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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-15
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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-15
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The ~depravity of man is something
awful to contemplate. AS everyone
knows, George Vanderbilt has great
game preserves in Henderson county,
and there are many fine turkeys on it.
But George has also a large number of
game wardens, and it's difficult, not to
say impossible for any one so inclined,
to shoot on his property without bring
ing a number of these inquisitive gentry
to the spot. But, as there is more than
one way of killing a cat, so, too, are
there different methods of capturing
wild turkeys. The latest improved
method and the one most in vogue Just
now in the Pink Beds, is to carefully
soak some corn in whiskey, and scatter
it where it will do the most good. The
turkeys, soon become ''full" of '~'corn,"
and act in a way of which no sober bird
would be guilty. An eye witness to n
OF these orgies told me it was one of. the
funniest things he had ever seen. The
effort of the birds to stand erect, their
~staggerings to and fro, and their des-
perate attemps to maintain their usual
digni6ed bearing until they finally fell
over, unable to move, made a most
ludricous picture. 1t is then an easy
matter to capture them, and before
their temporary fall from grace has had
time to give them a taste of it's after ef-
fects, their head is gone, in more senses
than one. This method of capturing
turkeys is not endorsed by Mr.. Wander
bilt's game wardenS, who are taking
steps to have all the wild turkeys un-
der their jurisdiction take a solemn
pledge to obstain from ''corn''. in any
form.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-15

If you don't feel we'll, call on DR.
Davis, of the coal and wood yard, fol
some of his pure rosin pills, free.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-15

This is an old story hat will bear re-
peating about a well-known lawyer of
Hendersonville, who, upon being asked
t o deliver a prayer in a certain church,
got up and said, Excuse me, I'm a
lawvnrB'
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-15

Susan b. Anthony dies peacefully
after an illness of one month, at Roch-
ester, N. Y.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-15
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

,aovAL aAklNo powoss CO., NEW yoak
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

interesting manner on how . very rich
uncle had died and left him several
million dollars, part OF which was to
he given away within ten years. He
said he had adopted this method OF
carrying out hts uncle's proviso.
.sNow. gentlemen" he continued, "iL
tlisposing Of this large fortune, l would
hardly be expected ID hand 1t out pro-
miscuously to Tom, Dick and Harry.
In fact, one Of the stiDulations made
by my uncle Was that it should be
given to worthy. responsible persons,
and not TO shiftless peurers. There
fore, in order to draw the line, Z
charge Of one dollar for each cake Of
soap will be made during the .lrst ten
minutes. after that charge Of 50
cents will be made during anothe.; ten
minutes BY the way" he went On,
that 70 hard feelings may be causes
by son6e getting more than others. the
understanding must be that no man
ID to open his cake Of soap until he
leave6 the crowd. Also, no one will be
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

permitted. under any consideration. to
purchase more than one cake of soap,
Now. gentlemen. get your dollar ready
and be in line to receive your part of
this donation"
BY this time every man who had q
dollar held it up, and, crowding toward
the buggy, yelled at the top of his
voice: Give me one! Here! Here!"
and to say that the 81 after was kept
busy, would be putting it mildly.
To keep up the excitement, every few
moments he called to some particular
fellow:
mo, sir; you have had one cake,
and you can't have another; or you,
either" pointing to still another. RE
member, gentlemen. you cant impose
upon me: am watching you. Don't
try to buy but one cake, this must be
fair distribution. Who will have
the next cake?"
All this by-play only urged them on.
and he was kept busy handing out
soap, until it looked as If he had taken
in more cash than the circus.
When the first ten minutes had
elapsed there was no soap left for the
next ten minutes sale. which the
CRATER had promised.
During the sale, If a man handed
him q large bill or anything over
dollar he would refuse to take it, say
ing:
Gentlemen, make your own change.
Don't give me anything over a dollar;
If you do I'll not change it. Remem-
her, this is donation, not a specula-
ton. Don't expect too much Of me-"
When ready to close "the ONCE" as
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
NET MILEAGE GAIN sofa.
Railroads in U. s. Have Remarkable
Growth During Year-Big In
crease in Gross Earnings.

