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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-05-16
A Large Request for Guilford College

High Point, N, c., Special.-Mr. j.
f. Cox, n Of the trustees of Gull
ford College, has received the encour-
aging news from Chicago that large
bequest has been left. to said college
from the Fowle B. Hill estate. Mr..
Hill was related to James j. Hill. the
railway magnate, and has relatives in
North Carolina.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-05-16

disguised. He thinks the president has gone toe ar" 1t is a good DAY lI
the country when gamblers n spectators come to grief WISH cOWu
invent a plant whereby both sides would com TO g1et
l speak as a business man. / never made a dollar IN the suock xcnanSe
in my life. I would as son gamble with cards as to speculate speculate in in Val street street
Let me speak for the business men of the country. Wal. street is not Amerca
There ares sol other places than Wall street in New York city: Pe *a
is a parasite feeding on values and creating non l think it is about tme " 9
men should decline to recognize men who make money without rel
dering some value, either service or giving something In exchange, or n
manufacturing something.
We have had fe such prosperous years g the wordd did not dream d.
Instead of charging s4SOOOOOOO for the Carnegie Steel Company l would charge
S640O 900 for it today.
There never "a a kite that went up which did not come down. Wall
street is in a healthy state. 1t is a healthy indication that the eruption is COM
ing out rather than that the cause Oft the trouble should remain buried inside.
a little jolt; then a rst n a slight rise, and then another JOLT until prices
have reached their formal level And then, sue is human nature, they Will
go up again. 1t is N economic law.
l was born to poverty but l wouldn't exchange with the richest mlionares
sn that ever breathed, whose father and mother were only names to him. 1t
is the boy whose mother is nurse and seamsress and washer and cook and
teacher and angel and saint that has the real wealth and whose father is guide
and philosopher and friend.
I hear men Sal poverty is dreadful and riches are cOrrupting" They
don't know. They only see one side of the shield or the other. l have lived
on both sides. And l say 20 you, gentlemen, that there is very little that
wealth can add to human happiness l believe on the other hand that it de-
creases happiness. The mIionhres who laugh are are.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-05-16
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Missionary Troubles
i'm China
BY p. J. McLagan.

BY p. J. MCLagaT.
~WWNH HERE are real architectural objections Ito building churches in
Chma) from the point Of view of fengshui (geomancy). The
incalculable foreigner and his followers may break out doors and
-- windows in the mos maign directions. They may add a uppe1
EMENN3A story which will u off the benign influences from their neigh
SAA2S bos. They may fashion pointed fameshaped windows which
will certainly provoke a conhagraton.
A convert becaus Of his refusing to burn incens to the ancestral tab
lets, Lad some o. his orange trees III down. He appealed to the subprefect
Tor protection. The magistrate dismissed the petition o n the curiousg ground
tina tn petitioner was neither Il Chinaman nor a foreigner; nt a Chinaman
ecaus he lid lot worship his ancestors not foreigner because he did no
plant flowers IN his fathers grave
Some converts have raised the question whether they should pay any
levy made by the village elders fol carrying o a feud with a ndghborng vii
declined to pay the levy would lot take part in the fighting, and that thf
levy, but have been excused from the fighting line. In still other cases they
bear arms when their village is attacked, but do net join in any raid on the
hostile village.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-05-16
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Spectators Are Parasites.
By Andrew Carnegie.

~ E have our little exctements and differences in this and that party
but what do they amount to? They are merely rippes on the
surface while thousands of fathoms beneath the great blue sea
n lies calm and undisturbed.
al A few gamblers in Wall street are in trouble. Whichever
- the way the market goes some of them are always in trouble; II
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-05-16
Ant-Hill Excitement
Over Marriages
Bv winifred Black.

