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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Lirh, Harmful to Mediein.

Light which is so helpful to sick
persons does not do their medicines
any good. In fact so many of these
deteriorate upon exposure to light that
druggists have authorized special
study to discover containers which
will protect their medicines and chem.
icals from the harmful light. In some
cases light rays seem to preserve the
medical virtues of preparation, but
In others they are definitely harmful.
The changes which patients notice in
the colors of medicines is Usually in
dlcative Of change in the medical prop
critics. The green color of some iron
preparations changes to an unpleas-
ami brown. Bright yellow olntments
turn brown or green. Tinctures and
fluid extracts made from vegetable
drugs turn dark color and deposit
sediments. Serums and other blOlog.
Teal products lose their ability to cure
or prevent disease.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Morning Glory Blossom
Saved for Counts Eyes

A legend tells of the introduction
Of the morning glory into Japan, says
the New York Times. A japanese
prince heard of vine that blossomed
only in the early morning, and nOti-
fed the foreign nobleman who owned
it he was coming to see 1t. When he
arrived the vines no longer were trail
ing over the walls. The entire gar
den had been uprooted and there was
no sign of the flower.
Being angered, he started to leave.
Having been invited to tea, however,
his sense of politeness compelled him
to turn back. On entering the tea
room he saw a single morning glory
blossom in q vase in a raised alcOve.
Inquiring of the nobleman why the
garden had been ruined, the prince
received the reply, II ruined the gar
den In order that you might really see
the blossom. If it were In plenty, you
could not really have observed 1t so
well as you did this single last flower
saved for your eyes alone"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Black Ants Valuable
to Worry Coco Louise

without Black Ants No Coco"
reads sign posted at the entrance
Of great plantation in central Java.
1t does not go unheeded, for the ma
tives hand In some four million nests
Of these little creatures every year,
and receive payment in return. These
black ants live only upon trees infest-
ed by the white coco louise.
Neither the louise nor the ants in
jure the trees. The real enemy is a
certain beetle whose name is Helopel-
It's, which also attacks the tea plant.
1t has been found that when the black
ants are present the HelOpeltls fails
to injure the trees. Apparently this
sap-sucking pest is disturbed by the
activity of the ants, for the latter do
not attack the beetle.
This is why the black ants are pro-
tected. Food is provided for them by
picking the white coco lice from the
shells of the fruit, where they cOngre-
gate, and placing them on the coco
trees to attract the ants and disturb
the beetles.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Various Legends Tell
of the Origin of Music

Music, most authorities agree, had
a vocal origin. Some believe man at
tempted to initiate the sounds Of birds,
Others say his melody developed from
hunting calls or other vocal signals
employed in primitive life. A Chinese
legend goes so far as to declare that
miraculous bird provided the mu-
steal scale, while the japanese say
music was devised by the gods to
lure the sun-goddess from a cave
where she had retired. The Arabian
legend has it that Modhar, a camel
driver, fell from his seat and hurt his
arm. In pain he called out ia,
Jodah." His fine voice stirred up the
camels SO that they moved more quick
ly. So (who could not guess the re-
sultD from that time all camel-drlv-
ers sang.
1t is interesting to note that the
Greek word from which music" is
derived was used by that people to
embrace ali the arts over which the
Nine MUSES. were held to preside.
Hence, Music" in those days includ-
ed all those branches Of education
concerned with the development of
the mind as opposed to the body.
What moderns specifically call music,
they referred to as harmony"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Abyssinian Jews Only
Jewish Mountaineers

The only Jewish mOuntaneers In
the world are said to live in Abyssinia.
These tribesnen, Falashas as they call
themselves, inhabit the highlands Of
what was once part of the ancient
kingdom of Shah, the north of the
Negus country.
The FaIashas have a typical Jewish
appearance, but lack most of the con-
ventional habits and attributes of that
race. Neither they nor their ancestors
have ever engaged in trade. They are
trappers and rarely mingle with the
Abyssinians in the towns and villages
of the lowland.
They adhere to the Biblical tradi'
tons of the ancestors, practice the
usual rites and perform a rude lmita'
ton Of the passover ceremonies. They
have neither temples nor rabbs
In the Businesses of their mountains
they preserve in a quaint mahogany
casket a venerable parchment copy of
the pentateuch, which their chiefs al
lege came down to them direct from
King Solomon through the Queen Of
Sheba.
During the coronation Of Kas Tat
fari as emperor Of Abyssinia, repre-
sentatives of the Falasha tribes pre-
sented to the new monarch a copy of
the manuscripts which King Solomon
sent the Queen of Sheba before they
were married. These are said to con
tain the earliest known love letters
from a monarch to his royal consort.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
An Arithmetic of 1649

