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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER 1 VOL. LII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JANUARY 13, 1927. WO | . ' y _ ??^???? Blue Laws Enforced in a New Jersey Town _ - Sudden enforcement of the blue laws of 1754 resulted in the arrest of scores of the citizens of lrvington, N. J., for violating the Sabbath and there was great indignation id the community. Above is seen the proprietor of an ice cream parlor being taken into custody. The offenders were fined $2 each. ^ Ghost Stories Recall Pioneer Trails Blazed by Solomon Jones Serve Modern Motor Tourists. Hendersonvllle, N. C.?When a froup of children returning from a sarty in tills picturesque mountain :own late one night recently, told a story of seeing a towering man, with long, flowing hair, beating through the Slush In the vieinity of Mount Hebron, following a great razor-backed sow, whose tall he held In his left hand, while with his right hand he swung an ii from side to side, parents were not unduly alarmed. To the parents of one of the chil dren, natives of the Hendersonvllle section of the Blue BIdge country, "the ghost with the ax" recalled the story of Swlomon Jones. Interrogation of the returned youthful celebrators re pealed that the story of the mountain patriarch and the sow had been one of several related at the party during the evening, and that the "apparition" was the development of . Juvenile imagina tion. While there are few people super stitious enough to believe that Solo mon Jones' ghost haunts Mount Heb ron, every old-timer In the section will 'tree that the spljrlt of the rugged mountaineer, who lived to near the century mark, Is everywhere mani fest in the great modern hard-surfaced highways radiating through the moun tains In every direction. For Solomon Jones possesses the distinction of be lnB 'he first American scenic road builder whose pursuit was so recog nised. Tradition holds that his razor backed sow. Sue, was his chief engi neer. I HI* Winding Read*. I To those who like to romance of the I Wit, Solomon Jones 1* referred to as I "to "trail blazer." HU trails of yes I terjear are a state's great highways I today, and the slashing of his I hatchet reverberates today through K mountain gaps In the pounding of I "id-making machinery. 1 Whether It is true that when about ? to build a road, Solomon Jones gripped ? kls razor-backed sow, Sue, by the tail I lad followed her over the mountains, I hacking a trail as he went, will always ? ^ a matter of dlspnte before moun ? -aln firesides, noted surveyors and ? rtvll engineers who have visited Hen I '"?on county have marveled at the I 'ft that old Solomon's roads followed ? Ike lowest grades and found the nat ? f1 gaps through the mountains, B account* for their continuous B '?Ming?sometimes almost like a B ""I stairway In their regularity. ? k'lhongh Solomon Jones blazed B wf* u f&r back a* the days shortly ? "Hewing the War of 1812 while he ? ??Ml In his teens. It was about B a* a*? that he completed his ? r* wenlc road. This 1# the road to lofty summit of Mount Hebron? ? J the t9mb of the old mountaineer. B. the most popular drive taken ^??/','Hents of Hendersonvtlle and In the days of horse-drawU Automobiles even today r!"' M.tnlt over this road, but ??" the motorists, excepting those toward hasards, prefer to the wider hard-surfaced hlgh ? J' utgrowth of Solomon's Among the many other roads by Solomon Jones was Jones' ^B^' "?fed for him, which leads to Caesar's Head In the Carolina?. This wai constructed long before the Civil war and for more than sixty years was used by Jon<g) and his heirs as a toll road. The road-maker was well termed the "grand old man of the mountains." He was. Indeed, a patriarch. Stunding stx feet two inches tall and weighing 200 pounds and gifted with keen In tellect, he was a man whtj command ed the respect of all who knew him. The father of twelve children, ten sons and two daughters, he was credited with adopting and bringing up seven other orphan children left to his care. He was ninety-seven years of age when death claimed him. Solomon Jones, because of his large family, which he wished to see well educated, turned naturally to schools. He was one of the pioneers In educa tional work, stumping western North Carolina in an effort to get the pres ent public school system established. He thus early recognized the fact that If the mountain farmer was to im prove his condition, It would be through the combination of good schools and roads. Take Fingerprints ot Dead Veteran in Church Winchester, Va.?An unusual Inci dent occurred recently In connection with the funeral of Miles W. McKay, an ex-service man and animal trainer of Quiney, III., when the casket was opened in Christ Episcopal church and his fingerprints taken by legion naires In order to safeguard the man's compensation and war risk Insurance, as