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Explodes an Old Belief

Some of these hounds are trained
from puppyhood to follow the scent
of a man, just as some are trained to
follow the scent of a dere, rabbit or
other four-footed game. Every man
has a scent peculiar to himself, though
most men do not like to admit it. No
dog completely recognizes his master
without a few shifts by way Of inves-
tigation.
Sometimes these "bloodhounds" are
clever in trailing a man If the scent,
which hangs close to the ground, has
not been dissipated or confused with
other scents. In most cases, though,
these dogs are vastly overestimated.
The owner of a pack naturally thinks
his dogs the greatest ever and insists
on the marVels and mysteries they can
smell out. A great chance is taken
when a man is convicted on the testi-
mony of a hounds nose.
In the matter of ferocity, these
''bloodhounds' are about as harmless
as kittens after their claws have been
manicured. These dogs would not
bite a defenseless tramp. They would
rather run two days than fight half
a minute. A bulldog could whip a
yardful of these "bloodhounds' if he
could catch them.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12

did you ever hear of the Bug Line
Telegraph Company of Manner asked
an old operator in one of the big
companies in Broadway, the other
night, when the operators were eating
all along the line, says the New York
Commercial.
ct is only ten miles long, and is
up in the Kennebec region" he ON
tinued. ct was started just for con-
yersation purposes by a couple OF
young men in the valley. 1t was
about twelve years ago that a line
was strung over the housetOps and
through the branches of the trees.
The two young men began to talk to
each other by signals, n then an
other young man wanted to be put on
and a circuit was made to his place
Gradually others came in until there
were about fifteen in the company.
"Then they learned the. alphabet
and got instruments, and had daily
and nightly conversations I'VE the
wires just for the fun of the thing.
Then the girls in the neighborhood
were let in on the scheme. Every
one was green in the business at the
start, but gradually they picked up
enough to talk, and in a year all hao
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
Telegraph a "Bug Line.

become tolerably fair operators.
Some of them got to be experts and
scattered, and now they are regularly
employed in good positions. l believe
there are only a half dozen of the
originators of the Bug Line who are
still on the circuit"
"Why did they call it the Bug
Liner" asked an operator who had
been listening.
well, one night the line got to
working pretty badly, as the best Of
lines will now and then, and an ex-
pert operator vas put to work to un-
tangle the kinks. You know, when a
line begins to wobble the boys cali it
buggy So this expert operator
turned to one of the original organic
ers and said to him: You ought to call
this the Bug Line and so the name
was adopted, and it has been called
that ever since.
Every now and then the remain
ing members have a row about some
thing and the line quits working, but
they soon agree and open up, and all
goes we'll until the next row. l reckon
more joshing has gone owe the Bug
Line than any telegraph line in this
country. 1t has always been a d. b.
service"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
LABOR WORLD.

"A child labor bill has been drafted
at Minneapolis, MINI.
An immense car building works is
to be erected near Montreal.
Twenty-seven thousand men are en-
ployed at the Krupp Works at Essen.
Retail statesmen of st. Paul and Min
neapolis unions are working in unison.
The Commercial Telegraphers' Union
of America has removed its headquar-
tiers to Chicago, Ill.
About one-ifth of all tho children in
the land between the ages Of ten and
fifteen years are at work.
Twenty-seven trades and labor coun-
ellis hold charters from the Canadian
Trade and Labor Congress.
The Nova ,Scotian Government has
sanctioned a plan for emigrating pau
per children to Canadian farms.
The National Association Of Bureaus
of Labor Statistics Convention will be
held in San Francisco, CAL, next
spring.
The italian Ambassador at Wash
ington is investigating the practicable
ity of dispensing city Italians into rural
communities.
The Workmen's Compensation act
recently passed by the British Parlia-
.ment has caused an appreciate in
crease in pauperism.
The first Danish trade union formed
for the specific purpose of securing
higher wages and shorter hours was
organized in 1869 at Copenhagen.
Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco,
Cal, has announced that he will not be
a candidate for reelection for presi-
dent of Musicians Mutual Protective
Union No. G.
| Agriculturists of the States of So
nora and Sinaloa, Mexico, who have
been employing Chinese laborers, state
that the Mexican peon is far superior
to the coolie.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
Old Coinage of ENGLAND

