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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-29
tn. Thrifty Pi.dmoatese.

In character the Pledmontese are very
unlike the popular conception Of the
Italian people. As class the peasants
are sober. Industrious and thrifty The
following instance of the thrift Of the
peasants has IN II touch Of pathos
On one occasion, hayingsgiyen II cigar
to bOaro (herdsman), found after
ward that the precious weed had last
I'd the recipient IA whole month, few
whiffs only being taken after the even
Ing meal, and then II was carefully
laid aside MI the next evening
Whether the custom which still OBJ
tains In some parts Of Piedmont OF re
garding the harmless. necessary d0mes
tic cat M delicate mOrsel Ii 10 be- put
down 10 thrift or merely TO n perverted
appetite IL doubtful. but II ~ well
known that to 6ll the pOt-au-feu Of a
PicdmOntese peasnnt IL the usual fate
VI wandering or homeless fellnes. Eu'
STAGE Reynolds Bail In Chambers Jour
nal
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-29

Peaches are n tonic, an aperient. a
food and drink combined. or, to put
II briefly. they are meat and medicine.
A good meal may be made on cut
peaches with cream and sugar, bread
and butter After meal OF this va
riety a person will feel more like at.
tending 10 the duties OF the afternoon
than II he or she INDUCED In heavy
foods. Peaches are good before break.
fast and after dinner They are good
for the digestion. good for the blood
and good for the complexion. Some
people eat them without cream or
sugar and with good results. The
fruit IL 10 rich In sugar and acid that
IL preserves its flavor long while. but
to get the full benefit II should be
eaten as soon as It IL cut. Redness Of
the nose due 10 congestion, inHnmed
complications, scrofulous and bilious
tendencies are said to he materially In
fiuenced by liberal consumption Of
this luscious fruit.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-29

you expect TO get married some dayT
I'll don't know" stammered the
blushlng Bessie.
But | do. or course you expect to,
and your chance has come. What do
you say to me2 I'm purity nigh sixty,
but I'm worth half million dollars
and can buy you silk dresses and vel
vets and diamonds. Just say the word
and Wen be married In a month, and
III save the farm for your father and
give him new start"
Il thank you, SIR" replied Miss Bes-
sic. with dignity, but shall marry
for love or not at all"
you are plain of speech, Miss Sauce
Box, but I'm not going to quarrel with
you. You 20 your way and I'll 20
mine, but If you let that soft soap
spoil I'll come back and raise row"
A week later Farmer Thompson.
who was making an effort TO hobble
about his room, received n letter In an
official envelope He opened II with
sinking heart, but next minute he was
calling to Bessie.
Here is discharge of mortgage az
a present to mel" he gasped.
''Is It possible"
And here IL u letter from old John
Doan, which says that you are the
most sensible girl he ever saw, even
to refusing his offer OF marriage when
you were making soft soap that day
Bessie
But Bessie had run away to cry.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-29

They We're performers In the anna
teur theatrlcals. During the progress
of the play at one time while their
presence was not needed on the stage
they sat together behind the scenes.
For some time he had been very at
tentive to her, and, although people had
frequently remarked upon his devotion.
he had not come to the point OF pro-
posing. But as they sat behind the
scenes he felt that an opportune mo
ment had arrived.
MARIE" he said, you may not have
perceived my liking, but cannot do
lay. II want to ask you to-to-be'-
Just then the prompter called the
girls name, but she never stirred.
That's your cue" faltered the inter
rupted lover.
Yes" she answered calmly enough,
laying her hand on his arm. but never
mind the cue. You seemed very ear
nest just now, and | want you to 60 on.
What were you going to sayr
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-29

An Iowa lawyer tells the following
story of his first months of practice.
He went to a small country town and
secured an office room, In front OF
which was placed the usual sign. Then
he sat down and waited for his clients
to appear, all the while feeling very
much the dignity OF his position. The
day passed, and no one called, and an
other and another, until weeks went
by, and still there had been no client
One morning. however he was at the
depot to attend upon the arrival OF the
daily accommodation train, quite an
important function of the town. when
a handsome, well dressed young lady
approached and inquired, "Is this Mr.
smith, At once the feeling OF impor-
lance returned, and In his blandest
tone he replied: ut Is. madam. What
can do for your
Can you tell me how much II will
cost to send SOW and pigs down 10
the next station r-Green Bag.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-29

"Tell mo, colonel" asked tho begin
ner In politics. addressing the grny
haired statesman, "cRn n politician be-
hOnestT
II suppose 10, my boy" replied the
veteran, but ali 1T isn't necessary"
Golfers Weekly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-29
voices.

