Bone-Setters Honored
by Surgeons of Note
The practice of manipulative sur
gery, as bone-setting is now called,
was known to the ancients. An In
teresting treatise on dislocation was
written by no less a doctor than
Hippocrates. There are said to have
been successful bone-setters under
the Roman Republic. Conservative
surgery owes bone-setters a past debt.
When it was beginning to establish it
self they were the only orthopedic sur
geons. Apparently they were recog
nized as legitimate exponents of their
branch of therapeutics. William Ches
elden, a noted surgeon of the middle
of the Eighteenth century, sent frac
tures to the bone-setters, admitting
that they were more competent than
he to treat them.
A century later Sir James Taget
urged his professional brethren,
through tlie British Medical Journal,
to “learn what was good in the
methods of the bone-setter and eschew
what was harmful.” Still later. Whar
ton Hood, another English doctor, who
greatly admired Robert Hutton, a
bone-setter, studied the latter’s meth
ods and after Hutton’s death de
scribed them in the Lancet. The
present should not forget what it owes
to the past. The foundation of the
modern science of surgery contains
many crude stones.—Detroit Free
Press.
City's Well-Being first
in Hearts of Athenians
It was because Fifth century Athens
was a city-state in whose beautifica
tion all her citizens shared, that she
was greater in her creative achieve
ments than the Italy that fell direct
heir to her cultural treasures. In that
first democracy men of ability vied in
serving a civic ideal not for their
own enrichment, but for the city's
greater glory. So the rich Athenian
esteemed it an honor to finance the
production of plays and public fes
tivals shared in by all; so the thea
ters were made free to all citizens;
so civic tasks were shared around
among the whole electorate. For
the pattern which Athens set for the
world in democracy was of a society
founded upon the well-being of the
citizens as a whole, not of a society
conducted in theory for the public
and in reality for the hoary confed
eration of special interests. That is
why an ideal of beauty in life per
meated Hellas from architecture to
sports, from public festivals to philos
ophy.—“Uncle Dudley," in the Bos
ton Globe.
Original American Food*
There has been much controversy
concerning the foods originally found
in the Americas. It is generally agreed
that in North America were tobacco,
maize, a certain type of pear and a
email variety of tomato. In Central
America and the islands the early ex
plorers also found tobacco and toma
toes. In South America, particularly
Brazil, wild potatoes were found in
abundance, so much so that in about
1840 it was necessary to import thou
sands of these native plants to de
velop in order to save the potato crop
of the world. It was originally thought
that bananas were first found in Cen
tral and South America and the is
lands, hut later this theory was the
subject of much debate, and it is gen
erally believed today that while bana
nas were originally in that section of
the world, they were also found in
tropical sections of the eastern hem
isphere at the same time.
World-Famous Cheese
For the past 800 years Roquefort,
France, has been the home of the
cheese that bears Its name. The In
dividual flavor of this cheese is pro
duced by a particular bacteria work
ing on the cheese, supplied by the
natural caves in which the cheese is
made. It is made from the milk of
sheep which feed on herbs growing
only in the rockiest places.
After the cheese is made it is
sprinkled with specially prepared
bread crumbs. In about six weeks a
green mold appears. At this time the
workers pierce the cheese through
and through with a machine contain
ing fine needles. This encourages
the bacteria to penetrate into the
heart of the cheese. I-' \%*
Goethe’s Joy in Life
Goethe lived Joyously for those
things which gave him delight; fresh
air, country exercises, the best in lit
erature and art, the theater, and the
performance of his manifold duties.
He lived for the moment and thought
for eternity. Art and literature, for
him, had to be positive; the product
either of Joy or of a need to purge
sorrow. Negativeness, the besetting
sin of our age, he condemned. “Neg
ativeness is nothing,” was one of his
sayings, which have come down to us,
but It Is an axiom we seem to have
forgotten, particularly in literature.—
London Saturday Review.
Balsa Wood
Most balsa wood, now used exten
sively in model airplane making,
comes from the forests of Ecuador,
points out “Popular Aviation.” Balsa
is a Spanish word meaning raft, and
in some parts of South America the
balsa raft is the only means for trans
porting* freight Ten foot balsa poles
are fastened together with long pegs
made of palm-wood, which give the
raft flexibility. Besides being used
in model airplanes, balsa is used for
insulating refrigerators and for pack
log pianos and fine furniture.
Many and Curious Are
Oddities Found in Cuba
In Cuba there Is a species of the
honey bee that has no sting and, on
account of the mild climate, works the
entire year. But there is a flying ant
there that more than makes up for it.
