VOL. L
OLDEST LIGHT IN
UNITED STATES
Chaplain's Interesting Facts
About Sandy Hook.
The military post of Fort Hancock,
N. J., is situated' on Sandy Hook, a
sandy peninsula about a half mile in
width and extendi!*? five miles north
from the mainland of New Jersey.
West of the peninsula He Hook
bay and the Navesiflk riven To the
dftst is the Atlantic ocean. The north
yend of Sandy Hook pointy straight
across Ambrose channel to Coney is
land. Sandy Hook was first surveyed
In 1085, and at that time was only
one-fourth its present size. More than
half the present population of Fort
Hancock is living on ground which,
previous to 1784, was the bed of the
ocean. Chaplain William R. Arnold
has prepared an article for the Unit
ed States Array Recruiting News, tell
ing the history of the fort. He says:
"Before 1778, Sandy Hook was con
nected with the highlands of Navesink
tiy a narrow Isthmus wldch separated
Sandy Hook bay from the Navesink
and Shrewsbury rivers, wliich had at
that point mingled their waters and
flowed into the Atlantic ocean through
Shrewsbury Inlet between what are now
the towns of Highland and Seabrldge.
Thirty years later the river broke
through the isthmus and emptied into
Sandy Hook bay, allowing the ocean
waves to throw up a bar across
Shrewsbury Inlet.
River Mads Changes.
"The mouth of the Shrewsbury river
changed back and forth between ocean
and bay at Intervals of twenty or thir
ty years until finally railroad and
government engineers built a stone
dyke nearly four miles long, which
compels the Shrewsbury to run paral
lel to the ocean for three miles at an
average distance of 300 feet and final
ly to empty Into Sandy Hook bay less
than fifty paces from the ocean shore.
A bath house, erected at this point,
gives its patrons a choice between salt
water and fresh water, with temper
atures varying from eight to ten de
grees. jl
"Sandy Hook was discovered by
Henry Hudson on Sept. 4, 1609. The
title to the lands is derived from
Charles 11, king of England, who, dis
regarding the rights of the Dutch In
New Netherlands, granted 'to his
brother James, duke of York, and
Richard Nlcholls, the region extending
from the Connecticut river to the Del
aware. The United States govern
ment made Its first purchase of land
for military purposes In 1807. Addi
tional purchases In 1817, and finally
in 1892 brought the entire Sandy Hook
peninsula into possession of the gov
ernment. . ~ -
Guards Hudson River.
"In 1890 the government built Fort
Hancock as an Important' part of the
coast defense protecting New York
city and guarding the entrance to the
navigable waters of the Hudson river.
The ruins of an unfinished older fort,
dating from 1857 and built of immense
granite blocks can be seen near the
end of the hook. The most Interest
ing structure on the hook, and sur
rounded by the more modern buildings
of Fort Hancock, Is Sandy Hook light,
the oldest lighthouse In the United
States, and said to be the second old
est on the western hemisphere. It is
a white stone tower, 90 feet high, and
shows a third order fixed white light
visible 15 nautical miles. It was erect
ed by New York merchants for the
protection of ships entering the harbor,
and was first lighted on Monday, June
18, 1784.
"The old lighthouse is a national
Jandmafk, and stands witness to some
Interesting history. In 1776, Capt.
John Conoon, acting under orders, de
stroyed the lantern In order that the
British fleet might not be guided Into
New York bay. During the Revolu
tion, on July 2, 1778, the army of Sir
Henry Clinton retreated to Sandy
Hook from the field of Monmouth
courthouse, crossing the Navesink on
a pontoon bridge from Gravlily Folnt
at the foot of the highlands near what
Is now Parkertown, while in the horse
shoe were anchored transports and
men-of-war flying the w»> cross of
St. George.
"Sandy Hook light and the old
dwelling of the keeper was known dur
ing the Revolution as the Lighthouse
fort, or Refugees' tower. The British
fortified it and from there the Tory
refugees made their bloody raids.
Remnants of log fortifications are still
to be seen. Abont 200 yards east t>f
■ the lighthouse there is a little burial
ground, where lie the soldiers and the
victims of shipwrecks."
