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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-11-15

The old gentleman had returned to
the home OF his bOyhood for the first
time In ten years or more and, as on
the last occasions no had written and
wife" after his name on the hotel reg
lister. OF course the keeper Of tho hotel
was glad TO sec him and grasped him
warmly by tho hand.
"Ain't grown q day older than when
you was here last" he said.
Nor said the old gentleman half In
quiringly.
mot day" returned the tavern
keeper empbatically. "Your wife seems
to have changed more'n you"
"YesT
"Oh, yes. Leastways she does 10 me.
Looks thinner than when you was here
last"
"IndeedT
yes She amt near so feshy az she
was, accOrdin to my recollection. Seems
like she's taller. too, an her haid don't
look Just the same 10 me, an-an"-
And" put In the old gentleman SOFT
~, she's not the same wife, you know
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-11-15

,.,.a 90, n',Ie rello~W he returned com.
niSerauhgly' rs It bad cutT-C, 'PaEe'
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-11-15
School NappIieS.

T INVITE the Atteii' IN Of Teachers, Schol-
1 ars, and the gene ~ public, to Il full line
Of fresh goods.
TABLETS, for Pen lnd Pencil, 10 variety
Copy, Composition rud Exercise Books;
Lead, Slate and Colored Crayon Pencils;
Inks, IN all sizes and colors;
Wards, Writings, Cranes and Hurd's
fine Correspondence Paper and Envelopes;
Legal, Foolscap and Bill Paper;
Blank Books In variety,
At WILSON'S DRUG STORE,
Opposite the Court Honse,
sep 27.u Rockville, Md
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-11-15
NO. 81,


Oome' SIR she said' allow me to
heip you 10 mount Dappie, take this
gentleman Gown the river ROAD ana at
your UTMOST speed
Dappie uttered sagacious whinny.
OUT the soldier heatated,
why uoh you mount, SIR cried
.ne Hirl lmp"tlehtly. VIII You remain
mere ana rum ooth yourself ana me"
he Nuui'e" INTO 'he saddle without
"oiu'
away bappE', IKE the wind cried
i.ene' anu the little mountain pony
Sho' on ike an arrow.
Ane "hr WIS over, ana once more
oNer 'ne oi"S'eu ana desolhte homes OF
virginia peace ana freedom reigned'
N"p'"'h hu'rcrlSru maze II his Dusl-
ness 10 20 PACK TO the POTOMAC hills
anu 10 No'onei Mor''ohs farmhouse
'Ae moment he W1s discharged from
SERVICE nut "n'r' the sthteiy OH
hoii'es''"u s'oou ne iouhu nothing Dut
I" MASS " ruins and OF bnppies mis-
'less ho' Tue sHEh'est tiuihSs couiu ne
ou,"'n'
ihr'e yours went n.y. ana tine eX-cap-
'"hi io"''" hih'soll the wealthy heir OF
ah OH u'lcic ana TOOK hiihselr OH on
'our "nli" 'he NW'Ss mountains mp
PIE went WIN MN, as ne Always ala
SINCE that eNehtiul night when the
o'"Ne i''" pom! pore MN surely ne
yohu reach o' 'he enemy lie had been
'ne cap'aih 'nseparaoie companion Ill
"ii MS wunp'Fr'lss' lie was win nun
now "iipilhg over the green lyroi val
'eys ana cumming 'ne S"''zer Sleeps.
ohe oep'en'per AFTERNOON Wheh the
cap'a'h tour WIS drawing 10 close,
souleWhero III tie Nlclh''y OF MONT
niunc ne zen III WIN .rhN'iIng purity
rom Nc" cri'"hs' IL consisted OF
siauaii' leh'''r' her son anu Two ahueh-
ters an' " young american '"ny VINO
was her companion ana interpreter
thp'hih hu'herroru touhu mauam
CHARMING woman ana wllle the young
persons OF 'he party ousied themselves
IN spreading Out u collation. uhner the
trees he Ia! h'h'u the long rushing
grasses listening to madalns pretty
FEMININE chatter ana IN MS turn relat-
Ing incidents ana "reminiscences OF his
own war experience lor h'r eu'hc"-
ton.
Among other things he toid her OF
Dapple ana OF MS midnight rlde among
the blue hliis or OLD virginia.
Madam was Intensely Interested
And The Rllllunt little DOUY carried
you snfely throughF she crled. win
oehmihg eyes
safely through madam. with the
enemy at my very heeis' rephen the
captain
miss Moreton' cried madam win
you have the Kindness to pass tho
claret cupF Ana, pray captain huther-
ford. whatever became OF happier
The captain raised hlmseir to Sit-
ting posture.
"Dapplc. Dapple." he called. come
here!
From the forest shadows near NJ
hnnd a shail gray mountain pony
came ambllnG forth. Madam Leno'Ts
companion. advancing with the cihret
cup In her slim white hand' uttered
sharp little cry ana wasted all inc
luscious liquor on the rustllng leaves
at her feet
"Oh. Dnpplr. I)apple! she cried.
Dappl" heard the sweet voice ana
knew 1t In an instant He broke into
a Joyous neigh and shot Ike an arrow
for the young lndy's side. She caught
his shnggy bend and held II close to
her bosom. sObbing like the silly child
she was.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-11-15
n. W. TALBOT. q. W. PHkTTYAAh
TALBOT g. PRETTYMAh,
ATTORNEYsAT-LAW,
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND.

