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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-05-22
The Choice.


A young man stood before the mirror
completing the finishing touches to a
toilet of which he felt justly proud.
He was going to call upon the girls
widowed mother to ask for her daugh-
ter's hand in marriage.
At last everything was complete ex-
cept his cravat Before him on the
dressing table spread the two cravats
between which his choice rested, one, a
neat black with a narrow white stripe,
which he had bought himself; the 9TH
or n cravat which the girl had given
him for present, tie such as only
women purchase
"If | wear the black and white one,
I'll look my best" he unused. ION the
other hand IL wear the one she gave
me I'll please her Immensely, but will
look like a fright"
Then he whlstled, walked around the
room and carefully tied his cravat
The mother said, YES" although
there were tears in her eyes, and the
girl thought he was the handsomest
and best dressed man In the world
Which cravat did he wear?-Bohe-
milan Magazine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-05-22
In the Ghost Laying Business.

This advertisement appeared in Lon
don In 1777:
Haunted Houses.-Whereas there
are mansions and castles in England
and Wales which for many years have
been uninhabIted and are now falling
into decay by their being haunted and
visited by evil spirits or the spirits of
those who for unknown reasons are
rendered miserable even in the grave,
a gentleman who has made the tour of
Europe, of a particular turn of mind
and deeply skilled in the abstruse and
sacred science of exorcism, hereby Of
fers his assistance to any owner or
proprietor of such premises and under
takes to render the same free from
the visitation of such spirits, be their
cause what 1t may, and render them
tenantable and useful to the proprie-
tors. Letters addressed to the Rev.
John Jones, 80 st. Martins lane, duly
answered and interview given If re-
quired. N. B.-Rooms rendered habit
able in six days"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-05-22
Kensington Railway.

NARS leave Chevy Chase Lake for Kensing-
~ ion on hour and on half hour, $3.50 a.
m. TO IL p. m.
Returning cars leave Kensington quarter
before and quarter after hour connecting
with Capital Traction Co.'s through cars
which leave Chevy Chase Lake and returning
leave 9Th street aud New York Avenue at
quarter hour intervals. Cars leaving 18th and
New York Avenue, N. W. quarter before and
quarter after hour connect with kensiug-
ton cars.
Fare cents each way on Kensiugton Rail-
way, and one car ticket TO Circle on Capital
Traction Railway
COMPUTATION RATES-GOOD UNTII.
uSED-50 ride tickets 81 SO, good ON Kan
singion Railway. Sold BY Mr. GEORGE Peter
at B. o. ticket Office
100 ride tickets 50 90 on CAPITAL Traction
Cos line, Chevy Chase Lake 10 Circle soId nv
capital Traction Company's Agent, CHEVY
Chase Lake
Chevy Chase Circle ID. c. Incl one car
ticket to any point in city on Capital Trac
ton Company's lines
Va Connection at Kensiugton with local
trains on B. 4 o. R. R. To reach points in
northwest section Of city passengers wi N usu-
ally save time and money BY taking Kensing-
ton cars 70 the Lake aud thence Capital Trac-
ton cars TO city.
KENSINGT0N RAILWAY co.
july 2o-y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-05-22
London's First Pawnbroker.

No one would guess that 'uncle' had
SO illustrlous an ancestor as right
reverend prelate, yet this seems to be
SO, for pawnbroking was first intro
duced into England by Michael de
Northburg. bishop Of London, in Ed
ward Ills reign. He set up an estab-
llshment for lending money to the poor
er Londoners on portable property, and.
according to Dugdale, IL any sum SO
borrowed was not paid at the expira-
ton of year the preacher ut st. Paul's
cross was to announce that the pledge
would be sold in fourteen days unless
1t was previously redeemed.-Pearson's
Weekly
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-05-22
The Servant.

