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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-22


On one occasion n barrister who was
terribly verbose practitioner dlscov-
cred that one of the jury trying the
case was fast asleep. He forthwith
roundly rated those who were still
awake for taking so little interest In
the case, Interposed the commissioner:
aye Just remind me of meenester In
Ayrshire, who was lecturlng his CON
gregatlon for not coming to kirk and
remarked, Those of ye who do come
are asleep, bar the village IDIOT when
voice said, If I'd nae been an idiot
| had been asleep too"
While generally jocular ut the ex-
pense of others, the commissioner could
appreciate and enjoy good repartee
even at his own expense. Thus on
one occasion an advocate with beard
and mustache, which he then hated
appeared before him, How can !
hear you, sir, II you cover up your
muzzle like terrier dogT he asked
well, had rather be an English ter.
rier than Scotch cur" was the reply
The commissioner chuckled and mere
ly remarked, Get on"
The commissioners pet theory against
giving credit once furnished occasion
for most amusing Incident. Ono
day plaintiff was seeking to recover
f18 odd for milk supplied. The com
missioner said TO mllkman II
thought every one paid for his penny
worth Of milk each day az II was do
livered." The plaintiff replied: "Oh no.
they don't, your honor. | serve your
honor's house with milk, and they have
not paid me for two months" The
commissioner said: "Ah, well, you'll
not supply me any more. You will be
watering my milk to make up for this
f13 you are going to lose. "-From q.
Pitt-Lewls' commissioner Kerr-An
Individuality"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-22

The Chinese, japanese and Biamese
are peculiarly skillful at botanical
feats One Of their wonderful achieve
ments IN known as the "changeable
rose" This bloom II white In the
shade and red In the sunlight. After
night or In dark room this curiosity
Of the rose family IL pure, waxy
white blossom. When transferred TO
the open air, the transformation i'm
mediately steps In, the time OF the en-
tire change Of the flower from white TO
red depending on tho degree Of sun
light and warmth. First the petals take
on kind Of washed or faded blue
color and rapidly change TO a faint
blush OF pink. The pink gradually
deepons In hue until you find that your
lily white rose Of an hour before IL as
red as the reddest peony that ever
bloomed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-22
NO. 81.
bed, Jack"


oed, Jack
Just the thihg' ne saiu groeru'ly'
ana III 90 II now,
Late In the evening MS niother s'oie
INTO ms cnahper ana SET ,he hanus Oh
the ilttie clock forward an nour' jack
VIII never houee' she saiu 10 herseir'
anu ne dresses 30 Slowly
AIter ne was asleep sue uptoeu lh'
There was no nght IN the room, OUT
sne tounu the CLOCK ana SET II an nour
aheau OF time, as she though'' Neitner
notner nor uaushter knew tnat 'he
sleeper was uoomeu 10 wake at
O'CLOCK Out promptly ut that hour tne
alarm souliueu' ferhaps JACK can ten
the remainder OF MS rove story Detter
than any one eise can ana VIII give
you MS account OF III
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-22


During a municipal election In a
town In the west Of Scotland young
lady who was canvassiDg on behalf OF
one OF the candidates called at house.
the door Of which WAS opened by the
good wife.
II have called 10 solicit your vote on
behalf Of Mr. -," said the young lady.
But IT'S not me that's got the vote.
It's ma man." replied the woman.
Yes" said the young lady, but I
thought you might perhaps use your
Influence with him"
ME inhOoence himT said the good
wife. 81 hlv nae innooenoe WI him.
Only this morning I askIt him 10 wash
the floor arore he went out, and he
wadna dae t."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-22
SAERIFFS LICENSE NOTICE.
70 MERCHANTS, TRADERS AND
OTHERS.

