davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-24
IL Didn't Fit.

Tommy Gray, Broadway humorist,
who went to France recently to help
entertain the soldiers, writes from
Paris to tell a little story about Lois
Meredith, dramatic actress and movie
STAR who went over on a like mission.
'"The second day out, coming over"
writes Gray, "a notice was posted on,
the blngo deck instructlng the passen-
gers to report with their life preserv-
ers on for life boat drill. The little
Pittsburgh girl appeared at her boat
but she had left her life preserver be-
hind. Madam said the officer in
charge, why didn't you put on your
life beltP 4 tried it on replied Miss
Meredith, but it was so loose and look
ed so horrid gave it to the stewardess
so she might alter 1t to fit me- New
York Tribune.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-24
PRESIDENT DECLINES TO
GRANT TEUTON REQUEST


Neither the French nor the Amer
leans will break through our front in
AlsaceLorraine. We shall defend
with the last drop of our blood these
provinces which belong to us and
which the Almighty has entrusted to
us to administer as his stewards, and
we shall keep them for the benefit Of
their inhabitants and the glory of God.
Our faithful allies are with us in
this. The last drop of blood of every
Austrian and Hungarian soldier the
last drop Of blood of every Bulgarian
and Turkish soldier, will be shed be-
fore our enemies wrest from us land
which belongs to Germany.
Our enemies cannot and will not
succeed. We are under divine pro.
lection"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-24
"RiHe and pick.u

Few regimentaI badges are so sig
nificant as the "TIfie and Pick" Of
the pioneer battallons. Unlike the
labor battalions, which work behind
the line, the pioneers are right up at
the front, and are often digging
trenches or wiring in No Mans Land.
They are also regarded as a reserve
OF infantry for their division, are put
tIrough intensive training prior to a
push" and are often called upon
to "take over" from an infantry bat
TALON In the front line. 1t is, indeed,
difficult to say which is their chief
weapon-the rifle or the pick.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-24

The most spectacular exploit of the
week was the raid on the Austrian
naval base at Durazzo. American,
British and italian warships made
their way through the mine fields and
completely destroyed the base and all
the Austrian vessels in the harbor eX-
cept a hospital ship. The only dam
age to the attacking force was the
slight injury of a British cruiser by u
torpedo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-24

General--When passed you little
while ago why didn't you salute?
Lieutenant-I have officers cramp.
General-What is that2
Lieutenant--I just came from a re,
viewing stand.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-24
Denoted.

"Qulte a come down."
"What is?"
II see where motion picture actor
who was always the general in milf
tory photoplays has been drafted into
the army and is now buck private. -
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-24

On Monday the master numbers in
the new draft were drawn. President
Wilson taking the first from the bowl.
The classification of the men is pro
crossing well. but the sending Of those
selected to the training camps may be
delayed by the serious spread of the
epidemic of influenza. Rigorous meas
ures are being adopted to check the
disease, with prospects of success.
Considering its nature. the number Of
deaths IE not extraordinary
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-24

Necessarily all this had great effect
In the Teutonic nations. The excite
ment IN Berlin approached panic and
the newspapers made no attempt to
conceal the gravity of the situation.
The frst concrete results were the res
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
SAW THINGS IN A NEW LIGHT


Scott Nearing tells in his book, So
cial Religion. about factory inspec-
tor who insisted that the owner of the
factory whitewash the inside of the
building.
'Whitewash this factory stormed
the owner, Why, can't afford 1t; 1t
will cost me $1,50O!
"'You will obey my order, or I'll
swear out a warrant said the inspec-
tor.
THE building was whitewashed On
his next visit, six months later, the
owner greeted the inspector cordially.
"'You remember the row we had
about the whitewash?'
Eyes, indeed
"'Well, sir, that $500 was the best
money l ever laid out. The building
hadn't been touched for ten years, and
the whitewash makes 1t look like new.
It Is wonderfully cheerful and bright
and the girls have done so much bet
ter work that believe have already
got my money back"
Mr.. hearings comment is that every
Improvement which makes more liv-
able place pays. 1t Is to be questioned
how many employers and owners of
buildings would accept this statement.
II large proportion of them would.
the first big advance would be made
toward real social religion Buffalo
Express.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
FAY HIGH PRICE FOR BOOKS
Lords of the Checkbook Find PROFIT
In the Treasures of tho
Library.

