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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20
A %PRoPosAL IN JAPAN.
Quaint Gustom OF Placing . Plant
In an Empty FIowerpot.

Quaint Custom OF Placing q Plant
In an Empty F~1owerpot
Old customs appear to be fast disap-
pearing In Japan, a fact which cannot
be wondered at considering the child
ishness which lay at the root Of many
Of the most picturesque, but In some
Of the japanese islands the q~uaintest
marriage formalities r observed.
In houses wherein reside one or more
daughters OF a manageable age an
empty fowerpot Of an ornamental char
acter is encirc1ed by a ring and sus-
pended from the window or Yeranda
by three light chains.
The Juliets Of Japan are, OF course,
as attractive to the Romeos as those
Of other lands. But instead OF sere-
nades by moonlight and other delicate
ways OF making an impression It is
etiquette for the japanese lover to ap-
proach the-dwelling OF his lady bear
ing some choice plant In his hand,
which he boldly, but, let as hope, rever-
emily, proceeds to plant In the empty
vase.
This takes place at q time when he il
fully assured that both mother and
daughter are at home, neither oflwhom,
Of course, is at all conscious that the
young man Is taking such a liberty
with the fowerpot outside their win
dow. This act Of placing a pretty
plant In the empty fowerpot Is eQuiya-
lent to a formal proposal to the young
lady who dweIls within.
The youthful gardener, having set
tied his plant to his mind, r~0tires, and
the lady Is free to act as she pleases.
If he is the right man she takes every
care Of the gift, waters 1t and tends It
carefully with her own hands, that all
the world may. see the donor IL ac-
cepted as a sutton. But II he II not a
favorite or If stern parents object the
poor plant is torn from the vas and
the next morning lies limp and with
cred IN the veranda " on the path
below.-McCalI Magazine.
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understandings, hatred, variance,
unhappiness, discord and murder.
how this veil may be removed.
how we may lift up our heads in
to the brilliant, beautiful light Of.
the heaven of God. Z
It tells us too, of liberty; of the
freedom for which men have been
willing to lay down even life it
self, freedom from the bonds of
sin, freedom of body, of mind, of
spirit.
And it tells us of love; not only
are we promised that we shall .tbe
saved" (have life) and that we
shall ego in and OUT (haye lib
erty) but also that VIC shall "fnd
pasture, that is. shall be- satisfed,
shall have that eternal filling up
of all those u~nsatisf1ed longings
and yearnings of heart and soul
which ia best expressed by the
word love.
Life, light, liberty and love,
are the subjects of the message of
the King of Kings--lynching,
labor, forest preservation,
taxes, corporations, foreign reia-
ttlons, the army and navy, etc.,
the message of the President of
the United States. Both good
messages but surely the one has
infinitely more claim upon our
time and attention than the other.
peace On Aearth, good will to-
wards men of good will"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20
FORMS OF INSANITY.
Rremonitory stogss by which
THEY May r. Dctected.

Rremonitory stons by which
Thcy May Detected.
There are ce.aia gre1aonitory symp-
toms of the Etoie lresalent forms OF
insanity that can be counted on, as .
general Trims. as infallible.
In Fsl~esis. which is claiming its vic
tins in tremendous numbers, there r
many physical signs that r almost
fneontrovertible.
j Exaggerated tWitching OF the
racial muscles in conversation, the Oo-
casional tenGeacy of tie eye to turn
outward: the weakness of the legs,
the fab3fness of all muscles, r pre-
liminary symptoms that give warning
that man is about to break down.
With the victim OF mania-the mani
ac-the symptoms are often similar To
those found in melancholia, though
generally the disease gives the victim
an appearance Of great elation. The
eyes are abnormally bright, the fea-
lures are alert and tense and an air OF
tremendous excitement is apparent
This Is from a constant fear that some
thing Is about to happen.
AuOLuGI 1OIm VI 14Sdu1Iy 40 V10Y6tG0G
among younger persons. Excessive
strain, continual worry Or trouble, al
lied to a weakened physical system,
are the causes. It manifests itself
through the gradual loss of some facuE
ty that has been all right till now.
Thaaoss of memory for details 10 an
alarming symptom and one that should
be given careful and Immediate atten-
ton. The patient, If taken at the right
time, may be cured, but not after the
disease has got a hrm hold on him.
Paranoia, which is q very prevalent
type of insanity, IL almost Invariably
indicated by a peculiarly self satisfied,
conceited expression Of countenanca.
The patient poses, . contemptu-
ously and in every way shows his ire
mendously stage struck" condition.
Hs is absolutely controlled by the
lego" Everything to him il 81, ], L"
He IL a monomaniac with one set idea,
q single purpose.-Dr. Graeme N. Ham
mond In New York World.
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BY REV. D. NJ. LITAKER

