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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1905-12-15

The National Civic Federation con-
ference on immigration, held 10 New
York, adjourned Dec. after a lively
debate on the subject Of Chinese
immigration. Avery c. Moore OF
Idaho addressed the convention In
opposition to Chinese immigration
and presented petitions signed hy
several thousand citizens Of Idaho
protesting against any modification
OF the Chinese exclusion laws.
Senator Hepburn will be glad to
send flower. garden and other seeds
furnished by the government for dis
tribution to those who will apply for
them. Address w. b. Hepburn, u
nited States Senate. Washington, D.
e.
Special sale on decorated lamps at
Royce's.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-18

I now. enjoy a good nights sleep. I was troubled
with s1eeglessness for over year am very thank
your Electric Belt, and lose opportunity to rec
ommend it to my friends.''
Mr.. Jacob Patton, R. R: Mo- Bloomington, ILL.,,
writes: Il have your letter inquiring if 1 am
satisfied with the results of your treatment I am
perfectly satisfied It has done me lots of good. 1t
cured me of very bad case of stomach trouble'' {
rs your treatment beneficial in cases Of general
weaknesse'' asked. ~
Decidedly. In the same manner that it restores
the vitality ~ to the "a builds lids
the as motive power Of al organs 70 quote Prof
foodstus transferred into electrical energy, Which
in turn gives energy to the muscles and organs
all energy Of the vital organs is electrical There
fore you can see that whenI am able to increase the
hands the means Of cure for every form Of physical
weakness or. debility $3.50
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-18

he says; 1T have tried the DR.. Mclaughlin Elec-
ing up general strength with very good results and
recommend it the best Electric Belt now in
use.'' .--...... ....- ~~.~
>, He then showed me a letter from Mr.. Stanley
Ziegm7a man. R. R. No. l. osseo, Mimi saving ~
am pleased to say that the belt has cured me-. I
had an awful case of muscular rheumatism and,
altho1gh tried various remedies, nothing seemed
is certainly great thing, and has put my system
IN good condition would not part with your belt
for ten times what I paid for it,
The next letter from the WE'LL known boxer,
Tommy Ryan, who says: "When, got your Elec
it impossible for to get into good condition.
The belt has done wonders for me; has restored
my stomach perfectly and built up my general
strength =. -
There dozens of letters from prominent men,
whose Names if Dr. Mclaughlin was permitted to
publish them, would be sufficient guarantee of the
genuineness of his Among them several
prominent physicians, who spoke highly of the treat
ment from personal tests. ! D
Mr.. Louis Noyes, 555 Dickson street, Chicago ILL.,,
says: ''The pains that had in my back have en-
tirely left me- My stomach feels like one.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-18
it all other socalled electric belts the inventions
of the blacksmith s hammer. -, r. 49, .

it all other socalled electric belts the inventions
of the blacksmith s hammer. ~, g..
cit is not upon that point, however, that my sue
has been founded My immense business is
due to my, knowledge Of the effect of cleo tricity
upon the ailments treated and the best way to OBJ
tain that effect. take every that comes to
me. an individual and' direct the application Of
my belt to suit the demands Of this particular
When you consider the fact that the electricity which
supply is life to the organs into which send it,
you how get my results. Ny comes
from my cures If I did not cure, my business
would have worn out long ago, as has the business
of every other maker Of electric BELTS A great
many schemers and frauds have gone into the cleo
trio belt business, because they fancied it
easy way to make money, and have resorted to
very questionable methods at times, but the old
adage, You can fool all the people all the timc,'
was active in their cases. and they did not last
long, (, .- !.
''Now, doctor,' said "your theory sounds very
good, but you give any bona ide evidence Of
cures to back up your statements? You know that
there great many advertised remedies, and
this case Of Mr.. Rocket eller who has been in the
hands of the best physicians for years. very good
proof that few Of the remedies successful
''That is my strongest argument,'' said the doc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-18