The occupants of the ancient sees
Of Canterbury and York, during the
Anglo-Saxon period, enjoyed the priv
ilege of issuing their own coinage-a
coinage rich in archaeological, artis-
tic and historical interest, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. No record exists of
the conditions and circumstances un-
der which the right of coinage was
granted to the archbishops of Canter-
bury, beyond the intrinsic evidence of
the coins themselves. Only one type
of coin appears to have been issued
the silver penny. 1t is presumed, from
the appearance of the earliest coins,
the appearance on the earliest coins
of the name of Offa, King of Mercia-
one of the three chief kingdoms of
early England-that that, king first
granted the privilege of an indepen-
dent ecclesiastical coinage.
The first archbishop to issue this
money was Jaenberht, who occupied
the see from A. D. 766 to 100. All his
oln bear Ofa's name, while some
bear his own. This prelate is noted
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
A Japanese Widows Hair.

When a Japanese woman becomes a
widow it is customary for her to cut
off a part of her hair and to bury it
In the coffin with the body of her hus-
band, but as she may please herself
about it this sacrifice is not often
large enough to spoil her pretty Golf
fure, unless, indeed, she determine to
wear forever the badge of widowhood
and give her life in complete devotion
to the memory of the departed, In
which case she cuts it off and thence.
forth never permits it to grow.
There are a great many women in
Japan, and especially. In the heart Of
the country, where foreign influence
has never reached, who wear their
hair bobbed like a small boys anG
oftentimes parted jauntily on the side;
and by this sign one may be sure that
they are widows, and that they hang
many prayer slips at the temple doors
and give their passing days in patient,
sweet devotion to the family and the
home wherein they are sure to be
much loved.-E1eanor Franklin in Leg
lies Weekly. ..4
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in English history for his vigorous,
though unsuccessful, attempt to resist
King Ofa's plan for destroying the
power of the primatial see of Canter-
bury and transferring the priS1acy to
a Mercian metropolitan. A synod was
held in 1877 at Chelsea, now a part of
London, and the archbishop was
forced to give up a large portion of
his province to Higbert, bishop of
Lichfield, who was raised to the rank
OF an archbishop. Jaenberht's success
sor, Aethelheard CA. D. 793-8O5),
though elected in 791, did not receive
the pa1lium till 1913. During this in
terval he appears to have struck coins
with the title of Pontifex instead of
Archie Discopus. His early coins bear
the name of Ofa, while those struck
after 706 bear that of Coenwulf, who
succeeded Ofa as King of Mercia.
Aethelheard's earlier pennies have.
in addition to the name of Offa, a
star, a cross, the Christian
etc. This prelate was also bishop of
WincAester-the ancient capital of
England.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
COLLEGE NOTES.

The new Harvard catalogue shows
q membership Of 1853 in the Law
School.
The catalogue Of Brown University
for 19O4-O5 contains several noteworthy
features.
The new power plant OF Cornell Uni
versity IN Fall Greek Gorge has just
been completed.
Some of the general plans for the
new library of Yale University appear
to be practically settled.
Teachers College announces a course
of ten free public lectures in Kinder
garten Theory and Practice.
The personnel of the board of the
University Of Vermont trustees remains
almost the same as last year.
The second annual debate of Johns
Hopkins with Brown University will
be held in Mccoy Hall on the night Of
April &.
Professor John Robert Sim was elect
ed head of the department of pure
mathematics at the College of the City
of New York.
The board of trustees of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania has elected DIR.
Thomas e.. Ashton to the position Of
adjunct professor of medicine.
The official prospectus of the Yale
Summer School of Arts and Sciences
names a faculty of for~ty-four, with
President -Hadley and Professor
Sweat at the head.
The President of Columbia Univer-
sity has appointed as the committee on
the award of the Illig medals and the
Darling prize, in the Schools of Applied
Science, Professors Hutton, Miller and
Hallock.
Colonel Charles e. Sprague, Presi-
dent Of the Union Dime Savings Insti-
tuition, is now professor OF the theory
of accounts in the School OF Commerce,
Accounts and Finance at New York
University.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12