Remember" said the patriot, that
so long as you hold public office you
are a servant of the people, a plain
servant"
Great Scottv' answered the subur-
ban resident who had just been elect
ed Can act as naughty and over
bearing and take rs many holidays as
all Washington Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-05-22

"Pa, is it true that all men are made
of dust?"
'l've had reason to think lately" re-
piled the man who had been trying to
get his notes extended, that good
many of them are made of cement
Chicago Record Herald.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-05-22

| have yet to see woman's play in
which the male characters shall seem
real and vital. As portrayers of sex
not their own. men have a decided ad-
vantage over women.-Max Beerbohm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-05-22

Did you cry, Ethel?"
Ooubtfully) "N-no, ma'am."
Are you quite sure?"
with sudden illumination 81 booed,
but didn't hoo"-Puck.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-05-22
FOR SALE,

IN If you wish public sprayer
in your locality, write at once to the State
horticultural Department, College Park, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-05-22

Straws show which way the wind is
blowing. but not how soon 1t may
change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
PROTECTION OF WOMEN.
Supreme Court Decision Makes For
 the National Welfare.

From the New York Evening Post.
 Had the decision of our highest trl- bunal been an adverse one 1t would have invalidated nearly all the statutes in force in the United States limiting the hours of adult women. Nineteen states have passed similar laws; Mas sachusetts one as far back as 1874. More than this. it would have left the women wage-earners in factories and every other kind of arduous manual labor at the mercy of interruptions employers, who could have worked them and IA hours a day II tney saw fit.
 Similar laws have been passed in England and all the leading countries of Europe, and everywhere there is agitation to shorten the working day for women or to strengthen the exist ing laws. The consensus or public opinion the world over is that such regulation protects the public health, safety and welfare. While 1t IS gener- ally recognized that women should have the right to choose their own em- ployments and the working conditions that suit them, the progress or clvlllza- tion demands that they be saved rom overexertion or from unsanitary and unhealthful conditions that tend to wear them out or incapacitate them for family life. Here, again, an apstract question of personal liberty has had to give way before considerations of na- tional welfare and progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
GEORGIA TECH MEN
 AT HAPPY BANQUET
RESIDENT ALUMNI CULTIVATE, X SPIRIT OF coMRADESHlP-Dl NERs AT SOUTHERN cLuB-.MR. CRAWFORD OF TENN. co.

Frank c. Turner. assistant manager graduate of the Georgia School of Technology, entertained the local alumni of that well known institution at an elegant dinner at the Southern club last night. Courses were laid for Il.
 President George Gordon Crawford of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, one of two men in the first graduating class of the Georgia Tech had the seat of honor. The others pres ent were Mark W. Johnson. Jr., E. P. Williams, J. F. Towers, Paul Wright James A. Kinnard. W. C. Appleby, w.. P. Sullivan and w. H. Hill MT. Hill is of the firm of C. w Hill & Co.,, mechanical engineers, and had charge of the construction of the large blast furnace of the Central Coal and Iron company at Holt in Tuscaloosa coun- ty, and he also supervised the con- struction of the American Cast Iron Pipe works at North Birmingham. MT. Sullivan is a mechanical engineer on his own account and the others are in the service of the Tennessee company.
 The souvenir cards for the dinner were painted by Miss Douglas, the artist, and were singularly rich and beautiful. The evening was spent in informal conversation and every one present was warm in his praise of the Georgia Tech. It was one of the pleas antest affairs of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
Children Entitled To Something More
 Than the Three R's.

From the Boston Herald.
 What has been the most successful means of controverting the idea that the upper grades of the public school system are waste of time for the average boy or girl? Comparative statistics yield but one conclusion. Practical training, supple menting the education of letters, has encouraged on the part of the parent greater appreciation of the value of schooling, and has developed on the part of the pupil a greater interest Cities which have developed their manual and technical and commercial courses to the greatest extent have succeeded in retain ing their children under school tutelage for greater number of years. Pubic attention should be called to this demon stration The proper development of the school system. so. that it may have a value that can be appreciated by the average person is the necessary comple ment Of the law of compulsory education. Moreover, the mission of the pupilc school. to fit the child for the part winch he must play in the world, is not com pleted with cursory instruction Tn the three "Rss. Parents and children nave a right to expect that the latter years of school life shall afford instruclloi which will be of practicali use as lo,'ii. dation. for manual development, IL il,al 'ii be chosen. Their demand Tor sueil i,a struction is as just as is the recosh'%eu demand for education in letters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
DEMAREST LOSES
 HIS FIRST GAME