There is probably no lover of books
who, having the means, would not be
glad to possess treasures of the library
which have won additional interest
from association with great names. II
Is not surprising that Jean GrolIer's
copy of Ovlds "Heroldum Eplstolae,"
with Groliers arms and device, should
have brought several hundreds dollars
at an auction sale In this city, or that
record price should have been paid
for the first collected edition of the
"Poetlcal and Dramatic Works" of
Oliver Goldsmith, or that letter of
Garrick's should fetch $172.
Yet such prices have little to do
with literature proper. Many man
who possesses cheap copies OF these
auction items may get more enjoy
ment and culture out of editions the
bibliophlle would desplse than the
man who simply has to draw a check
for whatever pleases his fancy.
Lord Rosebery, in recent address
in Scotland, defined the function of
books as three fold to furnish infor-
nation required in the professions. to
furnish literature and to furnish rec
reation. De Quincy classified books
as pertaining to the literature OF
knowledge and tho literature of pow
err In neither sense, except from the
esthetlc pleasures OF ownership of
famous volume, can the high price of
rare books in recent years be justi-
fed They are chiefly due to an erup-
tlon of the lords of the checkbook into
the world Of books where they have
found profit. Tho great Hoe library,
which has now been practically dis
persed, is said to have cost only
about $750,O00, while 1t brought at auc-
ton nearly 100000.
With such an illustration of the ris-
Ing value Of rare books, there need be
no wonder at the high price some of
these volumes command.-New York
World.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
BEGAN GREAT CAREERS EARLY
English and American Actresses Who
Showed Possession Of Genius
When They Were Children.

1t has been said that seldom do in.
FAINT stage prodlgies fulfill the expecta
lions of the future. AS q matter of
fact, however, many of our leading
actresses began their stage careers
when they were children.
Ellen Terry, for instance, made her
first appearance In "A Winters Tale"
when she was eight; her sister Kate
when she was seven; her niece Be
atrlce when she was ten, and another
niece, Minnie, when she was three;
while Marion Terry played Ophelia
when she was seventeen. Winifred
Emery mrs. Cyril Maude) made her
first appearance on the stage in THE
Green Bushes" when she was eight.
and gained her first success when she
was seventeen.
Referring to American aCtresseg one
might mention Maud Adams, perhaps
one of the most successful Of Mr..
Frohmans stars" who first appeared
on the stage when she was baby Of
nine months old, and was favorite at
the age Of sixteen. Julia Marlowe
made her first appearance in a juye
nile production of "H. M. s. Pinafore"
when she was twelve; while Maud
Fealy first played when she was three
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
EARTH'S HEIGHTS AND DEPTH
From the Topmost Mountain to the
Lowest Ocean Bed 10 Nearly
Eight Miles.

The maximum difference in eleva-
ton of land In the United States IL
14,777 feet, according to the United
States Geological Survey Mount
Whitney, the highest point, is 14,5Ol
feet above sea level, and point In
Death Valley is 276 feet below sea
level These two points, which are
both in California, are less than nine
ty miles apart. This difference ia
small, however, as compared with the
figures for Asia. Mount Everest rises
29,002 feet above sea level whereas
the shores Of the Dead Sea are 1890
feet below sea level, a total difference
in land heights of 30.292 feet. Mount
Everest has never been climbed.
The greatest ocean depth yet found
Is S2,088 feet, at a point about forty
miles north Of the island of Mlndanao,
In the Philippine Islands The ocean
bottom at this point is therefore more
than eleven and one-half miles below
the summit of Mount Everest
The difference In the land heights
In Europe is about 1858 feet.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
Theories About Rainfall.

While we in this country have been
suffering for some years from a lack
Of rain, some parts of Europe appear,
according to statistics, to be getting
more rain every year.
Observations at the Observatory OF
Paris show that from 1904 to 1924 the
average yearly rainfall was 502 MILL
meters ian inch is about rs milllme-
ters). In the next twenty years the
average was 507; then from 1916 to
1872 there was an Increase to b25 in
che next twenty years IL was 553, and
In the last nineteen years the average
has grown to 584 millimeters--about
23k inches.
The commonegt theory to account
for this 10 that the smoke and dust
rising from large city favor the
condemnation Of moisture. But this
theory runs counter to the experience
Of London, the smokiest city OF Eu
rope, where no such increased rain
fall is recorded.
And in some Of the mountainous re
glons Of France the increase has been
as much as 70 per cent, as compared
with thirty years ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
nIrds and Reasts Of oId rImsa.


