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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Dutch as Money Lenders

In addition to their banking activ-
lilies the Dutch people have long been
identified as world money landers. AS
early as 100 a decree issued by the
states general ruled against foreign
loan transactions without consent"
Various other restrictions, called
'plac caten," were issued, which pro
hibited Dutch participation or active
interest in any foreign corporations.
The prohibition against foreign cor
porate financing, rather than foreign
government loans, was designed to
prevent Dutch capitalists from finan-
cling foreign concerns competing with
Dutch trading companies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
In.rctn Aid Rineninr

A curious use is made of the wild
fig, or capri-fig, in some warm coun-
tries. When the fruits of the COM
mon fg are growing, branches OF the
capri-hg are cut and placed over them.
These bring insects which pierce the
immature fruit to lay their eggs, and
by killing it hasten its rlpening. Thus
earlier crops are obtained and the cul-
tivated trees are induced to give fur.
Their, speedler crops. The process Is
known as caprlfication and Is COM
monty employed In the countries lying
along the Mediterranean sea.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
MvtholoRical Belief

The "Delphic Oracle" was the
priestess known as pythia who sat up
on tripod over a crevice in the rocks
of Mount Parnassus. Overpowering
vapors, assumed TO be the divine
breath of Apollo, were supposed to in
fluence the priestess who gave utter
ance to Apollo's words. Her mutter-
ings were recorded by priests who in
terpreted them In verse. Delphi, the
headquarters of the oracle, was an
ancient town in PhOcis, Greece. called
Pytho in the stories of Homer. 1t is
on the southern slope of Mount Par
naSSuS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Telephone "Cities"

Telephone companies divide cities
into sections, each with several thou
sand telephone subscribers. Each sec
ton is telephone city, has its own
central Office and name, such as Co
lumbia" or Potomac" to designate it..
When a number is called that is with
in the same telephone city, the connec-
ton is made in the local central.
When a number is called outside the
telephone city, the local central CON
meets with a trunk line which leads to
a central office in the proper telephone
city. There connections is made with
the subscriber wanted.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Popular Northern Name

Eric denotes ever royal or always
king,y." from TIE Two Teutonlc words,
eel" (ever) and "rik" "a king or rul
err It was a famous name among the
old Scandinavian and northern races
who wrote II as Erik and Earle. II
has also feminine form--Erica. Eric
rs bren used for centuries among the
old royal families Of the North, be
cause of its splendid meaning, Our
most familiar form is Richard" tstern
king), and three kings Of that name
have sat upon the throne OF England
Montreal Rerald.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
All for Fashion

As to teeth, the Wakamba tribal
custom was for all men to have them
sharply filed to point, after the
fashion SO prevalent in parts of the
Congo and popula supposed to de-
note cannibal propcnsities As II this
we're not enough. they often extract
their own teeth, ihen take those Of
animals, sheep or harteheast, file their
ends, shape their bases, and screw
them into the vacant sockets. When
first read of this in popular book
| refused to credit it. hut II is a sober
fact.--Julan Huxley in Saturday Re
view.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Lost Sense of Colors

Color blindness generally affects
both eyes. the functions of the eyes
being otherwise normal, and 1t is
often hereditary. Complete color blind
ness or the loss of appreciation of
colors is almost exclusively seen in
acquired color blindness, occurring In
optic nerve atrophy, although num-
Der of cases Of congenital color blind
ness has been reported. Color blind
ness cannot he corrected, as it is a
permanent defect. Color blindness
confuses red and green only the other
colors appear to be nOrmqi THIS Is,
of course. true of color blindness in
the ordinary sense, not in total color
blindness.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
That Other "Clod"

Two fellows were playing a ding
dong golf match, into the exciting
spirit Of which even the caddies had
entered.
Going to the last hole all square,
one man sliced badly while the other
had an equally wild pull. The first
man found himself in Jungle. His
first niblick shot raised huge divot
and moved the ball about six feet. He
took turf with his second effort also,
but got the ball well away.
"By the way" he said, as he re-
nlaced the second divot, "what hap
pened to the other clod?"
"Oh," said the caddie, with salts
faction, "he's playing six out of a
bunker"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Nature