I Song for the Swimmer |

A MEMORY OF


Cool life.s hot. tumultuous dream:
The bubbling pillows all around you
Seem to wash our cares away,
Starry spray will soft surround you,
Tingling for life's lusty fray.
Sweet to steep your soul in slumoer'
Drifting down dim, shoreless sea,
all the cares that cumDer,
Floating, tranced in ecstasy.
Lulled by breezes soft and tender,
Snugly curled in downy nest,
ivory dreams of radiant splendor
SooShe your deep and wholesome rest
The brave embraces of the ocean
Are softer than your girls caress,
When ~thrpbbing with a wtfe's deVotlo1
She folds. you from 1ife's storms n
The salt of the sea will sting and thrill
And nerve you for life's strenuous fray,
The feathery spray will foam and MI you
With rapture of the youth at play.
Sweet is sleep to those that labor,
sweet is rest to those that toll,
Sweet the grasp of girl or neighbor'
Sweet the smelling of the soil.
All these things are for the giving
Fresh as dew or ripping rain,
But the supreme joy of lfving-
Graphing with gray. shaggy nam!
JAMES E.
Registry Division. Chicago Postomce'
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was hailed as a natural born wolf de-
stroyer, and we started business I'M
der the Impression that all one had
to do was to let a borzoi see a coyote
and b latter's death warrant was as
good as executed. The result was a
natural failure, because, like a bird
dog. the wolfhound must be trained
to The work. American purchasers
no occasion to worry about that,
hoT ever, for as the dogs high cour-
as s the result of education and en-
couLdgement, without it they are do
Gle and obedient and fit companions
for the ladies of the house, a role
which they are prominently fitted to
fill by reason of their handsome and
unique appearance Country Life.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12

Suggested by reading that prince of
polished proze, Lafcadio Hearn's master,
piece-tChita: A Memory of Last lsland
"A story worthy of Victor HugoS II
tanesQue imagination.
When the naughty sun is burning,
Whirling through thin, arid air, =
And his chariot wheels are turning,
And he sheds a sultry stare,
Like some naughty tryrant crashing
Splitting all his furious hre,
Or some painting leopard dash1ng,
Throbbing with a fierce desire.
When the copper sky CLEANS cruel
Like some big hot brassy shield.
Searching like 3some treacherouS 1eWeL'
Parching< all the shimmering neld,
When the bliStering breeze is bltlng
And seems to Sift into your SOUL
And your heart knows scant deligntlng
And you lose your self control.
Sweet to seek the river flowing,
And dive into the bubbling stream
Prattling on its way, and going
Where dark. cool green MOSES gieam;
Sweet to feel the water round you
Cooling all your feverish brain,
Bahbling blithe. as glad it found you,
Cold and crystal as the rain!
Plunge into the water trimming.
Stretch your body in the stream,
Satiate your soul with swimming
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
Taking Cotton Back Home.

Dublin, Ca, Special.-Ferrell Per
ry, one Of the prosperous farmers of
Laurens county, called at one Of the
warehouses in this city and asked that
33 bales of cotton belonging to him be
turned over to his wagoners, who had
instructions to carry them back to
his farm. He declines to sell at any
price less than ten cents and will hold
his cotton at home until h price
reaches that figure. This is in keeping
with the action of farmers generally
throughout this section. Those who
have cotton stored in the warehouses
are paying the costs and taking 1t
home to hold.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
Wolfhound a Noble DOG

Beyond any question, the aristocrat
of the canine family is the Russian
Wolfhound, otherwise the borzoi or
barzoi, which is the Russian nam
for coursing dog. There is a refined
elegance coupled with the indication
of speed and strength about the Rus
sian wolfhound which no other breed
possesses.
In western Europe he is merely the
ornamental companion that he is in
eaEtern America. In the coyote sec
tion Of our continent he can be made
as useful as he is in Russia, and to
assist in clearing off that scourge, of
the cattle ranches. When the borzoi
was first brought to this country he
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
taxes Must Raise s1o,ooo,ooo.