A LL PERSONS and Bodies Corporate or
"A Polite, in Montgomery county, who are
or shall be exercising or pursuing any BUSH
ness, or shall be doing any act or thing, or
snail DC In the occupation OF any house or
place for the purpose Tor which q license ia
made necessary by the laws OF Mary land, are
hereby warned 10 obtain License, or rsnsw
TIE same
On or Before che LIST day of May, 1904,
under the penalties prescribed by said laws
Tor the infraction thereof.
Those interested are notified OF the follow
ing requirements OF the License Law:
Trader = License. The amount TO be paid
Oy traders for license the amount OF stock At
the principal season OF sale to be given under
oath) is as follows; II the applicants stock
IN trade does not exceed
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-22

"It was mistake to ask that man II
he thought America would ever pro
duce a great composer. I am afraid
you hurt his feelings"
II don't see Why" responded the mu
steal young woman.
"IIe Is the inventor Of a soothing
strip. - Washington Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-22
On or Before che LAT dav of Mav laO


The applicant must either make oath, US
heretofore, before the CLERK oi the Circuit
Court OF the county where he 10 engaged IN
business, of the amount OF goods kept On
hand, ~ the principal season VI sale or tho
oath may DO administered by u Justice OF the
Peace, when the person wanting the licenses
applies through AN agent. II the latter course
DO adopted, the following form will be deemed
asutiiclent compliance with the act 20
Montgomery County, 10 Wn:
On this...."day of......lyV2, before the sub
scriber, u Justice Of the Peace Vi the state Of
Mary land, In and for said county, personally
appeared ....."""......., and declared thai he
intends TO apply for traders license, under
the I'D section OF the act Of January Session,
1903, 10 tho CLERK VI the Circuit Court TOR
Montgomery county, and made oath that the
amount OF the stock OF goods generally kept
GU hand by him, Tor by the CONCERN In which
he IL engaged, In case u Ii partnership ut
the principal season OF sale, or II the appli-
cant has not previously engaged In such trade
that the amount OF the stock OF goods which
he expects to keep, &c.,) does not Tor Will
mott exceed S.""".
Sworn before .....................
II the oath be- administered before q Justice
Of the Peace out OF the county Ia which the
application Is made there must be attached
the certificate OF tho Clerk OF the Circuit
Court Of the county In which the Justice re-
sides.
Persons may sell salt to cure fish In March,
April and May without license.
Va. The owner OF Stallion, before being
PERMITTED 10 stand or station such animal,
shall pay for n license to said Clerk, the high
est sum which no intends 10 ask or receive
for the season, OF one mare--provided no such
license shall DO issued for less than $40.
Arthur Williams,
Sheriff OF Montgomery county.
apr std
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-22
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

HAvETHE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES
l. FOR SALE:
1858 Acres, with bulldings, near railroad,
at $50 per acre.
A 6ne country place near Rockville at
Sl2, 900
A House aud one acre, with outbuildings,
800.
A House with seven acres OF land, 81, 600
A House aud Store Room, 81, 300.
rs Acres near Gailhersburg, At 800 per
acre.
Houses and Lots 10 Rockville. Garrett Park
and Kensington, aud other farms and houses.
J. A. HENDERSON,
nov 2s.u Rockville, Nd.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16
III-Timed Anpreciafion.

The gloomy and repressive observ-
ance of the Sabbath that remained
long from the days of the Puritans has
happily died out in America. People
no longer believe that happiness on
Sunday is a sim In parts of Scotland,
however, the sterner view still holds.
William Maccallum lived with his
family on farm several miles from
the village. On Sunday he was wont
to stride with his long-legged son
James over the four miles Of road to
the kirk. The rest of the family fol-
lowed in the cart
One Sunday-an unusually fine Sun
day, when the air was filed with the
strength of the hill breezes-William
and James were swinging gravely
along on their way to the kirk. For
three miles their mouths were shut i'm
solemn silence
Finally the delight of living got the
better of the sons decorum. and he
said soberly, shifting the air, otis n
fine dec
His father turned on him in right
eous offense: "Es thes q dee to he
talkin o. deesY
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16
Ancient Proofreatlinp