“This insect,’’ reports one who knows,
“has a habit of getting down your
back or front and will puncture your
hide at the rate of ten times a second
before you can crush it. The sting is
very painful and the places will fester
if not treated with a demulcent. The
application of garlic will counteract
the effect.” Another queer thing, ac
cording to this same authority, is a
firefly which carries headlights instead
! of a tail light. In other words, it has
! a light on eftph side of the head in
| stead of at the tail. Native women
attending an evening function often
put them in their hair for adornment.
Then there is a land crab, called the
congoria. that is plentiful along the
highways. It is a sociable creature
and will enter a house, which is not
pleasant if they happen to pinch your
foot. But they are good food. The
plaintain, a species of the bananas, is
not good raw but, fried or baked, makes
a tempting meal. U is “hog and hom
iny” to the natives, so no one need
starve in Cuba.—Pathfinder Magazine.
Ambitious Projects for
Harnessing Sun’s Rays
Inventions for obtaining power to op
erate machinery from the heat of the
sun's rays have often been patented,
but most of them have contained two
‘fatal defects. First of all, the appli
ances had to be so large that they
were utterly unwieldy; also they cost
i so much that power obtained in this
way did not pay: it was cheaper to
use electricity or steam.
Important experimental work is be
ing carried out in Canada, Holland,
and Germany to see whether it is pos
sible to use the sun’s heat economi
cally for supplying power. The first ex
periments are to see whether sunshine
can be “bottled.” That is, can enough
power be collected from the sun during
the day to provide light during the
night?
Heat rays can be concentrated by
means of mirrors and lenses; the pres
ent scheme is to collect them by means
of large white surfaces and to direct
them upon boilers, in which they will
generate steam. The steam will be
used to operate dynamos, and the elec
tricity made will be stored in batter
ies.
Famous “Sowbelly” Dinners
It has been the custom for a great
many years for the Colorado Mining
association and the Colorado Chapter
of the American Mining Congress to
hold a joint convention in January.
The final function of the convention is
usually the sowbelly dinner. It usual
ly furnishes the fun of the conven
tion. Every year there is a new com
mittee of arrangements, which tries
to outdo its predecessor In planning
out unusual stunts. The menu of the
sowbelly dinner consists primarily of
sowbelly and beans, old Cornish pas
try and those things usually prepared
by the early prospectors as their reg
ular menu. Sometimes tin plates and
cups are used instead of dishes. The
main dining room is decorated and
lighted in primitive manner. These
sowbelly dinners are always well at
tended.
Early Englanders
Blackened bones of a woman and
her child have been found in a pre
historic crematorium on the Surrey
Downs. Excavations at Burrows
Cross, near Peaslake, have revealed
two trenches 20 feet long, 4 feet wide,
and 4 feet deep, walled with big stones.
Bodies were cremated in the trenches,
and sealed down by another layer of
stones, on which other cremations took
place. At one end of the trench half
cremated bones were found; all the
others must have been completely de
stroyed, for the heat was so terrific
that masses of charcoal and big sand
stones, burnt right through, can still
be seen. Experts who have examined
the trenches suggest that they may
have been used by Neolithic people
who roamed the Downs about 7000
Proper DUpl»y of Flag
The flag code as adopted by the na
tional flag conference, Washington,
provides as follows: When the flag
is displayed in a manner other than
by being flown from a staff, it should
be displayed flat, whether indoors or
out When displayed either horizon
tally or vertically against a wall the
Union should be uppermost and to the
flag’s own right i. e., to the observer’s
left When displayed in a window It
should be displayed the same way—
that is, with the Union, or blue field,
to the left of the observer in the street
When festoons, rosettes, or draplngs
are desired, bunting of blue, white and
red should be used, but never the flag.
Prayer for Light
Moxley was traveling along an un
familiar dirt road through some
woods, on a dark night when a sud
den storm arose. At each flash of
lightning he would take a few steps
forward and then wait The rain con
tinued to pour and the thunder roared.
Finally, as the lightning grew less fre
quent, the thunder louaer and the road
more difficult to travel, his misery ex
pressed itself in this prayer: “Ob,
Lord, if it's just the same to you.
please give me a little more light and
a little less noise.”—Pathfinder Maga
zine.
ADDS TO “BRAIN TRUST”
M. W. Prague, Harvard professor
who helped guide the Bank of Eng
land through the trying period when
the nation left the gold standard,,
was reliably reported Monday night
to have been selected by President
Roosevelt as economic adviser to the
United States government.