Plants, animals and birds OF tho
Bible have been made the subject OF
a special exhibition In the natural his
tory department of tho British muse.
UNI. Among the striking bits of lnfor
nation contained in this work are the
following: The common fowl Ia not
mentioned in the old testament, and
was probably introduced into Pales
tine after the Roman conquest The
unicorn" OF the old testament was
probably the Syrian aurochs, now ex
tinct That the "behemoth' was not
the hippopotamus Is believed probable
because of the fact that there is no
record Of the latter animal in Syria
or Palestine In historical times The
"tares" of the Bible we're darnel grass
es, whose seeds are poisonous; the
rose" was probably the narcissus,
while the lilly" was the poppy anem.
one.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
GREAT AUk'S EGG?
Maybe, but Nevertheless, 1t Ar
rived at the Breakfast Ia
Bile In a Scramble.
BY MARGARET MANNING.

Professor Ferdinand Brinckhofen
wandered into the kitchen of his sum
mer bungalow, on the Maine shore,
His wife was washing the dinner
dishes.
ELLEN, my DEAR" he said, Doctor
Cavendish, of the Natural History
museum, will be here this afternoon.
Can you get up meal for him? He
has to start back tomorrow morn
ing"
Il suppose so, Ferdinand" answered
his wife, little tartly. you know,
Of course, that we haven't much in
the house to offer a guest However,
I'll do my best, and IL he will be salts
fed with 1t he's welcome. Why is
he coming all this distance Just to
spend the night with us2'
Professor Brinckhofen put his arm
round his wife's waist and kissed
her.
y know you're busy, Ellen" he
said. Next summer we'll get maid"
And he wandered out, while his wife
went on washing. She dried the last
plate and set 1t aside.
II wonder just why Doctor Caven-
dish is coming here for one night"
she said to herself.
Professor Brinckhofen engaged q
rowboat and pulled round to the rail-
road terminal, where he arrived Just
in time to greet Doctor Cavendish as
his visitor stepped out of his car.
We'll. what did you think of my let
teri" he asked, after the customary
greetings had been interchanged.
Doctor Cavendish took his friend
by the arm. "My dear old enthusiast"
he answered, ito be frank with you,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
Bio SCULPTURE,

The most remarkable proposal ever
made about Mount Athos was that Of
the architect Dinocrates. His plan
was to cut 1t into the shape of 81
gantic statue of Alexander the Great.
holding in the right hand city, In
the left tank that was to receive all
the waters Of the region. Alexander
was much taken with the scheme, But
1t was eventually rejected on the
ground that the neighboring country
was not fertile enough to feed the In.
habitants of the projected city. An.
other OF Dlnocrates' plans was TEN.
pie to the wife of King Ptolemy OF
Egypt, with roof Of loadstones that
would keep an iron statue of her Goat
Ing In the air
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11

the subject until the men came in.
Then she welcomed Doctor Cavendish
with smiles.
Come, Cavendish, l want to show
you my laboratory" said Brinckhofen,
dragging his friend away as soon as
he decently could. They went into
the professors little bare room and
began discussing the great discovery.
"Of course 1t goes to the museum,
Brinokhofen," said Cavendish ut
will be worth thousand dollars to
you"
"A thousand dollarsl" exclaimed the
professor. you are joking, Cavendish.
Why, the egg alone would bring that
at auction"
yes, yes, I'm speaking about the
egg" said Doctor Cavendish irritably.
What are you speaking about?"
why, the aux, of course. Don't
you know that put 1t there so that
1t would hatch? Why, we'll have a
real live bird, Cavendish. | shall sell
1t to the Geological society, and I'll
patch up the egg after 1t has Matched
out. and I'll let you have that for a
thousand. And the bird will lay more
eggs, and I'll get a thousand apiece
for those too, and"
Il say" interposed Cavendish, re
member 1t isn't Matched yet. II I
were you would tell Mrs. Brinck-
hofen about It."
Tell Mrs. Brinckhofen! Why, she'd
tell the neighbors and they'd steal 1t
or do something to 1t! Never trust a
woman. No, 1t is safest Just where 1t
is"
They argued with some lack of
equanimity until dinner time, when
Mrs. Brinckhofen elected them into
the dining room.
"Huml I'm hungry as bear" said
Doctor Cavendish, pulling his napkin
across knees. What have we here2
Scrambled eggs? Fine!"
81 don't know whether you like
scrambled goose eggs" said Mrs.
Brinckhofen. "They say they're very
nice. | found one under our biddy-it
must have been laid by one of Mr..
CHESS geese, for 1t wasn't there last
time I looked. So thought that as
we hadn't many eggs I'd try what it
tasted like"
"Woman!" gasped the professor,
springing to his feet, do you mean to
say you-you scrambled that egg?"
yes, dear" said Mrs. Brinckhofen
sweetly
Copyright, 1912, by w. q. Chapman.)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
sIekenIna WorahIp Of pon.

