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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22

A wake is vigil with a corpse.
The word Is derived from "waecan,"
Anglo-Saxon for watching. 1t is still
customary in many countries for
friends and nelghbors of the deceased
to sit up nights with the corpse until
1t is buried. The custom probably
originated in the ancient superstition
that unless carefully guarded a
corpse was in danger Of being car
ried away by spirits from Hades. The
Irish wake is especially notorious. In
some parts of Ireland those remain
ing up nights with corpse spend the
time in drinking, dancing and telling
Jokes and stories. 1t is a highly fes-
tive occasion. Grace Greenwood in
her "Stories of Travel" has this to
say about the Irish wake: "a wake,
sure it's an entertainment a man gives
after he is dead when his dlsconso-
late friends all assemble at his house,
to discuss his virtues and drink his
poteen. Magazine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Apple in High Place
as Family Physician

This is what an apple does to one:
II starts all the secretions into vigor-
Gus action. and foods the system with
a new tide of life.
II is a friend to health and foe to
disease.
1t is a food, tonic, condiment and
cosmetic all in one.
It kindles the brllliancy of the eye,
and 1t plants roses In the cheeks.
You cannot eat too many-after the
heartiest meal there Is always room
for an apple.
An apple is a social fruit 1t draws
human beings together In fellowship.
Plenty Of good apples will keep the
children at homo and In at night-hus-
bands as well-and keep the doctor
away.
1t promotes temperance.
1t appears on our table In many APP
petiEing forms
Raw fruit as 1t comes fresh and
crisp from the trees and the refrigera-
tors needs no culinary art to improve
1t.
A knife spells 1t let 1t be crushed
and crunched in the mouth, and then It
gives out its richest flavor and yields
the greatest satisfaction.
The apple family contains In its va
rieties exquisite havors adapted to all
tastes.
1t Is the Oldest Of our known food
Observation-Disclosures Pathological So
ciety Bulletin.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22

The name "Basilica" was given In
ancient Rome to buildings used as
meeting places for business men, and
as courts of justice. basllica con
sisted of a long central hall or nave,
with aisles, the aisles being separated
from the nave by pillars supporting
the roof. AT the end of the nave, op-
posite the entrance, was raised plat
form, or dais with seats for the
judges. To give additional space there
was sometimes added at this farther
end, a semiclrcular structure called an
apse. After the Introduction of Chris.
tianty, basilicas were very generally
converted into churches, and thus II
is that the form of the modern cathe-
dral is derived from the ancient
Roman basillca.-Kans9s City Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
0eGls and Tuna Fish
Haze Hiding Places

There is a mystery surrounding the
FUR seal which has never been solved.
No one has ever been able to discover
where they 90 in winter. No one has
get been able to make record Of
their hiding place.
All that is known, says the Mime
apolis Tribune, Is that on the islands
of st. Paul and st. George, In Alaska,
The seals begin to appear about the
end of April or the first of May and
toward the latter part Of August or In
the first weeks of september they dis
appear as strangely and mysteriously
rs they came. In this respect they
are not less puzzlIng to scientists than
the huge schools of tuna fish which
appear and disappear from the waters
Of southern California regularly each
year.
Tuna fish have been caught, marked
and turned loose, with the hope that
some of them might be caught in 9th
or waters during the winter months,
but so far none of them has been cap
tured similar method Of marking
seals would do no good, for they are
never seen during the winter months.
Years ago. the seals numbered 5,000,-
900 or more, where today they may be
counted only up to four or five hun
dred thousand. Yet even In the days
when they were most numerous, their
habit of disappearing suddenly with
out leaving a trace Of their where
sbouts and as suddenly reappearing
after an absence of several months
was just as mysterious as 1t Is today.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Paris Bank Messenger
Needs No Armed Guard

