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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-05-18
CRIMINALS PUT UNDER WATER
Capital Punishment by Drowning Was
Common Method OF Procedure
for Many Centuries.

Drowning was long method OF cap
ital punishment. Tacitus says that the
Germans hanged their greater Grim
inals, but the meaner and more infa-
nous offenders were plunged under
hurdles in the boys and fens Drown
ing was also a Roman punishment.
The Lex Cornella decreed that parri-
cides should be sewn In a sack with
dog, cock, viper and ape and thrown
into the sea. The Anglo-Saxon codes
condemned women thieves to be
drowned
In Scotland In 1863 a man con-
victed Of theft and sacrilege was sen
fenced TO be drowned, by the queens
special grace" AS late as 1911 man
was drowned at Edinburgh for stealing
a lamb. In 1923 II gypsy women were
sentenced TO be drowned in the Edin-
burgh Nor Loeb. By that time the
punishment by drowning had become
obsolete in England. 1t survived in
Scotland until 1885 (the year OF the
drowning of Wigtown martyrs), and
in France was employed as late as
1893.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-05-18
IN PLACE OF ENCHANTMENT
Charming Word Picture Of Old World
Garden Under the Rays Of the
F0il Moon.

That evening was the evening Of the
full moon. The garden was an en-
chanted place where all the flowers
seemed white. The lilies, the daphnes
the orange blossom, the white stocks
the white pinks, the white roses-yqu
could see these as plainly as in tie
daytime; but the colored flowers ek-
listed only as fragrance.
The three younger women sat On
the low wall at the end Of the top gaf-
den after dinner, Rose little apaft
from the others, and watched the endf-
nous moon moving slowly over tile
place where Shelley had lived
just hundred years before The sA
quivered along the path Of the MOOD
The stars wlnked and trembled fhe
mountains were misty blue outlines,
with little clusters of lights shining
through from little clusters of homes.
In the gardens the plants stood quite
still, straight and unstirred by the
smallest rifle of air.-From "The En-
chanted April"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-05-18
Book Of Jasher Lost.

The Book of Jasher is lost He
brew book, twice quoted in the Old
Testament (Joshua 1913, II Samuel
LII, 1S). It's author and contents are
both unknown, and have given rise
to much speculation. According to
many scholars, the book persisted dur
Ing the captivity Of the Jews in Baby
Ion (606-5S6 b. O. As the word Jash-
er means just or upright, the book
is generally thought to have been q
history of just men.
Two rabbinical works under the
name Book Of Jasher are extant. one
wriAten in 1894 A. d. by r. Shabbatal
Cramuz Levita, the other by Il. Than.
printed in 1914. An anonymous work
was also printed in 1928 at Venice and
Prague.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-05-18
Diamonds in United statss.

Rock formations showing favorable
structures" for diamonds, and few
diamond crystals here and there have
been found In North Carolina, Georgia,
Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin and Colo
RADIO. In the Isaac Lea collection there
is a yellow stone, uncut, but highly
polished, picked up at Cabin Fork
creek in Kentucky. Whether this stone
was produced in Kentucky. or was
picked up by bird In neighboring
state and casually dropped over Cabin
Fork creek 1t would be hard to say,
but It was surely produced somewhere
not far from where 1t was found, and
the National museum catalogues 1t as
coming from Kentucky. As long ago
as 1856 a diamond weighing eleven
and a half carats (about 45 grains,
diamond weight was found at Man.
chester, near Richmond, Va.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-05-18
Why She Didn't Want Tea.

mo, thanks" said the girl emphati-
cally, mo tea"
"Why not2' inquired her escort.
mo, 1 think ri make it hot choco-
late today"
whats happened? / thought your
cup Of tea every afternoon was one
Of the necessities of life What made
you give 1t up? Are you getting too
nervous; did the doctor advise you to
stop it2 Haven't they got the brand
you like heref"
All the time they were at the table
she kept them In suspense and then,
when the mst cooky had been eaten
and his store Of persuasive adjectives
had been exhausted she said:
"Well, now that they put the tea in
those little old bags there are never
any leaves in the bottom Of the cup
to tell your fortune with, and that's
what I liked about tea"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-05-18
Record Gold NUGGETS.

