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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
sExEs DIFFER IN CURIOSITY.
Development Reault OF struggle for
Racial ExiOtence.

As to n woman's curiosity. it may
be said at the outset that she is not
so curious, by an infinite measure, as
is man himself. Women, it is true,
are persistently and a~ssiduously u r
ious: but men also are not only per-
sistently a assiduously but patient
ly and Systematically curious. 1t 10
the character of female curiosity that
makes it apparently contemplate.
Scientific men Of every kind have no
raisen- d'etre for their Infinitely pa
tent research save pure curiosity
alone: and their curiosity las no more
purpose in it than has the curiosity
of the woman who cannot rest until
she finds out all discoverable facts
about her neighbors, or the u OF q
mysterious sound by night.
These two forms OF curiosity. the
male and the female, originated no
doubt in the early needs of the race
long before men appeared on the earth.
The male animal is interested in the
fcauses of remote things-things which
upon being I'll down might turn out
useful for food purposes. The female
is interested in the quick investigation
of near and small things which may
turn out a menace to the lives Of her
young. The female watches with in
tense and lively interest the vicinity
of the nest or lair; the male is prompt.
ed to look abroad-away from the lair,
in or towards fields where his daily
prey is found. These two kinds of
curiosity were among the most potent
Instruments in the struggle for racial
existence and in the ultimate devel-
opment of Unconditional Magazine
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
FOUND OUT.
A Trainrd Nurse Discovered 1t. Enec

A Trainrd Nurse Discovered Its Eject
No one is in better position to know
the value Of food and drink than Il
trained nurse.
Speaking Of coffee a nurse Of Wilkes
Barre. Pa, writes: II used to drink
strong coffee myself and suffered great
While on Il visit 10 my brothers | l!a1
4 good cilance 10 try Postum Food Col
fee. for they drank it altogether in
place Of ordinary coffee. In two weeks.
after using Postum. l. found ! was
much benefited and finally my heid-
aches disappeared and a!sc the indiges-
lion.
Naturally l have since used Postum
among my patients. and have noticed n
marked benefit where coffee has been
left of and Postum used.
observe a curious fact about Pos
fun Used among mothers. 1t greatly
beips the flow OF milk ia cases where
coffee is inclined to dry 1t up. and
where tea causes nervousness.
Il fnd trouble in getting servants tu
make Postum properly. They most al
ways serve It before it has been boiled
long enough. 1t should be boiled ID or
20 minutes and served with cream,
when it is certainly a delicious beyer-
age"
There's a reason" for Postum.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
LIGHTNING KILLS BOY.
Stroke Burns Hair. From Head-Sistei
Badly Injured.

Erie, Pa.-John Peters, of Utica, Va
mango County, Penn, a student at the
kdi1boro State Normal School. while
walking through the fields near Edin-
boro Lake with his sister Margaret. a
student at the same institution. was
Struck by lightning and instantly killed.
h hair of his head was entirely
burned off, but his body bore no
marks. His underclothing was de-
stroyed, his shoes torn into shreds and
his hat was perforated. His sister was
Knocked down by the shock and Sc
verely injured. 1t took her an hour to
reach a farmhouse only a quarter of a
mile distant.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
A New Theory,

In an uptown school the teacher in
one Of the lower grades endeavored to
instill a little information into her
pupils on the subject of horses and
their gaits, and then asked each of
them to prepare a brief essay embody-
ing some Of the facts they had just
learned. One of the boys t~hercupou
prepared and turned in the following
lucid offering:
Some horses is called paceters.
They can run faster cause they are
Observation-Disclosures Plain Dealer
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
%Anti.Cigarette Law Valid.

