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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03

Pharmacy is essentially field Of
science with the art of compromising
and dispensing drugs as its important
function. Pharmacy is, however also
a profession; as such it is closely as
ISOLATED with the medical profession
in the responsible duties Of dispensing
the agents used in curing disease. 1t
requires integrity, a special knowledge
and skill, and is practiced in accord
ance with a code Of ethics accepted by
the organized members of the profess
sion. The practice is regulated by the
state; the pharmacist is registered by
a state board especially appointed for
that purpose. The situation in phar-
macy today is similar to that in medi-
cine Is years ago with too many Ill
trained and unqualified practitioners
and too few who are well trained and
highly qualified.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Trees Change "Voices"
With Changing Seasons

1t may not be generally known. but
It is perfectly true that 1t is quite
possible to recognize trees by their
voices, though not, of course, so sim
pie a matter as that of identifying
birds. In summer, the sounds are pro-
duced by the leaves rubbing against
each other, and trees with small
leaves, like the birch, for instance,
speak In much more rapid tones than
do the large-leaved chestnuts.
Like the cuckoo, trees change their
notes with the seasons. A dry leaf
produces a different sound from soft
one. Tennyson mentions the "dry-
toned laurels' pattering talk" In au-
tumn all trees have drier leaves than
In spring. In winter trees talk through
their twigs. Thick branches produce
lower notes than thin ones, as Pro-
fessor Humphreys has pointed out, and
when the branches vary in size the
range Of notes is correspondingly
greater. Hence the muffled plant of
the oak and the sibilant sigh of the
pines. The murmur Of the forest is
really the whisperlngs Of innumerable
voices, each with its own distinctive
character, blended into one current of
sound.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Intelligence Shown by
Seals in Their PlaYtime

The seals are the clowns Of the
seas; after the monkeys, they are the
most manlike of natures creatures.
have seen them, in the wild state,
play for their own amusement game
of their own devising so ordered that
l doubt that it could be taught to any
other animals after years of training.
They play 1t In the water after eating
their fill and before resorting to land
to rest
Eight of them form an octagon, with
a ninth in the center. The center
starts the game by tossing a fish to
one in the outer ring, which passes
II in a fash to another. The fish
flies around and across the octagon
faster than 1t ever moved in the water.
There are guile and deceit and
strategy in the game; the players look
one way and throw another and cavort
like a baseball infleld warming up.
The first to miss or drop the fish be-
comes at" and changes places with
the seal in the center.-Capt. Chas.
r.. Adams in the Saturday Evening
Post.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Doughboy Meant Well,
but French Was Weak

After the American doughboy had
been In France for a few months he
picked up q few words Of the Ian
guage, and with admirable confidence
began conversations with the French
people that are remembered to this
day as examples of how French ought
not to be spoken.
After they had returned from the
Luneville sector soldier of the First
division, billeted along the canal be-
low Bar lie Due, saw the COW belong
ing to his landlady escape from a
field and start up the road. He rushed
into the house, and In his best French
told her what had happened. She
failed to understand and the services
Of a French soldier were called In,
who Informed her what had happened.
She hurried out, rounded up the COW,
and after returning to the house,
laughed for about five minutes at the
puzzled doughboy. 1t developed that
his message ran something like this:
"Mademoiselle, mademoiselle, your
milk is taking a walk"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Testify to Ingenuity
of German CIockmakers

The most famous small clock in
Germany is that known as the
"Schnapphans" in Jena's rathaus. Just
before the hour strikes, an angel rings
a small bell while saint on the other
side of the face reaches an apple on
the end Of his staff toward the devil.
whose head just shows beneath the
feet Of the saint and the angel. AS the
devil opens his mouth, the wary saint
draws the apple back and the devil
must wait another hour before trying
again for the tempting morsel.
A skeleton mods its head solemnly
and turns an hour-glass when the hour
strikes at Ochsenfurt on the Main
while at the same time the figure of Il
long dead burgomaster with long
white beard opens and closes his
mouth several times. Two windows
above the burgomaster's head fly open
and two city fathers lean out to listen
to the words the burgomaster has been
bordering for an hour. A third window
springs open revealing a maiden who
points proudly to the coat of arms of
the city. The clock was built In 1905.
New York Times Magazines.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Salt Formation