required by the veterans' bureau. It had been overlooked until the body wag taken Into the church. Mc Kay was taken, III of heart disease. Being an utter stranger here, there was no relative or friend at the Inst rites, but legionnaires, who, hearing lie was an ex-service man, turned out and gave him a regular military fu neral and burial In the national ceme tery here. McKay Is understood to have left an aunt In Pine Bluff, Ark. Canada Has Air Fleet to Fight Forest Fires Tor on Ont.?Itadfo. airplanes and wireless telephones cut the toll of for est Ores in Ontario to a minimum In 1926, according to a bulletin Issuerf by the department of lands and forests. Ontario maintains a fleet of 16 hy droplanes which patrol the timbered areas dally, says the bulletin. Look out towers equipped with radio trans mitting apparatus and wireless tele phones are located at strategic points. When a blaze is reported, airplanes carry forest rangers and flre-flghtlng equipment to the scene of the Are. Origin of Candy Over 200 years ago an English doc tor was moved to pity for a little girl who had to take hasty medicine, so he made a mixture of sugar, water and flavoring extract This he gave to the little girl with her medicine and she liked It so well that the doc tor was persuaded after her recovery to prepare more of the delightful ron coctlon with the medicine omitted. He ciuled the preparation "candy." And that's how the popular confection originated ?Thrift Magazine. 111111II1111II1111111111II ; Read Thia, Then Bring ;; on Your Fiah Storiea !! ! Berlin.?When the night ex- ] J ? ? press from Frankfort steamed ? ? !! Into Hamburg the other morn- !! '; lng officials discovered a scantl- ? ? ly clad girl asleep on the roof of ] j " | a carriage. Aboard the train ? > ? ? great excitement prevailed over [ 11 the disappearance of a young ? ? ? ? girl who was left sleeping In the !! i I car by her parents. A search of ? ' ? ? the train failed to reveal a trace !. I! of her whereabouts. Walking In ] j ?' her sleep, the girl had made the ?. !! perilous ascent to the top of the " \ '' racing train, where she was ? ? .. found sleeping amid Icicles and ] | 11 cinders when the train arrived ? > ? ? at Hamburg. \ ?HI I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I II 1 I I II it "Inventor?" Still Try for Perpetual Motion Washington.?Even knowledge of the realistic laws of mathematics does not make InveDtors Immune to the ro mantic lure of one of the oldest falla cies cherished by human beings. Belief that Inanimate matter can be so patterned that It will, after re ceiving an Initial human Impulse, pro duce perpetual motion Is shown by patent-office records to remain the i cardinal faith of an astonishing num ber of dreamers. Many have been men of consider able erudition, and some have to their credit inventions of sound worth. Most of them have experienced the elation of apparent success until their little machines were stopped by the laws of nature. A sketchy record of broken hopes extends far back Into the flies of the patent office. The only estimate of the number of applicants to patent perpetual motion devices received since the office was established is a vague "thousands." None of the de vices has been found patentable after examination by experts. None have bben found to have an economical value to industry. Porcupine and Magpie Ruin Wyoming Crops Cheyenne, Wyo.?The porcupine ar.d the magpie have been playing havo<; in Wyoming. The winter food of porcupines Is largely the bark and cambium layers of trees. The trees often are glrdlml and Albert M. Day, state leader of rodent control, says dead trees are evidence of the damage In all the.for ests. On a ranch In Campbell county the porcupines have damaged the tim ber and killed nearly all oi the native wild fruits. Poison Is placed In their dens. The magpie not only robs the nests of other birds and kills young chick ens and turkeys, but pecks boles In the hides of rattle and sheep. Ap proximately 1,500 pounds of poisoned ground beef has been used this year in getting rid of the bird: Kills Own Child Flint, Mich.?Crawling on the drive way. the eighteen-month-old daughter of James lee of this city was Instant ly killed when the Utter backed hU car out of the garage, striking the child. The Better Way New York.?Barnard girls have been advised t* tialnt the cheeks from the Inside out?with tennis rackeu. baseballs and fruit. The value of cor rect food and sport Is being described In the college's annual health week. ? ir anii ifi n nit tim- ?? IT m i>"n i>iiifc>i> TUT ITTH rhe HAPPY HOME By MARGARET BRUCE WNU S*rvlc? Stonework in the Garden Next to the flowers themselves, here Is nothing that gives so much charm to a garden as a little rough stonework, to my way of thinking. A low. Irregular stone wall against a lit tle bank, two or three curving stone steps around a bend, stepping stones set In the grass, or a built-in