How insipid a thing is the country
side, and what poor company for mill
tant thinking That calm, that silence,
that immobility, those great trees with
their leaves whiting in the heat, curl
ing back like webbed feet . 1t
is all a delight for women and chill
dren and lawyers clerks. But does
not the thinking man feel i'll at ease
before the enemy, as before the work
of God which will in time consume
him, making manure and pasture Of
his philosophers brain? In the stone
of cities you escape these ideas.-Gon-
courts journal, May, 1857.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08

BY center of population, as used by
statisticians, is meant the point about
which the total population of a dis
trict or country is conceived to bal
ance. In other words 1t IS the center
of gravity of population, assuming
that the district Is II plane and that
each unit of population has the same
weight Suppose all the people of the
United States are conceived as rest
ing on a we,ghtless plane having the
size and shape Of the United States.
The center of population would be the
point where the plane would balance
on Il single suport.-Pathinder Maya
zine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Running the Gauntlet

The word "Gauntlet" came into use
at the time of the Thirty Years war
(161S-164S), as "Gauntlope," meaning
the passage between two lines Of SOL
diers. 1t is derived from the Swedish
"gata" way, and "lopp" meaning
course. Running the gauntlet was a
punishment common among soldiers
and sailors The delinquent had to run
between two lines Of men provided
with rope ends, each Of whom hurt
him as much as possible The phrase
now means to be attacked on all sides,
or to be severely criticized.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Good Use of Criminals

In the reign of Henry VIII thriv-
ing trade was carried on in killing
men, whose bodies were sold to sur
geons for dissection. The human body
became Il part of medical education
in 800 b. c., under Hipprocrates In
300 3. G. criminals condemned to
death we're turned over to the medical
fraternity for dissection and expert
ments, the only requirement being
that the surgeon at the end Of his
experiments should put the criminal
to death--DetrOit News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Asset

An interviewer asked J. p. Morgan
II he found the delights of living on
his country estate compensated him
for the time and trouble accustomed
I'm going to and from his New York
office.
Indeed they do" replied Mr.. Nor
gan heartily. Country life pays big
dividends in rest and health. Yet. to
me, these are not the greatest assets.
find that the best part of country
life lies in the people you don't meet"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Customary Procedure

A man went into a small country
store and Informed the owner that he
was about to leave the community.
The storekeeper walked to his file and
pulled out the list Of unpaid bills, and
approaching the man, said. Il know
you will never pay these bills so
have written paid in full and charged
them to my loss account"
The man looked at the bills for a
few minutes and then remarked,
when bills are paid you always give
a sack of candy for the kids, don't
u?"-Forbes Magazine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
"Ain,t" Mere CoIloquialism

The word "ain't' has no standing, ex-
cept as a colloqulalism, though on ac-
count Of common usage and convent
ence many persons would like to in
clude 1t. Crowell's Dictionary of Eng
fish Grammar calls It vulgarism that
is incorrect in any context, and not a
true contraction Of Jam not, are not"
or "is not" There Is temptation to
use faint" In the interrogatlye first
person singular because there is no
proper contraction for cam I not?"
but "ain't" cannot be used properly
even In this case.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Forestry Is a Business

Successful forest management de.
mands application az the same invest
mcnt principles HAT are applied In
other successful businesses, viz. to
pcr,e;uate the values which will no
longer earn satisfactorily. Tile land
and Improvement values, writes u. p
KIlSlnnd in the journal Of Forestry
nre mostly incapable of recovery ex.
cept through continued use ms part
4 forest property The chief knack
Of forest management consists in ali
alyslS Of and proper order of the re
covery OF the tree investment,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Aahes in High Grave

At Krkstone, Pass, England, Mark
Atkinson. landlord Of the Kirkstone
Inn. gave Instructions On his deathbed
that his body should be cremated and
buried in the highest grave in Eng
land, on top of a mountain $500 feet
above sea level. and that his favOrte
mountain pony, Billie, should do no
more work after carrying the ashes
to the grave.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Wives Are Foxy Like That