tor Here letters from prominent people, given
me without solicitation You can see these patients
tanned in their letters.''
Thereupon DR.. Mclaughlin showed a file con-
tanning letters from many Of the best known people
| picked out several and reproduce some of them
timonials could not be published, as the patients
though recommending his treatment privately, OBJ
jected to publicity.
Mr.. a. =. Bloom. Edinburgh Hotel Chicago, Ill,
says; - purchased one Of your belts, contrary to
the advice Of the physicians who treating
me- and it cured me entirely of stomach trouble
Mr. Gustav Prefer se4 Hermitage nn avenue
aches throughout my system, especially across the
small Of my back and in the legs but these pains
my investment good one, and cheerfuly recon-
mend the Dr. Mclaughlin Electric Belt to all those
afflicted as / was -
Dr. Mclaughlin showed me a letter from United
States Senator Wilkinson Call of Florida in which
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-18

after the failure Of the best physicians. I am Ell,
thusiastic because know that offer suffering hum
mainly the surest for the least expenditure Of
money that is known today
IT have gained my success by learning how to
treat my patients and then curing them know
edge, knowing that it helps my business to do all
for every patient. My patients my
friends, They are building my success
Then I questioned DR.. Mclaughlin in regard to
his Electric Belt, and asked him wherein it was SO
much better than other similar contrivances.
t'That is very simple replied the doctor. sHav-
ing spent twentyfour in study and experiment.
removing defects as fast they appeared in actual
USE and of supplying features such as regulating
Of increasing the power Of my appliance until it
is five times as as that Of any Other
conceded to be the only one Of the kind which IS
constructed truly scientific lines. Compared with
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-18

who writes prescription and looks WISE and the rich
man has confidence that he will be well tomorrow He
feels BETTER perhaps because the doctor can fool ma
ture for while. But after while the doctor looks
wise and it doesn't do the rich man any good and the
first thing he knows nature demands her price, anu
he has to pay for it and the doctor help him no
E'When a poor gets sick, he does the same
way but he gets tired Of the doctor bills, and
takes his case in his own hands and comes to me- L
him with Electricity, and that is why patients
usually poor Rich mems doctors will not let
them to
''You cannot possibly estimate the true import
of this discovery of Prof. Loeb,' said Dr. McLaugh
lin. 1T happiness to- the civilized race
bring about the general recognition Of the great pos
sbies which exist in the application Of electricity
IT have for years contended that old age was
nothing but the freezing Of the blood when there
was longer sufficient vital heat in the body to
keep the blood warm and the organs active have
said that years did not decay and proved it by
citing where men have been made vi gorous
under my reuvenating treatment at 80 while you have
examples all about you Of who old and decrepit
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
General Cotton Market.
Strange Negro Killed.

The Negro shot and killed Tuesday
AFTERNOON in Greensboro by Police
man H. B. Donnell, of that city, was
buried Wednesday without being iden-
titled, although at least 1000 people
viewed the remains at police head
quarters. A deputy sheriff from Rock
ingham county was almost sure he
was Dolph Moore, who served a term
in the penitentiary for killing his sis
ter, but Moore's father, who lives at
Pomona, looked at the dead nan and
said he vas not his son; that Dolph
was serving a term on the county
roads of Guilford. and an investiga-
ton proved the proof OF this statement.
Chief of Police Scott, of Greensboro,
received a letter from the sheriff Of
Stanley county, asking him to look out
for and arrest a negro whose descrip-
ton fits the dead man fairly well, but
it was not deemed advisable to send
for Stanley's sheriff, and the body was
buried at the city's expense. It is
thought that he came from Charlotte,
and that he may have been Will Har-
ris, the desperate from Mecklenburg.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
Ruffed Grouse Are Tame

l have this day witnessed a sight
which has caused me more surprise
and interest than anything connected
with our grandest game bird eve did
before. l have seen four birds, two
cocks and two hens, which were
Matched in captivity ten weeks ago
yesterday, just as healthy, just as
happy and just as contented as domes-
tic fowl. These birds do not seem to
possess the fear Of man.
1 stood close beside the wire netting
and watched one wallowing n the
dirt, and though 1 was within three
feet of him he betrayed not the slight
est fear. And to further illustrate
their confidence in their worst known
enemy, the gentleman who raised them
opened the door of their house, and,
STOPPING down, with some blueberries
in his hand, softly whistled, and, be-
hold, the birds came and fed from his
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
Athletics in the East

