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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
Paying For Good Roads.

The introduction of various bills
for amendment of the general high
way laws of this State suggests some
interesting and pertinent considera-
tons concerning the proper charging
of costs for ~road-making. At present
there is a .threefold division. The
State pays one-half, and Of the re-
naming half a part is paid by the
county and a part-ffteen per cent.
. of the whole-by the town. One
pending measure would put the en-
tire charge upon the State, while an
other would exempt from charges
other than in ordinary taxation all
towns of less than 100000 assessed
valuation.
1t often happens, no doubt, that a
town star less benefited by improve
ment Of its roads than are its neigh
bors. Thus the main highway OF
some small town might be little used
by the few people Of that town, but
might be much ~frequented by the
people of two large adjacent towns
between which it formed the most
direct route of travel. In such a case
it would seem a hardship for the
few people Of the small town to be
assessed for a road used chiefly by
those OF other towns. Moreover,
with assessments levied not according
to population or valuation of the
town, but according to length Of road
built or improved, much heavier bur-
dens may fall upon poo towns than
rich ones. Thus if ten miles Of road
were to be built, of which two and
a half miles at each end were in a
%populous and wealthy town of ST.
100000 assessed value, and the in
termediate i've miles were through a
sparsely settled town Of only $780,
900 valuation, the last named place
would have as much to pay as the
other two put together, and would be
proportionately taxed twenty times
as much as they, for a road which
they might use>twenty times as much
as it.
Such injustice would be avoided II
the towns we're exempted from direct
charges for roads. If, on the other
hand, all the costs were paid by the
State, or partly by the State and
partly by the counties, and were met
by levying . general tax at an equal
rate on assessed valuations, each
town would bear a more equitable
share of the expense. It might be
objected that thus the value of land
in the poorer towns would be in
creased at the cost of the larger ones,
but that would be a triiing matter
in comparison with the inequity
which now prevails. AS for the adj
ditional objection that people would
not take so much interest in the
maintenance OF roads and the pro-
lection of them from abuse if they
were not directly charged with their
cost, we cannot regard it as worth
serious consideration. There should,
anyway, be a State or county super
vision of highways which would as
sure their proper care and mainte-
nance, no matter what might be the
attitude of the local population
New York Tribune.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

NUMBER N BOY.

"He is a Number One boy" said
my grandmother, proudly. ga great
boy for his books; indeed, he would
rather read than pla4, and that is
saying a good deal of a boy of seven"
cit is, certainly" returned Uncle
John, "but what a pity it is that he
is blind!"
"BIfnd?" exclaimed the grand.
mother, and the Number One" boy
looked up, too, in wonder.
TYes, blind, and a little deaf also,
I fear" said Uncle John.
why, John, what put that into
you head?" asked grandmother, look
Ing perplexed. .
why, the Number One boy him
SELF" said Uncle John. "He has
been occupying the one easy chair
in the room all the afternoon, lever
seeing you or his mother when she
came in for a few minutes rest. Then
when your glasses were mislaid. an!
you had to climb upstairs two or
three times to look for them, he
neither saw MOI heard anything that
was going on"
vi. uS~ Was SO UuSy ISdAA1SS
apologized grandmother.
THAT is not a yer good excuse,
mother" replied Uncle John smiling
eff Number One is not blind and
deaf, he must be very selfish, indeed,
to occupy the best seat in the room
and let older people run up and down
stairs while he takes his ease"
Nobody asked me to give UP my
seat or to run errands," said Number
One.
THAT should not have been neces-
sary," urged Uncle John. What are
a boys eyes and ears for, if not to
keep them posted on what is going
on around him? 1 am glad to see
you fond Of books; but if a pretty
story makes you forget all things
except amusing Number One,' better
run out and play with the seven
year-old boys and let grandmother
enjoy the comfort of her rocker in
Quiet."-Ram's Horn.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
How Advertising Paid.

