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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
What One Woman Did.

Writing to the Asheville Gazette
News, Miss Helen Morris Lewis cites
a remarkable instance of successful
truck farming by an Asheville lady.
She says:
Il wish to relate some points about
the accomplishments of a woman en-
gagged in the same industry (truck
farming) for the past year.
I'm this case less than a half acre
of land was the area planted, and on
a portion of this area the following
fruit bearing products: Cherries,
plums, r~aspberries, strawberries,
grapes and gooseberries. From all
of these considerable fruit was har-
vested, except the plums that were
killed by frost. The land was plowed
and smoothed by a man in the early
spring; the rest of the work was done
entirely by one woman, except the
digging of potatoes. She devoted
perhaps not more han an eighth of
a day to this work, as she had a large
and f1ourishing flower garden to at
tend, besides a greenhouse, numerous
house plants and many household and
outside duties.
Now on this land the following
vegetables were produced in album
dance: Spinach, English peas, let
tuce, radishes, potatoes, onions,
beets, carrots, artichokes, crook-neck
squash, patty pan squash, wax beans,
string beans, lima beans, okra, toma-
toes, caulifower, cabbage, corn, pep
pers, cantaloupe, pumpkin and celery,
besides every variety of herbs. These
vegetables have provided amply for
the years use of a family, and fur
nished five varieties each day for two
months to supply a boarding house
table. Sufficient has cen laid by for
seed for the coming year, and a
couple of bushels of corn and a peck
| of sunf1ower seeds and several stacks
of fodder are still for SALE"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20

roo,cs Of tNJscesT 10 TIE RI ANIEe, SYocxAAG hA0 TRUCK e9tNE q
d -2h@ g.

9. Let them be cultivated fast I'M
til the vines get to be too numerous
across the rows.
Have the land well plowed and
narrowed before bedding up. Plant
in ridges, not too high and pat in
sets eleven inches apart. Do not
wait for a seaso long. but take the
plant in the hand and dig a hole in
the ridge, deep enough to take in the
set up to the leaves and pull the
dirt onto it and with the fist pack
the earth on the root, making a cup
to hold a pint of water. This mode
is much better than to plant in wet,
soft ground. If it is quite wet, when
set is put in, 1t will bake and you
will have to wait forssrain to culti-
vate. They should be worked lightly
with a hoe, and fill up the water
boxes before the water boxes get dry.
When the plants have been set,
pour in a pint of water, and as soon
as the water disappears fill the boxes
with earth. -
Never scrape the ridges or hills
with the hoe. Always hill up.
Any land that will produce a fair
crop of wheat will grow a fair crop
of sweet potatoes.
The grabbed potatoes eat very
nice. But do not take potatoes from
the square that is to be put up to
keep until spring.
Sort the roots out in the field and
place on a hand barrow with the
L---z-1 TT-51~4oI 10 ~ 11ano nonn
that are cut Or bruised. Handle
carefully and lay them where they
are to pass the winter easy. And.
always keep the temperature at sixty
two degrees Fahrenheit as nearly as
possible.-C. L. Harris, Wake Coun-
ty, y. G..
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
Eating the Cake and Having 1t.

A great many farmers use cotton
seed meal as a fertilizer, applying it
to the soil in it's raw state. We used
to hear a proverb that You cannot
eat your cake and have it too"
Farm and Ranch takes up the old
proverb and proves that it is possible
to eat the cake and still have it, and
in better shape for use. The editor
quotes from reports of various expert
ment stations which show that cotton
seed meal nay be fed to stock and if
the fertilizer is carefully saved and
used on the soil, the crops will be
fully equal to those on soil which had
the same quantity of raw co%ttonseed
meal applied in the usual way. OF
course, the stock has had some ben
eft from the meal, therefore you have
eaten your cake and still had the use
of it. This is important if true, and
the matter should be thoroughly test
ed in this State.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
Comparative Lonnexitv


1t is the universal testimony that
clergymen reach the highest age, be-
ing close u by gardeners and vine
d%ressers. Ordinary agricultural Ia
borers, although their occupation is
so largely in~the open air, are not
conspicuous as long-livers except in
France, Sweden and England.
People working with wood are long.
er livers than those whose occupa.
tons are with metals, and both at,
tain q higher age than textile-workers
and workers in chemical industries
The shortestlived people are miners
except in England, where the super
Tor mining regulations and admirable
sanitary arrangements have a hene
fetal efect.-Argus.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
N PANIC TO
SEE MRS. LONGWORTH
She Pulls Flag Off Mckinley
Statue 20 Divert Crowd.
WOMEN WERE 7RAMPLED DOWN
T~errorized Thousands StampeGcd In
Columbus and Exercises Are
( Postponed and Completed at
Night-ScrambIes For Relics.

