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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-04-19

Outside the harbor of Sfax. Tunisia,
in the shallow water of the clear Medi-
terranean, is situated a biological lab
oratory for the study of sponges. 1t
is one of the most unique in the world
and affords opportunity for observing
the development of the sponge from
tiny larva. so small that it can only be
studied under microscope until five
years later IT has developed into per-
feet sponge.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-04-19
Busy.

"Loafiey tells me he hasn't been so
busy for years"
Nonsense. That job he has is a
cinch. He never has to work hard
there"
That's just II. He's been fired. and
he's chasing around after another job
Exchange.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-04-19

$50 you don't care for chessT
mot much It's annoying to be
Weakened every time you drop into a
nice nap merely to be told that II is
your move" Washington Star
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-04-19

A chiropodist merely wants to get
foothold In business. while the wig
maker only wants to make a bald ex.
istence Kansas City Star
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-04-19

Quiet Spoken Customer-Yo keep
everything for the piano. don't you?
Salesman sir. We do. sir. Quiet
Spoken Customer Give me an ak
Puck.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-04-19

The hes; manners should be used all
day and every day. They are none
too good for constant use.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-04-19
FERTTLIZERS:

We pleased offer the farmers Montgomery county
weknown brands of Fertilizers for fall planting including PIR
RAW BONE and POTOMAC ANNOTATED SUPER9PPOS
PnAIE for wheat and ready supply the trade wit
NITRATE OF SODA, MURIATE OF POTASH GROTNI
FISH and TANKAGE, SOUTH CAROLINA ROCK LAM
PLASTER and KANT Fertilizers mixed to order
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
C0TT0NSEED FEED FOR HOGS
Experiments Show That Danger In
Feeding Depends Upon Time Fed
and Quantity GlveN.

John c. Burns. professor Of Animal
Husbandry, Agricultural College Of
Texas, says:
We have conducted several tests in
feeding cottonseed meal to hogs, and
many other experiments have been
carried on at other southern expert
mental stations. The danger In feed
ing Il seems to depend upon the
length Of time II is fed and upon the
quantity fed. Large quantities
amounting to one-third to one-half OF
the full ration have been fed from
twenty-five to thirty days without any
bad results. If kept up for longer
time losses always occur through
death. We have fed as much as one
seventh to one-slxth of the full ration
in cottonseed meal with very good re
suits and without losses
do not think 1t advisable II one
expects to feed for more than fifty OF
sixty days to let the cottOnseed mea
constitute more than one-seventh Il
one-sixth OF the full ration. It is claim
ed that 1t is less dangerous when sour
ed or fermented, and hence 1t has al
ways been our practice to thorough!
mix the meal with the other feed, ant
soak in water from twelve to twenty
four hours. feeding 1t in the nature o
thick slop.
For fattening hogs a mixture
three parts corn and two parts whea
shorts, by weight furnishes a vel
balanced ration. For growing hog
about three parts corn, three part
shorts and one part cottonseed mes
will give better results.
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
LANDLORD KNEW THE CANE
Spared Hls Tenant the Enumerated
Of the Time-Honcred and
Yearly "5lufS."

Il have called to collect the rent,
said the landlord.
YES" replied the lady Of the house.
"come in. Now. before ! give you
the money this month. +"
"Just a minute. madam" said the
landlord. Il can save time for you.
know the parlor isn't at for 3 pis
to live in, the dining room wall paper
is a shock to people of refinement, the
kitchen walls are a disgrace. and the
back porch Is menace to lie ana
limb. I'm also aware that you won't
stay here another month unless the
barber-shop wallpaper in the back bed
room is changed to something In >
delicate pink. and I'm next to the face
that you're ashamed to have people
look at such gas fixtures as have pro
vided. I'm going to paint the front
and back porches and let It go 81
that"
Thank you very much" said the
lady meekly. you have saved me .
lot Of trouble. That is all we really
expected to have done, but was
afraid that l should have to make the
same old bluff to get that much ow
Of detroit Free Press.
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
TELLS OF AUDIENCE.

