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Evening journal., 1919-12-05

The Want Ads win be helpful for the
coming week for manufacturing inter
ssts. merchants and all that relsse b
the home.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-29
WILL DELVE INTl)
 UNKNOWN COUNTRY
Mining Party Leaving Alaska for
 Unexplored Parts Of Siberia

Nome, Alaska. Aug. 70 (BN MdlI.' -Tventv-nine Weather-bronzed cx- plorers, hailing from every quarter ol inc globe and bound for some m"S- terious gold country of northern Sl- bnria. left here tonight aboard Inc S.iling schooner CasCO, once the nropertv of Robert Louis stevenson.
 Fears were expressed by Nome res idcntS before the boat lctI th2> IL would not be able to get through ln1o the Arctic Ocean. as reports received here recently said the Boring Stfah" were still blocked with ice,
 Members of the ships company H''"l thov were bound for SOnbe pO>ht I.l a vast uninhabited territory lying along inc Arctic shore of Siberia, between East Cape and the Lena River. iAcE would not diVulge the exact location of their destination.
 The party is known as the Northern Mining and Trading company ana IS led hv <. l.. NcC1irk. a mining eH- einecr. of Hamilton, Texas, president of the company. A L. Johnson an other ot the party, is Vice-presldent' CaDtain C. l.. Oliver is master ot the adventure ship.
 With tho Cxception of the destma- lion there is little mystery about the
New Britain herald., 1919-08-29
LORS CELEBRATE l LONDON STREETS
Crowds Observe Victory Day Activities

Bndon, August 29 Correspondence .e Associated Press. )-LOndOners swept off their feet by the en- fastic joyousness of some hun of sailors from the fleet an- Rd at the mouth of the Thames foined so heartily in the Victory celebration recently that tnere dancing and singing in the wet Iery streets of the West End with D hour of daylight.
 many thousands had gathered b night of merrymaking in the 1s and restaurants of the West that when closing time came 6portation systems were unable to them home. As all tube trains bed soon after midnight, there nothing left for thousands but @pend the night in the streets. 1t crowds gathered in the vicinity Piccadilly, Leicester Square and lnt Garden stations, and as 1t was Ing gently the prospect was aal.
 Are we downheartcd shouted 8 sler-lunge1 sailor, and instantly q thundcrous response from Bes of his comrades in the crowd ]. h was increased by answering ts from soldiers and civilians. here were many women in the hts, some of them in the patriotic llues they had worn in the danc- lesrlier in the day. Introductions not necessary in that at )pherc and at that time of night. Iher was music. as long as the Id could sing. So the dance was b in fuI! swim. sailors produced tn organs; thereafter there was bic a-plenty.
 he dancing was in the roadwAys, 1.-the way from P!ccadilly to Lei Ter Suuarc. for the sidewalks were bnged with other belated persons watched tho dance and chee"ed dancers. Sailors everywhere were leaders, although many dcmobil- soldier5 joined in the festivities Ee Americans were in the crowd all the time it rained
 oward morning the people began |irc. Scrne of them sought restine
 .cs in t!se dOorWaNs of shops and te buildinas, while others simDIA
 on the sidewalks, leaned UT
 inst the buildings. to get such pro
 lion as the caves afforded, ant ht to sleep. At some of the more eortant business houses along Re It street, to which many of tht lawmakers drifted, even ' o'cloct large numbers fast asleep.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-29
FED IT ON FISH.
Americans On Mine SWHrp'rS faN"
 Hr,0nnr ~irI, of thc EinhN Tribe.

London. Aus. 39.--American sail ors on mine sweeping duty in the North sea. probably will not crave fish when they get back home. When mines arc exploded in the process oi clearing out the barrage, thousands O: fish are killed. One Of the little sub chaScrs in the fleet scoops up hun dreds of pounds Of them each evening when operations cease for the d"N, and distributes among the S@Vefa! vessels for food. The mon enjoyed u for q time but now hate the sight o' a fish.
 One catch included d salmon Wn'ch was cruising around miles out from land. Anglers say that salmon should not be so far from land.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-29
EIG.HT JAPANESE INDI ISERN

Pekin-Whilc diplomats, secret service men and general observers have been predicting an early war be- tween China and Japan, the anclently wise Chinaman goes about hlS busl- ness preparing what he believes wilt intimately be far more effective than d gun. An inventory has been taken of all goods imported from Japan and Chinese capitalists are establishing factories to substitute all these artl- clas with made in Chi1a' products.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-29
FINE ITALIAN TRADE.
if Between This Country and Italy
 Tay Reach Billion Mark in 1919.

