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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23

one wishes to rise and gaze at this
just long enough to fix the hour firm
ly on the %retentive memory. Then if
no other absorbing thoughts intervene
between that and the moment one is
locked in slumber, the nights rest will
be easy and unbroken, and promptly
at the hour in the morning, as a rule,
one will find oneself released from
sleep and wide awake. There is no
need to keep thinking of the hour
continually for a number of minutes,
no need to repeat it over and over in
the mind; all this makes the brain un-
easy and :~asults in the disturbance OF
slumber; IMPLY look at the watch or
clock as | have indicated and the in
fuence OF the mind over matter will
be clearly demonstrated in the morn
ing. Try it some night and observe
how smoothly this psychological fact
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
The Coffee of Commerce

rooster and acts in much the same
manner. The former cherrylike fruit
has now become a tough, black and
wrinkled n~ondescript, resembling peb-
bles as much as anything and with
pebbles 1t. is more Or less mixed. From
here it is shoveled into the large fer
menting tanks, where it is covered
with water and allowed to remain
some time, being continually stirred
and having the extremely m~alodorous
water drawn off at Intervals
From this process it energies COM
pletely cleansed of the large amount of
soft pulp which has hitherto covered
it, but the beans are still held face to
face by a thin and very strong parch-
ment-like covering, which can only be
removed economically by machinery.
This is accomplished by a huller,
which breaks the beans apart and
blows off the covering. The impuri-
ties, such as black and worthless
beans, stones and similar rubbish, are
then picked out by hand and the cof-
fee is bagged ready for shipment. The
roasting and grinding are always done
where the coffee is to be used.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
In the Trackless Woods

away wilds of the North, where to
lose ones self might mean death.
By constant practice those who are
brought up in the wilds acquire the
ability to walk in a straight line. They
begin by beating a trail from point to
point on some long stretch of ice, and
in the bush, where any tree or OBJ
struction bars the way, they make up
for any deviation from the straight
course by a give-and-take process, so
that the general line of march is
straight.
During forty years in the country
I never knew an Indian or white bush
man to carry a compass. Apart from
a black spruce swamp, it would be no
use whatever.
In going from one place to another
the contour of the country has to be
considered, and very frequently the
longest way round is the shortest
way home" A ridge of mountains
might lie between the place of start
ing and the objective point, and by
making a detour round the spur one
would easier reach his destination.
rather than to climb up one side and
down the other.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
GeneaI Cotton Market.
Hurt by Explosion.

Burlington, Specialize explosion
of a small gasoline lamp, used to heat
painful injury to William j. Fix, a clerk
in the drug store of T. H. Stroud. The
fame, being near the bowl Of the
lamp, and the cap, which was soldered
to the bowl, furnished sufficient heat
to generate gas suficien to blow the
cap off. The escaping gas and gaso-
line ignited and struch Mr.. Fix OF ihe
face and head. His injury is 1rY
painful but not serious.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
Death Of Russian Spy

cit was drawing near sunset when
he was executed in a neighboring val
ley. He was led into an ~inclosure by
a gendarme. There was a small gath
ering of the judges, newspaper CORE
spondents and others. b prisoner
asked Capt. Hamao, who was in at
tendance, for permission to pray. The
request was of course granted. When
he had finished his prayers Capt
Hamao asked him if he was married
and whether he had children. Both
of the questions being answered in h
affirmative, the captain told him that
he was one of the bravest and most
honorable soldiers of Russia. The in
terests and law of Japan, however, de-
manded his death. But the captain,
in his private capacity, admired his
bravery and deeply sy~mpathized with
him. If he had anything to leave or
communicate to his people the captain
would gladly undergo any trouble in
order to fulfill his desires.
These encouraging words caused
tears to rise to the eyes of the brave
Russian. He said he had no word to
send to his people. The only thing he
wanted to express was his gratitude
to the captain and the only favor he
would ask from him was permission
to shake hands with him. This was
done in the heartiest manner. A few
minutes later Vasilli Liabof was
dead"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
Alarm Clock Not Needed