New York. - Advance sheets OF
Poor Manual of Railroads" give
the length Of steam railroads in ths
United States on December 81, 1904, as
212,349 miles, q net increase of 5.014
miles In the year.
The heaviest construction of the year
was In the southwestern group Of
states. in which no less than 1,716
miles were built
Missouri has to its credit 41S miles:
Arkansas, 262 miles; Texas, 318 miles;
Kansas, 81 miles; Colorado, lat miles:
New Mexico, less than one mile; In
dian territory, 26O miles, and Okla
homa territory 279 miles.
Gross earnings increased $69. .7SO,.
S87 in 1904 over the earnings of 1903.
or about 3.06 per cent
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
BEST WORK IS PAST SIXTY
Epigrams Made by Hamilton White,
Who Recently Celebrated
Golden Wedding.

Chicago.-Epigrams by Hamilton
White. Esq, who celebrated his gold.
en- wedding anniversary recently:
Look young, even II you are old.
A man Of brains does his best work
after he is 60 years old.
Get married before you are Il.
Pick from cluster.
A baby is the most potent influence
for good that can come into a family.
No family is complete without half q
dozen potent influences.
Sorrows are better teachers than Joys.
Framed in smilax on the piano in the
reception-room of Mr.. Hamilton Whites
residence, in East Ontario street, stand
the photographs OF Mr. White and Mrs.
Leonora Gill White, taken at the ages
OF So and 70 years, respectively It is a
jubilee week. in the White household.
The two have lived together during halt
acentury, and, as Mr.. White say:
This is the first golden wedding an
niversary we've ever had"
Mr.. and Mrs. White now are planning
to celebrate their diamond anniversary.
What do you think our chances
are?" asked Mr.. White. my wife's IA
ther lived to be 102 years old. My moth
er took II years more than three score.
My father died atfthe age of u.
Il don't want it to get around that !
am DID," continued Mr.. White. Say l
am 70 years young. Only year ago /
started the Home college, my most
successful enterprise. A man does not
begin to do good work until he is 60
years old. Had l been Oslerized when
reached that period shouldn't have
completed my career"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Again he folded the ;1oo bill length

Again he folded the 800 bill length
wise. and apparently wrapping II
around the cake of soap, he again fold
ed 1t in its original wrapper.
Now, wonder If there is specu-
]ator in this crowd with SIS in his
pocket, who will give that amount for
this cake Of soap before l cut the end
on. Bear in mind, am offering the
soap, and the soap only, for SIS. Say
quick, gentlemen, or OF 1t comes"
The merchant, eager to make $25
would almost invariably reach for the
cake, and produce forthwith the SIS.
This smooth CRATER told me at the
supper table that for three months be-
fore starting out he practiced the art
Of palming the 500 and substituting q
cne-dollar bill.
He said that at first he had great
deal of trouble with his victims, be-
cause he worked everybody and any
body. However, he soon discovered
that when he landed the "leading mer-
Chant of town, his victim invariably
went to his private ONCE to unwrap
the soap, and on discovering the de-
ception. his pride would deter him
from making an exposure.
.
Another soap CRATER whom I knew
was doing thriving business follow
ing a cheap circus through the north
west.
He carried with him an old-fash-
ioned suit case or hand trunk. Pur-
chasing several large cakes of wash
ing soap, he would slice them up into
small cakes, and wrap each one with
paper. After filing the tray Of his
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

this tiny piece Of soap. Get out you,
watches and time me-
Dropping the soap in the basin. and
the handkerchief, also, with both hands
he began scrubbing. Instantly the Da-
Fin was full of soapsuds, and, inside
Of one minute by the watch, the hand
herchief was as clean and white as the
day it came from the factory.
A yell went up from the crowd.
Now" said he, II will pass it out
at Is cents per cake, or three cakes for
50 cents"
the half-dollars were simply pouring
into his Golfer.
Keep up the good work." he cried.
Remember, economy is wealth. and
the only road to success-one cake Of
my wonderful compound, double dis
titled laundry and toilet soap will go
farther than q dozen bars of ordinary
soap"
When he had finished. every man
was soaped, and the CRATER was loaded
to the brim with half-dollars.
Like all other "grafters," one night
was as long as he could remain IN Q
town.
A few days after he had gone the
livery man, from whom he had hired
his buggy said to his foreman:
Say, Jack, that little red-geared
buggy needs oiling. 1t came in squeak
ing and groaning few minutes ago."
"Oh, yes," said Jack. "You know
that soap man who was here the other
night? Well, he took OF one Of the
hind wheels. wiped or all the grease
and ell, and put on a lot of tar soap
In Its place"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
THE SON. OF HIS FATHER.
1rate Pedagogue Cleverly Reproved
by His sagacious On
spring.

