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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-12-02
GREAT SNAKES

swallowing each other: 1t was not long before
each had swallowed the other up to the base OF
their beautifully bright and shiny heads. Nov
if either one should get the edge on the other
and reach his opponents jaw first it would De
all over for the one so reached, as without TINS
jaw movement there would be no more sWai-
lowing which would be clear even to a NOVICE
in snake lore, of which there are many
1t seemed each of the snakes was trying
to wink but was prevented because OF lack q
eyelids. Perhaps yells Of encouragement Wouo
have FASTENED one more than the other but q
you know snakes are almost deaf and IL tney
do hear by means of their bifurcated tongues
as most henpitologists affirm, these tongues
were busy trying to dodge the body Of the one
being swallowed. So there were no yells OF Gu
enlargement.
Suddenly there was an unusual conmoIlOn
in the grass as each snake made the suprenks
effort of his life and at the same instant eaCn
swallowed the other and disappeared from Vle oS
forever! And yet some say snakes are no gOOO
anyway. Amt it darn shame! IL
However, we're not particularly intere
in snake feed And this much Of this yarn =
really true-we do specialize in feed for IaI az
animals, and make every effort possible TO gm ~.
the most feed value for the dollar. We botn nav ~
eyelids and neither of us has to wink Wnen y
say it, either.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-12-02

CAN'T CHALLENGE FATE
C. Garrett, Sumner editor who
tells State License Director G. r.
Maybury that he has 'never been
licked" by an irate customer, will
be barred from tempting fate too
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-12-02

A story heard recently about RATHER with
his coils around burglars neck and his tail
out the window buzzing for the police might
be So It would be bold to say it was impossible,
for these are strenuous times. The truth sell
dom takes precedence over fiction. Now why
the RATHER went to all that trouble to call for
onous fangs into the leg of the burglar is hard
the police instead of quietly inserting his pois-
to reason out, and that reminds us of story
for you to think over, for sometimes it seems
that fiction is the only thing some people be-
ieve.
In going through the plains of Cundiamarca
near Lake Guativita, two snakes as long as
your arm were seen, each having the other by
the tail and each trying his best to swallow the
other fellow first. Being watched seemed to
make each of them more eager to dispose of the
other. Slowly, inch by inch, down went each
snake in the others throat.
AS student of nature you of course know
that the right side of the jaw of snake moves
forward with a slow, sliding motion, the sharp,
backward teeth release their pressure hold and
get a new grip on the meal-a sort of forward
pass, you might call it in these football days
When the new grip is secured, the left side of
the jaw moves forward and makes little gain
for another down, and so these little starboard
and port tacks keep up until the meal is finished
Well, to get back to our little playmates
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-12-02

GOLDEN RULE LUNCHEON
The ladies of the First Baptist
church will serve a frugal meal,
resembling the average meal of
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-12-02

SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
The Sunday Schoof Of the Bap-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12
OaoiitieG Of Magnet
Explained by Science

The coast and geodetlc survey snys
that every magnet possesses two kinds
Of magnetism, that In one end being
different from what Is In the other.
II the magnet Ia hung up on thread
so that II Is free to turn and second
magnet Is brought up to Il, II may be
noticed that the near end OF the sec
ond magnet draws one end Of the sus-
pended magnet and repels the other.
The repulslon Is exertcd between like
kinds OF magnetism aud The attraction
between unlike kinds. The earth has
all the characteristics Of permanent
magnet, and for this reason sus-
pended magnet when allowed to come
to rest, will take up definite posi-
ton, which Is determined by the di-
recton Of the earth's magnetism ut
the place. The end Of the magnet
which points In northerly direction
In this vicinity is frequently chilled
the north pole Of the magnet, but the
term north seeking pole Is better, us II
distinguishes the magnetism Of the
north end OF the magnet from that
OF the magnetic North pole Of the
earth which Ii opposite In kind, as at-
traction is only exertcd between poles
Of opposite character.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12
Many Kinds of Oaks