The undersigned, having this day formed
a partnership for the practice Of law 10 this
county, under The 6rm-uame Of Talbot !
Prrityman, are prepared TO give prompt n
trntion TO any business entrusted to US
hATTERSLY W. TALBOT,
CHARLES W. PRETTYMAN.
March |. 1893. mar 3-u
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-11-15

eoeoLlNk.

Daisl 8, Cover, buttercup,
Ri top, trefo!l. meadow sws0A,
Ecsta. wing, soaring up,
Then glinS down to grassy seat ~
Sunshine, laughter, mad desires,
Iay, June day lucid skies.
All reckless things that love inspirea.
1hi gladdcst bird that sings and aisa.
Meadows, orchards, bending spraya
Rushes lilies. billowy wheat,
Suag All hoiic I'LL HE days
A feat cred rondeAu all complete.
PiaA bloom, gold bloom. heabane white,
ncwdTop, raindrop, cooling ahAde.
Bubbliny throat and lowering fight
Aud iulilsnt heart As e'sr was made.
John burroughs In McClure's AagAEins.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-11-15
TRAINS RUNNING W EST.


therbug OF
d NARTlN Manager
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-11-15

Tennessee's Wealth of Oak Timber.
One OF Tcnnessccs richest fields Of
natural resources IL In Its forests. Most
Of her tlmbered land IL as yet virgin,
and at the top Of the list OF the varie-
ties to be found Is oak. That tree Ia
one OF the most valuable that ever
grew, and this state Is more than usu-
ally rich In II.
Oak timber IL practically indestructi-
BILE when not exposed to the elements
Of the atmosphere mean that oak
timber can he submerged In the ground
or buried In the water, where the at
mosphere does not affect II, and II will
last for 10 many years that the man
who had put II there IL dead and for
gotten by the time It has decayed.
1t IL n growing favorlte. and deserv-
eddy 10. In many ways of manufactur-
Ing furniture and In finishing nno
houses. The price on II II always Arm,
and every now and then II makes n
squirt and climbs up point from which
II never will fall. II the forests Of this
tree to be found In Tennessee today are
here 90 years from now, this will DO
ono OF the richest states In the Union
Knoxville Sentinel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-11-15
In the schooI of work.

