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Hours For Sleep.

Mothers know that the newborn.
infant must sleep about: twenty-five
hours, and that this amount is so
slowly lessened that the child still
demands twelve hours sleep when 1t
is about twelve years old. 1t is quite
likely that the normal amount is not
redr led to ten hours until about eigh-
teen years of age or perhaps until
twenty-one years. Nine hours may
be required until we'll along in years.
To let boys of fourteen sit up until
ten o'clock and then rout them at
six is nothing short of criminal, but
it is a long-established custom. Low
err animals can be quickly killed by
depriving them of sleep-the boy is
not killed, but perhaps he is so ex-
hausted that he loses resistance to
disease. Medical students not in
frequently make the same mistake,
forgetting that a tired brain never
absorbs anything. The midnight oil
frequently represents wasted time
and money and the student sleeps
during the next days lectures when
he should be wide awake. A good
test of exhaustion is the tendency to
sleep during :. dry lecture-and this
is no joke. Experience has proved
that those who retire in time to sleep
at least nine hours, and occasionally
t II, get far more out of their course
than the "grinds." Some of the Jest
men habitualIy take ten hours. The
oretically a student should be as
fresh at the end of the term as at
the beginning-the vacation is for
another purpose than sleep. The
whole subject, though very old, is
so new to the laymen who do the
damage to school boys, particu .arly
in boarding schools, that there is ur-
gent need of wider publicity and
nuC d~iscuss'~l for enlightenment.
Not only will proper sleep permit
more to be gained for less effort, but
it will , went the exhaustions which
so frequently follow courses. Ply
sicians might teach mothers that it is
harmful to waken children of any
age-they should waken in the
morning naturally. Ii they are not
in time for school they do not retire
early enough. If they are sleepy
heads it is either the fault of the
parent or the result of ocular de-
fects. There 5 much comment upon
t. lar mber of midshipmen who
fail at the naval academy in a course
not worse than in many colleges. 1t
is suspected hat they would do bet
ter if they had ten hours sleep daily.
American Medicine.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
yyhen a Woman Travels.

A crumpled, grimy gown is hecom-
Ang TO no one at any time.
OF all the fabrics used for travel
ing get-ups. serge, .mehair, and light
weight cheviots are the most useful.
Linen, the heavy pongees, and taf-
:Eeta are still popular, but for long
Journeys they are~not for women of
short pocketbooks.
Tartans will be used for the fall
In blouses and the trimmings Of suits.
The girls always like them at the
season of the turning leaf and rust
ang vine"
For the travelling coat pongee and
Eaffeta are desirable, but not If wet
weather is to be encountered in them.
Now that the tide of travel is
Gurned toward the mountains, where
already there are frosty nips in the
morning air, tweed and the worsteds
will soon be comfortable.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
The Outdoor Air Habit.

Girls are so splendidly sensible
nowadays that few of them will in
dulge in such vagaries as not eating
because they are afraid of getting
fat, or, starving themselves in sulky
silence, because they cannot have
their own way, but not all Of them
have. learned that outdoor air is the
watchword of beauty.
It is .pitifuls to think of the people
to whom the country is a dull place
without charm, attraction or pleas
ure: who have only one thought:
How can Isget away from this dull
place? How soon a I return to
&oWn?"
The country is so full of delicious
scent and sounds, with it's peaceful
fields. and mild-eyed, Illuminating cat
tie, it's hedges sweet with honey
suckle, and it's vines thick with the
promise of fruit that it seems almost
Incredible that when people have a
chance Of leaving a great city for a
little holiday they fly off to another
town where there are brass bands,
and dress parades.
1t is when we spend our holiday
out of doors that we take back with
US the memory of sweet-smelling
clover. and of singing birds.
1t is then that our little holiday ID
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
Fruit For Breakfast.