The editions of books printed two
or three hundred years agD are almost
entirely free from typog raphical err
rors, which may be attributed to the
fact that early publishers were gener-
ally eminent scholars, and themselves
gave much attention to the revision Of
their proofs. After reading the proofs
they frequently turned them over to
other scholars with the request to re-
wise and correct, and as the printers
time was then deemed a matter of
small consequence, a perfection was
attained which is seldom equaled by
modern printers.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

monsters would hurl at the enemy
forty projectiles weighing more than
eighteen tons and costing f3 200.
Each six-inch gun, of which she has
twelve, costing f3,750 each, throws
shells of 100 pounds weight, costing
ia apiece, and in five minutes of rapid
and continuous firing these guns would
pour into the enemy's ships a hurri-
cane of projectiles weighing twenty
two tons, at cost of f6,6SS. SO far we
have only accounted for sixteen out of
the forty-siX guns.
The London twelve-pounders number
sixteen and cost $3.50 each; from the
mouths of these guns no fewer than
800 shells could be poured in five min
utes, representing nine tons of metal
and a cost of e. $50
Each of the half-dozen three-pound-
ers has a firing capacity of thirty
shells. minute, so that in five min
utes' fight they alone would send 1900
worth of metal into the enemy's side:
while the eight maXims would send out
a storm of death-dealing bullets weigh
Ing more than six hundredweight and
costing f14O.
Thus, in five minutes fighting, using
all her forty-six guns, the London
would vomit forth over fifty tons of
projectiles and the cost of this barking
would work out to more than f14,OOO.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16
COST OF NAVAL BATTLE.
Five Minutes Fighting Requires an Ex-
penditure of $4,000 on One Ship.

From Tuesday to Sunday" Victor
Hugo wrote in his diary on Jan. 3,
1871, ''the Prussians hurled 25.OOO pro-
Jectiles at us. 1t required 800 railway
trucks to transport them. Each shot
cost 60 francs; total, 100000 francs
The damage to the forts is estimated
at 1,4OO francs. About ten men have
been killed. Each of our dead cost the
Prussians 10000 francs"
This extract, says London Tit-Bits
gives one an excellent idea of the cost
and ineffectiveness of big-gun work on
land generation ago, when it took an
average of $500 projectiles, costing
10000 francs, to kill a single man
and to infict less than f6 worth of
damage on the enemy's Notifications.
But time has changed since then,
and munitions with them, and the
great guns of to-day, on the sea at any
rate, give vastly different account of
themselves. During the recent war
between America and Spain it will be
recalled that the Brooklyn poured such
a deadly deluge of proiectiles into the
Spanish warship Viscaya that within
five minutes the latter lay at the bot
tom of the sea rent and battered
tumble of scrap iron.
In all the Brooklyn fired 61S shells
ut the Vascaya and the bill of destruc-
ton read thus:
To al S-inch shells, at ESQ each,
tI,O5O; to 60 6-inch shells. at f21 each.
t1,365; to II 6-pounder shells, at FL
each, f12; to 400 1-pound shells. at ~
shillings 6 pence each, $3.50.
Thus the five minutes firing cost the
United States fS,677, and during each
minute of the duel the Brooklyn hurled
123 projectiles at her enemy at a cost
of f1,735. If we add to this the cost
OF the Viscaya's answering fire we see
that the fight between the two ships
could scarcely have cost less than
$4,000 minute, or at the rate of $780,
600 an hour. We must remember, too.
that on neither ship would it be posi-
BILE to use all the available guns at
once; so that there is still large mar
gin for increased expenditure when a
man-of-war is in position to use her
fighting powers to the utmost.
But let us take one of our own first
class battleships, the London, and EST
mate the cost of five minutes fighting.
assuming that she could use all of her
forty-six guns throughout.
The London's four 12-inch guns,
which, by the way, cost no less than
f220,OO0, fire armor-piercing shells
weighing $50 pounds each at the rate
of two a minute, each projectile, with
Its cordite charge of 1914 pounds,
costing ESQ. Thus in FIVE minutes
fighting these four Notwithstanding
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16
UNDER THE SUN.

The men who have gone before us
Have sung the songs we sing;
The words of our clamorous chorus,
They were heard Of the ancient King.
The chords of the Tyre that thrill us,
They were struck in the years gone by,
And the arrows of death that kill us
Arc found where our fathers lie.
The vanity sung of the Preacher
Is vanity still to-day;
The moan of the stricken creature
Has rung in the woods Away.
But the songs are worth resinging
With the change of no single note,
And the spoken words are ringing
AS they rang in the years remote.
There is no new road to follow, Love!
Nor need there ever be,
For the old, with its hill and hollow,
Lovei
Is enough for you and me.
Century
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16