Christmas is decidedly the
greatest holiday of the year in the
South. The fourth of July and
Thanksgiving are net to be COM
paired with it here. Probably the
greatest thing that can be said
against our celebration of the day
is that too often there is drunken
mes or dissipation in eating on the
part of too large . part of our pop
ulation. There is no good reason
Why the birth day ofGhrist should
be selected as the time above all
others to do violence to his teach
ings and the spirit ofhis example.
It is right that we should be joy
Gus all the time and especially so
at Christmas, but if we are really
joyous over the fact that Jesus
Christ was born, We shall not be
likely to desecrate the day or the
season.
The giving of presents is beau
tiful and delightful custom pro-
vided it does not become purely
artificial. In some quarters it has
become necessary to call a halt in
the matter, having decended in
to q mere barter of goods. When
ever the heart is no longer in the
giving of presents, it had better be
suspended until reason has q
chance to assert herself.
P~rotestants might make more of
the day as q matter Of religion and
religious rejoicing. We do not
celebrate Christmas to extensive
~ but we might with profit i'm
prove our method and form of
celebration. Ours is not q pagan
or a s~upertitions age in any part
of the world and least of all in
America, yet much which enters
our idea aud practise of Christmas
is both pagan and superstitious.
It is about time for the recon
struction of the Christmas idea to
conform to this scientific and
enlightened age.
A merry Christmas to the Hus-
tier force and all the citizens of
our beautiful city.
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a Tempter.

A pompous Chicago merchant, AFRO
gantly carrying the signs Of his pros
psrity about him, accosted an ~acQuaint-
ance Of his who conducts a successful:
rescue mission and saidi
Games, I'd like to attend one Of your
meetings"
Certainly" rejoined the minister,
'but leave your watch and diamonds
with the hotel clerk"
"What2" asked the merchant In a.
constituent. "Are not the men Of your
mission converted thieves?"
''True," answered the mission leader
softly, ''but, George, you look SO easy
and wholesome. Really, I don't want
my men to regret that they promised
me never to steal again"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20
H1rtorfe pharaaIia.

It was on his way to the battlefield
Of Pharsalia that Caesar uttered the
famous saying to the fishermen. he
had come down to Brindisi to cross to
Dyrrachinm and, finding no galley,
commanded the owner Of a small sail
ing boat to put him across the Adrf.
attic. On the voyage a violent storm
occurred, and even the experienced
mariners were terrified. But the great
captain said: "Have no fear. You car
~ Caesar and his fortunes"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20
C6rIs1maS.
BY R. N. WILCOX.

Most of us have recently read
q great message the message of
our president. Without regard
az to whether we were democrats,
republicans, socialists, populists,
mugwamps or prohibitionlsts, we
read the message with interest and
I think for the most part with de-
light. We read 1t with eagerness
because we knew it would contain
the mature views of Que who is IN
a better position to discern the
condition and tendencies of our
country than we are, and also be-
cause we knew .tWould deal with
subjects in which we are greatly
interested. But now at Christ
mas time we are asked Cd consider
another message. A message
whose purpolt is to consider not
only the Temporary things of this
world and this life but the far
greater things of the world to
come and life everlasting. And
yet 1T will be true that many who
will read and discuss the tempo
rary message of a human ruler OF
one small part ofsthe earth's sur
face will pay Attlesor at least per-
~functuary attention TO the eternal
message of the Divine ruler of not
only the whole world but the
whole universe.
And what a message this is; this
message of life, light, liberty and
love brought to poor, weak, strug.
Cling man by the Babe who at
this time was born in the stable
at Bethlehem
1t tells us how we may obtain
life, eternalliving points beyond
the yawning grave to the Other
side of the dark veil that shuts
out our view of the higher stage
of existence; gives US hope with
the assurance that the diseased.
decaying, crumbling body of. the
dear one who has left us will DC
changed into a glorious. incor'
ruptible body for the inhabitance
of the same dear one again.
It tells US how I'VE may obtain
light; how the veil Of sin which
spreads its darkseoyering over at
the earth, which now darkens oul
eyes and our minds 30 that We
cannot see things as they are mol
understand and hence arise mis-.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20
This Year
Also"