I'VE hear it frequently asserted
that if persons will impress the
thought firmly upon their minds and
continue thinking about it until they
have fallen asleep that they desire to
awake at a certain hour in the morn
ing, they will do so without fail" DR..
Joseph l.. Boehm tells me, "but, how
many people have tried this method
of insuring a prompt awakening at a
given hour in the morning only to find
their rest throughout the night dis
turbed and uneasy?
"The brain will usually respond to
the will and awaken n in the morn
ing near the desired hour under any
circumstances, but to prevent the un-
broken, uneasy sleep the adoption OF
only a very simple device is neces.
sary. The last thing before getting
into bed take a watch or clock and
turn the hands to the horr at which
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23

What appear marvellous and posi-
lively uncanny to a town person is
simple to a bushman.
This bump of locality is highly de-
veloped in all Indians and whites who
have passed many years in the bush.
Without the faculty of remembering
objects a bushman could not find his
way through the forests.
Providing the trapper has onc
passed from one place to another, he
is pretty sure to find his way through
the second time, eve if years should
have elapsed between the trips. Every
object from start to finish is an index
finger pointing out the right path. A
sloping patch, a leaning tree, a moss
covered rock, a slight elevation in
land, a cut in the hills, the water in
the creek, an odd-looking stone, a
blasted tree-al1 help as guides as
the observant trapper makes his way
through a painless forest, says Forest
and Stream.
Of course, this tax on the memory
is not required of trappers about a set
tied part of the country, but 1 am tell
ing of what is absolutely necessary
for the safety of ones life in the far
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23

cit was about twilight of Sept. 20"
says a Tokyo paper. "a Japanese
sol6ier camped in the neighborhood
Of Yentai was cooking his supper
when a man attired in a Chinese
farmers clothes and hat passed by.
The soldier asked him to bring some
fresh water. Instead of complying
with the request the man took to
fight. This conduct aroused the an
ger and suspicion of the Japanese SOL
der, who at once pursued the man.
He caught up with him and, tearing
off his hat, discovered that he vas a
Russian in disguise. He was a spy.
The following day a court-martial sat
to deliver judgment on the Russian
soldier, whose name was Vasilli Liza
boff. He was 80 years old and a pri-
vate belonging to the 284th Chenbal-
sky regiment of the list division of
the 5th army corps. He walked calm
ly into the court and bowed to the
judges, his dignity and manliness COM
handing the respect of all present.
Capt. Hamao, one of the associate
judges, read the verdict, which stated
that the accused was a spy and there
fore was to be punished with death.
When the full meaning of the SEN
tence was explained to him by an in
terpreter he said, respectfully but
clearly, that he was satisfied, and
showed no sign of fear.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
North State News.

There is a very great falling OFF in
the sales of fertilizer tax tags, the
Commissioner of Agriculture says,
there being already a falling off of
$4,000 this season as compared with
a year ago. This is a very plain indi-
cation that the farmers are %curtailing
to a great degree the use of CONNER
c1al fertilizers. as they promised, in
fact pledged themselves to do. 1t is
a very valuable proof of how they are
carrying out the great plans made.
Mr.. r. NJ. Miller, Jr., president of
the Elizabeth Mills in Charlotte, in
dicted G. E. Ritch, before Magistrate
j. w. Cobb Tuesday morning, for en-
tering his mill during work hours and
unlawfully enductng employees to leave
the service Of the company. Ritch is
an employee of the Continental Mills,
and it is supposed that he tried to in
duce the employees referred to to take
position with that mill.
An explorer who has often by COM
pulsion eaten the flesh of animals not
generally used as human food says
that grilled lion steaks are delicious
and much superior to those of the I'll
ger; that the flesh of the rhinocerous,
properly prepared, has all the good
qualities of pork; that the trunk and
feet of young elephants resemble veal,
and that stewed boa constructor is a
good substitute for rabbit.
The Senate committee on finance, af-
ter hearing argument for and against
the bill recommended by Governor
Glenn, creating a State purchasing
agency to buy supplies for all State
institutions, reported it ~unfavorably
by a. vote of 6 to g.
The joint committee on Insane Mon
day afternoon reported favorably the
bill appropriating $25, 600 for establish
ing an asylum for idiots and %epileptics.
Fayetteville, Special.-Walter Part
ridge, the negro, charged with a GRIM
inal assault upon Mrs. Hales, was
brought into court Monday morning
and formally arraigned. The judge as
signed J. w. Bolton to defend the ne
gro, and ordered a special venire to try
the case. The work of selecting the
jury was in progress when court ad-
journed in the afternoon.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
News of the Day.

