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Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-31
DE PlNEDo TO CONTINUE

HORTA, Azores, May 31. (P-De Pinedo arrived on the Italian steamer Superga which was towing his sea plane, the Santa Maria. Undaunted by his forced landing in the Atlantic De Pinedo said as soon as his sea plane could be put in flying order he would resume his four continents jour- ney.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-31
KISSED BY PETITE BRUNETTE

PARIS, May 31. (F-Five thous- and Americans and innumerable na- tives staged a good natured but vio- lent battle for 600 places obtainable at the American Club luncheon at which Capt. Charles Lindbergh as guest of honor was cheered and praised unmercifully by Yankees in
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Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-31
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
 MADE ON FORD's NEW JAR

DETROIT, May 31. (P)-The Ford Motor Company yesterday announced the early production of a new Ford car The present design will be dis continued although parts for the old type car will be kept on hand for re- placement purposes. The new car will be "Six".
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-31
PLANE FALLS, TWO DEAD

SPOKANE, May 31. (P)-Thomas M. Rogers of Opportunity, Wn., and Fuell Felts, pilot, also an Opportunity resi- dent, were killed when the plane Felts was driving crashed to the ground. Felts had been an aviator Il years. e,sn
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-31
WILL SAIL NEXT SATURDAY

PARIS, May 31. (P-Lindbergh will fly to Paris in British plane Thursday and be the guest of Ambas- sador Herrick until Saturday when they will sail home aboard the United States destroyer Beck, from Havre
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-31
Knight of the Air
 Arrives London
 Longs For Home

MEETS KING GEORGE TODAY AND PRINCE OF WALES TOMORROW ENGLISH DERBY IS RENAMED "LINDBERG DERBY" WEEK; NEVER BEFORE IN ENGLAND'S HISTORY HAS SUCH LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS AS SEMBLED TO GREET INDIVIDUAL
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-31

CROYDON, Eng, May 31 (P)-Hundreds of thou sands of persons swaned over the field in wild acclaim of Captain Lindbergh on his arrival from Brussels.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Pet Cat Made Model
for Artists Lioness

When Sir william Richmond, the
artist. was small boy his mother
took him to St Paul's cathedral to
hear the singing, and he was disap-
pointed because everything was so
cold and colorless. He said to his
mother suddenly, perhaps one day !
shall decorate this pIacel" and we can
imagine how she smiled at the thought
of Willy coloring the walls with a box
of chalks.
But the boys dream came true, for
somebody else thought with him that
the interior Of the cathedral needed
color and decoration, and In 1880
Richmond, then famous painter, was
entrusted with the work Of designing
mosaics to cover the roof Of the choir.
The westernmost of the three sau-
cerdomes in the choir vaults repre-
sents the Creation of the Beasts
Richmond had a favorite cat which
loved him so much that she used to
attend him even while he had his bath,
and when he got out she would crouch
down and lick his great toe adoringly.
She was not beautiful or valuable,
but the grace of her attitude so
charmed the artist that he decided to
use 1t in his great work. In a panel
near the Creation of the Beasts there
may be seen Adam between lion and
lioness The lions are so true to life
that when they were shown to Zulu
chief he started and invOluntarily
raised his hand to stab. But the
lioness is really little tame cat lick
ing her masters foot.-London Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Out of the Ordinary

The deepest coal mine is near Lam
bert, Belgium, $500 feet deep. The
biggest dock is at Cardiff, Wales, and
the strongest electric light Is at the
Sydney lighthouse, Australia, while
the largest lighthouse is at Cape
Henry, Va, being 165 feet high and 8
feet thick. The Oldest college is Uni
vcrslty college, Oxford, founded In
1850 The largest library, the Ma
tlonal, In Paris, contains more than
100000 volumes. The largest thea
ter is the Paris Opera house, covering
three acres. The largest bronze statue,
that of Peter the Great, in Lenlngrad,
weighs LOO tons. The biggest stone
statue is in Japan, "A feet high. The
largest college is in Cairo, with more
than 1900 students and 500 teachers.
Damascus has the honor of being the
oldest city.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Old Roman Fountain
Credited to Don1iti0n