ment who wear the old costume, and
many of the students dress with taste
and an elegance that their professors
cannot afford to emulate.
Tennis and basketball o won their
place in the students favor, and now
we have -gymnastic apparatus and a
regularly graduated athletic director,
who has learned physical culture and
boy nature through a long experience
in the gymnasiums of America. But 1t
was football that did the most toward
%uniication. The value of team work
is a new idea to eastern college men.
The old ideal was that of every man
for himself" 1t has been so since the
time of Alcibiades and Absalom. If it
had not been so the history of the
world might have been different. 1t
was comparatively easy to see the JOY
of winning a foot race or a tennis
match, but to play an untheatrical part
in a football game, obeying a captain
and working for the good of the side
that was a very diferent.-World
To-day.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
CLOSE AFTER BUCKET SHOPS
A Proposed Law That Will Break Up
Gambling in Cotton Futures.

The House committee on judiciary
unanimously decided to faVorably re-
port the bill to prevent the operation
of bucket shops in this State. The
text of the bill is: THAT, whoever
rs principal or agent Of any corpora
ton or person, or persons, shall set
up and carry on a bucket shop in
North Carolina, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined OF imprisoned
at the discretion of the court. A
bucket shop in the meaning of the
preceding section is a place where are
posted or published from information
received as the same occurred, huctu-
ting prices of stocks, bonds, petrOle-
I'm, cotton, grain, provisions or other
commodities, or of any one or more Of
the same in trades made or offered to
De made on boards of exchange,or
oy any person, firm, corporation, or
organization, and wherein person or
persons carrying on bucket shop,
either as principal or agent, pretends
to buy or sell, or goes through the
form of buying or selling, then and
there to any other person or persons,
any one of said commodities at certain
price fixed by or according to prices
posted or published, but wherein
neither party actually buys such com
modify and neither party actually sells
same. That each days or part of days
operation of said bucket shop shall
constitute a separate and distinct of
Tense"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
For North Carolina Rivers.

The House River and Harbor Com
mittee of Congress has completed the
river and harbor bill and will report it
to the House. The bill carries the fol-
lowing items for North Carolina rivers
and harbors:
Beaufort harbor, $47,0 O0.
Waterway from Norfolk to the
Sounds Of North Carolina, $4,000.
Inland waterways, $22, 900.
Roanoke River, $4,000.
PerQuimans River, $10,125.
Scuppernong River, s. 5000.
Pamlico and Tar Rivers, $4,000.
Contentnea Creek, $1,000.
Neuse and Trent Rivers, $50, 900.
Northeast and Black Rivers and
Cape Fear River above Wilmington,
$4,000.
Cape Fear, at and below Will
mington, SIS, 600.
Cash appropriation and $500, 900
additional on continuing contract, max
ing a total cash appropriation for the
State of $290,25O, with 100000 addi-
tional or continuing contracts.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
She Ran Into Trouble

knew it would be down around my
feet before 1 had gone another block.
So 1 decided on a bold move. l
marched up to his door and rang the
bell, meaning to ask for Mrs. Clark,
explain my p~redicament to her and
get some pins to fix my petticoat. But
DIR. Clark himself came to the door,
and, grinning like a Cheshire cat,
said:
"'How do you do? 1 came to call
on your wife
His smile changed to a stony stare.
Madame he said, my wife has been
in her grave three years.
81 just tumbled down those steps
and onto a car, and here l am. | don't
know yet whether 1 dropped my petit
coat on the way or still had sense
enough left to hang on to it. And 1T
doesn't make any difference. What's
the loss of a petticoat or two in COM
parison with making that man think
l am crazy or that l was simply try
ing to find out whether he was q wild
over or not?"-New York Press.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
North State News.