Charles A. Dana of the New York
Sun was Il man Of extensive learning
ana attached great Importance to col
lcgc training, but was quick to recog-
nize the value Of the practical educa-
ton that man OF good parts may pick
up In this workaday world outside of
university walls.
A young man went to The Sun Office
one day and asked to see the editor In
chief, He would not be rebuffed by the
subordlnatcs and after some delay was
admitted. lie stated his business with
out moments loss of time.
mir. Dana" he said, 81 believe I
rould be of some use on this paper. and
want you to give me trial. II you
don't find me Of any use, you needn't
pay me any salary, and II you do
shall want good salary. II l don't
find my proper groove In month, you
can drop me out"
Mr.. Dana looked him over.
young man." he said, II like your
looks. Have you ever attended any In
sttution Of learnlngT
Yes. sir. am II graduate Of two
newspaper offices, one country week.
ly and the other daily paper In city
Of 100000 Inhabitants"
"I'll take you. Go and report to tho
managing editor"
And Mr.. Dana turned again to hls
work. Youths Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-26
That New Star.

The new star which Dr. T. D. Anderson Of Fdinburg
teIegraphed Harvard Observatory he had discovered
in the constellation said the brightest dis
covered in three centuries The directly
night discovery February % Dr. Anderson found its
magnitude to be IT. bright the North star
It has apparently up suddenly, observed
Observatory yesterday though the sky
clear be Of the first magnitude much
brighter first observation photograph Of this
region Of the sky taken on February showed new
then faint.
The new star was seen again Saturday night at the
Harvard Observatory eye closely
examined photographed with the powerful telescopes
considered by Dr. Pickering chief observer there
important astronomical discovery in several
1t was stated at Harvard that the photographs taken
before February the of the star
although examination Of them throw additional
light point Of February 10 ind
Gated the stars presence for the first time
The star then shone 50 family that it difficult to
see it with eye but within four days the star
had Aared up till it exceeded in brightness
This rapid increase in ght-gving exceptional Feb
ruay D. when Anderson Edinburg first noticed the
star its magnitude 27; Saturday night Of the
first magnitude, brighter than the North star
The constellation Perseus may be readily with the
naked eye early the evening rather high in
heavens to the northwest The brightest the group
is now Agenib. Formerly surpassed in briancy
by AIgol which is exception the noted
able star heavens Agol the Demon'-changes
brightness through agnitudes. recent observer
having advanced theory that variability is
satellite which revolves about and obscures
al times.
Several years the Harvard astronomers discovered
another star in which to be double
The star discovered three centuries with which the
new one is said to rank in briIancy Tyco Brahe
the constellation Cassiopeia discovered
on November s. 1872 by Cornelius Comma It visible
for sixteen months and then disappeared in March 1874
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-26
Prohibition in Other States.

Atchison Globe recounting those states which
have tried prohibition thrown it overheard says:
Michigan adopted prohibition in 1853 but finding it
failure repealed in 1875 Later attempt
adopted voted down by overwhelming majority.
adopted prohibition it until
sought New York adopted it "a becoming
Disguised with it after years trial gave is up
bad job Connecticut adopted in "a wrested with
it till To- and then repudated total failure Illinois
adopted prohibition in '55, but finding fraud delu-
sion made haste relieve herself Of Ohio took it
after bitter experience trying enforce
it. glad bury it Of sight Maryland was fooled
into putting on statute 55 finding it's
effects ruinous to material interests made
get rid Of it, Delaware fell into theprohibtlon trap
So two years siege with it. finding
it disastrous her general welfare threw it overheard
and rest license Wisconsn's egis
latve demagogues in 55 passed prohbtory law, but
people raised of protest that the governor
vetoed st. Nebraska caught the conagon in 80 but find
ing prohibition only aggravated the evil
ntempance repealed law. Indiana succumbed to
the '55. after full and fair trial
glad to free herself the inolerabe infection Again
they brought the question before the people, but they
10y majority give second trial 1assa-
chusets suffered the manifold evils Of prohibition from
65 1856 when She shook Off In 80 she declined try
it again New Hampshire adopted prohibition IS.
after trying enforce 1t until $50 beat and
pealed law Canada tried prohibition several years
but finding impossible to enforce It. voted by
immense majority. Attempts have been made saddle
prohibition upon West Virginia oregon Tennessee and
Texas bur the people Of those states refused by
tremendous majorites In both Maine and Iowa public
sentiment has long been ripe prohibition out
10y moral social and political buldozng tactics have
fated all attempts to let The people express their wishes
For twelve years the prohiboniss have sue
ceeded in frightening oowardly ana pusaninous politicians
favorng resubmssion but an signs indicate that
the next legislature VIII be elected that issue and
that prohibition wiz then doom. As cure for
inupeance it has been tried in the balance found
wanting. has its race"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-26
9d&ky 'sss8.zSsSz GdYM
Trusts GObbling Trusts.
81. d. EETRDOCK. Editor.