The Paris bank messenger wears n
cooked hat with an air of dignity. His
coat is liberal In cut and you can see
the big brass buttons on 1t glitterlng
In the sunshine quite long way off.
A brass plate over his heart bears
humber and under his arm he carries
a leather satchel attached to big
chain secured about his waist.
There is an air of prosperity about
him. He is Of liberal proportions and
plants his feet firmly. He inspires con-
fidence and we might trust our for
tune to his keeping and still sleep
peacefully at night.
We meet him often In the busy
morning near the opera pursuing his
steadfast way along the crowded pave
ment He, least Of anyone, is in a
hurry He is picturesque, slow and
sure. And that we feel we may con-
1de our treasure to him is due not to
the chain Of shining steel with which
he grapples 1t, nor his gllttering but
tons, nor the brazen number on his
breast, but he is secure, lnvlolate be-
cause he is fantastic, and treasure
walks the streets unguarded save by
the fantasy Of glorious cooked hat
From the Continental Edition Of the
London Mail.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Cook Did Her Best, but
Big Egg Wouldn't Boil

The often embarrassing trick that
Chinese servants have of obeying an
order literally is well known. The
classic example perhaps is that of the
cook who. once observing his mistress
who was making cake throw away
spoiled egg, ever afterward cast aside
an egg when he was making that par
ticular kind of cake. A contributor
sends US this amusing anecdote Of a
servant, not Chinese, but negro, who
did her best to do exactly as she was
told:
A New England woman who had re-
Gently moved to remote South Caro-
lima plantation home handed an egg
and small minute glass to the old
colored cook who was part Of the
estate and said to her, "Boil this by
the glass until II runs through three
times"
In little while the woman stepped
into the kitchen and asked whether
the egg were not ready.
Law, no, Miss 'Meliay" was the
astonishing reply. 81 bile UNI right
side an side wild de leetle wasp-wais
bottle, but dis big egg amt able to run
troo UNI de fust time yet p-Youth's
Companion.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Ocean Waves Trifes
to Those of the Air

II is rather startling to learn, and
from high scientific authority, too, that
We are living most of the time sub
merged in waves to which the greatest
waves Of the ocean are mere rfpples
in point of size. When current Of
air blows across a water surface water
waves are produced, and when a cur
rent OF air blows across surface Of
quiet air, or air having different mo-
ton from the first current, then air
waves are produced.
These atmospheric waves, we are
assured, have all of the phenomena
Of water waves-troughs, crests, foam,
breakers and spray-but since the
qualities of air and water are so differ
ent the air waves have dimensions
over $500 times those Of the CORE
spending water waves.
Thus the great ocean waves Of per
haps twenty-five feet height would
have atmospheric counterparts extend
ing upward a distance Of ten or twelve
miles above the earth's surface.
The undulating movement of such
air waves accounts in part for the in
termlttent gusts of wind which we
notice so frequently in storms-Wash-
ington Star
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
FeuO "White" BuHoIoes

In the old days Indians cherished
the white buffalo robe as almost be-
yond price.
In 1882 or 1888 the Mandans, says
the Pittsburgh Sun. hearing that the
Blackfeet at the mouth Of the Yellow
stone had white buffalo robe, sent a
delegation with eight horses and with
trading goods the 200 miles to procure
the robe If possible.
The delegation left the horses and
the goods and returned afoot with the
robe. This was consecrated to the
Great Spirit and hung upon a pole,
out Of touch, as powerful medicine.
1t Is said that not one in 100000
buffalo was white. Even at that, the
color was likely TO be yellowlsh
white, and the robe was known by the
plainsmen as "buckskin" robe. The
pure white robe scarcely existed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
BUILDING MATERIALS
Rock Bottom Prices

