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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-04-26
The Peculiar FrIaste ala

The frigate bird is a native of trop-
zeal seas and rarely comes to land ex-
cept during the breeding season. 1t
has the habit. unusual among sea birds,
Of nesting In trees, large companies Of
them building together in the tops Of
the talIest mangroves. Like the cor
morant and the albatross, the frigate
bird lays but one egg. 1t lives by fish
ing and also by robbing other fishers
Of what they have caught. In plumage
the frigate bird is brownish black, with
metallic green and purple reflections.
The dilatable throat sac IN the male Is
Of bright scarlet, while the female, Of a
duller general hue. has a white patch
on the breast 1t is a beautiful sight
10 watch one or more floating overhead
against the deep blue sky, the long
forked tail alternately opening and
shutting like pair of scissors and the
head, which is. of course, kept to wind
ward, inclined from side to side, while
the wings are to all appearance flxedly
extended, though the breeze may be
constantly varying In strength and d.
rection.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-04-26
ptoIsmv's Bio Boat.

Ptolemy PhilopatoD was fond of
building big boats. One of these is
said to have been 420 feet long, 81 feet
broad and 72 feet deep from the high
est point of the stern. This vessel had
four rudders or what some would call
steering oars. as they were not fasten-
ed, each forty-flve feet long. She car
ried 1000 rowers. besides 1900 ma
rines, large body Of servants under
her decks and stores AMI provisions.
Her oars were fifty-seven feet long.
and the handles We're weighted with
lead. There were 1000 rowers on a
side, and 1t is supposed that these were
divided into FIVE banks. That this ex-
traordinary vessel ever put to sea Is
doubted. but that she was launched
and used at times, If only for display,
several historians are agreed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-04-26
Tho Dangers Of the Mines.

Great and mystically dreadful is the
earth from a mines depth. Man L. In
the implacable grasp Of nature 1t has
only to tighten slightly and he is
crushed like bug His loudest shrlek
Of agony would be as impotent as his
final moan to bring help from that
fair land that lies Ike heaven over his
head. There Is an insidious silent en-
envy in the gas. II the huge fanwheel
on the top of the earth should stop for
a brief period there Is certain death,
and panic more terrible than any
occurring where the sun has shone en-
sues down under the tons of rock II
a man may escape the gas, the foods,
the "squeezes" Of falling rock, the cars
shooting through little tunnels, the pre-
carious elevators, the hundred perils,
there usually comes to him an attack
Of miners asthma" that slowly racks
and shakes him into the grave.-Ste-
phen Crane.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-04-26
An Enxntian custonn.

More than 1000 years ago Herodotus
observed a remarkable custom in
Egypt. At "a certain season of the
year the Egyptians went into the des-
ert, cut off branches from the wild
palm and. bringing them back to their
gardens. waved them over the flowers
Of the date palm. Why they performed
this ceremony they did not know, but
they knew that II they neglected 1t
the date crop would be poor or wholly
lost. Herodotus offers the quaint
explanation that along with these
branches there came from the deserr
certain flies possessed Of "vivi6v viz
tue" which somehow lent an exuber-
ant fertility to the dates But the true
rationale to the incarnation is now ex-
planned. Palm trees. like human be-
fngs, are male and female. The garden
plants. the. date bearers. were females,
the desert plants we're males, and the
waving Of the branches over the .fe-
males meant the transference Of the
fertilizing pollen from the one to the
other.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-04-26
Getting Round Il.

A famous mountaineer said Of noun
tain climbing at a dinner In Brooklyn:
Peaks that seem inaccessible may
be climbed by turns and twists. Noun.
tain climbing is a question of getting
around the bad places. Getting around
your difficulty-that is the secret Of
mountain climbing. Liszt. the great
musician. had the ability to get around
things; hence l am sure he'd have
made a good mountaineer. Once at a
dinner Liszt's hostess cried in horri-
fed voice that there were thirteen at
table.
Don't let that alarm you, madam
said Liszt, with reassuring smile,
I'll eat for two"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-04-26
II Lion Pull, and Hor,e pull,,