The greatest evolution in the world today is in money
Social and political moral processes Of development
move aIney in comparison with the latter-day manpua-
ton Of money. On the old simple rule that money
makes money, and more money makes more money. the
effort at accumulation has for years the added
effort of consolidating Accommodations until the possible
Increment in incorporating money beyond ones
comprehension
The evolution has been headlong it be more
preciptate The trust absorbing The Steel
combine with its s8O0OoaOOO capital is only beginning
Saturday in New York. headed by the North American
Trust company nearly all the principal corporation, regis
ration trust concerns IN the United States consol
dated.
More viii follow. voraoity selfprotecton by absOrp
ton or whatever you may call it. will continue. The
Of the consolidation idea Hmitess appetite unendng
The small fry OF ownership partnership is
lost in the hollow Of this monsters corporation is
hardly side dish bundle Of trusts it takes
square meal
What viii be the end Of it? Croesus couldn't have
reached Pierpont 1organs vestbule Rohschds are
merely children in finance beside Rockefeller The
ton has no precedent from which to figure
will be- America is new the American new. He
ter Of moneyoraft All said and done the soil pro
duced him has offered no effective element in stunning his
growth. Daring shrewd vigilant, he offers hope
of failure and he has his oircumvent even
the mediation of death
He is not particularly concerned with political
system; our moral welfare him; the social
side. he hasn't time for.
lie is carrying the of noney-makng to the extreme
arithneticaI possibility.
Is he the peril we make him? And If he is. who can
stop him; who viii?
Or is he DOGGY come to scare into economic
niption fits?
great many men, more or less political believe they
can tell great many statesmen. considerably wool
gathered. affect to believe that they know
And no man does.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-26

nteligeny talk about their experiences the
earth Professor Hyslop admits that the alleged comnuni
Of this kind hazy trivial and unreliable He
quotes messages received through Mrs Piper, claiming to
his father, his uncle and other persons he had
known life They all confusion Of mind To meet
troublesome phenomenon puts forth theory that
spirits with unless they are in
abnormal spirit state equivalent to hypnotsn or som
nambulism earthly life He cites the fact that
similar confusion Of attends ordinary hypnosis The
gst Of his contention then that there may be border
spirits speak with rnortas but that both
the spirits and the be Of partial
Inconsistencies before they this neutral ground
This somewhat ingenious theory may to account
for the nonsenscal nature Of the spirit comnun
caon-f be bent accepting sprtualism to begin
with But to most persons 1t viii seem needless to go
across the border line and invent another SELF
in the spirit when the vagaes Of the secondary con
sciousness during ordinary hypnosis viii probably account
for all sincere utterances Of so-caled mediums.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-26
Professor tivsIop on splrIts.