There are 800 kinds Of oak trees hav-
ing vastly different characteristics, but
they have one common feature, and
that is they all produce acorns. The
white oak Ii 80 called because It has a
rather white bark, while the black
oaks bark is quite dark, black to all
intents and purposes during the wood
age" Live oak was always preferred
for shlpbuildlng and for heavy duty,
but just why 1t was named live" Is a
matter of doubt.
At one time the island Of Nantucket
was covered with live oaks, but the
land was denuded Of this timber years
ago during the whaling activities, when
several shlpbulldIng yards hourlshed
on the island and a great fleet Of whal-
ers was built there.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12
Unhappiness in Wake
of Auoidnble Worry

The thing which causes US 10 worry
ls either something that can be rem
edied. or cant. The thing to do Is to
look II squurely in the face. Swallow
an unpleasant truth or 20 II necessary,
but get down to the Issue, Is the ad-
vice OF the Montreal Family Herald,
II the cause cannot be changed, there
Is only one thing to do--don't think
about 1t. Force yourself to shut II out
of your consciousness. Just close your
mind to II, and let the blow fall when
and where II will. Since you can't
stop 1t, you might at lenst save your
strength for the finish.
But most Of our worries are avoid.
able. We worry because we suddenly
think, two hours after we left the
house, that we maybe didn't turn Off
the electric iron In the kitchen, or be-
cause we have house full Of company
In the evening and nothing seems
ready, or because the children won't
eat their vegetables, but will ill up on
candy, or any number Of small things
that are the result of our own careless
ness or our lnattention to duty.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12

Explorers on the site of ancient
Babylon have dug up clay tablets on
which were recorded agreements from
borrower to lender whereby the har-
vest of certain fields or vineyards was
pledged as security for loans. Modern
mortgage law is traced back to the
Anglo Saxons. Records show two forms
Of mortgages vlf-gage or life
pledge and the mortgage or dead
pledge. Under the life pledge the
lender took title to the property and
managed 1t until such time as the
earnings of the property paid of the
debt. Under the dead pledge, the bor-
rover paid off the debt In full at
specified time when the mortgage was
Cancelled. In case Of failure to pay he
forfeited the property.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12
CABIN JOB ri
PARK,
HOMES AND INVESTMENT
ON CONDUIT ROAD.

SoS subdivision ,sd attractive in every way.
Az n ,o's od lV ooH feet -desirably located.
n tsJou' SV'UuU square feet in each lot.
TEES ICES range from $500 to $500 per lot
cent monthly. u : ps'
Lots $4,000 TO 10000 so. Il. at PC foo,
III SITES to 10 acres for large homes
Al manner situations foI country home.
lever, sioplng' undulating and hiIlsidea
y, ~, open space and among beautiful to-.
nlign, oiy, healthy and good neiphbo,hooS
~, rs river, creeks and Virginia hiIIs
G En- Nonuult Road and 100 to 500 wards hacs
Nav, ron es 'front.' on Conduit and State roads
Cono, I1 pn VIII make double boulevard
Suha,i ro'omac, nils picturesque scenery
Manu- na1i homes-fishing. bathing, boatins
Finay III oU'1 wafer springs and shade trees
snIe MA sVi lor run and garden crops.
S p'enaiu section for raising Chickens
Ho"a h Ionn si'es-splendid Investment
pos,om ,1ea'eu over 100 families at G. i
Fsmons r sioIes' schools and churches
House. "'''eS from White
Roads like city streets-eIectric Ieh.
Is nac., SoO acres-fne for subdivision
'IIona'ivn insures increase In values
Ens uIis si1e Congressional Golf Cinh
Tpaps ana iull Information upon reons.,
oo"a' inspection trip by appointmer.
"S ~. acres sheep.go ranch-orcha,a
ASK
J. S. T0MLINS0N
feb Ian 1874 W. Ave.
washington. o. C.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12