hOme has the reputation OF being
the city which possesses the largest
number Of artistic and monumental
fountains, which all help to give her
a most attractive aspect But certain
ly very few people in Rome, writes a
correspondent of the Christian
Science Monitor, could tell you which
Is the oldest of all, and guides often
miss pointing 1t out to the tourists and
other foreign visitors.
At the foot Of the road leading to
the Coliseum there lies the so-called
Meta Sudans, fountain whose name
Is probably derived from its conical
shape, similar to the "metae" Of the
circus The fountain is believed to
have been erected or embellished by
the Emperor Domitian, and 1t was re-
produced on the special medal struck
on the occasion of the formal opening
Of the Coliseum. The water issued
from numerous small holes In bronze
globe at the top and fell in veil into
a large circular basin, lined through
out with marble. This fountain Is
mentioned by the philosopher Seneca
In one of his epistles, when he COM
plains Of the noise which was made by
Snowman who blew his trumpet
close to the fountain.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Gretna Green Unlike
Town of Olden Days

The big increase in the surplus OF
English women, as indicated in re-
cent census returns, has robbed Gretna
Green (Scotland) Of hopes Of staging
a comeback. The good old days Of
romance are gone forever, aver the
townsfolk.
Daughters were far more scarce
hundred years or so ago than now
when parents so rarely try to shoot
any young sports who purloin them.
Gretna Green did most Of its rushing
marriage business between 1884 and
1856.
One of the popular paintings is that
Of romantic passengers in a post
chaise hurrying to the town on the
boundary line between England and
Scotland and showing the pursuing
fathers vehicle In a ditch with the
wheel broken down.
This picture is more In demand
than the village blacksmith himself
who used to lend a helping hand to
parties bent on clandestine marriage
to avoid the English law.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Made ArrotD Complete
Its Destined Course

In the mountain province of Luzon,
Philippine Islands, where the Igorots
and Ifugaos and Kalingas live by
primal laws duplicated In the Old
Testament of the Bible, but modified
by Chrlst's philosophy in the New,
Journeying missionary priest recently
was shot in the back with an arrow.
He turned back trying to discover his
hidden assailant, and when the young
man In the bushes found out that he
was a priest, he came and knelt before
him and begged heavenly pardon.
There was feud on, he explained,
and he had thought the priest an
enemy; in the dusk of late twilight he
had not recognized the priests garb.
All right, but how could they get the
arrow out Of the priests back? Oh,
that would be very easy and would not
hurt much; so the young mountaineer
stepped behind the priest, cut the
feather-end off the arrow and damned
the point on through the priests body /;
and then he stepped around In front
and pulled the arrow out. The wound
healed soon enough, no vital organs
having been notwithstanding.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Ancient Topography

The road followed by the dead on
their way to the Elysian fields. based
on the actual topography Of the Nile
valley, is depicted on one of the earli-
est maps known. In lecture before
the Royal Dutch Geographical society,
DR.. F. @. Wieder said that the first
map makers of whom there is any rec
ord were the ancient Egyptians and
Babylonians. The way to Elysium
was pictured on a sarcophagus Of the
old empire Of Egypt now in Berlin.
plan of the Nubian gold mines, he
continued, is preserved on a papyrus
Of the Fourteenth century before
Christ. Road maps made into house
hold necessity by the automobile had
precursors in the clay tablets into
which the Babylonians baked charts
of their roads so centuries ago, &C.
cording to the Dutch scientist
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Setting Hin, Straight

"Aw, I can'tl" whined the young
nephew.
you can'tP' answered old Riley
Rezzldew sarcastically. "You &in't
been hypnotized, have ye, or got a
broken leg, or the dyspepsy, or a wife
and mother-in-law to henpeck the en-
ergy out O. you; you are not in the
poorhouse or in jail, or bound hand
and foot with chains, are yer In this
present Ammo Domerni and this Great
Land Of the Free any whole and
healthy man or boy who makes use Of
the word can't when referring to any
task or duty of everyday life, ought
to be arrested for misappropriating
other peoples property-stealing a
word that is the rightful possession Of
cripples, paupers, prisoners and model
husbands. kansas City Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Distance in Solar System