In the Garcia library of the Unlver-
sity of Texas is the oldest arithmetic
in America. Upon touching its vellum
covers and back skin thongs your
memory may go back to that proud
but unwelcomed day when your own
schooling arrived at the portal page
of Fractions. With awe one discov-
ers that pupils Of 1919 had to wade
through seven chapters of mathe-
NAUTICAL quicksands. The pioneers
evidently desired to obtain strength
of mind in their children for 1t was
a stern age. Another chapter was de-
voted to the formation of military
companies in squares, hexagonal units
and other strange geometrical forms.
Otherwise the book shows pupils
struggled with the same problems that
perplex modern youngsters.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Figures Are Valuable
ONLY When Accurate

Statistics are like knives; they can
be used for good or evil, observes DR..
Thurman B. Rice in Hygeia. The COM
monest sentence heard in debates
usually begins: statistics prove
that" But Doctor Rice warns that
statistics prove nothing except when
they have been accurately collected,
compiled, interpreted and applied.
In the hands of some devotee Of
faddish project given set Of figures
may prove or disprove anything.
When one hears speaker quote fig
ures from memory or without giving
the source OF his information 1t Is
time to go home, says Doctor Rice. II
is easy to forget whether a certain
death rate was IA per thousand or IA
per hundred thousand.
The unscientific man uses figures to
prove what he started out to prove,
while the scientist uses them to lead
him to the truth.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Poet a Pleasant Companion

Matthew Green, an English poet who
was born in 1906 and died In 1877,
proved himself a witty and pleasant
companion for his friends and his en-
ployers. While working in the Gus
toms house and wishing to supply
with milk the cats which were kept
there, Green wrote a successful petit
ton in their name.
At another time when a water man.
insulted him as he was bathing by
calling out, Quaker" and friend
asked how his sect could be detected
when he was wearing no clothes.
Green replied, by my swimming up
stream"
In many of his writings his humor
is apparent, especially in Spleen" a
poem published posthumously.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03

big Bertha" had firing distance
of rs miles. The principle OH which
this long-distance gun was operated
is that II a shell is fired upward at
an angle Of So degrees to the hort
zontal, and at n high velocity. so that
the shell will rise above the dense at
mOsphcre close to the earth's surface
and rapidly reach the Thin air which
exists at height of ten miles above
the earth, then its Hight will he prac,
tically unimpeded and It will travel a
great distance before ii falls again
During its flight from the big Der
tina" the German shell rose to height
of 81 miles. and Travelled more than
10 miles of Its course in very thin
atmosphere,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03

The pixies reputation for cruelty
and voraclousness is SUCH that it has
been popularity dubbed the water
wolf" 1t is probable, however, that
many species of sea fish are equally,
If not q great deal more, rapacious.
Large dogfsh, cOngers, pOllack, cod
and bass are especially feroclous.
while halibut will very often seize
and kill other large fish. An English
angler was playing" large conger
when q huge hallbut swan up TO and
sayagely bit at it-a proceeding that
cost the halibut its life, for on it max
ing for the foundered cOnger second
time the bOatman cOntrived to gaff
and haul II aboard.
There have been many examples of
pike being found dead. choked by
their own species, and these fish not
lnfrequently attack another pike that
has been hooked by fisherman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Fly Fishing in 200 A. D.