The March number OF Harpers Magazine contains an
ertiele by Professor H. Hyslop which he discusses
the Of life after death. continues to believe that
socaled spirit communications received through the
mediumship Mrs Piper are genuine but his attempts
prove she existence OF diseboaed spirits rom such
are usual unsatisfactory In this case be confines
himself largely attempt to explain why the supposed
spirits never send any message worth hearing e admits
that an these alleged communications are trivial IN nature
confused in expression YET he stu thinks they come
from spirits
why should the communications OF an nteligent ana
educated man become nane ana disjonted after he has
shuaed of the mortal coll? Professor Hyslop admits the
force OF worlds sepcaI rdicue en- this point SO he
has about Formulating theory mat VIII save the rpa
5atons OF the patulaous spirits ana ra-tsy his position
believer 81 spirit communications he says tas CHESTS
have harder task than we realize in their new state
they live amid conditions utterly different from chose o.
eary life that IS impossible forus TO understand any
thing they aaou those conditions We ges all cur ideas
through cur senses ana can never hope to understand
world in which The physical senses play no part Il the
spirit life coula be described IN cur language It would a.
be another and ansoendeaal life II described in some
language Of ne cannot hear or understand the IDEAS
sought be conveyed.
But there remains the question why The supposed spirits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-26
Outlines Of Oklahoma


The legislature Of Oklahoma has been
/ in session for fcrty-eight days.
Jeans Is the odd. but rather appropriate
name Of an Oklahoma banker.
Slr. Stephens OF Texas is getting quite
fresh in mixing in oklahoma affairs.
The Bank OF Enid the other Gay re-
ceiyed q deposit amounting 10 Sl200.
A sir who married at II years Of age
was divorced at Oklahoma City the other
day
CAL Holding. the oklahoma City poet.
last week wrote q 'cuplet'' 10 Mrs. Ma
ton.
The Pawhusla Journal expects 70 see
the Usage nation part Of Oklahoma IN
side year.
The cake walk case in Enid is stiH
on the boards, and Jarn6yce Us. Jarndyce
isn't patching.
For a Democrat, Buffalo Jones con
tinues % nab q good many pluns OF the
/ Republican tree.
The Oklahoma City Commercial club
/ has returned from its first excursion. II
was 10 Little Rock.
Some of the editors in the territory took
a second crack at the legislature for that
attempt 20 cut rates.
The Oklahoma legislature should begin
early and provide an executive mansion
for the terr!tory's governors.
Many Populists in Oklahoma are hold
ing their breath for fear that on March
next the empire may be established.
The Enid Wave rejoices that Enid has
no shooungs, and depends for excite
ment on just simple, plain knock-downs
and drag-outs.
With the prospect Of a railroad town
lots at Watonga are booming, and the
f-.f 1.r,
ting them too high
That Cherokee who dreamed that the
Cherokees would overcome the white tpeo-
pie and rule the country should so 10
sleep and try IL again.
Tom Ferguson says that the great
! trouble with some of the citizens of Wa
tonga IS that they are flying around
ike chickens with their heads off,
A travelling phrenologist struck Home
stead the other day and after one exhi-
bition took orders for ten charts. Money
is mighty plentiful in the vicinity Of
Homestead.
John Flattery, the first postmaster OF
Oklahoma City, died last week. Fiat
terry was first elected by a popular vote
TO the place, and the department select
ed him because of that fact.
Fame is a fleeing and elusive quality
anu ENIS 4SallDU ought 10 take WdIA-
ing. Mrs. Salter, Of Alva, was the most
talked about and written about woman n
America fifteen years ago. She was The
first woman in the world 70 be elected
mayor Of a city-Argonia, Kansas. The
poor woman has not been heard OF since.
Talequah Advocate: sam Schabel, one
evening last week, after saving wood
during the morning and part Of The az
ternoon, came into the house, pulled
his hat of, scratched his head and said
to his wife: Il don't know a damn
thing. I don't know anybody; can't re-
member anybody's name uptown" From
that hour until two days passed he con-
tinued losing his memory by degrees.
until it was gone altogether. He spent
nearly all Of the two days walking the
floor At the close Of the second day
~ was tied down in bed. After making
a few attempts to get up, he quieted
down and was soon asleep He slept
nearly all OF two days. After his two
days sleep his memory came back by de-
grees, as il left him, until be IS now
possessed Of as good memory as anyone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-26
To Get Bid Of the Tramp.