Rome. Aug. 29.--From present in htions, American trade with Italy k wear may reach the billiOn- dollar
 rk. says the PopOlo Romano. Dur the first three months of 1919, berican imports into Italy amounted approximately $22O, 100000, while aIy's exports to America reached 100000. The statement shows lt t if the present rate of trade he lintained a record of commerce be-
 een the two countries will be at he'd.
 America is by far the greatest Ter to Italy. A poor second is
 eat Britain with total of $7O, O,O00- D for the first three months, and
 gentina next with $65, 100000.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-29
NEW WHEAT PRICES SOON.

Aug. 29.-New prices F second grade wheat have been is ed by Julius H. Barnes, director of e United States Grain Corp. and Ire posted today on the trading Dor of the local chamber of com erce to become effective September
 The price for Nos. 1 and North In remains the same as last year. |.2115 for No. 1, and $2.1S F for No. lat this terminal. Other prices fol- Nv: No. 3 Northern, 2.15 F; No. brthern. $2.111a, and No. , North n. $2.O7 71a.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-29

expedition, My(,irk said while hor2. lie asserted that the party posae'ofS certain knowledge about the count " for which they arc heading amt arc aiming to explore the section and hI1I what it contains. No rich Goll StI5N"H are expected, he declared.
 The Casco may be sent back from inc North this fall after landing her p3sSCngcrs at their destination.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-29
KOREANS URGE REFORM.

Tokio, August 29.-Several promi- Int Koreans who have arrived in 1kio, are urging the necessity of a dical reform of the administration
 Korea, not only by abolishing dis animation between Japanese and oreans. but also by providing for orea representation in the Japanese
New Britain herald., 1919-08-29
POISONED B1 SHOT.

WashingtOn.-Th bureau oi ''0 logical survey reports that WI" ""N N' die in large numbers rom lc'" PI' oning caused by SWalloNH'7 picked up from the bottom.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-29
sio COG GOLD NUGGET.

evdnev.-The largest single nugget e cold was found in Australia. II ,,,oi9hod over 1S0 pounds, and netted o>-or s4O.OOO when melted.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
H0NDURAN CITY OF MYSTERY
No Scholar Has Been Able to De-
cipher the Plcture-Writlnas
Left In copan.

Copan is a city of mystery. The
people who once thronged its streets
and bowled at its affairs are long since
gone, leaving no record of their ex-
istence save the hoary stones Of their
city. These stones built into pyra-
mids, walls and monuments, bear their
story carved in the Maya characters.
But no descendants have survived to
interpret the stories, and no scholar
has arisen wise enough to read the
picture-wrltlngs of Copan.
Ruins Of this oldest city of the
Maya Indians may still be seen by
those sufficiently persistent and en-
thuslastic to seek them out. A lit
tie Indian village In western Honduras,
and the river on which 1t lies keep
the name Of Copan alive today. To
visit the ruins of the great Copan you
must seek out this village by train
and then go a long journey on horse
back. Just beyond the village lies
the old Maya metropolis.
The only inhabitants Of Copan to-
day are queer figures Of the Maya
gods, that peer out of unexpected
hiding places like the creatures Of
bad dream. Wonderfully carved many
Of them are, grotesQue In attitude and
expression, according to the artists
conception of the beings of the other
world.
When Copan aourished, how 1t fell,
and what became of Its last people,
no one knows. The city is as desc
late as only q deserted city can be,
oppressive and sad even In tho bright
sunlight Of tropical midday
"Nlksah" in Indianapolis Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
FIRST TO WEAR FINGER RING
Legend Makes Prometheus the Pioneer
Of Custom That May Now 30
Called Universal.