pile of stones holding a bird-bath In their laps?all these add immeasurably to the garden's lovableness. To suburban dwellers such etTects are not difficult. Smallish stones are generally to be had, and the children may drag them In a stout wooden cart, which they may make themselves. As to the builder of the walls or steps, I know one office man who attributes his splendid fitness and hard muscles to the outdoor work he does around his place on week-ends and holidays. Autumn Is the Ideal time to get such work done. The air Is cool and crisp, and one may work outdoors without getting heated and perspiring. Then, too, the stenes get a sort of settled look before next spring, and when the new grass comes In March, It will grow up around the stones and m^ke them, lpok as if they hud been there for years. It is not only country dwellers who may Indulge In decorative stonework. I know a city back yard?the tiny garden of a famous painter?that has wandering cobblestone paths, a low stone wall with vines clambering over It, and a semicircular flight of stone steps leading from the house to the garden. He did all the stonework himself, in moments of relaxation and play, when he laid his busy brushes down and went out to get some mus cular work In the open. If stones are not to be picked up in your immediate neighborhood, a cart load can be delivered to you at a price low Indeed for the amount of beauty you can pile up! To Spend or Not to Spend "I'm going to take you to luncheon at the Ardsley-Blenheitn," said the young mutron, japmpaggrMW- 'linking her arm ffWliBrWlBH th that of an out pBB|Wl of-town friend. "My goodness, aren't you awful extravagant?" IT responded the .ff. friend; "Gertrude says she could ~Tr- ., feed her family a / J "hole week on I I i^E5?j what one lunch | p JH eon costs her at that gorgeous ho tel. She goes there every now and then. Just the same, I notice." "Of course she does?but only now and then, you'll notice. And t think she Is quite right to go there occa sionally. You see. women generally divide up Into two classes?the ? ex travagant and the economical. Your extravagant woman likes to wear the most elegant clothes, go to the most exctanlwe- restaurants, and use a taxi lnstead|Of the street car. Your eco nomical woman la miserable when she buys a really expensive coat, ea(s In the cheapest of little lunchrooms or cafeterias, and would blanch at the mere thought of Indulging in a taxlcab. "Now the trouble with both these classes of women Is that they almost never do the other thing. If the de luxe lady would go once to a high priced place to every five times at a modest little tearoom, she would have Justus good a time and save her hus band much money?and perhaps Some worry. On the other hand, the little economical lady acquires a cheap out look after a while. She Is not at ease in a really expensive place and doesn't behave as If she belonged there. She gets a middle-class, dull look by wear ing only middle-class clothes and visit ing middle-class shops. "Now I believe In being an all-round woman, who Is at home wherever she goes. By having one good gown or coat, in which she feels well dressed anywhere, she can now and then visit the haunts of fashion and wealth?If only to know what It's like. But she can economize all she wants to on house clothes, and In return for one seat In the orchestra at the opera she can go ten times In the balcony to see a play, and still not feel Inferior. We mustn't get rusty and awkward Just because we can't live expensively all the time. You know the old saying: 'One can wear old worn shoes without shame, provided one has a handsome pair at home!' If we feel at home In i a luxurious setting, we can go chsar- J fully to unluxurloua places." (Cearrtskt.) Our Northern; Neighbor t&]' Round-Up of Buffalo In Weatorn Canada. (Prepared by the National Geographic 8oclety. Washington. D. C.) THE epoch-making decision of the so-called Imperlnl confer ence In I.ondoe 'recently, that the principal dominions of the "British empire" shall become prac tically Independent, completely self governing states, centers particular In terest on each of the three remoter big units, Canada. Australia and South Africa. Among these three dominions, Canada naturally looms largest and most Important to Amerlcuns since for thousands of miles only a surveyed line separates Its territory front our own. But Canada Is nctually the largest and most Important of the three. Its population' Is close to O.fiOO. 000. and Its area Is more than 3.0OO. 000 square miles, placing It ahead of Australia and South Africa. The Canudian government, as It Is now constituted, owes its exisfence to "The British North America Act" of 1807. The act states that the Cana dian constitution shall he similar In principle to that of GreiU Britain. Nat urally nothing Is said inthe document In regard to the Constitution of the United States, but It Is known that