The largest gold nugget ever found
came from Chile, weighed more than
400 pounds troy, and was worth near
ly 100000. The second largest, weigh
ing pa pounds, was mined In Ballarat,
Australia, in 1859. The third largest
was picked up at Carson Hill, Gala
veras county, Calf, In 1854. 1t was
a lump about Is inches long, wide
and thick. weighed 1875 pounds troy,
and brought more than $4,000.
French Ravine, Sierra county, Calf,
was a perfect nest of big nuggets. A
5000 one was found there In 1880,
an 5000 one in 1851 and $4,000 one
in 1S55-thus proving that In mining
lightning sometimes does strike more
than once In the same place.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-05-18
Western Maryland College,
WESTMINSTER ARYLAF D,
REV. A. NORMAN WARD, D. D.. PRESIDENT.
FOR YOUNG YOUNG WOMEN SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS


Fity-ffth Year Begins
ON
CURRICULUM leading A B. decree sruned
English, History,
which
cheering be elected Special Speech Military
r. o. T. c. ''
buildings, comfortable
heating -''
'front.'
BAORD TUITION $3.50
Tut;or
transferable will
Prospectus for 1922 n application
Evening star., 1923-02-18
k". ~t"u" \ lew Go.

Alexander M. Fisher,
president of the Opti-
mist Club of Washing
ton. BY mistake. the
photograph of Atwood
M. Fisher, treasurer of
the Washington Rail-
way and Electric sys-
tenn. appeared recently
in The Stars rotograv-
ure section listed as the
Optimist executive.
IH,IIlrri> Il Eu
Evening star., 1923-02-18

Her frock is made entirely
of leaf tobacco. Miss Helen
Leopold of New York as THE
Tobacco Girl" at the recent to-
bacco exposition in New York.
International.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

curry test had been subjected to hypo-
which balanced their distorted cores
according to the evidence of the *
ray pictures. Evidently the manufac-
turers of these balls submitted the
specimens to mercury balancing tests
after they were completed. Then evil
IDENTIFY hypodermic syringe was used
to inject some material beneath the
surface of the ball that was lightest.
If YOU will study the accompanying
pictures, you will see the injected ma
terial showing up quite plainly be-
tween the core and surface of the
"doped' balls. The chances are that
the counterfeit balance secured in
this way would not be permanent. 1t
Is quite likely that under heavy serv-
Ice some distribution of the injected
ballast might occur. which would
counteract its beneficial insertion.
The golf ball with the fluid core
has long been popular in America
and abroad because it's use is produc-
tive of great distance off the tee. The
ball is very lively and resilient and
like a base ball. which is equipped
with exactly the right amount of rub
Der core to make it sail the farthest
when clouted resoundingly by some
heavy and expert batsman, will travel
long distances over the we'll kept
turf. The use of the LIQUID core golf
Evening star., 1923-11-25

the ten popular balls photographed d
has a perfectly round and evenly
balanced core. The cores of the nine
other specimens are lopsided oval and
g-shape and distorted in some
cases to form that makes them look
like loaf of bread.
When you stop to appreciate that
the golf ball obtains it's balance and
uniformity Of avoirdupois from the
center. you will understand immedi-
ately why many well executed puts
Ngo wrong on green's that are as per-
feet as expert workmanship can make
them.
The ordinary golf ball has liquid
core-a resilient. rubber-like material
being used as a central lining The
nine golf balls which DR. Taylor
Photographed that has centers of this
type evidence great distortion and
which showed perfest core, was
equipped with a solid rubber center.
in which metal filings had been in
corporated.
THE bands of rubber that are
wrapped under great tention
around the central liquid core of the
average golf ball exert such pressure
that they destroy the spherical form
and accurate shape Of the core. When
Evening star., 1923-11-25