"Why do you always give your hus-
band big bunch of handkerchlefs on
his birthdays and at ChrlstmasT
asked her dearest friend.
"oh, need them when my hay
fever gets me-" she smIled.-CIncln-
natl Enquirer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Irrigating the Desert

The Sulkur barrage project In India
is one of the largest irrigating sys-
tens in the world and II Is intended
eventually to bring over 500O00,000
acres OF desert land under cultivation
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Stoned by MONKEYS

According to IL report from Paris, a
Frenclman was killed in Algeria by q
stone thrown by monkey. Large
monkeys in northern Africa, it is said,
are sometimes extremely dangerous
They travel in large bands, and often
different bands engage in battles, u.s.
ing stones as missiles. The French
nan in question was killed when u
and Of monke5s blntparded the taxi
"a which he wss riIing.-Pathiinder
t.'re
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
She Was All Right

Two business mon met OH the street
and exchanged the usual common.
places.
swell, how Is everything over at
your house? inquired the first az
fably.
The other stared innocenty at his
friend. ooh. she's all right" he sa'a
as he walled down the street
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Good Library Svstem

A novel system for promoting stu
dent reading Of good literature is used
by the Portland tMaine) public II
brary. Books are sent to every school
in the city, one book to eaeh pupil,
and interclnrgcd rutil every pupil
has read every book Last year more
- books hud Il circulation u
1900
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Simple Arab Burial

In Algers The body of native is
usually put in Il cheap pine box and
carried through the streets ON the
shoulders of friends, who transport 1t
to the burying ground. Arab GENE
teries are near every village. Friends
form procession and take turns in
carrying the coffin Little solemnity is
observed The friends chatter and
laugh and greet the passers-by. At the
bury r s. ground th" coffin Is simply put
into the grom.l ~ith prsctlcElly NJ
frr a.. g.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
Selling Out-A Bargain.

Selling Out-A Bargain.
Making room for my White King Pigeons
Will sell all my poultry, what is left after
culling. My best stock, $50 large English
Barron yearline hens winter layers of large
white eggs. Bred from Government contest
winners. SIPS each. Also three brooder
stoves and hovers for sale at half price.
II. NJ. BLANDY,
Rockville, Nd.
Phone Kensinston 23l W.
SHoE AND HARNESS SHOP.
y have
established q shoe and harness shop al
Derwood and am prepared to do any kind
of work at moderate rates. also SHARPEN
saws.
j. F, CARTER,
nov slim Terwood. Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
NOR BECK GARAGE.

FORD SERVICE STATION
using genuine Ford parts
automobile repairing, tires, tubes and
accessories.
Au'0 ana stationary electric plants service
D. FpS'Offioe address. Rockville, Nd, R.F
denn non So sandy Spring 1l6 F ID; resI
c. 9. E. FORD. Proprietor.
successor to Donald Bowie.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08

-..--s
WoR SALE.
4 BaEed Rock oocksIels from
Parks pediaEssd bred 10 lay" swain--
GOOD snsalthy stook-SAS0 to So each.
Hatchins ssss In season.
MRS. GILBERT T. CLAeETT.
Route Z,
Rockville. Ma.
D 2T.2m RsgiStesod permit, 10 d.
TOR RENT OR SALE. 80
One double house
o. BSidee street. Rockville. Water 10 the
kItuaen ana upstairs. toilet. electric hGhW
porches front and bdck. Apply to
W. ERNEST oFFUTE
july ia1m ROCKVILLE Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08

$500 t'' '
rr' a'', ~
W ANrEp;
and industry, to introduce and supply the
demand for Rawleigh's Household Products
TO steady users, Fine openings near .yor.
We tram and help you. Rawleigh dealers
can make up to 500 week or more. No
experience necessary. Pleasant, profitable
dignified work, Write to-day.
W. T. RAWLEIGH CO.,
Dept. MD-4453,
sch l4-4tf Freeport, III
y Trees and ornamentals
We have an opening in this section for A
fall or part time representative Cash
com mission paid weekly.
TITUS NURSERY CO..
jHly lS-3t Wanesboro. Va.
FoR SALE Or. fresh cow ,.a calf
APPlytc ..
r. F. D. S.
jan 2-2t Rockville, Nd.
Two lots. 4.room bungalow.
Well Of seed water. garage and a young
sPchaSd,
ERVINE RcRErHs.
July +lm MOntross. Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08
nwelliuS House. Lot And
r,,pNITIrRE AT PRIVATE SALE

The house has 8 rooms, front n.v an falling linz
norches, large dry cellar nev iii in exs
we'll of water close in the rear, a tno acres
ceIient repair The lot comprises sa e% and
divided into spacious fertile eoI s and cherry
an orchard Of apple. peach, pear a an" I zoH
trees. The apple trees num 1e,;c So frui,
and like the others bear uo on
This property is located lm r,its nortSeast
the Avery road. about one HHe "O''"''''
of Rockville. ,y;,l he at home
The undersigned owner wiz III, Ue nd nt nrice
after July 10th and gladly SNOW anu U
the above named property 10 all '''4O'''''
Terms, cash. rpANK Cuttings.
july Aim
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-05-08

TOR SALE OR RENT,
A farm on the
outskirts Of Poolesvile, Montgomery coun-
ty, Nd; also dwelling house in Pooles-
vile for sale or rent
THOMAS HoSKINSON.
ep cost PsolesvilIs, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
u. S. ASKS RULING
!. ON POTOMAC LAND
Seeks Reversal of Decision
Which Gave Tidal Surface
to Virginia.

Counsel for the Federal Government
have just filed in the United States
Supreme Court the brief on which they
will base their argument that the Dis
trict of Columbia extends to the high
water mark on the Virginia shore when
the highest court hears the boundary
line case on April 13.
Although the litigation originated be-
tween the Smoot Sand g. Gravel Cor
poration and the Washington Airport,
Inc, the Government is interested in
final settlement of the question because
Of Federal improvements in progress on
the Virginia side of the river.
The Government brief asks that the
judgment rendered last October by the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals,
which held, in effect that the property
between the high and low water marks
on the Virginia side was within the
limits Of Virginia, be reversed. The
Government brief concluded with the
following statement:
1T is a matter Of common knowledge
that the Government has now in prog
resS and in prospect extensive projects
for the utilization and identification of
the land between low and high water
marks, similar in character and loca-
ton to the lands involved in this suit.
For this reason the contention that
these lands do not lie within the Dis
trict of Columbia and the exclusive
Jurisdiction of the United States pre-
sents a question of controlling interest
to the Government in connection with
the development of these projects
The Smoot Sand g. Gravel Corpora
ton was doing work on the Virginia
shore under a contract with the Gov
eminent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
T0DAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

Strictly Dishonorable, at
2:20 and $40 pm.
Gayety-"California Beauties" a
AIS and Sis pm.
CoIumbia-"Men Call 1t Love-" at
HAS am, las, 3:45, 5:45, 7;45 and
9:45 pm.
Palace-"It's a Wise Child" at 1850
am, 1908, 4:34, 7:17 and $50 pm.
Fox-"The Conquering Horde" at
l1:57 am, 2:24, 4:4l, 1885 and 9:52 p m
R-K-O Keith's-Lonely Wives" at
1881 am, 1881, 1881, 5:31, 7:3l and
9:31 pm.
Earle-"Kept Husbands" at 11:2O
am. 2, 4:35. 7:25 and 10 pm
RiaIto-"Drums Of Jeopardy" at 1850
am, / so, $3.50. $50, 7:50 and ESQ pm
MetropOlitan-'Dracula," at IL am,
12:4S, 1885. 4:24, 6:12, 8 and s:48 pm.
TivOIi-"Millie." at 2:2o, 4:1O, 5:55
7:45 and e:35 pm.
CentraI-"My Past" IL am. to II
pm.
Observation-Disclosures" at 5, 7:I5
and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01