Salt is found in many countries in
the world, and, of course, in every
ocean and In certain dead seas" 1t
almost may be said to permeate all
earthly substance; the sodium line is
the strongest in the spectrum, and So
dium chloride Is by far the common
est compound.
Biologists have guessed that the i'm
mense deposits of rock salt found in
so many places are the result of evap.
Grafton of sea water during the sllul'
lan-:ertiary periods and also have
que sed that the sea water was con
fined in basins formed by volcanic
eruptiOns. 1t would have been MS easy
to guess that the salt was a fire prod
uct. and that fresh water melted the
deposits to form the salty seas.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Immensely Chief Cause
for Dutch Books Fame

Hugh Walpole's novel of T35 pages
is quite brief In comparison with a
huge folio written by Jacob Cats,
Dutch ambassador at the court of
Charles |. which was sufficiently pop
ular to be called the Household
Bible" 1t was something like all II.
G. Wells works rolled into one. ats
bulk appaIs u.s." says Austin Dobson.
at is a book to be approached only
from the side of dimension. Like
Shakespeare's fat knight it measures
so much about"
This mighty work, printed in three
columns, contains Dutch proverbs and
emhlems in all languages, long
didactic poem on Marriage" pastoral
rOmances, and a series Of poems al
luringly entitled "Coffins for the Liv-
ing" 1t is a compositor's nightmare
numerous pieces on almost every con-
ceivable subject are accompanied by
prefaces and subprefaces, common
taric', headnotes, shoulder notes, foot
not AEnd addresses to the reader
he'd, ~ them in on all sides. The
popularity of the work was due to its
fine copper plates depicting Dutch do
nestle science.-Mancheste (Eng-
lanO Guardian.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Plump Miss Surely Had
Odd Ideas of Di"Ein

Nowadays teacher must instruct
In many subjects besides the three
RS. In the school where the Woman's
friend teaches a fifth.year class no.
tice was sent around that the thin
pupils were to he advised how to put
on weight and the stout youngsters
We're to be given a reducing diet.
One of the little girls in the class
is abnormally plump. The teacher
asked her to stay after class, and
wrote out a diet for her you must
not give up bread entirely" she recon-
mended, Just eat less of it than you
have been eating"
Several days later the child stayed
after school again, this time on her
own accord.
"Do you think I'm thinner?" she
asked her teacher eagerly.
The teacher hesitated and while she
sought tactful reply the little girl
continued: 1--WE given up bread en-.
tirely haven't eaten a slice Of it
since you told me not to-"
The teacher felt that her instruc-
lions had been carried too far. 81
didn't tell you to eliminate bread en-
tirely you remember l just said eat
lses of it. What have you been sub
stitutingT
'llolls," said the plump pupil.-New
York Sun.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
First Imperial" Beard

Who was first to wear the beard
Imperial?
Imperials, sartorially as well as poll
tically, are out of style.
Time was when men took pride in
their facial, hirsute appendage. That
time is past, porbably forever-well,
for long time, anyway.
There was a period, however, when
imperials were the rage, when every
body who affected to be somebody
sported one.
Like other symbols of style, this
particular fashion came to us from
France, where the Emperor Napoleon
III started things by trimming his
beard in the manner destined to be-
come known to posterity as the i'm
perial.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Profit in Long-Leaf Pine

Long-leaf pine is one of those ac-
commodating trees which return a
high revenue to the grower and yet
are not particular about growing con-
ditions.
The trees pay double profit to the
grower, both the turpentine and lum-
Der yields being on a paying basis.
An ideal crop is offered for the sandy
lands of the South, for the trees will
thrive either in wet or dry areas. They
are resistant to the fire menace, too,
and in return for little protection
during the first four or five years of
growth develop by themselves without
attention thereafter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Fiction BackRround

o. Henry was far ahead of all his
contemporaries in covering amounts
of territory in choosing backgrounds
for his stories. recent compilation
revealed the interesting fact that
among 3T2 short stories written by o..
Henry 1873 were laid in New York,
texas furnished the locale for AZ, 2S
ere supposed to have taken place
in South America, 62 We're laid in the
West and Middle West of the United
States, and II in the South. The rest
were scattered from Central America
10 France and Observation-Disclosures
star
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Greek Mythology

