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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Sensitiveness to Pain
Shown by Experiments

The conventional insult of Shaping
an enemy on the cheek was not so
badly chosen if the intention was to
hurt him, recent Investigations Of Pro-
fessor Uginelli of Florence, Italy, have
indicated, for human cheeks and fore
heads turn out to be the most sensi-
tive parts Of the body to pain.
Least sensitive, on the other hand,
are the outer sides Of the arms; per-
haps consequence of the years of
evolution during which the outer arm
has been used habitually to ward off
blows or to protect more sensitive
parts Of the body. The sense of pain
in the skin is not quite the same, ex-
perts know, as the sense Of touch.
The touch sense is tested by deter
mining how close together two points
like pin points may be and still be dis
tinguished as two separate points in
stead Of one. Sensitivity to pain, on
the other hand, Is tested by the sever
ity which a pin prick or a small pinch
or a sharp blow must have in order
to seem painful.
Individuals vary in their sensitivity
to pain, Professor Uginelli finds, just
as one individuals pain sense differs
on different parts of his body. Con-
trary to the conventional idea that
women form the more sensitive sex,
another conclusion from Professor
Uginelli's tests is that women feel
pain about one-tenth less severely, on
the average, than do men.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Malay Quick to Resent
Hurt to Personal Pride

Personal pride and the emotion Of
love are the most frequent causes of
murders in the Philippines, leading
strangers to conclude that life is light
" held here and murder Is committed
over mere trivialities. The current po-
lice calendar would confirm that opin-
ion. Over love, an intermediate school
girl stabbed her classmate, another
girl, to death with 46 wounds-veri-
tably cutting the body to pieces, and
the juvenile murderess seemed scarce
ly perturbed when arrested, confess
ing all. Over personal pride, a peas
ant slew a household, four persons,
man, wife and their two children, with
his bolo. Given to drinking, he was
making a drunkard's boisterous head
way past the house. The man, think
ing to shame him, scolded him from
the window overlooking the street, and
called him "un borrachin," common
drunkard. Less than five minutes la
ter he had wiped out the family. A
Malay is never to be safely insulted In
the presence or hearing of third par
ties.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Criticism of Feminine
Dress a Generation Ago


"Dress," said health article In a
woman's magazine of 1901, "is q
stumbling block in the way Of a
healthy existence for the society wom-
an. My lady must assist by long hours
of standing to be fitted. The weight
of the dress often drags one down so
that only the strongest can carry about
the heavy materials. ei .a
"The low bodices which have be-
come more common are a greater me-
mace to health than almost anything.
Women who wear low-necked gowns
In the evening should not wear heavy,
high-necked undergarments, for the
contrast between their protection in
the day and that of the evening is
very great and they more readily take
cold. The neck and shoulders should
be bathed freely with cold water and
with alcohol and water.
'The hips should not measure over
twelve inches more than the waist
or five inches more than the chest
without corsets. The chest expansion
of the society woman will probably be
one inch; it should be nearly three."-
Brenda LELAND in the Saturday Eve
ming Post.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Hubby Does Some Back.
Seat Driving in Kitchen

What's the trouble, anyhow. aren't
you going to get any dinner tonight?
You sure are getting late start.
Watch out there, can't you see you
have the gas turned too high? Why
don't you put some water in that tea
kettle or else take 1t Off the fire?
Hey, you, don't shake that sitter SO
hard, you are getting flour all over
the floor. My goodness alive, that
bread won't be fit to eat If you put
all that salt In it. Look out, you came
very near cutting your hand severely
with that can opener. What's the
special attraction outside; don't you
realize that you can't look out the
window and scramble eggs at the
same time? For PHYS sake. are you
blind Look at that oven thermome-
ter, over so degrees too high. Why
don't you turn off those jets when you
have nothing cooking over them2 No
wonder the gas bill runs over $40
every month. Holy smokes, turn that
meat over before 1t burns to a crisp.
I don't believe you would ever get a
meal ready II didn't come out here
and help you.-Kansas City Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Brickwork Made Use of
by Builders Long Ago