The first finger ring Is supposed
to have been worn by Prometheus,
who stole fire from heaven that man
might warm himself and cook his
food. This act so incensed Jupiter
that the king of gods condemned him
to be chained upon rock where vul'
lures could constantly feast upon him.
The sentence was carried out, but
Prometheus was released. Then Jupiter
ordered that Prometheus wear a link
OF chain about his finger as remin'
der of the punishment. A fragment
of the rock to which he had been
chained was set in the ring, 80 that
he might still be regarded as being
bound to the rock.
The custom of wearing an engage
ment or wedding ring upon the third
finger is due to an ancient belief that
a nerve or vein directly connected
this finger with the heart, according
to writer In the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. Macrobius said: because Of
this nerve the newly betrothed places
the ring on this finger Of his be-
loved, as though It were representa-
ton Of the heart" And just to show
that the practice is very old one,
Macrobius admitted having obtained
the facts from an Egyptian priest,
thus linking the belief with the dim
reaches Of the past.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
Clock Tower of Jerusalem.

Since the occupation of the holy
city of Jerusalem by the British 1t
is gradually becoming more western
lied. For the first time In Its history
its streets are properly cleaned and
It has been given fire brigade SER
vice and now an efficient water-sup-
ply. Hitherto Its inhabitants de-
pended upon a few wells and water
collected in overhead clsterns. The
telephone, too, has been introduced.
Its most striking improvement
though 1t is one that was carried out
just prior to the war-was the cree
ton OF q fine clock tower at the Jaffa
gate. II is built of white stone obtained
from Solomon's quarries, Of which the
temple was constructed. The clock,
which was supplied by a London
matchmaker, shows both European and
Arabic time. Opposite the tower
drinking fountain has been erected,
and the roadway which leads through
the old walls into the city at this
point has been entirely rebuilt.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
npassInop for Insurance.

A Philadelphia physician, Doctor
Gaillard, who has examined great
numbers of men for life insurance COM
panies, informs me that "the popular
styles in physique have changed"
Girard writes In the Philadelphia
Press.
When I asked him to elucidate, he
replied:
mot so long ago life insurance com
panies made great ado and scanned
with care all applicants who were un-
derweight. Now underweight is pass
ed over as Of little consequence, while
overweight Is reckoned as the STUN
bling block"
In other words, the thin man was
once regarded as n poor risk, whereas
now he Is preferred to the stout man.
When I asked the doctor to tell me
the reason for this switch around In
the popularity Of tho two types OF the
male form divine, he said tuberculosis,
once the dread of the thin man, has
been far outcassed In fatality by other
organic diseases, especially OF the
heart, which are apt to affect the more
rotund.
Truly, every dog has his day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
FIND LITTLE Joy IN MANTUA
American Soldiers In italian City Can
not Be Accused Of INDUCING
In Wild Revels.

Mantua, the metropolis of the prov
ince, Is the center of the territory
which enclrcles 1t In every direction.
Hither flock the country folk from us
far as five or six kilometers away, to
gaze at the vino and stand around in
the middle Of the street, impeding the
progress of the trolley car.
Equally fascinating to the American
soldier is this city, with It's car track,
Its air of cordial welcome, and Its In
salubrlous climate, all of which com
bine to make him think more of the
old home town than he did before he
came here, says writer In Italy Am
bulance Service News. 1t Is not diff
Acult to find things to do, for one may
always spend quite while figuring
out when he last saw the sun, or when
he will see II again. And then one
may also look at the lake.
But 1t is at night that Mantua dis
closes its true nature. With an cleo
trio light cleaning on every fourth
block, and the comradely mist always
with you, you can start out for wild
evening. There are plenty Of places
to go--all cafes. Variety is supplied
by ordering beer in one place and wine
in the next, until In final burst of
hilarity you end up with caffe-latte
(the nadir of recklessness). BY that
time 1t is 1920, the shutters are up,
the waiter Jingles pocketful of cen
tesslmI and looks bored, the last pa
tron has departed and the girl behind
the bar seems to wonder what secret
sorrow keeps you from home. SO you
depart-vla the back door, barking to
your footprints echolng upon the still
night air. The carablnleri look at you
spspiclously, cat runs across the
black street, and you are all, all alone
In the wicked city. You yawn and 60
back to bed, filed with excitement
and beer. One night nearer home.
Mantua has many attractive fea'
lures, but the best one is the ten
o'clock train to Milan.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
nIunlor, ResembIes HIs Papa.