For q breakfast, an ordinarily
healthy child should have fruits that
the in season, provided they are we'll
developed and ripe. A we'll cooked
cereal, such as the prepared wheats,
oatmeal, cornmeal, etc., with plenty
of milk, boiled eggs and a boiled or
baked potato, with all the hard bread
or toast and milk they want. This
first meal of the day should be given
a little one as soon as possible after
it has awakened, been bathed and
dressed. For if left long without
something to eat, a small boy or girl
usually becomes cross from the
pangs OF hunger and occasionally the
need of food gets so strong that it
produces a headache or nausea. /
believe in giving children plenty to
eat and for this reason 1 should offer
a small child a bowl of milk and
bread or sweetened crackers at about
h~alf-past ten or eleven O'Clock each
morning. For the wait between
breakfast and the ordinary lunch
hour is too long to go without nour-
ishment when the youngsters rOmp
and play hard all the time. For par
ents should remember that they eat
less and get hungry quicker, be-
cause the capacity of their stomachs
is so much smaller. If at all conven-
lent, I should make every effort to
have the midday meal the principal
one for a small child, for then it has
plenty of time to digest heavy foods
before going to sleep. And if meats,
etc., are taken at night they are less
APT to be we'll digested by bedtime.
New York Telegram.
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A8F 7N
ZAAAAEAsSgoMEN

A fresh, crisp veil is all some hats
need to carry them through the sea-
son.
Metal-rimmed" cloth buttons will
trim many handsome tailored cos
tunes this winter.
The right place for the handker-
chief plaided with color is with the
morning and street frocks.
Soft leather collar, cuffs and pocket
laps finish the new shower-proof
coats of checked material.
The fancy bolero coat of one new
suit closes on the shoulder and under
the arm, leaving the braid ornamen-
tation on the front undisturbed.
You already known that brown and
gray r to be fashionable, but you
may not know that they are going
to be combined in a single suit.
Walking skirts are of a length
most becoming to the wearer, any
where from three inches above the
pavement to a hairs breadth from
touching it.
The beauty of many a charming
hat is intensified by placing velvet
folds in either harmonizing or con-
trasting tones upon the under face
Of the brim.
A touch Of light blue upon the
black costume appears in one layer of
the rosette at the left side of the
toque and as ~paillettes upon the tiny
vestee and fiat collar Of the bolero.
The newest belts are made of pin
seal and have silver gilt buckles stud
ded delicately with jewels. These
belts are slightly shaped and come
in all the new tones, including
grays.
A tasteful costume consists of
black silk skirt and net waist with
landings Of the silk. Cream net or
allover lace is combined with strap
pings of Persian silk for evening bod
ices.
The lovers knot is a design that
one never tires Of, and it is particu-
larry pretty carried out in velvet or
satin ribbon with a medallion en-
ire. Sleeves, bodice front, and skirt
panel may be fttingly embellished
with this, design.
Light weight ruches and stoles are
a charming neck dressing that ap-
pear with the cool days and evenings
They are dainty affairs of maline ans
its d%amp-proof successor, malinette,
chiffon, lace and ribbon, as we'll as
the more expensive feathers.
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Public Roads of Maine.