THEY say that Chris Magee, on ar
early trip to Paris. enjoyed par
! ticularly a dish of Partisan cellar
mushrooms (grown in the catacombs
i, which, under. Paris. are vast, temper
ate, clean. sweet and empty, abso-
lutely unlike the gruesome catacomb:
, of Romeo. The mushrooms were done
in a special sauce-it was, exactly. al
the Cafe de la Paix.
The Pennsylvania statesman want.
ed more. He knew the restaurant: he
knew the dish he waanted-knew
more about 1t than any one who had
not eaten 1t! But he did not know the
name. How do you say those things
mushrooms
1t was long ago. The walters ther
did not speak English as they do to-
day. but they were the old breed
Qess like chauffeurs than at presenD
polite. friendly, confidential. helpfu
and empresse. as the French say: at
tentive. eager. earnest, yet withou,
the look of being officious. They
hung round the Pennsylvania states.
man, dumbly straining to divine his
wishes.
At last the man who craved mush-
rooms had an inspiration. Taking &
blank piece Of paper and a pencil, he
drew a good mushroom cross-section
Get them. Many! Beaucoup! Jus,
like I had yesterday
The day before it rained. The wait.
ers understood. With a last look a,
the mushroom picture and beau.
COUP much" many echoing ir
their memories, they fastened ou,
into the boulevard and came back In
ten minutes with a fine assortment OF
nineteen umbrellas for the valued
client to choose from.
Felix would smile. Monsieur Achille
would find it old stuff. But. do no,
forget. 1t was the Paris that mer
dreamed of. Good old Paris!
When we get Paris quite Ameri.
canized will you be glad to have set
up another New York on the River
Seine? The Latin Quarter is Green.
wich Village. Montmartre has be-
come the Great White Way. There Is
rOpera.
Shall we give thanks for it?
In the old days 1t was an event tc
seek and find Thanksgiving fare In
Paris. Now there Is a barrel of Gran.
berries in front of the grocery
Frenchmen disdain the white Algeri-
an "patates" for yellow sweet pota'
toes straight from Baltimore" While
turkey at the central markets jumps
in price to dearer than the colder
goose. immemorial French standby al
the festive bird.
Let's put our language on theil
menu cards.
Frenchmen read the Herald, Tribune
and Mail more and more for daily
news.
Let's make 'em speak the language
Evening star., 1923-11-25
District Expert Solves Golf Ball
Problems by Use of X-Ray Machine
the
Accurately the F n Modern Equ;bmetM;d CostCh Chambon-
Resulted Because the Ball dNt the Players Stroke Ran Asray.

the critical and serious golfer de-
mands-some Of the bad effects of the
misshapen center ball may be over
come. This solution is not generally
practical because a storm of protest
would Immediately develop at ever
country club where this control meas
ure was tried.
The practical remedy is for the
leading golf ball manufacturers to
experiment until they devise efficient
means of eliminating the existent
errors of the liquid d-cored golf bal,
DR.. Taylor recommends that prom-
nent golfers have the balls that they
in order that the chaff may be culled
from the wheat and only balls
equipped with perfect cores be en-
ployed. He also suggests that the
United States Golf Association should
draw up detailed specifications for
golf balls. which may be used in
tournament play. Baseball has an
official standa rdized ball. Tennis
uses balls of certified size and weight
for championship play. Golf has never
put up the bars. All that is required
is that the golf ball must not meas
ure less than 1.62 inches in diamete-
nor weigh more than 1.62 ounces.
The ancient and scientific game
which the Romans first played thou
sands of years ago allows the differ
ent players to use any balls that they
wish for competitive play. Consider
ing the rigid rules and official re-
quirements. which complicate most
features of golflng battle, the lax
ity regarding the ball is the more
impressive.
DR.. Bruce L. Taylor conducted his
invaluable golf ball Investigations
entirely for personal satisfaction and
the good of the game. He is a
sportsman who believes in the ethics
and etiquette of golf. He is desirous
not only of maintaining the high
character and admirable reputation
Of the game. but also Of improving
them. He is absolutely conscientious in
his belief that all American golfers
should be informed about the liquid
center ball and its scientific lack Of
balance. He contends that golf ball
manufacturers should either admit
the deficiencies of the current crop
of balls or else efficiently repair their
shortcomings. Wisely enough. he has
not permitted the publication of the
names of the various golf balls which
he has tested. However. he says tha;
unless something is done very soon
to right conditions in the golf ball
world he will give all his data To
the golfing public.
If you are an adept golfer and
wish to insure your putting against
the possible vagaries of unbalanced
balls, you can follow the testing
method outlined briefly hereafter.
where you do not have ready access
to the use of an X-ray machine TO
detect any errors which may be pres
ent in the rubber spheroids. Pur-
chase two pounds of mercury, which
will cost you approximately $3.50.
Place the mercury in a shallow dish.
exercising particular care not to lose
any of the heavyweight fluid. which
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Messages to Trains.

An ingenious device for delivering
messages to moving trains has
been adopted by an eastern road. It
consists of a long forked stick, with
clips at the ends: a cord loop Is hung
on these fingers, which grasp 1t SO
tightly that a gale of wind cannot
blow it off, but the trainman may
slip 1t off with ease. To this cord is
ATTACHED the message. The stick is
held out to the train with the fork
pointing in the way the train Is 60
ing. The trainman simply holds out
his arm and allows hts hand to come
between the forks of the stick and
the string. The cord is loosened inn
mediately and he carries 1t with the
message attached away with him on
the speeding train.
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Fountain of Bubbles.