Oxalic acid Is recommended for
bleaching an oak floor, using the acid
at the rate Of one pound to the gal
Ion Of wnter, and adding TO the solu-
ton a little spirits OF inter. Apply
the acid hot. When the bleached por
lions are dry they must be well
washed to remove the acid from the
wood. Oxallc acid Is poison and
should not be applied with rag
held In the fingers, but should be-
brushed on.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scribers Of Montgomery county have OBJ.
tanned from the Orphans Court Of Mont
gomery county, Md. letters testamentary
on the personal estate Of
GEORGE L. CRAWFORD.
late Of Montgomery county. deceased.
All persons having claims against the said
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same. with vouchers thereof, to the sub
scribers on or before the 18th day OF
June. 1926; 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 our hands this 18th day Of
December. 1925.
LUTHER H. CRAWFORD,
LAURA L0LETTA CRAWFORD.
dec 25-6t Executors.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12
Needed Help

A young woman Of BroOkline and
her little daughter sat in an elevated
train. Opposite them was a man who
was fond Of children and he looked
across at the little one and winked
She smiled back and tried to initiate
him, but only succeeded In squirting
with both eyes. Evidently thinking
the nice stranger deserved better rec
ignition, the child turned to her moth
err and said In a loud whisper, Moth
er, please wink at that man, can't"
Boston Transcript
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12
Waffle and Dab

Waffle and dab is a term Of archi-
lecture applied to wall made with
upright stakes with wlthes twisted be-
tween them and then plastered over.
It Is probably one of the Oldest sys-
tens Of construction. The Egyptians
employed the stem Of maize, or Indian
corn, for the upright stakes. These
were secured together with wlthes and
covered over with mud, the upper por-
ton of the maize stems being left un-
cut at the top to increase the height
of the enclosure. In the Middle ages
In England waffle and dab was used
az a framework for clay chlmneys.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12
THE DOCTORS DEFINING,
CHIROPRACTORS.

montgomery Avenue, near Prospect Sire
Rockville. Md.
Office hours--l0-1, SO. 7--8.
At your home by appointment
Telephone. Rockville IT.
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graduates Of the Palmer School.
mar 14-3mE
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12
VERNON G.. OWEN,
EXPERIENCED AUCTIONEEP.
GAITHERsBURG, Md.

SXIILL SELL REAL OR PERSONAL
w PROPERTY in Montgomery count,
OF any part Of Maryland, Virginia or
District Of Columbia, on VERY LIBERAL
TERMS.
s;r 30-em
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12

II Australia could be placed In the
Atlantic ocean 1t would Ill up all the
space between America and the Brit.
lsh isles.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12

IMPROVED EYEGLASS PIN
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12
We sell the best
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made by the best manufacturing plant In
America. 1t is cheaper than wood.
Send and get our estimates,
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12

100000 Chicks for 1925.
i We guarantee
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and are from Hogan tested hocks. Write
for prices TO
THE UNITED HATCHERIES CO.,
324 Z. 22nd Street,
feb 6-3m" Baltimore. Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1926-02-12
When Livers Go Wrong.

Your liver always gives fair warnina.
Its first signal Of help wanted" is usually
dull, grinding headache that seems 10
start just back Of your eyes aud ends Al
over your body Nothing looks GOOD 10
eat, and everything you do eat is tnsteless.
Fortunately, these troubles can be- quickly
Temedied. Get box Of Greenwalt's Com
pound Dandelion Liver Disks at your druas
gists. Everyone knows what dandelion
Is. The tender leaves are even used for
food. Dandelion Liver Disks will usually
have your liver back at work again over
night. twenty-five cents.
WILSON'S DRUG STORE.
ELDRlGE'S DRUG STORE.
July 25-6m" Rockville, Nd.
Evening star., 1926-09-24
AUTUMN
Berries.

Blackberry blueberry, raspberry
and strawberry are over noW-those
civilized berries useful to our diet.
But there is broader sense in which
botanical people use the word berry,
SO that it includes d host of bright
colOred fruits Of the season, few of
them of any special use. but none the
less delightful. TO botanist berry
is any fruit the whole outer covering
of which is fleshy. This definition
would drop Strawberries and mulber-
ries out of sight completely. but it
brings to the foreground Of our atten.
tion some of the loveliest things In
nature-the little red checkerberries
on the forest floor. family favored
with wintergreen. and the bigger red
wintersreen berries themselves.
And there are bittersweet berries.
which, besides their own handsome
yellow selves, are surrounded by a
brilliant vermillion aril tword now
SO I need not define ic). And the curl
Gus little evonymus that overhangs
the Virginia creeks. too, has its ber-
ries, with scarlet arils. Buekthorn
berries are shown now in dull, black
clusters, very handsome, very som.
ber. and there Is the midnight blue of
Solomon seal berries. hanging two.
and-two under the arching leaves.
Gayest of all are the berries of the
different cornels-pale blue. lead gray.
bright blue, clear white and milky,
and, in the dogwood. which is only a
cornell with four brilliant white leaves
like petals, the berries are a barba ric
splendid scarlet.
Evening star., 1926-09-24
Answers to Food Questions