Chicago, March 2O.-Calvin Demarest of Chicago tonight lost his first game in the sixth annual tournament for tine national amateur championship, being defeated by H. A Wright of San Francisco by a score of 400 to 267 Demarest was deeid- edly off stroke and in addition the luck of the game was all against him. Wright played a careful and consistent game, which was brilliant in spots. Many of Demarest's points were made in open table play, but in the 21st inning he got the balls we'll together, making his high run of 66 but fell down on a short draw shot. The score:
 Demarest, total 267; high run, 66; aver cge. Il, 3-24.
 Wright, total lo; high run, S5; average, 1S 16-24.
 Standing of the players:
 Demarest won 8, lost 1; Jackson lost 5; Conklin won B. Gardner won 1. lost l; Poggenberg won 1, lost 3; Wright won g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
 pohart EI ee In His Home.

From West Point Before the War, ps
 Gen. S. w. Ferguson, Fltzhugh iLee
 room mate. in the April Metropolitan
 Magazine.
 soon afterward Colonel Lee. was re- lieved from duty at the Military acauenis anu took command of a regiment oi Cay Cay airy of which he was made coionei Wo were truly sorry when he ieit' TOT n,s almost perfect character could not iaii to impress all who came in contact wl.a him. I saw him but once after he lell West Point. will digress a little to tell of if. I was at home in Charleston on furlough during the winter of 1858, when received from his son. William Henry Fitzhueh Lee. an invitation to be one or his groomsmen at his marriage to MISS Carter at Shirley, on the James river. Most of the wedding party went together bv steamer from Richmond two or three days before the ceremony and were all entertained in true Virginia style at the plantation mansion. The young men were lodged in several outbuildings. l had a rare opportunity of seeing the great sol- diar in his home life among relatives and friends One thing which I noted par ticularly was his extreme modesty-I might almost say bashfulness. His older brother Mir Carter Lee, told a capital story, sang good song, and was the life of any party of which he happened to be a member After dinner, when the cloth had been removed and the old Madeira brought on, the ladies did not retire. as the custom was, but remained to hear Mr. Carter Lees songs and stories. He would invariably toast the army and call upon Colonel Lee. the senior officer pres ent, to respond. and everyone would re- peat the call. The colonel would raise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
Some Wealth We Must Save.

To conserve the land upon which the immense store of food to supply the
 population 50 years hence must be grown, which is a far more important consideration than the lack of wood for various utilitarian purposes, IL IS necessary to save the forests, says AppIeton's Magazine for March. ..ln tensive culture, proper rotation or crops and scientific fertilization, all Of which have received much notice of late. depend in the last analysis upon the conservation of the forests. Even
 rainfall is regulated by the timber
 growth. Careful huSbandry may ln- crease the yield of grain enormously, but not without lne forests at the head waters of the streams and rivers ana unon the hills of the country. AS was learned in the primary grades at school vast areas of timber-covered land reg uIate and check the supply of the streams. The rain and melting snow seepinq slowly through forest lands is held back from rushing into the river channles in disastrous flood. Run ming over treeless surfaces it not only causes floods. but strips from the soil the comparatively thin surface layer which is productive. ...... What is happening under natural conditions in the process of soil ero- son may serve to illustrate the disas- trous effect which the destruction of the forests would bring to pass. From tne state of Missouri alone there is carried away each year an area of rich soil sufficient to make prism mile
 square and 600 feet high. There is poured into the Mississippi river by
 the Missouri river sufficient soil
 washed from good Missouri farms to make a prism one mile square and 400
 feet high. It is estimated that the
 rivers of the country are carrying to- tai of 1.OO0,000,000 tons of productive
 soil into the sea each year-enough to spread a layer like the mud of the Nile one foot thick over any one of : the states of Iowa, Illinois or Missouri.
 the value of this soil in actual money
 is perhaps $1 ton or total of $500.-
 GOO .O00 a year. The actual loss, how 1 ever. is far greater for, while poor soil
 may be improved, the farms cannot be resurfaced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
DATES ARE SET FOR
 KENTUCKY RACES.