Babylonian structures explored,
either at Ur or at other sites, include
three chief types Of brlckwork. One is
burnt brick much like the modern
article, except that the burn Is hard
er. The second is unburnt brick, pos
sibly used for less important struc-
lures and resembling the adobe brick
of the present Southwest. The third
is curved brick, like part Of
cylinder, apparently made during one
period of Babylonian architecture,
either because of some method Of dry
ing over rounded logs, or for some 9TH
er reason now forgotten. To these
three recent discoveries apparently
add two still earlier types: The crossed
brickwork-called the herringbone pat
tern--of some Of the recently found
structures and the clay Jumps which
are not yet bricks at all. Additional
details will be awaited with interest
by every one who is curious about the
beginnings of civilized man.-Kansas
City Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Symbolism of Swords
Recopnized in Japan

In the decoration of the Japanese
sword can be studied the develop
ment Of the customs, folklore and his
tory of the country. The influence of
important wars, of contacts with the
outside world can be traced by its
changing form, while heroes, gods,
symbols and articles of daily use are
pictured on its carefully designed fit
tings. ...
Until late in the Nineteenth CEN
fury all samurai, or military men,
were allowed to wear two swords,
the wakizashi and the katana. The
latter, which was the longer, was used
in battle and was always removed
by its owner on entering a private
house, as proof of trust in the host.
The wakizashi was always worn in
doors and had a grimmer role. Rath-
er than be captured in battle, or pub
licly executed, the samurai would draw
1t to perform the happy dispatch" or
hara-kiri.-New York Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Winning the Rattla

One of the most difficult tasks for
human beings is to admit faults; prob
ably more difficult for women than for
men. l do not believe l could have
been as humble as l am had l been
born woman; should have been
inevitably influenced some by the
story Of Helen of Troy, so beautiful,
so charming, so appealing, that great
war was fought over her. In small
err way there is war over every woman.
Her courtiers are the ice man, the
milk man, the grocery man, every man
she meets. The compliments paid Hell
en- have come down to us in a book,
and we use them; clumsily, perhaps,
but with sufficient efficiency to win
many battles.-Howe's Monthly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Humble AK Revealed as
instrument of Romance

The ak is a tool of romance. In
almost every age 1t has played a
major part In mans struggle for ex-
istence.
From earliest history, on down
through the Stone age, the Bronze age
and the Iron age, and more especially
during the time Of Americas early
pioneers-the ak has been the indis-
pensable friend of man.
With the building Of primitive log
cabins went the building, too, Of
strong characters and stout muscles.
Washington, Boone, Lincoln, Roose-
welt, Gladstone Of England, and many
other great names in history are as
ISOLATED with the ak.
No other tool promotes the same
kinship Of man with nature. Through
its medium one captures the spirit of
the forest, one senses that feeling of
satisfaction which comes through aid
ing the growth Of majestic trees, by
the removal Of deformities, weak
specimens and FIRE azards-Peter
McLaren, Americas champion chop
per, in the AK Manual.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
School of Adversely
Rousseau's Alma Mater

Several guests at luncheon years
ago, were in heated discussion over a
painting that adorned the wall. APP
parently none of them knew its mean
ing, although it represented a scene
in the mythology of Greece. Bored by
the conversation, one of them turned
to a waiter and insolently demanded
to know the pictures meaning. To
his establishment the waiter gave it
Immediately.
SIN what school have you studied?"
asked the guest. tru z
'In many schools, sir" replied the
waiter, "but the school in which
learned most was the school of ad-
versity. Books only have been my
friends"
Ten years later all France rang with
the fame of the greatest writer Of his
age, Jean Jacques Rousseau.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Early Recreation Ground.