Don't advertise if you believe you
are wasting money. Let your COM
petitor waste his money on advertis-
inc. and perhaps in this way you'll
soon "put him out of business. Fix
his clock for him.. Just stand back
and laugh at him when you see him
squandering his money for printers
ink. Once there was a boy named
John-we think his last name was
Wannamaker, or maybe it was
Moneymaker, anyhow his name was
John. with some sort of a maker at
tached to his name. He owned 500
yards of calico, three pairs of pants,
a half dozen pairs of boots. He call
ed this a dry goods store, and offered
to sell a pair of socks for 81 cents.
The don 't-believe-in-advertising mer-
laughed YOUNG John spert
500 with the Philadelphia Ledger to
advertise just one time and had less
than $100 worth of goods. He vas
cautioned by the merchants who
"knew it didn't pay!" It was
through sympathy that they offered
him advice. But John didn't listen
to them, and went and blew his money
in foolishly; and today poor John
sees the result of his misdoings-be
has so many large drv goods stores
that he can hardly find time to study
his Sunday school lesson.-Baldwln
Bulletin.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
10, ,

Where this line cuts each of the
other lines, draw horizontal lines
through the points, parallel with alb.
This will give Fig. 2 (abcd), divid-
ed into the same number of parts
as the original square.
You must redraw in Fig. 2 the
picture Of the head in Fig. 1, put
ting in each section the part that is
In the corresponding section of the
original square. The greater the
number of squares into which you
divide the original squares, the easier
will this be to do.
You now have your picture trans
formed, but if you look at it from
a point near the paper, above the
point, f, you will see it in its original
form. The point at which you look
at the picture varies according to the
position of the points f and g, but it
may easily be found by trial.
Instead of drawing a head, you
may draw animals, or leaves, or flow
ers, or any design you choose.
Another, and perhaps easier, way
of making anamorphoses, is to prick
pAAhOAO0 III SAC p1CIuAS vi InS uGSlSu,
forming the outline and principal
marks. Now hold this pricked design
upright on a table before a candle
light, and place a piece of paper be-
fore it, Sc that the light, shining
I through the tiny holes, will mark the
design on the paper in points OF
light.
Trace over this illuminated design
! with a pencil, and afterward fill in
the detail. The picture will be seer
to be a distorted one. If you now
place it exactly where il was on the
table, and remove the original pic
ture and the candle, and put your
eye exactly where the candle flame
was, you will see the distorted figure
as if drawn in the proportions of the
original in proper shape.
BY following the illustrations, you
will not make any mistakes, and
your success will be more than anus.
J ing.-New York Mail.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
Agnes sReppler's Favorite Recipe.

Miss Agnes Reppler. the essayist,
is extremely fond Of tomatoes, pre-
pared in almost any manne In her
opinion, however, there is no better
way which they can be cooked than
to bake them after the method set down
in the following recipe: Pour two
tablespoonfuls of the purest olive oil
into a baking dish. Add four tables
poonfuls of grated bread-crumbs that
have already been mixed with parsley
and other herbs, all of which must
have been chopped very fine. Season
with pepper and salt. Upon this bed
of oil and crumbs lay a dozen toma-
toes that have been cut IN halves.
Cover them with four more tables
poonfuls of bread-crumbs that have
previously been seasoned in the same
way. Pour over all two more tables
poonfuls of oil, and send the dish
to a hot oven, where the tomatoes
must bake for about one hoar.-The
Delineator for April.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
Cleveland Clubs Road is Assured