-u E bonerss son has married he manicure.
Dear me, what a scandal! -,
What in the world would W e do if tn bakers uen snON"O
1921 marryth the blacksmith ..
IMENElNN T wonder what a man from Mars would thnk OF all Ws lu'
SGA2J oer nothing! Lob r;cru
| some dy he I get som time m going to take a !m cru
rcooao nd cit and watch a little hill IF antsa awhile an N out What 1t IL Is u"
ebT oo+ co awfnuv excited about down there in their funny little "oU% -
'vTouldn+ ii he interesting if it should turn out mat he sol ao nH "a "a
Tho sdewaTk hill HAD run a. with the daughter of the ant Nt fanny "U
that's vha is causing h commouon in the sand Ill mIy! ~
VIA a bar time we do have trying to b ar1stocratc n-ne ace VI Uo
everlasting No of the universal .1u -ro
We Sc m I'M little fences an say to oWr queer little selves, NOV MeE 70
6red IT ali right" d the first thing W know the END IS down au !u N'
even find a mark in the dirt to show where o dug the posi- oeS-- A.
"Births shall marry birth" we say, and along comes tn oaughderr on d ia. uS
Isborera n her face is farer than thu face Of the aughte o a huhUteeoe as
and bv the divine right OF her heavensent aritocracy, n walks smiling INTO
her birhight N steps right oVer the silly little renee nat we nu O' '"
Keep her cat and doesn't yer know that the fence was there. ,oo,o.o od ~,
Money and h som of money shall rule the eartn, W oeCFe' anu w
hobs a pennness nobody with a fuls Of brains under MS ragged hat anu O0
whole world stands uncovered to let him pass. -.
I IA a little singer the other day who will be a great actress wne Ss
grow ID and w years III a washing dishes for a living. oe nn1
took a lesson IN singing or in dancing o in acting in her life, ad yt ss
makes every woman OF the stage with Ter oK X a clun cdEN"Ii 'n
pared to a beautiful execute miniature. g.
Thank fortune, there is a higher Law that governs thlsW world nc me ne ,ts
thereof than the mean little, silly little, funny title laws we queer little ants
of human beings try to make.
Here's looking at you, Mr.. Dunlap, the hatters son! l hope you and your
trananew wife will re as happy az if o had done what vas expected OF
and had married he gents furnishing goods" daughter, or the little maid
who is h life of the yes oil her father, the wholesale banana man-NeW IoTk
Aror;oop
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
COMMUNICATION.

EDITOR CITIzEN:-In regards to the
suggestion recently made that the
democrats nominate Roosevelt for the
next presidential term, provided he
would accept, please allow me to ex-
press my humble opinion by saying
that l think it would be a most wise
thing to do. Roosevelt is a Democrat
In everything but name. The fact of
his being Republican in name is a
distinct advantage to the people-ex-
cepting, perhaps, the Democratic Office
seekers it was due to this fact
that he was enabled to command the
support of. the Republican and Demo
cratic congress for his reform meas
ures, however nauseating it may have
been to the individual members of that
body.
Another most potent reason is, that
Roosevelt would be sure of election,
while it is very doubtful if a regular
Democrat could command more than
the Southern vote. The Democrats
should stop rainbow-chasing, and plan
for tangible results. AS between
Roosevelt and Bryan, my personal
choice would be the former. Bryan
is man of fine ideas, but Roosevelt
has this quality, and in addition is a
man of action.
If Roosevelt was given the Demo-
cratic vote, the Democratic office-seek-
ers would undoubtedly receive their
proportionate share of the spoils.
A THINKER.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A diamond field equaling that of Kim
berley, South Africa, is reported to have
been discovered on the West Virginia
Kentucky border.
A shrinkage of $1,69S, 42O, 600 has
taken place in the last six months in the
market values of shares listed on the
New York Stock Exchange. Owing to
this, banker Morgan has visited Presi-
dent Roosevelt in an effort to allay
anxiety over railroad legislation.
Painting is a very pleasant past
time and often profitable too. Some
paint landscapes, some portraits, others
flowers, and some faces. Ladies paint
faces well, while some simply grab the
the rouge pot and lip-salve and dab
away. Paint DISCUSSES a good many
things; bad compilations but not bad dis
posltions-no one can disguise bad dis
position, because ''as a man thinketh so
is he" and it shows in his face. Buster
Brown.
A physician who claims to have given
good deal of attention to the subject
declares that the use of liquor accounts
for most railroad accidents. The cor
porations are growing more and more
rigid in their requirements of temper
ance on the part of their employees.
The Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley
Electric Railway threatens to dismiss
any man who frequents saloons either
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
WANTS HIS STOMACH.

Peter Jordan, fairly we'll dressed,
but lacking funds, is fastening to
Philadelphia from Cleveland, Ohio,
as fast as freight trains and sym
pathetic brakemen will take him. He
wants his stomach. His brother has
it. Peter told Police Judge Whelan
in Cleveland yesterday that, if neces-
sary, he would replevin the very use
full bit of internal mechanism.
He and his brother John lived in
Philadelphia, and both were stricken
with stomach trouble and went to a
hospital for treatment.
"John was addicted to liquor and
used cuss Words" said Jordan. "I
was a church member and tetotaler.
While We were unconscious In the
hospital being operated on, the boiler,
or something exploded, and the
doctor and nurses ran out and left
us. Not much damage was done by
the explosion, and they came back.
"We both got better, and later
found | had contracted the liquor
habit, while my brother joined the
church. / could not understand this
change in me, neither could my
friends. / became discouraged and
went West. A week ago, while
was out in Frisco / got letter from
the doctor who performed the opera
tion in the hospital. Here it is. 1t
says:
"ln the panic during the explosion
at the time of your operation, a nurse
has confessed to me she mixed your
and your brothers stomachs.'
"Jndge. I'm on my way back to
Philadelphia to replevin that stomach
and make the doctors put it back
where it belongs"
&c.," said the Judge.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
POLITICAL.