In 1904 there were 25,52S miles
of public road in the State OF. Malnes
OF which 1886 miles were surfaced
with gravel and eighty-seven miles
with stone, making a total OF 1928
miles of improved road. It,, will be
seen from these figures that nine
per cent. of the roads have been i'm
proved. BY comparing the total
road mileage with the area OF the
State, it appears that there was O.S5
of "a mile of public road per square
mile of area. A comparison or mile
age with population shows that there
WIS one mile of road to every twen-
ty-seyen inhabitants, but only one
mile of improved road to every 29S
inhabitants.
The necessary funds for making
and repairing highways, "toWnWays"
and bridges are raised by a voters
at the annual town meetings in
March. These funds are assessed
and collected in the same manner as
other town taxes, and are expended
by the road commissioner or COM
missioners, or by the selectmen, as
sGdCn IONu may OSISA AAAAC'
Towns establishing State roads
may receive State aid to the extent
of one-half the amount devoted by
the town to the permanent improve
ment of such roads. Under the law
in force in 1904, no town could re-
ceive from the State a greater sum
than $500 in Il year, but in 1905
this limit was raised to $500. In or
der to secure this State aid the town
must, before October /, have raised
and expended in the improvement of
such State road, ir a manner salts
factory to the county commissioners,
at least 500 Over and above the
amount regularly rGised in the town
for highways and bridges.
The State has also, by legislative
enactment in specific cases, assisted
the poorer towns and plantations to
build roads and bridges. In the last
twenty-five years such State appro-
p%riations have amounted to a total of
S176,830.29. For the year 1904 the
amount was $11,400.
The average annual expenditure
for town roads for 1901-'04 was ST.
3~77,196.14. The amount expended
on State roads by the towns in order
to receive State aid was $5O,312.07
in 1904. The amount expended in
the various towns by the State was
$~33,4S5.49. The total amount ex-
pended therefore by the towns and
by the State, including the States
special appropriation referred to
above, amounted to $1,472,393.70 for
1904. BY comparing the total eX-
penditures with the total mileage of
public road and with the population
of the State, it is found that the
funds collected and expended for
road purposes, including roads,
bridges, sidewalks and snow ex-
penses, amounted to $57.67 per mile
of public. road, or $2.12 per inhabit-
ant.-Maurice o. Eldridge, Chief of
Records. Approved: James Wilson,
Secretary Of Agriculture. Washing
ton, D. c., 1906.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
POTATO CROP SHOWS GAIN.
American Agriculturist's Report For
1906 Totals 277,OOO,O 600 Bushels.

New York City.-The 1906 crop Of
potatoes, according to the American
Agriculturist, is 277 900, 600 bushels,
compared with 253,OO0,OO in 1905,
and 289, 100000 bushels in 1904.
The crop made uneve development,
and conditions were far from favor
able in the great central and north2
western States during much of the
period OF growth.
What is known as the distinctively
commercial potato belt shows up with
a good many more potatoes than a
year ago. The States which are
grouped by the American Agricultur-
list under the general terms of the
northwest, the middle northern
States and New England, have an es-
tfmated total of 1872 100000 bushels,
compared with $4,000 900 bushels
for this group of States in 1905. The
aggregate for all other States does
not differ materially from that of
asst season. Michigan and Wisconsin
1ave good crops. New York shows
one of the largest Ltotals in years,
md Maine is, harvesting an increased
Quantity of potatoes from an acreage
about fifteen per cent. greater than
1905.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
For Looks Besides Use.

By-and-hy belt pins will be taking
che place of ~chatelaine watches in the
M59st" advertisement columns of the
newspapers. A new kind of belt pin
has come in" and will be displayed
ccnspicuously to the gaze of the en-
wo1s throng. 1t is a three-bar safe
~ PIN, set with pearls. Imitation
pearls will be barred as long as the
fashion is young, but it won't be long
BEFORE ~3ewelers will be making up
ypinsI with imitation gems to supply
what promises to be an extensive de-
xnand. The safety pin, as an article
Sf adornment rather than utility has
been creeping in slowly-one might
say apologetically. Now it makes no
bones about it, and demands a prom
Enent place in the show window
New York Press.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01

Sweet Potatoes, Baked-Wash the
potatoes and bake the same as white
potatoes. Small ones will bake in
half an hour, while very large ones
will require an hour or more. If the
potatoes are liked very moist and
sweet, bake from an hour to two
hours, depending on the size.
Apple Pudding-Take equal guam
tities of breadcrumbs, chopped apple
and suet, sweeten to taste and the
grated rind of a lemon. Beat up an
egg in a very little milk, and add to
the other ingredients. Bake in a
well-buttered pie-dish in a moderate
oven for nearly n hour and a half.
Turn out into a hot dish to serve.
Fig and Orange Jelly-Cook one
and one-quarter cupfuls of figs in
water until tender. Heat together
one and one-quarter cupfuls of fig
juice and three-quarters cupful OF
sugar. Dissolve one and one-half
tablespoonfuls of gelatine in cold
water. Pour over the gelatine thu
fig juice and add the juice Of on
lemon and one and a half cupfuls o,
orange juice, then strain. When be
ginning to set, stir in the figs cut IL
tiny pieces, mold and serve will
thick cream.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
DuStleSs Roads.