The Parks Anti-Cigarette law passed
by the last session of the Indiana Leg
islature has been declared valid by the
Supreme Court. The court Interpreted
the law as meaning that it is illegal to
sell cigarettes in Indiana or keep them
for sale, but it is moi illegal to smoke
them and it is not illegal to bring them
into the State.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
Dowie Challenges Traducers

Dowie, speaking in the Tabernacle at
Zion City, Ill. challenged his traducers
to accuse him there. Dowie held his
meeting while Noliya, the rival leader.
was holding one. The test proved a
frost for Dowie. there being only
about $50 of his followers among his
listeners.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
Millionaire s

Millionaire Student Hurt by Auto.
Edward X. Wallace. Il Yale fresh
man, worth $2.500,000 in his own right.
was thrown from his motorcycle and
fatally hurt.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
Haakon and the Hawkins.s

You pronounce the double "aa" il
Haakon like "aw" in lawful" and the
''laf in Olaf as laugh" The two
namcs fall on the ear as "Hawkin"
and 'O-laush.' The numerous Haw-
kinses are descended from narauding
c-svs OF Mortimer who few on their
- hot:omed boats o. the raven,
b.. Sc 3D. "o~.--Iendon Truth.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03

The net earnings Of the railroads
are seven hundred millions of dol
lars-which means, says Senator TIL.
man, that once in every three years
every dollar in the United States
becomes a part of their net earnings.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
New York Life Not to Contest

Thomas A. Buckner, vice-president
of the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, denied a report that the company
would test the constitutionality of the
law requiring the publication Of the
list of policy holders.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
PubIic Must PAY Frisco Losses.

The losses of the fire insurance COM
Danies in the San Francisco confagra-
non will have to be paid by the general
public throughout the United States
instead OF the stockholders. Rates
have already been raised.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD co.
General Offices, Brevard, North
Carolina.
WINTER SCHEDULE

Effective Monday, October g. 1905. Is
No. 8 Eastern Standard Time No. 2
:. Daily STATIONS Daily
P. M. Pan.
1925 Lv S. Ry. Asheville S. Ry 1915
2:30 So. Ry. Biltmore So. Ry 1910
Hender-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
Pointsd Parasraphs.

/; A homely girl always selects q girl
:Aomelier than herself for her brides
maid.
j Don't think that because a man
wears a large hat he is the head OF the
Aouse.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03

Tie goose that caekles most often
has fewer feathers. So. 1906.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03

The J.. P. Morgan, a 60O-foot steamer
for lake freight carrying, was launched
at South Chicago, being the largest
craft on fresh water.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
THERE WAS A "MiCCS UP"
How the German Foreman Of a Viii
lage Fire Company Settled
the Matter.

The village fire company was mold
ing a meeting to make preliminary ar
rangements for the annual banquet,
and there was a marked difference OF
opinion as to the articles of food that
ought to grace the festive board on
that important occasion. After pro-
longed argument vote was taken ana
it was found that the company was
evenly divided on the question. Hail
the members were in favor OF sand
witches, cake and coffee and the other
half wanted a regular chicken supper.
The foreman of the company, VINO was
presiding at the deliberations, was
German, and he was somewhat un1a-
miliar with parliamentary procedure.
This problem of a tie vote nlled MIN
with perplexity and he struggled with
speech iE vain endeavor to emerge
gracefully from the dilemma Finally
a member of the company came TO MS
aid and told him that it was his priv
ilege as the presiding officer to decide
a tie by voting himself. His counte-
nance lighted up with relief.
"Dis is a migs-up," he said. Hon
of der members wishes sangvitches unit
coffee unit der udder hoff makes DER
votes for a shicken supper. Dot
makges a tie vote, unit | sedtle DER
kvestion by voting for elem CHOW
dter. Der dinner will be chOWdte,
mt der SECRETARY will mage a una1nl-
mousness to der vote by pudding 1t in
der book
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
FREAK GERMAN STAMPS.
Pair from Valuable New York
Collection Bring an E1traor-
binary Price.