Al a Busy Crowing
Traffic Oop (to Jay walker)— Hey,
yon were born In the country, weren't
you?
Oy—Yep, I was.
Traffic Cop—Well, U yon don't
watch sat, yoall die U» the city.
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
How Peruviana Devised
System of Enumeration
Most persons are familiar with rep
resentatives of the hieroglyphics of
the ancient Egyptians. By means of
the engraved marks found on the
monuments and other records the old
Egyptians could represent object ideas
suggested by objects, and even sounds.
This signifying of sounds by ipeans of
symbols formed nearly a true alpha
bet. In Mexico the Azt'OTs had a
cryde system of picture writing by
which sensible objects could be accu
rately depicted, but beyond that It
could not go, for It was Incompetent
to convey abstract Ideas. Possibly
the crudest invention of this sort was
the mysterious science of the quipus,
which was taught the Peruvian princes
by their amautas, or "wise men."
While both systems before mentioned
seemed primitive,, this one is even
more so, and yet It served a purpose,
and a very good one, too. This quipus
was a string of rope, usually about
two feet In length, composed of many
Colored strings twisted together. To
this main cord were fastened numbers
of strings of different colors tied Into
knots, thus t'orfuing a fringe. Thesft
knots gave to the device its name, for
the word quipus signifies a "knot."
The colors represented sensible ob
jects. For example, white might stand
for silver, and yellow for gold. Occa
sionally they suggested ideas abstract
ly—white signified peace and red war.
The chief use of the quipus was for
arithmetical purposes. The knots took
the place of ciphers and could be
combined to represent numbers to any
amount desired. The colors of the
strings explained the subjects to
which the numbers referred, and in
this way the Peruvians devlsfil u
complete system of enumeration.
Tree Struck by Meteor
Burned for Three Weeks
James Fowler of Springfield, Mass.,
Is responsible for the revival of the tale
of the "Burning Elm" of Williams
town. This tree was on his father's
farm, and probably had been w'hen
Columbus first sailed westward, for
the elm was 27 feet around and Its
first limb was 105 feet from the
ground. ■
On August 4, 1892, It was supposed
ly struck by lightning but In reality
by a meteor. For three months It
smoldered sullenly or vehemently un
til November 4, the night Grover
Cleveland was elected president of the
United States, when It burst Into a
column of fire, sending out from Its
base streams of what appeared to be
molten lava.
The green wood of the tree had re
sisted the progress of the hot mass
of metal through It for three months,
though Its limbs fell and there was
nothing left but the stump, 105 feet
high. When the fire reached the base
and created a draft, It burst Into
flame at such a time that the neigh
boring farmers were Jokingly sure
that they were celebrating the elec
tion of Cleveland, —New Yoik World.
Apples Once Crew Wild
Apples, as we know them today, In
ancient times grew wild In parts »of
Europe and Asia, and their cultivation
began in Europe centuries ago, but It
remained for Americana to make the
greatest progress in this direction.
One of the first of these benefactors
was Loamml Baldwin. While promi
nent In his capacity as an engineer, he
would long since have been forgotten
except for his horticultural experi
ments, w-hich resulted In the produc
tion of the famous apple which bears
his name.
The United States now produces the
bulk of the world's apple crop and Can
ada adds to North American suprem
acy. The European belt extends from
Norway to southern France. The fruit
Is also cultivated In New Zealand, Tas
mania and other countries. —Detroit
News.
Would Drop Off
A man called upon his medical ad
viser and said: "Doctor, I can't get
to sleep at night."
"Insomnia, eh?"
"That's It," asserted the patient
"There are ways and means of com
bating that," declared the doctor,
"You think you are hopelessly wake
ful, but mental effort has a great deal
to do with getting you to sleep. Just
Imagine you are walking a tight rope
a thousand feet from the ground. Step
by step you advance on this tight
rope."
"Yes?" the patient inquired.
"You'll soon dropoff."