How to bring about dustless high
ways is a problem, the quick solution
of which interests all automobiles.
True we have such remedies as Oil
ing, tarring, westrumiting, and the
latest is the use of calcium, but the
true abatement of dust must trace
back to the construction and repair
of the road itself. On the other side
the question is just now receiving
unusual attention in England, where
q Dustless Roads Association has
been organized, it's membership COM
ing substantially from the ranks of
the automobiles.
Secretary Vaughan, in calling at
tention to the association, says: 1.-THE
trouble is mainly attributable to the
fact that the roads in many instances
are made or repaired with materials
which are easily converted into dust.
Our efforts are, therefore, chiefly di-
rected toward the elimination of this
fault by bringing to the notice of the
various road authorities concerned
the means by which improvements
may be economically effected. Be-
cause automobiles raise a large pro-
portion of the dust that happens to
be on the road than any other vehi-
Gle, they are frequently blamed fol
the very existence of the dust, and,
consequently, have to endure much
unfair criticism The Automobile.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01

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a man has inysatsa Cement
shingle. It Is a metal single Gov.
cred with cement, and is really .
tile al lasting as stone. AS cement
becomes more known, observes tho
Birmingham Leader. and it is learn,
ed that every man can make his own
cement. there wilIhea boom in CO,
ment building The price of cement
is high now, but there are vast SIN,
plies and no possible MONOPOLY
Cheap machines for making the
blocks ahdspfentIl.of sand and a liz,
tie kndwIedge. IS the foundation, and
the price ios,tside the cities will he
cheaper. We are beginning the &c.
ment age, and cenerete houses will
be the houses of future.
-#HT&M .[4EZ
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
/. A Road Plane.

Upon the highways adjoining our
farm we are using a road plane that
Keeps the road in excellent condition
for the travelling public, and is but
very little labor for US, says George
w. Brown, of Mount Corey, Ohio, in
writing to Farm Journal. This i'm
plement is made of two solid oak
planks two by eight inches and nine
feet in length, set up edgewise and
framed together by two by four
scantling, braced in the back with
short iron braces. The lower edges
Of the plank are beveled upon the
back, and are shod by boiling on tire
ron from discarded grain drill
wheels. An evener and doubletrees
taken from the harrow complete the
outfit. We hitch our team to this
1lane and drag it down side of
he roadway and back the other side.
grading all the dirt to the centre of
he track. When rains come, the
water quickly runs from the road
way and leaves it in good condition
or travel.
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for us a time of refreshment, a sea-
SON of calm shining to cheer us.
1t is a holiday that we are the bet
ter and stronger for. Fresh air, sim
pie fare, plenty OF exercise, will
keep a woman young in looks, in
figure and in temper.-New YORK
Press.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
Enormous Cotton Ginning.

The ginning of cotton in Texas has
been SO enormous that the demand
a taken all the supply available in
Dallas, Houston, Galveston and New
Orleans.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
Selling Oats For Funds.

Farmers in the Northwest are dis
2osed to sell oats to get funds for
.olding their wheat, but with eleva-
ors full and no cars to get the grain
away, the offerings T not accepted
freely
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01

About ITO old letters have beer
discovered IL a post box in the count,
courthouse of Belfast. Some of them
had lain there since 1896.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD co
General Offices, Brevard, North
Carolina: *;*
WINTER SCHEDULE

W1NIhh bOnhUUIh
Effective Monday, October s, 1907
No. 3 Eastern Standard Time No. Z
Daily a,.. STATIONS ssa5 Daily
P. M, 81. +. M.
1875 Lv S. BY. Asheville S. By l2:ls
ESQ So, Ry. Biltmore So. BY l2:O
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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01

There are 200 kinds of patent
horseshoes.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01
California Tomatoes High.

