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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
a title Patriot.


When Giuseppe Rossi came ~
italy he and his father and LUZ
went to live in a part Of New W
called the Street Of all Na"'H
People who live there come trom :
erv part of the world. Washlh5'OD
birthday means nothing to mos
them, but Giuseppe goes TO 8'"'
and it is different with him. II
The woman who cleans the IA "a
IN the house where Giuseppe h'eu
German. She was using a W.
tattered old flag on Washl15'
birthday to clean and dust WILL .
h rubbed the door-knob Vlgolo"
the Stars and Stripes wa
grotesquely across the dirty I'm :
the house, bat suddenly she Va" =,
olently attacked by the small LIa. u
boy. who began beating her aOon o,s =
body with his strong little hstS'
he lowered his head, and runEII7 n
her like a goat, he butted her oN
steps to the sidwalk. eo5
The commotion caused by tne nj
at last attracted a policeman,
whose custody the Indignant
gave the boy, who was too aH9
sneak coherently or tell his l0"
for the attack. MAD
When arraigned before ating |
,trate. the boy explained. Poln
the woman. who appeared
him, he said: Ed
"She clean wild de flag. Sne 4
do mud-a wild ida fag-a WIZ IA
ery day in school-a we maA rais|
So" and Giuseppe reVeren'H
his hand in salute
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Assault by Would-Be Robber.

Wilmington, Special.-A negro
lurking about the premises, evidently
bent on robbery, assaulted young Leo
Lacy upon going to his home on upper
Market street and beat and choked
him into insensibility when he came
forward with a stone to drive the
black man off. The young man s
>father, later coming to the house.
found his son unconscious III the front
yard. The negro has not been arrest,
ed. His identity IS not known.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
s~~3~
Earth'S Age VOw Put at
ODerIOO, o 900 Years
By Charles Rollin Reyes.

HE pest geological estimates of the age OF UT snpe ~
. !: :: !: !: !. !. !. !. :. : : : ! : ! ! ! ! !" ! !" !. :. ! ! !. !: J: !: ! ]: J: !. !. !. =: ]: ! !" !. ! ! ! ! !. !: :. !. !: !: !.
0 close greeme From the time when tn recolu :"
49, stratifed rocks begin o the present the hgues "e e. g.
thing over 100 10000 years. While some OF ue ee"
yarv considerably both above n below Inc peNOu
toned he general results are o materially necteu-
A eneration ago, calculations Of the eartns age w.
~ or the most part vary much less than onehaH OF te n s -
given above. Dana. fol instance, computed ne ieneu ~
Palaozoic time at about 20 600 600 years; Of Mesozoic time, SOOoOOV years "1
If enoznc time 1900 900 years, making in all 4S,OOOOOO years
Recently, however there las been found beneath Inc VasI i"
uuence an ssembla IF rocks of enormous extent All geoioglsts are ny" "
agreed Lin placing lii time equivalent of these preCambr1an cIastcs as G e H.
nj least tt the entire time that has elapsed since tn beginning VI VI =
oEo1c> era. Taking into consideration thisf fact, even mi eSn"A'0O -
doubled, and reaches very nearly the 1O0OOOOOO marx
Biologists tell u IS that 1t the beginning of Paleozoc I'M Me !" 80
was already nnetenths differentiated. There must I've oeen d peL% 49, sndt
nrIor II this during which gan forms Aourished, and during whpcns Sou
men were laid down., that ws very very long. This early erlou' po oo -
was nt ter times a. long s from Cambrian mes to the present o
wes cied might suggest, nut it certainly was al east two " tnee uWes~
long
From all these different sources one can arrive a a omParauN s" -
II " e consider the ratios, we get for Archeozdc m 20 Tor Frotei r -
az PaIeozoic inn 2S, Mesozoic tme {, Cenozoic time 3 we OBTAIN l 10 ue
tOtal number of years something like $780, 900 OO0-American monthly he'N"
of Reviews
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
uARn CASE.