Cleveland Clubs Road is Assured,
Secretary Asa Goddard, of the
Cleveland Automobile Club, says that
the new road to be constructed under
the auspices of the club will be one
OF the finest stretches of highway in
the country. It will be built on the
principles Of the old Roman. roads
which have stood for centuries. The
aim will be to get the foundation
right; then, if the project runs a little
short of funds, a little less money will
be spent on the surface until such a
time as it can be resurfaced. The
foundation will be two and a half feet
of rock with eight inches of Clipped
stone or coarse gravel on top of that.
The new highway will take the place
OF the worst stretch OF pike between
Cleveland and Buffalo. The club has
made another call on the automobile
owners of Cleveland, calling attention
to the deplorable condition of the
highway east of Cleveland, and of the
good work which the organization
hopes to accomplish. Small dona-
tions are asked from all me in
this vicinity as well as from the farm
ers along the proposed route. Judg-
ing from the manner in which sub
scriptions come in the success of the
enterprise seems assuTed.-The Au-
tomobile.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
MRS. II A

are constantly being received by
Mrs. Pinkham to prove our claims.
Mrs. c.. A. lockwood, teacher OF
Parliamentary Law, of IS Free ST.,
Fredonia, N, Y, writes:
sFor wears / suffered with female trouble.
It was decided that an operation was neccS-
sary, and although I submitted to a serious
operation my sufferings continued, until
Lydia e. Pinkham'S Vegetable Compound
wasrecommended and it proved a marvellous
remedy, so quickly did it restore my health:
] cannot thank you sufficiently for the good
it has lone me-"
Miss Margaret Tierney, OF No. 328
W. 25th Street, New York, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"When only eighteen years of age u
physician decided that an operation was
necessary to permit of my womanly organs
performing their natural functions. My
mother objected and being urged by a
relative to try Lydia E. Pinkham'S Veget-
able Compound did so. l soon improved in
health, the proper conditions were establish
ed and I am well and strong, thanks to
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
No other remedy has such un-
qualified endorsement as Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. No
other remedy in the world has such
a record of cures of female ills.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
Where Polly Got Her Name.

The name Polly, appliedN to the
parrot, is said to have been brought
to the North in an early day by fat
boatmen, who took grain and provi-
sions down the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers to New Orleans. Parrots were
in cages at the doors of many French
shops, and the Westerners heard the
French say to the bird, "Parlez, par
lez," pronounced parley, and mean
ing Speak! speak," This word, as
they brought it back, came to be
polly.AKansas City Times.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

using Doan's Kidney Pills l suf-
fered everything from kidney trou-
'bles for a year and a half. I had
pain in the back and head, and al
most continuous in the loins and felt
weary all the time. A few doses of
Doan's Kidney Pills brought great
relief, and 1 kept on taking them un-
til in a short time I was cured. /
think Doan's Kidney Pills are won
derful."
For sale by all dealers. SO cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
NJ Y.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
TESTS.

Divide the picture into squares, as
shown in the figure. Then on an
other piece of paper draw a horizon
tai line, alb, equal to the side, alb, of
the square. Divide this line into the
same number of equal parts as alb
of the square, and draw q line from
each point Of division to some point
below, as f. Then draw the line fh,
parallel with alb, and marking a point
on it, g, draw a line from it to a.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
wise and otherwise.

This weather should not be disturb
ed by rhyme at this time.-BuffaIo
Times.
A new girl In town wear heels as
high as the ideals of a graduate
Atchison Globe.
Perhaps, if the s~uffragettes ever win
out and run things for a couple OF
thousand years, there may develop a
woman who can play poker.-New
York Mail.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