All long known objects, even
mere window fastening or particular
door latch, have sounds which are a
sort Of recognized voice to us-a voice
that will thrill and awaken when II
has been used 20 touch deep lying
iibers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-29

Mrs. Newrlch On art stOreJ-Pd take
this picture, but some person has been
scribbllng on II. Salesman But, mad.
am, that II the artists signature. Mrs.
Nswrich Well, he's got his nerve.
Still. guess you could scratch II out.
couldn't your Puck.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-29
WINDOW GLASS,
ALL SIZES.

The public arc respectfully informed
hat bavo added 10 my stock q full
limo Of WINDOW GLASS.
Il. w. VTNS0N,
Directly opposite Court House,
dec ~ Rockville. 49,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-29

Miss do Muir We're you ever hyp'
notified, Mr.. HectOrf Hector - Yes.
I'm married. IlIusfra ted Bits.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-29
CROPLEY.
MANUFACTURER on FERTILIZERS
md Dealer in all kinds of FERTILE.
ER MATERIAL,
Field and Garden Seeds.
Maine Seed Potatoes.
Hardware, Harness. etc.

Agent for the following goods: Deer
ing Harvesting Machinery, Syracuse
Chilled Flows, Malta Riding and Walk
ing Cultivators, Double and Single
Shovel Plows, Ohio Cutting Boxes, Ill
is Keystone Tread Powers, Page
Woven Wire Fencing, Celebrated Ten
nessee Wagons, Hench Il Duemgold
Spring Tooth Wheel Lever Harrows,
Pennsylvania Low Down Grain Drills,
with Hoes or Disc Economy Round
Silos and Tanks, Star Milk Coolers,
Goiser fraction Engines and Threshers,
Sharpless Separators, Disc Harrows and
Plows, Poultry Supplies, and everything
for the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-20

It is not surprising therefore
that its circulation is so extensive
and its patronage so large. j.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-20

The Victoria Falls are among ma
lures mast erpieces. Situated IN the
heart of what was once known oIilS
as Darkest Africa and said TO De
protected from vision of white men oy
dense jungles, rank and extraordinary
growths OF tropical vegetation, among
which lived the largest members OF the
reptile family as well as NERDS Oh
rhinoceros, elephants, lions, and all the
wild creatures Of the unexpiored sec
lions OF the great continent, the failS
seemed TO have been unvisited even Dy
the ancients who knew so much ABOUT
Africa, its pygmies, negro braves ana
gold resources. For centuries the fans
were hardly known in tradition, but III
1858 David Livingstone discovered
them. On one of the great rocks there
he carved his name and a brief story OF
his mission In 1861 he visited them
again and was still able to record that
no other white man had ever seen the
wonder. But today railway stretches
northward from Bulawayo, capital OF
Rhodesia, TO Victoria Falls-a link IN
Cecil Rhodes's unfinished Cape-to-Cairo
line.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-20

After the jury in a Texas case had
listened to the charge of the court and
gone to their room TO deliberate upon
the verdict, one of the twelve men
went right to the point by saying:
THAT thar Pike Muldrow orter to be
convicted on gen'raI principles. He's
bad as they make EN- AS the hum
OF approval went around, weakened
little juror said: Il heerd that Pike
guy it out that he'd go gunnin' fur
US if We sent him up. jes' soon's he
got out. an fur the jedge, too" I'VE
must perfect the jedge," they agreed,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-20

