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vol XLIX NEW PLANT FOOD Chayote Ffom Central America Now Grown in U. S. Is Related to Cucumber and Squash- Provides Excellent Fall and Early Winter Vegetable. Among the plant immigrants to tills country from Central America, the c-liayote promises to be one of the most satisfactory for use in the mild-win tered regions of the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast states and parts of Califor nia. The fruits and tubers of tlie chayote were among the principal foods of the Aztecs, Mayas and other peoplesprevious to the Spanish con quest of Mexico and Central America, and the vine 1 today is one of the prin cipal food plants of the inhabitants of these regions, where It occupies the po sition hortlculturally that the potato does In more northern districts. The chayote has been grown for more than a generation in restricted arjjas of the South, where it has been known vari- ously as vegetable pear, mirliton, and mango squash. The ehayote is related to the cucum ber and squash, although the fruits are not similar, /anging in color from dark green tojvory white and in size from those weighing a few ounces to fruits two pounds or more in weight. There are also tWide variations among the chayotes as to surface and shape. In the South the ehayote provides an ex cellent fall and early winter table vegetable, the period of fruiting ex tending from early October until frost. Owing to Its vigorous growth and prolific yield, a single vine in the garden or yard will produce more than enough chayotes for the average fam ily under favorable soil and climate conditions. Although the ehayote is used here chiefly as a vegetable, it also lends it self'to use as a forage crop, an orna mental vine, for greens, for producing blanched shoots which are used like asparagus tips, and as a straw which is used in making extra quality orna mental ts. hats and other arti cles. In preparing chayotes for the tatyle they are' usually cut crosswise Into thick slices, pared, and boiled un til tender in just enough salted water to cook theta. They may then be creamed or buttered and served. Be cause of Its delicate texture and mild fluvor the ehayote is especially desir able for use in salads. It is prepared as above described, cooled, and then served on lettuce leaves with mayon naise or French dressing. BLACKBIHOS FL.-,:;T OA FISH Make Raid 'On Trout Fishery Estab lished on an Estate In Scotland. Those who study nature find that age-long traits and habits are being In some cases modified and In others entirely changed. « The writer knows of a case where a bird has its habits changed by altered conditions. A trout fishery was established on an estate in Scotland. During certain seasons a large number of the fry or young trout are crowded together in Shallow ponds, as their inclination is to keei) together just where the water enters. One day a backblrd, drinking at one of these ponds, got hold of a young trout, probably accidentally, but found It was excellent feeding. A blackbird does not by habit get Its food from the Water, but tills particlar ont-, having tapped a new source of food supply re turned to It again and again. The following season this bird had by some means been able to Impart its newly-found knowledge to all tlie other blackbirds on the estate, and instead of one bird stenijng the young fish, all the birds got into the way of doing so! The owner had either to shoot ,the blackbirds or give up trying to rear trout. That an entire change of food Is not detrimental may be proved by the fact that many of the rows kept In Norway are fed on fish, yet who will say that a cow's teeth were made for dealing with a diet of this sort?