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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
AN IREDELI SNAKE STORY.
An Old Darkey'S Snake StOrieS-HOOp
Snakes Don't Roll.

To the Editor Statesviile Landmark:
Reading in your paper last Tues
day about the hoop snake, my mind
naturally ran back to a time when |
was but a lad. We owned an old ne
gro, Uncle Sam. He vas an bic man
when | first remember; in fact had
gotten too old to do hard work, and
my father would send him along with
the young boys to keep them at work.
falling fax, hOeiig cotton, corn and
the like. lie would relate some won
derful snake stories; he would tell US
about the roller. the king, the horn or
hoop snake, the bull, the joint and
others. But of the bull and hOOD we
were in mortal dread. The bull snake
the old darby said. would stand up
right on its tail and below like q
bull; and if the horn stanke would
strike YOU with his tail, you would
fall dead in your tracks. " He said
on one occasion he and two of his
young masters came on n in a
The snake made for one of
the white men, and he jumped behind
q large poplar tree as the snake struck
at him. It fastened itself in The tree
and they killed it. This happened a
little while before dinner and when
they went back to the meadow the
leaves on the tree had begun to with
er. I fully believed all the old man
told us, Of course, when he showed
us the place, but the tire he could not
show, for it was dead and gone with
the years.
T. NJ. c.. DAVIDSON.
P. S. 7 forgot and closed my story
before l was though. In later years
/ met a man who had lived in Mis-
souri,. When breaking prairie land
he plOWed up hoop snakes frequently
The snake in motion did not roll over
but travels like a measuring worm.
While writing / want to endorse
your comment on our Representa-
tives. / don't claim to know as much
as they do, and am not going to crit
iciSe them, but I do think they have
laid down the most formidable Weap-
on the Democratic party has.
II M. G. ..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20

Loan and Trust Company.
II was recognized by everybody as
a pattern of business probity and per-
sonal honor. His unfailing kindness
and courtesy to all, inside or outside
Of business hours, had endeared him
to all. For the past several years he
has been a valuable and generous
member Of the board of trustees Of
Guilford College, giving his time and
talent freely to the advancement OF
the cause of Christian education. as
well as in the work of the church. AS
a mark Of respect to his memory the
Greensboro Loan and Trust Company
will be closed tomorrow from IL to
1870 o'clock.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
SOMETHING NEW
UNDER THE sun.
A Wayne County Farmer Comfortably
Rides While He Works..
LaGrange SentineI.)

3fS
The editor Of the GOldsboro Record
has found something new under the
sun. 1t is sal hat there is nothing
new under the sun, but we saw a thing
last week While passing Genoa station
on q train hat is q new one on us. A
farmer had a horse hitched in the
shafts of a cart. from which the body
had been removed. and in addition to
this the horse was hitched to a pillow
and the farmer was comfortably seat
ed on the cart axle, riding and guild
ing the pillow from his position while
he sided cotton, the wheels of the cart
running in the middle of the rows. AS
the train stopped at the station. we
inquired II the man was not a cripple
out learned that he was not, although
he was getting along in years. That
was blowing 'em some"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
The Bee DOctercd Ar Apple.
tLumberton RobeSonian.)

ILumDertOn I~SObeSOnlan.)
Mr.. A. S. Tyncr. who lives near
Buie, was in town Yesterday. He
brought to this office a couple of ap-
pies hat are curiOsities in that thu rs
came from the same tree but are en-
tirely different. One is a solid June
S~Weetening,' just what one expects
from the tree from which it came, but
the other is striped. Mr.. Tyner says
the explanation is that a bee that had
sucked a wild apple blossom flew di-
rectly to that tree and mOnkeyed-
no, not monkeyed. but-you know
how it was-just beed around and
doctored a bloom and this striped APP
pie happened that way. You see how
it is. It's all very simple.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Chatham Man and His Mother Mar
rOsyiy Escape Death by Drowning
Mother Saved by Being Placed
III Tree. Top.
(Chatham RecOrd.)