wind, an eagle-beak above which there
was flash of green, shot past the
spent black and was tapping the
browns flank before her jaunty rider
woke to the fact that the race was not
over. The brown responded finely and
accepted the challenge. Fifty yards
of the remaining $50 We're covered be-
fore the crowd knew what was happen
ing. Then there was a roar and a rush
and the tenderfoot could have Rugged
himself for joy. 1t would have been
fine under any circums tances; with the
memory of the cattle mans statement
and the CLEAN in the Indians eye, it
, was epic. 1t was not now question of
jockeying it was strength, it was speed,
it was endurance. All the jockey
jauntiness was gone. His mouth that
had been opened in laughter closed with
a snap and his nostrils quivered al
most as did those of his straining
horse. With pump-like regularity the
Indians arm rose and fell. 1t almost
seemed that a straight line might have
been drawn from the outstretched nose
to the rapidly flying heels of the buck
skin. Needless of his reins the Indian
piled the whip, leaning well forward
his long legs guiltless of stirrups hang
ing loose, not gripping in the least, ap-
parently. Up, up crawled the yellow,
back back slipped the brown. Would
he make it! Would he make it, Would
with final effort the yellow nose
pushed clear head as they went
under the wire.
Good for you, old mani" exclaimed
the stakeholder as he turned the $40 over
to the winner and the cattle man
-
A ghost of a smile fickered about the
Indians mouth as inherited stoicism
struggled with acquired vanity and the
desire to joke. And then he looked the
tenderfoot squarely in the eye as he
replied in excellent English and with a
perceptible drawl. Yes, didn't forget
all they taught me while I was at Car
lisle.''
The tenderfoot had thoughtful look
as he again took his seat on the plat
form to await his overdue train. The
two Sergeants Hoped by on the f1eabit
pony and the long-legged mule, keep
ing their seats with difficulty. The
young girls shrill and noisy as always
scampered homeward on their ponies
apparently as free from parental re-
straint as so many young wolves. The
old Indians stalked away across the
prairie to their tents. A train whistled
hoarsely in the distance. He took out
the letter again and read.
you can talk. as you please, but you
can't convince me that that God-for-
saken country is a. fit place for civil
lied man to I've
Poor old Potter he said as he put
the letter into his pocket and went into
the station for his valise and coat
Outing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-20

HOW TO AVOID THE DANGERS
OF A COLD.-Everyon must realize
the dangers attending a severe cold,
and that it is always prudent to re-
main indoors until the danger is pass
ed. Many, however, do not feel able
to lose the time and will be interested
in knowing that a severe cold may be
broken up and all danger avoided by
the prompt use Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. 1T not only cures, but cures
quickly and counteracts any tendency
toward pneumonia. For sale by all
dealers. Benson, Smith & Co, Ltd,
agents for Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-20
TIM MURPHY WANTS
To MAKE A MATCH

Editor Advertiser: I would like you
to insert a challenge for me, Tim Muir
ply, to fight any man in the Islands
at catch weights, although I only
weigh $50 pounds myself Mike Patton
or Jack weedy preferred, the fight TO
come off under the club offering the
best inducement. Time. in three weeks
after signing the articles.
Yours truly,
TIN MURPHY.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-20
THE eaEw FRENcts REMEDY.
TEERAPION. n. M. D s,,sIss'f !.


r1pdy Used In the Conttnenta Hospitals BY Hioo<
80skan. 5oosrt, veipea1, and others, combines n
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hind and SURPRISES everything hitherto empsoyro
HAERAPfON No. . maintains Il. word
kza1gWnsd sasd vel neritsd reputation for derango.
Fssnsa Of the kidneys. palms IN the back, an1
E1H1rcd ailrasuts. a6ording prompt relief where
Esher veil tried remedies have been poweriese
EHERAPiON No. 2 fortmpuity Of the blood.
&rzlFvy pam pies spots, blotches pains and swelling
AZ fonts govt rheumatism, all diseases for which
sz zs heers too much fashion to employ mercury.
1sara1Ila &C.. TO the destruction of sufferers toet6
zza rsstn Of hoalth- This preparation purtaee tbs
9rhoEs systsm through the blood. and thoroughly
Hsluainstsa all poisonous matter from the body.
#94ERAPiON no 3 for exhaustion. slsaS.
#znness, and ali distressing consequences %
#<rs1,ation- worry. overwoFk, &C 1t Possesses
srvFidng power In restoring strength and vigor %
41uee suffering from the enervseing influences a
1sna easdence IN hot. unhealthy cimates-
R4ERAPiON II sold BY the principal
&7sElisss and Merchants throue bout the world
ErSes n England, Ia Cd. and ~ Cd. In order
&mm s1axs whkrh Of the three numbers 10 70
80 snd observe that the word " TzsRAptos
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-20
S, 7, ALEXANDER DIEO
At VICTORIA FALLS