— London Tit-Bits. Spirit Renamed at Death. During the life of a person In Luzon his spirit Is called Tako. After the death It receives a new name. It Is bel'eved to go about In a body Invis ible to the eye of man. yet unchanged in appearance from th# living person. *■* Tf a man becomes unconscious, the natives think a vengeful spirit has lured away the soul of the sick man and they hold the ceremony of "Call ing Back the Soul." Then they hold a big feast to which they invite all the spirits in oder to Induce them to bring back the sick man's soul. , A pronged - *ar Is supposed to pro tect the pe> ironi the ever vengeful Anlto, ©re - " 4 >irits, who are always waiting to t. one up on the trail, to cat him to fall and hurt himself or to kill him. —Detroit News. THE ALAMANCE GLEANER CAUGHT IN PASSING College professors, iu a way, ar% manicures of the mind. The old fellows may not attend, but they like to be Invited, A man is more apt than a woman to go crazy when he falls in love. \ woman is never seriously ill until she loses her Interest In romantic nov els. You can make a man weary by men tioning the weather every time you meet him. "Fortune lrnocks once," but misfor tune drops in frequently without knocking. The man u lyi never told n lie Is fool ish to risk spoiling his reputation by saying so. When a man gets up In the world a good reputation coines In handy as a pa rachute. Wise is the man who doesn't sign his name to a friend's note or his own love letters. Don't make yourself common; the world only .sits up and takes notice of the uncommon. The average woman's Idea of an hon est grocer is one who attends the same church she does. Nothing is better .'alctilntod to give a self-mad' man a jolt than a bii. of fare in French. A good memory is one that enables a man to forget the things lie does not care to recollect. Some people display the best of laste by cutting out originality from their conversation. A married man is glad that there is no place like home when it is filled with his wife's folks. Many a man who humbly speaks of his own insignificance gets mad if other people allude to it. Many a man gets a reputation for ue ing good-natured beciHise he is too lazy to stand up for his rights. What a miserable crowd of pes slmlsts we would be if we could see oui.-.elves as others see us. It may be better to be born luekj than rich, but the man who Is born rich Is lucky from the start. When you see a young man at'church every Sunday night It doesn't take a puzzle expert to find the girl. While you may know a spinster like a book, it Isn't nice to remind her of the fact that she is on the sholf. At the age of sixteen a girl knows a lot more about men than a man at ths age of sixty knows about women. There is no satisfactory reason for believing that a woman who is always "harping" will make a good angel. The woman who realizes she hai made some other woman jealous Is sat isfied that she hasn't lived la vain. It is unwise to Judge a man by the criticism of his enemies. Only his friends can properly denounce him. Public officials should be cheered when they do tin r duty. They n ?ed all the encouragement they can get. After piling up a fortune many a man can fee where the honesty oi other men was a good policy—for him. Don't cast your bread upon the wa ter today and expect it to come back In the form of sponge cake tomorrow. It Isn't until a bo; has celebrated his eighth birthday anniversary that h« begins to notice his father's ignorance, The Same Thing. When Mr. Wombat caine home and nrioui ed that he would have to can cel hia vacation plans Mrs. Wombat demanded to knmv whut was wrong. He explained that he couldn't leave business. Whereat sli • was, to put it mildly, peeved. "You put aside a thousand dollars for this trip, Uidn'i you?" "I did." "Here I nm expecting a trip to the seashore. You've got the money. And now y u say you can't leave business." "You take the $1,000," suggested Mr. Wombat calmly, "and buy some new clothes. do you as much good as a trip to the seashore.' Wool Growing Is Declining. T>ie production of sheep for wool alone Is rapidly on 'he wane In i.'e United States. More and more em phasis Is being placed on the produc tlon of lamb and mutton for the table, although only 3.7 per cent of the meat consumed by the average American for the last Ave years was lamb or mutton. Qualified. "We want a man for our Informa tion bureau," said the manager. "He must be a wide awake fellow and ac customed to complaints." "That's me," replied the applicant. Tin the father of twins."—Cornell Widow. Cradit for Their Servlca. World war veterans, applying for pos.lions with the government, are allowed five point? ,n the civil servlca examinations, while disabled ex-serv ice men are given a credit of ten points. Hollow Words and Empty. First Critic —I'oet liudd lrslsts that he writes be«t with an empty stomach. S-vr.