II lion and a strong horse were to
pull in opposite directions, the horse
would pull the lion backward with
comparative ease. But If the lion were
hitched behind the horse and facing In
the same direction and were allowed to
exert his strength in backing he could
easily pull the horse down upon his
launches or drag him across the ring,
so much greater is his strength when
exerted backward from the hind legs
than in forward pulling-Chambers
Journal
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-04-26

A debating society in which the
members are really keen is an instltu-
ton of immense value In a school or a
house. Success in the school debating
society is frequently the beginning Of
a great career. = o. @. Williams in
1.-THE Captain"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-04-26

II think London is lovely place for
a honeymoon. Don't you, dearP
Eyes, darling" he replied in an alb
stracted manner. II shall always come
here in the future. STRAY Stories.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-04-26

HAVlNG LAID IN THE LARG EST AND
IL most fashionable stock of furniture ever
in Montgomery county, am ready to rye
customers in the Humphrey Building, Rock
vile. large rear addition to which has re-
Gently been made and used by me in this line
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-04-26

Some evils admit Of consultations, but
there are no comforters for dyspepsia
and the Observation-Disclosures
The Yale expositor., 1907-04-05
THAT EASIER BONNET.

The millinery season has opened and
the three emporiums of fashionable
headwear of our town have shown their
prettiest hats to the ladies, Miss Ross
holding her opening a week ago Friday
and Mrs. Black and Miss PeaTce last
Saturday A passing glance into the
windows gave one a bright view of sew
eral of the new shapes trimmed. In
all the shops the very latest fads and
fancies are found and the newest nov
elites. The mushroom shape in sever
al varieties i'm prominent, some being
termed the soup-plate, the umbrella
shape and the lamp shape.
The reaction has come from the
iluted, turn-up brims of q season or
two ago and now nearly everything
must turn down. although one needn't
mushroom, still the droop is just the
thing. Large hats are still i'm vogue,
medium sized ones are more numerous
while small hats of the toque and tur-
ban style will be used extensively.
There are flowers upon flowers, in fact
some of the hats are veritable flower
beds, with flowers of all colors and va
rieties strewn on one hat.
At Miss Ross's some elegant large
shapes were shown, all beautifully
trimmed, one an odd lamp shape, had
many lovely yellow roses, with puffs
of black maline under the brim. \
beauty was one all i'm white, with lace
drape and white plume. A black with
sprays of the popular lilac was also
shown. Daisies and roses were seen
i'm combination. Miss Ross has exquis-
ite taste i'm arrangement and effect.
Street hats and children's wear also re-
ceive her large attention.
In looking over Miss Pearce's pretty
things small brown straw shape
caught ones attention. 1t was odd and
yet very attractive. A good deal of
brown is shown here this season. Miss
Pearce combines it with other colors
with great taste. Another odd style
was the airship of white neapolitan
braid with bands of brown velvet and a
white plume. A cute little bonnet for
child was shown i'm fancy white braid
with trimmings of light blue silk. Miss
Pearce makes quite feature of chill
dren's wear.
Some extremely handsome hats were
shown at Mrs. Blacks, both in large
and small shapes. Bunches of grass
are shown on several giving a unique
effect. Fruit and big pins are also fads
for the season. A large black lace
straw hat was very pleasing trimmed
with beautiful plumes. Another, in con
trast, was a small shape covered with
foliage, big pale blue bow on one
side and pink roses, purple violets and
white lilac on the other.
The spring opening of millinery is
generally more attractive to most peo
pie than the fall, and the shops are gay
with bright colors.
The Yale expositor., 1907-04-05
AN APRIL FOOLS PARTY.

About thirty-hve members of the G..
+. Society of the Presbyterian church
met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. ;. o.
Denison last Monday evening. Being
April Fools Day, all sorts of tricks
were played upon the innocent guests.
No chairs were provided all sitting on
the floor Games and amusements
were provided. When 1t came time
for refreshments oil were sent into one
room i'm the center of which were laid
newspapers for table cloth. Heads of
cabbage, onion salad and cordwood
sandwiches were the delectable dainties
under which the table groaned also the
diners, when the smell of the onions
had pervaded to all parts of the room.
When IL was thought enough jokes had
been perpetrated, luncheon of sand
wlches, fruit salad and coffee was pass
ed around which. was greatly enjoyed
by all.
The Yale expositor., 1907-04-05
tNCEIltNT PROGRAMS.