Secretary Richard H. Lewis, of. the
State board of health, is much pleased
at the prompt tabling of the bill to
allow Henderson exemption from the
requirements Of analysis of it's water
supply. The inspection of water costs
only $50 a year, and Secretary Lewis
says all such supplies ought to be
watched with great care and analysed
frequently. The supply at Henderson
Vile is Of remarkable purity, but of
course no n can tell when it o any
supply may become contaminated.
The other day a sample of water from
q town in the piedmont section was
received here for analysis and was
found to be very bad. Upon inquiry
it was found that instead of having
the sample taken by a competent
physician, a negro employee had been
sent to get it and that he took it from
q horse trough, using an unwashed
bottle, and of course not cleaning his
hands. Upon this discovery another
sample was properly taken, and found
TO be all right. Speaking of smallpox,
Secretary Lewis said it was now in
81 counties and is spreading. He
says that Immediately upon the devel-
opment of a case the county commits
oAO41CAO dAu UOdIu VI AOc1Lu OuSuI W
have compulsory vaccination in a ra-
aius Of two miles.
State Bank Examiner Ellington says
that 1877 State, private and savings
banks are now in operation In the
State, and that IL more are organizing.
Not a week passes without a new char
ter for a bank. these being granted
under the new law by the Secretary
of State. The development of the
banking business is remarkable.
The North Carolina Association of
Superintendents OF City Schools has
elected as it's president Walter Thomp-
son, of Concord; vice-president, w. B.
Dove, of GreeEVille, and secretary J.
G.. Griffin, Of Salisbury.
The State board Of education, OF
which the Governor is the chairman,
has elected T. S. McMullen, of Hert-
ford, a director Of the State Normal
and Industrial College, at Greensboro,
to succeed w. ]. Shaw, resigned, and
B. F. Aycock, a director to succeed
himself. Governor Glenn has recon-
mended to the Senate as the other di-
r~ectors, S. M. Gattis, Of Hillsboro;
James Sprunt, Of Wilmington, and c..
H. Mebane, Of Newton.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02

The pretty little school teacher
burst into the room, her cheeks
alame, and flung herself down on the
couch, burying her head among the
cushions. "Oh, girls, girls, I've done
she most awful thing" she moaned, to
the amazement of the other young
women who had gathered together for
sneir daily informal cup of tea. When
she had regained composure she ex-
planned:
"You know DIR. Clark, who shows
such an interest in his little boys
progress in school? Well, he comes. in
so often that 1 feel as if 1 know him
quite well. I've often wondered why
Mrs. Clark did not visit the school, but
{ came to the conclusion that she was
enc of the women who was willing to
leave the matter of her sons educa-
ton to her husband.
ST pass his home every night on my
way up here, and to-day, just before l
reached there, 1 felt my petticoat slip
ping off. 1t was sliding so fast that l
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
Quiet at st. PETERSBURG.

st. Petersburg, BY Cable.-Although
the strikes in Reval, Libau, Kief,
Odessa and a few small places are ex-
tending, the situation Is nowhere
acute. An increasing number of work
men are out in Moscow, but there is
no general tie-up or disorder there.
The whereabouts of Father Gopon
still remain a mystery, although it is
believed the priest is in Moscow. The
Russian capital presents almost a
normal appearance and the authorities
ere confident that the backbone of the
strike has been broken. Some factor
les and mills already have resumed,
and a general resumption Of operations
is expected on Monday.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02

An extraordinary craft has just
been built by M. Vogt, the Danish de-
signer, in an attempt to produce an ex-
act model of Noah's Ark.
To assist him in his task NJ. Vogt
had special tr%anslations made by dis
tinguished Hebrewists of passages out
of the Hebrew scriptures relating to
he ark and got ideas, too, from a
representation of Noah's craft on a
coin dated 800 B. c., which is the prop
erty of a museum in Copenhagen.
Owing to the methods employed in
its construction, doubt was expressed
from the first as to whether M. Vogt's
craft would float at all, let alone prove
seaworthy in a "blow." Popular In
credulity and ridicule, however, dis
turbed the builder not at all, and now
he has good cause for satisfaction, for
his crafts trial the other day proved
a complete Gee Carrying as pas
sengers its designer, naval engineers
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02