(Cndtham RecOr0.)
On last Wednesday night about 10
o'clock Mrs. Katherine Womble and
on. Will WOmble, Of CarbOnton, had
q very narrow cal from drowning
when attempting to cross ROberson's
creek at the Hailborn ford, near here.
Not being acquainted with the creek
and not realizing the great depth of
the water, Mr.. Womble, who was
bringing his mother to the bedside
of her sick s~on-in-law. Mr.. Will John
son, here, drove into the fore and the
horse, buggy and its occupants were
at once swept down the swollen
stream. Fortunately the buggy 1odg-
ed against a raft and, after placing
his mother in the top of a tree and
loosing the horse, Mr.. Womble swan
ashore and summoned help. Mr.. A.
p. Terry, who lives nearby the scene
Of the accident, Immediately respond
ed and riding into the raging tor
rent brought Mrs Womble from her
precarious position to dry land.
We are glad to state that neither
Mrs. WOmble nor her son are am the
worse for their thrilling experience
but it was one which neither one are
to haVe repeated.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
Tall Grass in Surry.
chi. Airy Breeze

Farmer $. G. Pace paid Us a visit
on Saturday evening, bringing with
him a sample Of his fine timothy grass
grown on his farm near the city. II
was a very fine specimen of the grass
ard Mr.. Pace was justly proud Of il.
The bunch he had with him was IS
inches high. though he said he had
some that was taller.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
Ashc County the Garden Spot.
Jefferson Recorder.

Ten thousand bushels Of corn yet
in Ashe county. prospects for the
largest corr harves this fall, in her
history, wheat extra fine. oats good,
rye fine, meadow extra, grazing grass
to burn, people, cattle. horses. sheep.
hogs. distressingIy healthy (Drs.)
Ashe county, God bless her, the
garden spot Of the world. Leave her?
In seven languages. 40
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20


Saturday. August 14-Whiteville.
Monday, August 16-Chadourn.
Tuesday. August 17-Taor.
Wednesday. August 1S-Fayetta-
Vile.
Thursday, August 19-Red Springs.
Institutes conducted by afessrs.
sherman and others.
Friday, August 20-Coats.
Saturday, August 21-Lillington.
Seabcard Air Line Party.
HUT, Petree. Conoter and Women.
Thursday, July 15-Littleton.
Friday. July 16-Warrenton.
Saturday. July 17-Oxford.
Monday. July 19-Henderson.
Tuesday. July 20-Franklinton.
Wednesday. July 21-Louisburg.
Thursday. July 22-Wake Forest.
Friday, July -c-Apex.
Institutes conducted by Messrs.
HUT. MillsaDps. onove and Women.
Saturday. July 24-Pittsboro.
Monday. July 26-Sanford.
Tuesday. July 27--Cameron.
Wednesday, July 2S-Southern
Pines.
Thursday, July 2e-Honman.
Friday, July 3O-Laurinburg.
Saturday. July 31-Maxton.
Institutes conducted by Messrs.
HUT. Hartman, Millsaps, Jeffreys and
Women.
Monday. August 2-Lumberton.
TUESDAY. august -bldut1DOT
Wednesday, August 4-Rocking-
Institutes conducted by Messrs.
HUT. Hiege, Finley, Jeffreys and Wo-
men.
Thursday. August 5-Wadesboro.
Friday, August Diamond Hill
(out from Wadesboro).
Saturday, August 7-Marshville.
Monday, August - aw.
Tuesday, August 10-Monroe.
= 80 ,,~
Thursday. August 12-Paw Creek.
Friday, August 13-Iron Station.
Saturday, August 14-Lincolnton.
Monday, August 16-Cherryville.
Institutes conducted By Messrs
HUT, Hiege, Pender. Jeffreys and
Women.
Tuesday. August 17-S,clby.
Wednesday,, August 1S-Eilenboro.
Thursday, August 19-Rutherford-
Southern Railway Party.
Institutes conducted by Messrs.
Shaw, Newman, Parker. Jeffrey.
Women.
Monday, July 19-Hillsboro.
Tuesday. July 20-Mebane.
Wednesday, July 21.-Gibsonville.
Thursday. July 22-Pleasant Gar
den.
Friday. July 23-Guilford College.
Saturday., July 24-kernersville.
Monday. July 26-Clemmons.
Tuesday, July 27-Mocksville.
Wednesday,. July 2S-Mt. Ulla.
Thursday. July 29-Mooresville.
Friday, July 3O-Derita.
Saturday. July 1-StatesvilIe.
Institutes conducted by Messrs.
stevens, Parker, Finley, Conover,
ONE
Monday, August Hickory.
Tuesday, August 3-Connelly
Springs.
Wednesday. August 4-Morganton.
Thursday, August 5--
Friday. August G-RObbinsville.
Saturday, August Andrews.
Monday, August 9-Murphy.
Tuesday,, August 10-Hayesville.
Wednesday, August 11-BrySOn
City.
Thursday, August 70 -
Friday, August -3-Franklin.
Saturday, August 14-Sylva.
Monday, August 16-Waynesville.
Tuesday, August 17-Canton.
Wednesday, August 18.-SWanna-
noa.
Thursday. August 19-Old Fort. o..
Friday, August 20-Narion.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20
Can Lass and Leo Beat That
(Cnr pA,a.o