sessions consisting in copper mines.
cattle aid lands
Orc Blanco is about the last COM
munity in the country where one
would look for the residence of
millionaire. 1t is a mere huddle OF
one-story frame and adobe structures
dignified by the name of houses. They
are built on the sunbaked earth and
there is not a wooden floor in the
hamlet. Two little stores, each with
a saloon adjunct, and a blacksmith
shop, make up the business section
of the town. The sparse population
is four-fifths Mexican, and the COM
munity is not at all American in any
of its ways. Yet Black Jim Robin
son, as he is known all over the re-
gion because of his marked swarthi-
ness, has made his home in Orc Blan-
co for thirty years and probably will
never live anywhere else. He Is from
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, and was on his
way with an ox-team wagon to the
Pacific coast by the Santa Fe trail
when the possibilities of making
money in cattle came to him. Forth
with he abandoned the emigrant train
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

mans love can be as great as q big
ones"
Dick" he heard from below, 81
think physical courage is a secondary
consideration, and I'm sure discretion
is the better part of valor. If you'll
come down now I'll try to give you a
little of big girls lover'-Indianap
oils Sun.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

ever quit work. lie
used to go about
Phoenix and Tue
S on importuning
everyone who had
any interest in
mining to give him
an offer for his
copper, and let him
have a little money
with which to take
care of his invalid
wife and a Grip
pied son. A little
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

later copper began to appreciate and
old developed copper mines began to
reopen all over the Territory. Pres
emily all the old copper mines were
booming, and with the price of copper
at 16, II and IS cents a pound, there
was nothing more profitable in mining.
New York syndicate gave Watson
$4,000 for half interest in his Dur
ham mine, which he would have sold
in 1898 for $1,000, and then went
ahead with the development of the
property. At AZ he was poor, and at
90 he was easily worth 100000. Such
are the marvellous transformations In
some mems fortunes in the mining re-
gions the world over.
To see him one would never sus-
pect that the Goddess Fortune had so
much as glanced at him. He rides
about Globe on a scraggy old bay
horse, with a bunch of greasy, tat
tered blankets for a saddle A short,
black clay pipe is generally between
his lips. He sleeps in a blanket on
his cabin floor He never reads, never
goes anywhere except to a saloon.
He dresses like a ranch laborer. but
wears an elaborate Mexican sombrero
with gold and silver threaded band
about it. Thai Is the sole personal
Indication Of his rise In the mining
world.
Never Entered Church.
Still another man to whom wealth
has not brought corresponding COM
forts Is William Soggs, a Texan and
a cattle king in Yavapai County. He
Is worth half million. He cannot
read or write; indeed, he cannot do
any sum in arithmetic that involves
more than plain addition or subtrac-
tion. His success is an illustration
of what ceaseless devotion to one pur-
pose may accomplish There is prob
ably no one who knows cattle rang
ing in Arizona better than Soggs. He
has a wonderful memory, an iron
constitution, and Quick comprehen-
sion of business propositions in the
line of cattle growing and profitable
ranges. Since he became a cowboy
on the Texas Panhandle, when less
than 10 years old, he mas given every
day of his life to cattle raising. 1t
Is said he knows at S ght more than
1000 cattle brands, a1d there are
some he does not see once in five or
six years.
He was reared on the border Of civ
ilization. His mother was a Greek
squaw. He never had even one lesson
in school. Had he had a common
school education, the arizona cattle
men say, he would have been the
greatest cattleman in the whole West.
He has wife and five children. The
family live in a log cabin forty-fve
miles east from Jerome, with no neigh
bors nearer than six milAs. Every day
is like every other in tn Soggs home.
The wife works like a poor settlers
wife, the boys are out on the range
with the cattle and the girls help at
times at branding the cattle, and at
other times work about IL home. Sun
days holidays and all tie work goes
on steadily.
Neither he nor any OF his family
ever has seen a drama, ever heard
concert or been in a church. Some
years ago the Soggs family went to a
circus in Prescott, and to this day the
events of that visit are dated as en-
Enthusiastically as if the family had
peered into the open gates of heaven.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