He Thought So Too
A man who was new to golf turned
to his caddie and said: "I say, why
couldn't that fellow get his ball lato
the hole?"
"He was stymied, sir," was the re
k. • » ->
ply.
"He was what?"
"He was stymied, sir."
"Oh, was he?" replied the other; "I
thought be looked rather funny at
lunch."
GRAHAM, N. C.« THURSDAY. AERIL 24 *924
Opera 323 Years Ago
The first opera ever performed pub
licly was Jacopo Perl's "Eurjdlce."
The original performance took place
823 years ago at the festivities which
marked the marriage of Jlarla de Med
ici with Henry IV of France. Since
then "Eurydice" has never been seen
except once at Milan.
With Glullo Casoclnl and Emllio del
Cavallerl, Jacopo Perl Is regarded.as
the discoverer of modern recitative.
He Is also the father of opera, which
became possible once recitative was
known.
In 1597 he himself appeared in the
first work of the kind which he had
composed. It was called "Diane." It
was performed privately, and no trace
of it survives. "Eurydice" was his
second effor^— Detroit News.
High-Pressure Boilers
Engineering practice* Is now making
use of pressures in steam boilers that
would have been considered out of the
question not many years ago. From
Berlin comes news of a German boiler
designed to generate 15,500* pounds of
stearfi an hour at a pressure of B"iO
pound gauge. An electric company in
the United States has uAiler construc
tion one 2,600-kilowatt and one 4,000-
kllowatt turbine designed for steam
pressure of 1,200 pounds, and to ex
haust .into other turbines at from 250
to 350 pounds. A Swedish holler op
erating at 900 pounds has been in suc
cessful use for about tw/O years.
Briny Was Too Riny
A summer boarder at a small sea
side resort took as much Interest In
the ocean as If he owned a controlling
interest In it. He was always talking
about "the briny." He was standing
on the beach one day when a bather
slipped in and almost Immediately
slipped out. The recreant one was
promptly called to account.
"What's the matter? Don't you like
the briny? What's wrong with the
briny V"
The other pointed to a plenitude of
floating rind and replied briefly: "Too
watermelonly today."
Offered Odd Security
Roy Chapman Andrews, of the Asi
atic expedition In China, overdrew the
expedition's account with the Ameri
can Banking * company at Peking.
When the bank asked for more secu.
rlty Andrews offered two dinosaur eggs
10,000,000 years did. fhe banker re
fused to consider the eggs as collateral,
and it was necessary to sell the Amer
ican-made automobiles, which brought
half the original cost despite the fact
that they had traveled 6,000-mlles over
the camel trails of northern China.
Ship Built on Knoll
People looking at the top of a cer- 1
tain knoll at Oakland, Cal., rub their
eyes and take another look, for there
stands the good ship Mer Tranquil,
which Fred A. Heroux has built, lie
has Injected all the details of a reg- j
ular, honest-to-goodhess seagoing craft, j
except that the bottom will be an Im
movable base of concrete. The eye of
a true mariner will not be much offend
ed, however, because the concrete will
be hidden in four feet pf water in a
tank surrounding the vessel.
Had Another Pair
"What do you mean by bringing me
an odd pai.r of boots?" demanded the
enraged master, displaying one black
boot and one brown.
"Indade, sorr," said the new Irish
valet, "'tis a qunre thing. R:;t the'
Qnarest thing Is, there's another pair j
down below Just like them."
Babies Come First
Bnby must have his sleep, evpn
though the safety of the city he en
dangered. Evidently so thought the
wives of the volunteer firemen of
Lorain, 0., who have been charged
with plugging the electric hells placed
fn their homes to call the husbands
to fires, because the bells disturbed
the slumber of the little ones.
Rag Weaving in Turkey
In parts of Turkey and Persia rug
making Is still carried on In a very
primitive way with a loqm made by
driving two poles Into the ground par
allel to each other, the distance be
tween the two determining the width
of the rug. Each family has Its- own
design, and the weaving Is done by
many hands. I
Plan Huge Retervcir -
Engineers estimate that live billion
five hundred million cubic ■feet of wa
ter will be stored In the reservoir to
be built by the Canadian government
through the running streams commis
sion on the Riviere du Loup, north of
Loalsevllle, In the St. Maurice district
of Quebec.