(Cor. Danbury Reporter.)
Mr.. viii Smith hiYed a bee swarm
and in fifteen days he robbed them,
taking twenty-seven pounds Of fine
honey. Now Lass and Leo. can you
beat that?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

COMMISSIONER GEORGE NJ. BOW
~ ERS of the bureau OF fisheries said
recently OF the black bass that he is
sending to South Africa at the request of
Col. Roosevelt:
These fish will do well, but no
miracles are to be expected Of them.
Many persons seem to think that our
bureau In as miraculous in all its works
as-well, as the Canadian salmon.
Two Canadians were boasting.
Where 1 come from said the first
we have salmon river that rises in
some boiling springs. As the salmon
climb up the river they gradually get
acclimated to the heat of the water. and
don't mind il. In fact, when we fsh I'm
the highest reaches Of the stream, We
catch our salmon ready boiled
~ don't doubt that, said the second
Canadian. calmly. Down my way there
a curious salmon river. too. 1t rises
in some tin mines. AS the fish work up.
they meet the suspended ore in gradually
increasing quantities. They get quite
mineralized IL they keep on upstream, so
that IL we fish at the head OF the river.
we catch our salmon ready timed. and
all we have TO do is TO pack and ship
them to market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

often isolated-until isolation makes him
so furious that his life is endangered.
Arthur's magnificent condition is due to
Tactic microbes in his food and anti
tuberculosis vaccin in his bood-as pre-
pared by Profs. ROux and Vallee. Vallee
OF the Veterinary School of Abort. was
the first TO insist that tuberculosis is
born in the intestines not in the lungs.
Do YOU know what a vaccin is' Every
bacillus secretes poison called toxin.
which produces it's characteristic disease
in our organism. But our organism, in
its turn, replies by the production OF
substance capable Of neutralizing the ef
fects of the toxin, and this is the anti
toxin secreted by the white globulcs of
the blood. 1t Is obvious that if we can
persuade our bodies to produce sufficient
anti-toxn without danger. We shall be-
come immune" to the particular malady.
The ''vaccin," therefore, is an injection
into the blood of a bacillus culture whose
viru'ence has been prudently weakened
by heat or reactives. BY the repetition
of such vaccinations the organism is led.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

mothers milk. Yet here he is. the husk-
lest of anthropOids. OF course. a vaccin
is not a serum. Some day We shall have
a serum for tuberculosis: there are Met
t.hnikrof monkeys at work on il now. A
serum cures the already sick; vaccin
merely prevents the disease being caught.
HippOlyte. his second cousin. is sim
ilarly near triumph over that blood
disease whose name is not mentioned in
polite society. In ten years past some
thirty costly simians-his parents, uncles.
cousins and mere Strangers--have been
deliberately tainted with this ''avarie''
for long and patient study. Mart..e. Cleo.
Berthe. Georges, Ludovic. Henicus. OBJ
scure dumb poor relations Of humanity
though they were. their names will 90
down In the history of the institute. The
malady was mans not theirs: yet they
were forced to bear it in the hopes of a
solution. Hippolyte, heir to their prog
ress, is supposed TO he close to a sensa-
tiOnal discovery. 1t may be that his blood
contains the secret of mans liberation
from the hateful malady. Another set
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