Columbus, Ohio. - To prevent a
panic and save human life the exer-
cises attendant upon the unwilling of
the monument to William Mckinley
were broughtto an abrupt close.
The thousands of people that
packed the Capitol grounds and adj
joining streets to witness the unveil-
ing of the monument became so IN
ruly in their efforts to see at close
range Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long
worth that she was compelled to re-
lease the dranerY which covered the
statue and withdraw. The addresses
on the program were postponed until
night.
Nothing like the wild rush that the
neODle made was ever seen in Ohio
before, and no such crowd of women
was ever gathered here. More than
$4,000 people, at least 10000 of
whom were women pushed and
showed. yelled and wept in a mad
fever to gain vantage points when
the guests appeared OH the platform.
Five acres of swaying persons scram-
bled and pushed until those in front
we've TANNED against the stand.
Scores of women tainted. while
thousands were. pulled and tossed
about in the surging throng. Two
women were trampled on and re-
moved in ambulances. Their gar
ments were torn. their hats tossed
askew and their hair d~isheveled.
At last Mrs. I4ongworth, without
ceremony, stepned to. the front of the
sneakers stand and tugged at the
ribbon till the flags that yelled the
statue of the late President fell. A
cheer went up, and Mrs. Longworth
stood smiling and bowling.
1t was thought that. her mart in
the program over, order would be re-
stored. Instead. the crowd made a
rush for the ribbon with which she
had drawn the veil. 1t was torn into
shreds. and then a dash was made for
the wire which had held the ribbon
in place. The brass rings were torn
from it. Many were in danger of be-
ing cut by the wire, which the mob
was trying to tear into pieces for
souvenirs.
Unable to proceed, Governor Har-
riS announced the suspension of the
exercises until night.
nv IiOS ChA vi ~NFNNI~TS ~ u
ried out at Memorial Hall. The i'm
rlense hall was filled with people.
Governor Harris presided. The
sneakers were William r. Dav. Asso-
riate Justice of the SUPREME Court of
the United States; John w. Daniel.
United States Senator from Virginia,
and General Joseph Mckay, of Brook
lyn, National Commander of the
Union Veterans Legion, and General
r. r. Brown. Commander-in-Chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
Mrs. Mckinley was unable to attend
the dedicatory exercises, but she was
represented by her niece, Mrs. Ida
Mckinley Day.
The Mckinley Memorial was built
at a cost of $4,000, half of which
sum was raised by public subscrip-
ton, the other half being provided by
the Ohio Legislature.
The memorial is in the form of a
semi-circle, in the centre of which is
the pedestal. s~urmounted by a figure
of the dead President, nine feet four
inches in height. On either side of
the semicircle are sllegorical pieces.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
Pointed Paragraphs.

There might be less sin in the world
if some preachers were as anxious
to kill Satan as they are to preach
his funeral sermon.
Habit is stronger than either judg-
ment or passion.
Fools brag where wise men only, adj
nit.
Probably mere intellectual women
would marry If they were asked.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
Two-Horse Flowing Better.

In sowing peas on stubble land last
season we tried to pillow a piece of
land with a two-horse pillow, but after
blowing a strip across the field, con
cluded to wait until it rained. When
the rain did come we got into a hurry
and plowed in all the field with one
horse plows,. and the result was the
deep-plowed strip had a richer color
all the season and the pea grew about
one foot taller than the one-horss
plowing.-J. G.. Stribling.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
FOUR KILLED IN A TORNADO.
Others Fatally Injured in Storm
Which Passes Over Nebraska.

Tecumseh, ,Neb.-Two violent and
seemingly distinct storms swept over
Johnson County, causing the death of
four persons, the fatal injury of two
and the painful injury of five others.
The dead IRE: o. r.. Giel. August
Zieman, Royal Carmine and George
Koehler.
The first three crawled under a
threshing machine, which was shat
tered by lightning. A companion was
severely shocked.
The second storm, n tornado in vio-
lence, passed west of Tecumseh, de-
molishing a school house, killing
George Koehler and fatally iniuring
two other school children and infict-
ing severe injuries on four others in
the school house. Many barns and
windmills were blown down.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
ZION CITY OWES S6,125,O1s.
Receiver Reports That the Assets Ag-
gregate So, 52S,4S1.

Chicago. = John C.. Hately, who
vas appointed receiver of Zion City
pending the litigation in the Federal
courts, filed his first report in the
court. He declares that the liabili-
ties OF the city aggregate $6,125,018.
The quick assets are estimated at
$372,O54, and the slow assets at
$~2,156,427.
The receiver declares that he ex-
perienced considerable difficulty in
arriving at the amount OF the assets
and liabilities, as no general set of
books was kept, and there were thir-
ty-two different sets of accounts,
which he was compelled to examine.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
CRIPPLEs FORM A UNION.
Composed of Men Who Have Lost
Arms or Legs.

ATIIIS UT LCES TT
Chicago.-The only union of Grip
pies in the world was organized here.
The union is composed exclusively of
the One-armed and the o~ne-legged
men who tend switches or wave flags
at railroad crossings.
In the city there are about 1900
cripples who earn a living by acting
as switch tenders and flagmen. They
complain that advantage is taken of
them because of their physical de-
fects. They work from twelve to. six
teen hours a day and seven days in
the week at wages ranging from $40
to $50 a month. Most of them are
old railroad men who have lost a leg
or an arm ia All accident, and they
are regarded as pensioners by the
railroad companies.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
Reflections of a Batchelor.

A man couldn't make much money
collecting the rewards of virtue.
The devil was awful smart to pick
out a business where he couldn't fail.
A college education costs enough
to support a boy if he didn't have it.
"A man can exercise some control
over children if they are somebody
else's.
A girl gets much more offended i
yon call hugging squeezing.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
Laughed Herself to Death,

Mrs. George D. Baker, a WE'LL
known summer resident of New Lon-
don, Conn, laughed too heartily
while attending aplay in the Lyceum
Theatre and as a result died at the
Croker House.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
Both Duelists Killed.

.inent stockman in Macon, Ca, and
j. M. Higginbotham, contractor,
fought a duel with pistols on the
platform of a car at Brooksville as
the train was leaving the station and
both men were killed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
Cultivating Sweet Potatoes.

There are many things to be con-
sidered in the planting, cultivation
and Keeping of sweet potatoes.
1. The slips should be ready to
set as early as the frost is out OF
the grounds; say by the 18th or goth
of April. The sweet potato requires
about six months to make and ma
ture so it will keep well.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
MEMS Assassin Pays Penalty.

Zenaide Konoplianikoyo, the girl
who assassinated Russian General
Men. was executed in the Sehlues-
selburg prison at st. Petersburg.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
Scarcity of Labor.

Scarcity of labor is an important
trade influence, restricting produc-
ton OF factories and causing delays
in harvesting of crops.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20

Insurance Agents Besiege Bank.
The run on the Hibernia Bank, in
San Francisco, was caused by dis
s.dntled agents OF d ire insurance
company.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20
Clover Hay Scarce.

Glover hay is scarce and is bring
ing extra prices on the Western
market, with small prospects
OF any immediate decrease.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-20

The platform as adopted demands
n recount of the New York City May
crafty Votes-safer insurance meth
sods-a franchise tax law-laws to
prevent bank neutrality-suspicious.
against the railway lawbreakers-
Tie probing of the State executive de-
partments and correction of the in
sarance frauds--public ownership of
the public utilities good roads
-.ystem-an eight-hour day-a child
labor law-pensions and adequate
~saiaries for teachers-honestv in the
Hubble service and the thYa9-nIatoon
= sem 4or tae police o. cities.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-26
ON PORCH FURNITURE.
II Porch Is Small Use Shelf for q
= Table and Chairs Without
Rockers.