Answers to readers questions regard
:. Ins aist will be given by Winifred
lecturer on nutrition. Questions should
be accompanied by self addressed. en-
ve.,ospes ';.s s as only those OF seneral interest
will be answered through the mail
Every effort will be made to answer
questions promptly, but we bespeak the
arolaahle delay. The number Of letters
received is large, and each must take
Gihbs 400 Fourth Ave, New York City.
Would you be kind enough to sug.
Sest what food to use and what TO
etVold for person with high acid.
Ny husband shows a trace of albu-
men and was advised by the doctor
to avoid acid foods, but directions
are too general and I should like to
have either an authentic book with
diet or your personal advice regard
ms menus. Are apples, peaches,
pears, blackberries, plums. grapes,
oranges. lemons, harmful in this case?
Beets. toMatos, cabbage, l have dis.
carded long ago, and 1t is quite hard
to have satisfying table. since my
husband must not eat too much meat
and no animal fats.-Mrs. j. G..
l assume when you say that your
husband has high acid that you mean
the harmful acids that form where
there is irritation of the kidneys.
The albumen may be produced in diff
fefent ways. In your husba nd S case,
| take it that the albumen means that
there is irritation In the kidneys The
cause must be removed and this is
done by planning the diet as free as
possible from poison-forming mate
rials. In general. diet that Is made
up largely of milk and cereals and
milk dishes or milk alone might be "a
good one with which to begin.
Later. when the albumen shows
signs of subsiding, other articles may
be added, such as any starchy foods,
cornstarch, tapioca or cereals; vege.
tables, except onion. celery and others
that are irritating, with, finally, a
small amount of meat.
l can readily understand that 1t is
difficult to plan an interesting diet
with these restrictions.
Now about your question in re-
gard to special fruits. They are all
alkaline in a normal stomach, but
should question the advisability of
trying them fer your husband at pres
ent. l should think that the scraped
pulp Of baked sweet apples might be
all right as the first experiment to try
when he begins to have a fuller diet.
Peaches would be very good so far as
the normal acids of the body are con.
cerned, but when there is kidney dis
turbance one must think of that first.
Will yau tell me something about
the food value of apples? My physi-
clan has suggested that l add a good
many to my diet and l should like to
know something about this food
&. l.. p.
Apples are. as you proha bly, know,
one Of our most valuable food fruits.
There il large percentage of solids
in the apple and also a very whole.
some acid. This acid gives an espe-
cially valuable property to the fruit.
For example. those who are suffering
from an over development of digestive
acids will find apples especially avail
able.
Apple juice contains pectin, and for
this reason apples are popular for
making jelly. If you are allowed
sugar you may like to vary the apple
part Of your diet by an occasional
dessert of bread with apple jelly.
Evening star., 1926-09-24
FOOD AND HEALTH
~ WINlFGfD - sUT GIBBS.
Fond Specialist.

