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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
AT LOWEST CASH PRICES

We also keep large assor tment OF Single
and Double Harness OF all kinds aud descrip.
ton, Saddles, Collars, Lap-Robes, Spreads,
sWhipa, etc. which We will coll 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 elsewh here.
JACOB P0SS b SON.
GA The firm OF Jacob Poss 4 Son will
continue at the old stand the Livery and Sale
Stables which have been conducted by Jacob
Poss tor quarter of century.
Stylish Saddle Horses and fine single and
double Buggies and Carriages for hire at the
lowest prices
We make speciality OF furnishing Car.
lagos, in charge Of skillful, sober and polite
drivers, for weddings, receptions and iuner-
ale.
Every department OF the business has been
extended and improved, and charges for all
classes OF service reduced by the now firm.
JACOB POss d SON
mar l7-u ROCKVILLE, MD.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
NO. 46.

his man to dig for bones he was hunt
Ing bugs and bees and butterflies. TO
his great joy, he discovered seven
spot bumblebee As all of us know, a
L,rnblebe2 Is Of dark color, with vel
low spots ON his back. There are of
Ten from five to six spots and only
rely n seven spotter. This bee along
Sith n dozen others, was placed In q
pusteboard box, and when the house
was reached the box was deposited on
a window sill of the veranda The
professor had told the widow all about
whales. As soon as he had little
spare time he meant to tell her all
about bumblebees. Two days had gone
by when the moment came. The bone
digging labors Of the day were over
and supper disposed of when the pro-
lessor and the widow took chairs on
the veranda. He had found the shell
Of small turtle In the gravel that
day, and he set out to first explain
absnt that Hiram Stebbins was greas
ing 'his boots ard chewing the-Fag d
the Kitchen and could hear every word
He also knew all about that box Of
bumblebees on the window sill.
According to Professor Sweetzer, tur.
ties had hearts and lungs, hopes and
aspirations. He would even go 30 fur
as to say that turtles loved and were
loved in return. They did not sing like
bird nor below like n frog, but they
were supposed to have musical ears for
all that. In his earnestness the man
got hold OF the Widows hand. It was
only his way. II he had got hold of
her ear It would have been the same.
his dear child half dozen times and
In his lecture he had got as far back
as the turtles markings when Hiram
6tebbins could restrain himself no Ion
ger He saw red. He thirsted fol
gore. He rose up to do murder, but
checked his onslaught and walked soft
ly into the sitting room. The window
was up and the Doe box before him.
while the backs of the sltters were to
ward him. He lifted the cover and
stepped back.
The dozen BUNDLES had been hopping
mad and calling each other names for
the two days. The cover was no soon,
er off than they swarmed to get room
to square Off. As they caught sight OF
the professor and the widow, however
the Ratchet was instantly buried
There was wild swoop, followed by
wilder yells. Old seven spot led In the
fray. He 1t was who lifted the pro
lessor over the veranda rail and lei
him drop among the hollyhocks while
the rest were paying the widow atten
tons. The professor ran and was fol
lowed, the widow shrieked and was
stung again and again. 1t was not un.
I'll Hiram rushed out with smoke and
flame that she was rescued and a
neighbor woman sent for to treat the
Jumps and bumps and put her to bed
The professor returned not. Old seven
spot wouldn't let him. No news came
from him as the hours of night wore
on, and Hiram wondered, but next
morning the widow received note
reading:
my dear child. please send my
satchel by bearer I'm off after more
bones. Tho turtle, as | meant to have
told you. IL utterly without ambition"
WAL" said Hiram TO himself as he
worked In the cornfield that day, there
was the professor and me and the Wild
der and the whale and the bumblebees,
and II haln't come out top o. the
heap, who hasT
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02

The Koran, or AL Koran, the sacred
book OF the Mohammedans, was writ
ten about 61O A. ID. by Mohammed. 1t
Is prose poem OF 5000 verses, tho
object Of which was TO show that God
had told everything mat was worth
telling to Mohammed and that those
who doubted 1t should be slain in this
world and turned over to Allah to DO
eternally damned In the world to come.
There are today some 200,000,O00 Of
human beings who profess to believe
IN the Koran.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
For Sale In Rockville.