A rare pair of German ive-pfennlng
stamps in the A. H. Scholle collection
sold for $S5 at the closing sale on re-
cent evening, says the New YORK
Times. The stamps were unused. the
blue Reichs Post of 1900, which never
were put in circulation. The color
of the FIVE pfennig OF this issue Is
green. Several years ago customer
of Berlin stamp dealer showed him
one of the stamps that was blue. Inc
stamp dealer took it to the post office
authorities and asked if they had is
sued the stamp in that color. They hao
not. The color was due to chemical
change TO prove this theory spe-
cial sheet of 100 five-pfennig stamps IN
blue was issued and presented to the
Royal Postal museum, which adds to
it's collection all oddities it can get.
The sale of 20 of those stamps through
a dealer ID collectors raised storm IN
the Berlin Stamp society. The gov
eminent issued an order that no more
museum stamps be sold under any con
dition. OF the 20 blue stamps sold six
are in this country.
A used pair of the nine sch1ll1ng
Hamburg issue of 1859 brought $42;
an unused two-cent green Labuan, is
sue of 1879, SIT; an unused one-schil-
ling Bahama, issue of 1862, $22; and
used four-centimes, Swiss federal, is
sue of 1849-50. SOL.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
THE "SKILLED" MEXICAN.
Was Sounding the Car Wheels, but
Didn't Know Why He Was
Doing It.

The inefioiency of Mexican labor
was under discussion by group of
mining promoters.
"On my last trip to Mexico" said
one, while our train halted at jim
ulco, a dinner station on the Mexican
Central, alighted and watched the
mechanic who went from car to car
sounding the wheels with hammer,
presumably to test their condition.
He was fair type of the native
skilled workman Just to draw him
out little, l inquired.
"FWhy do you rap the wheels
Setting down his torch, he stared
at me in amazement. Because the
master mechanic tells me to- he re-
Piled But why l persisted. What
good does it dor I do not know,
senor,' said he. The master mechanic
tells me to strike each wheel, and
do 80. That is enough for me-
"'How long have you been working
at this job?' asked.
1.-TWO years. he replied. For two
years he had been going through the
form of sounding the car wheels with
out the slightest knowledge Of the OBJ
ject of the test or the slightest curl
osity concerning it,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT.
Much Accomplished by Societies Since
Their Founding in the
Year 1853.

In 1853 a woman in Stockbridge,
Mass, founded the first village i'm
provement society in America.
Stockbrioge was only shabby little
town then, with a muddy road through
it, a cemetery full of weeds, and a
bare common, unshaded and trodden.
In a single year the place was trans
formed Four hundred trees were
planted, the road rebuilt, the village
made clean and attractive.
The history of the place is not
unique. Wonders, miracles even, have
been wrought in out-of-the-way spots.
In one of the most hopeless in Georgia,
a society was formed which began by
planting a double row of trees along
it's central roadway. This is now a
handsome boulevard.
The street is curbed with granite,
grass has been made to grow and
shrubs have been set out everywhere
Rural parks, churches draped with
vines, and house yards vying with one
another in beauty all make the place
an Eden With this town as an object
lesson no one need despair of even the
most forlorn little village.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
DOG THAT WAS A SMUGGLER
Earned for His Master, But Was Dis
covered and Killed at His
Work

The official organ of the Belgian
customs department mentions the
death of a notorious smuggler's dog
which earned for his master modest
competence The latter at first made
frequent innocent trips with his big,
rough-coated companion across the
frontier, until the customs officers had
become quite friendly with him. Then
his time for action came. He shaved
the dog, wound Brussels and Mechlin
lace tightly round its body, and put
over this a skin closely resembling the
dogs own. For five years the dog al
most daily trotted with a valuable
hidden burden of lace across the bor-
der into French territory, and probably
the fraud would still be merrily going
on had not friend" betrayed the Sc
cret. The faithful dog came to an un-
timely end by revolver bullet. Dogs
are often used, it appears, to run with
dutiable goods across the Franco-Bel-
gian frontier. This they are taught
to do by a course of training which in
cludes sound thrashings at regular In
tervals by men dressed as customs OFF,
Gals, so that the poor animals run
away terror-stricken from the sight OF
a uniform.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
WHERE FISH ARE CHEAP.
In Florida and Cuban Markets Fine
Varieties Sell at Low
Prices.