Austin, Tex. Specialize 18th ses-
sion of the Texas Legislature convenes
at, noon for the regular session. The
present session is an important one.
In addition to providing for the next
two years it will have to make good
a deficit of nearly $1,000 900 making
the total amount necessary $10,OO0,00O.
In order to meet these requirements
it will be necessary to thoroughly re-
wise the taxation system OF the State.
1t is anticipated that the corporations
will come in for considerable atten-
tion.
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lation were of the white race and that
1T was not the intention of the Mexf-
cans. Indians, negroes and half-breeds
should be brought into citizenship. He
said that if Arizona and New Mexico
were admitted into the Union this class
of citizenship would control the cleo
tons and that brides and whiskey
might control them.
Mr.. Mallory presented the minority
report of the merchant marine COM
mission. It was referred to the COM
mittee on commerce.
The omnibus claims bill was passed
with several committee amendments.
1t carries direct appropriations amount
ing to about 81, S0O, 900. The Senate adj
journed.
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$4,000 Ere at Greensboro.

Greensboro, N. c.. Specialize
Cape Fear Manufacturing Company's
plant, engaged in the manufacture OF
builders materials, was completely de-
stroyed by fire Monday night. The
fire was discovered over the boiler
at IL O'Clock, and the building, which
was a frame structure, was entirely
destroyed in an hour. ]. Frank Hod-
gin, of Roanoke, Va. is president OF
the company and J.. A. Hodgin, OF
Greensboro, secretary and treasurer.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
ATTACKS BEEF COMBINE.

Declares Meat Consolidation a Con-
spiracy in Restraint OF Trade.
Washington, D. C.-Attorney Gen
eral Moody submitted to the United
States Supreme Court the brief of the
government in the so-called Beef Trust
case. 1t arraigns Swift & Co. and
other members of the alleged combina-
ton for violation of the Sherman Anti
Trust act, contending that the methods
of the trust stife competition and re-
strain trade in fresh beef.
The Attorney General in the govern
ment's brief mercilessly denounces the
methods of the trust, and insists that
a conspiracy exists to control the mar
kets Of the nation for fresh meat.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
SO Dogs Entered For Georgia Trials.

Macon, Ca, Special.-A special to
The Telegraph from Albany, Ca, says
that the Georgia field trials will begin
there Tuesday. The annual event
promises to be one of the most success
full in the history Of the organization
and many prominent sportsmen from
over the State are present with
their dogs, more than fifty of the lat
ter having entered.
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Cost of Public Printing.

The cost of public printing in Wash
ington, D. c., for the last year, as
shown by the annual report, was So
345, 120. Seventeen years ago, 1887,
the expenditure was $2,5O0,O76. Eff
forts will be made at the present ses-
sion of Congress to economic.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
POLICEMAN KILLED IN A RIOT.

Attempt to Arrest Two Alleged Hold
up Men in Chicago Results Fatally.
Chicago, 1ll.-In 4 riot at Twenty
fifth place, Policeman James J. Keefe,
of the Maxwell street station. received
wounds from which he died later at
Mercy Hospital. Policeman Richard
j. Birmingham, of the same station,
was seriously wounded.
During the time of the riot the
streets in the vicinity were filled with
a mob of excited men. The riot was
caused by the effort of the police to
raid the house where Frank Gagan
lives. He and Ollie Feinberg were
arrested on charges of holding up sew
eral persons on the South Side re-
Gently.
Feinberg escaped during the riot but
Gagan was arrested.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
SUIT AGAINST MRS. DUKE
Said to Have Raised Much Money On
Worthless Collateral
A VERY SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT

One Who Knows the Career of the
Woman Who Recently Became the
Wife Of 1rodie |. Duke, of Durham,
Says She is a shrewd Character and
Adds: "Wait Till You Hear From
Some Banks Down East"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
Non-Imprisonment For Debt.

Sheriff Erlanger, of New York Coun-
ty, has had d bill introduced with the
New York State Legislature to abol-
ish Imprisonment for debt.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
EXPLOSION KILLS nine
Towboat Defender is Shattered OPP
"osite Huntington, w. Va,
CREW HURLED INTO WATER

Boilers Hurst ON Ohio River Steamer and
lake FIre-Of Thirty.eight Men and
One Woman Aboard at the Time Only
Nine Escaped Serious Injury.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-20
cREAsoN FREE AT LAST
Mrs. Edwards Exoneratss Condemned
Man Before Jury.