The earliest form of a public pre-
serve devoted to outdoor recreation in
the territory Of the present United
States was city park, Boston COM
mon, acquired in 1884. The next ex-
ample of public action of this kind
covered field related to that at pres
ent usually held by state agencies
the reservation to the people for
fishing and fowling" by an ordinance
of the Massachusetts Bay colony in
1641 of great ponds" water surfaces
Of ten acres or more. The first state
park of larger size set apart primarily
for recreation was one which is now a
famous national park-Y osemite. Con-
gress coded the valley and a mile-wide
border around 1t to California as a
state park in 1865. 1t was later re-
turned to federal control.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
A HUMDINGER
CIGAR FOR Sc
Greatest Five-cent Cigar That
Ever Came Your Way!

Have five-cent cigars been leav-
ing q bad taste in your mouth and
a poor impression on your mind?
Are you willing to start all over
again--just once? Shove a nickel
across the nearest cigar counter
with this password: Havana Rib
bon. Back will come the proof that
Ave cents does buy not only good
cigar, but the finest cigar that small
sum sver bought. And why not?
In our determination to put "a good
five-cent cigar" back on the map,
we use nothing but long-filier, fully
ripe tobacco. No short ends to come
ont in your mouth. No bitter, under-
ripe nor flat-tasting ever-ripe
leaves. But the true-tasting, mel
low-mild, fiavorful middle leaves of
choice tobacco plants. How do we
do it? Volume production. Try one
Havana Ribbon and you'll tie to it
regularly. o Also Practical Pocket
Packages Of five cigars.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04

The old Scottish ballad of "The
Benny Earl of Moray" Is based on
Hm,ley's assassination Of Young
Moray in 1891. and an old legend de-
clares that the bereaved mother had
picture of her murdered son painted
on linen and carried as hammer
through Edinburgh to proclaim the
crime, \ few years ago, In exploring
long dlsused rooms at Kinfahns castle,
this linen picture was discovered
among forgotten lumber by the pres.
ent Earl Of Moray, who has had II
stretched and framed as piece of
family history.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Rats Went Nuttinr

Stories of rats invading houses in
the country because they are suffering
from thirst leave me little doubtful,
says a correspondent of the London
Daily Chronicle. But do know for
certain that these animals will force
their way into cellars in large num-
hers when there is anything there to
tempt their appetites. For example,
parson had just gathered his wall
nuts, and stored them away. Rats got
to know of it, and so many of them
were told that in one night the whole
of his trees harvest vanished Some
animals keep news of such finds to
themselves. but the rat, with all his
faults, is hOspitabe-in the case of
other peoples goodsl
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Bit of Old New York

Thirty or forty years ago what was
popularity known as 'The Tenderloin"
conferred about Herald square. 1t was
the part of the town where the night
life reached its climax and burned
most fiercely. Everybody Of any &C.
count visited the square. if only to see
the two mechanical workmen atop the
Herald building strike the hour of mid
night on the faithful old clock that
suddenly became illuminated in a
weird red glow. Not far away was
the West Thirteenth street police sta
ton, quite the busiest precinct in the
city. From sunset to sunrise a thin,
steady stream of humanity flowed in
to the station house.-New York
Times. .....
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Asbestos Peril

Although asbestos has been used in
industry at least since 450 B. c., only
within recent years has it been recog-
nized that asbestos dust can produce
disease of the lurgs. Asbestos is a
mineral of curious fibrous struc-
ture. 1t is used in making gas mantles,
furnace Innings, heat resisting mats,
and so on. and is largely handled by
women.
The Inhalation Of dust gives rise
TO symptoms in some of the workers
after about FIVE years. They begin
to get short of breath on exertion,
lose weight, and develop dry cough.
If the cases are seen early and pre-
vented from being irritated by the
dust, much relief can be obtained by
treatment.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Fir,. Movie in 1890

The first practical camera capable of
taking an unlimited number of photo
graphs In rapid sequence upon band
of senstized celluloltl film, and suit.
able for sub 'equent reproduction In
the form of a moving picture, is said
to have been made by w. f. Greene,
London photographer He took out
a patent on June 81, 1889. In conjunc-
tion with Mortimer Evans
The traffic at Hyde Park corner was
the subject of the first moving picture,
and II was shown to the Royal Photo
graphic society in 1890.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04