The program. as given in the Expos
itor last week for the Easter services
i'm the Presbyterian church on Sunday
evening. was carried ont i'm full and
was very heartily enjoyed by the large
congregation. The church was packed
To the doors and many went away not
being able TO gain admttance.
The decorations were exceedingly
handsome, extending across the entire
front of the church. An arch or gate
was erected in the centre, covered with
green and easter lilies. At the top was
placed white cross and behind were
the words, "IIe is Risen" The church
piano and Sunday school organ were
placed side by side in the arch of the
building which was filled with plants,
flowers and Easter lilies. Both instru-
ments and a cornet were used for the cho-
ruses and eighteen voices sang with good
effect the Easter anthems. The children
took their parts very nicely in recita-
tion and helped i'm making the service
more complete.
The trustees of the church wish to
thank Messrs. Newell and Cough and
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Rounds for the loan
of chairs and also to all who assisted in
getting them.
An appreciative audience listened to
the Easter exercises given by the Sun
day School scholars in the Peoples
Temple last Sunday evening. The
church was becomingly decorated for
the occasion with a prOfusiOn of Easter
lilies, potted plants, bells, ETC., surround
ing the altar, while red, white and blue
bunting was arranged i'm an artistic
and tasty manner throughout the
church parlors. The program was long
and varied each and every scholar TAX
ing his or her part in creditable man
ner. Miss Lucy Utley presided at the
organ throughout the evening and G..
+. Wells assisted on the cornet. Those
having the program in charge are to be
congratulated highly for the efficient
manner in which they drilled the
scholars.
Easter services were held at the
Methodist Episcopal Church on sun
day morning. Easter lilies, plants and
other flowers were tastily arranged
about the altar and pulpit. The ser
mon presented the resurrection Of
Christ as a message of life, that the re.
newal of dispirited disciples and the
vigorous energy manifested by the
church in the world must be accounted
for by risen and living Christ.
During the Sunday School hour pro-
gram of singing and recitations was
given by the children. They did their
parts well and the program was en
joyed by those who remained for it. A
collection was taken in behalf of mis-
sionary work.
The Yale expositor., 1907-04-05

Election passed Off very quietly OH
Monday, there being only one ticket in
the field in each of the first and third
wards. Quite little stir was manifest
among the candidates for Alderman
and Constable in the second ward.
Partisanship cut 10 figure i'm the
election and therefore party issues were
not discussed.
The newly elected officers are all
clean business men and we look for a
wise and conservative administration
of city affairs during the coming year.
Our citizens should give their hearty
support To the new council and assist
in every way To further the advance
ment Of Yale.
The Yale expositor., 1907-04-05
MONfY TO loan.

Money to loan at a low rate of interest
on real estate. j. A. Rapley. g.
The Yale expositor., 1907-04-05
Ia6H SCHOOL ItCTuRf COURSE.

The nexi and last number on the lee
tnre course will be the lecture by De
Witt Miller, April 10. lie has nation
al reputation as an entertainer, humor-
ist and an orator and his talk abOunds
in wit, humor, pathOs and elequence.
lie is not new man for this place
as he has been here before and gave ex-
ceedingly good satisfaction. lie spends
his spare time in buying books. devour-
ing and digesting them and giving in
popular lecturers the results OF his ON
nivorous reading and argus-eyed obser-
vation. He has vocabulary like Car
lyle and an optomistic humor fresh and
spontaneous.
Wanted Man to write life insurance
for Prudential Insurance Go. Good
commission OTTO X. CIsKY,
5O.2 Port Huron. Mich.
Farm House and Orchard to Rent
One mile northeast of Yale limits. Al
so chicken coop. Can get pasture on
said farm for COW. Good garden spot.
Enquire of II. Parkinson, or Expositor
Office. 50-3
The Yale expositor., 1907-04-05