TWO HOUSES, one OF SIX rooms and on,
OF seven rooms; also O STORE AMI
DWELLING Ia the business part Of tn,
town. Store contains two large rooms, with
FIVE rooms over II.
For particulars apply to
JOSEPH READING,
sep Ie-lm Rockville, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
FINE FARM FOR SALE.

A FINE FARM OF 1872 Acres. more or
n less, situated about miles Of Choppers
Station, this county, on fine public highway,
improved by o comfortable Frame House and
ouibuildingS; 100 acres under cultivation
aud In fine condition, most Of II having been
lined twice; most Of the remaining 90 acres
covered BY good timber.
Apply to BOWIE Y. WATERS,
july Tim Attorney, Rockville, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02

FoR SALH,
IL 2 AcReI
Of highly improved land, with small house
good orchard, 6rst-class we'll Of water, mils
from Rockville.
MARTIN BROADNICK,
neY 2e-btP Rockville, Nd.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-23

specimens OF almost every Kind Of nat
ura1 scenery-~waterfalls. rapids. lakes.
mountains. boiling springs. mud vOCa-
noes, geysers, canyons, caves, basaltic
terraces and giant powders worn by
erosion into every manner and kind of
queer and fantastic shape that the i'm
aglnation can conceive OF.
The Yellowstone IS az present by far
and away the largest park In the world
But its supremacy IN this respect is not
lIRely to last long, for both the German
government and Britain have under
consideration and far advanced schemes
for establishing reservations OH siIui-
lar scale In Central Africa,
or these the German one is to be the
biggest. embracing as it does, according
to present arrangements, 10000 square
miles Of territory In other words. II
will he the size OF Ireland.
Within the confines OF this enormous
park. which. by the by, WELL embrace
the greater part OF Lake ISyasst, a COM
paratively small but picturesque sheer
OF water lying 100 miles southeast OF
Lake Victoria Nyanza, will be preserved
specimens of all the fast disappearing
fauna Of Africa that is Not carntvorous
-zebras siraffes, elephants, monkeys,
antelopes and SO forth
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came 10 Economy when he was two
years Of age and entered the cornmun-
ity as servants. Although it was re-
earded as an Innovation and some ot
the older brethren shook their heads
the parents were permitted 10 take the
VOWS, and the child was adopted into
the society
The presence of child In that
austere and celibate family bred sem
tIment OF discomfort that threatened to
prove disastrous. The women became
his veriest slaves and the men were
scarcely less nbJect In their seryitnde.
The time came when Father Jacob
HenricL then head OF the HarmonisSs.
realized that the boy must not be per-
United to REMAIN In the community
Although he was overload Of the child.
he sent him TO a boarding school 10 be
educated.
When he left the school young puss
did not return to Economy. He went
io Nebraska, became n farmer married
and prospered moderately Twenty
years after he left Economy 10 80 to
school he returned In company with "a
wife ana seVefal children Father
Henrici' who was stlll at the head OF
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LORD kIrcHENgR,s sARcAsM.

Lord KJtchener's pitIless contempt for
Anything which ssLvors of effemlnaCy Is
well illustrated In the following story
Shortly after his return from Egypt ne
was accosgeI in friends house by a
young lord, whose zeal ior Impudencel
In soliciting celebrities autographs Is
the cause OF constant veyatlnn- do
honor me by prncitng Your name on
this, Lord Kitchener he gusbed. pro-
duclns a very niuIHy lace handkerchief
and laying it on thl sable "Then IIl
have thr autograph worked in SILK ana
keep II forever In mtmory OF the hero
Of Rhartouln" Kitchener picked up
the scented handkerchief ana sllned ill.,
"Your sisters ] presumed" Ne cues.
toned hz.n9 the gilded youth with a
scornul eye mo Hirs my own a
very pretty pattern, isn't it2' Very"
WAS Illtchner's dry response as he
passed cine Handkerchief back unsigned.
what Is your taste In haiIpns BY the
waV?
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FIRST CARDINAL TO PLAY GOLF.