&.l Critic—Judging from bis poems, I would say they were also wrltt/a vlfh an frnpty head. GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 29, 1923 Keeping In Pace With The World f Every inteligent man or woman wants to know what is going on, not only in the neighborhood but all over the world. There is only one wsy to find out. That is through the Newspaper 1 The Newspapers contain not only news, but the sayings and writings of the world's masters in politics, business, science, literature, art, music. The Newspaper is at once a friendly; gossip and the best of all educators. ! 1 * ' i 1 t Whatever else you read— READ THE NEWSPAPERS! For or local information consult your local newapaper or write to the Secretary of the North Carolina Preaa Association, • Morganton, N. 0, . EVIL EFFECTS OF HASHISH BLIND FIDDLER IS WISE MAN Acts on Nervous System In Various ! P «y cholo 3y Teaches Him Where to Way., Which Differ According Pla * to u Get Cokl * From to the Individual. . 'the Public. The Arabs call a man who Indulges '• In the drug hashish a "hashash," the j plural of which is "hnshha*h»en." A I band of Moslem fanatics •wh flour ished In the Eleventh and Twelfth J centuries and devoted themselves to murdering secretly the enemies of the prophet used to fortlfv themselves with hashish for their desperate deeds. I Tlies came to be known as "hashash- een"—hence the English word "as- i sassln." Hashish acts on the nervous system In various ways, wl'.-h differ accord- | Ing to the individual and the strength of the dose. A sirfall dose produces gayety, a larger one hallucinations, de lirium and catalepsy. An average doge induce* a 'irenmy state, whop the indulger peonies the sport of rapidly shifting ..leas. T' ° habit ual "hashash" can 'rarely i 't his thoughts, his memory goes nnd he Is prone to cv -.ous errors of perception. Herodotus records that the Scythians burned the seeds of hemp during the purification ceremonies thnt took place after a death and that 'he became lntp-:!cated by the fumes Detroft News. Makes Reinarkaole D.scovc-'^s, The mechanical eye of the aviator's camera is s.dding materially to our j knowledge of prehistoric man. Primi tive disturbances of the soil may have disappeared so completely as to leave no trace whatever 01 he surface, and yet are plainly visiblt *roui an airship. 1 i.e so-called "Avenue," leading from j tK- famous monuments of Stonvhenge, in .ir Salisbury, England, has now been traced as far as the Itlver Avon by means of aerial photographs and later verifications made by pedestrians. It Is now believed that the stones were j taken from the I'res eily hills In I'e. i-1 biokeshire and brought by sea up the' Itiver Avon to a point near Stone •nge, where they were taken over land to Stonehenge by means of a new ly discovered avenue which follows tin- gentlest slopes up from the river. —Popular Mechanics Magazine. Scours Is Most Common Cause of Calf Troubles There are a few common diseases of young calves which must be guarded •gainst and treated Immediately 11 de- i tected. Scours Is probably the most ; common cause of trouble. There are two kinds. One, the white scours, Is j caused by an Infection of the navtfl 1 soon after birth and Is almost Incur able. The calf is taken very sick soon after birth, the eyes become sunken and ths calf dies within a comparative- j ly few hours after showing the first symptoms. The best means of combat to prevention. Disinfect the jmU re stall and premises thoroughly and dis infect the navel of the calf at birth. The other is oidlnary scours caused by Indigestion brought on by overfeed ing or giving sour, old or dirty milk or using dirty buckets. This may be pre vented to a great extent through care ful feeding. The chance* ."or recovery ars fairly good If the case Is taken In tims, but the calf will receive a seri- ' °us set-back and will likely be under- j •toad (or a long Jme. It Is the fad to talk psychology these days, but few put It to such practlcul use us does one blind fiddler. Somebody told him thut a well known violinist was to give a recital at one of the large concert hulls. A huif hour before the recital, Just as the early birds were arriving, the old fiddler chose the curb In front of con cert hall for a recital of his own. He unpacked his well-worn Instru ment, dropped his shabby olack hat and started his repertoire. "The Last Hose of Summer" was