Few porches have room for good
sized table, but this can be managed
by having an oblong strip of wood
fastened on the wall, between the win
dows, with hinges at the bottom. When
this is not in use, 1t takes up no room,
as it is firmly attached to the wall.
One or more legs must be added for
the end, and need not of necessity be
unsightly.
Another way Of doing would be to
keep an ironing table with folding legs
laid against the wall, all ready to be
brought out when it was needed. The
legs would have to be cut down to a
convenient height for using while sit
| ting, and it could be stained or paint
ed to match the best of the furniture.
Where there is plenty of wall space
the width of the table could be placed
against the wall, and two firm iron
brackets could support the leaf when
a table is required. 1t is often useful
to nave some place 70 stow away mag
| azines and little articles, and a couple
of shelves placed on the wall above
the table would add much to the APP
pearance of the porch, and be very
useful article of furniture These
boards should be Just the length of
the table, and placed on the wall at
the right height, so that when the table
is fastened up. the outside just reaches
beneath the shelves. With the bench
below, and the underneath part of the
table forming back, over-topped by
some cunning little book shelves, what
an attractive piece of furniture we
should have. Some little curtains on
rings would add note of color, and
1.-THE whole thing could be made by a
member of the family. Sometimes an
old church pew can be picked up in
country places for dollar, and in that
case the table might hang down, and
the pew go agains: the wall, beneath
the book shelves.
Bamboo screens which roll I'D and
down are often useful If the porch is
very sunny. A more delightful screen
is formed by vines running over wire
across the sunny end, or where
neighbours porch overlooks ones own.
If the house stands alone, a porch is
cooler if all the sides are left open for
the air to blow through, and vines are
only allowed to grow above the height
of seven feet. So many small porches
are too much overgrown, and not only
keep the air out in summer, but for the
rest OF the year darken the rooms that
overlook the porch.
1t is best not to'have too many rock
ers on small porch, as they take up
too much room. Windsor chairs.
stained or painted, are always liked,
especially by men, and they can be
used with chairs of other varieties.
A pretty Indian cotton held in place
by drawing pin, which can readily be
taken out when the cloth is shaken.
makes an admirable cover for the Ia
BILE. If mating or basket tables are
used, it is best to have them uncov-
cred. A whisk brush can be kept near
by to brush off the tops daily.-Chica-
go Inter Ocean.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-26

lsspresented lns Aeo1rning Because She
~ ( Conf dsfaey. lss
the cent Confederacy reunion
Al New Orleans. says the Times.D Dem
ocrat of that city, Maryland, NY
woman dressed Ia deep black.
6 woman In the audience, evidently
e. stranger. turned to her neighbor and
said Il
How very sad # ID that this young
lady a, ID heavy mourning and vet APP
pears 81 public, / should think the
effect would be too much for; her"
The second woman, being a South
ierHer, was well enough informed on
Confederate matters to be able to re-
assure the visitor She explained that
the young woman s mourning was not
personal. Maryland In Confederate
nlattersSi is always SO represented.
During the war, when entertain
ments were given In the South for the
benefit OF the soldiers and hospitals
and the Southern states were repre-
scented by women Maryland was al
ways In mourning because that state
did not succeed in getting into the
,Confed cracy, though, of course, it fur
nished many soldiers to the cause.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-26
CASE OF RULING PASSION.
Why Pretty Girl In the Hospita
Wanted Some Blue Ribbon.

8 Why a Pretty Girl In the Hospital
Wanted Some Blue Ribbon.
She was the prettiest patient that
they had had at the Polytechnic in q
long time. And she knew 1t. too.
Her himono was an exquisite creation
of Its kind. Aestheticism seemed to
rise up In revolt against cruel opera
ton upon such q darling daughter OF
Eve. But 80 fate had decreed.
Get me a yard of ribbon blue rib
bon an inch wide the next time you
go to the department store" she said
to the day nurse. The day nurse for
got 1t.
Please get me a yard Of Alice,blue
ribbon an inch wide. she pleaded,
with the nurse. and the night nurse
forgot 1t. Then her temperature rose
till the ribbon arrived.
hen, on the dreaded day, she was
lifted 10 the operating table 1t was
discovered that she wore white silk
stockings with dainty blue bow-knots
tied to the garters. The secret Of the
Alice-blue ribbon was revealed. ..'The
ruling passion strong IN death.
Sgrunted the surgeon but the sweet
thing she didn't die after all she was
saved to fashE ii and to fnery. The
stockings came of and the ribbon
went into the carnage trough before
the peration, however. Philadelphia
Record.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-26
HINTS TO HoUsEKEEPERs.