Hicks-See that man Two
front of US. him?
Wicks-Yes. What aoolt wb
Hicks-If the conductor kn ngoct b
Door psy he is, he would o0l 1oprp )
fare in advance.-Somer'iN'
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19

On the train over this morning from
Raleigh the passengers were treated to
some good singing by a chapter of
orphans from the Oxford Orphanage
Asylum. They had been to Smith
field to the big Masonic Day, and the
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
HAD A GREAT TIME.
Splendid Meeting of North Carolina and
Virginia Newspaper People

the crowded condition of the columns
of "'The News and Observer forbid
the publication of the Grafton In full.
The best evidence of how it impressed
the editors is the fact that at the
session this morning Mr.. Atkinson
was unanimously reelected orator for
1907, an honor without parallel in
the history of the Association.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
RAMS HORN BLASTS

who are most
successful at max
ing excuses have
no energy left for
anything else.
Greed is the
greatest foe &c
the glory CT Ar
erica.
It's the man
who jumps into
work without any
pain who bcunces
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19

and instinct with me- Oh is it the result of breeding!
Are m reserve and my selfrespect sufficient to win for me tn unpreSum
ing and chUarous name which hav Away oeen no" u mn ia n'
mothers drawingroom?
Is what 1 call my tolerance the result O sober Judgment and a broad 20
at life or am sc proud Oft being tolerant, thai som Of atlrudeS o"Hus
what others do N believe, border on loosenes of vision?
Have 1 the Judgment and poRe to recognize ughness al uglness when /
see it and not to let myself be taught that some uglmess is beauty IN aHen
euise?
Is it Easy fol- me to tell a lie? 1t nay 10 that i d. no II e often' tut Is II
asy for m e to lie when it is convenient?
The pity is that a young woman usually does not know that these ques'
lions exist untle experience has revealed each n to her. The pity OF it is
that when the wise n who has been through it al and knows thu truth
Ehe such a ON tries to tell her how vita these questions are, there spring to
the woudbe teachers lips only the old cant phrases which the girl has heard
from her childhood -Succes
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19

the justice in paying the president OF a railroad, of a bank, Or OF an insurance
company $500 a day; n he never will see it.. He will never believe that any
man can fairly earn such a salary. He will never admit that the salary of a
manager should be proporuonate o tn aggomerated bulk of the business he
manages, while b workmans wages remain popotionate only to his W
individual daily productiveness; and herein the working man is right
bernal conditions which will promote health, cheerfulnes n vigor in the
working people. Every corporation should endeavo o secure for its work
men freedom for the play of individual powers, and should keep before every
competent workman the hope and expectation If improving his lot as time
goes on.
In the next place, every corporation should try it's best to procure fr all
it employees steady employment, thereby promoting satisfactory conditions
for family life, and securing a resident population instead o a nomad popula-
fion. Again, every corporation should study tn means of prolonging the
earnings of wages beyond the period offs greatest efficiency
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
7oW The Railways 49,
Ueigh the u 3. Mails
By Congressman Lloyd, of Missouri.

OBTAINED from the post Office department a statement OF
the weighing of the mails between Quincy, Ill, and st. Jo
seph, Mo, over the Burlington route, which runs through the
district in which / an. specially concerned. / find from that
statement--they require mail to be weighed for sixty con-
secutive days-that there was sent out an aggregate amount
of mail from Quincy, starting toward st. Joseph, of 81, 900
pounds. Now, there was put on at West Quincy, which is
the first station after leaving Quincy, 1860 pounds in the
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
E"~" To Girls UhO ~
Long for Wew York City
Bv Mrs. Din1ieS DeniS0n.

WISH every one of the great company OF girls at nome u
year, waiting for their chance, or spending their nrs us
couraged or buoyant days in New York City, might write
these questions on the tablet of her heart, and answer tnem
with honesty, and thereby know her exact equipment o en-
ter into a struggle of which she knows nothing, and WHICH
consists of so much more than the daily bread. THESE are
the questions:-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19

Ertv laws In order o obtain thu compensation, they multiply that $1,000
nound b the distance between Quincy n Yes Quincy, which is w N a
half miles Then they add the 1860 pounds which was put on at West Quincy.
That serves as a Dass Tor computation between West Quincy and the next
station which is Palmyra. Then multiply that sum by the number of miles
which intervene between West Quincy and, Palmyra. That determines the
wuipbt for that distance. At Palmyra there vas a very large amount of mail
mt on and some mail taken off. They find the difference between the two
and d. that Il the amount o. mail that vas carried between West Quincy and
Palmyra. They keep up the process to the end. The same ours is pursued
m incoming mail. Then they add these several SUI together, incoming and
Outgoing. and divide it by the whole distance, or 206 miles, between Quincy
m St Joseph, Mo-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
.The Best Mdn~
find the Corporations
Duty to Him
By President Eliot, of Harvard.

best man for any large service is the man who has such
a natural taste and faculty for that kind of work that ne
would take it and keep it without any very keen attention
to the amount of salary, provided the amount be sufficient
to provide for him a suitable mode of comfortable life and
suitable provision for old age or disability. His reward
comes chiefly from gratifed ambition, possession of power
and sense of achievement.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-26
THE PROPOSED BRIDGE.

The following very brief adver-
tiscment, which appeared simulta-
neously in the Baltimore Sun and
the Manufacturer Record, is of
interest to our citizens, and espec-
tally those who pass over the turn
pike from Berryville to Win
chester:
Bids will be received until DC
tober 10 for bridge (either steel or
concrete) over the Opequon,a creek
between Berryville and Winches-
ter, Va. Plans and specifications
ON file. The right is reserved to
reject any or all bids. p. McCor-
mick, Secretary. Berryville Turn
pike Company"
1t is hard to conceive that
stream of the size and character of
the Opequon, crossed by such
prominent and widely known road
as the Berryville Turnpike, has
not been bridged for many years
past.
In its calmer moments, the Ope-
quon IS almost a purling brook; it
is not too deep to wade (aS we know
by personal experience); and it
ripples gently and harmlessly along
on its road to the ocean.
But when the temper and spleen
of the timid Opequon have been
aroused and intensified by the
combined forces of Thor and Jup-
tier Pluvius. il * a demon unchain-
ed: force of irresistible strength;
a tiend incarnate, whose brutality
and soullessness las whipped and
twisted and turned and beat the
breath and life from more than one
human being.
But for the fact that the sister
communities of Clarke and Freder-
ick have been peace-loving and
long-sufIering citizens, bridge
would have spanned the Opequon
long ago.
The COURIER is pleased to see
the Berryille Turnpike Company
sitting up and taking notice" of
the spirit of progress which per-
vades the two Counties.
Let there be no backward step.
The people want good, sub
stantial, safe bridge.
From the advertisement quoted,
we believe the Turnpike Company
will erect q suitable and serviceable
structure.
On with the bridge.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-26
KILLED THE LAUGH.
The story Of the Prayer In RossIni''
"MoSe I'm Egitto."

The story OF the Prayer In Rossini's
"NIose In Egitto."
The sublime prayer OF the Hebrews,
when preparing TO cross the Red sea,
is. perhaps. one Of the most solemn
aud majestically grand compositions
that can Ice found i'm the choral roper
tory. yet. at the same time. simple to
a degree. This was an afterthought
OF the composer ana was not intro
drcCl until the second season OF the
PRODUCTION OF Nose I'm EgittO" at Ma
Pies.
a ne opera then. as now. Terminated
with the passage OF the Red sea by
Sc raciitcs: but. although the audi
C--~ss were cntr1"cel with the music.
they invariably Saluted the passage OF
the Red SEA with peals OF laughter.
owing TO want OF skill OF the macilin-
let AM scene painter. who coutrivel
u render this portion Of the affair sd
perbly ridiculous ana brou sht down
the curtain amid uproarious mirth.
HoSsini exhibited his usual ndirfer-
ence. but poor Tottola. the poet. was
driven nearly. crazy by this unwel-
come termination OF his literary la
bors ANA intensely chagrined nj the
idea OF so sacred subject exciting
laughter. This lasted throughout the
sirSt season; the next il was repro
duccd with 81. r. brilliant success
ION the first T.. ,l.l. for the music. and
similar laughter az thc end OF the op-
era. The next day. while Rossini was
INDUCING I'm his usual habit OF lying
fr. "A
OF friends. in rushed rottola. IN a most
excited state. crying out:
"Eviva. have saved the third act.'
How" asked Rossini lazily.
Why" replied Tottola. Il have
written prayer FOR the Hebrews be
fore crossing the dreadful Red sea.
and / did il all in one hour"
We'll" said Rossinl. III IL has taken
you an hour 10 write this prayer i will
engage TO make the music for il in
quarter OF the time. Here give me
pen and ink" saying which he jumped
out OF bed, and in ten minutes he had
composed the music without the aid
OF a piano and while his friends were
laughing and talking around him.
Thus, owing TO the laundering igno-
rance OF n stage carpenter and scene
painter. the world is indebted for the
most sublime preghiera ever penncd.
Night came. The audience prepared
10 laugh as usual when the Red sea
scene came, but when the new prayer
commenced deathy silence prevailed.
every note was listened TO with rapt
attention. and on its conclusion the
entire audience rose en- maSSe and
cheered for several minutes, nor did
they ever again laugh at the passage
OF the Red sea.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-26
billiards NJ Sen.