The phrase "Latmian solitude" is a
reference to the story Of Endymion in
Greek mythology. Bndymion was a
young shepherd or hunter on Mount
Latmus, in Cara, whom Selene (the
moon goddess) visited while he slept
in cave. According to one version
Of the story, Zeus or Jupiter offered
him anything he might desire and he
chose eternal sleep in which he might
remain youthful forever. His perpet-
ual sleep In cave Of Mount Latmus
is the "Latmlan solitude" The story
Is given in detail in Keats poem,
"Endymlon."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Roofs of Mexico City
Put to Constant Use

The roofs in Mexico City are used
constantly. Stairs leading to them are
on the outside Of the houses and every
one living around the two or three
patios which make up the usual apart
ment house climbs up and down from
the roof many times day. Clothes
are spread on the stones of the roof
to dry and, when dry, more water is
sprlnkled on them so that they will
continue to bleach in the sun.
In spring, when there is no wind,
housewives dump out their lambs
wool mattresses on the roofs, and beat
them until they are free from dust
and once more light and fluffy. The
ticking is washed and a man comes
to restuff and sew up the Mattress
Exchange.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03

One night, in pouring rain, two men
who had quarreled turned out to set.
lie their differences.
They fought until one got the other
IN his hack and held him there.
"Will yuu give upr' he asked, and
the reply was. mo" so the man on
his back was Kept pinned to the
Ground.
After time the question was re-
peated, but again the reply was mo"
Then" said the other, "will YOU
get on top for bit and let me get
underf I'm getting wet through"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
YES, A GOOD Sc
! CIGAR AT LAST
It Knocks Out All Previous
Ideas You Ever Had

Men, forget the many times you've
lit a iive-center, taken a few puffs
and thrown it away. Try one more
brand: HdVdstd Ribbon. You sure
will hold on to this one!
HdUanG Pi5jon is fve-cent cigar
in one res poet only: Price. By every
other standard of comparison, it be-
longs to considerably higher-priced
class. And the reason is-Its ripe
tobacco Many fivc-cent cigars con-
tain the poorer leaves of the tobacco
under-ripe top leaves (usu-
ally bitter); or over-ripe bottom
leaves Casually flat-tasting). Hd-
cana Ribboa contains only choice
fully-ripe mid,le leaves. Imagine
getting, for FIVE cents, all the fra
grant, mellow mild, fine favored
goodness of tobacco at It's bestl
You can prov 1t in two minutes.
Just plank Down one jitney at the
next cigar unter and ask for
Hopdna Ribbon. Also sold in Prdc-
ticaL Pocket fookcgcs Of five cigars,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Important Malay Stata

Kuala Lumpur is the largest town
Of Selangor, one of the Federated
Malay states, lying south of Perak on
the west coast Of the Malay PENN
sula. The area of the entire state is
about $500 square miles. Coffee, pep
per, gambler and india rubber are in
cluded among the agricultural prod
ucts. The state is particularly rich in
tin. Trade is quite extensive and is
facilitated by 100 miles of railways.
The bulk of the population is com
posed of immigrants, Chinese and
Hindus coming and going in great
numbers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03

Nuremberg is proud IT the clock
that stands in the Frauenkirche tower
and shows the Emperor Charles "
RENTING the Golden Ball while an
gels look on and glorify his name.
This clock, which was first built be
tween 1856 and 1861, finally rusted
and stopped running at the beginning
of the Sixteenth century. The rec.
ords In Nuremberg show that ,IOerg
Heuss. famed clockmaker, rebuilt this
tlmeplece In 1906, receiving for his
labors the enormous sum of 8,14l
guilders.-New York Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Old Stuff

Tom had been hearing Kipling's
"Just So Stories" for the first time,
and his Imagination had been stirred
and his vocabulary considerably en-
riched
A cake of mothers baking had not
come up to the usual standard, and
had been removed from the table al
most untouched after two meals. The
next day when ice cream was served
for dessert, Tom looked about the TIA
BILE inquiringly. "And what" he asked,
"has become of that Neolithic cake?"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Name Given in Derision