Yesterday Prof. Alexander eabled for
further information about the locality
where his brother, the late s. T. Alex
ander, met with his fatal accident. The
place is Victoria Falls and the body
was buried there and not at CapetoWn'
as reported.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-20

Candidate Davis is probably attend
ing the dances just to show that his legs
are still of the same 1ength.--Washing
ton Post
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-16
HORROR IN EAST RIVER
Possibly Seven Hundred EUes Lost by
Burning Of the General SZ0cun1
SUNDAY SCHOOL IN WILD PANIC.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-16
THE sLOCUM AND OTHER DISASTERS.
Loss of Life by General Slocum Disaster
About 700; injured and Missing,
About 500.
About 500.

Explosion on Staten Island ferryboat West6eld
on July 3d. 1871; fifty persons killed and nun
dreds injured
The Atlantic, Of the White Star line, wrecked
Halifax April I, 1873; five hundred and
sixty people lost.
The Vile de Havre, a French mail steamer,
sunk on November ~, 1873, By the LOchearn;
three hundred and thirteen persons lost.
The excursion steamer Princess Alice, returning
from Gravesend to London en- September 5, 1898,
down off Barking by the Bywell Castle
about six hundred persons lost.
Burning of steamboat Seawanhaka on June 2s,
1880; hundred and Seventy-fve persons
drowned and burned.
Sinking of the steamer Elbe on January 80,
1895; three hundred and thirty persons lost.
La BourgOgne sunk on July =, 1908; five hun
dred and seventyore lost.
Burning of the Saale, the Bremen and the
Main, of the North German Lloyd line, on June
80, 1900; more than one hundred lives lost.
IrOquos Theatre fire, December 80, 1908; FIVE
hundred and eighty-seven lives lost.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-16
4 woMAx.s RESCUE WORK.

Mary McCann. buxom young Irish girl
seventeen years old, VINO has not been Ions in
this country and who is working as a ward
helper on North Brother Island, also distin-
guished herself in the work of rescue. With
more thar score Of nurses she ran to the
waters edge. near the stranded vessel. and
pIungiug in. swan to the stern of the boat and
brought TO shore a woman whom she found
clinginS to the rudder. She returned three or
four times each time rescuing some person.
Remarkable was the heroism Of Mrs. Allen. a
workwomau employed on North Brother Island.
who leaped from the pier and rescued two
women who were struggling in the water. An
other woman rescuer was Pauline Puetz.
waitress employed on North Brother Island. At
the risk of her life she saved five children from
drowning Miss Puetz made an enviable record
at Asbury Park as a life saver.
Miss Lulu McCiibbon. telephone operator on
the island after telephoning the Police Depart
ment for assistance. ran to the beach and helped
in the work of rescue and resuscitaton- Among
those she dragged from the water alive were
two infants three and six months old, respec-
lively
Twenty-four nurses duty in the hospitals
on the island did creditable work. under the
leadership of Mrs. X L. White. the matron
These women waded into the river up to their
neci,s and each one Of them saved from four TO
six lives Then. with their clothing dripping
wet and in spite of a chilly wind that was
sweeping across the island they went to work
to resuseitate the half-drowned passengers or to
assist the doctors in attending to the wounded
The nreboat zophar Mills. responding TO u
call stopped long enough at the One-hundred-
and-thirty ty-eighth-st. dock TO take aboard
squad of police and an engine company, and she
reached the burning steamboat soon after the
General sIocum was aground. Most of the police
men and hremen promptly jumped overheard
and began rescuing people from the water Sew
eraI bodies they took out were lifeless.
LEAVE PATIENTS FOR THE RESCUE
Physicians. nurses and helpers had from
the paviIions ON the island. deserving for the
time the patients suffering from contagious dis
eases. TO join in the work of rescue. Several Of
the women nurses helped save lives by running
ladders down into the water from stone pier.
Many acts of bravery and self-sacrhce
were recorded One girl. scarcely more than a
child rescued a baby. The heroine was Louise
Calling. twelve years old. of Nutley. y. ]. She
had gone on the excursion with Mrs Gertrude
Erkling. and in the excitement following the
discovery had become separated from Mrs. Erik
in her arms on the hurricane deck The little
girl did not lose her presence of mind notwith-
standing the fearful scenes that We're being en-
acted before her. She managed TO get possess
sion of a Ife-preserver, which. unaided, she ad-
justed about her body; then. with the baby In
her arms. she went TO the extreme end OF the
Continued second page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-16