A FOUNTAIN Of bubbles has proved
"A great attraction in England.
A machine is so arranged that 10000
soap bubbles a minute may be blown
with coal gas and sent UP into the air.
The beautiful effect in colors when
the sun shines on this fountain may
we'll be imagined. At nightfall arti-
ficial lighting and the use of colored
fires add to the beauty and interest.
The soap bubble Is also suggested
as a substitute for pigeons or glass
balls In marksmanship contests.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

the cover of the ball is put on and
a mechanical press is used to hold it
in place until 1t sets and hardens, the
core Of the ordinary ball is wholly
inaccurate. When the ball is re-
moved from the large press. this core
distortion may even be transmitted
to the cover.
DR.. Taylor used a carefully gauged
and standardized vice with broad
jaws. which he used as a caliper to
measure whether or not each of the
He found that all of the balls showed
appreciable surface irregularities.
which would also operate against ac-
curate putting on perfectly smooth
and level greens:
In order to check the results OBJ
tanned from the X-ray photographs,
the amateur experimenter next float
ed the test balls in a vessel of mer-
curry to ascertain their balance prop
critics. Four Of the ten specimens
evidenced the desired accuracy of
balance, one of these being the ball
with the solid rubber core, which had
proved perfectly round under the *
ray examination. Although all of
these golf balls-none of them were
"ioaters"-would sink when placed
In bowl of water. they would float
in mercury. The balls of perfect bal
ance rode. the miniature mercury
ocean as smoothly as ducklings pad
ding about in a small stream. The
unbalanced balls toppled over when
plunged in the mercury. Their heavy
sides would stay at the bottom while
the lighter weight sections would re-
main exposed above the surface of the
liquid. Each ball was Identified by
special marks and its actions were
carefully recorded.
Two Of the balls which showed the
desired balance In the basin OF mer-
Evening star., 1923-11-25

No French dictionary has raie at
bcurre noir in it. What il it did
skate with black butter, And hom-
ard thermidor is still lobster. Fran
els will tell you it is a hot dish and
not at all like Newberg. 1t is some
thing like a deviled crab, the mea,
being shredded. done in cheese and
cream (style of Lyon) and put back
in the shell. Like a coquille st. Jac-
ques.
Which goes back to the crusades!
A cockle-shell (signs of the trip 70
foreign parts. beyond the sea). adopt
ed, first, by humble pilgrims. because
proud armorial emblem. Cook up
tasty cookies. star-f1sh, searoses. mus
sells. and even oysters in a big she'll
with a creamy sauce. Drowned in the
oven, and It's St. Jacques. Little shell
is ST. Michel,
Nov. take the sole Duglere and
call it a day, Sole Is fiat fish,
neat and decent looking. not known
to American waters-so that our filet
de sole is often cut from halibut
Duglere was a historically great chef
at the Cafe Anglais | ate dishes
from his hands in 1895. so have the
story straight.
A Pennsylvania Quaker named
Hicks came to France romantically
shortly after our civil war. He be-
came great friends with Duglere. in
Passy. then a village of the outskirts
One day, talking cookery. Hicks took
raw tomatoes. cream and butter and
made up that triumph of the Quaker
cuisine in Bucks county--fried to-
matoes with cream gravy.
"Dieu" exclaimed the high Partisan
chef. "it Is delicious" But he never
put 1t on his Cafe Anglais card. 1T
is home DISH" he explained-but
instead, took the whole thing for his
sauce of sole Duglere, a new creation
while fishing out, before serving. the
more prominent cooked slices OF to-
mato, as too prominent.
Even Joseph. at the Paix. does not
know this.
1 have asked Felix of the Cafe de
Paris about this big question OF
menus in French or English.
'It is nothing in our young lives
he said. Every waiter here speaks
English and is able to describe in
advance each dish the client may pick
out, or to suggest. advise, encourage
interest -
Yet, all the same" he said, when
we have chicken hash. we call 1t
chicken hash-for that's it's name. 1t
is essentially an American dish, like
chicken pie. 1t is our quite simple
rule-adopt the American names
whenever the dish is American
There are lots SUCH mixed grill. rump
steak, Irish stew, plum pudding
cranberry sauce, oyster cocktail
mince pie, sweet corn, scalloped
oysters, what do 1 know? Then why
make objection to purely French
dishes by their names, like Chateau
BRAND aux pommes or tripes a la
mode de Caen?
Would it. help" said Felix. ito
write tripes in the style Of Caet OF
Nantes duckling? We French have
adopted many words used by Amer
lean sportsmen and practically all the
games and sports in France involve
a knowledge of English. Why. then
object to names of French dishes
in particular, when you are enjoy
ing French cookery"
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Tremendous Rainfall.