ONASS W OPS NAAO0A O4NAAS vas -
Which modern pages make forlorn;
Once more to let the moments speed
With Optic, Castlemon, Mayne Reid!
The "Boat-Club" set, "The White Chief
there
"Jack Hazard!" JOY! Again we meet
By grace of T~rowbridge lines replete!
And, 'pon my word, here's "Cudjo's
WAS Guido not a '"dandy'' slaveO
The Scottish Chiefs" is this, I guess,
With .'Thaddeus of WarsawEyes!
And this q loaned it DER and o'er)
is Stephens LEFT ON Labrador"
Pass by that dog-eared treasure? No!
lis SCOTS enhancing "lvanhoe."
(How often, of it's glamor taught.
HavesTom and / in tourney fonght!O
And here, imploring boyhood's eyes,
The Last of the MohicanS" lies! g.
Halt. Hawkeye, Uneas, Chingachgook!
("Deerslayer" is that next old book.)
Come, "Crusoe;" pretty ragged. you
A hundred times read through and
through!
Your woodcuts blurred. While this one
see?-
The far-marooned "Swiss Family"
And look! Their lonesomness confessed,
Aladdin" "Sinbad," and the rest
Peer forth from covers stained and dim,
Awaiting-cheek by jowl with Grimm!
Upon this faded back discern
The tempting. wizard name of Verne!
The title? Must be Field of lee
Or, no.; some "trip" of strange device.
Munchausen, here: that, CULVER;
This, Cofin-truthful chroniclcr.
THE other three, of course. are bricks,
But can't beat Boys of '76!")
And you, oh gift of gentler. pen:
Louisa Alcott's Little Mem"
And you, whom kindred soul creates:
"Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates!"
But Duty warns-like mothers dread:
"Stop, my son; time to go. to bed"
In vain I beg: Zone chapter more!"
Farewell, dear shelf of boyhood's lore.
Edwin L. Sabin, in St. Nicholas.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
Unsniling Love-.

This note was picked up on the
sidewalk: Dear Il: The. reason
I didn't laf when you laft 1t me Sun
day in the postofice was because I
have. a bile on my face and kan'tIan.
If I laf it will hurt, but I love you,
you old sweet thing, bile or no bile,
Ian or no laf, YOU know that. p. s.
Burn this up.-Atchison Globe.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

they get out OF order
it causes backache,
headaches, dizziness,
g and distress
ing urinary troubles.
Keep the kidneys well
and all these suffer-
ings will be saved you.
Mrs. S. A. Moore, pro-
prietor Of a restau-
rant at Waterville,
Mo-, says: Before
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS.

CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS.
Unlike most animals, horses have
no eyebrows, and hares are minus
eyelids. Consequently the eyes of
the latter cannot be shut, and a thin
membraneous substance covers ttem
when asleep. The eye of the owl is
also very peculiar, seeing that tits
immovably fixed in it's socket and
cannot stir in any direction. To
compensate for this seeming disad-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
Newspapers as Educators.

An experienced teacher says that
pupils who have access to newspapers
at home, when compared with those
who dolnot, are better readers, better
spoilers, better grammarians, better
punctuators, and read more under
standingly, and obtain practical
knowledge of geography in almost
half the time it requires Others. The
newspaper is decidedly an important
factor in modern life. This will not
be disputed by any one who has taken
the trouble to investigate the matter
for himself.
The local paper should be found In
every home. No child should grow
up ignorant who can be taught to
appreciate a home paper. It is said
to be the stepping stone of intelli-
genee. Give your children a foreign
paper which contains not a word
about any person, place or thing
which they ever seen OF heard of, and
how could you ever expect them &c
become interested? But let them
have a home paper, read Of people
whom they meet and know, of places
with which they 7 familiar, and
soc an interest is awakened which
increases with every arrival of the
local papers all their lives, and they
become intelligent men and women
and strong In the knowledge of thu
world.-Exehange.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

The record of a male ostrich in
the possession of H. Oliver. of Oudt-
shoorn, Cape Colony, shows that the
bird has brought him in a sum Of
oyer $4,000 in plumage.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

OF languages which so widely differ
among themselves as to be incompre.
hensib1e without particular study the
number readily exceeds 1000.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
Why should this be the case ?

women and girls for some organic
trouble.
Why should this be the case ?
Because they have neglected them
selves, as every one of these patients
In the hospital beds had plenty OF
warning in those dragging sensations,
pains at left or right of abdomen,
backaches, nervous exhaustion, in
fammation, liberation, displace-
ments. and other organic weaknesses.
All of these symptoms are indica-
tions of an unhealthy condition of the
female system and if not needed the
penalty has to be paid by dangerous
operation. When these symptoms
manifest themselves, do not drag
along until you are obliged to go to
the hospital and submit to an opera
tion-but remember that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
from native roots and herbs, has saved
hundreds of women from surgical
operations.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. has cured more cases of
feminine ills than any other one
remedy. Such letters as thefollowing
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

Argo Red Salmon is cleaned and
packed entirely by machine, and not
touched by the human hand.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

Calamity is virtues opportunity
Seneca.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

1t is less to suffer punishment than
to deserve it.-Ovid.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
TIRED BACKS.