followed by "When You and I were Young, Mag gle," "The Old Oaken Bucket," and others of the same school. The enthusiastic crowd grew so large pedestrians had dlfllculty In pars ing, say?, the New York Sun and Ulolie. As time for the recital Inside the ball urew near, the crowd regularly dis persed, but not without first filling the old hat with bilk and coins. Nobody knew what the old fiddler muttered as he packed up his fiddle and went on his .way. Maybe it was "They know good music when they henr It." But Just as likely It may have been "You've got to know when and where to catch 'era." Queer Probation Suit In India. Twin babies of un>''|ii:il sree .ire t'ie stnrtlng point of a unique probation suit. A rich Indian merchant. Dev karan Nanji, died leaving his fortune to Ms innle children, of which he had several by bis first wife. His second wife, a young Indian woman of thlrtv. gave birth to twins sonn after her refinement, while traveling In a train from Bombay to Bnroda. It was given out that the twin* were a boy and a girl, and the widow Immediately en tered a claim for a share of the for tune on behalf of her son. The ap parent difference In the ages of thj children, however, aroused suspicion among the other heirs, and It is now alleged that the woman exchanged one of the twins, both of which were girls, for a boy haby from n foundling asy lum. The case Is In the courts. World's Onion Seed. In Santa Clara valley, ("al., on the lowlands the world's onion seeds are produced. The seed Is not, of course, employed for edible purposes. Inas much a* they are allowed to grow un- j til they are fnr 100 "old" for such nse, i Nearly 20,0*50 acres of land are used I In the culture of the product. It Is reported th at one cultlvatry has under way a process whereby the stalks can be made Into paper, much as wood- ! pulp has been for many years. About i rtat-car'oads of *talks 'ire turned i out each year. Turpentine Is Superior Remedy for Wormy Pigs Wormy pigs usually have good up petites and eat a great deal tfut are poor and do not grow fat. The hair •f the pig looks rough and does not | have a shiny gloss, and the pigs are I usually "pot bellied." Turpentine U ths most economical and convenient remedy, one teaspoonful for each 10C pounds live weight This should b« administered In milk or slop and the dose should be repeated dully for three consecutive days. FIRST SUBWAY IN LONDON Enormous Difficulties Experienced In Construction of Unde' ground Railway Opened In 1863. In October, 1800, London's first un derground railway was approaching completion, but It was not - ntll Janu ary 10, 180.'i, tliat the first nn's»nger train ran. Enormous difficulties were experienced during contraction. The third-class passengers~fraveld. in trucks, but the llrst-clr. s carriages were lofty and comfortable. The car riages held ten persons, and were light ed by gas. TUey were enough to allow u tall man to stand " earing his silk bat. Sir William Hardman, In Mid Victorian l'epys" (Cecil Palmer), de scribes the first time he his wife to visit "The Drain," as the m w Un derground was called. "It goes very smoothly and rapidly," he writes; "It feels very safe and quiet. I am spirited away to Bays water before I know we have started. The only dlfllculty Is not to pass your station, for the stations are all pre cisely alike, without any distinctive features of surrounding strs-ts or country to guide you, and If you i re not carefully looking out you .ire car ried farther than you Intende- j go." Six Stock Salesmen to Avoid. The Northwestern ISanki r (De*i Moines) puts a deal of good advice Into small compass when It tells It" readers that the nix stock salesmen for the Inventor to avoid ore: The man who tells you how stock holders In similar concerns became rich over night. The man who wants to help you li "keeping the contract away from Wall Street." The man who talks ahout the "trans ferablllty" of stock. The man who says that the atock will later be ".listed on the exchange." The man who wants you to buy be ratine "the price IK surely going up." The inan whose chief selling points nre letters of recommendation from 'leading citizens." Shop Talk. There was a new aft ndant at Km spiritualistic circle, and he hud for merly been employed In a big drnperv shop. The fact come to light when a cli ent requested him to tell the medium that sho wished to speak with a Mr. Green. "Certainly, madam," said the attend ani. "Can you give me his Chris Hon name?" "I'm afraid I've forgotten It, but ho died quite a short time ago." The attendant cleared his ttimn and approached the medium, "l'leaw* show the lady some of the latere ahades of Greens," he *ill Tha Victim. "Tea, my 'ushand's laid np, a vic tim of football." "But I dldnt know 'e ever placed the game." M 'E doesn't. 