Cardinal Merry del Val, the popes
secretary OF state, has played q proni-
nenf role in the recent crisis OF the
church In France, The cardinal is
said TO be an interchangeable worker,
frugal liver, a man of strong likes and
disikes, with a hot temper that Is
often in evidence, but always under
control. Tail and slim OF figure, grace
full OF motion, he shows Ihe highest
type OF the AndaIusian in every feat.
uro. AS a youth he was very fond Of
pranks. When the cardinal goes on his
rounds he drives in q vehicle. sotnher
| and heavy, drawn by TWO black stall
lions with flowing names. He is the
first cardinal to indulge in golf game
which he plays twice weekly over a
private course In the grounds OF the
Villa DOria PantphilI His leisure time
Is spent at the papal summer palace OF
Castel GandOlfo, which the Italian gov
eminent has connected with the Yati-
can by telephone for the greater con-
venience of the cardinal. He is an adj
vocate OF all modern labor saving i'm
proyements and has introduced tele-
phones. elevators, electric lights and
typewTiters into the Vatican.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-23

These technical night schools are
sprlnging UP everywhere, and they are
doing a great work That their use-
fulness is recognized Is apparent from
the numbers who are seeking admis-
sion to them. These would be pupils,
too, are for the most part apprentices
who have worked hard all day and
who are now willing to continue ar
labor that Is quite as nNhaustlng. The
young mechanic recognizes that he will
make more rapid progress in his chosen
avocation If he can obtain the instruc-
lion of these schools
One of the most successful free night
schools Of this kind is in Brooklyn. II
has an enrolment of $50 men and wo-
men, and the waiting list is a long one
Each student must have had some pre-
vious knowledge Of the course which
he or she elects. and he is not per-
mitted to undertake amy other subject
| The equipment of this model school Il
so perfect that students have every
possible advantage for advanced work
Much money has been expended In II
! ting the machine and iOlnery shops
with every appliance necessary and the
rooms devoted to cooking, dressmaking
and millinery are quite as Well pr0vfd-
ed for. Although the students as
semble In classes the aim Is to develop
Individual work, and no one is either
advanced or retarded by the work Of
his neighbour
One OF the classes that has always
had good attendance and has also
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reason why he should not be undls-
turbed In his possession OF the rich es-
tate of the liarmonists, IS man of
parts. He is a born fighter also, and
he has had much experience in the
business of holding what he regards as
hts own. He became head OF the com
munity about twenty years ago and at
once began 20 exhibit a remarkable eS-
ecutiVe ability. Through neglect and
poor business management the society
had met with reverses. Many OF Its
Industries had fallen into decay, and
its splendid agricultural plant had been
suffered to deterlora'e-
Duss-young, capable and energetic
worked remarkable change. once
more the society became prosperous.
and it's property WAS restored 10 its
orr ginal value. The membership of the
community was dying out rapidly, and
there was no remedy for that, but there
was no depreciation OF the estate
There had been no additions 10 the
communistic family from the outside.
and there could be none In any other
way. The time came when Duss was
the brains and almost the absolute
ruler OF the entire concern
Although evidently he WAS doing so
much for the community the old Har-
monists did not approve OF his meth
Ods. II seemed 10 them that their
leader was holding too much inter
cuurset with that world from which
they had withdrawn, He was musical
y Inclined and organized brass band
and orchestra at Economy, which was
source of great discomfort for his
brethren. They put their venerable
heads together and resolved 10 DUST
him.
They appealed 10 the courts, but fail
ed TO secure RELIEF. Their young leader
was too Well Intrenched To be dlslodged
by their feeble efforts The United
States supreme court decided every
thing In his favor and he secured am
apparently firm hold on all the proper
ty He bought and sold ON his own In
lliatlye and became practically the
"whOle thlng-'
The career Of John s. Duss ahounds
in incident. IL Is quite as interesting
as Is that OF the curious society OF
which he became the head. He was the
only child who over became a part OF
this strange celibate family His ia
thor and mother. German immigrants.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-23