can you imagine playing billiards
IN heavy galeT" said the captain.
DO you wonder that our great liners,
with their elevators and telephones
and gymnasium, don't have billiard
tables as well? One ship once had n
billiard table, the Great Eastern. The
wonderful Great Eastern had q billiard
table on a swinging deck. This deck
was supposed 10 counteract the ships
motion and 10 keep the table steady,
but it failed to do so, and very re-
markable were some Of the shots made
on the Great EaStern's table in rough
weather. Nevertheless the table was
Kept for years and was a popular insti-
tuition aboard the big boat. but no 9TH
er boat before or since has ever both
cred to Introduce billiards"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

III YOU believe i'm fortune telling any
body can fool YOU
After some people have done their
duty they act as if they expect people
10 cheer
II YOU are disagreed lie. people
will hate YOU. There are no exceptions
TO this rule
When a man is compelled TO make
an effort 10 Dc good natured. he should
see a decor 1T one.
Every I.aa is occasionally against
this propositions: He can't afford TO,
and he can't afford not TO.
II the attention Of those you are talk
Ing to wanders frequently. that is a
sign that you are not talking well and
are talking too much.
Some people think they are all right
il they don't steal. But there are many
other things you must do, if you want
TO stand well with your neighbors.-
AIchison Globe.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-26
WAYS OF THE ARAB.
when sick. Men Get Medicine and
Women Get Prayers.

When sick. Men Get Medicine and
Women Get Prayers.
There is one peculiar distinction be
tween Arab men and women in Al
geria," writes n traveller. land Il may
be considered as some proof Of the de-
graded position OF the latter. When an
Arab is i'll he goes 10 his doctor, and
Arab doctors. whether deservedly or
not, have n high reputation. But when
an Arab woman is III she may not con-
suit a medico. She must go TO the
marabOut, who is half saint and half
magician. He does not retail medi-
cines. but he utters anumber Of prayers.
and then lie writes one or more Of them
on bit of paper giving il TO the pa
tent with injunctlons TO chew il and
swallow it. He also supplies n little
holy water out OF n bottle and the
woman goes away fully believing that
she will recover.
1T has been said that the Arabs do
notrespect their dead because they have
no inclosed cemeteries and because
they select for the graves Of their near
est and dearest solitary spots removed
from their places of encampments But
SA44S PA1NbASc may ne SA llldlueu by Ollcr
causes than absence Of respect or af-
lection for their dead The task OF
preparing the body for the grave is al
ways performed by the members Of
the family themselves and, in accord
ance with the Koran, it is most care
fully washed in pure water before
being consigned 10 the ground. Then
the pottery Of the household is broken
over the spot In the desert or on the
steppe the leaving OF the body in an
Isolated place seems to typify naturally
its presence before the infinite and the
eternal.
In JOY as in grief the Arab gen
orally conceals his feelings behind a
proud reserve, but on the occasions of
the periodical fantasies he throws aside
the mask and reveals the true man.
The dancing, gestculating and shout
ing go on for hours until the delirium
ends with the exhaustion of the particI-
pants. \ fantasia in the desert leaves
q curious impression of semiunreality
on the mind. but it is the one occasion
on which the stern, sad looking Arab.
casting aside his hauteur, comes forth
as the true son OF nature"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-26
VENEERED WOOD.
cts Advantages over solid Lumber
EOr Furniture.