burning steamboat and lowered launch. Two
men got into the launch from the yacht. In
stead Of making for the General slocum how
over. the launch carried the men to the Bronx
shore while the yacht continued on her way
to the Sound.
Most of the boats which joined in the work
or rescue could not get near the General Siocum
until she ran aground off the north shore of
North Brother Island. Among the boats that
hurried to the succor of the stricken passengers
were several tugs Of the New-York Central Rail
road Company. the Health Department tug
Franklin Edison. and the Charities Department
boat Massasoit These and several rowboats
manned by willing hands approached as near
the blazing steamboat possible and
rescued scores of people. Most Of these were
picked out of the water after they had dropped
over the side of the General Slocum. The
Franklin Edison went up so close to the burning
steamer that her own paint was scorched. The
crew of the tug however, stuck bravely 10
their task. and snatched many women and
children from terrible death
DECK CAVES IN
A strong flood tide running when the
General Slocum went aground on some rocks
nearly one hundred feet from the shore of North
Brother Island AS she struck the rocks her
hurricane deck on which many of the panic
stricken women and children were cIiuging, sud-
denly caved ir. precipitating its human freight
either into the blazing hold or into the water.
The water around the flaming vessel was thick
with drowning people. and. notwithstanding the
almost superhuman efforts made by the res
cuers a large number OF the perishing people
had TO be left to their fate. Many OF those who
Jumped into the water or were precipitated over
the side of the vessel when the hurricane deck
coIIapsed were on fire from head to foot, and
they escaped one form of death only TO meet
another more mercifui.
A man who is serving a two months term
on Rlackwens Island for some petty offence.
and who was detailed 'trusty'' the
Charities Department boat Massasoit. proved
that he had good stuff in him when the emer-
pencv arose. He was George Dennis. and when
he saw people struggling in the water around
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-16
WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN LIFE.

The swift and terrible destruction of human
life in the burning Of the General Slocum yes
terdsy morning created intense excitement in
the city and led TO widespread expressions Of
horror and sympathy Many found in the fact
that nearly all OF the victims Of the disaster
we're women and children additional cause for
sorrow
II may be days before the exact number Of the
Victims is known. The estimates Of the number
o. the dead kept increasing yesterday as the
number OF bodies recovered from the water in
creased. Last night II was estimated unofficially
mat more than 700 had perished by burning or
drowning. and that about 500 were missing and
Injured.
AZ midnight Coroner O'Gorman gave OUT q
statement. in which he said that there were as3
Known dead in the Slocum disaster He said
That 42l bodies were taken TO North Brother
Island % to Riker's Island and 81 to the Alex
ancsr-ave. station He said, also. that more
Dodies had been sighted and would he brought
W through the night
Al midnight Police Inspector Brooks sald ne
ihought the death list would reach nearly one
thousand.
ofe reason for the extent OF the disaster was
''e panic which prevented the use Of the steam
Ss lifeboats or any considerable use of The