there were 5000 nom English speak
ing persons out OF a total of 1o7 900.
On account of this large enrolment
the teaching of English has already be-
come the most important feature of
night school work. II has even been
recommended to the board OF eduea-
ton that normal course for the train
ing OF teachers to teach English to for
eigners be introduced into the evening
high schools
OF quite j different class intellectual
ly are the pupils of the evening high
schools. Most of them are younger
than the pupils of the elementary
schools. and the struggle In which
they are engaged is Inspired by a
loftIer ambition. Perhaps it is not less
pathetic than the other. In the night
high schools are the boys and girls who
are toiling onward at the betest of
some importunate ambition, sometimes
against fearful odds. Some are trying
for college or the professional school.
Others are satisfied with some special
ty that will advance them In their
business careers The arts also find
their devotees here, those who labor all
day at commercial pursuits. often dis
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-23

ambitious youth climbing upward ever
toiled more faithfully than do these be-
lated students whose thirst for knowl-
edge has never been Quencbed and is
now lSlnded anew by the only oppor-
tunity that has come their way.
Even the alphabet comes hard at
fifty Almost every one OF these elder
~ beginn ers must commence de novo.
One must indeed become as a child.
1t entails an entire surrender of per-
sonal dignity, and it is certain evidence
of absolute sincerity. An their lives
these men and women have wanted to
learn to read and write and have long
ed for the opportunity which has al
ways eluded them. 1t is high time
that the sentiment OF a community In
which II Is a mark Of manhood to be
able TO read and write should overcome
the obstacles that years have inter-
posed,
For the elementary schools there are
no entrance examinations. There is
also the greatest liberty in the choice
OF subjects, 1t Is realized that every
applicant for registration is In pursuit
of knowledge for some definite purpose
and every effort is made to help him to
get what he wants in as short time
az possible. This compulsory educs-
ton law provides for children under
the age Of fourteen, but there is no
limit III the other direction--even a
centenarian is welcome to try his luck.
These elementary night schools con-
tain great numbers OF pupils who are
just beyond the supervision Of the law
and have gone 10 work They are boys
and girls who failed 10 complete the
elementary education during the pre-
scribed time. They have not lost their
desire to go on 10 further attainment
and they flock TO the night schools 10
prepare for something higher. Many
OF these children are of foreign birth,
, coming to America when they We're
we'll along toward their teens and thus
having everything 10 learn In fact,
the proportion of students of foreign
birth in the evening schools is tremen-
dousIy large. The adult immigrant
sees in these free institutions an OPP
portunity TO gain some immediate
knowledge of English. This is so well
understood among foreign newcomers
that II has become the custom for them
to register for the night schools al
most as soon as they land on Ameri-
can shores.
Taking the free night school regis
tration in the city OF New York last
! year. for example, II appears that
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tasteful. and who are willing to work
hard evenings to gain the knowledge
that alone will free them from their
present uncOngonial occupations. Most
of these students az the night high
schools are those who have finished
the grammar school course at the day
schools, but have had to go to work
Immediately afterward. In fact, 1t is
required of those Who enter the night
high school that they shall have COM
pleted the day grammar school course
OF he able to pass an equivalent ex-
animation
But 1t must not be concluded that
the instruction given so freely i'm the
night schools now maintained in all
large American cities Is purely aca-
demlc. Manual training enters largely
into the scheme Of education The OPP
portuniSy is given TO secure technical
knowledge that will In time enable the
pupil to better his condition Many of
the Instructors in the technical courses
are men and women who are engaged
al their several trades during the day
time, Willing to imnart their knowledge
to classes of ambitious boys and girls
during the evening.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-23
PARKS AS BIG AS PROVINCES

Australia's new national park, which
is Just now In course OF formation
around Mount KcsciuslSo New South
Wales. win be big thing Of its kind
much bigger than any they have in
Britain
One hundred square miles Of land
have been set aside for it. This means
that 1t will be considerably more than
a hundred ;imes larger than Hyde park
and KenslngTon gardens combined.
But even Koscusko park, immense as
IT Is. is a mere garden plot when COM
pared with the Yellowstone National
park. which covers an area of 5.3fs
square miles of United States territory
and embraces within it's boundaries
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-23