Man Before Jury.
Reading. Pa, June 17.-Samuel
Creason was acquitted Of the murder
of John Edwards. The large audience
set up a demonstration and the verdict
was received with great satisfaction.
Mrs. Kate Edwards, whose testimony
convicted Greason. her paramour, over
three and one-half years ago, was on
the stand and completely exonerated
him. Mrs. Greason was present from
Carlisle to attend the trial She lis
tened with disgust to the oft-iterated
love story OF her husband and his par
amour. whose confession has now ex-
onerated him from a share in the muir
der of her husband. The two women
had never seen each other before.
John Edwards was murdered nearly
four years ago, and Greason was ar
rested several months later. His death
warrant was issued ten times. and his
case has developed into one OF the
most remarkable murder trials in this
state.
Mrs. Edwards. the mother Of Grea
sons child, is under sentence Of death
and il is expected that the governor
will order her execution within short
time. II was postponed several months
ago so that she could be used as a
witness at Greason's trial Mrs. Ed
wards fate will be decided by the
board of pardons next Wednesday.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-20
TRADE REPORTS GOOD
Prosperous Conditions Prevail in
Commercial Centres.
MERCANTILE PAYMENTS PROMPT

Bright Crop Outlook Has saIutary
Effect on Commercial Operations.
Foreion Commerce Shows substan'
tial Gains.
New York, June 17.-R. c. Dun &
Co.'S Review of Trade says: Moderate
Improvement is noted in commercial
conditions. although progress is along
conservative lines and there is no evil
dence of speculative excuses. Sea
sonable weather has stimulated retail
sales Of light weight wearing apparel
and jobbers report more disposition
among dealers to place orders for fall
and winter goods. Mercantile pay
ments were also more prompt, the
brighter crop outlook having a salu-
tarv effect on all commercial opera
lions. Although little new business Is
noted in pig iron, the steel mills are
busy and confidence is expressed In
developments next month. Textile
manufacturing Is in better condition
than at any recent date. high prices for
raw materials eXerting no retarding
influence as yet, and most OF the idle
ness in the leading industries Is attrib-
nted to seasonable overhauling of ma
chincry and taking OF inventories.
Railway earnings thus far available
for June average 81 per cent. higher
than least years and foreign COM
merce at this port for the last week
shows gains Of S1,3913l2 in exports
and $2.636,S96 in imports. In every
department of business the past week
makes a strikingly favorable compare
son with the corresponding week OF
1904, when prices were tending down
ward and there was much complaint
of the early summer dullness yet there
is no indication at the present time oil
the unreasonable enthusiasm that
threatens stability through reckless
purchases in excess of wholesome
consumptive requirements. Irregular
ity continues in the hide market.
Many divisions are nominal and for
eign dry hides have declined another
fraction. making a loss of a full cent
from the recent high point.
Conditions in the footwear industry
arc without material alteration.
Failures this week numbered 229 in
the United States. against 257 last
year. and 25 in Canada. compared with
i6 a year ago.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-06-20
S E ABB OAR D
AIR LINE RAILWAY

short Hue Go principal c.ur- of thr south.
southwest Florida. ilha nnt Mexico
Schedule boo rn,rf April lNfh. lHH.
Truu- leAsr Richmond. Main >tnrt station.
Ialy.
slon-m- Iocal fpr Nlu.na. Raleigh. Hamlet
and Charlotte.
'.up m ->..hnanl NAii. composed 90 Pullman
-ltrIfug oars fu AfAnfn. savannah ahl
Jnrl -nutiIe ~ruhulu rii. ru- nn' also
Operated nn fAI- trtuD ih.t 1904. maintained
I'd Doc, highest dr-r.. n' r,tf...rlrr hi-n ItiIn'
comfortable IAt rD.lrhr-. rlnniu- without
ehAulr. tnlInr'dt. .
u.nl.p. m.-~sAhulnl E6pn.--. Ipn-'7l 1i fNli-
man ~,rprr- to Atlanta. savannah. Jh'N.
-uuyllI. and Tampa ~rahnnfi rhir ears i.Hi
duy roarh,- running to Florida without
change.
Trains arrive 10 Richmond. daily.
$50 . m.-Fram Florida. Atlanta hni thr
Southwest
iss p. m- From Florida. Atlanta aud the
southwest
5app. m.-f From local points.
T1r uIl Information a- 600 rates. schedules ana
.atf,.. lions apply to any ~rlhuaul AGENT OBJ q"
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Nn East Main So. Richmond, " %.
Phone 90.