oAiey Wee Blackie, champion Pom
eranian, arrived at San Francisco in o
private car and Immediately dlsap
peared, to be relayed along through
three pairs of hands to a mysterious
woman, who paid $4,000 for him.
Tho dog weighs three pounds and
four ounces. but the woman who want
ed him would have paid more than the
500 an ounce that he cost had It been
necessary, to get him.
Oniey Wees ticket from New Yorb
to Chicago cost $685. Rather. his tick
cts cost that amount, because his Gus
todlan had to buy II OF them at $36
apiece 30 that the dog might have o
special Pullman car to himself.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11

I am sceptical-wholly sceptical. 1t
sounds too good to be true If you
had told me that you had discovered
a buried Indian village or a dozen
asteroids would have accepted your
word without question. But a great
auk's egg-no, my friend. You have,
probably mistaken the egg of
crested grebe or tufted putin for that
of the aux"
But the great aux did range as far
south as Maine In the last century,"
cried the professor
And the last specimen was shot
in 1874"
mo, Cavendish. in 1912. l tell you
1t was an aux. / shot the broodlng
bird, but 1t fell into the water and
drifted out to sea before | could get
boat. But the egg-it was an auk's
egg, and 1t was warm. took II home
and I'm incubating IT,"
What does Mrs. Brinckhofen think
of itf"
"She doesn't know anything about
It. of course. / don't believe in tell
ing my wife a professional secret
And the Joke of It is''-he nudged
Cavendish In the ribs-"it's incubat-
ing with a clutch of eggs that she set
out last week under one of our hens.
1t couldn't be safer anywhere"
Show mel" said Cavendish scep-
tically, and they entered the rowboat
and, few minutes later, rounded the
point of land behind which the Brinck-
hofens had their bungalow.
There was where ! shot her." said
the professor, pointing to the high,
towering cliff II didn't mean to. eth
er, but was 30 excited that / couldn't
bear to think OF her getting away.
Now, before we do anything else wen
go straight to the clutch"
They climbed the hill and entered
the little garden OF the bungalow. In
one corner was the hen house, and, in
the center, seated upon a clutch of
eggs surrounded with straw, was a
gray hen, which looked at them with
malignant eyes and half opened her
beak as though to protect her trea-
sure.
Shoot" said Professor Brinckhofen,
and the hen slowly rose and retired
few PAGES, where 1t crouched with
tapping wings and an irate express
sion. Professor Brinckhofen plunged
his hand into the clutch and drew out
the precious egg. II was a little
larger than that Of goose.
Good heavens, Brinckhofen, II isl
II isl" yelled Doctor Cavendish, and,
carefully replacing 1t, he seized his
friend round the waist, and the two
graybeards executed dance.
Mrs. Brinckhofen watched them out
OF the kitchen window.
II suppose that is Doctor Caven-
DISH" she said pityingly. II wonder
why they are dancing In the hem
house"
She sat down and meditated upon
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
Balkan Kings Speak EnoIIsh.

A popularity OF the three Balkan
rulers, King Ferdinand, King Peter
and King Nicholas, is the admirable
manner In which they all speak Eng
lish. That King Ferdinand, SAKE
Coburg and a kinsman Of our royal
family, and King Peter, who
has spent most of his life
in the capitals of Europe,
should be conversant with our Ian
guage is not, after all, astonishing, but
It is curious that King Nicholas, who
has reigned over his little nation Of
herdsmen and shepherds for Ave and
forty years. and seldom crosses his
own frontier. should be the most per
feet English scholar OF the three
London Letter in New York Sun.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
FARM WANTED.