He asked a question. evidently Who
helped to work III? for he stopped to
the little girl and petted her on the
cheek
Then he took up the bambino and
asked another question. The mother
got red and made an expires sion Of
acquiescence. But No, no, came from
the little girl He had surely asked
Is this a present that you have
brought for meT At the child's No,
no. he turned round and threw back
his head and laughed.
What a humorous laugh! | never
knew that a man could laugh so sweet
ly. He looked old no more. He has
teeth set far apart, lucky teeth, And
his eyes have the kindly wrinkles
about them and love of children in
them. There, too. was the understand
ing that found ready answer in the
great eyes Of the child.
"She smiled back at him; 1t was a
joke about taking her bambino; she
had known II all the time; she could
trust that face, now grown SO calm
and grave as he bent down to her that
she might kiss his ring.
Then the pontiff passed to the two
rooms beyond for a few minutes and
came back to us He noticed specially
as he passed a girl of fourteen, and he
stopped and spoke to her, as If tc
make up for having made no exception
before.
THE audience was over. We rose Z
our feet. looked back along the cor
ridor which led to the private apart
ments, the dining room for the foot
that costs him but five francs day
the bedroom with the camp bed, anC
caught last sight of him. He wal
talking to a chamberlain covered will
orders and decorations; he was tellinl
a little story. | saw him shake hi
head and put out his hand. He wa
mimicking the little girl saying, Nc
no. and / saw his gentle, whimsical
smile again"
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
KICKED FOR KISSING BRIDE
Youth Bids Goodby to His "cousln,"
and Her Husband Takes
Offense.

New York.-A smacking kiss and an
iEate husbands boot delayed the de-
phrture recently Of 5000 passengers
fdr five minutes. The Kronprinz vii.
helm was ready to sail at 10 a. m. and
all but one gang plank had been haul
ed ashore when young man still
aboard decided it was time for him to
sly goodby to his friends.
In the party Of his relative were
three men and seven women. AS he
pressed the hands of the men he
passed along and kissed each Of the
women. In this manner he made his
way toward the gang plank, where
three young women stood.
The youth glanced at them and
caught hold of the prettiest girl, gave
her smacking kiss and said:
"Goodby, little cousin, see you when
you come back"
The girls chagrin and surprise was
no greater than his when he found he
had kissed another mans bride, and
that his cousin was Some distance
away. The bridegroom's anger was
great. Catching the youth by the
shDulder, he gave him shove and 9
boost with his foot and sent him head
long down the gang plank to the pier
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
CONTROL OF TIE TICK
Most Desirable to Eradicate Dis
ease Breeding Pest.
Convincing Pr0of Novs Given That In
sect is Responsible for Mans
Infection With Rocky Noun
tain Spotted Fever,

The Rocky mountain spotted fever
Il responsible for about dozen deaths
annually in Montana and, because the
source Of the infection has been looked
upon as q mystery, much alarm has
been felt At the same time there is
reason to fear that the disease may
spread. In q milder form 1t Is known
TO occur in other states.
The establishment Of connection
between this disease and the common
tick Of the northwest placed q new
importance upon the study Of the tick.
IN the light Of what Is now known re-
garding its responsibility. 1t is appar-
ent that the tick Is the connecting
link between man and the unknown
ultimate source Of the disease, and
hence It is most desirable to eliminate
the tick
The responsibility Of the tick IN
mans infection with the Rocky noun
tain spotted fever in the Bitter Roo
valley was suspected by residents II
the valley before scientists expresses
such an opinion. Nurses and attend
ants had found ticks and tick bites OF
the bodies Of the patients and con
nected their presence with the act o
injecting the patient
The opinion that the tick Is th'
means Of mans infection first attract
ed general attention when in 100
Drs. Wilson and Chowning publishe
the results Of their investigations cor
Quoted during the summers Of 100
and 1908. These investigators PR
sented no experimental evidence. sta
ing only the results Of observation
which seemed to give credibility to tn
tick transmission theory. They wer
the first to publish this theory an
based their opinions on the facts "a
that the disease occurs in many onl
during the season Of the year whe
adult ticks are known to be active an
} when they attack man, and (b) thu
II is possible to connect nearly sveI
case Of the fever with recent tic
! bite.
In 1906 DR.. H. T. Ricketts, of the Ur
! versity Of Chicago and DIR. W. W. Xii
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
SPRAYING Tie FRUIT REEs
csmhiHstisH a. Three Pounds e. A.
senate and Fifty Peaaes of Lire
Sulphur Recommended.