"Great is Janus" shouted the
ancient Romans on the first.day
of each new year.
Janus, as is generally known
was the God of dest1nies. He was
represented with two faces, looking
In opposite direction.
One, that of a youth
looking cut into the New Year :the
other that of an old man, looking
back upon the Old Year.
We come. this first day of jan
uary, not to do honor to Janus,
but to Jesus. Yet, we may put
the two faces and the two pair of
eyes belonging to Janus to q prac-
tieal purposes.
First let us look through the eyes
of the old face of Janus; and
take a retrospective view of the
year which is drawing to a close.
After we have done that then
let us turn about and look through
the eyes of the youthful face of
Janus: and take a prospective
view of the New Year.
"This year also" is the Ian
0uape of II text.
"Also'' suggests that there
bave been other years.
What of the years that are past
and gone? What of the year that
Eis now closing?
This was not the first time that
the Vine-dressers' attention had
been called to the barren fg-tree.
For years and years, the tree had
received the careful and loving
attention of the Vine-dresser, but
still it remained q fruitless tree.
Is that true In your case?
Have you, for many years, been
the recipient of the Vine-dresser's
tenderest care? Have you been
digged about. year after? Has
God broken up the fallow ground
of your heart time and time again
with the spade of sorrow of
aMiction: of misfortune and dis
appointment?
Have you not been pruned from
year to year Has he not cut off
a friend from one side and a low
ed one from the other? Has he
not severed a branch here and
another there?
Have you not bled freely on
account of severed hopes and pros
poets and, while being Dig
ged about and pruned, have you
not put forth new and promisory
leaves?
Have you not at such times
made new resolutions?
And, has it not been with you,
just as 1T was with the fig tree,
Nothing but leaves" Nothing
but good resolutionsf
When the Vine-dresser was dig
ging about you and pruning you,
you promised much fruit, have you
bourne any2
You promised God that you
would be more faithful in serving
Him in the future9 How have
you kept that promise? Have you
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20

never follows an injury dressed with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Its a~ntiseptic
and healing properties prevent blood
Chas. Oswald, merchant, of
Rensselasrsville, N. c., writes: sit
cured Seth Burch, of this place, of the
sore on his neck I ever saw"
Cures Cuts. wounds, Burns and Sores.
Csc 1t The Justus Pharmacy.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20

Heroism is generally q foolish act
with q successful termination.
Some people not only Insist upon CIV
ing advice. but asking questions at the
same time.
When a married woman hears about
women who are working on salaries
she IL liable to say, well, I earn all I
get"
The surest way to tame a man Is to
take his money away from him. When
q man has no money even q woman
can run over him.
People talk Of nursing their wrath as
II they are bloodthirsty for revenge,
but leave an angry man alone and In
two days he will have forgotten what
he got angry about.-Atchison Globe.
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The Northern substitute.