During the Civil war James Bu-
chanan Eads constructed iron-clad
steamers and mortar boats for the
United States government. He con-
structed the great steel-arch bridge
across the Mississippi at St Louis DUR
Ing the years 1867 to 1874. However,
the work upon which his reputation
principally rests was his deepening
and fixing the channel at the mouths
Of the Mississippi by means of jetties,
whereby the narrowed stream was
made to seour out Its channel and
clear sediment out to sea. Shortly be-
fore his death he projected a scheme
for ship railway across the isthmus
of Tehauntepec In lieu of an isthumian
canal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Diet and Character

Doctor Fiesslnger French ply.
-sician, states that national diet large
ly determines national temperament.
The French character has been inliu-
enced by wine, women and high Gull
nary art. The German character, on
the other hand, has been Influenced
by beer and coarser and more homely
diet Women in Germany are regard
ed more In the light of tollers. Amer,
leans, says the doctor, have assimi.
lated characteristics Of all the nation.
alities from which they sprang ant
have discarded both traditions anf
foods which might stand in the way
of their PROGRESS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04

OF all the feathered flock that swarm
to Scotland's shores in spring or early
summer none is more assured Of a
hearty welcome than the swallow. The
first sight Of 1t is always hailed with
the liveliest satisfaction.
In many country districts the in
habitants believe that wish expressed
on first sighting bird is certain to
be fulfilled, so long as the wish is si-
lently expressed and not confided to
anyone else. 1t is common belief
among village maldens also that If
they breathe their longing for a con-
slant lover when they see the swallow
for the first time they will have their
fond hope realized before the bird de-
parts in the autumn.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Poem on Tobacco

The authors of the time of Elizabeth
and James | often gave quaint and
ridiculous titles to their books. Among
others is found Joshua Sylvester, a
puritanical poet. who wrote poem
against tobacco, which bears this title
tobacco battered, and the Pipes shat
tered about their FAIRS that idly idnllze
so loathSome a Vanity, by II VollpT W
holy Shot thmdered from Mount
Hclitcn."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Many Ex-Presidents

Between March 4, 1861, when Abra-
ham Lincoln took oath of office as
President, and January IS, 1852, when
John Tyler died, there were five liv-
ing ex-Presidents Of the United States,
greater number than at any other
period in American history. They
were Martin Van Buren,, John Tyler,
Willard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, and
James Buchanan. The great number
of living ex-Presidents at this period
was due largely to the fact that no
President elected between the election
of Van Buren, In 1896 and the election
of Lincoln In 1860 served for a longer
period than four years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
What Money Really Is

Farran Zerbe, collector of the Chase
National banks collection of the
monies of the world, received the best
definition of money he ever heard
years ago from a street urchin.
Il was lecturing at a school one
day." he said, "and as I was leaving,
one of the small boys who had lis
tened to me was accompanying me
out Of the building. AS he seemed a
bright little fellow, asked him what
money was.
"His quick response was this:
Money is what the other duffer takes
for what you want There it is in a
nutshell"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Magma Charta

King John affixed his seal to the
document called the Magma Charta on
June 10, 1915, having been compelled
to do so by the barons and their fol-
lowers. In June of that year both
parties encamped on the plain called
Runnymede, on the banks of the
Thames near Windsor, and conference
were opened between the king and the
barons. The barons presented their
grievances and the means of redress,
in the nature of bills offered for the
royal assent. The king directed that
these articles should be reduced to
the form of a charter, and in this form
it was drawn up by the clerks, in Lat
in. Many of its provisions were based
on previous charter granted by King
Henry in the year 100.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Colonial First NIGHT"

In 1870, writes Garland Smith in the
brooklyn Eagle Magazine, the Colonial
Sons and Danes of New York city as
sisted at thrilling event, the per-
Torrance, in the Nassau theater of
the first complete, honest goodness
opera in the Colonies, as exactly as
possible according to the best English
specifications.
There had been scattered produc.
tions of old English ballad-operas in
America before, but never anything as
elaborate as this-never a bona fide
opera, with complete stage settings,
and regular plot, and all the sophis-
tication of London society. ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
France Knows Tree Values