We are indebted to the Missouri
Fish ana Game News for the discov-
cry that fly fishing is far from mod
ern sport In the Second century of
the Christian era. Greek, Aelian,
wrote as follows:
Il have heard of Macedonian, way
Of catching fish, and II is this: They
fasten rcd wool around hook and
iii On to the wool Two feathers which
grow under a cocks wattles and are
in color like wax. Their rod is six
feet long, and the line Is the same
length. Then they throw their snare,
anu the fish. attracted and maddened
by The color, comes up, thinking from
the pretty sight to get a dainty mouth
full; when. however, 1t opens its jaws,
It is caught by the hook and enjoys
bitter repast, a captive.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03

Material things bothered COleridge
little more than they do most other
poets and 1t is said that as result
of his aerial abstraction he came to
attend Jesus college, Cambridge, as
innocence personified. One of his
biographers relates how the young
man was accosted by a polite interior
decorator requesting to be permitted
to Ak up the new pupils rooms. "How
would you like them furnished" the
tradesman asked in his most solicitous
manner. "Just as you please, sir" re-
piled Colerldge, thinking the man was
employed by the college. The dec
orator took the young man at his large
word and did a thoroughly good job
Of 1t. Coleridge moved in and was
well pleased with his quarters. A few
days later he received bill, the
amount of 1t making him gasp, but
seeing where the error was he did
not complain.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Peace on Earth Belief
of an Old French Race

The Basques Of the Pyranees section
Of France are on old race which has
outlived the Roman empire, the Dark
ages, feudalism and monarchy. They
are thrifty, Woodworking farmers and
fishermen with a simple system of
very local democratic self-government.
They are strong, simple, warmheart-
ed, physically sound and comely, and
above all life-lOvins. While other
races and social organizations around
them have risen and fallen, they have
never had a king. tyrant, an arts
tocracy or a revolution. They seem
to be very religious, and although they
are hot-blooded and impulsive, they
have never taken single aggressive
step against neighbor in warfare
Ray F. Hendrix.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Variety in London

Odd millions urc frequently
brought Ia light in connection with the
bOruughs in London Often opposite
sides Ot streets ARE In different
boroughs Hnc pavement will be H.
Illuminated 10y incandescent gas; across
the road electric light Is used. The
dustbins of the odds are more FIRE
quently cmptled than those of the
"evens" child living at No. Al may
attend school from which No. 42's
infants are deharred And in certain
districts II is quite common to see, at
the closing hour of public house on
one side of the road. little groups
crossing the street To where an extra
halfhour's license permits of "just
another"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Proteatants' Eirst Church

The first Protestant church west of
the Alleghenies was built near the
present town of New Philadelphia,
Ohio, in l7T2. A town was started
there in that year by Rev. David Zeis.
berger, Moravian missionary, and his
band of 2S Christian Indian followers
Soon larger body of Christian In.
dams arrived and the place acquired
a log schoolhOuse (also the premier
one In the Middle West), the above
mentioned church about 40 cabins
and the community thrived. Much re
ligious and educational work was car.
ried on, but about five years later the
town was destroyed by hostile In.
dams; Its location was lost and not
redlscovercd until 1923.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Appointments by President

The President appoints, without con-
Sent of the congress, his private sec
Rotary and the librarian of congress.
The President, with the concurrence
Of the senate, appoints about 10000
persons a year These include am
bassadors, consuls, judges, collectors
of customs. cabinet officials, district
attorneys, marshals, territorial gov
errors. postmasters of certain classes,
treasurer of the United States, con.
troller of the currency. superlntend-
cnt Of mints, commissioner of internal
revenue. Interstate commerce commits.
sloners, mines, pensions, patents, In.
dian affairs. all bureau chiefs, all mil.
ltary and naval officers, and many
others.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Thought Stars New Each Dav

MetrOdorus of ChiOs mot to be con-
fused with the four other Grecian
philosophers of the same name) was
a complete skeptic. He accepted the
Democritian theory of atoms and void
and also believed in a plurality of
worlds, but he had very ingenious
theory of his own by which he staunch-
ly stood. He declared the stars were
formed from day to day by the mols.
ture In the air under the heat of the
sun. His radical skepticism also is
seen in one of his writings quoted by
Cicero: 1--WE know nothing, no, not
even whether we know or mott" His
theory about the stars drew a lot of
cOntemptuous criticism but he came
back at his critics with, Everything
is to each person only what 1t appears
to him to be-"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Color of Planets