After refusing to set aside the jury's
verdict, Judge Allen, at Roanoke, SEN
fenced Charles r. Fishburne to five
years in prison for manslaughter.
Officers now believe that the three
men of the barge CASTOR were murder
ed and robbed at Newport News.
Greensboro has organized a Cham
Der of Commerce.
Spartanburg, S. c., Special-Seven
persons, five of whom were mail
clerks, were injured in the derailment
of No. 81. the Southern Railways
Washington and Southwestern limited
train, at Fair Forest. six miles south
of here. Thursday afternoon about 2
o'clock. The injuries sustained were
in no case more than painful and all
are comfortable tonight. The injured
are: Engineer Creswell, of Charlotte,
back and left leg; Ernest Williams,
colored fireman. bruises about the
breast; T. P. Miller, Of Atlanta, mail
clerk, left leg; j. S. Eagle, Atlanta,
mail clerk. back; w. S. Moseley, mail
clerk, back and legs; Ira Mcdaniel,
mail clerk, leg and hand; T. E. Win
dor, mail clerk, leg.
C. H. King, superintendent of the
saw mill department Of the Cape Fear
Lumber Company, is at the hospital in
Wilmington in a dangerous condition
as result of being struck on the back
of the head Monday afternoon by a
coupling OF a revolving shaft, under
which he attempted to pass, and was
struck down. His skull was fractured
n he had not regained consciousness
at last account.
E. C. Leath, aged so, committed sui
eide in Richmond.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23

Early in the spring the coffee tree
breaks forth in a mass of bloom, but
the complete covering Of delicate
white blossoms disappears in a very
few days. A period of four or five
months must elapse before the next
period. Then, as the bean is firmly
attached to the branch and the region
is not subject to heavy storms, the
crops are not depleted by windfalls,
the trees showing almost as complete
a covering of fruit as Of blossoms. The
picking is done by a large force of
peasants, each with basket slung over
his shoulder, in a short time. The
fruit is hauled in numbering ox-carts
OF medieval pattern to the patios or
drying yards. The latter are literally
huge cement floors, which form admir-
able tennis courts when not being put
to their legitimate use, and on a large
plantation will cover several acres.
Here the berries are spread out in a
layer a few inches deep, and then hoed
up into rows, being continually turned,
so as to present all fruit to the sun.
By a new method the coffee is dried
by a machine which resembles a huge
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
Y. NJ. C. A. CONVENTION
A Highly Interesting Meeting to Be
Held at AsheViIIe in March.

Held at ASheVllle IN MaTCn.
The Second Annual Interstate Con-
vention of the Young Mems Christian
Association will meet in AsheviHe, N.
c., March lila, 1905. The programme
will be a very attractive one, includ-
ing some of the leading religious speak
ers of the country. Address on topics
of the work will be made by S.. D.
Gordon, Cleveland, O.; E. L. Shuey,
Dayton, O., (expected); DR.. J. A. B..
Scherer, Newberry College, s. c.; A.
G. Knebel, New York; W. D. Weather
ford, New York; DR.. Geo. J.. Fisher,
New York; c. L. Gates, Atlanta, Ga;
R. H. King, Charleston, S. c.; H. j.
Knebel, Charlotte, N. C.
Topics-"Advance Steps" will be the
general Theme. Studies will be made
of the various departments, Religious,
Educational, Physical, Social, Boys
and Advance Steps will be suggest
ed.
Special features-The "Quiet Talks"
by S. D. Gordon, of Cleveland. Ohio.
Mr.. Gordon has few equals in giving
helpful messages relating to the Chris
tan life.
The Mems Meeting in the Great
Auditorium.
Platform meetings.
The Boys Meeting in the Associa-
ton Auditorium.
The Reception to Delegates and Lo-
cal Membership on Saturday evening.
The presentation of Educational
Work, by E. L. Shuey, of Dayton, Ohio.
Address by DR.. j. A. B. Sherer.
Each delegate and visitor must be
supplied with credentials. The meeting
will be a very profitable one and a
large attendance from both States is
expected and desired.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23
Loves First Sweet Pain