In France, not so long ago stretched
region of over 12,00o000 acres OF
marsh and shifting sands where only
few useless shrubs were able to
make bare living, 1t had been com.
pletely deforested II was adding
nothing to the wealth of France, says
Forests and Mankind. Finally the
government planted trees throughout
the region, put them in care Of their
foresters, and today, this once worth
less abandoned piece Of land Is worth
over $100,000,000 and supports pros.
perosus communities.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
She Had the Goods

1t was generally admitted that she
was some chicken. There could be no
question about it, for she had every
thing. She was as pretty as they make
'em, charmingly friendly, not bit
wild, and she had a record for doing
things. She was only little slip Of a
thing, too, but she was winner. She
just naturally took the prize. She took
it because she had laid three hundred
eggs in three hundred days, which was
about fifteen cackles ahead of any 9TH
err biddie. OF course she was some
chicken From Film Fun.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Early News Transmission

In the days before railways and teleg
raphy many ingenious methods were
devised for the rapid transmission of
'all the winners at Doncaster" during
st. Leger week. In 1925 specially
trained dogs were dispatched with the
news to several Of the big Midland
towns, and in the following year car
rler pigeons conveyed the results to
London, arriving in the early morn
ing of the day following the race
London Mail.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Proverb Has Many Forms

"A bird in the hand is worth two In
the bush" comes from a collection of
Scottish sayings found In John Rays
"Compleat Collection of English Prov
CRIBS" a book which appeared first In
1870 and which went through several
editions. The original phrase, as
found in Ray, is Better fowl In
hand nor two flying" In another
form 1t appears I'm collection by John
Haywood O546) as follows: Better
one bird in hand than ten In the
wood" And there are many other
early variations, one, at least, from
the Hebrew, two from the French, and
two from the Spanish.-Exchange
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Notice to Creditors

NOTICE is hereby given ,,..
scrlbeTs OF Montgomery conns . the sub
t tanned from the Orphans Conr; nave OBJ
s;nn n county, Md. letters of adm;n MONT
'ion on the personal estate Of au'nihlstra-
To-. =, WILLIS B. BURDETrE,
Al AL persons having claims sao deceased.
sag sag deceased are hereby sainst the
n,pia me same, with vouchers tbaroos 70 ex-
SUBSCRIBERS S on or before the se.t 10 the
Iaw august Ss 1880; otherwise thew Sp mav Gay
estate m &c excluded from all benefit os sa Gy
tate t are ALL persons indebted to said Sad
ment Giye ues aDds to make immediate ten pe ss
Gay Of February, 1880. "uS TINS 26th
,fs--, A.-a LULA B, BURDETTE
feb oae, ALBERT M. BoUIC.
Administrators.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04

Mother had been reading to Ellen
all about the tiger in the jungle, what
It ate, how 1t lived, and what 1t did.
1t was a very lovely story of animal
life and mother thought Ellen was get.
ting a lot out Of the tale.
When mother finished, Ellen's only
comment was a question:
Where Is that tigers garagef
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04
Unpopular Raven

Has anyone good word to say Of
the raven? 1t would appear not.
Black and demonstrating by nature,
it is in very truth a bird of ill omen,
tabled to forebode death and bring in
lection and bad luck generally. The
former notion arises from their fol-
lowing an army under the expectation
of finding bodies to raven" on; the
latter notion is mere offshoot of the
former, seeing pestilence kills as fast
as the sword
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-04

In Emerson, the Wisest American"
Phillips Russell calls attention to the
New Englander's traditional love of
pie for breakfast. Emerson, he as
serts, began nearly every day of his
life with noble segment of pie, even
when travelling and lecturing In the
West. Today. however, this custom is
practically extinct, despite all reports
to the contrary, being found only on
few remote farms or in little Cape
Cod villages.