A professor Of mathematics in a lead.
ing New England college had been much
annoyed by the students coming to class
without their textbooks. Various rea.
sons were given. One man said that soml
one had borrowed his book, relates Judge.
That's no excuse" said the irate pro-
fessor. Hereafter your work and your
book are to be here. Any man who fails
to bring them will be marked zero. No ex.
cuse cf any kind will be taken"
The professors son was a member Of
this class, and was the first one to be
called up at the next recitation.
Adam, problem "A at the board, !" called
the professor.
Pardon me, professor said his son;
''but l haven't my book"
Haven't your book?" roared the pro-
fessor. He was doubly angry because
his own son was the first offender.
Didn't you hear what said yester-
day."
'Yes, professor; but my father bor-
rowed my book last night, and he didn't
bring it back"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
VITALITY OF YELLoW RACE
More Vigorous Than Caucasians Il
Flourishes in All Cli-
matea

Before the foundations of Rome were
laid there was homogeneous people
dwelling in China with q form Of
government and no mean degree of
civilization. Rome fourished for IL
centuries and became the empire Of
the western world, then decayed and
passed away and her civilization be-
came the heritage Of others. But
China remains as a united empire to
this day. In this marvellous continuity
in the past lies the promise Of the
future.
It took the nations Of Europe 1000
years to advance from barbarism to
their present position. It took the
japanese, q branch of the yellow race,
generation to adopt and apply all
the best results of this long struggle.
We are told that when the present
emperor of Japan was a boy the sort
Of training that was supposed to fit
him for the part he was to be allowed
to take in the government of his
country was making artificial flowers.
He is only now just over middle age,
yet he rules as constitutional mon.
arch over an empire with which the
most advanced and most powerful en-
pire Of the west was glad to form an
alliance as with an equal. His navy
has driven the Russian flag from the
China seas. On land the tactics and
the endurance, self-sacrifice
and bravery, the care for the wound
ed in the field and the splendid hos
pital arrangements of the japanese
army are the admiration of the civil.
lied world.
In the worlds history there Is moth
ing like the advance of Japan in the
last generation. We see some Of the
results of the adoption Of the civiliza-
tion of the west by 30,000,000 Of the
yellow race. Will anyone who really
knows him venture to say that the
Chinaman is less well equipped mental.
" and physically?
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

would cry. Remember. It's the soap
I'm selling. and nothing else. VINO
will give me SIS for it before I cut
the end off?"
Usually, by this time the merchant
would say: TN take ii" and II he did.
that instant the CRATER would clip
OF the end and say:
Il beg your pardon, but you didn't
speak quick enoush." Or II no 1ne
offered, the CRATER would clip Of the
end, and, looking into. the face Of some
other man. he would remark tas II the
fellow had offered to take It'll:
4 II beg your pardon. sir; but you
were too slow Well, now, we win zee
what we have here" Whereupon the
500 bill would Of course be found. be-
cause 1t had actually been placed
there.
h. After criticising his audience and
Joking them few moments:
'.Well. / am going to try Il once
more he would say. Lets sec 4
thsDe = . Spectator u the crowd
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
A New Being.

Shepard, H., Jan sth (SpeciaD Mrs.
she feels like "a New Being" although she
Is in her fifty seventh year. Why? be-
cause she has taken Dodd's Kidney Pills,
that well known medicine that has put
new life into old bodies, and has come
% God-send into homes of SORROW and
suffering. She says
..No one knows what awful torture
suffered with Rheumatism and kidney
Trouble, until I got cured by Dodd's Kid
Rheumatism out Of my body, nothing else
ever did me any good. Dodd's kidney
Pills are worth one hundred times their
price, for they have made me, though
am ffty-seven years old, a new being. I
am in better shape now than uave ueen
for many years, and ! owe it all to Dodd1
Kidney Pills"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

hand trr1k with these, he would drive
out In horse and buggy and by va
rious methods attract . large crowd.
He would place soap box upon
the buggy seat, and on top Of this his
hand trunk, the object being to bring
the latter up high enough, SO that no
one standing on the ground could see
into It.
Taking from his pocket q roll Of bills
Of large denomination, he would care
fully wrap them around the pieces of
soap; and rewrapping the latter in pa
per would place them in the trunk.
In the meantime he dilated In Z most
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03