"Blimp" is the popular name for a
small, elongated balloon without in
ternal frame. These ballons were
used in the World war for observa-
ton purposes, flying on cable at
tached to a windlass on the ground.
The name was first applied to them
by British airplane pilots, who used it
jokingly as a term Of derision. Some
believe that the word was coined
from balloon and limp, others believe
that it goes back to an old English
word, blimp, meaning a small blister.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Marvel of Nature

Perhaps nothing in all nature is so
HarNelouS as the migrating instinct
hlch takes hold Of most species OF
N,w ENGLAND birds twice u year,
gui,cs iu,m thousands OF miles over
and and sea and then months later
brings them back aguln-often to the
very nest in which they were hatched.
lIumming birds, so tiny and fragile In
appearance that they hardly seem real,
ly all the way from Massachusetts
to Central America Remember that
three inches is fair length for
humming bird.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03

st. Michaels cave on the Rock Of
Gibraltar. about l,lOO feet above sea
level at Its mouth, slopes rapidly down
and extends more than 400 feet into
the rock. It's extreme limits, however
have not been fully explored. II con
slsts OF series OF five or more cham
hers Of considerable extent connected
by narrow and crooked passages. The
outermost cave Is 20 feet in height and
200 feet In length. with massive pillars
" slalac,lie reaching from roof to
door.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Spreading the Bunk"

in current use is ats the bunk" This
comes from the following circum-
stance: In 1920 United States con
gresham, who represented Buncombe
county, North Carolina, continually
made speeches to further Buncombe
county. Evidently this was his way
Of letting his folk back in that county
know that he was on the job. In 9th
er words, he was talking for Bun.
combe Buncombe has since been
clipped to bunk"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Cunning Fox Traps Terriers

Farmers recently blasted a section
Of a mountain in the Cwmnantcol
range of Wales by lamplight at mid
night to release four fox terriers
which had been trapped by a fox.
The fugitive reynard had led the
dogs among huge powders on the pre-
ceding day. After several hours work
they were released. Two of the Ca
mines were severely wounded In what
must have been a desperate fight with
the 1S-pound fox, which was found
dead near its pursuers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Amazing

On what proved to be his deathbed,
"riger" Clemenceau took up the study
of the amazing Americans"
"You can't speak too well of the
Americans" he declared. "What an
example of living, of will, of courage.
But why must they be so pleased with
themselves? Their population is made
up of all the races of the world and
yet the American is thirty-six thousand
times prouder OF being an American
than the Frenchman is of being
French"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Retrieved

Marjorie's wristwatch, Of none too
great cost in the first place, had re-
fused to run finally, and her mother,
thinking IT would not be worth the
cost Of repairing, presented it to little
brother John, who was delighted. In
few days she noticed that Marjorie
was wearing it again. and asked what
had happened.
swell" rcioicrd Marjorie. John
wore II ~ Il h; g 1t against few
things. 3'N + ~,lftd ru.Magw
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Yes and No

There is story about Judge Ebert
Ii. Gary of United States Steel men,
DRY. A lady once took him aside at
social function and said, almost in
a whisper:
"Judge. would you mind telling me
II you think steel stock is going up
or down.
Certainly" he replied. ~ think II
Will. You see, madam, 1t rarely ever
stands still, and 1t cannot very wei!
go sideways. Kansas City Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03

Allan l., Benson, in biography Of
Daniel Webster, claims that the great
statesman, as early as 1850, predicted
the coming of the radio. In a letter
to an old friend in Boston, Webster
wrote:
II regret that l do not see you Of
tener but perhaps electricity will help
us to the means of all this yet, so that
when you are giving advice or receiv-
ing fees in your Hanover street office
I may speak to you from on board
my boat at Sunk Rock and tell you
when have bite"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Oh, Upright Judged

1t was in Detroit intermediate
school, and a student near the end of
the line was given the word "had.
dock"
what does Il mean?" he asked.
81 think" said the pronouncer some
what douhtfully, that it's sort of
fish"
ihc pronouncer looked toward the
judsr for confirmation.
Eyes" said the jGl.e. ITS Il fish
and it's also n place where the! keep
lr"sc'."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Something Wrong