'E sprained 'ls lar nx at the match last Sai.ird'iy!"—The Passing Show (London). Tha Snow*ho« Qllde. "Are you from the Far North?" "No, why do you ask?" "You dance as If you had "nowshoei on."--Bartmouth Jack o' I.tntern. HEADLtc'S HORSEMAN RIDES Ghost Goes Forth Nightly In Sleapjr Hollow in Search of Head L.oct in Battle. i 'Die graveyard of the old Dutch church. Tarrytown, N. Y., is described i>y Washington Irving at the beginning of the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," I "On the Tappan Zee there lies a small market town or rural port known by | the name of Tarrytown. Not far from this village there Is a little valley I which is one of the quietest spots In | the world. A small brook glides I through It, with Just murmurs enough | o lull one to repose." The enchanted region of Sleepy Hol ; IOW Is haunted by the apparition of a llgure on horseback, who in a mythical I battle had lost his l.end. "Certain of the more authentic his torians," continues the author, "allege j that Ihe body of the trooper having been buried In the churchyard, the rides forth to the scene of ba- ile In nightly quest of his heati, and lliut (he rushing si>-.ed with wM'U be I sometimes pusses along the Ilollow Is i owing to his being in a hurry to get i >ack to the churchyard before day i break." j Just below the bridge Hows Iho | brook, and near ilip church bridge I Ichnbod Crane had Ids terrifying en | counter with the headless horseman.— Detroit News. HEAR MOANS IN MOUNTAINS Peculiar Sounds Heard in the Chilean Andes—Peak in England Screams. A deep note to be heard at certain , seasons of the year proceeding from j the mountain of El lirainadof, In the j Chilean Andes is one of the weirdest sound# in tin; world. Ir. former dujs rh«- natlvew listened to it with «upcr- | btitious fear, while even a white man, j hearing It for the first time, Is startled j at the mountain's "po-.rers." j Another curious mountain exists In I Nevada, I hough this one usually giveo 1 ■ 11 a note resembling at first tli ! „ uglinis «f bolls, and ending with a I oeep, organ-Mice swell. In bptli cases the sounds are due t-> n peculiar formation of the earth, | vulch under certain condition* of weather allows the gepurate particles 10 rub agu riit each other and so pro duce- uncut .jy effect*. In Kngland is u mountain which | 1 owls In such a way that formerly It vus supposed to be the haunt of de mons. Thii Is Cross Full, In West moreland, where local conditions pro duce a gule with several peculiarities, j including an awe-inspiring scream that at times can be heurd for miles. A Chagrined Sea Fighter. Outside the harbor of Charlotte Amalie, on the coast of St Thomas ; Island, a huge r ck looms out of the ! sea. !4ull Ti.« U it 1h called, and It bears a sta illnr; . •semblance to a sl.p. As I gazed upon It, says Mr. A. Ilyutt ' Verrill In his book "In the Wake of the Buccaneers," I could not blame the bellicose captain of a French frigate who a century and more ago sighted the rock rfTTo night and, mistaking It for a privateer, ran close and h died It. No r> poiise came back. Again he halled, and as still no response came ho , lazed a broadside at the shadowy ; mass. Back came the echoing thunder | of the cannonade, anl the rebounding 1 nhot. falling on the frigate's deck, con | "Inced the Frenchman that the prlva ! teer was returning li.h fire. For hours the brittle raged; the I French ganners poured broadside after H.'jadslde at the massive cliff. Not; ' i ntll day dawned did the deluded com- ] r,lander ef the frlpate discover Ida \ Mistake. Then, cres a.len and mortl- ] fled, he crept away, i avlng Sail IU k i unscathed and triumphant.