BATHROOM OUTFITS, all new and guar
enteed, so5 up; Kitchen sinks of all kinds.
700 Err RI rev white vitreous toilet outfits
chased from aSar at &c. toilet SIs
seats, mahogany bar-hnge seat, at $2.75;
White Sanitary sheet celluloid covered seat
at $3.50; all Of our plumbing material 10
: solo with - a guarantee of money back If
DBAMs-f beams, angles, channels, t
irons plain and reinforcing bars and mesh |;
plate orders, suitable for county bridges
steel trusses Of soft. spans. The largest
stpred at our Camp Meigs grounds only,
CORAbGAFED IRON, in Galvanized or
Black for roofs. partitions, fencing,
Dooks AND SASH, both saiYaged and
new; new doors, stock sizes, So and 1928;
sash, new, lights 9oc each; screens, 40c
fURNAcEs-Brand new hot-air furnaces
purchased from Government, $50 each.
commissioned from our many wreck
ing operations, together with an immense
purchase Of new lumber-212, 2x3 2x4, 2X0,
p1e Sheathing, flooring, siding and ceiling
It low prices We can save you money.
PA1NT-Weather- shield house paint, man.
pfactufed by Certain -teed Company, white
and all other colors $2.25 per gallon. Also
barn, roof and fenos paint, si56 per gal
lon. This Is freshly manufactured paint
OF national known company. Delivery by
parcel post collect, add 35c. per gal. Color
gard Mallsd on request Drop Postal
hooT1N0--Capitol roofing, manufactured
sp1 & cT l saS rSd 1S 1D ply
eoci 2-ply, $1.D; 3-ply, $3.50. Certain -teed
four On one shingles. guaranteed ten years,
1890 per square.
6HoVELS-SQuare and round point. A
c1rload, purchased from the Government.
New, 60c; used. ACC.
WALL BoARD-Brand new fiber board. Sc
per go e.; new hreproOf rock board, 3%c
per 50. n.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Notice to Taxpayers.

NOTICE is hereby given by the
signed, Treasurer of Montgomery county
and Collector Of State and county taxes for
the said county. as required by Section G
OF Chapter 1871 Of the Acts Of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1905, to all per-
sons to whom State and county taxes are
assessed in said county, that the annual
levy has been made and placed in the
hands of the undersigned for collection.
All such taxes bear interest from Sep
TENDER list, 1924, at the rate of per GEN.
tum per annum.
All taxpayers are hereby warned that
unless such taxes as are assessed against
them be paid on or before the first day of
January, 1925, their names will be pub
lished, in accordance with said Act of
Assembly, in the list of delinquent tax
payers. and that If said taxes, with inter-
est and proportional part of cost of adver-
Using, remain unpaid until the second
Monday in April. 1925. the property as
sessed to such delinquent taxpayers, or so
much thereof as may be deemed neces-
sary. will, on said last mentioned date, be
exposed for sale to pay such taxes. interest
and expenses.
State and county taxes may be paid by
persons presenting proper bills on or before
December 81. 1924. during banking hours
at the following named banks:
Kensington Bank.
First National Bank of Gaithersburg.
First National Bank of Sandy Spring.
Poolesville National Bank.
Silver Spring National Bank.
Takoma Park Bank.
Bank of Bethesda. Bethesda.
Bank Of Damascus, Damascus.
The Germantown Bank.
Citizens Bank, Takoma Park, Md. C.
JOHN GARDNER.
Treasurer Of Montgomery county
June 27-td
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Di9nities in Store

The dlgnIties that confront the elder
brother are usually appalling to the
small sister, and there is a little girl
in Baltimore who has been giving to
the subject much careful attention.
She electrified the family at breakfast
on one occasion by announcing:
Next year Samuel will be a lawn
mower. 1 wonder why they call him
that"
"a lawn mower" echoed the aston
ished mother. "what do you mean?"
THAT is what you told me-" replied
the little maid, gravely. This year he
was freshman. Next year he'll be a
lawn mower, and then a janitor and
thep a senior. And then he'll grad
uAte."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
When Poochers FIourishsd

AS a profession, poaching has fallen
off greatly in Great Britain. A hun
dred years ago the nights between the
harvest and hunters full moons were
the nights of the poacners' delight, and
there would be a steady flow Of game,
not killed by shot, to the cellars of
dealers In country towns, to the coun-
try inns, and to the boxes Of such
coachmen and guards and country car
riers as were willing to do a little
business in handling game. A hundred
year-old record shows that no fewer
than four-and-fifty poachers were shell
tered In Lewes jail at one time. There
were poachers in every town and VII
lage, hence the threatening notices,
Beware Of Mentraps," still often to
be seen in British Woodlands.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
First Wireless Messages