Venus, Jupiter and Mars are of diff
ferent colors Venus is sllvery
white, Jupiter is yellowish and Mars
is red The hue of planets represents
their true colors, while the color of
stars is caused by the temperatures of
their surfaces. Observed through a
telescope Venus is seen to be GOV.
cred with brilliant white clouds, while
the clouds of Jupiter are saffron.
Mars is not obscured by clouds, how
ever, and through telescope its sur
face can he observed This shows wide
expanses of what has been described
as red desert. possibly red sand or
rock.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Loyal Fox Terrier

A delightful little story of the faith
fulness of fox terrier is told in a
Budapest (Hungary) newspaper. The
little dog was great friend of
street flower seller. One day he
missed her from her place and moped.
The next day she was still absent. He
rushed into the restaurant where he
belonged and made such a disturb
ance that the walters set to work to
discover what it was all about. They
made inquiries about the flower seller,
and learned that she had been run
over. collection for her was made
in the restaurant as tribute to the
dog Perfectly true, says the news
paper.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03

An English writer says; What n
pity II Is that we cannot come to
some agreement with North America
about corn and mniZe. Torn with
us means wheat Across the Atlantic
II means maize So when read us |
been successfully made from corn
stalks. dom know what Is meant
on this paper daily Journal has
been printed H. the state Of Kansas
This looks like being a discovery OF
/. far-reaching consequence"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Among the Best Sellers

On the shelves of book stores in
Paris, the New Testament, bound In
paper covers is to be found Its price
is the same rs that of any paper.cov.
cred novel fifteen francs There Is
no preface and the matter is not ar
ranged in texts. but is printed solid
Cross heads give it modern ap
pearancc and guide the reader through
the Gospel. \ table of contents ar
ranged like the contents of novel,
ends the work.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Equal Opportunity TO Lone

II la"ughI you rather liked Mr.
Crashrr You know he believes in
equality for women
Yes said Miss Cayenne HE
goes too far In that idea to suit me
When he took me to the opera he in.
sisted on matching coins to determine
which OF us was 10 pay for the tickets
and the supper nitcrward"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Absolutely Noiaelesa

Elderly gentleman wishing to rent
room) - Yes this room pleases me- but
| notice there's some sort of II manu-
featuring plnnt in the rear facing the
alley; doesn't Il make considerable
nOsci
landlady-Oh, no, sir; not At all
That's felt slipper factory.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
A Professional Man

"Are YOU Al DOCTOR she asked the
young man NJ the soda fountain.
mo, madam. he replied. I'm
fizziCinn e." Vancouver Province
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Patiently Waiting

Mrs NcAdurr lSuI NuuI husband
doing anything To- c'lre his deafness
Mrs Nayhrr Nui now. hui he will
us sunn us ynui DAUGHTER his linishr.
heI singing ic>Suns Pathfinder.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
Order NiSi.
William R. Carter ct al, VS.. Ruby VI. Ken
drick ct al.

William r. Carter ct al, vs. Ruby VI. Ken
drick ct al.
In the Circuit Court for Montgomery county
as a Court of Equity. No. 5252 Equity.
Ordered this 4th day of April. A. d.
1929, by the Circuit Court for MONTGOMERY
county, as Court of Equity. that the Spe-
cial Auditors Report, filed in the above
entitled cause, be ratified and confirmed.
unless cause to the contrary thereof be
shown on or before the 4th day of NAV
next; Provided a copy Of this order be
inserted In some newspaper published in
said Montgomery county. once in each of
three successive weeks before the said 4th.
day Of May, 1929.
PRESTON B. RAY, Clerk
Circuit Court for Montgomery county.
True copy-Test:
PRESTON B. RAY.
apr It'd Clerk
Gas TO RIA.
'''1 "a &1NAIM1
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03

The Homely One-l dread the
thought Of advancing age.
The Catty one-Oh. we'll YOU have
one consolation, YOU have no good
looks TO lose.-Cincinnat Enquirer
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03
NOR5ECK GARAGE.