In the midst of II all triumphant Me-
LAME, flushed with the telling OF her trip
to brasseries and cafes. holds her court,
fearless. with Susette and Alphonse.
These three, at least, never have a dis
ease given to them
will tell of Melanie's high destinies.
When the linen busters assured the faint
ing girl: Have no fear: she's as healthy
as a muir they did not exaggerate. 1t is
the mission of Melanie. Suzette and Al
phonse to be superbly healthy.
The trade of these three lucky monkeys
is long life. for Metchnikoff has never
given up his pet theory OF pathological
old age in spite OF absurd exaggerations
in the press OF the world. According TO
Metchnikoff the Old Testament patriarchs
who died specifically full Of years" were
always over 125. II may mean that they
were glad to CO.. having developed a
comfortable ''instinct OF DEATH which
ought 10 become as strong as the earlier
instinct OF living But he is sure that
mankind In general evolved too brusquely
from the monkey to attain il.
II matters little that monkeys died OF
appendicitis, but all such accidents are
catastrophes to man. Man. with his
great worrying intellect and monkey
body is a victim of the 'dishsrmonies'
already mentioned, of which the chief is
the great intestine.
Diabetes, rheumatism and arterio-scle-
rosis due to certain glands getting poi
soned and allowing sugar. uric acid and
phenols to irrupt into the blood. have
their first occasion in the great intestine,
which the monkeys even had not begun
to get rid Of, though necessary only to
the digestion of grass and grain eaters.
How long it takes evolution. normally, TO
get rid of useless organs Is seen in the
appendix. functionless to all animals this
side Of the rabbit, The little intestine
is quite sufficient for our digestion.
The great intestine, from birth. swarms
with fostering microbes. and their tox-
ines, poisoning the organs. cause all these
diseases Of the nutritive changes.
Here is the greatest study OF the hour.
and Suzette, Melanie and Alphonse win
never suffer from diabetes or such. Their
mission is to dodge them and get on the
homestretch OF the long fight against
artery hardening and similar degenera-
cies that will vanquish pathological old
age" for man!
Metchnkon has monkeys rendered
prematurely old. He has produced all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

vaceins and serums. But the monkeys
have what no other animal possesses
the blood globules OF man.
II is part of a great discovery. whose
complications i omit. Suffice IL TO say
this is how they distinguish whether a
dry bloodstain is human or not: They
inject human blood into a living horse. dog
or sheep. Some time after they bleed the
animal and prepare a serum. clear, liTpid.
free from blood globules. They then drop
into this serum a few drops Of human
serum. II ii Immediately forms pre-
cfpitate they know that their test serum
is sun7ciently active.
Have You q stain OF dry blood on a
knife handle? Dissolve 1t in physiological
water and pour IL into a tube containing
stain is really human blood. Apart from
its police value which is secondary, the
discovery is tar-reachiDg beyond anything
! can tell YOU. Among other things. IL re-
reals the relationship between species.
Test serum prepared for chickens gives a
precipitate with pigeon blood also but
test serum prepared for cows refuses
precipitate with the blood 81 sheep or
deer.
How does test serum for man act when
YOU add the blood OF other animals Not
one gives a precipitate except the single
group OF anthropoid apes.
When Gruenbaum of Liverpool made
the first discovery he devised proof
test. Instead of test serum for man he
made three different ones for chimpan-
ices, orang-outangs and gorillas. Inter
clangeably their blood gave the precipi-
tate. And the blood of man gave pre-
cipitates in all three,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

kinds OF scleroses I'm others. These get
every kind OF experimenting treatment
for do they not represent the mass 10
mddle-aged men alive at this minute
demanding a miracle against the slow
poisoning from which they already dumb
ly suffer?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

Georges lucky members nf the eXtraor-
binary monkey jungle colony of Metch-
nikof at the Pasteur Institute. But II
the Vausirard crowd scattered at a word
IL was not without show OF reason. In
stead Of Melanie il might easily have
been a cousin full OF bad microbes. or
whom Vanguard knows vaguely! IL is
astonishing that the crowd did not sus-
Dect the institute the moment it saw a
stray monkey.
Yet, as the linen buster said. they are
the most precious monks in the world
During the past fifteen years. and par
tcularly since the Osiris bequest of H.,
O0O.OO francs. Profs. Netchnikoff and
Roux have maintained at the institute
the most expensive anthropoid mena gerie
il is possible to ina CINE.
Wild animal dealers from Hamburg to
Batavia have a standing order for vigor-
Gus and healthy young chimpanzees,
orang-Outangs and gori!las: and. these not
sufficing. the institute has agents in many
an obscure part of BOrneo. Sumatra and
the KOngo. 1t even sends out expeditions
of its own to gather up the precious apes.
whose blood globules the same as
those of man.
1t is a section OF the Pateur Institute
TO which outsiders never penetrate: there
is a vertable jungle under glass.
In a tepid atmosphere. heavy with the
rank vegetation OF tropical plants. amid
the perfume OF jungle flowers and under
blue-green glass 10 cast tropical shade,
a hundred anthropoids who are mot
working live In luxury and pleasure.
Fifty wired-off jungle sections maintain
the illusion of society for the working"
victims Even when plumb-full of mi
crobes they are innocently. ignorantly
happy. They do not reflect that they are
struggling with mans most vile blood
disease or with tuberculosis. 1t is even
part of their work to know family
joys. They have swings and seesaws.
They build playhouses in dark corners.
They delight in tropical fruits; intensive
feeding to keep up fat and tone; cooked
meats with sauces: cakes and biscuits;
buildings. even buildings,
This secret jungle, hidden in mid Paris.
is microcosmos AS in the great world
many are called but less are chosen
There are lucky and unlucky monkeys in
the nature of the Investigations vivisec-
ton seldom comes their way their lots
in life are varied
Let me introduce Arthur
This amiable young chimpanzee, who
gets his vaccin hypodermic regular, has
a deplorable family history. His grand
parents. parents and many of his broth
ers. sisters and cousins died tubercu-
lous: because phthisis makes veritable
hecatOmbs i'm the world OF monkeys, as
in that of man. Yet Arthur remains.
And Arthur is superb! His appetite is
vOraciOuS, his forces marvellous. He is
hickey monk. The young lady CHM
panzees are wild about him, and it is a
shame the way he keeps them guessing
He il so flirtatious with the fair and so
pugnacious with the brave that he is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06
PROF. METCHNIKOFF.