His friends said 1t was excusable
because It was his first boy. He ex'
hlbited the photograph at the bank
where he was employed.
isn't he a wonderr the young ia
Their would say, passing 1t through the
window.
"YOu bet he is--really good looking
and intelligent; yes, he does resemble
his father" And papa would beam
and act as though he had not noticed
the hattering smile. All day the 5eme
thing was repeated as friends entered
the bank.
He was real tlckled" with himself
when he went home that night and
handed the package Of photographs to
his wife. AS she opened 1t the much
fattered papa told her how his friends
had admired Junior" and did she
think the little fellow looked as much
like him as people had saidf
Mrs. Bank Teller took one look at
the contents Of the package.
"Why, dearie the photographer has
made mistake; he gave you the
wrong pictures."-Kansas City Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
WAS DICKENS OFFICE BOY
And All He Remembers OF Great Au-
thor Is the Peculiar Style OF
His Clothes.

The perseverance with which the
unImportant fingers In memory Is IL
lustrated by the sum total Of what the
veteran porter who lately retired from
his post at Temple Gate, London, can
now recall about Charles Dickens.
Back In the sixties this man, IL Is said,
was office boy for the author, then
editing "All the Year Round" All he
remembers is that Dickens wore n
"black velvet coat with big smoked
pearl buttons, and queer waistcoat
and trousers Of shepherds plaid, the
biggest check you ever saw, and n
great big deerstalker hat, as they
called them, and his hair all hanging
down, wiry like" Also that once upon
a time somebody asked him, "Is that
q Snowman And he answered,
"That's the great Charles Dickens"
A vivid picture and this Is probably
why, plaid trousers and all, 1t still
sticks In the former office boys mem
ory; but one wishes he could now re-
call some Of the other things he must
have observed In his remarkable chief.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
Why Diamonds Burst.

That diamonds burst Is an old Idea,
which has been varlously explained. II
has been thought that the stones have
been fractured by violent eruptions in
the inclosing rocks, by sudden removal
Of pressure around them, or In the
smoky specimens by spontaneous
breaking up. DIR. J. r. Sutton con-
cludes that the breaking usually re-
suits from the minerals inclosed. These
may be garnet. zlrcon, ilmenlte or Iron
pyrltes, and such crystals, under
ordinary heating at least, have so
much greater expansion than the dla-
mond that they would exert great
pressure.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11

am so terribly disqualified as a IA
ther," she added; my boy does so
need some one to help him with en-
gines and tracks,"
Ransom found himself shaking with
sympathy for Harold.
"And my tiny daughter" he told
her, "has one tragedy after another
with her dolls. Only yesterday she
tore what she calls her very bestest
dress. Poor little soul, she certainly
needs more mothering than seem
able to give her."
Mrs. Ainley's blue eyes were posi-
lively glistening with tears Of sym
pathy for motherless little Joy.
"Still," she suggested, If they can
Just play together peFhaps they VIII
manage to be more conteHted,"
II will have to make small open
ing in the fence for Them" RanSph
said; 1--WE don't want them scrambllhg
over the fence
"Ohl If you only would 1t would be
splendid way out Of the difficulty.
Do you think you can saw through
those thick D0ardST
I'm sure l can," Ransom said, and
decided his next heroine should have
reddish hair and that peculiarly mag
netic smile which was being waited to
him from the window. He decided also
that he must see the smile often If he
were to describe 1t worthily In his
novel. But If the boards are too aw-
fully heavy may have to remove a
couple Of them, which would make a
gate quite big enough for grownup
people to pass through; that is, II I
have your consentP"
1t was then that Mrs. Ainley chose
to blush.
II suppose 1t would be much simpler
than saving them" she said.
Ransom thought swiftly. II he could
just finish off his story late that night
he could work on the gate during the
afternoon. The story must be complet-
ed. He sent another glance up at his
neighbor and realized that the gate,
too, must be finlshed-it was essential
to his happiness. So long as the fence
remained In its present perfect divid-
ing state he would fret, and IL he fret
ted he could not write stories. Some
thing gentle and lovable about his
neighbours personality told him that
he was going to have to write many
stories. He seemed to sense that a
greater income was going to be most
necessary soon.
ut really should be done right
away" he told her; "the children
won't be happy now that they have
found each other until they can play
together, and I will try to help the boy
with his tracks"
"And l will mend the bestest dress,
said his heroine.
Ransoms neck was getting q bit
crooked from continued looking UP ia
his neighbours window, but somehow
he knew the outcome was going to be
worth getting stiff neck over. He
felt that he must come In for more
bodily discomfort after his carpenter
ing efforts. Authors are not built for
manual labor.
"TOnight's sun will set on two gar
dens made into one" he informed her,
"and our children will BIO happy as the
day is long"
"Some falls are all for the best" she
said laughIngly, while her eyes rested
with added tenderness on her son.
"The very, very BEST" Ransom sup
plemented, while his eyes rested on the
mother of her son. And IL there was
tenderness In them 1t could not be
seen from so great distance as the
window next door.
However, the gate would be finished
soon.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11