AUTHORIZED FORD SERVICE STATION
using genuine Ford parts.
automobile repairing. tires, tubes and
accessories.
Auto and stationary electric plants service
Postoffice address. Rockville. Md. r. F.
Phone, Sandy Spring 116 F IA resi-
dence. Sandy Spring 1l6 F 81.
C. f. FORD. Proprietor,
Successor TO Donald Bowie
left
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-03

FARMERS BANKINC.AN TRUST co.
OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Capital, $55,2OO Surplus $55, 200
Undivided Profits, $4,000
Resources, $1,4OO,OOO
Transacts General Banking and Trust Business
A paid savings accounts. Credited accounts
T/O January and July l. Compounded thereafter
ACTS as Executor Administrator Guardian and Trustee
Commissions very moderate Literature furnished
application.
WILLS naming Company Executor Trustee will be
written and safely kept free of charge.
LOANS approved endorsements, collateral real
estate.
G. Hilton President and Secretary
Albert M. Bouic 1st Vice Pres James Dees, Treasurer
and Counsel F. Bache Albert, Asst. Treas.
W. Vice J. Asst
D. Waters Thomas D. Darby
James E. Deets Thomas ". Perry
John W. Walker Alton C Bell
William ". Darby Eugene Jones
Albert NJ Darby
Robert G. Hilton L. Billiard
We invite you to open an account with US.
The Washington times., 1929-07-08
4 DYING IN BALL
PARK PANIC

DETROIT, July 8 n.N.S.).-
Crushed and trampled in a stampede
for exits when the wooden main
grandstand of the Mack, Baseball
Park burst into flames. 1913 persons
were in hospitals today, four of
them near death.
The fire and panic occurred just
before the hour set for the start
OF The opening game OF double
header between the Detroit stars
and the Kansas City Monarchs,
negro teams.
Those probably fatally hurt are
Richard Ross, IS; James Thomas,
"a. and Levy Thomas, ~. who
suffered fractured skulls, and VIII
liam Harvey, 80, whose spine was
broken.
Most of the others, among them
many women and children, sustained
fractures of limbs. Dozen Of
others knocked down and cut and
bruised in the scramble were re-
ceivfng medical attention in their
homes.
The majority of the more seri-
ousIy hurt were those battared
down by the descending heels OF
fear-stricken fans who jumped
from the upper tiers onto the
milling mass.
Authorities are investigating.
The Washington times., 1929-07-08
6 MARINE UNITS
REACH CAMP

six companies of splendid ma
terial," units of the Marine Corps
Reserves arrived at Quantico yester-
day, the first of series of such
units which will undergo summer
training at the Marine camp during
the next so days. The men are
from Portland, Me-; Rochester. N.
T.: Worcester, Mass; Detroit, Phila-
delphia and New Orleans.
They are housed in a model camu
located on a high bluff half mile
from the regular camp. They were
welcomed by the post band, and
after reaching their own quarters
were addressed by Brig. Gen. Smed
ley ID. Butler.
The reservists will go through
intensive training to give them a
practical knowledge of life in the
field under combat conditions. They
are scheduled to spend much time
on the Quantico rifle range, learning
to use rifles. pistols. machine guns,
trench mortars, Thompson sub
machine guns and s7-milinter guns.
The Washington times., 1929-07-08
DINNER
ELKS SET field
DAY DATE

At American League Park, July
20. local colored Elks will hold an
annual field day. featuring a ball
game between teams from Columbia
Lodge, No. IS, and Morning Star,
No. 40.
The women's auxiliaries, Forrest
Temple. No. 8. and Columbia, No.
422, are training their juveniles for
competition in prize winning events.
The boys will stage q. circus with
awards for skill and novelty.
The grand exalted ruler, J. Finley
Wilson, will start things rolling by
tossing out the ball and receiving
the clubs in marching array.
Because of the opposition to his
reelection at the coming grand
lodge convention. at Atlantic City.
by delegates of Chicago and New
York lodges, Wilson is busy stirring
the solid support that has backed
him for six years.
Attorney Almond w. Scott, for
mer head OF the order, Is a candi-
date for commissioner OF education,
against Judge William Huestou.t of
Indiana, who has held office since
Wilson created the movement.