II the limesulphur wash vas not sP-
piled during the dormant season
spraying with srsenats Of lead for the
plum eureulio just as the buds are
swelling, and after the blossoms fan
should not be neglected AT this sea-
son also a disease ike the shot-hole
fungus Of plums and cherries can BE
checked by the use Of sslf-boiled lime.
sulphur or the bordeaux mixture
For this spraying. therefore. com
zinRtion Of three pounds OF arsenate q
lead and 50 gallons Of the self-boiled
lime-sulphuE Is recommended; or, II
preferred. three pounds Of arsenate -
lead may be used in SO gallons Of the
bordeaux mixture.
The following is q simple formula
for making bordeaux mixtrus: Dis
solve four pounds of copper sulphate
(blue vitrioll in Is gallons Of water.
THE crystals are readily dissolved by
being suspended in burlap sack near
the surface Of the wateE.l Slake four
pounds OF the best stone lime, aHd.
after II is thoroughly slaked. dilute
with water to rs gallons. Now pour
at the same time the two solutions. the
copper sulphate and the lime, through
q strainer into the spray barrel The
resulting material is bordeaux mlx
ture, and is the 4. 4.50 formula Fol
the small orchards and shrubbery, the
knapsack sprayer tprice $s5O) viii
answer, and II properly used, win las
for q number Of years The galvan
lied iron tank holds five gallons. The
pump is made entirely Of brass viii
large air chamber. II is sn excellen
spray. For few trees. the little bucE
ct spray pump (price s2.S0) will do tn
work In a very satisfactory manner
; The spraying Of the fruit trees shoul
not 20 neglected. 1t takes about tel
; minutes to spray tree.
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
FINE START, BUT TAME ENDING
Plenty Of Action at First In Story
From London, But Il
Flzzled Out.

London.-A gentleman and his wife,
occupying a villa at Ilford. deciding to
leave home for two or three days.
asked a neighbor to keep an eye on
the place. The vigilant neighbor, act
ing upon instructions. that night OBJ
served a light in bedroom OF the
presumably unoccupied house. At the
moment that the light was noticed II
was extinguished.
Accompanied by policeman, the
neighbor made forcible entrance
through the scullery window, and
quietly the two men made their way
to the bedroom. The light Of the con
stables bull's-eye disclosed the head
of a man in bed, and the constable
promptly drew his truncheon. All
promptly the occupant Of the bed
sprang out, and desperate struggle
commenced.
| simultaneously lady dashed across
the room shrieking, threw open th'
window, clambered out, and began, a
considerable peril, to work her wa!
around the balconies, A second con
stable, passing at the time, though
that the lady was bent on suicide, bu
those inside the house dragged he
back into the room, and the facts be
gan to assert themselves.
| The captured invader of the empt,
House was the occupant, the lady wa
His wife. Their holiday arrangement
Had suddenly been changed, but tn
neighbor had not been informed of tn
altered plans.
Happily no injuries resulted fror
the encounter with the constable no
from the lady's dangerous escapad'
and the actors are now endeavorin
to appreciate the joke.
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
NE HUNG ON SPIKE IN WELL
Nuperhuman Acrobatlcs Finally Re-
leases lmpaled Man-collapses
After Reaching Safety.

Allentown, Pa.-As John Dougherty
was chasing a chicken he ran across
a old well 80 feet deep, whose cover
ing crushed beneath his weight.
By rare luck a rusty spike In a
beam, which did not go down, caught
~ his coat, and he was enabled to
grab the beam.
Nobody was about and his cries for
nelp were unheard. He hung by the
Fickety old beam for ten minutes,
when, by the exercise Of superhuman
strength, he managed to perform ac-
rObatics which landed him on top OF
fhe crosspiece. He then crawled to
safety, so unneryed that he collapsed.
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19