A new system of memory training
was being taught in village school,
and the teacher was becoming en-
thusiastic.
For instance" he said, "supposing
you want to remember the name of
a poet-Bobby Burns. Fix in your
minds eye picture of policeman in
flames. See--Bobby Burns?"
"Yes, see," said bright pupil.
But how is anyone to know it does
not represent Robert Browning?"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03

Observers are surprised to know
how quickly children adopt modern
words and phrases into childish yo-
cabularies. A worker at a childron's
museum was startled the other day
by little girl who. admiring case
of mounted animals, asked: Lady.
are these animals really in person."
Standing nearby was a boy, evi-
IDENTIFY as well versed in movie par
lance as the little girl. lie quickly
replied: "Sure they have been alive
did you think they were faked2'
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
voice 10 Creditors.

:et aiS Of is thereby given that the ,.,
personal estate Of VI administration on the
late of h Mas S. MILLER GRIFFITH.
persons haVigD Ume cry, county. deceased. Al,
deceased are he realms against the said
subscriber on or befO oueners thereof to the
be e ,sSl they may oIb 0an gay Of Janu-
estate ee' Hd from all bennse 6y law
are reo A persons indebted I 10 sa;d o. said
ment. Giyee to make Immediate estate nst,e
day Of Ju Se1 1o under my hand tbis pay s;b
seth W. GRIFFITH.
july ll-6t Administrator,
brookeville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Notice 20 reoitors

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scribenof District of Columbia has obtained
from the Orphans Court of Montgomery
county, Md, letters of administration on the
personal estate of
HELEN GASSAWAY,
late of Montgomery county. deceased All
persons having claims against the said de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof, to
the subscriber on or before the 9th day
of November, 1880 they may otherwise. by
law, be excluded from all benefit of said
estate. All persons indebted to said estate
arereQuested TO make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 9th day of
May, 1880.
ALEXANDER MUNCASTER,
Administrator,
1872 louisiana Avenue,
may 30-6t Washington, D. c.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber of Washington, D. W. mas oo-
famed from the Orphans Court OF MONT
eomery county, Md, letters OF admlhistra-
ton on the personal estate OIL
RICHARD D. BURROUGHS,
lo,a If Chester, enn., deceased. All per
cons resident and nonresident, having
o oIp, aoainst the said deceased are
harohv warned TO exhibit and file the same
in eaid CONT. with vouchers thereon, on or
before the oath day of December, 1881 I;
otberwise they may by law, be excluded
from ali heneft of said estate. All persons
;ndahted 10 said estate are requested to
make Immediate payment. Given under
my hand this oath day Of june lSoo'
CHARLES W. CLAGETT,
Administrator,
1000 l4th Street, N. W.,
iune 27.6t Washington, d. G.
A ENCOURAGEMENT.
n We beg to announce
that we have in stock full line OF New
Perfection cook s'oves and parts.
" HICKS & SON,
may 27-tf Rockville, Md
TOR SALE CHEAP,
One Ford ton truck,
1925 model. with pneumatic tires and
three-speed transmission.
JOHN W. MILLS,
R. F. d. 8.
june cost Gaithersburg, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
DOR SALE OR RENT,

p0R SALE OR RENT,
rE A farm on the
outskirts Of Poolesville. Montgomery coun-
~, Md: also a dwelling house in Pooles-
vile for sale or rent.
THOMAS H0SKINS0N.
ep cost PoOlesville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
ERUlT TREES

EkUlT TREES.
Do you want the best
fruit trees. flowers. shrubs. and garden
seedsY Drop me card, | represent
Starks', Louisiana, Missouri
TH0S. B. WORKMAN.
R.F. III.
jan Slim Rockville, Md
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-10-03
, oRsEck GARAGE.

AoihoRlzED FORD sFpv,,
automo oSins . genuine Ford parts, N'''N
Earring, tires, tubes ona
Auto and s accessories. ana
Postofica ' U electric plants service
D. a, address. Rockvill. A.,
sandy Spring ii6 F ~ 20 F ID; resi-
successor e.; ao 70 66 p5oR;is s: