The Ala
Gleaner.
VOL. XXXIII.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1907.
NO. 33
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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Graham. - - - - North Carolina
OFFICE in SIMMONS BUILDING
JACOB A. LONO. J. EMSR LONG.
LONG & LONG,
Attorney" and Ctraiwelore ot Law,
GRAHAM, H. "
T. S. O OOZEE,
Attorn.y-nt-Law,
GRAHAM, - - - - N. C.
Offloe Patterson Building.
SeooDd Floor. .....
C A. HALL,
ATTOBNET AND OOUNSELLOB-AT-LAW,
GRAHAM, N. C.
Office in the Bank of Alamance
Balding, op stain.
IOH5 0KAT hTWPK. W. P. BTHUM, Ju.
BY 8 VM & BYNUM,
Attorney, and Counselor at Law
(i iiteENHBORO, M (J.
Practice regularly In the eonrta of Alh
nance county. - - " " . - An. 2, 84 ly
ROB'T C. STEUDWICK
Attorney -at-Law,
GREENSBORO Jf. C.
Practices in the courts of Ala
mance and Guilford counties.
HOLUSTER'S
Uocky Mountain Tea Nuggets
A Buy Mediouw tat Buy People.
Sringi Golden Health and Bramrti Vigor.
A uneclflo for Constipation, Indigestion, Lire
end Kidney Trouble., Pimple, Ec7emn, Impure
Blood, Bad Breath, Sluttish Bowela, Headache
and Backache. It'. Bncky Mountain Tea in tab.
let form, 85 ont. a box.- Gpnuine mado by
Eouutib Dana Compakt, HadisoayJVi.
GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE
roiEiisiiixiizYCDrvE
skes Kidneys sad Bladder Bight
MEDICAL SUPERSTITION.
Outlandish Practice. Still Prevail
In
Part, of Germany.
All sorts of outlandish medical
ideas and practices are to be found
in active prevalence in the marsh
lands of the Wesnr. north f
I merhaven, and in the Luneburir
heath, a barren region between the
Elbe and Aller, in Germany.
In both of thlWA fHatri.fo ,
. - ,wv.VO
! tOUCn of A mnue'a Vianil ic :n
garded as a curative of many local
J ills. In the Wesermarsch the prao-
u meal secreuy into the room
where the dead person is laid out
and with the dead hand stroke the
afflicted part. In the Luneburg
heath the application is especially
used as a cure for warts and for
cramps in the stomach.
Less grewsome is the remedy for
hernia Btill applied in the marsh
country. On the night of St. John
the Baptist's day, June 24, the pa
tient must be dragged through the
split of a cleft ash tree. Three men
bearing the first name of John
must perform the operation, and it
must Be conducted in dead silence.
Some of the cures depend, on the
contrary; upon verbal formulas. For
hiccough the sufferer must cross
a little wooden footbridge over a
stream an easy matter in the
marsh lands with their many drain
age ditches. As he crosses he must
repeat the nursery rhyme :
Snip-op un lk gungen ober dat .teg
Snik-op hit herln un lk gung weg
This bit of dialectic German may
be translated:
Hiccough and I went over the bridge;
I went on. Hiccough fell In the ditch.
For erysipelas a fire is lighted
and a pinch of ashes from it is rub
bed on the skin to the accompani
ment of a saying to the effect that
the ashes and the sore went over the
Red sea together, the ash came
back, but the sore never again. Nu
merous other sayings supposed to
have the force of charms, usually
when uttered simultaneously with
some action, are quoted. The Lune
burger, for instance, who has warts
makes the sign of the cross on the
warts while gazing at the crescent
moon, saying, "What I see, that I
win: what I wash, that disappears."
It rhymes in the German dialect.
Sometimes the formula is not
spoken. The Wesermarsch 'folk
have a saying which they write on
a slip of paper when any one has
fever. Then they burn the paper.
The Luneburgers have no formula,
but they write .the name, year of
At MefoaLiie, N. C. Saltoday, OdofocF 12, att 2 'Clock
One of these Lots Will be Given Away Free
We will sell 80 beautiful residence lots regardless of price. This property is quite near to and west of the newGraded School and
iS feotS islS totof ffnaSf Sn&htSts on a wide street Mebane is destined to be a great man
PE?L MaSunbSof Ptonitoe Factories and one of them is one of the largest in the State, anf others are
Bf actamg town lZtZtnderea.t aemand for dwellings. A fine place to buy a lot and build a home to
being built. There are no S,", anj there is alsoafine large new Graded School near this property,
to educate.your children SSrtiSit thereso it is a good place to live in andhaye
a home. lnere are two uweu chance to buy a lot cheap and start nght. Real estate is the safest
aXu?eT mvem this, athisWrty is bound to increase
in value and make you big money.
Don't Forget That One-iLot Will be Given Away Free.
: ' feebfeeight and twelve months. 5 per cent.discount for cash. .
Remember the date and tlme-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th, AT TWO O'CLOCK.
MEBANE REAL, ESTATE & TRUST COMPANY,
E. M. ANDREWS, 'Manager of Sale.
birth and WHiplace ol the sTok per
son in a lonely place three nights
running. Other remedies for fever
consist in swallowing spiders or dust
filed from a church bell.
When a tooth comes out the loser
must throw it backward over his
head. JJair combings must not be
thrown out of the window, because
the birds might get them and fly
away with them. In that case the
person who was separated v from
them would speedily become bald. -Allgemeine
Zeitung.
Thophll. Gauti.r.
In spite of his exceptional
strength and the magnitude of his
desires, Gautier was a dreamer,
strayed into the midst of a restless,
implacable civilization which rush
ed past him and over him and trod
him under foot, while he, uncon
scious of the fact, made no com
plaint. "Poor Theol" he sometimes
exclaimed, and we, his friends, knew
what depths of unspoken suffering
were compressed into that cry. He
lived in a wortd of dreams far away,
so far away indeed that he was
aware the fantastic existence he had
imagined was not to be realized
upon our earth and therefore made
the best of the indifferent circum
stances in which he was forced to
live. "Literary Recollections,"
Maxime du Camp.
Beauty Everywhere.
The remotest corner of the globe
is full of wonder and beauty. The
laziest bank in the world, away from
towns, where no artists do congre
gate, upon which no farm laps,
where no vines hang their cooling
clusters, nor flowers spring, nor
grass invites the browsing herd, is
yet spotted and patched with moss
of such exquisite beauty that the
painter, who in all his life should
produce one such thing, would be
a roaster in art, an immortal in
fame, and it has the hair of 10,000
reeds combed over its brow, and its
shining sand and insect tribes might
win the student's "lifetime. God's
least thought is more prolific than
man's greatest abundance. Henry
(Ward Beecher.
Road Exhibit at Jameetown Fair.
At the Jamestown exposition the
state of Connecticut, through Its high
way commissioner, J. II. MncDonuld,
proposes to have a complete exhibit
showing the Connecticut plan of. high
way Improvement, Including n dlspluy
of the material used In mud' building
In that state.
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JOHNSON GRASS.
Tertiary Root Stock. Bore Down te a
, Great Depth.
The difficulty of eradicating Johnson
grass on some farms Is that on corn ot
sotton land poorly cultivated during
the early growing season, particularly
on corn Innd, which Is never cultivated
so carefully as cotton land, the grass
Is not killed, but Is allowed to grow up
luxuriantly after cultivation has ceas
ed. In thl soft soil after cultivation
has stopped a large top Is soon pro
duced, the plant flowers and matures
seed, and these tertiary rootstocks
bore down to a great depth and de
velop to a large diameter.
Experimental Results.
An experiment was conducted on the
farm of J. J. Harrison, Columbus,
Tex., which Illustrates clearly the
greater ease with which Johnson grass
can be killed where It has attained but
Blight rootstock development as com
pared with cases where the rootstocks
penetrate deeply. A large body of land
was thoroughly infested with Johnson
grass. A fence was run across one sec
tion of this land In the spring of 1903,
and the worst part of the field was
turned Into a meadow. Hay was mown
on this meadow for three years, and In
the- latter part of the season of 1006
the land was pastured. On the other.
side of the .fence cotton was grown for
two years, and In 1005 it was planted
to corn.
Field Planted to Cotton.
In the spring of 1900 the fence was
removed, and the whole field was
brolcnn in a body again and planted to
cotton. This whole section was thickly
set In Johnson grass. In the part which
bad been cultivated to corn the root
stocks hod penetrated very deeply,
while In the part which had been pas
tured they were very near the surface.
The rows were run at right angles to
the old fence line, and both portions of
the field were cultivated the same num
ber of times. On the land which had
been previously In meadow the John
son grass was completely killed out
and bad disappeared long before tbo
cultivation ceased. On the land which
was In corn In 1005 little or no bead
way was made in destroying the grass.
J. 8. Gates.
. Facts About Asparagus.
Asparagus plants or roots can be
grown from seed In any good ordinary
soil If well enriched and thoroughly
prepared by plowing or spading. They,
however, succeed best in deep, sandy
loam.
As the shell of the seed Is very hard
and germination somewhat slow, It la
thought advisable to cover seeds with
hot (not boiling) water and leave tbem
to soak until cool, repeating this once
or twice, when they should at once be
sown, says a writer In Gardening.
Owing to the slow germination ot
seeds and slow growth of young plants
great care should be taken that the lat
ter are not choked with weeds, and
aside from this danger the growth of
these or of any young plants Is greatly
assisted by frequent shallow cultlva
tlon.
It Is generally advised by writers
that plants should bo thinned to two
or three Inches, but I do not do this
unless by accident the drill has sown
more seed than I Intended, nor do I
think It Is now customary with large
growers.
One ounce of seed will sow about
sixty feet of drill and produce from 200
to 800 plants.
The Boll Weevil.
We are naturally apprehensive lest
the boll weevil destroy a large part of
the cotton planted In Texas and Loui
siana this summer. From all parts of
the infested district reports come of
the hibernating weevil appearing In un
usual numbers and finding plenty of
young cotton leaves to feed on. Egg
laying will not begin until squares
form, but we know that the pests can
wait long for this; Texas Farm and
Ranch.
Marketing Swine.
As one swine grower puts It, It la
thoroughly advisable to market swine
at any early age, because the first hun
dred pounds Is procured at an excep
tionally low cost. But the second hun
dred pounds Is 80 per cent higher and
the third nearly doublo that of the
first
Among Her Favorites.
At a reception given to a musical
celebrity in New York a rather flashily
dressed - woman elbowed her way
through the throng surrounding htm
and claimed his attention.
"Professor," she said, "do tell me
the name of some good piece of clas
sical music for the piano. I am so
tired of bearing my daughters play
what everybody else plays."
"Well, madam,'' responded the "lion"
of the evening, slightly taken aback.
but retaining his good humor, "sup
pose you try let me see Eolfe's "Opus
97.' "
"I am. glad you mentioned that, pro
fessor," she rejoined, with enthusiasm.
"It there Is anything In the world I am
fond of. It Is oposesr
Our Friends' Friends.
Nnthlns- astonishes US. as rale,
mm than the friend, of OUT friends.
We Invariably look upon tbem with
suspicion and wonder, especially when
we bave beard a great deal about
them, in what their attraction can pos
slbly consist-London Ladles' Field,
Able For the Rest
William, were you ever whipped at
school V queried the visitor.
"Only by the teacher," waa the rath
er significant reply. Chicago News.
Tbo population of the world averages
100 women to every 100 men.
Spanish Peanut..
The only province In Spain where
peanuts are produced Is Valencia.
There are two different sorts, one con
taining two nuts probably known in
America as Spanish peanuts and the
other containing three or four nuts,
known In England as "gluuu." The
first class Is by far the most common
and cheapest
Eollpeea.
Solar ecllpxes were noted by the
Egyptians as fur back as 001 B. C. The
first eclipse recorded In history was of
the moon by 1'tolemy, who gives it' as
taking plnco March 10, 721 B. a
Thanksgiving.
The Thanksgiving proclamation was
originated by Sir Francis Bernard,
captain general am! governor In chief
In and over his majesty's province of
Massachusetts Bay. It was Issued Nov.
4, 1707, niul the form then used has
been substantially adhered to ever
since.
Reindeer Skin.
The skin, of the reindeer Is so Im
pervious to the cold that any one cloth
ed In such a dress, with the addition
of a blanket of the same material, may
bear the Intenscst rigors of on arctic
winter's night
Cyolopoan Building.
The best examples of cyclopean
building are at Baalbec. There are
stones In the Baalbec walls thirty feet
above the level, several of which are
sixty feet long, twenty-four feet thick
and sixteen broad, each stone weighing
over 2,000 tons, nil cut, dressed and
brought from distant quarries.
Deaf Mute Inetruetlon.
The first mention of the instruction
of a deaf mute is In the writings of
Beds, about 685. A Spanish Benedic
tine monk, Pedro de Ponce, taught the
deaf and dumb about 158a
Coeoanut Trees.
The coeoanut tree Is the moot valua
ble of plants. Its wood furnishes
beams, rafters and planks; Its leaves,
umbrellas and clothing; Its fruit, food,
oil, Intoxicants and sugar; Its shells,
domestic utensils; Its fibers, ropes, sails
and matting, ,
Mustard Cures.
Mustard la the nearest approach to a
universal cure-sn. Few pains will not
give way before a mustard plaster, and
a wide range of internal inflammations
from colds and other causes may be
stopped by Its timely application. It Is
the first and best resort In threatened
pneumonia, congestion of the lungs or
determined colds on the chest
White Ants.
The termites, or white ants, steal and
store grain. As much as five bushels
of grata bare been taken from a single
nest
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Other Insect. In Ant.' Neets.
It Is certain that ants Intentionally
function the residence of certain In
itects In their nests. This Is the case,
for Instance, with the curious ' blind
beetle, clavlger, which Is absolutely de
pendent upon ants. It even seems to
Lave lost the power of feeding Itself.
At any rate. It Is habitually fed by the
ants, who supply It with nourishment;
as they do one another.
Trivial.
"Trivial" Is derived from the Latin
for three ways and means the petty
gossip of the crossroads.
Hindoo Girl..
Every Hindoo girl Is a wtfe or a wid
ow at. fourteen. Girls bave actually
been married before they were a year
old, and from four to six yean they
very commonly cease to bo single.
Eight is a marriageable age, and twelve
is the maximum, except In a few dis
tricts. Ollv. Oil.
Two tablespoon fu Is of pure olive oil
Is said to contain more nourishment
than a pound of meat or a cupful of
butter and, being In a stage of natural
emulsion, is digested promptly, mak
ing blood, fat and weight
Women In Burma.
It Is a remarkable faet that Burma
differs from almost all other oriental
countries In the freedom accorded to Ms
women. They stand In every way al
most on an equality with men. Girls
share equally with boys In all inherit
ance.
An Old Marriage Notloe.
There were some very candid per
sons In the time of George II. In 1781
the Gentleman's Magaslne announced,
"Married, the Bev. Mr. Roger Wain
of York, about twenty-six years of age.
to a Lincolnshire lady upward of
eighty, with whom be Is to have 8,
000 In money, 300 per annum and a
coach and four during his life only."
Fasting Animals.
Animals are often able to bear very
protracted fa.trhg. In the Italian earth
quakes of 1705 two bog were burled
In the ruins of a building. They were
taken out alive forty-two days later,
bnt very lean and weak.
Public Horse Baths.
In Guadalajara, Mexico, there are
public horse baths, where the animals
thoroughly enjoy swimming after the
day's heat and dust After the bath
the horses are given a thorough scrub
bing and rubdown In the shallow,
shady psrt of the pool.
OAST'
Bern Ike ' yells Kind to HlW tlwifl tHt
Igaefcue
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APIA'S! AW A.l AnKllAljatJIJtlVUUUUIAltA.t--.l AJf-V-' , -
Does Your
Heart Beat
Yes. 100,000 times each day.
Does it send out good blood
or bad blood? You know, for
good blood Is good health;
bad blood, bad health. And
you know precisely what to
take for bad blood Ayer's
Sarsaparilla. Doctors have
endorsed it for 60 years, n
One frequent cane ef had bleed le a electa)!
liver. Thie produce. eoMtlpellon, FoImhuki
Mhtune.i ere then atMOrbwd Into the bloo&
Keep Uie bowela open with Ajn" rill.
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