A record has been discovered of al
legged wireless biography as long ago
as 1852. In that year book by 2. de
PAncre was published, in which the
author reported that a man had dem
onstrated to King Henry Of Germany
means Of communicating with absent
persons The inventor rubbed two
needles against a magnet and at
tached them to different clocks. AS
an operator turned the needle on one
clock dial the needle on the other
made the same movement, regardless
of the distances which separated the
clocks. King Henry, 1t is stated, for
babe the publication of the invention
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Pofriofic American

The pledge to the American flag that
Is used in most Of our schools is at
tributed to James =. Upham, a Boston
publisher, who In 1888 suggested its
use In the schools. The Idea was
adopted by the National Education as
ISOLATION, which persuaded congress to
urge 1t to the attention Of President
Harrison, who, by proclamation Of
July 81, 1892 naming october IL as a
holiday In commemoratlon of the four
hundredth anniversary Of the landing
of Columbus in the New world, sug-
gested the pledge to the flag be re-
cited by the pupils and the flag raised
over every school house.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22

The first fiscal pr ~ sal received b,
congress looking To- ne location Of tn
seat of government cana from Kiuas
ton. n. Y, the state legislature ha>
ing, on March IA. 1888, authorized the
trustees OF the township Of Kingston
TO grant to congress "a sufficient guam
tlty of land within the said township
to secure to congress a place of resi-
dence adequate 10 their dignity"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Fires In Forests

It ID not practicable to equip forests
with lightning rods No remedy is now
In sight for disastrous forest fires due
to lightning such as have occurred on
a vast scale in the western states DUR
ing the last season, says Nature Nag
aEine of Washington. When lighting
strikes a tree the ordinary result Is to
splinter the wood or strip Of bark
through the sudden generation of
steam, In the great majority 81 cases
the tree IL not set on Ore. Neverthe-
less the aggregate number of forest
hres started by lightning is, ip nilpy
parts Of the county, greater than The
number due to ali other causes com
binad.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Testing the Pay Envelope

A writer in recent number Of
Printers Ink asks this question, In sub
stance: would you rather receive
500 month aud know you were
worth more than receive $500 with a
sinking conviction in your heart that
by the standard of wages paid to
others you Were being overpaidf"
There are probably quite as many PEG
pie overpald In the business world as
there are those who are underpaid.
When business slumps the overpald
ones are headed for fall the under
paid ones keep what they get and per
haps a little more.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
At Last

How often the wild rose has moved
It's first fame along the skirts of horn
beam hedge or beech thicket, or the
honeysuckle begun to unwind her pale
horns of ivory and moongold, and yet
across the furthest elm-tops to the
south the magic summons of the
cuckoo has been still unheard In the
MINDLESS amber dawn, or when, as In
the poets tale, the myriad little hands
of twilight pull the shadows out Of the
leaves nnd weave the evening dark.
But when the cry of the plover is
abroad we know that our welcome
spring is come at last.--Flona Macleod.
In "WhPrc the Forest Murmurs."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Paper in Forming

A 80 per Cent increase in the pipeap.
pie crops of the Hawaiian islands has
been accomplished by use Of broad
strips of brown paper that completely
cover the soil around the plants. The
paper smothers the weeds, thereby
leaving all the nourishment for the
plants, which force their way up
through the covering. Also the paper
protector conserves the moisture In
the soil. The waste flbers Of sugar
cane, once considered valueless, are
used for making the paper. Seventy
five thousand rolls of It at a cost Of
100000 are used yearly to cover the
1900 acres OF pineapple plantations In
the islands.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
NOTICE.

Office Board Of County Commissioners.
Rockville. Md. July %. 1924.
Ordered this day that the road leading
from the Bank of Damascus, at Damascus,
through said town, toward Laytonsville, be
closed to public travel until further notice.
The purpose Of closing this road is to make
repairs on same. and all persons are here
by warned that they travel this road at
their own risk
BENJAMIN C. PERRY, Pres't.
BERRY E. CLARK. Clerk.
AUG Its
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Time at the PoIea

The Naval observatory says the
phrase local mean time" has no mean
ing at the poles but the common prac-
tice all over the earth is not to keep
local mean time but that Of some
meridian passing near the place. In
the United States the time Is that Of
the seventy-flfth, ninetieth one hun.
bred and twentieth meridian. At the
poles, as elsewhere, some meridian
would have to be agreed upon From
purely theoretical standpoint, one
meridian would he as good as an
uthpr
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
NOTICE.