The kidneys have a great work to
do in keeping the blood pure. When
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

"Down with the wastrels!" is the
London campaign cry. We don't
know what wastrels are. but down
with emil So. 1927.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

.Argo, Argo, Argo, Argo, Argo,
Argo, Argo, Argo, Argo, Argo.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

Use can a'most change the stamp
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation t.

Mrs. PinkhanS Standing I1VICatlOn 10 women
Women suffering from any form of female weakness, re invited t.
symptoms given, the trouble may be located and the quickest and surest way way
ills Mrs. Pinkham probably has the very knowledge that may help your
case. Her advice is free and always helpful.
Ask Mrs. Pnkham's Advice-A Woman Best Understands a :WOman's IFS.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
BOOKSHELF.

Some eve I'd like to plant myself
By boyhood's l~ong-neglected shelf,
Once more to ope those volumes worn
Which modern pages make forlorn;
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11

Once more to let the moments speed
With Optic, Castlemon, Mayne Reid!
The "Boat-Club" set, "The White Chief
tbnro-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-11
MISS MARGARET TlERNEY

A large proportion of the operations
performed in our hospitals are upon
women and girls for some organic
trouble
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-25

The Time. the Place and the
Girl is most striking production
IL many ways. Il is a new and pleas
ias departure. and there is nothing
Similar to it on the stage today.
i is unlike any other production,
beside, containing an interesting
theme and presenting a pretty story
in manner which nolds the interest
Of he audience throughout. There
are a number Of the most pleasing
musical numbers rendered by a tai
ented @ompany The chorus comes
from the La Sale school, noted for
is finished singers and dancers.
The character Of Happy Johnny
Hicks in the able hands Of John E.
Young is one Of tie most original
characters ever presented upon the
American stage.
The Time, the Place and the
Cir has been presented over 465
lines at the La Sale theatre, Chi
cago, and has won the worlds rec
ord in displaying the Sold Out"
sign more times than any other the
atre or production IN the history Of
theatricals.
The sale Of seats viii open on
Thursday morning
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-25
DIR. Firms Testimony Interesting.

Dr.. Thomas Finn of Boonsboro.
Mo, who has practiced medicine for
80 years, says he has used every pre-
seription known 10 the profession
for treatment of kidney and bladder
diseases, and says he has never found
anything so effective in both chronic
and acute kidney and bladder trou-
bles as Foleys Kidney Cure. It
stops irregularities and build US the
whole system. North Yakima Drug
Store, A. D. Sloan, Prop. tu-th-sat
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-25

is expected to arrive in the city dur
ing fair week on visit at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs William McKivor.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hoffman
returned this a. m. from their vaca-
ton trip to New York state, where
they visited her old home.
Mrs George Farley OF Seattle,
who has been in the city visiting her
sister, Mrs. A. Niccl, left for home
Monday.
B. H. bearing aud Carl c. Bell of
Tacoma are in the city attending the
state fair. They will remain all the
week.
B. w. Pickett left Sunday for
Twin Falls, Idaho, where he will
make his future home. Mrs. Pickett
will follow on Friday morning.
Miss Laura James will entertain
tonight at her home on North Sew
enth street in honor of Miss Clara
Whitson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Griffin of the
Naches valley, are the proud possess
ors of a boy born at the Sanitarium
September 81.
Judge j. A. Taggard will undergo
an operation today for cancer OF the
eye. 1t will be performed by local
surgeon