Take "a farmers field and place in
It two-foOt globe to represent the
sun. In circle 81 feet away is
grain of mustard which represents
Mercury. the planet nearest the sun.
The earth is a pea 215 feet away, and
the planet Saturn is small orange in
circle two-fifths of a mile distant.
This is the astronomer Herchels H.
lustration of distance in the solar sys-
TEN, so in a measure we can compre-
bend them. In reality Saturn is $780,.
100000 miles from the sun, compared
with the earth's 93OO0.0OO miles. Even
when the earth is closest to Saturn
that planet is 793,000,O0O miles away.
Detroit News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Belief in Witchcr0ft
Strong in Year 1850

A writer, looking over the annals
Of Newburyport, Mass, dug up curl
GUS case Of the witchcraft craze. II
was in 1880 that some very strange
happenings took place in the house of
an old resident; pots and pans ratified
at unearthly hours of the night and
missiles flew through the air In the
most mysterious manner and on one
occasion a brick from the chimney
struck the old man and nearly ended
his earthly existence. His wife was
tried and convicted of being a witch
and sentenced to be hanged. A neigh
Dor suspected a boy, the old mans
grandson, and in telling the aged man
he could determine the cause, limited
he had a knowledge of astrology and
astronomy. Suspicion of witchcraft
fell on him and he was tried and es-
capped conviction only when another
neighbor testified he had seen the boy
throw a shoe at his grandfather.
Then suspicion fell on the grand
mother and she was convicted and
sentenced to death. Meanwhile the
grandson went away and the disturb
ances ceased. A reprieve was granted
and later the case was dismissed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Keeps Car on Roils

Many people think that a train is
kept on the rails by the flange or rim
that is on the inside edge Of the
wheel. This fange steadies the car,
but does not keep II on the rails. The
rail is slightly rounded on top, as is
the rim of the car wheel, so that the
wheel does not rest squarely on the
rail. The outer circumference of the
wheel is smaller than the inner and
the wheel rests on the inner slope of
the rounded rail. In running the
wheels press outward because it Is
easier for them to run along the
smallest edge and on top of the rail
By pushing outward and exerting the
same force In opposite directions the
wheels keep each other balanced and
on the rails.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Good Definitions, but
Not Dictionary Terms

Anyone can go to the dictionary for
definitions, but In no dictionary Will
be found quite so good definition OF
gossip" as that given by child who
on being asked what the word meant,
said, ITS when nobody don't do moth
ing and somebody goes and tells
about it."
Amid a collection of droll or witty
definitions accumulated from time to
time through newspaper reading, the
following seem worthy Of repetition:
"Dandy''-"a football for men and a
pincusblOn for women" Snoring
sleeping out loud" "Bachelor'-"a
man who has lost the opportunity Of
making some woman miserable" "Ty-
rant"-"one who kills worms lest they
turn"
"Nothing"-"a bunghole without a
barrel around It." "Truth"-"the only
thing that can't be improved upon"
polite nterest"-"listening to things
you know all about, told by one who
knows nothing about them" 'Canni-
bal''-"one who loves his fellOwmen."
"Caution"-"the dark lantern Of en-
terprise." "Smlles"-'laughter's pho
tOgraphS."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Gern-Proof Upholstery

Odors of such common plants as
cloves, thyme, wild yerbena, geranium
and cinnamon will protect automobile
upholstery against germs, an English
expert has discovered. Upholstery in
which quantities Of the plants have
been mixed remains germ-proof for
eighteen months to two years.
He found that the odor of cloves
would kill microbes in thirty-f1ve min.
utes, while cinnamon killed some
species in twelve minutes. The es-
sence Of cinnamon was fatal, he
claims, to typhoid-fever bacteria after
twelve minutes.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Parts of Tree

When we look at tree we can
recognize In its makeup three prin-
cipal parts. They are the roots, the
stem, and the crown. The roots COM
prise that part of a tree that Is usu
ally found below the ground, says the
American Tree association. Such
trees as the spruces, the hemlocks,
and the pines have roots that tend to
spread and lie close to the ground.
These shallow,rooted trees are. as a
rule, not wlndfirm Other trees, such
as the hickorles, the oaks, and the
walnuts develop long taproot. These
trees are firmly anchored and rarely
uprOoted.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Time to Laugh