Of the public health and marine hospl-
tai service came into the field and
both not only succeeded In transmit
ting the disease to lower animals by
injections. but both we're able to moo
ulate guinea pigs by the bite OF the
tick. The results of their studies were
published almost simultaneously.
Mr.. J. ]. Moore has very recently
made an important contribution to our
knowledge of this subject. He has
shown by laboratory experience that
the minimum duration Of feeding by
an infected tick required for the In
fection of guinea pig is an hour and
forty-flve minutes. The average time
seems to be about ten hours, while
twenty hours were almost invariably
tnfective.
DR.. Ricketts,, acting under the aus
pices Of the state board of health, ac-
complished a monumental piece Of
work In Montana, and laid the founda-
ton for all future efforts toward con-
troll or eradication of Rocky mountain
spotted fever. His work on this dis
ease is known the world over and
has received high recognition. His
services were rendered without expec-
tation Of receiving remuneration and
he received none. In the end he lost
his life while conducting what was
really a part of the same investiga-
tion. Howard Taylor Ricketts, died of
typhus fever at Mexico City, Mexico,
May 8, 1910, at the age of thirty-nine,
while studying that disease, having
presumably been bitten by one of the
lice which he had Just shown to be
capable of transmitting the disease.
DR.. Ricketts,, in his reports, gave a
list Of seventeen domestic and wild
animals upon which the ticks were OBJ
served. They were found on the
ground squirrel, chipmunk, wood
chuck and mountain rat, but he be
lieved that the adult ticks fed mainly
on the larger animals-horse, COW ant
certain Of the larger wild animals, al
the deer, elk and mountain goat.
The most effective way Of securing
control OF the spotted fever tick is By
preventing adults from maturing OF
domestic principally horsei
and COWS. Domestic animals must b.
kept free from ticks for two consecu
tive years before any material reduc
ton In the number will be accom-
plished. Tick control is probabl.
alone a sufficient method Of securing
relief from the disease. They key t.
tho situation appears to be concen
tration Of effort on keeping domesti
animals free from ticks.
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
COLUMBUS BORN IN SPAIN?
Village Near Madrid ls Said to Be the
America Discoverer's
Birthplace.

LOndon.-The Madrid correspondent
Of the Daily Telegraph telegraphs:
According to a provincial newspaper,
The Correo Gallego, which quotes the
sminent Galician historian, Senor Gar
ga de la Riega, who has devoted many
years to studying data relating to the
birthplace of the discoverer Of Ameri-
"a, It now appears that Columbus GER
tainly was not born in Genoa, as has
always been affirmed.
"Riega says he possesses documents
proving that Columbus was born at
Porto santo, small village near here
"Riega is a person of considerable
authority and formerly was In the
colonial Office"
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
Pan Picture Of Pope Plus X.
Shows His Kindly Nature.
h,l. Girl al Vatican Who Feared
pontIfFs Admiration Of Her Ranf-
bInO, a Replica Of the
Infant Christ.

Rome.-A delightful picture of Pope
pus x Illustrating his profoundly ge'
r,.l nature and exhibiting his love OF
rhpdhood, is given by John Savile Judd
n an account of an audience with the
hope one Of those gatherings to which
large contingents Of the faithful are
admitted Among those waiting In
IA audience chamber was little girl
Il perhaps six years old; she stood
next to her mother, who held on q
metal dish a figure of the infant Jesus,
wrapped around as the Italian pea
santry wrap their children today.
aThe effect Of it." said Mr.. Judd,
sWas rather as If a doll had been
stuffed into white satin embroidered
plncushion and a cardboard halo add
ID. But the care that had been taken,
he reverence in the care to produce
bamblno worthy of q blessing, was
beyond all reproach and abundantly
evident, since The big eyes of the little
girl we're constantly raised to the dish,
. and now and then q little hand reached
ID to touch It as IL to make sure that
Il was still there.
Suddenly q chamberlain made q
sign for all to kneel and Plus x. en-
tered, followed by clerical chamber
lain In a purple casBock. He walked
slowly along the side Of the room on
ny right and the eight people In the
row that he would come to last were
mOtiOned to stand.
Il scarcely saw his face at Arst; ht
walked as an old man would walk, his
head bowed. He is seventy-sevel
years old Straight, soft and nearl!
white hair came an inch over the col
lar Of his waste cassock. He CAV
such person his hand; each kissed hi
ring He stroked the curly head o
boy In sailor suit.
when he walked down the row or
posite l still could not see his counte
nance, for the kneeling figures wer'
facing me and he bent to each Of then
ministering.
Then he turned to the row at righ
angles to me and came to the woma
holding the metal tray with the ban
bino in her hand. He touched the poo
embroidery work as If in admiration
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
RATS MAKE NEST OF MONEY
Fflremen After a Blaze Discover 500
In Ceiling Of New York
House.

New York.-Fine Commissioner
johnson has sent to the treasury de-
partment for redemption $50 in bills
Of the denominations of one, two and
FIVE dollars, which flremen discovered
hidden in the ceiling of house In
Pearl street after a fire. Rats had
formed a nest of the money and all Of
the bills were chewed by the rodents
ahd otherwise mutilated
| The money, after 1t is redeemed by
the treasury department, will be
turned over to the flremen's pension
fund unless 1t is claimed by Jacob
Meyer, who owns the house.
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
onlv One Fault to Find.