California tomatoes are arriving
in moderate quantities, and stock
packed in fat boxes commands SIS.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-01

Flag Station. No.
Parlor Car daily between Lake T01'
away and Asheville.
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Wholesale Prices Quoted in New York

MILK.
The Milk Exchange price for standard
quality is SIC. per quart.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-12-19

SANTA MAKES II ~PosTMAN's C. AoH
ticularly careful that the regulations
of the department are not being VIC
lated. Many articles of merchandise
are prohibited transmission in the
mails. Violations are frequent be-
cause of ignorance.
One thing that causes extra work for
the letter sorters is the peculiar adj
dresses on many letters and packages.
Aside from the thousands of missives
sent to Santa Claus. there are those
with some such address as Care of
Lieutenant Peary, North Pole" Puz-
Zle addresses are not uncommon, and,
although postoffice people enjoy them
ordinarily, they do not at Christmas
time. A frequent form of address is a
drawing of a plum pudding, with the
name, street and city written in minute
characters on a leaf of a sprig of holly
at the top.
The greatest center of postal activity
in the world is probably New York
city. 1t is by far the largest mail dis
tributing or shipping point on the con-
tinent, receiving postal matter from
foreign countries, from the north, south
and west. 1t also has an immense for
eign population that sends home vast
numbers of money orders and register
ed letters.
In the midst of the Christmas rush
an average of 5000 registered parcels
and 10000 letters an hour are received
at the foreign mail station in New
York. Recently n ship sailed for
Europe with 5000 sacks of ordinary
mail matter and almost $4,000 register.
ed packages, while another vessel car.
ried away half a million dollars IL
money orders. d. w. DOW.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-12-19

riot and vice. "Childlike and bland"
like "the heather Chinee," he had III
derneath a double portion of the spirit
of Beelzebub. That is a cat. That was
Micawber.
His life contained other forms of ex-
element. Once for a time he found a
haven of refuge in a saloon. He did
not learn to tipple, for that is a form
of human delinquency that is beyond
even a cat. He was regarded as the
mascot of the place and grew as sleek
and prosperous looking as the owner.
One night the saloon blew up from a
defective gas main. In removing the
ruins the workmen unearthed one
piece of debris that emitted a wild yell
and shot out of the place like a streak.
1t was Micawber, denuded of hair, but
very much alive. Many emotions were
expressed in that ~yell-pain, rage, ter
ror, hunger and the outraged sense that
follows the betrayal of childlike faith.
He had trusted and in return had had
hurled at him a large section of earth
quake and destruction. Out of peace
full sleep he had been hit by a house,
hurled what seemed miles upward and
had fallen back to be pinned down I'M
der a rain of broken bar fixtures, frag-
ments of free lunches and smashed
beer bottles. there to be imprisoned in
the blackness of utter darkness for
what seemed unending ages. What
way was this to treat a d~efenseless and
unsuspecting cat? What had he done
- H. .--I1 kt--I IA - -
and tramDle on him in such fashion?
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-12-19
S@mG@'@
Mail
? is sleigh and reindeer re-enforc-

q 81 is sleigh and reindeer %re-enforc-
81 &c by fast trains and ocean
liners, Santa Claus is deliver
ing a much larger number of
presents every year. The United States
postal authorities say the Christmas
mail this season will far exceed in vol
ume that of last winter. And then it
was tremendous.
With every hamlet, town and city
sending out and receiving its quota,
millions of letters and packages-some
and others with ordinary postage
travel from and to all parts of the ma
ton, arrive from foreign shores or pass
out to them. There are about S0,000,-
600 persons in this country. A ma
jority of them both send and receive
Christmas mail, from one to several
dozen pieces each. This gives a faint
idea of the extent of the work that
falls upon the postal authorities.
Whether in the heart of the city or
on a rural delivery route the carrier is
loaded down with gifts-remembrances
of loving friends or heart echoes of
scattered families. The letters he
must deliver are easily three times as
many as in ordinary seasons, but his
c-aatas+ U.raaa 10 thc paSi1os es-in
Vulnerable, back breaking packages.
But if the carriers are worked hard,
how about the ~postefice clerks? Be-
sides the increased amount of matter
they have to handle, they must be par