indifierenc.. if not dislaste for vege-
tables. --e.i-. u bo liner common
among ch!ld.en, especially little ones.
Dooas I-c y med a,uu: it: articles
ht-N- .--@a III ans dietitians and
tt@c,t~ naVt Sittn t-.nn% talk on
t.. .uuJ~tt. .iciua.., will not he
possible to give suggt stiuns that viii
make ali children i;c vegetables.
There must oe eipe: imentS. There
are. however, certain suggestions that
I may b oi genera. he.,luIness.
~ Iii. 'rAt place, ,h.tu,en q. this
"se should not be given bulky vege-
laJl>4. h,y should nave .erved 10
them only vegetables of the lighter
varieties and even these should for
the Glus part. be cooked strained or
combined with milk or served very
plainly with but>S.. Bulk ve2eta-
bles-those with coarse fibers--;ire I'M,
po.tant in the diet of older children
and grOwn-ups. but such runabouts
cantlo, dlgest them, nor DO they usua lily
ike them. Among the vegetables best
suited to children in this age group
are mashed potato, asparagus tips,
Summer squash. creamed spinach.
steWed tomatoes. mashed and buttered
carrots, minced celery with white
sauce, boiled potato with butter and
creamed cauliflower
One good rule to remember is to
serve these vegetables in small guam
titles. Three heapinG tablespoons con.
stltute SoOd-sized portion, bat many
mothers make the mistake of over
taxing the young digestions of the
children by serving gpown-up size
portions. Resulting indigestion fire.
quently comes from .ArK 81 rate in
this one simple regard.
Among vegetables that should be
omitted from the diet the coarse ones
spoken of earlier are onions, beetS.
beans and peas. In this same group
are whole grain cereals containing the
ran coat and uiiatrained dried fruit,
such as dates, figs and raisins.
AS the 4-year.old advances to the
dizzy height of his fifth birthday, por-
tions of vegetables may he slightly
targer. He may have half of me-
dunn sized potato instead of three
tablespoons, but in the main the in
:rease in portions should not be ma
terial much before the eighth year
One way in which to coax some chill
1ren to eat vegetables is to think up
,ttractiVe and different ways of serV-
ing them. Creamed celery, may form
border, for example, of tiny mashed
potato mounds. Or rather thick rounds
Of toast with the centers taken out
may be filled with any creamed vege-
table or mashed potato may be formed
INTO tiny eggs and placed in a spin.
ach nest. These are but hints as to
possibilities. Anything that attracts
che child's eye stimulates his imagina.
ion and may be the means of coaxing
him to eat without his conscious
'ealization that he is tucking away
egetables that he Just hates
tCooyrieht
Evening star., 1926-09-24
Nutrition Nuggets.

Medical authorities tell us that men
should aim at living 100 years. Those
approaching middle age should be
especially careful to eat what they
know to be good for them so as to
prulong the second part of their lives
as much as possible. During middle
life the old principle of simplicity in
diet is especially to be followed.
When reading advice about eating
delicate food as one aid in avoiding
remember that there is
danger involved here. Seeds, bits of
vegetable skin or fiber are not digested
in the body and have been known to
be retained fer months or even years.
Serious obstruction in the stomach
may occur through an accumulation
Of fruit skins, celery fibers and the
like. This simply means that advice
about eating coarse or delicate faOd
must he taken like alp others, with
common sense.
Don't forget that lemons are in the
same general class of fOOdstuffs as
oranges and grapefruit. Recently a
writer pointed out that owing to their
very acid taste, lemons are not SO
popular as oranges and grapefruit.
Lemons contain practically the same
acid as oranges and the vitamins are.
IL anything, in larger proportion. Used
In salad dressing as a Summer bever-
age or as garnish for certain dishes
lemons fill a place IN the dietary that
is occupied by no other fruit.
A we'll known authority on foods
calls attention to the advantages of
hreiled dinners. We are accustomed
10 the term. beiled dinner. and know
! that 1t used to stand for a rather in
dieestible combination Of corned beet
and cabbage. Today we are cooking
cabbage separately, serving it with
butter. so that the term, boiled dinner
Is losing its epprebrium. To return to
the broiled dinner. he sever. there are
many suggestions here for one who
| wishes to study the most approved
methods Of cooking. During the proc.
esses of broiling the heat is applied to
the fber Of meat or Ash so as to pro
duee the maximum of digestibility.
We all remember how housekeepers
used to exchange embroidery stitches
and recipes. AS a matter Of fact
many Of them still do, although others
are going to business and running
homes besides 50 that this household
exchange has necessarily been some
what eurtailed. One suggestion is to
have an exchange of ideas about serv'
ing vegetables TO make the children
interested Birds nests Of spinach
make q soad example. What special
stunt have yeu evolved to make Janet
and jack eat vesstahlssf