There's not a season of the year that tolls
it's passing bell
Upon the shores of life and love, with
weird and mystic spell,
That does not bring to me a thought time
cannot overrule
OF the dear and manly boy I used to love
at school.
When shadows slowly heightened on the
dial plate of time
He brought me pink arbutus in the sweet
ness of it's prime,
And blue-eyed, dewy violets from out the
summer woods,
And daisies from the hillside in their
snow-petaled hoods;
While doWny puSSy-willowS, as they
fringed the frozen pool
Were laid upon my little desk by the boy
I loved at school.
He used to steal me roses through the
Squire's old garden fence;
I've never seen them half as large or
smell as sweetly since;
No other girl could ever coax a single one
away
BY smile or winsome gesture, for my
knigh was true as day.
And I fondly still remember, spite of des-
tiny's misrule,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-23

The curly-headed, blue-eyed boy I al
ways loved at school.
He brought me pearl-uhite dainty eggs
from the yellow-hammer's nest,
And many an orphaned red-breast but
toned in his little vest.
He whitfield trophies of his skill, with
knife Of Christmas fame,
And homeward drew me on his sled,
when SHOWS of winter came.
And when the day of choosing Sides
came round as was the rule,
My name was always first one called-by
the boy 1 loved at school.
Alas; those lays are numbered on the
rosary of time;
Each bead a jeweled memory set in work.
manShip sublime.
And as I count them DER and DER upon
the mystic chain,
1 swing youths censor full of hopes sweet
incense once again.
The white-winged ships of thought sail
out on memory's open sea,
Returning with their souvenirs of pre-
ciouS freight to me.
And with an ardor born of faith that age
can never cool,
1 think about the little boy I used to love
at school.
Anna Bugg Halliday.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-17
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Curandose EN- salud

Sc estan tomando precauciones eX-
traordinarias por ell Departament de
Ia Guerra de los Estados Unidos par d
cuando ocurran nuevas minlobras nj
litares en- dicho pals.
Las capsulas Sc pesanv Sc regis
tran una 4 una para cerciorarse de qpe
no tienen bala :
Ell obJeto es evitar Sc repitan las
ocurrencias de las maniobras celebra-
das tltimamente en- Manassas y en-
California, y donde hubo algunas des-
gracias.
Al hacerse ell registro Sc hallaron
varias capsulas con baa, y EN- algunos
casos pudo averiguarse qui6nes fueron
los embasadores y Sc les despidi6 en-
seguida.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-17
Una anecdOta
de Napoleon |