Size of Atom
Scientists say that the actual size
of the atom Is so small that a million
placed in a row, like ma&les In con
tact, would "occupy a length less than
tha thickness of the thinnest sheet of
(fine papar.
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Distinct Advantages in
Having Cows "Face In"
There are several distinct advan
tages in having the cows face toward
the center ift ♦he stable. The animals
are more conveniently fed—which is,
perhaps, the biggest Item. Cows on
either side can be served in less time
with silage or grain supplied from a
push cart or feed carrier, operated In
a central feeding alley, than when the
push cart must bo taken clear around
the outside of the stable where the
space bet\veen the stanchions and
walls Is apt to be more cramped than
is the case with the central- alley.
Hay, also, can he distributed,,with less
litter and dust.
Next, perhaps,'In Importance Is the
fact that where the cows face in there
Is usually better light for milking
through much of the year. Where
stables are electrically lighted this
factor Is not of so much Importance.
Still, an abundance of natural light
In the vicinity of the milk pall Is al
ways of advantage. In addition to the
factors Indicated, Is the further one
that a barn arranged in this fashion
always looks cleaner and more attrac
tive than Is the case where the cen
tral passageway Is Ilankeil on either
side by manure gutters. Furthermore,
It can be built a couple of feet nar
rower without Interfering with its
utility or efficiency.
Good Practice to-Teach
Calf to Eat Some Grain
It Is a good practice In ton piling
calves to eat grain, to begin by feed
ing tliem some ground corn or sifted
ground oats. If this Is done for a few
days, Vruduiilly Increasing the amount
fed, they may lie'fed wliole corn or
oats or a mixture of both, this mix
ture equal parts by weight. Many
good feeders give this mixture of
whole grain until the ca!v&> are seven
or elglrt months of age, then change
back to ground feed, claiming that an
eight-months calf does not chew Its
food as well us a younger one does,
and loses a considerable percentage
of whole grain which passes through
it undigested.
Cow Is Best Money Maker
Put the cow to work and .she Is tin
most efficient money-make" on
farm today. A raw producing 2,!
pounds of 4 porVc-nt milk d»iiy mnkw
one pound •»' butb-rfat a day worth
alout GO i t nts. Tills row needs rii
tl as n: i, . . | i. j hh■ .i *'if>uli|
n't ■•■ t u . ; ! ; • . ally, leav
ing 85 '■* n'il; above ■ tl> cost «4
her feni. Vh"r. i-.in 'joii Invest your
Ht:ie, rfHii fi Vn* 'i iti cr ad 'i;nt«;|»>V
(jive yonr s a • mi: - c. 'J ii.'.v will
d' better v.h - i> jperiv red.
The Zeicrt Courteous
Twu high school girls wore engaged
In conv •( jathm on !l.«? street. Said
the f.i\«t:
"Tom tried to !;h.i me last nigh't
end I wouldn't let him."
"Did It make him t?agryT' her com
panion ■■ s>« d.
"I lnhould *«ay. lie sal'l he. wished
be had cal>d '-n yon."—Maryßvllio
Democrat-F rum.
Same Manner (or Both
The wealthy uncle was talking over
the prospects of his neph v. with the
lad's mother. ~ (
"How' Is hp 'o!ng with his Studies?"
"pb, very well. He shows n great
talent for music, and his manner is
very haughty. Mis teacher thinks he
Wlli become a conductor."
"Ah!-* Indeed!" responded uncle.
"Orchestra or street car?"— Stray Sto
ries.
»
Crowd Has Personality
but Little Individuality
It would have been more to the pur
pose If the critics had insisted upon
Walt Whitman's position as the poet
of personality, rather than of Indi
viduality. These terms aro commonly
coufuw l in the minds of most people,
and even held rt> be interchangeable.