—Youth's Comnanlon Why He Was Late. Flnttenflat, arrived home lat* frim the oll'iaaijiu.d Ids wife was not the sort of woman to let a thing like that pa:s unnotired. "Why didn't you catch the 7:.Tfl train home tonlgiit, Herbert?" she de-, mnnded. " Well, you see, dear," replied Her- ! h'-rt, "I asked a porter front who h platform my train started, and he if I turned to the left I'd be rlgtit." "Well, didn't you 7" "Unfortunately, no. my dear!" re plied her hui'and. "A ilttle mistake on my part. I turned to the right and was left 1" > The Big Item. Hill, the rhaufTeur, had »o much dash that a certain magnate on the block ""cld»d to secure hia service*. This gen teman went t» 15111 and made w at he evidently considered a bril liant offer. Safd he: "I'll pay you f2OO a month." ".reatly to hla surprise. Bill heai tated. "Why, thnt's a splendid salary for a chauffeur." "Maybe..so," responded BIU. "It all depends." "On what?" q , "Do I pay my own flnes7" iI.L « NO. 43 TRACES CA-TOON TO HOLLAND Charlaa Dana Gibson Says Thla Form of Art Originated Thar* in 18t8. In the modern sense, the eartoeM originated in Holland, stimolateU the revolution of ICSB. say* Charles Dana Gibson la the Mentor. Fvagi ther» it migrated to England and' th»ao fouftd fertile and congenial soil. The most significant cartoons of the Eight eenth ceniary were directed »r«'nst the "bubble mania," the speca.attvfe madness engineered by the South Jea company in London. Cartoraa s=neh as tlie famous one picturing fortune riding In a car driven by folly, v era i displayed In London shop windows and Influenced the art of Hogarth, who is acoepltd ar the father of the modern carl >>n. Following Hi garth came Ito%lunds>n, who debated himself ta social satire, and James tJilray, wha stirred public opinion against Na poleon. Benjamin Frankiln was the first t American cartoonist. His wort wa? crude; still it Inspired the colonist*, i His most famous cartoon was that ot a snake cut up into sections and named after the thirteen colonies. Under thla cartoon we-t* the words "Unite or "Ma." America's first g. _\U sartor nlst, | Thomas _\'ast, was the nrodu -* of the i Civil war and for year afterward ha continued to 2nfl' i-nce . 'blic opinion. It wj\s Nr st w*io nail drove 'kc* i Tweed out of New Yc ; great cartoonist of t *at period w_ | Tcnnlel, who drew the reverent and splendid "The Nation Mourning st Lincoln's Bier," printed n Punch .ast after the death of the mart .ed pr-al ! dent. - Following Nast cnme Keppler, Wtor anil Gilliam. Rogers, Wnlker and I'ar ford, followed Li y r -t. *.ho l.ayo given the American var.oon a nenniir it plnce In ou -atlonil histo. . ■-* Fachions in V/ive* Vary. > 1 | Fashions in wives are not quit# a* 1 capricious u> fashions In clothe*-* 1 they vary with dec. les Ins, ad of wltlj ' 1 se-aui Lt wi sn'. long ago 'aat the "as! tray ». ifo" was the most ap 1 proved .uodcl oi" ff beth" Immortalize* iier in "The *>rv ' vr lers," we rerne . er. "Indi v ; I perfect woman do >s not talk at. r 11. | Who wants to hear her? All that wm 1 j ask of her Is that she shall 1 '«n la tell'gently wh i w wl.- h, for j _.-it>ig% j to tell about our own ihouf.i's 1 | that she should be t wl en ! want anything. Sur> ly this not muck to ask. Matches, : -Ji trav.. .tn4 *D«*a | wife snould Otf, »o to »i>ea ~ un every "j table; and i -natntalii that the parfect ■ wife copies the conduct of the matc/tes • ] and the ash trays, and combines VeJig use''il wit; b"lng da; ;b. i'ROFF.SSIOyAL CARDS i J. B. BALL, D. C. CHIROPWAtiOit liNervotia aih! Chronic Disease, IiUitLL.O i'ON, N. 0. I office: Over Jliw .Mice Kowland'a Ktere. I I'elepliiiae*: Olllce. Holdeuct. 1U» L(;VItK H. KEKNOULg, Attorn«y-ai-Law, GKAIIAM, N . C. Atuoclau a wlln John J. Header•»■. i Office over 'wuoual m .Ham nice THO.vi/tS i>. Attorney and Cuuaicilor-at-Lavr, BURLINGTON, N. C, AizjiliXt 1 with W. S. Coulter, No;. 7 iuJ H Fit,,. Narional Bank L-ii/g. S. C SI 00i\, Jr., XI. D. (jI'UL J.U, C. once ovur Ferreli Dru i 'v lit urn: 2 tu '!. ami 7 toy o. m , hucl b> appmi!' tuotil. I'M., .f :»7' GUAIIAM HA aiDEiM, iVL D. BuilliiQion, iM. C. Olllce Hours: U to 1' a. m. and oy appo.ir i n;nt "rtic Over Acnu L'rug Co. j TeleyhoiiesS Office 11(1- >esid. re ÜB4 JOHN J. dEN EASON Attorney-at U N GRAHAM. C. i Sfllec over National Bankol Alamanc • i-, s. co c Attorney-Nt- Lam* | t \ HAM, --- - NO tiiSoe rtiiter- n dldlng .•.**'H»ud y >t. . , .j i;-:.WTLL uis, . . DENTIST J I | - NanuCarsllia jKKICfc IN PARIS BUILIINQ *
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