Prison Amendment Yes l25, No 6l.
Board of Auditors Amendment Yes
if. No 45.
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Bey, had time to regain his balance. Weir had
one hand entwined in the Turks collar and the
other gripping him amidshps in grip that seemed
to the squirming Haleb Bey to gather in his very
vitals In instant he found himself Tapping
through the air like plucked chicken trying to
fly. Straight into the cold autumn waters of the
Propontis he swiftly and ungracefully went. drop
ping among the fishes looking for food, which scat
tered in terror, without stopping to find out if he
edible.
Sal-a-din and his two friends were standing up
looking rather foolish. Their cue had never come
without diving down into the water after him. The
turned to the other and the other to the third
and the third found no other thing to do except
to turn again to the first Then they three sat
down.
Below kdlek fshed out Haleb Bey and rowed
him away.
At the table whose occupants had been most
concerned in the incident, a dense, Anglo-Saxon
imperturbabity prevailed, which radiated rays of
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he does not know when and how much to drink
What might be forgiven at the end of convivial
night was quite out of place Sunday morning,
where milk and honey would have been appropriate
Or rather since the month of Ramazan had already
begun. good Moslens would have refrained from
even crust of bread, between sunrise and sunset.
The four with bold 1anguishing eyes, were staring
around at the European women in the cafe in a
way that made more than escort wish to get up
and kick them-also obviously unsuted to time
and place. They at some little distance from
the party with Weir and had not noticed it, until
the arm of the man next him in great excitement
Look look, Haleb Bey! Over there at that
table with the two women-the beautiful and
man with the yellow hair? That is the man who
the American whom we talking about the
other day" Before the other two Turks Sal-a-din
would not speak plainly.
Haleb Bey understood He rose to his feet and
glared across the crowded tables at Weir The
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pulse to do seemed weakness to the man. and he
fought it down
Rhasneh had not yet had an answer to her last
letter. She had to rely on Xeny for postman and
since returning to town Xeny had been unable to
obtain permission to 60 out and visit Rhasneh
Yet now the Turkish maiden could not indulge in
the hesitation which she felt to be becoming She
sat up nearly the whole of the night writing again to
Weir. 1t was possible that Xeny might come the
next day, and she must have her letter ready when
the little Greek child should appear
1t was not easy letter to write Up to now
she had felt that her thoughts and medtations would
most interest her lover Il wish to live such free.
noble life as your countrywomen live" she had
written once. Here, alas! one is valued only for
her beauty; but would dwell where beauty counts
for nothing against character and intellect; where
the lofty thought is not laughed at as the whim of
woman. but seriously considered-more than
beauty
Such sentiments she had felt would be pleasing
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fore all these people! Dog! Cur! Hound!' Haleb
Bey flashing himself into a fury, the fury
that turns the ordinarily good tempered Turk into
a wild beast.
Sal-a-din regarded his companion with pleasure
There Yusuf of the Anatolian infantry two
years ago. who became famous by kissing the beau
tlful wife of the Armenian banker, Gaukian Efend
he suggested slyly But he was a daredevil
fellow who feared naught"
Who says 1 fear?" Haleb Bey turned savagey
his friend His mind was not clear enough
to discriminate between the fly, and feathers and
hook
We could close in behind you to prevent pur-
suit, the way his brother officers did with Yusuf
one of the other Turks said, the underlying hatred
of the Mussuman for the Christian alight, while
You made your escape with the taste of the English
woman's kiss on your lips. You would be the most
famous man IN Pera Tomorrow.
1t takes like Yusuf for such a prank
though" The fourth laid his fagot the
fire All had been partaking of the same infaming
Sa-a-din grinned. He was in peculiarly happy
position. If Haeb Bey should shame the infdels
by insulting their women with impunity, then he
Sal-a-dln, could rutf1e sharer in the deed. On
the other hand, if repulse and modification came
to the handsome Haleb Bey, under guise of sympa-
thetc telling he could spread the knowledge of it
wide in those haunts where Haleb Bey had been
accustomed to lording it his less favored friend
and Haleb Bey's arrogance had been such that