ME- of the most progressive
II and hopeful signs of the times
Is TO be found In the great
~ number of free elementary
and technical schools which are being
established In all Of the big cities and
in many OF the larger towns of this
cnuntry This great evening school
aru,v Is recruited almost entirely from
those who are at hard labor during the
day.
So It is that attendance at these
evening schools means to most of their
pupils steady labor for at least ten
hours n day. eight at the business OF
sustaining life and two at the more
aesthetic and almost as necessary La
Dor of betterins their intellects Every
species OF occupation is represented
among the pupils, and they are OF all
ages. Large numbers of them earn
their daily bread in factories and
stores. But the welcome is extended
to all classes. 1t is recognized that all
who apply are actuated by the most
genuine and praisewortby motives and
no one is refused There are office
clerks, bookkeepers and stenographers3
some are craftsmen, embryo architects
utSJRntTS stllQ tAiNlG uNt
even writer's and students Of profess
sfonal schools in search of some par
lcuIar training There is no resuic-
Ion as 10 age, race or occupation ex-
opt the legal one which makes all boys
nd girls under fourteen years Of age
nnpIls in the day public schools
In spite OF this latter restriction
however. there are frequently very
ia .ts-l-
hools i'll the great cities These be-
s1ng to some OF the mothers who could
at attend the school unless they Were
rnited to bring their babies and
1oll children. Some of the mode
vcning schools for adults have nurs'
RES in which small children ara
rrd for during the sessions.
THIS does not include all The pathoi
the free night schools OF a great
city. More Is TO be found in the classes
ll which those Wen along in life arr
citing their first Inkling of tho mys-
rles OF reading and writing, ii Is
eloquent of the honest desire and COM
mendable perseverance that animate
the souls of some Of these elderly
odders that they come 10 these schools
nd take their chances with the others
ga self made genius reading by thu
light of the fickering torch or tht
street lamp ever accomplished his pur
pose under greater difficulties M
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to obtain possession of all the
n u property OF the Harmony 500
clety now remaining serve 10 revive
interest In that almost forgotten COM
munty, which was at its apOgee in the
middle of the last century. Among all
the strange NANTES tati0ns of social
and religious exClusiveness that have
from time to time taken root In this
country the story of the Harmony
communists, called Economists from
the name OF their settlement. is most
pathetic
For II Is now at its final chapter.
For more than three-quarters OF a CEN
fury II has been unfolding step by step,
and now 1t has reached It's end-the
only end that has been possible under
the circumstances. When the courts
have fixed the ownership OF the COM
munal estate now remaining the book
will be closed forever, and the Harmony
society Will be "a thing OF the past
Practically II IS that now, At the
present moment there arc only two
survivors OF the curious sect These
remaining Harmonists are John S.
Duss, the wei known bandmaster. and
his WIFE Upon them are censered all
Wv NuNiNlbll0 VI lllt tAlllAEN F'NA-tS .
and Its estate has descended Ia them.
There Is no question Of descent The
state OF Pennsylvania admits IL. IL Is
matter OF history and record that
John S Duss and his wife are the Last
representatives of the old community,
The state contends that Duss and his
wife have forfeited their right to the
estate by following way OF living
which Is not IN accord with the prln-
ciples of Vac community,
The state maintains THAI the terms
Harmony society and "John S Duss
and wife are Incompatible and cam
not be made 10 agree, For the Har-
monIsts wc'e celhaIes, and there WAS
no marrlagt or giving In marriage at
Economy Every member of the COM
mlunity was bound by u VOW 10 remain
ecllbate for ipe remainder ot his or her
life Celibacy WAS one of the most
Vital features OF The sect The viola
Ion Of this hIle would have entaIled
speedy expulsion Now that there is
no one len to enforce The rule ahe stale
assumes the responsibility.
John 8 pnsS the man who secs ma
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After awhile, however, there We're no
more additions, the celbate feature
not proving attractive to investigators
of the principles OF the society Most
of those who had coined the Harrno-
nists were middle aged or beyond at
the time Of their entrance. so that by
the time the sect removed to Economy
il had been reduced to abohI a hundred
PERSONS When Henrici, Rapp's sue
cessoT died. the community Swhed
about 1900 acres OF the finest farming
land IN Pennsylvania
There is lIttle doubt that II Duss had
not reappeared at Economy when he
did there would have been but mlso1-
able fragment of the original Harmo-
mist estate at the time OF the socetys
dissolution IL is due 10 his energy
and business ability that there is stlll
an estate worth fighting for,
JAMES L. STILES.