Large farm on which man could make
a living. Send full description, including
size, quality of soil. number of acres in
cultivation, number of acres of pasture or
meadow, fencing, roads, exact location.
Party wants to rent with privilege of buy
ing on terms.
have a number Of houses in Wash
ington and Takoma Park that could be
exchanged for small FARMS Send me
descriptions of your farms il for exchange.
One party has half-acre lot in the town
Of Takoma Park, Md. unmortgaged, price
$500, will give as part payment on a small
farm.
would be glad to send you my complete
list Of properties for sale or exchange.
j. S. FRASER,
Takoma Park, Md.
Phone-COl. 4368w
sen S-3m
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
unclaimed Lottery Prizes.

Many lottery prizes remain un.
claimed In France at the present
time there is said to be 100000 in lot
terry money going abegging for want
of claimants. At the recent Brussels
exhibition lottery, the first prize Of
$4,000 remained unclaimed for weeks,
but the owner of the winning ticket
was discovered at last. Just before
the drawing of the lottery young
Belgian miner was killed by fall,
and buried, according to custom, In
his clothes. Not until he had been
dead some time did the advertise
ments for the lottery winner remind
the young mans friends that he had
bought ticket, which might have
been buried with him. They obtained
permission to exhume the body, and
In waistcoat pocket WAS found the
ticket, which, had he lived, would
have made him rich.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
HOT BREAKFAST MEANS MUCH
Success or Failure Of the Day De-
pends to a Large Extent on
First Meal.

When q singularly successful busi-
ness man was asked the secret of get
ting on in the world, he modestly said
his wife deserved most of the credit,
as she always had good breakfast
ready for him every day In the year,
served punctually and piping hot. He
further said that poor food, especially
in the morning, was responsible for
many business failures, for the man
who sets out on a cold morning with
cold, Indifferent food In his stomach
is ill-prepared for the business battle.
It takes time and planning, but It pays
to serve good breakfasts. 1t means
getting up early enough to insure
against rushing about and fretting
when things go wrong, but the wise
woman counts II no sacrifice to send
her husband off CHEEKY and well fed.
There are plenty of ways in which
woman without help may manage,
and even II she keeps maid she
will find plenty to oversee and cor
rect day after day. The women who
rise early to get breakfast for their
husbands unite in saying there are
possibilities in the early morning
hours realized later in the day. When
other women are sleepily getting up,
the thrifty housekeepers have their
morning work done and are ready to
get the children off to school There
would be fewer failures in school work
II all children were sent to the school
room well fed in the morning. II
they were aroused In time to dress
leisurely and eat a hearty breakfast
there would be fewer cases of nervous
prostration among teachers. A cup
of hot cocoa, poached egg, good
toast and wellcooked cereal served to
the entire family in the morning and
eaten in a leisurely manner would rob
hospitals OF many patients and give
doctors and surgeons extra vacations
every year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
Dogs Haul 100000 1000 Miles.

More than s1.OOO,OOO in gold was
brought to Seattle, Wash, by the
steamer Mariposa from Cordova, Alas.
ka, having been more than two months
in transit from the Iditariod district.
From Iditarlod to Chitina, more than
1000 miles, the gold was hauled on
dog sleds. At Chitina It was placed on
a train and caught between two snow
slides that tied up traffic more than
a month. During that time the express
company's guards, heavily armed.
watched over the treasure.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11

II 10 not given to every arbiter TO
cut the Gordlan knot. Two customers
in Paris restaurant disputed, as Gus.
toners will. whether TO have the win.
dow open or shut. The apostle Of
ventilation had dined; the other was
a fresh conner, who had brought his
stock Of fresh air with him The res
taurateur decided for the monsieur
who had not yet dlned. The decision
satisfied the claims of justice and
business at a single stroke, and II
one client had grievance II was open
to him to ventilate It land his lungs)
outside.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-10-11
NOTICE.

Office Board County Commissioners,
Rockville. Md. Sept. q. 1916.
Ordered this day that the Muncaster Mill
Road, from the State Road at Norbeck to the
improved road near Griffith gate. be closed
to public travel until further notice. The
object of closing this road is to reconstruct
same, and all persons are hereby warned
that they travel said road at their own
risk.
JOHN r. LEWIS. Pres't
BERRY f. CLARK. Clerk.
sep 29-tf