Biffkins was suffering from liver
trouble and the doctor told him that II
he laughed fifteen minutes before each
meal his condition would improve. One
day in a restaurant, while Biffkins
was having his little laugh, a man at
the opposite table walked over to him
and said in an angry manner: what
the dickens are you laughing atY'
why, | am laughing for my liver"
said Biffklns.
well, then. guess had better
start laughing too, ordered mine half
an hour ago"--pittsburgh Chronicle.
Telegraph.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
As Yet, Unseen

In the Lambs club few evenings
ago Scottish actor, who had heark.
ened to a series Of stories dealing with
the alleged penurlousness Of his race,
was moved to demonstrate. He argued
that thrift was a virtue and one of
which the Scotch might well be proud.
"As a collector of Oddities" he re.
marked, II have occasion to visit
pawnshops all over the city, and to
the credit Of my race I wish to state
that l have never yet seen a set Of
bagpipes IN one of them"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Honest Preference

II don't pretend to know much about
art" said the lady who remembers
something and thinks she originated
1t, 'but | know what l like"
"Tm that way, too" said Miss
Cayenne. "And I'm frank enough to
say that at an artistic reception the
things really like are chicken salad,
ice cream and fudge"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21

The easiest steering motor car on
earth today Is Nash.
There Is no tedious winding up
and unwindins of the steering
wheel, when you turn a corner.
Parking Is done without a struggle.
And, in q traffic emergency, see
how your Nash gets out Of the way
Of a mere hint from your hand on
It's wheel.
Ii Is a pleasure to drive a Nash,
Easy steering. Smoothness apd
quietness beyond comparison. Ex-
sra power from the big Nash 7.bsar.
Ing motor. And easier riding on
apyroadover the new Nash springs
Of secret process alloy steel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Most Children on Farms

More than half the farm population
Of the United States 50.4 per cent to
be exact, is made up of persons under
twenty-one. In the cities only 37.5
per cent of the people are less than
twenty-one. Which is as 1t should be.
for the country is the place to raise
children. And farm-raised boys and
girls are the life-blood of all largn
cities.-Capper's Weekly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21

saiS "V4A.A4S.- - -~ay-4L l4-E EJQes
The find was made in heap about ten
yards square Of waste and manufac-
tured leather in layer of black mud
which apparently had been the dump of
a medieval leather worker, deposited
In the Fourteenth or Fifteenth cen.
fury. The wet earth had preserved
the material.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
light as a feather to turn

Nash is finer motor car. Look at
the Nash Special SIX Four Door
Sedan for instance. Here's luxury
for five passsngers-exQuisite 10
every detaiI-6nished In finest quail
ity mohalr-walnut panelled-
solid walnut steering wheel with
Light control at your finger tips-
all instruments In one charming,
indirectly lighted, easilyread panel
new form>fttins cushions for
rest and relaxation-and only
$1335 T. O. b. the Nash factory.
Be your own salssman. Easy Weer.
ing Is only ono Of many Nash sY
psriorities which q ride will reveal
Come In today.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21

RoGEVILTN EtEVE Avn.
,ion 20 supply yorr sc,uc.,
needs, such a.
nps Hat Irons. hsh,,us fStures
C RANGES. vacuum cleaners
III ms machines electric haat.fs
lusehold Appliances, motors, exc
iectfic wirioe sEa tr.. saeerty.
"a S-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
N0RaECK GARAGE.

AUTHORIZED FORD SERVICE STATION
using genuine Ford parts,
automobile repairing. tires, tubes and
accessories.
Auto and stationary electric plants service.
d. 4, W.
Phone, Sandy Spring 1l6 F IA; resi-
dencs. Sandy Spring i16 F 81.
.. E, FORD. Proprietor,
Successor to Don5ld Bowie,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
Careless Letter Writers

Post Office employees In congress
may be pardoned II their estimate of
the publlc's intelligence is somewhat
low. Letters still come addressed to
Mark Hanna and Boise Penrose for
mer senators and now dead several
years. Uncle Joe Cannon's mail is
quite heavy yet. Senators and men,
berF - ~ ---7-- mo - r.. -
crin.nalaly y ..sr
MANY Letters are eeaEaa f
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21
FOR SALE
DWELLING OF THE LATE JOHN l.
WELSH AT DERW0OD, MD

Ihis property consists of a twelye-room
mouse and bath. celler under house. steam
neat. and electric lights, in good repair,
and on half acre lot. with necessary out.
buildings. nicely located and pleasant sur
tHHN''nfs
i7t MONTGOMERY COUNL YNArloNAL
BANK. ROCKVILLE wD.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-10-21

(THB NEW NASH Is A ORBAT AUTOMOBILE
New Britain herald., 1927-12-03
German Court Asks
 "Whcn Does Fish Dic?"