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as executors of
the estate of Freel Crouse, deceased,
this is to notify all persons holding
claims against the estate to present
them to the undersigned executors
within twelve months from this date
or this notice will be plead in bar
of recovery. All persons indebted to
the estate will please make imme
diate settlement.
This May 14, 1933.
WALTER CROUSE,
DUFFY CROUSE,
GLENN CROUSE,
6-29 Executors.
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA,
ALLEGHANY COUNTY.
Under and by virtue of authority
vested in me in a certain deed of
trust executed by G. T. Upchurch
and wife to the undersigned Trustee
to secure certain indebtedness to Al
leghany Motor Company, which deed
of trust is recorded in the office of
the Register of Debds of Alleghany
County in Book 16, Page 278; and
default hkving been made in pay
ment of said note and demand hav
ing been made on the undersigned
Trustee to sell the land conveyed in
said deed of trust, I. R. F. Crouse,
Trustee, will offer for sale for cash
at the Court House door in Sparta
on the 16th day of June, 1933, at
10 o’clock A. M., all the right, title
and interest of the said G. T. Up
church and wife in and to the follow
ing described land, said sale being
made subject to all prior recorded
liens;
Containing 61 acres, adjoining the
lands of R. G. Hoppers, J. M. Tilley,
S. F. Upchurch, H. P. Edwards, T.
E. Harris and others, and more fully
and completely described by the
metes and bounds set out in a cer
tain deed executed by W. T. Up
church and wife, Emeline Upchurch
to George T. Upchurch on March 12,
1921, and registered in Book 32,
Page 422 of the office of the Regis
ter of Deeds of Alleghany County,
to which deed and record thereof
reference is hereby made for com
plete description.
This May 16th, 1933.
R. F. CROUSE,
6-15 Trustee.
Tire prices may never
be so Low again!
Goodyear certainly
makes it worth while
for you to put money in
tires now. Your dollars
never bought tires to equal
the quality, the safety,
the mileage which
Goodyear is today build
ing in every tire wearing
the Goodyear name—
And because Goodyear
now concentrates on two
main lines of tires—a real
saving in costs is passed
on to you.
Look at the present prices
of the world’s most popu
lar tire, the Goodyear All
Weather — and the prices
of the thrifty Goodyear
Pathfinder — and you’ll
certainly agree, it’s smart
to buy Goodyears NOW—
while prices are still down
close to bottom, and your
money buys more than it
may ever buy again.
GOODYEAR
ALL-WEATHER
Supcrtwid
CorJ TSm
4.40-21
$5.85
4.50- 21
$6.50
4.75-19
$7.00
5.00-19
$7.60
5.25-18
$8-50
5.50- 19
$9.70
OODYEAR
fcTHFINDEItl
Supertwist
Cord Tire
4.40-21
$4.65
4.50- 21
$5.20
4.75-10
$5.65
$6.10
5.25-18
5.00-10
$6.85
5.50- 10
$7.90
50 Used Tires
25c to $1.00
Cars Washed and
Polished
$2.00
Radio Service and
Sales
Alleghany
Motor Sales
SPARTA, N. C.
Sore/
Qlecwdorrv, uf&eA/.
May 15, 1933
Time and again I am told-by my own organization and by others
_that I penalize myself by quality. . ^
Friendly critics protest^our^utUng ;eoessary,
““public d^rnot expect it; and that tbe public dees net Know tbe
difference anyway.
But I know the difference. . h
TknJw~that the car a man sees is not the car he ‘*rlve
drives the car which the engineer sees. The car which is seen,
d . . nn+„ of design color and attractive accessories, all
7ZZI!TccurL. The best evidence that we thin* sc is that they
are all found on the Ford V-8. ^ r> „hioh iB the basis of
But these are not the c . reliability the structure
all the rest, is the typ<^ ^ engine an thought and experiment
Ilvrirlallly -ioIIHhfateady development of comfort, conven
ience and eeenemy^ Jhase make the car^ ^ years. But we
A “V&5 ol We wall the basic material of our car to be as
have never built • dl3Carded as the day it is bought. Ford
, dependable the d y Qn the road. It costs more to
cars built 15 *eaTS_^tw0 items we do not skimp are cost and
^iln' i great many things could "ge^by-the public would
never know the indorse without any hesitancy,
irirlt^-beurthan our previous V-8 « is larger.
■“TrSnyleTmsIn» Lvfru^V^ 1 the °ar wlU
back it up.