THE astonishing effects sometimes
produced by cloudbursts are well
known, but not many trustworthy
records of the depth of the rainfall
during such occurrences exist. The
following instance. therefore, pos
sesses much interest. On August 6,
during a thunderstorm in the Fiji
Islands, the measured depth Of the
rainfall in a gauge elevated twenty
five feet above the ground was 8
feet and 1 inch. The rain continued
thirteen hours. and owing to unmeas-
ured overflow, the total amount re-
mains unknown, but it is estimated
to have been not less than forty-oie
inches.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

American language has found sympa-
thy but not approval. 1T is well to
spread the beautiful French Ian
guage," says Anatole France, the
academician. But dictionaries are
illusion at feeding the face" adds
Paul Bourget. another immortal.
ing the dishes"
| London thinks differently. 1t is
admitted that the formidable French
| bills-of-fare at we'll known London
| hotels and restaurants have been re-
sponsible for the restricted diet of
| many American tourists this sum-
| mer. while others were driven to
places where the chow was listed
! in plain English.
One London manager says that in
ability to make out French menus
drives tourists, without doubt. to or
der cheap. plain dishes. and entails
financial loss on the dining rooms.
Yet they all expect French cook
ing" says this other London man
ager. "It is the reason why hotels
and restaurants have French chefs.
Now, these chefs take their art very
seriously. They should not stand for
rough and abbreviated English de-
scriptions of their creations or the
classic dishes-which often have
beautiful names, sometimes historic.
and associations dear to the heart OF
the epicure."
ACHILLE, at the care
AVA Restaurant da la Paix in Paris
pointed out these last lines. He Is
chef du personnel. takes orders from
distinguished guests, and smoothes
everybody's difficulties.
He puts his finger on the spot
that London manager" says Monsieur
Achille. TT Is a matter of gastron-
omy. and not Of the French Ian
guage." (The high academicians said
practically the same thingo
AN epicure may not know French"
observes Achille, but he is per-
fectly familiar with most Of the great
dishes by their French names-which
are all the names they have! AND
there are simply thousands of born
Frenchmen in Paris. speaking no
other language. who could not make
sense out of half the names on high
class menu cards to save their lives.
And there you are.
How does a French dictionary help
you with an epigramme OF lamb?
It's a lamb chop and piece -
tender breast meat. very fat. both
Dreaded, served with bernaise and
pont-neuf potatoes.
But bernaise? 1t is delicious
sauce, looks something like a mayon-
naise, served warm sometimes. but
often at the temperature of the room,
and with a dominating perfume or
estragon. an aromatic herb.
Do pont-neuf potatoes tell you
more than pommes pont-neuf? It's
like queues d'ecrivisses Mornay. You
know that they are crabs tails. but
do you know Mornay? (Not the duke
the marquis) That grand sauce was
named for him, at the Jockey Club.
And civot of hare chasseur! You've
got the whole translation: and sup
pose you know, also, the spicy-sweet-
sour sauce chasseur?
The civet, lad, to know it, you must
eat 1t! Do as Paul tells you. Done
with the blood. 1 know, know, but
that's all right. And the hare bit
high that's all right. too. Uncle
Sterling knows best!
Evening star., 1923-11-25

is as tricky as a sneakthief in gef
ting away from you when you leas
expect an attempt at escape. The
one by one. float the golf balls whici
you wish to test in the mercury batl
A ball of proper balance will rid,
the sea of mercury quietly anG
smoothly. On the other hand, the
ball that is unevenly balanced will
bob about like a cork sinker when
a hungry fish tries to steal the bait
from the hook. The heavy portion
of the ball will turn to the bottom
while the lightweight section bobs
to the top. The amateur golfer who
applies the mercury test can reserve
the perfectly balanced balls for tour
nament contests and important
matches. He can use the unbalanced
balls that will not putt true foT
practice.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

ball has cost United States golf clubs
many millions of dollars, for they have
had to go to the additional expense of
lengthening their courses to CORE
spond to the liveliness of the ball.
x
nN the ordinary grass green, which
is not closely clipped and
groomed for tournament play, the use
of the liquid core golf ball is not so
Objectionable. Under such circum-
stances the longer grass and the more
uneven surface. to a certain extent,
compensate for the unequal balance
of the ball. This leads to the as
sumption that by not cutting the
green's so close or by not keeping
them in the best of condition-which