Ell gran Napoleon, que sobresalfa
en- tantas cosas, era muy mediocre ca
zador. Pero nadie hubiera osado de-
cirselo nj lin presentarle una prueba
de clio.
En- cierta ocasion, cele braba la corte
una gran caceria en- Fontainebleau. Ell
emperador teLia su derecha su
hermano el rey Jer6nimo "a la IL
quierda Murat. Ambos eran exec
lentes tiradores: Jeronimo mato 200
piezas y Murat $50. En- cuanto a Ma
pole@n, Sc ha bia quedado en- IS; perS
estaba pcrsuadido de que habia puesto
una plea en- Flandes. Tanto es asl
que. al regreso, dijo Duroc:
-Esta noche me hareis enseflar los
registros, para que yea 10 que he he =
cho: estoy SECURE de haber matado
Glen pleas.
iConficto! Como presentar S. NJ
las pruebas de su falta de. habilidad?
Felizmente, en- aquella corte, como en-
todaS, habia -. cortesanos, empezan-
do por los individuos de sangre real. .
Ell bondadoso Jeronimo Sc fuG secre-
tanente a yer al capitan de caza, y lie
rog6 Sc sirviera raspar TN cero a la
derecha de las pleas de su cuenta
Murat, ignorando el paso dado por
aquel, Sc present6 su vez { hizo des-
aparecer el uno de la suya.
Los registros fueron llevados al So
berano. Jeronimo y Murat aparecian
ALI bastante desairados; pero, en- cam
bio. q Napoleon Sc le asignsba la her
mosa cifra de POS. Este, satisfechisi-
mo- exclamo con la mayor ingenuidad:
Hoy. sefiores, os be dejado q todos
bien peouefios. Bien es verdad que
nunca habia ahnado tanto mi punteria.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-17
MaraviIios0 resultado

Este voca bio eS ell mas apropiadoa &
la definjci6n de las operacioneS duran
te 1904 de la Sociedad de Scguros dc
Vida La Equitativa.
Teniendo en- cuenta ell corto periodic
traRscurrido Jarece i'm mposible haber
podido alcanzar un resullado tan sa-
tiSfactotio.
La kquitativa ha sido siempre una
Compafiia muy progresista, y el te-
reno ganado demueStra conclusiva-
mente que la observancia fel de sus
antiques metodos ha producido los
mismoS resultadoS
El SECURE vicente Sc Ia elevado 4
ST. 500 100000, el active $4Io. 900 900,
del cual SIS 900 900 es sobrante exec
dente de todo el pasivo. Las rentas
son $4,000 900, y durante 1904 los te-
nedores de polizas nan recibido de la
Sociedad $37. 900 900 en- premioS, anua-
lidades, valores cancelados divjden-
dos. La magnitud de los resultados
obtenidos testifca cl cello y la energ1a
con que los agentes y funcionarios de
la compafifa han llevado d cabo tan
benefica labor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-17

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iaiasfcai"sfs o fsuslAIf pnusF ,s.n NlsrifrA
90 Hfsosrr = gFo ira.A funis Al uhnle
o. considerable - iisics poir,s g 81 ouudl
,ltuts s.ane llieas modesfas i 4uicu.s no
- gu'de som~fef = iegimonss Al. snioos .
isfa,seatlcs 4. todo pauio ineompsnlsl"r
COZ "a srnero otlgsGo 10 VIDA can 10
psunuA de % reenrsas 10 gne aspnpen' .
nca- .pi" sef un prollsaa . resols ~
lnl,vidnAlneuie'
No ssria plausible por oira ..paite penssT
~ solo instaute "a" delta p-rmsneoer sln
toacion hasia tauio que 81 proeo'so nisino
d. l"s 'onocinlsnios m.dicos ohsEtA un
d edo ,saA ador. iueSperado. por mas que
aianosansnie iuquIrldo a diano por .ahl"s
Dc TODD o muudo. que 10 resuelys. . 6ss
pscho 1. ,od~s las. dIhcuiadcs que hemos
y.nilo eYpsulendo
La ua,uEaleza del NAL. 81 extension. 81
diffusion, la irascendeucla ds sus efectos:
- pc'lgros d- sH propagation; ~ trasini-
slb1ldad por herencla: el hecho mismo De
los obStacuios maferiaes para sD trata-
mleuio; rszones son todas que.le hacen tras
passr el radio lie acci6n pri,a.lvo de la ia
m'Ila casr De lleno, sin mas aplazamlen-
toS. en- la mas ancha csiera de la sociedsd.
DR. II. RUIZ ARNAU.
.1De la "Revista Mtdica de Puerto Rico y
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-01-17

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IN dic'cn3oie aGids ocn las msni;as.
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repreudido Il o,ra larde por q macs
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