Sal-a-din could be of many pleased for his
tale.
Haeb Bey steadied himself on the edge of the
table, and again his eyes swept the crowded tables
about hm-tables careless of him and his looks
another insult he felt, in his exalted condition
Soon they should all see what he, Haleb Bey, son
of Osman Pasha, of Bash Bey, would do to
this interloper! Haleb Bey, before whom the hearts
of the infdel women in Paris had fallen ike ripe
cherries, would teach this clumsy American what
it was to affront himl
He walked with that exaggeratedly straight
swlftness of which some tipsy capable to
Weirs table and stopped to plant kiss on Grace
Blake's mouth, his companions rising at the same
time to see and to cover his retreat.
The Americans were looking out over the water
and did not notice Haleb Bey's approach. Only
Weir happened to glance around, when Haeb Bey's
face was within a foot of Graces.
Stephens lying the table in front of
him, nearly extended He had not time to draw
it back to strike He could not have called in time
to warn Grace. There is straight push, with
the open hand, which football to keep
off players trying to tackle them. Weir had only
Just time to raise his and let the ivory
plexon of the Turk impinge upon his open hand
which, with a stiff arm and the full weight of his
powerful shoulders behind it, sent Haeb Bey reel
ing back under the impulse of what was as insulting
as slap in the face and nearly powerful as an
honest left hook
Before the son of Osman Pasha, the son of Basib
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let him know her plight, and then he must act, and
soon, or she would be lost to him for ever. At the
thought, her blood qulckened, and her doubts
lessened. She picked up her pen and wrote:
less you My father has told that my marriage
to take place weeks from to-day although he knows
think i'll of hint is only because he thinks do not
know, and believes that he acts for my best.
Another part of her letter read thus:
do not know the ways of your world and is to YOU
alone that trust my life, should have done to the
Prophet of my land if He were now on earth Oh mon
sieur if in my ignorance write what may appear you
wrong, do not think that immodest unwomanly
or that do not respect the wishes of ather Alas
sir is because cannot let myself be done as seems
wrong in my heart.
Rhasneh sat with her little feet cured under her
and composed her letter by the solitary light of
candle, while TSatsar- ab-harlem crouched watching
outside the door, her mistress had hidden her
Rhasneh wrote long time, pouring her little heart
out to the wonderful stranger who had captured it.
him to take her away and cherish her for the rest of
her life. She repeated herself often Though not
half often enough it seemed to her, in her fear lest
she fail to touch him), and often strayed away into
language that Weir, lover that he was, found
sentmentally fowery. But in it all she showed
her love for him and her dread of being given to
another.
AS Rhasneh had hoped Xeny came to visit her
next day, and brought her letter from her lover
But the little postman amazed at the volu-
minousness of the letter that she was expected to
take back with her
oh, Hanum Rhasnehl" she exclaimed, how am
l to hide such a big package? 1t will not go into
my G9rseet and you tore up my ball-anyway, that
In dismay at this difficulty, Rhasneh looked
around the room, and her eyes fell upon a box she
kept her jewels in 1t was of mother Of pearl, in
laid with precious stones, and itself nearly as
valuable as the jewels it contained. She caught it
up. Here, chtrie, see if you find out way
to open it,
Xeny examined it with interest Then she
handed it back. 1t does not open; it is an orna-
ment,' she said.
Rhasneh put the tip of one slender forefnger on
the round turquoise petal of flower, apparently
as firmly fixed any other part, and turned it
round. The box then opened easily She poured
the gtterng contents into her lap and put the letter
inside.
But they will ask me about it at home Xeny
said, after she had made she understood the
mechanism of the box
Forget how to open it until you see Monsieur
Weir" Rhasneh suggested with Turkish diplo-
macy.
Xeny fondled the glitterng casket. and her little
brain busted itself with another aspect of the
When the letter is taken out. do 1 bring you the
- Continued on page Ia
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him, and his glare
was wasted.
Aha! That is he,
is it?" Haleb Bey
repeated thickly.
That is the man
whom all Our women
rush to their win
dows to see pass byi
And now he has a
Frank woman with
him-another that
cannot resist his
charms, l suppose. "
He directed some
curses, deep and Writ
lent, at the uncon-
scious Weir. :" | will
teach him a lessonl