In reality a maximum of individual
| Ity Implies a minimum of personality
: and vice versa. The Individual, as
j such, is necessarily Isolated and there
fore devoid of personal ability to share
hi the lives and fortunes of others;
tlio truly strong, personality Is he who
Is able most fully to share nnd under-
I stand the nature of those with whom
! he is In contact, and who correspond-,
j Ingly subordinates his individuality
to theirs. And the same is true of
j crowds, as of individuals. A crowd
] has personality; it has little or no
| Individuality. It Is a fact that crowds
j in dllTt rent countries reveal Individ
. ual differences: thus an English crowd
| is less excitable, restless, noisy, than
i an American crowd; and n Chinese
j crowd may be even more reserved, for
I aught I know; ytt, despite these acci
dents, each crowd expresses certain
j fundamental reactions, possesses cer
j tain cli menfary desires common t(( all
j' humanity. I'ach crowd Is at hot ton)
a vast n scrvolr of blind desire, vacuo
faith, dumb suffering; each crowd is
j composed of units that breathe, hope,
' ilie; each'crowd is tincuwrdfnnted per
i sonailty in conflict with Individual dif
ferentiation: each crowd is at once
| Everyman and Nmnan.—John Gould
| Fletcher Id the North American Re
| view.
.
Proof Mark Placed on
i Weapons Made in Europe
Spanish andUct'Hiaii firearms usual
ly have, insteail of the maker's name,
| a seal, frequently of gold, depicting
| -characters—animals and letups —from
which, if possessed-of a list of such
seal:;, one might determine the tnanu
! fueture of the weapolL and hence its
approximate date. English and French
j glioma kern, however, if marking the
. arm at "all,, did so by placing their
name and that of their town on the
lock-plate or barrel or on both.
The marks known as "proof marks"
were stamped on, usually by a govern
ment olllclal, after he had tried out
and "proven" the arm to be all right.
As a rule the method of "proving" was
to load the piece with several times
Its normal amount of powder and shot,
'/and then discharge the same. If It sur
vived the test It was considered
"proven" Satisfactorily.
Thus, as different marks were not
adopted until a certain date, one may
ordinarily he assured that an arm bear
ing them was not manufactured before
that date.—J>etrolt News.
GlaiS'Sillt Fiber
Venus' basket Is a glass-silk sponge !
which grows In the tropfcal seas of the !
Pacific, from the Fujiyamu region to j
the Indian ocean, liy the Japanese it
Is called the mineral silk sponge, and j
Is used for Its fiber, which Is woven
Into chemical liber cloths, Into fire-1
proof' candlesticks and Into delicate,
fireproof curtains.
In its natural state the glass sponge |
Is covered with these long silky libers
which an; used In the arts referred to. j
A small tuft of these fibers covers the j
base. The specimens are raked up i
from the ocean bed, and the frame- '
work, which ennnot be separated Into
fiber for weaving, is cmployoJ in the I
covering of stearnpipe* and in cold-1
storage Insulation, where It has been
found equal to asbestos. Certain sped- j
mens are said to measure fully forty ,
laches in length und three to four
inches In diameter.
A Fast Trip
Having traveled 8,000 miles to Eng
land, « New York woman left that
country after a sojourn of a few min
utes. No sooner was her ship docked
at Southampton than . she rushed
ashore, hailed a taxi, sped to
j art of the docks, and caught a steam
ship for Cape Town a few minute*
before Its departure on a fl/xto-mlle
trip. - •
Protecting Her
* The minister of a certain dinrch
called upoh a woman, a member of his
congregation, and, finding no one at
home, slipped a card through a letter
box, f.f :er scribbling upon It {he words.
"Sorry to find you out." When the
woman returned home, Mary, the maid,
met her at the door and presented tie
card, with a whisper, "Here, mum, I
took charge of this. It would never
do for the master to know the minis
ter's found you out."
Was It a Hint?
Elderly Husband—There goes Mrs.
Smith. Hasn't she lost her husband
lately? -v
Young Wife—Yes, poor thing. I
really Iwlleve black would be becom
ing to toe, also. George.