Commissioner George w. Bowers, Of
the bureau of fisheries, returned lately
from Florida and Cuba, where he went
to study the culture of sponges and
the marketing of fish in that COM
munity. reports the Washington Post.
: Il have always held" said Mr..
Bowers, that the old woman who
raised chickens and the bureau Of
fisheries were the greatest benefactors
of mankind. AS long as chickens and
fish are to be had all the beef trusts
in the world cannot run the meat mar
ket up unreasonably, because the
masses of people will then eat chick
ems and fish,"
Mr.. Bowers stated that the fish mar.
kets of Havana were model OF eff
ficiency and thoroughness. This con-
dition is probably due to the large
number of Catholics, who are heavy
consumers of fish.
In Florida Mr.. Bowers found that
fish were generally eaten and were re-
markably cheap. The negro fisher
men, bringing in shad and other fish
from the ST. John river and other
streams, where they are plentiful, sell
them to the dealers at three cents
each, and the consumers can procure
fish weighing from two to five pounds
each for a nickel This assures the
poor people an abundance of cheap
food.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
NEW NOSE AND PROMOTION
Young Man in the Navy Gains Ad-
vancement by Clever Sur
gical Operation.

No matter how straight a man may
shoot, no matter how expert he may be
in seamanship no matter what his
knowledge of torpedoes and such
things, there is no promotion for him
in the United States navy unless
well, unless he is good looking, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean. Uncle Sam
will not have petty officers, even, that
are not handsome chaps-fellows with
good faces under their caps.
And so 1t was that Frank Clancy,
five years in the service and one of
the cleverest lads on the torpedo boat
destroyer Lawrence. could not get a
step higher than the ranks. He
passed brilliantly in everything, but
to no purpose, for Frank had a nose
that was anything but an ornament.
1t was hollow nose. with big, up
turned end, which made him look as
If scoop had been at work between
it and his eyes.
The young sailor was grievously dis
appointed and mourned the physical
disability that deprived him of ad-
vancement In despair he sought a
face specialist, directing him to kill
or cure the offending member.
In 40 minutes Frank Clancy was
ready to take his place with the finest
looking on board Uncle Sans ships.
And now, thanks to science aiding ma
ture, he is an officer on the Lawrence.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
Even the snow shovel has been laid
away up "nawth."
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness is caused by an inf1am
ed condition of the mucousing OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, deafness Is the result
and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be des-
troyed forever nine cases out OF ten
are caused by Catarrh which is moth
ing but an lnflamed condition OF the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
tor any case OF Deafness( caused by Ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
TAX Halls Family Pills for constipation
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
SHOOK THE WHOLE EARTH
Earthquake in South America That
Was Worldwide in It's
Effect

We have yet to await accurate de-
tails Of the great earthquake that &C.
Cured in the northwest of South
America on January 81, says London
Nature of recent date. The seismo-
graphs in this and other countries had
told their story of what happened
within few minutes of the catastro-
phe. All the world felt more or less
the earthquake.
In two hours the effects of the ini-
tial impulses had reached their anti
podes, and in the interval between
these times every inhabitant of the
world had been moved for at least
three or four hours on a true ground
swell
All the instruments in the world
designed to record teleseismic motion
had written records, the bubble in
every spirit level had been fitfully
oscillating to and fro, many magnetic
needles had been caused to swing
balances had oscillated, pendulums
had been accelerated or retarded-the
world globe, not only on it's surface
but in it's depths, had been shaken.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
THE MAKING OF A JUROR.
Puzzled German Gives the Judge q
Chance to Get Even with
Lawyers,

The Judge had his patience sorely
tried by lawyers who wished to talk.
and by men who tried to evade jury
service. Between hypothetical ques-
tons and excuses it seemed as If they
never would get to the actual trial of
the case, relates the Green Bag. So
when the puzzled little German who
had been accepted by both sides
jumped up the judge was exasperated.
"Shudge!" cried the German.
What is it," demanded the judge.
Il tink l like to go home to my
wife," said the German.
you can't" retorted the judge. "Sit
down.
But shudge," persisted the Ger
man, 81 don't tink | make a good
shurer."
You're the best in the box said
the Judge "Sit down.
what box?" said the German.
"Jury box" said the judge.
ooh, l thought it vas a bad box that
peoples gets in sometimes"
NO." said the judge, 1.-The bad box
is the prisoners box"
But, shudge," persisted the little
German, Il don't speak good English .
"You don't have to speak any at all,
said the judge. "Sit down"
The little German pointed at the
lawyers to make his last desperate
plea"
"Shudge," he said, 81 can't make
holdings of what these fellers say
1t was the judges chance to get
even for many annoyances.
Neither can anyone else," he said.
"Sit down."
With a sigh the little German sat
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
KILLS LIKE LIGHTNING,
How DEADLY RHEUMATISM OF THE
HEART COMES On.