The minister had eaten a very good
dinner and was getting ready to leave
for a long time. He happened to
glance at the eighteen.year-old daugh-
ter.
"Well, WELL" he laughed. II sup
pose that pretty soon I'll be coming
back TO marry this young woman to
one OF the interesting young men Of
the congregation"
The irrepresslble elght-year-old son
spoke up:
"0h, no, you won't" he offered.
"Mary Is going to be an old bachelor"
The famlly's laugh told him that he
had used the wrong word. SO straight
way he started to make II right.
II mean an old WITCH" he asserted
more positively than before.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
Worked for Centuries.

The fisheries Of Ceylon, Madagascar
and the Persian gulf, from which the
hest quality Of Oriental pearls come,
have been worked for centuries. Fine
small pearls are taken there, but no
more large ones. The worlds hopes
of finding large pearls of the best
grade are now conferred on Australia
and the Islands Of the South seas.
Pearl fishing Is an Industry Of I'm
portance on the coasts Of Mexico,
Central America and the West Indian
Islands and fresh-water pearls found
in the rivers OF the United States COM
mand good prices.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
Duty.

There are persons who love to do
everything good but that which their
immediate duty requires. There are
servants that will serve everyone more
cheerfulIy than their masters; there
are men who will distribute money lib
orally to all except their creditors, and
there are wives who will love all man
kind better than their husbands. Duty
is a familiar word which has little ef
feet upon an ordinary mind; and, as
ordinary minds make vast majority,
we have acts Of generosity, self-denlal
and honesty, where smaller pains
would constitute greater vlrtues.-Mrs.
Inshbald.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
Vary Your Garden.

Remember that plant diseases and
insects thrive where they have become
established. Therefore, gardeners this
year should take care not to place the
individual crops where the same crops
grew last year. Varying the arrange
ment Of the garden reduces the danger
from disease and insects. The same
vegetables in the same place each year
exhaust certain food elements, and re-
1uced yields are sure to result.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
About Epup.

Ontario, Canada, now has an egg
"clrcle." This egg circle has been or
ganlzed for the purpose Of eliminating
the wholesaler and middleman. It's
Idea is specifically to prevent any per-
son or persons coming between the
farmers supply Of eggs and the con-
sumer. More and more as the cold
storage warehouse has come between
the consumer and his egg, has the con-
sumer suffered from the separation.
"Most every one" will wish the egg
circle well.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
Ants Remarkable Biting Power.

Every one has observed trees that
have been followed out by ants, and II
is apparent that their biting powers
are equal to working in the hardest
woods. In tunnellng, ants are expert,
and authentic cnses are known OF their
tunnellng under bitches and streams.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
FRANK LABBEY a. Co..
Lumbermen, Washington, ID. 4.
PLENTY OF
Gulf Cypress Shingles.
PLENTY OF

Now, we are ready for you with Gulf Cypress
Shingles, direct from our mills in Florida, which
are the first mills in the South to get down to
steady work. We have carload after carload of
shingles coming, enough to meet all your de-
mands and give immediate delivery. We always
were and are still, the lowest on prices for
Shingles. You know how scarce they have been---
you've had to use substitutes. Now send to us and
get all the real Gulf Cypress Shingles you want.
Also complete stock of LUMBER and all kinds
of Sash, Door, Blinds, etc. Remember, we're the
only lumber yard in Washington carrying the
examination of Lumber and Mill-WOrk.
FRANK LIRBEH s. CO.,
Lumber and Mill-WOrk,
9th ST. & ". Y. Ave,
WNsIsissgtOas, Nd. e..
Established i'm 1924 All cars transfer 10 yards
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-07-11
FARM FOR SALE.

Containing 1877 acres, improved by new
dwelling and barn and other outbuildings
about miles from Germantown Station,
In Montgomery county, Md. and about the
same distance from Gaithersbur9 one
half mile from pike. Apply 10
BOWIE +. WATERS. Attorney.
june Aid Rockville, Md.