Copyright. 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
When | was selling Yankee notions
at auction in Michigan encountered
q CRATER whose special victims were
the leading merchants Of small towns
His wac shaving soap graft,
However, the soap was of small con-
sideration. 1t was his skill in palmine
and manipulating dollar bills that
brought him success.
He carried a single valise and q
small tin box, the latter filled with
very small cakes Of soap, cut from bars
OF ordinary washing soap. Each CAKE
was wrapped in piece of paper.
Upon reaching town he called upon
the most prominent merchant and re-
Quested the loan of q barrel. This he
would roll out directly in front of the
merchants store, and, turning it bot
tom side up in the street, he placed
his tin box upon 1t. His plan was to
begin operations about two o'clock in
the afternoon, when the merchant was
least likely to be busy.
AS soon as an audience of two or
more persons was secured, he would
expatiate upon the wonderful merits of
his soap. After removing the wrap
per from cake of soap. he took a
large roll Of money from his pocket
Then, folding $40 bill lengthwise, and
wrapping 1t around the piece of soap
In plain view Of his audience. he folded
mp the soap and the $40 bill in the
original wrapper. Usually by tnis
time the merchant the CRATER has se-
lected az his victim was an interested
spectator. The CRATER took the piece
OF SOAP in his left hand and held mis-
pOcketknife In his right so that he
could easily clip OF one end OF the
piece.
Who will give me ten dollars for
this piece Of soap?" he cried. "Is
there man In the crowd speculative
enough to buy it? Well, just to show
you that some one has made mis-
take, will clip OF the end and show
you"
Then he cut on the end. unfolded the
wrapper and exposed the $40 bill.
Gentlemen, faint heart never won
fair lady" he called out. Nothing ven-
tured, nothing gained. Remember,
my friends, what your eye sees. your
heart must believe. Fortune favors
every scheme. and It's long road that
has no turn"
Then taking out his immense roll OF
bills. he put back the $40 and Be-
lected 500 bill, which, as before, he
wrapped around the soap. In such q
manner that there could possibly be no
deception. Again he held the piece OF
soap in his left hand, his pocket
knife in his right.
Who In this crowd has speculation
enough to give me $50 for this?" he
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Factory.

be drolly expressed It, he had the :ol
part Of his trunk and every poke
filled with dollar bills.
On returning to the hotel, at noon,
asked him IL he had any idea thai
anyone got cake of soap with money
| in It.
He laughed and said If they did i;
was mistake on his part. Then he
explained: In the middle Of the tray
Of his hand trunk was a trap-dool
about four inches square, with a thin
fat. steel spring to hold it to its place
As fast as he wrapped the money
around the soap. he would place the
cakes upon the trap door, and, press
ing the door with his thumb, all would
instantly be transferred to another
part Of the trunk.
Still another soap CRATER, at Mar
quette, Mich, had q unique method OF
deceiving his audiences.
He was selling what he called ''the
most powerful cleansing soap on
EARTH" It was "his fathers inven-
tion." and piece the size Of q pea
would make more lather and actually
do q larger washing than could be
Gone with q whole bar Of ordinary
soap, In much less time.
AS I passed by his room on the
morning Of his arrival, noticed about
two dozen bars of washing soap piled
on the table. He was busy cutting
up lot of tin-foil to wrap around
the pieces.
That evening he drove out upon the
streets. and after singing q few songs
and playing several popular airs on
the banjo he began very interesting
lecture on the manufacture Of soap.
At last he gave q small boy a quar-
ter to bring him basin Of water
from the town pump.
Meanwhile he broke or q small
piece from one of these tiny cakes Of
soap and after rolling it to about the
shane of pea. he said:
'Now. gentlemen. am going to give
you the most wonderful demonstration
Of what can be accomplished with a
piece of soap, the size of pea. that
has ever been shown, upon the face
Of the earth.''
Then he produced q clean white
handkerchief. and. picking up q
wrench. said:
my friends, you all know that there Is
nothing harder to remove from a
garment than axle grease. Now, this
buggy belongs to your liveryman, Mr..
., and to give you a fair e~rarc
test Of the worth Of my wonderful soap,
am now going to remove one Of
the wheels from this buggy. and after
thoroughly cleaning the axle with this
perfectly white handkerchief. l shall
with no more soap than this piece, the
size of pea, proceed to wash the
In this basin Of cold, h.rd
water, and make a perfect. job of it. In
side OF one minute by the watch"
Climbing out Of his buggy, and re-
moving one Of its wheels. he wiped all
the black tar and grease from the axle,
completely saturating the handkerchief.
Replacing the wheel, he climbed
back into the buggy, and opening up
the handkerchief said:
Gentlemen, do you believe that
there ia q housewife In this city who
,ould wash this handkerchief clean IN
side Of 20 or Is minutes. even If she
had whole bar Of ordinary laundry
;oap, and basin Of hot, soft water:
Now watch ma Rememba7, I use only !
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Actually the Truth.