Lexington, Ky. March 20.-The State Racing commission met here today and allotted the following dates for Kentucky tracks:
 Lexington April 26 to May 0en days). Louisville, ..lay to % (2S days).
 I.atonia, June to July IS (41 days).
 Besides allotting dates the commission adopted the following rule:
 No racing association licensed by this commission shall furnish to pool rooms and their agents any information what ever in regard to races, or permit it to be furnished to any person
 This ruling is in line with the anti-pool room bill just signed by Governor Wilson.
 Another rule was adopted in regard to licensing trainers, jockeys and appren- tices and is aimed at the practice of dop- jag: None but those having clean rec ords will be granted licenses.
 The commission will meet here again OH April IS to pass upon applications for license.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
BRISK CONTEST IN
 GOLF TOURNAMENT

Pinehurst. N. C.. March 20.-John E. Porter of the Allegheny Country club and Warren K. Wood of the Homewood club, Chicago. are the survivors in the presi- dents. or first division cup of the fourth annual spring golf tournament as the. .re- suit of todays selni-hna round.
 The feature of the days play Was d 20-hole battle between Mir. Porter and Mir Lard. which was won by Mr. Por- ter; MT. Lard maintaining the lead from the fifth to the 18th hole, which Mr. Porter won on a screaming putt. On the 18th green Lard laid Porter stymie, which prevented Porter from winning, inc hole being halved. On the 2oth green NJ. Lard missed a putt for half giving the match to his opp6nent
 Warren K Wood of the Homewood club, Chicago. was an easy winner of his match in the first division, defeating [. IT. Worthngton of Manwalamink by 4-5, and he meets MT. Porter in tomorrow's S6- hole finals which prevail in all divisions. oswald Kirkby of Englewood and C. l.. Broker of Woodland survive in the con- sola ation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
ATLANTA PREPARES
 TO DROP EXTRA MEN

Atlanta, March 20.-(Special. )--The first of the new men to be cut loose from the Atlanta fold will be Catcher Shea, on whom waivers have been asked. His unconditional release is planned. The four outfielders will be kept till May 15, the general cutting loose date, and Sandherr and Wilkes, now infielders, will be retained for nt least a month or so longer for trial. Sandherr looks good to stick. The pitchers will be worked with care and nearly all kept until the South ern league limit is reached. Sitton will probably be one of the first to pack Lis trunk for other climes Atlanta plans to keep 15 players, one a utility man and two left hand pitchers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
DEMOCRATS WILL
 CONTROL COUNTRY
Congressman Bartlett Reads
 the Signs of the Times
TITLE DEEDS TO LIBERTY
MT. Bartlett Says That Republicans Lay Claim To All Reforms and Will Now Have To Pacify
 Union Labor.