of interesting personalities are being car
ried on in connection with him-Ludoric
ii. Berthe III. Paulus. Georgette-their
actual condition being kept a mystery.
They are mans poor relations. and this
is the secret Of their high place In the
Pasteur Institute. Guinea pigs and rats
are good for certain experiments, even
as high as the investigation of cancer.
So tiny a beast as the meat maggot has
been used by MetchnikOf to study the
action Of microbes on nutrition. Horses
and calves make perfect cu1tivators of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

KTETCHNIKOFF'S Mon
1V4 keys Microbes To-
day" Their Bill of Fare
Amid Surroundings of Hy-
gienic Luxury and Amuse-
ment-Why the Pasteur In
stitute Maintains the Expen-
sive Jungle-Arthur, Melanie,
Hippolyte. Suzette and Al
phonse Physiological Arts
tocrats of the Animal World
Who Carry in Their Blood
the Secrets of Old Age for
Humanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

y a bright Sunda,
morning OF last
August the Waugh
rar6 quarter OF
Paris was aston
ished by a big,
handsome and in
telligent young ape
careering through
the trees of the
avenue and dash
ing down In short
trips TO the side
walk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06


FOR do they not represent the mass ~
middle-aged men alive at this minute
demanding a miracle against the slow
poisoning from which they already dumb
But I prefer TO think of Melanie. A.
phonse and Suxette. bright types OF conf
ing generations: and you who read ksn
profit by the chief discovery proclaimed
to date-in continually absorbing Tactic
microbes
In spite Of all exagserstions and rid
cule. Metchnikofr continues to insist on
Tactic microbes as the one best bet OF
the average man, and even lends his
name to certain dry preparations OF them
in tabloid form. Must he not have a
strong philanthropic motive-he who has
the millions of the institute behind his
needs
He says Il il certain-to give single
example-that the Coli bacillus produces
the phenols that chiefly break down the
body In pathological old age" and that
the Tactic microbe. while unable TO kill II.
stops il secreting phenois. In the same
way there is good chance for it's present
ing the poisoning OF the pancrease. the
cause OF diabetes And so on. and so on.
Metchnikoff never said that the drink
ing of sour milk will make you live to be
one hundred years old. but he believes
that coming generations will attain an
average of 125: and that, meanwhile.
mans best chance for living old and hale
Is TO make the Tactic ferment ente-
largely into his habitual food as a per
manent element. II is the most active
enemy OF assassinating microbe fora OF
..xA-
tains IL.
Eat sourkraut continually. or pure cul
turf in curdled milk. sweetened vegetable
bouillon or the dry tabloid ferment.
myself am going to begin at once. Lazi
ness and neglect will do us a had turn.
Here is our chance to ascertain II We
be men or monkeys in the style of Mela
ME. She is forced to take her ferment
at the institute. We made her acquaint
ance breaking loose. to wallow in restau-
rant feeding, never asking whether she
would get with il life-saving Tactic mi
crobes, STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-06

mare OF being tied and cut and bsndssed
up and held stiil till YOU grow well. Evil
IDENTIFY those who die OF nasty maladies or
operations do not transmit any annoying
memory Of it. to survivors