A member OF g West Virginia foot.
ball team tried to commit suicide the
other day because his eleven were de-
feated Yet some people refuse to be
lieve, that Loys vhc play football are
crazy.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Quite Different.

"Pa, what's the difference between 4
profession and trader"
''The man who works at q trade quits
when his eight hours are up. The man
who follows profession has to keep on
until bis work is done"-Chicago Record
Herald.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infaln-
bic medicine for coughs and colds-N. w.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Breast for Medals.

"How dreadfully stout the general ID
getting" Yes; isn't it fortunate? Other
wise he wouldn't be able to wear all hia
medals. The Tattler
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

The people that value praise the most
value opinion the least.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

Clothes don't make the man; they make
the mans friends.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

Taste for duty can be cultivated like
any other.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

To Cure q Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money il it fails to cure.
E.W. GRovE's signatures on each box. Csc
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

It is sometimes difficult to convince .
young man that all tha world loves 4
lover after he has met the dear girls fa-
ther-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
THREE GRAFTERs
"soAP" THEIR DUPEs,

Shaving Soap Man victimizes Lead
ing Merchants - 500 Paid for
Every Cake - A Philanthropist
"Gdves Away" Soap Wrapped in
Twenty-Dollar Bills-A Wonder
full Demonstration with Laundry
soap-0rafter Swindles a Circus
Crowd.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Robbed In Church.

just think what an outrage it is to be
robbed Of all the benefits Of the services
by continuous coughing throughout the
congregation, when Anti -Gripine is guar
anteed to cure. Sold everywhere. Is cts.
Springfield, Mo.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
WOULD REMOVE RACING
BANNER FROM CITY HALL
COUNCILMAN RAISES ROW ABOUT
CANVAS
Board of Public Works Admits Mayor
Exceeded Authority in Strlnging
Sign Advertising Horse Trot From
Window of Executive Office

Dock Houghton yesterday morning
tried to induce the board of public
works to order the banner advertising
the harness horse races at Agricultural
park torn down from the city hall.
The banner stretches across the
street from the mayors office to the
building opposite. The board admitted
that no permission had been secured
for attaching the banner to the city
hall, but refused to take any action
towards having it taken down.
Mavor McAleer is an officer in the
driving association and gave his per-
sonal permission to have the banner
attached to the wall of his office, all
though the board admitted to Hough-
ton yesterday that the chief executive
had overstepped his authority In do
ing so.
Houghton has been fighting the drlv-
ing association i'm every way he can as
a city official. When Mayor McAleer
induced the city attorney to draw up
am ordinance giving the driving assocl-
alton a special liquor permit for the
four days of the meet, Houghton made
every effort in his power to defeat the
measure. The ordinance came before
the council unfathered but Assistant
City Attorney Hewitt admitted that
he had drawn II at the request of the
mayor. This ordinance was RESPONSE
BILE for the recent council order that no
more anonymous ordinances would re-
ceive any consideration. When Mayor
McAleer again asks a liquor privilege
he will have to sign his name to q
petition to the council.