - W
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
Water Valley, Miss, Feb. 4, 1898.

Water Valley, Miss, Feb. a. 1898.
Gentlemen Il have been using your
Plantation Chill Cure for three years in my
family, and l cannot recommend it too
highly; have never known it to fail to cure
chills and fever. Last spring our little boy
was taken with pneumonia, and we used
Plantation Chill Cure, 'Tasteless, - in place
of quinine to keep down the fever; it acts
like charm. ALBERT BROOKS.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
See Below
A Few Of the Many
Thousand Testimo-
malls we have on File
in our Office.

Henderson, Ark, March Z. 1897.
Van Vleet- Mansfield Drug Co. Il am
out of business, but want to say one word in
praise Of Plantation Chill Cure; consider
it the best chill tonic on earth. To show it
is to sell it. In all my sales | have never
had one single bottle returned Yours re-
spectfully. JOHN I. SMITH.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
NATIONAL LEAGUE.


Pittsburg, June 5.-Philadelphias errors
were costly and Pittsburg's hits were
timely. Attendance 2,350. Score: R.H.E.
Pittsburg al 2 10 1 0 0 ks Z 2
Philadelphia 0 O l o 0 o 0 1-2 :
Batteries-Leever and O'Connor; Orth
and Douglass.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
College Baseball.

ppennsylvania, 8; Brown. 8.
pi,r,hceton. ID; Carlisle Indians, 0.
iale, g.; Williams, 2.
Andover, 6; Harvard, 1.
Amherst, A; Columbia, 8.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
Neutrality-suspicious. Leanue

Raleigh 3; Norfolk 7.
nnAmlngton 10: Newport News, 2.
Iortsmouth. o; Richmond. 4.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
THE PITT DIAMOND.
History and Value of One of the
worlds Greatest Gems.

While Pitt, the grandfather OF Lord
Chatham. was governor OF Fort st.
George. in 1889. he became acquainted with
Jewel merchant named Jamchund who
brought a diamond OF great size for sale.
He asked $4,000 for II In the rough.
IL should, OF course, have been bought
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06

health The sickness of former years, ii
is asserted, has been almost entirely due
to the impure water along the Noute.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
Munford, Tenn. Jan. II, 1898.


Gentlemen Regarding your Planta-
ton Chill Cure, | take pleasure in saying it
"beats the world" Heretofore in my neigh
borhood there were at least half dozen
kinds of chill cures, but your preparation
has supplanted them all, and nothing else is
sold IN this vicinity but your Chill Cure.
The only trouble is that the medicine seems
to cure everybody permanently, which is an
objection to the merchant. Years ago,
when selling various chill preparations,
they would temporarily cure my customers,
but yours cures permanently, luck
to it," have sold the cure for three years.
and only had one bottle returned under
your guarantee. Yours truly
S. r. FORBESS.
Retail Price, Soc Per Bottle.
tTasteless' or "Plain."
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-06
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