sIn that tropical country" the
turned traveller was explaining, most
Of the houses are constructed with an
Enclosure In the center, which they call
the court"
'T see," said the hostess. "In N
colder latitude the parlor is generally
used for that purpose."-Chicago Trib-
une.
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FOhristmas dry downedI bright
and warm. The town below US
awoke TO It's usual duties. Mighty
few of its 10000 people had ever
heard of Christmas or of the
Christ.
The graves on the hills above are
old, the stones covered with moss. these
sleepers. too, had never heard OF the
Christ.
The deep boom of q temple bell rolled
and swel1ed. and died away in the still
morning air-the budhists were having
prayers.
Throughout the day our girls eagerly
watched the preparations for the Christi
mas tree, many Of them had never seen
or heard Of one before.
We trimmed the tree with strings Of
popcorn, bits of cotton, trinkets, and
presents for the children. How their
eyes sparkled when they.marched in at
night and saw it lit and loaded from
lowest branches to crest.
Men and women from the town-relar
tives and friends of our pupils, come,
too. to see the wonderful Christmas
tree.
The mothers with their babies, as
gorgeous as butterflies, on their backs,
and little tots no bigger than a minute,
dressed ineloWing %colors, their kimonos
made just like their grandmothers, and
with hair piled high on top of their
shiny heads.
I wanted to play with the whole bevy
Of them but refrained for the same rea-
son that Kipling did
"Lest they take unto themselves
wings and fly away, it hath been or
dained that they should never wipe their
little noses
After the presents had been distribr
uted one Of the japanese teachers made
. speech. The audience enjoyed it
hugely. Afterward we found it vas on
the funny way foreigners use what they
cafl q h~andkenchiaf
Then came the gochiso, tea served in
tiny, handIeless cups. with meyer q bit
of milk or sugar in sight. cakes called
"mochi," made Of rice beaten to q paste
and baked-a bite or two wa all we
could manage, but the peanuts 'stasted
like home"
After the feast, with low bows and
profuse thanks, the little women muir.
INJURED Sayonarai Sayonaral
Our girls wfftk.sGood night, Sensai'
ran to their rooms.
1 opened my window and looked
down upon the bay sparkling like mol
ten silver in the moonlight. The great
ships rocked gently on its bright bosom
The sweet sharp whistle of an ANNA
hoathd up from the dusky streets, the
deep mellow boom of q temple bel
rolled and swelIed and died away over
the hills and the bay, the ship bells
toll. ed the hour, it was twelve o'clock
our Hrst-C Christmas In Japan had slipped
into the past.
"The present. the present is all thor
hast for thy sure possessing;
Like the Patriarch's angel-hold il
fast till it gives to thee its blessing"
Il "
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Cannes, the perfume making town &c
southern France, smells so powerfuIlg
OF flowers I'm the busy season that Wis
itors are often afflicted with 9 flower
headache.
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Ryou turned over q new leaf and
jeanne to church on the first Sun.
day. You promised God that you
were going to attend church regu-
larry during the year.
"You did run well for awhile.
Who did hinder your"
Alas, it was a very short while.
The tempter lured you away by .
promise of q pleasant Sabbath in
the woods, or by your own com
Portable Rre-side; and having in
duced you, by such things to break
your resolution; he had no more
trouble in keeping You away from
the Lords house. when thou
vowest q VOW to the Lord, be not
forgetful to pay thy VOW"
Has all the digging and prun-
ing which the Vine-dresser be-
slowed upon you resulted in any
fruit for His glory3
Again, are'you not like the bar
rem fig tree in that you have been
nourished by the rich grace of God
as the ground is nourished by fer
tilizers7 The Vine-dresser not
only digs about and prunes the
fg-tree, no fertilizes it also.
So God has not only digged
about you and pruned you, He
has nOurished you with His rich
grace.
"Of His bounty have we all re-
ceived and grace for grace"
Has he not, from your infancy,
showered rich blessings upon you
beyond number; thus sndeayor-
ing, as it were, to draw you to
Him by His goodness; to make
you fruitful by bestowing His
grace upon you In such abundance.
1.-THE goodness of the Lord con-
straineth u.s." said Paul.
Have you, like the swine, eaten
the apples and never looked up to
the tree from which they fell?
Have you received all these rich
blessings from the Lord, both
temporal and spiritual, aud never
once said, "Thank you Lord?" A
little bird never takes q drink OF
water without lifting its head to
Him in an attitude of thankful
ness.
You have been digged about,
pruned aud fertilized r you
still q fruitless tree?
If so, the Master of the vineyard
has given instructions that you be
cut down this year.
"Why cumbereth it theground?"
If after all the Vine-dresser's
care with you, you are still fruit
less it may be that he will not
plead with the Master of the vine-
yard to spare you another year.
It may be that He made that plea
for you the last time q year ago.
But if you are still unfruitful it is
to be hoped that you are among
the number of trees for which the
Vine-dresser pleads for another
year of grace.
In looking back over the past
year, do you see where you have
failed? Do you 9 where you
have made mistakes?
Do you e where you have come
short of the possibilities which
were before you? And are you
grieved that it is so? And is it
your sincere desire and purpose to
do better in the future? If SO, then
you have not lived in vain; then
you have not lived to no purpose.
The man who, can rise on
stepping stones of his dead self to
higher things is not a failure.
The man who cannot,o or does not
profit by his mistakes has already
reached the zenith of his attain
ments.
Have you been faithful during
the past year2 Have you earn
estIy aud honestly tried to do
fyour duty2 If SO, are you going
tn ratrorrade? Are YOU going to
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"reminiscences Of a Christmas il
Japan.
MRs r. B. GRINNAN