Engineer a Good Rialt
„ In spite of the risks Incident to
tn&lr occupation, life Insurance statis
tics show that locomotive engineers
live Just as long as the average man.
The death rate from accident has de
creased very greatly In recent years,
and the engineers have also shared In
the general reduction in the death
rates from Infectious diseases. Be
tween the ages of thirty-one and fifty
five there has been u decline In the
engineers' death rate of from 32 to 44
per cent. Fatal accidents In 11)22
were at the rate of 107 per 100,000, 'as
against 318 per 100,000 In 1912. So the
expectation of life of a locomotive en
gineer at the age of twenty-eight • Is
calculated as forty-one years. Aside
from chances of accident, running a
locomotive seems, to l>e a healthful oc
cupation. ~
Origin of Silk Stockings
Up to the time of Henry 111 stock
ings were made out of ordinary cloth,
and it la said that "the king's own
were formed of a yard-wide taffeta."
A few pairs of silk stockings had
made their way to England from
Spain, but they were a great rarity.
In the second year of the reign of
Queen Elisabeth, her "silk woman,"
Mistress Montague, presented the vir
gin queen with a pair of blacl? knit
siik stockings" for a New Year's gift.
Elizabeth expressed her gratitude and
satisfaction. The "silk woman" In
formed the queen that she had made
them purposely for her majesty and
promised to make some more. From
that time to her death Elizabeth never
again wore stockings of cloth. *
He Wasn't the Foreman
The cockney foreman had come
across Murpliy slacking and srmVlng
on the Job, and spoke his mind thus:
"Look 'ee here, Murphy, This 'ere's
a eontrack Job, an' It ought, tor 'ave
been finished by now. Jest you shove
that pipe away an* get on ivlv yer
work, else It will be the sack for
yours." "Well, ga/Ter," gald Murphy,
deliberately, "yer know Rome wasn't
built In a day." "Don't want none o'
yer back answers," said the foreman;
be paused, and then added: '"Sides,
I wasn't the foreman on that Job,
neither."
A Valuable Food
„ Scrurflehl urges the greater, use of
watercress, which contains all three
vltamines, as a food. Watercress is
a cheap green • vegetable which, like
-lettuce. Is eaten unspoiled by cooking
but which, unlike lettuce. Is available
ail the year round. Its more extended
use may, therefore, be an appreciable
help In remedying dletnry errors
caused by urbanization. —British Medi
cal Journal. »
"No More Than Sin 1 Bed" j
>' The museum of the city of New
Torlc has an old-time tavern sign on
which is printed the following: "Four
pepce a night for bed. Six pence; with
supper. No more than five to sleep In
one bed. No boots to be worn In bed.
Organ grinder* to n!«»p In the wash*
house. No dogs allowed upstairs. No
beer allowed In the kitchen. No razor
grinders or tinkers taken in."
"Come to Canosaa"
Canossa, In the I>uchy of Modena,
is where In the winter of 1070-7 the
kaiser, Henry IV, stood barefooted In
the snow for three days, a i>«mitent
awaiting the forgiveness of Pope
Gregory VII. The expression "come
to Canossa'-' has since beert used to .
denote coming to ft place of humilia
tion—in other words, "eating humble
pie."
Amerfcan Bill of Righta
The first (en amendments to the Con
stitution of tli.e United States became
effective Juno IS, 1700, and constitute
what Is known as the American Mil of
rights. Freedom of speech i.nd re
ligion and the right of peaceable as
sembly ftr» set forth In,the flrst. The
right of Jury trial is guaranteed In sub
sequent articles-
Betsy Rosa
Itetsy Ito's was a flag-'tiMkor hy
trade. AVhen consulted att»ut "sewing
the row A'tm rlran dag," she suggested
that ihe five-pointed stars be used.
Mr.«. Knss received a contract.to make
g>verament flags and her daughter,
Mr-. Clarissa Wilson, continued the
UiiK.nt us "lintil 1557.
One on Mamma
T.ittle Jimmy, ased ttyo years and
thre; months, climbed on a chair and
after a breathless moment of balancing
Just escaped a fall. Seeing this, his
mother reproached l|i:n tenderly.