A trial for cruelty 10 q fish brought up the question whether fish are only stunned by blow on the head, or killed outright so that their subsequent movements are mere rcflexes.
 Fraulein Dorothy Hinze, 70. who is a great lover of cats, bought q live fish for her pets and instructed the fishmonger. c. Berisch. to kill and prepare it for cooking on the spot. After the vendor Of sea food had deftly delivered q smashing blow on the head of the fish, he started 10 scrape off the scales.
 When she saw the fish still squirming in the mans hand, the old woman emitted a scream of horror, called him a brute and subsequently had him arraigned in the Chariot tenburg court flor Wanton cruelty"
 The court, finding itself incompc- tent 10 judge of the vitality of fish es. called in two piscatorial experts, who testified that after a properly delivered blow on the head a fish is as dead as a door nail and that it's continuing motions are purely reflectOry in character.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-03
New Device Installed For Stopping Trains

X new device for stopping trains aut utomatically is about to be installed on the Berlin-Dresden line.
 The new device is worked by an electric magnetic system, one mag net being attached to the rails be- tween the first semaphore, or Warn- ing signal, and the principal sema- phore, while the other is affixed 10 the locomotive. On observing the warning signal, the engineer can dis connect the locomotives magnet by means of a simple, lever. failing to do so. however, the brakes are au- tomatically applied about quarter of mile before the principal scma- phOre. Neither snow, ice or any oth- CT foreign substance can diminish the electro magnetic power of this device which therefore can never become clogged as other mechanical ly operated contrivanccs.
 This new eXpedient is considered vast improvement on all other systems eXperlmentally tried out on the German railways and if 1t full fills all promises will be introduced throughout the German railway service.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-03
French Again Trying To Fix Meat Prices

official price efiXing foS butchers
 is again being attempted here to bring down the cost of living. Short ly after the wartime boom of 1920
 there was q great outcry against meat prices and there were many prosecutions for viola tions of official price lists.
 Bakers all over France have had
 bread prices fixed for them by of
 ficial commissions, with wheat quo- tations as the basis.
 Butchers have proved more diff cult to handle. Their resistance to argument by a special city commits sion caused the government, which shares largely in governing Paris, to approve drastic methods. Premier
 Poincare and the cabinet adopted a. plan to make obligatory scale Of prices to be drafted weekly by the city. These prices are required to be
 posted Just as every restaurant must post its menu with prices. Much of the expense of French butchers is attributed to waste in ! not having proper refrigeration and | the disproportionate amount of | overhead expense because Of the i large number of small butcher
 shops.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-03
British EgGs Cost Three Pence Each

Now that eggs cost pence, or 6 cents, each, London has drawn the curtain Of time for peep at do- nestle budget in the days when Good queen Bess wore her crown.
 Eggs were about pence dozen. \ goose cost one shilling and six pence, or about 36 cents, a chicken pence, pound Of butter pence, oranges pence q dozen.
 Items Of supper enjoyed May 2S, 1889, with costs, follow: A shoulder oe mutton, shilling. pence: three piuts Of strawberries. l shilling; four pints or claret. 1 shilling; for butter 10 butter I chick, 2 pence: and broad and beer (which always if yurrd largely in meals Of 3o0 years aEo) 1y pence.
 Other entries in T hoatess's own uanIWritmg, ut the British museum. include. A goose, 1 shilling; four soles. s pence: barrel Of beer, { shi,!iugs. and beef at 1 r pence q pound,
 Many items in the clothing ac- counts are equally as modest. Pair Of shoes for his worship, 2 shillings pence; pair Of gloves, shilling 6 pence.
 Servants were paid 20 to 50 shil- lings q year, or. at tho most sl2.50 and keep.