Lambert Kaspers, Chicago attorney
told the following story, at recent
Y. M. G. A. banquet:
A Kansas farmer, Dane, applied
for naturalization papers. The judge
asked him: Are you satisfied with
the general conditions Of the coun'
try?"
"Yas," drawled the Dane.
Does the government suit your"
queried the Judge.
"Yas, yas, only ! would like to sef
more rain" replied the farmer
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
Goes at Them In an Entirely New way
and They All Think Him the
Best Ever.

Phoenixville, Pa.-One of the claims
made with much pride by the locai
school authorities is the almost COM
nlete absence of truancy, and those
who know give much of the intelligent
activity of the towns truant omcer'
William S. Armstrong, and the popu-
larity he has won among pupils lnere
is probably not another truant ohcel
in the state who has such a record OF
achievement In his line as has Of1cef
Armstrong, and for Ave years ne mas
worked with singular effectiveness
Truancy used to be much in vogue
among Phoenixville schoolboys, and
tho new truant officer started In 10
break up the growing practice. SPEAK
ing of his early experience, and de-
scrIbing his methods, Officer Arm
strong said: Il did not go about my
work in the 'hammer-and-tongs' meth
cd. | went to work quietly, got ac-
ouainted with the habitual truants, Wis
tied their homes and sought out their
haunts.
"I talked with the parents, and tried
to arouse in them some interest IN
their boys school work, and asked
them to give some sign of interest and
announcement to the boys.
AZ learned the location of all the
favorite swimming holes, the nut
groves and the most popular resorts
where boys would go to play or hide.
visited the swimming holes, not only
ON school days, when necessity de
manded it, but on Saturday and holi
days for the purpose Of joining then
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
PLOW FOR THE PEANUT CROP
implement Digs Up the Nuts and
Lifts Them to Surface-Blades
Cut OFF the Vines.

Peanuts are such popular article
in this country that anything CON
nected with them has more than
common interest. This applies to the
peanut digger, or peanut plow, de-
signed by Mississippi man. The
plow consists of beam with pair
of handles rising from the rear and
a U-shaped share beneath it. At the
back of the share is a series of knife
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
Easy to Cut the price.

A man went into a butchers shop
and asked how much sausages were
a pound.
"Ah," said the butcher, der brice
vas gone ups. l shall haf to sharge
you twenty-five cents"
"Nonsensel" exclaimed the custom
er, that is outrageous. l can get
them at Schmidts for twenty cents"
"vell, Wy didn't your"
Because he was out OF them"
"oh, vell," replied the butcher, ~
| vas oudt of 'em, I'd sell 'em for tveD
ty cents, too"
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
HUMOR IN PRISON SENTENCE
Man Sent to Jail for Beating Wife
Mercy Asked as to Mother-ln-
Law.

Pittsburg, Pa.-"For beating his
wife. guilty as indicted; for beating
his motherin-law, recommended to the
mercy Of the court" On this verdict,
returned in court recently, Joseph No
iedly. a machinist, was sentenced to
pay the costs, fine Of 6A cents, and
serve 80 days in Jail.
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
Salts a Milk Fever Preventive.

A good way to prevent milk fever,
say veterinary authority, Is to give
the COW a pound dose Of Epson salts
a week before calving. But this
should be done only IN cases where
the COW Is in good flesh or well fed.
Dissolve the salts in water and pour
down the throat as drench
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19
Truant Officer Wins Boys

in swimming and getting better ac-
quainted. / have grown to know all
Of the live wires among them inti-
rnately, and think they are my
ffiends."
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19

Gabe--I see that they celebrated
Mothers Day. Why don't they have .
Fathers Day.
Steve-Father has every Saturday
night, hasn't heT
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19

like raising and cutting blades. The
digger is operated as Is an ordinary
plow. With the beam resting on top
Of the ground, the share Is pushed
along underneath. This loosens up
the row of vines and in the meantime
the blades in the rear cut the nuts
from the vines so thatIthe latter do
not have to be untangled to remove
them. This implement Is designed to
be pushed by hand, rather than drawn
by horse or mule.
The Southern herald., 1912-07-19

Children who have been brought
up as pets may never get over being
disagreeable.