Ordered this day by the Board of County
Commissioners of Montgomery county that
the road leading from the Westminster
Road to Triadelphia be closed to public
travel until further notice. The object Of
closing this road is to repair a stone cul-
vert on same, and all persons are hereby
warned that they travel over this road at
their own risk
By order of the Board. May 81, 1924,
BENJAMIN C. PERRY. President.
BERRY E. CLARK. Clerk.
may soft
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Montgomery county, Md, letters
testamentary on the personal estateo Of
HARRY C. DEMUTH.
late Of Montgomery county. deceased. All
persons having claims against said de.
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same. with the vouchers thereof. TO the
subscriber on or before the 2Sth dav NJ
October. 1925: otherwise they may, by law
be excluded from all benefit Of said estate
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 2Sth day of
April. 1925. '"
CLARA b. DEMUTH.
may lot Executrx.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
TOR SALE,

E0R SALE,
Il A farm Of 80 acres, on the
Seven Locks Road, rs acres cleared and the
balance in timber Groom dwelling house
and outbuildines. and a fine young orchard
DANIEL P. GREENFIELD,
R. D. 2,
aug 15-lm Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
MOTTO H

w Oak and hickory wood for sale
at Hunting Hill in any lengths. Prompt
delivery.
6. ID. BEAM.
Ian 1e-ims Route I, Rockville Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
rAE FINEST BRANDS OF CIGARS.
Gaithersburg Homes.
Price, $1,000.

Prlce, Sll,OOO.
Unsurpassed as to location. is exclusive
residential neighborhood. A most COM
pletely equipped and beautiful home,
eleven rooms, including bath, basement
and attic; steam heat, electric lights, oak
stairway. three oak mantels, garage, large
front and side porches, back porch, iceless
cooler. pneumatic water system.fruit. etc. !:
lot S0x360; within $50 feet Of church !;
close to school house; beautiful shrubbery.
flowers and trees; within blocks Of Ward
station. and within 10 minutes walk of
Gaithersburs station.
Price, $500.
Five rooms: half acre of land, fruit and
beautiful shrubs located on Frederick
avenue.
Immediate possession cen be had.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
OR SALE.

OR SALE.
A thoroughbred Holstein
bull, years old. gentle. Can be seen on
old Dorcas farm. near Wayside school
house.. Address
ALBERT MERSON.
Route 2,
feb 27-3r Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-05-22
Price, $4,000.

Adjoining the $1,000 property adyer-
tised opposite this item. New, chestnut
trim, No. l Wilson floors. pedestal colorado
three rooms, reception hall and pantry on
first floor; four beautiful. large bedrooms
with closets. bath and large sleeping porch
on second floor; trimmed to attic built
10 garage; iceless cooler pneumatic water
system; steam heat, large porches front
and rear lot 60xS60 fruit, etc.
Price, $1,000.
Four rooms, $50 It. front. third acre of
land lot No. ! in Thomas Addition to
GaitherSburs
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-08-13
COLD, HARD FACTS ABOUT COOKE
MINING AND Smell TING ENTERPRISESOF
WESTERN SMELLING & POWER CO. AS
FOUND BY SPECIAL ROAD COMMITTEE

The Wonderful Possibilities of Developing a
Great Mining Center and Wonderful Recrea-
tional Playground Which Will Follow the Build
Montana
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-08-13

ter by tramway where the ore cars
are loaded at the mine and carried
with practically their own power to
the smelter and the empty cars re-
turned on an endless cable to the mine.
No one could visit this immense prop
erty without being impressed with its
wonderful possibilities as there is no
mining district anywhere that has the
promising possibilities as the New
World Mining district in and around
Cooke and as we stated before, with
the new highway from Red Lodge we
anticipate a rush to this old mining
camp where millions and millions of
tons of ore are awaiting development
which will produce millions of dollars
to those who will be lucky enough to
be in or get in on this new wave Of
prosperity that is bound to follow.
Cooke City is in the New World
District, which includes many noun