Oriental people r very averse to
physical exercise of any kind. Their
.dea of enjoyment is to sit under an
awning and play backgammon. That
\ man should go out and run around
A track in shameless nakedness, and
this with no hope of gain, only con-
firms them in the belief that all Amer
leans are mad. But they are initiative
people, and some years g the infu-
ence and example of the younger
teachers got a few of the preparatory
boys out for foot races. That day,
TOR Beirut, at least, the ~deathblow was
struck to the picturesque dress of the
orient. You can't u a 10O-yard dash
with long, baggy drawers and a silk
gumbez that flops around your ankles.
Even if you "gird up the loins," by
tucking your skirts into the sash, the
effect is more startling than speedy.
So, one by one, the students ordered
trousers from the city tailors. At first
hey were poorly cut and viewed with
suspicion; but to-day there are not
three men in the collegiate depart
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
Built Like Noah's Ark

and a large party of newspaper men,
the ark not only showed itself perfect
ly seaworthy, but moved lightly and
quickly through the water. In fact, ex-
perts have declared that, in spite Of
her rudimentary design, the strange
vessel is the steadiest craft eve seen
on the high seas.
AS nearly as Mr.. Vogt is able to
judge, his vessel is one-tenth the size
of the original Noah's Ark and is Of
about 200 tons burden. Entering by
n of the side ports, n finds a sur
prising amount Of cabin space despite
the low sloping sides. AS the craft
rides high in the water, plenty of light
comes through the large port holes in
the sides, which can be left open for
ventilation when the sea is smooth.
Of course the ark is simply built
and very plainly furnished inside, to
correspond with the one to which the
survivors of the first flood disaster are
believed to have intrusted themselves.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
Ballad of the Beach,.

The long sea rollers whitened,
Su-ged with their endless roar,
Then broke like armies frightened
Upon the shingly shore;
Rolling our feet before
Their spume upon the sand
Where, in those days of yore,
We twain sat hand in hand!
The 1.-THE, soft fingers frightened
And at the touch, once more
The wide horizon frightened
With promise hat it bore;
What visions, dreams galore,
What airy castles planned,
Old memories restore!
We twain a hand in hand!
The chaperon had lightened
Her dreary watching sore;
So while the tide wave heightened.
The evening slowly wore,
The suns las rays were DER
The ocean and the land
And night began to lower.
We twain sat hand in hand.
Envoy.
Go, ballad, to her door,
Before my lady stand!
My heart again implore-
We twain sat hand in hand!
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02

hand. They betrayed not the slight
est timidity. AT which l marveled
much. AS l understood it, the eggs
were Matched under a motherly ban
tam hen, and twelve eggs were Sc
lected, six each from two separate
nests. A very cold storm was respon-
slble for the death Of two or three,
and cats for one or two others, but
there were our beautiful, vigorous
birds left, and they give every prom
Use of maturing. The gentleman who
has accomplished all this is DR.. Hodge
of the Clarke university faculty, and
he is the most enthusiastic, sanguine
individual regarding the feat it was
ever my good fortune to meet. In the
fall he will transfer them to more
-commodious quarters, and | shall be
glad to apprise you of their condition
then. They are nearly or quite two
thirds grown.-Forest and Stream.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
Fresh From the Wires.

The trial trip of the armored cruiser
Maryland was postponed until Friday
or. Saturday.
Hon. VIM. ]. Bryan and Judge Alton
B. Parker conferred in New York in
reference to the prospects of the Dem.
ocratic party.
Gov. r. M. La Toilette, of Wiscon.
sin, made his acceptance of the United
States S~enatorship conditional on the
enactment of reform laws.
Thos. L. Niedringhaus lost another
vote in the Senatorial contest at JET.
ferson City, Missouri.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-02-02
Thoughts Of Long Ago

That, in somber silence failing,
Works its wonders through the night,
When within the new-made cavern,
Shut from sight, the rabbit lies,
And the gray squirrel from his doorway
Peers at morning in surprise
When the brush piles of the fallow
Mounds of solid whiteness show
I am thinking of the homestead
And the woodland wrapped in snow.
There I chased the flying s~nowfakes
And my heart was light as they;
There / followed, all expectant,
Where the rabbit led the way;
Or mayhap adown the hillside.
CoaSting meath the winter moon,
Or at skating on the river
Where [ swan and fished in June.
Oh, to see again the places
That my childhood used to know,
When my home was in the cabin
And my playground in the snow
Floyd D. Raze.