times year. Besides, he owns d
smaller mine in Yuma County, for
which he has at present a standing
offer of 100000, which yields several
thousand dollars profit every month.
The rise of Watson to wealth was
as unusual as it was sudden. Five
years ago he would gladly have sold
all his mining interests in Arizona for
a few thousand dollars and have for
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

as the half-breed
Mexicans a m O n g
whom their lot is
cast. One Of these
is James A. Robin
son, whose home Is
in the little Next
can hamlet of Orc
Blanco, close upon
the boundary be-
tween the United
States and Mexico,
and who is worth
81. 100000, his DOS
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

to California, and has been living in
Arizona ever since. He was blessed
with a wonderful constitution and
nerves of iron. He has been through
Indian campaigns that would have
killed most men, and has had fights
for his life and property with Mexi-
can vacqueros and with outlaws that
would make hair-raising narratives
All the financial ups and downs Of
frontier life have been his.
Chief Luxury Is Plug Tobacco.
For twenty years Robinson has been
having an average net annual income
of $4,000, while he and his family
have been living on less than $500 of
it each year. He has a Mexican wife,
whom he married thirty years ago.
There are four young men and five
girls in the family, but only three of
them remain at home. All the others
have married into Mexican families
and gone out to live in shanties and
mudhouses among the cattle along the
border. just like the sons and daugh-
tiers Of the poorest cowpunchers and
sheep herders in the region. The home
of this millionaire from New York
would be dear at $3.50. All the furni-
ture and household effects in it could
be replaced for $500. The floors are of
hard-packed adobe, the windows and
doors are of the cheapest, crudest pat
tern. and a drop of paint was never
applied inside or out The old couple
dress in the same coarse, rude garb as
of old. The old man wears overalls
and "hickory" shirt all the time. ex-
cept occasionally when a buyer for a
Chicago or a Kansas City packing
house journeys from Nogales railroad
station, thirty miles across the hot
dusty plain, to talk over a $4,000 or
10000 cattle transaction in the kitch-
en- of the old house. Then Mr.. Robin
son may put on threadbare and
faded coat that he bought twenty
years ago in Tucson. There Is not a
book in the house but a Cattleman's
Guide and a volume of recipes for cur
ing horse and cattle diseases. This
millionaire's family never takes a
newspaper, buys no furniture, never
tastes such things as Ice cream, candy.
fish or fancy groceries. The old man
saw a banana for the first time a year
ago, when he was in Nogales. His
only luxury is plug tobacco
Sleeps on the Floor.
Another millionaire who lives in
what may be termed squalor is John
M. Watson, of Globe. in ella County.
He owns half interest in the Durham
mine along with a syndicate Of New
Workers., and his dividends from the
come from the company's
office In New York every ninety days.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16
In the British Museum

According to some interesting statis
tice of the library of the British Mu-
scum the number of books which il
contains Is 1,750,00o, not counting sin
gle sheets or parts of works that are
accommodating. The shelving of the
library exceeds sixty-nine miles In
length
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16
Why They Are Vegetarians.

egetarian-Don't you know that the
strongest animals are all vegetarians.
the elephant being the most powerful?
Carnivorous Friend-That's all right.
If they weren't so strong shey never
would be allie to stand a vegetable diet.
Boston Transcript.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16
Spectacles Not Dres.y.

Polite Chinese consider it a breach
OF etiquette to wear spectacles in com
pany.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

It's awfully hard on some mems eyes
when they look for perfection in them.
selves.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

The battehp Missouri
nine officers and
oca trip taking place Oct 81 She sister ship the Ohio
new Maine Her displacement 1230O
and number smaller
torpedo
by Captain William s. Cow brothernaw
sinking
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16
WEALTH is USELESS.
MILLIONAIRES OF ARIZONA WHO
LIVE IN SQUALOR.
Copper King Who Sleeps on a Blanket
on the Floor of His Cabin-Another
Millionaire, Whose Chief Luxury Is
Plug Tobacco.

There are several rich men in Ari-
zona, some of whom far exceed the
million mark, who live lives as plain
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

When baby squalls when it is BE-
Ing christened, all the other mothsrs
laugh In their sleeves.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

The Woodworking clerk 10 usually
working for q raise.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-16

SECONDARY CONSIDERATION


90 HE tall, beautifully formed girl
settled her broad shoulders more