the members of the constitutional conven tion had ouf constitution clearly In mind and used It and Its history as a guide. The central government Is made np of nine united provinces, and as with as authority Is divided between the muln government and Its units. The legislative branch consists of a senate with u fixed number of members from each province, and a house of com mons whose members are elected In proportion to population. Here the superficial resemblances to the government of the United States cease. There Is no elected official com parable to our President Ifi'stead. the executive Is a governor general ap pointed by the British king. .Hereto fore this appointee has practically represented the British government In Canada, but as a result of the recent pronouncement of the Imperial con ference he will hereafter be shorn of rhls status. Senate Like House of Lords. The Canadian yenate Ik a sort of ?lomlnlon house of lords without the /titles. Its members are appointed, not elected, and they hold office for tlfe. The provinces do not have an equal representation as do the Amer 'can states. There are 24 senators each from Ontario and Quebec, 10 ?each from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. 4 from Prince Kdwnrd Is land and 0 each from Matiltobp, Brit ish Columbia, Alberta and Saskatche wan. Although the Canadians followed In a way the form of our Cnlon, they di rectly reversed one Important prin ciple. In the United States the states retain all powers not specifically dele gated to the central government; In Canada the central government has all powers not specifically given to the provinces. Most of Canada's population Is con centrated In a zone about 2o0 miles wide along the United States-Cann dlan boundary. And within this zone the concentration Is heaviest quite close to the border. Inhabited Cana da. then. Is In effect a ribbon of terri tory 3,000 miles long, stretching from ocean to ocean. Approaching from the east, one first reaches the maritime provinces. Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. (Newfoundland, adjoin*, ing these three. It should he men tioned. Is not a part of Canada, but a separate colony). The maritime prov inces, all small, are the only ones which are fairly evenly settled throughout Quebec province has a population of nearly two and a half millions, but j most of this, la In the region close to the St. l-nwrence river, and soutli of the Canadian National railway. From this Inhabited sone the province stretches off northward, beside Hud son buy and on the Hudson strait, further north than the southern tip of Greenland. Up to Hudson Bay. Rven Ontario, southernmost of the Inrger provinces and most populous of them all. Is undeveloped and very meagerly settled In Its northern half. It reaches Hudson buy In the north. The third province to touch Hpdson bay Is Manitoba. Tlds province, like the'other two named, Is marked by a populous southern sone around Winni peg, and the almost deserted lands to the north nearer the bay. Just north of the developed region In all three of these provinces are dense forests. In which clearings are beginning to mnke their way as tli^y did In the Middle West of the I'nlted States In pioneer days. Much further north, wherever the ground Is low. It the "muskeg" country, a region of grassy marshes In summer, and frozen wastes In winter. Hudson bay, surrounded by Cana dian territory. Is one of the most char acteristic features on the map of North America, standing out as strikingly as the Gulf of Mexico. . On the west const are Port Churchill, the bay's best port, and about a hun dred miles to the north. Port Nelson, both In Manitoba. These ports are to lie connected by railroads with Winni peg and the wheat and cattle country to the west. Ths Prairie Province*. The three prairie provinces of Can ada?Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta?may welj be considered to gether, for among them they cover all of Canada which la In process of be ing settled, west of the older Great Lakes province of Ontario and east of the Rocky mountains. The predominant part of the pop ulation and development of the three provinces Is In their southern halves. In this region Winnipeg, capital of Manitoba, with Its population close to 200,000. Is Canada's Chicago of a gen eration or so ago; while Edmon'on, capital of Alberta. Is the St- Paul of a similar period. The northern portion of the provinces Is a region crossed by many rivers and dotted with nurn- , berless lakes. Even more of a wilderness are the territories of Keewatln and Macken zie. which extend from the prairie provinces northward to the Polar seas. ; Most of this region has been explored < only along the largest rivers and I lakes. Innumerable lakes are to be found there, and between them much of the region. Is . muskeg country. Farther west, ndjolnlng Alaska, lies 1 the Yukon territory, well-known 'or J