III the art OF veneering were not the
extensive art IL is today. it would be
impossible for any but the compare
lively few who have good supply OF
the almighty dollar TO possess any fine
articles OF furniture at all. Veneering
is not n new art. but the earliest
American cabinetmakers, although
using IL TO some extent. preferred as
n rule the solid wood furniture.
Today hardwood trees. such as the
oak. walnut and ash. have been made
more valuable by the invention OF We
neering machinery which will enable
the logs TO be sliced up into layers OF
uniform thickness Of less than one
twentieth OF an inch. In the old days
this process was all by hand and was
slow and arduous undertaking.
The advantages Of veneered wood
are that it will not crack. swell nor
warp in the changes from hot to cold
weather. ana in the case of doors, for
instance, it makes them lighter and
more easily handled.
For our finest pieces OF furniture
the best of oak. walnut or ash is
used. and it may he seen how much
one OF these trees is worth. Cut into
thin slices. il will give hundreds OF
feet OF veneer. y large walnut tree.
for instance. will be made into n large
amount of veneer and is sought by eX-
pert woodSmen Found i'm the heart
of the woods or on some lonely farm,
it is bought by the agent working
for the interests OF veneering COM
pany, and ten times as much is paid
FOR it TO its owner as would be for
ordinary lumber.
The process includes the cutting and
trimming of the tree. saving into logs
Of convenient lengths and then the
cooking of these logs. They are boiled
until soft and pliable in n vat OF hot
water or steam. They are then sent
TO the veneering machines. where they
are sliced or sawed into pieces from
one-tenth 10 one-thirticth OF an inch
in thickness. of absolutely the same
thickness all over. Their soft, pliable
condition prevents them from crack
ing or breaking.
The cabinet workers then apply
these slices to the articles OF furni-
turc. gluing them Oh with the grain
running i'm opposite directions and with
no Jennings visible. Instead OF max
inE Il weaker article the surface is
really touGlHaei and hardened 10y this
crOSSgrain work. ana Il may also be
polished II a higher luster than the
solid wood Brooklyn Eagle.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-26
Singular md plural

1t is a question of taste and fancy
whether one should make two bites Of
n cherry, but we all really make two
bites of the word cherry when we
use it in the singular. The original
English version of "cerise" was cher
is" or chris" which was mistaken
for a plural. so that "cheri'' or "chirT"
was soon manufactured as a singular.
Exactly so has pea" come into being
as false singular obtained from the
supposed plural and true singular
''peaSe." sherry" for "sherris" is an
other case. and SHAY" from "cbaise,"
"Chinee' from Chinese" and corp"
from corpse" are others in vulgar
speech. Similarly riches" is really a
singular. Of which .'richnesses" was the
old plural-London Graphic
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-26
The Indispensable ..NcII..

Across the club luncheon table man
looked up from his grilled sole and
proclaimed that no man in England
can carry on a conversation without
saying well" The usual bet was
made. For a week the two friends
glared at each other, knowing that
well is the beginning of most casu-
al sentences. You may not have no.
ticed that Dumbly they parted day
by day, with handshake and the
word ''well' frozen on their lips. Aft
er week one Of the two had to con-
fess that the language had got the bet
ter Of him. Well" he said, I'D rath-
er drop a sovereign over that dinner
than choke that well l can't talk
without it."-LondOn Chronicle.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-09-26

In order TO prove its power of dis
eliminating between colors the scien-
list Dahl made some interesting tests
upon monkey. He colored some
sweets with certain colored dye and
some bitter substances with that Of
another color After n few attempts
the monkey learned to leave without
even tasting those articles of food col
ored with the dye which indicated bit
ter tasting substances and seized at
once upon those which indicated
sweets. Varying the experiments suffi-
GENTLY he found that the monkey dis
tinguished all the different colors read
lily, save only dark blue. Many savage
tribes cannot distinguish dark blue
from black and even children distin-
guish this color later than all others.