"Abo, Jlmtuy, aha I" she said. "Wlio
Just had n scare?" "Mamma did," re
plied Jimmy coldly.
G6ld Va. Labor
One ounce of gold wages for
twenty hours' work In ' the United
State*; fifty hours work in Great
Britnin; ninety hours work in Japan;
i>ni- hundred hours In France and tw»
hi;ndrrd hours' work In Germany.
NO. 12
SPRING CLEANING IS
FAVORED FOR BARNS
Now Is the time to prepare to fight
the fly by giving the dairy barn •
thorough cleaning.
The dairy barn la supposed to be
clean at all times, but the spring alp
ways finds the celling and corners cov»
ered with cobwebs and considerable
dust and dirt. Right now, gay* 8. W.
Mead, assistant dairy husbandman of
the New Jersey agricultural expert* *
ment station, while you have the time
before the spring plowing, Is the time
to brush the walls and celling and
then give them good coats of white- |
wash.
The following mixture will give
good results:
Slake half a bushel of unslaked
lime with boiling water. Cover dur
ing the process to keep in the steam.
Strain the liquid through a fine sieve
and add a peck of salt previously die*
solved In warm water. Then add
three pounds of ground rice boiled t*>
n thin paste and stirred In while hot.
Next add one pound of clear glue dia>
solved In cold water hung over a fire.
A half-pound of whiting will give it
luster. To the above mixture add five
gallons of hot water and leave stand
ing for a few days. Cover to keep
out dirt. Applied hot a pint of this
wash will cover a square jrard.
The whitewash may be put on with
a whitewash brush, but can be applied '
In half the time and Jest as well by
the use of a spray pump. The spray*
Ing outfit used for your fruit tree*,
will do, but must be cleaned thorough*
ly after using.
The floors, mangers and gutters of
the dairy barn should be scraped free
of all dirt, washed and scrubbed, af
ter which, when dry, they should be
sprayed with a 2 to 3 per cent solu
tion of some good coal-tar disinfec
tant. He sure to soak well all cracke
and crevices.
The disinfecting should be done at
least once each month and the white
washing every three or four months.
This will go a long way toward dis
couraging the fly and will also help
to prevent the spread of disease.
There are, of course/many other
means of controlling the fly, such as
carting -the manure away from the
barn each day to as great a distance
as may be practical. This Is very Im
portant, especially during the warm .
months. Spraying the cows and alae
the walls and floors with a good fly
repellant will help. No one thing can
he said to control the fly except sani
tation, and there we have the keynote
to the whole situation. Flies breed In
filth.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dr. (J. W. McPlieraon
Dr. A. J. Ellington
Practice Limited to Diseases of the
EYE. EAR,.NOSE and THROAT and
REFRACTION
Oflicrt Over City Drug Store
BURLINGTON, N. C.
iioL Ha: U TO 5
J. B. BALL, I>. C
CliiaofKACTOB
Nervous and Chronic Diseases,
mjKLI.xGTON, N. C.
Oiiice: Over Mis* Alice Kowlajid'* Mtore.
Telc|itiiiie>: office. UU J. Keaideuce, Id.
LOVICK H. KERNOOLE,
Attorney-at-Law,
UfiAUAU, N. C.
Amuii-iiitcd with John 4. Mcaiierwa.
Ottire over Sailoaal Itauli of Alataauec
S. C. SPOON, Jr„ HA. D.
Graham, N. C.
Office over Fwrroll Dru- C o.
uts: 2 to 3 and 7 to 'J p. in , and
by upiioui'uieul.
i'tiouo 'J7*
GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Burlington, N. C.
Otliee Hours: J to 11 it oi.
ami by iippointim at 1
Olßce Over Acie.u Co. • 
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JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM, N. C.
Olllce over National Baaboi 1I«—r
S. O OOK,
Attorn ay-at-Lao*
I?.AHAMj .... N. 0
CQoe Patterson Butldlnf
gacond Floor. , . |J
M. WILLjUfOPffI.JR,
. : DENTIST : I I
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