America for the japanese 40 q ma
tion do not celebrate the day, only
the little groups of Christians
here and there keep it.
As we steemed up Yeddo Bay
Yokahoma lay before us, q long
low range of blue and purple cliffs
lay TO the right and left, with
Tuji-Yama, towering behind the
city . vast ice-bnrg. It's snowy
head among the clouds.
We land and think We must
have reached the planet Mars, it
10 not in the least like our beloved
America.
We travel south from Yoka-
homa by steamer to Kobe then on
to Nagasaki, our destination.
The lovely inland sea is as
smooth as . mill pond. Enchant-
ing islands lie all about us, the
most of them tiny hills, their
crests covered with trees and slop-
ing rapidly to a tine white beach
below. Those near us are as green
as the heart of an emerald, farth-
or from us they r purple. until
on the horizon we can scarcely
distinguish between the violet
tinted peaks and the violet bord-.
cred clouds, in the distance the
sails of the fishing boats are as
white as the wings of a gull and
we thinks
"The sails we see on the ocean
Are as white as white can be,
And never . one in the harbor
As white as tho sails at sea.
"Ths clouds that crown the
mountain
With purple and gold delight,
Turn to cold mist and vapor
Or ere'r we reach the height"
'tOh, distance, thou dear en-
chanterl
Still hold in thy magic veil
The beauty of the far off noun
tain
The CLEAN of the far off sail"
Here and there we glide past
little fishing villages. half hidden
among the feathery bamboo, cam
lphor wood and naples, their mar
row white beaches covered with
sampans and small fishing crafts.
ALI day we wind in and out among
the ilets, drinking in the beauty
of the purple distances, until at
dusk we anchor in Nagasaki Bay,
the Venus of Japan.
Ships from all the nations lie
about us. The harbor Is almost
land locked, the entrance a mile
wide ut it's narrowest part, looks
like q river, from the head of the
bay. Hills rise rapidly from the
waters edge on the left giving
scant foot hold to the small fish
ing village opposite the city.
Nagasaki lies on a small plain
ahead of us and to our right.
and climbs all the hills
near it. Thro' December the
foliage is almost az green as in the
spring.
On the side of one of the hills
stands the girls seminary to which
we are bound Soen we are off to
the shore In a funny boat called a
Sampan. It is rowed by q man,
who stands in the stern, and with
one a swings the boat to the
wharf much as a fish sends hlm-
self forward by the use of his tail.
Our oarsman II as brown as a
Viking. His deep blue kimono,
short sleeved and belted is tucked
up out of the way, and he calls
out orders in the strange tongue
of the country to another little
Viking in blue.
Up the steep Jimiksha road to
the school we come in the blue
December twilight. Below us the
bay wrinkles with lights and we
hear the ships bells striking the
hour.
Nhris@uooc ~ Torant ro- u;lI
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MEET ME AT TApP's
Beautiful Spring Goods.

The Hats at Tapps lovely. They are the correct
Hats from every standpoint.
The careful dressers who know styl4, are puyiug
their Hats now from Tapp's. You will agree, too,
that here you find certain snappy. ciClife dressy
air in every Hat shown The sort OF style and chic
appearance you like
NADIA ne Stedman will be glad t. show you the
correct styles The roses and ribbons In the dainty
spring shades and the quait tilted shapes viii please
you. Above all else rem member that at Tapp's the
prices ost m ode rate.
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SEVERN.

Mr.. Monroe cook, of Wagener, vas
In town on business short time Fri
day
Miss Ottolee Guhter, OF Leesvil C
college, spent few days with The
home folks last week.
Mrs. ID c. -huii visited IricIds and
relatives In or mids SATURDAY.
Messrs F. o. Gunter and Ose Fail
are attending court at AIKEN Ihls
week. Mr.. hitIOck OF Ferry Is MI
ing Mr. Fairs piacc u'Ing i'> a.
sceDce.
Mr.. Harr, VI BlIesburS' a. In town
THURSDAY on business.
Mrs. lunzu Guu,'r ".s 'he fu,s'
OF relatives in town thursday.
Mr.. w. Lee GunteI paid CulumGia
a business call last week.
Mr.. Fate Spradley and family have
moved nearer town.
Mrs Gibson, of rate>burg, visited
her sou Mr.. Gary Gibson several days
last week.
Dir. VIM. Gunter and family Of
Chalk Hill were here shopping sat
irday.
Miss Estelle Raw Is was the guest Of
irs. Swinton Gunter Sunday.
Nessrs. ]. G. Lanham and Wise, two
irummers spent Monday night in
own.
Mr.. Bunch Seigler IS spending few
lays in Augusta this week.
Misses Ola and Giacle GHnter OF
ear here are ON our streets today |
hopping
Sparrow