altogether probable that the number Of in
the country has much oyerestmated The
perambuang person whose business it is go about
who for reason gets himself frequently counted
appears be than he really is There
doubt however that all Of the country there
are more tramps there should be Massachusetts
the subject Of has been matter Of state
investigation there 20oS1 in 1899 The laid
upon private charity course cannot asceraned but
upon public purse S3O86 where
ramps were made work in payment for help afforded
them the burden support was very light. There is
nothing abhorrent to the soul Of confirmed vagran
labor He loathe the bread he is made
In order to get rid the trtmp nuisance in Pennsy-
vana form Of statutory compuson is to be incor
poraed the good roads legislation making it duty
township officials put all abe-boded vag
work the highways. part the country
the roads perfect condition that they
be bettered making about only Of
IN which tramp labor would be deemed non-conp
tive and the time OF undoubted general utility
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-26
Along the Kansas Nile.

To add to it all Topeka had two psr-
formances Of "Sapho' last week.
Kansas pays entirely too much atten-
ton to the man who shovels smoke.
The legislature VIII pay the Santa Fe
81 coo for bringing the Twentieth kan
sas home.
There Is only one safe rule when you
are In sight of a mob. Turn and run for
your life.
The mobs you hear about in Kansas
are congregations Of spectators looking
for the mob.
The pay Of the state legislature ceases
tomorrow and the legislature itself VIII
probably quit Saturday.
1t is said that one Of the new laws
Of Kansas rules out Citizens Ticke IS
in cities Of the second-olsss.
Miss Eva Irwin. who IS walking across
the continent and stopped IN Atohison a
few days has resumed her Journey.
Most Kansans IN conversation avoid
the word fetch" because they have q
sneaking idea that it IS not correct
Kansas Is getting a harder longer scor-
ng from the East on the mob business"
than she ever got before on anything.
IT IS reported that Mrs. Grant Gil
letts millinery store in Chihuahua,
Mexico. sets the fashions for the vi
entity.
Two men IN Emporia have written a
piece about John Brown, and they nom
chalantly spell Osawatomis with two
SIS and two IS.
Judge Hazeu, Of Topeka, Is receiving
anonymous letters which abuse and
threaten him because or his decision
against Mrs. Nation.
J. 2. Dickinson, a farmer living near
Abilene, was pushing a 49-pound hog
which stumbled and fell on him, breaking
one OF the mans ribs
An Atchison man had a canary 20 give
sway. but Sc many % HIS friends wa--tet
it that he IS afraid 90 give Il now be-
cause ha may make SO many people
mad
The rest Of the country IS coming =
believe that Kansas Is ths Paris 4
America. in inclination. Kansas must
have big wheat crop q set talk tho
other way.
At al events. and poor az Il was, King
Edw RI paid more attention 20 the -@so-
iuuons Of the Kansas legislature than
Aguinaido did 10 the resolutions e tho
Missouri legislature
The same people who are raising The
MOB business n Kansas now. SIX months
ago we're trying TO detest man IKE
McKinley and put n TIE White House
a man IKE WooEey-
The Lawrence Journal thinks thai r
the mob spirit Is no. checked soon. The
next thiug We SHAH hear VIII b that
a man bas been strung - Ter cheating
his neirhho- fn 2 calf trade
The EIl4uwoo6 Leader said- 'ro-'t (
5usg4 man ~ his clothes. rasEes
pair o. rauts may cover an hrresf
heart" The CouncI Grove Reprsiicsn +