Washington March 20-Maintaining that the democratic representation in the House had steadily increased since "the general rout in 1S94." MT, Bartlett of Georgia today predicted that unless all the signs failed the country would soon return it's control to the democrats.
 AIr. Bartlett discussed the recent finan- cial crisis, and in that connection said that "the trenchant blade, so masterfuily wielded to whack the democratic party. will now grow rusty and must be laid aside, and some other weapon of assault and some other shield of defense must be produced"
 Taking up the recent speech of Mir Dal- zell of Pennsylvania. in which he credited Alexander Hamilton with being the found CT and finisher of the republican faith, MT. Bartlett said Mr. Dalzell had resur- rected almost forgotten and discarded theories of government. which he proud ly proclaims are the doctrines of the re- publican party.
 Contrasting Hamilton, who, he said. would have given Us practically a mon- archy, with Jefferson, he said that Jeffer Sbll lidu SO hiSCiioi 6Co iii9 NNNi~7 N'Ae'N all Americans would decide that the work of drawing their title deed to their lib- critics devolved upon him.
 MT. Bartlett said he could not content himself with the republican claim to au- thorship of railroad rate and antitrust Legislation ana produced documentary eVi- dence to prove that the democrats shoul1 Gerive the credit
 Addressing the republicans. Mir. Bartlett declared they had accomplished one thing by their treatment of the Sherman antl- trust law and that was to destroy the labor unions.
 .'If you are proud of that he ex- claimed you are welcome to the distinc tion." The destruction of labor interests, he said. had been accomplished by the republicans of the Senate in voting down a proposition to exempt from the opera tions of the Sherman antitrust law or ganizations of labor, organized for the purpose of lessening the hours of labor or increasing wages
 MT. Bartlett closed by charging Presi- dent Roosevelt with purloining a sugges- ton of Governor Altgeld of Illinois made in 1896 that railroads be required to pay damages to employees killed or crippled while in the performance of their duties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Fall River, Mass, March 2o.-simultane- ously with a drop of a quarter of a cent in the price of print cloths today. mo- tices were posted in the seven mills of the Fall River company and the works Of the American Printing company, owned hv NJ. C. D. Borden of New York, am nonneins that those plants would be closed all next week and alternate weeks until four weeks ourtailment has been completed The Fall River works mills have not been shut down for curtailment of production for ten years. The immense
 plant produces S0.000 pieces of print cloth d week. employs 50o0 operatives and and has weekly payroll of sS5,oOo The American Print works has 150 hands and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Berlin. March 2O.-The newspapers cf Berlin and the provinces have unan- imously decided not to print word of the reichstag debates until adequate retraetion is offered for the insulting expression of swine" addressed to the reporters gallery yesterday by Herr Groeber. leader of the center party, be- cause ieers had come from this division at a statement used by member to the effect that negroes also had inn mortal souls.
 The official news agencies are com pelled. according to tn cir agreements, to take down the declarations of the ministers stenograp phically. These, how ever, are merely supplied to the various
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
 EMPLOYERS LIABILITY BILL.
Final Consideration Is Yet a Long
 Way of.

Washington. March 20.--Amendment of the employers liability bill so as to meet the unconstitutionalites pointed out by the supreme court was considered in eX- ecutive session today by the House com- mttee on judiciary. Conservative mem- bers desire the committee to go no tar- ther than a mere rewriting of a lew words of the Howard act so as to make the law applicable to interstate commerce only, instead of intrastate commerce as well, but other members in yielding to the pressure that has been brought to bear by organized labor propose much broao- CT provision Consideration in committee has not yet approached final stage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
STORM IN REICHSTAG
 DUE TO NEGRO QUESTION

ministers and officers. The parliament tary reporters of the newspapers ab- stained altogether from attending the reich stag today and as result no fewer than 12 deputies who had in tended to speak today on the colonial budget. withdrew their names from the presidents list and refused to addre Js the house at time when tn cir re- marks would not be given publicity.
 The resolution adopted by the re- porters in which they demand apology and fullest retraction for the insult of fered them, will be presented to the leaders of every party in the reich stag in order to bring influence to bear to bring about a settlement of the in cident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
VIRUS COBB SIGNS
 UP WITH DETROIT

Detroit, Mich. March 20.-Tyrus Cobb, champion batter of the American league last season, signed contra et tonight to play with the Detroit Amer ican league club this year and will join the team at Little Rock within few days.
 Cobb had been holding out for 0 three-year contract President Frank J. Navin of the club declined to give out the details, saying only that the contract was for one year and that the terms were mutually satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
Night Riders Make Threats.

Danville. Va. March 2O.-W. D. Neal, w. N. Terry, B. l.. Terry, J. W. Filz- gerald and J. J. Motley, all large tobacco raisers, recently received letters from night riders threatening to dig up their plant beds and deal with them roughly unless they stored tobacco in the dry prizeries. The letter to Motley threatened to burn his barn. MT. Motley made some inquiries as to the writing of the notices, and was notified that if he made any at tempt to locate the writers he would re- gret it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
SLOSSON DEFEATS
 TWO OPPONENTS

New York. March 2o.-George F. slos- son won the two 1S.2 billiard games today, defeating Firmin Cassignol of France and George Sutton, the worlds champion, at tbis style of billiards.
 In the earlier game Slossom with high runs of 150 and 107 ran out in five in- nings with a average of 60, the French expert, with a high run of Ill made 130 in four innings, an average of 32 2-4
 Playing Sutton tonight, Slosson aver aged 45 5-11 for 300 points. his best runs being 200 and 104. Sutton's total was S5S for ten innings, an average of 35 s-1o with high runs of 160 and 110.