Of the board Of 1ectureship OF the
Christ, Scientist. He was introduced by
Charles p. Rouse This lecture was I'M
der auspices of the four Christian
Science Churches of this city, The lee
turer said, In part:
I'm these troublous days Of world
wide fermentation there should be no
strife between Christian brethren. HUI
mainly is crying out for help. What
would be thought of life-savers who
were unable to launch a life-boat be-
cause of personal differences between
the men? Suppose one of the crew
should say, ct cannot possibly row in
the boat with So-and-so. He and I
haven't been speaking lately" And in
the meantime out in the sea, clinging TO
the wreckage, are those calling out for
deliverance. The consistent Christian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
SPEAKER HEARD HERE.
ON CHRIST HEALING.
"There Should Be No Strife Be-
tween Christian Brethren"
Says John Randall Dunn.

A lecture on Christian Science, 1.-THE
Restoration of Christ-Healing," was de-
livered last evening in Constitution Hall
by John Randall Dunn, C. S. B., of
Boston. Mass. Mr.. Dunn is a member
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
BLAZE ON POTOMAC
TAKES SECOND LIFE
Aubrey E. Amtower Dies at Cum
berland as Result Of
Cottage Fire.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md. April Am
brey z. Amtower, IS, second victim of
the Summer Cottage fire early Saturday
near Little Orleans, near the Potomac,
died Monday. Edgar William Nc
Cormick, 20, who died in the flames,
was buried yesterday. Amtower was Sc
verely burned about the head and body.
John Cage, %, and Sterling u. Van
pelt, 26, also burned, are improving.
Amtowers's last employment was with
the State Roads Commission. He lived
with his mother, Mrs. Ada v. Amtower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01

Brighton, England, received over $780,
900 last year in concessions for beach
chairs, booth sites and bathing tents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
(Cnnhinuanl

ADAM A. WEscHLER SON, Auctioneers.
OMITTED STATES MARSHALS SALE OF
DODGE SEDAN.
BY virtue of a writ of neri facias issued
out of the clerks once of the Supreme Court
rected, I will sell ut public sale, for cash. at
the Downtown Parking Garage. els g street
NV, washington, d. c.. at TEN OCLOCk
A M, ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL FIFTEENTH,
AID. 1881, one Dodge sedan, motor number
1O34463, seized and levied upon as the prop
erty Of the defendants Josephine OConnor
and VIM. A. OConnor, and sold to satisfy
Judgment at law, number l569-MC, IN
favor of Potomac Savings Bank of George
town, d. c.. q corporation.
EDGAR G. SNYDER,
United States Marshal in and
apl,l4 for the District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-01
ADAM A. wEsCHLER & SON, AuctiOneers

TRUSTEES SALE OF LIFE INTEREST IN
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IMPROVED
BY FRAME DWELLING, NO. i7S6 T
STREET NV
Court of the District of Columbia. passed in
trustee viii offer for sale by ggh lH1 aus C
THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL. 1891 At
THREE-THIRTY O'CLOCK PM, the fol-
lowing described interest in the land and
premises, situate in the District Of Column
biR. to wit: Life interest Of the defendant,
Emma Burwell. in said cause, In and TO
lot So IN square l52, improved as above.
Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance In
two equal installments represented BY
promissory notes OF the purchaser, payable
in one and two years, with interest at six
per cent per annum from day Of sale, pay
able mi-annually, secured by deed OF trust
upon the life interest to be sold, or all cash,
at option of purchaser. deposit OF $500
required Of purchaser at sale. All convey
ancing. recording and notartal fees at cost
of purchaser. Terms to be complied with
within thirty days from day Of sale. other
wise trustee reserves the right to resell said
life interest at risk and cost of defaulting
purchaser. after FIVE days advertisement Of
such resale in some newspaper published
in WASHINGTON, D. c.
FRANK B. HOFFMAN,
Suite 519, woodward Building,
mh30.d&ds, exSu Trustee.