Its gold rushes. This Is a mountain- ; nus and plateau region, rich In many kinds of minerals. As yet It Is prac tically without railways. The extreme western province ad- I Joining the United States Is British Columbia. Canada's Switzerland. The crest of the Rocky mountains forms the eastern boundary and the entire province westward to the Pacific coast Is mountainous. The coast Is deeply Indented with fiords that rival those of Norway. In the southwestern cor ner of Rrltlsh Columbia, hard by the United States border. Is Vancouver. Canada's great Pacific port, and the western terminus of her chief trans continental railway. By virtue of Van couver and the Important trade routes that converge there, Canada becomes one of the nations vitally Interested la developments on the Pacific. Ihemam G\E>IflTE^3 (?. 1 ill. WWWD I*?w?P?per Untom-V Let me lose eount of all my eor rows, Lord, * * u'\ And even my Joy?; oh, let me num ber not These, nor measure out mjr lot. Nor say. "Here It fell short. Tbero it was Urge or small, "Here did the mercies thick or scantly Call." Teach me to watch the countleks heavens instead? j Unnumbered. Who reckoneth thy stars. ?Laura Spencer Porter. FRENCH COOKING ?there is much to be ituld for start ng ut least one meal a day with a good hot nourisli lug soup." The fol are culled from French cuisine: B 9j Chestnut Soup.? Put into a sauce pan a cupful of 1 J shelled chestnuts. ^ Cook on a slow lire without boiling for half an hour, then remove the brown skin. I'ut the . ?heirtnuts Into a mortar with a slice >f dry bread and pound to a paste, uldlng a little bouillon to soften the jread from time to time. Pas* through a strainer, add bonillon and rook for another iialf hopr. Serve with crouton*. Onion Soup.?l'eel six large onions, rut Into thin slices. Cook lightly lu butter. When partially nrowned add a tiihles|K?oiifpl of flour and continue cooking until the mixture I* lirown. Add water, salt and pepper and cook for a half hour or until the onions tire tender. Strain If desired and serve on toast with grated cheese. Chicken Bouillon.?Take a pound of stewing meat, and an old rooster or lean pullet, cut into small pieces, cover with cold water and simmer; when It lias begun to simmer inld seasoning an onion stink with cloves, a few herbs and carrots and turulps cut into lilts. Cook until the meat is very ten der. Drain and serve. Food for the Family. For those who like the tilling but do not eut pastry try the tilling In fjL Pumpkin Pie In ? Cupc.?-Put a rim TJT" of pastry around Ji\ custard cups * n after tilling thet^ ^ ] w|th p u m p k I n ^ pulp and bake as Cranberry loe.?Cook cranberries a* for suuce and strain tliem, add an (tpnil amount of sngur sirup and freexe. Sluke the sirup by boil ing two cupful* of sugar with one-l|alf cupful of water. Cool and add to the juice. Freexe and serve In cup*. Turkey Oiblet- Soup,?Chop the cooked giblets line, then put through a coarse sieve. Thicken the liquor in which the gihlet* were cooked with a little butter and flour cooked together, then add cream to the giblets and brown slock to make the quantity de sired. Chestnut Stuffing.?planch a pound of Italian chestnuts, boil until lender and put through the rlcer. Add one cupful of bread crumbs, one-lialf cup- * ful of shortening, one tahlespoonful of poultry seasoning, a half capful of raisins, salt, celery, pepper and cayenne to tnate. ' - Cabbage Salad.?Shred a Hrin whit* head of cabbage and dress with cream, add a daah of vinegar and angar to taste with a bit of aalt. Egg* Marchaaa.?Butter inufltn tine and a*t upon the stove to warm. In the bottom of each put a teaspoonful of mo ft t>read crumb*, add a dessert spoonful of milk, then a fresh egg carefully broken, season with salt, paprika and p*p|>er. Over this drop a lump of butter, more bread crumbs and a little grated cheese. Bake In a moderate oven for ten minutes. They should be a golden brown and when a knife Is run around the edge and they are turned out on a hot plat ter. they look like brown puff balls. A hot egg sandwich is most appetlz Ins f?r a quick lunch. Fry a little onion in butter until the onion Is light yellow, then drop in an egg. c?ok until done, put onto a piece ol hot buttered bread, cover with another and serve. RochMtor Jelly Cakals?(Yearn two thirds of a cupfnl of hotter, add twe cupful* of sugar, one cnpful of milk and three cupful* of flour and two teaspoonful* of baking powder. Beat well, and to one-third of the hatter add one tahlespoonful of molasses, one cupful of chopped raisins dusted with one tablespoonful of flour, one fourth pound of sliced citron, one-half teaspognful each of nutmeg and all spice, and two tenspoouful* of clrf namon. Bake the plain hatter In two layers and the spiced fruit batter In one. placing, the fruit layer between the two plain layers and put together with Jelly or marmalade
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