An old-fashioned remedy for sore
throat that is said to be effective is a
nutmeg worn on silk thread around
The neck. The hole through the nut
meg is made with red-hot awl.
A bottle of camphor or oil Of cedar
with the cork left out, if hung on a
hook in the closet, will keep away
moths without imparting a disagree
able odor to the clothing.
To clean velvet, first brush OF shake
out all Of the dust and remove any
grease stains with benzine. If it needs
fresheEing pass the wrong side over
a bowl Of boiling water and then over
! hot iron. If it is badly crushed
brush carefully with soft brush.
Now that strawberries, are in the
market, try a strawberry salad, some
thing which has the merit of novelty
and something beside. Make cups of
blanched lettuce leaves and put in each
a few ripe berries. Dust with powder
ed sugar, and place on top spoonful
If mayonnaise into which whipped
cream has been stirred.
II the carpets in summer are left
down and covered with linen they are
saved from moth ravages by brushing
the edges with hot solution of alum
and water and sprinkling them over
with powdered borax. If they are tax.
en- up and put away borax will pre-
serve them as effectually and be Tar
less objectionable than the dreadful
carbolic acid balls, whose perfume
cannot be mitigated nor overcome the
next season by any number Of pot,
pourri Jars whatsoever.
In case Of earache do not put any
thing into the ear except by direction
Of a physi sian. The best. way to
lieve earache is to heat an iron or a
brick, wrap 1t in two or three thick
nesses Of flannel, pour warm water on
the top, when steam will rise at once.
II the ear is placed close to the flannel
the steam will permeate every part Of
lit.
A shoe that IS uncomfortable from
iitpinching may be eased by laying q
cloth wei in hot water across the
place where it pinches, changing 1t as
It grows coler number OF times.
This will cause the leather to shape
itself to the foot.
Stains on white flannel are hard to
remove. The best way. is to mix equal
parts OF the yolks Of eggs and glycer-
in. apply It to the stains, and allow
II to soak for half an hour or So be-
fore the article is washed Boston
Budget and Beacon.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-26
AN. AWFUL ITCHING ON SCALP.


Hair Finally y aid to Be Cut to Save
Ar1y-scalp Now in Good Condition
Cured by cuticura.
- used the Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment for 9 diseased scalp. dandruff,
and constantly falling Of hair. Final
" had TO cut my hair to save any at
all. Just ait that time / read about
the Cuticura remedies. Once every
week 4 shampooed my hair with the
sCuticura Soap, and l used the Or
nlent twice q week. In two month
time my hair was long enough to do up
In French twist. That is now FIVE
years ago, and have a lovely head Of
hair. The length is six inches below
my waist line, my scalp is in very
good condition, and no more dandruff
Or itching OF tho scalp, used other
remedies that were recommended to
me as good. but with no results. Mrs.
NV =. Griess, Clay Center, Neb, Oct.
Is. 1906
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-26
LOST TOOTH, BUT SAVES JOB.
Wichita Man swears Off for Good

After His Experience.
One Wichita man has sworn off and
sworn off with a vengeance. And no
one will be surprised on hearing his
story. Thanking up one day last
week he Quilted into" his employer
on East Douglas avenue "Well, now,
what's the matter with you?" asked
the employer as the "half shot" work.
man brought his hand to his right
cheek with a ludicrously agonizing ex.
preston on his face
Got an awful toothache," answered
the laborer who, like most intoxicated
ones, had but one idea, that of dis
guising his condition. The employer
looked at him critically for a mo-
ment. What he mentally decided the
employe doesn't know till this day,
but he will never forget the terrible
ness of his next words "Well, come
with me and we will have it pulled
OUT John Barleycorn had left enough
pride in him to despise the entrapped
liar, and he Immediately decided to be
game" and "stay' until the distract
ing finish.
Without question the dentist took
his forceps, and, being directed to one
of the molars as the one that ached,
he swung on, then around, then up
and down, and finally with swing Of
his body which all but landed him on
the floor extracted the fine, large.
sound tooth. When the employe quit
bleeding, about three hours after, he
took the pledge. Wichita Eagle.