Those pains you feel when you first
arise In the morning-aching pains in
the joints, shooting pains In the muscles
are signs of warning. They are dan
ger signals, evidences Of deep-seated
trouble that ii not removed may affect
the entire system and cause chronic
disease, or if the cause ls not removed,
they may develop suddenly into the
deadly Rheumatism Of the Heart,
which kills like lightning.
Better get rid of the cause at once.
Rheumatism and its kindred diseases
are caused by the accumulation OF
poisonous acids Of the blood. Rubbing
with oils or liniments will not cure it
it is an internal disease, and can be
conquered only by an internal remedy
There is just one complete cure
RHEUMAC1DE. RHEUMACIDE
neutralizes the poisonous acids, sweeps
all the dangerous germs out of tie
blood and makes you we'll all over
RHEUMACIDE CURES because it is
the only remedy that "gets at the
joints from the inside"
Mr.. w. R. Hughes, of Atkins, Va
writes:
-Four bottles of RHEU MACIDE
have entirely cured me of a long stand
ing case of Rheumatism, and greatly
improved my general health. l was 8
total wreck, having had rheumatism
Tor twenty years. I spent severe
weeks and much money trying special
lists in New York but RHEU MACIDE
is the only cure have found. WLer
l began to use it weighed lao pound e
Now I weigh $50 pounds, my norma
| weigh"
I- sale in Scotland Neck by E. T
| Whitehead e. Co
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24
Southern Wit,

In the early days of the civil war,
says Mrs. D. G. Wright in "a Southern
Girl in '61," many northern senators
were especially violent in their de-
nunciation of the seceeding states, &C.
casionally much to the amusement of
their listeners. On one occasion a
western senator ended a speech by de-
claring that were certain threatened
events to occur, he would leave this
country and join some other nation.
Even the Comanches he would prefer
to this government in such a case. !"
Senator Wigfall, of Texas, rose in an
swer, and stated in tone of grave
remonstrance that he trusted the SEN
ator would consider well before he
took such a step, 'for the Comanches
had already suffered too much from
contact with the whites"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24

One would think the laxative idea
IN a cough syrup should have been ad-
vanced long before it was. 1t seams
the only rational remedy for Cou ms
and Colds would be to move the bowels
and clean the mucous membranes Vi
the throat and lungs at the same time
Kenney's Laxative Honey and Tar.
does this. 1t is the Original Laxative
Cough Syrup, the best known remedy
for Coughs, Colds, Group, Whooping
Cough, etc. Tastes good and harm less.
Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24

The gums and resins obtained from
pine tree; have long been recognized
as highly beneficial In the treatment
of hackache, kidney and bladder
troubles. Pine-ul is the name of a
new medicine, the principal ingredi-
ents of which come from the pine for
ests OF our own native land.
E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck,
Leggett's drug store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24

Don't tie cough or cold up in your
system by taking remedy that binds
the bowels. Take KennedY,s Laxative
Honey and Tar. It is different from all
other cough syrups. 1t is better. 1t
opens the bowels-expels all cold from
the system relieves coughs, colds, Group,
whooping cough, etc. An ideal rem
edy for young and old. Children like 1t.
Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. drug
glst.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24

as your ineffable highness going
down to take look at the British War
heet?" inquired the grand vizier. "No,"
the sultan YEARLY replied, II don't
think l care for it. l fancy I've seen
every warship there Is in all the world.
I'll pass 'em up this time, gusse.
Plain Dealer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-05-24

The bet way to rid the system of .
cold is to evacuate the bowels. KEN
nedy's Laxative Honey and Tar acts az
a pleasant, yet eHectual catha.tic or
the bowels. 1t clears the head, cuts tb.
palegm out of the throat, Strengthen S
the bronchial tubes, relieves cough
aud colds, Group, whooping cough, etc
Sold by. z. T. Whitehead e. Co.