The 59th Congress died a natural
death at high noon of the 4th ulto. It
worked all Sunday and called it Satur-
day. Shameful and so bad that the
Record is asked mot to mention II. I"
1t spent money with free hand, pas
sed some good laws, many useless ones.
but killed subsidy" and loaned a mil
lion to jamestown. -Farmville Herald.
The political pot on the Southside is
beginning to boil and candidates for
different Offices are getting lively
Col. John R. Saunders, of Saluda, as
stated last week in this paper, is an
aspirant for the Office of State Senator.
now filled by Hon. ]. Boyd Sears, of
Mathews. I. G. Jones. Commonwealth s
attorney for Middlesex, will have COM
petitor in w. d. Evans, of Churchview.
All four of the gentlemen named were
ardent supporters of Gov. Montague in
the Martin Montague fight, and it looks
like contest within the Montague
lines.
There will probably be two Repub-
lican tickets in the field next PRESIDENT
al election. There is about to be a
struggle between the conservative, or
reactionary, and the so-called radical
wings, which promises to be as bitter
as that which ragged between gold and
silver factions of the Democratic party
in 1896, when gold Democrats went off
to Palmer and Buckner and Mr.. Nc
kinley went into the White House.
The radicals claim President Roosevelt
as their leader. This is very assaug-
ing to the Democrats, but-there is a
like movement foreshadowed in Demo-
cratic ranks. w. ]. Bryan is indoubt-
edly still the Democratic leader, but a
conservative wing, chief among whom
is Senator Daniel of Virginia, is look
ing to his dethronement.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
A PLAIN TRUTH.

"The newspaper is for everybody,
and hence must publish something for
everybody. If you see something that
is OF little interest to you, remember
that there are others, that the entire
paper is not printed especially for yeu.
The very thing that is dull and uninter-
esting to you may be the best thing in
the paper for some other reader. and
other readers have just as good a right
to be pleased as you have. There are
whole pages in the daily papers that
are of no interest to us, but they are to
others A paper which contained moth
ing but such matter as would interest
any one or another of US, would have a
limited number of readers. There are
many people of many minds, and the
paper should have something for all of
them.''
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

1T pays to advertise" said Mark
Twain, at an advertisement writer's
banquet when l was editing the
Virginia City Enterprise, writing copy
one day and mining the next, / tried to
force this truth home in many ways.
"A superstitious subscriber once
wrote and said he had found a spider
IN his paper. Was this good or bad
luck! replied to him in our Answer
to Correspondents column as follows:
Old Subscriber: The finding of spider
IN your copy of the Enterprise was
neither good luck nor bad. The spider
was merely looking over our pages to
find out what merchant was not adver-
tising, so that it could spin its web across
his door, and lead a free and undisturbed
existence forever afterl'
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
WHO CASTS THE FIRST STONE :?

Oh, woman with the trailing robes,
Who lifts them lest they touch
The fallen sister lying low,
Dost know He died for such?
Thou criest to the cruel world:
Hang her - and cast thy stone
Dost think of that she did resist
Ere yielding left her prone?
Dost think thou knowest Love, my friend,
In all its depth and force?
Dost know the sweet of Sacrifice?
For therein lies Loves source.
Betrayed by those whose tenderest tie
Should be the strongest cord
Was it not SO of Him who came.
Our own Almighty Lord?
He gave the world His all-His life
For Love, and that alone;
Alas they turned on Him in strife,
They hurled at Him the stone.
If thou hast lived protected
From sin and sorrows blast.
Oh, do not lead the rabble
To stone the poor outcast;
But in thy plying womanhood
Think of the "might have been,"
If thou hadst given all for Love
And lost it all-what then?
-EsTELLE t. MCKAY, in BALTIC. Sun.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
The Funny MN Abroad.

The London Daily Mail tells of a
hoax played at Ballymena, County An
trim. Some time ago placards were
posted throughout the neighborhood de-
claring that the war office authorities
were purchasers OF cats in unlimited
numbers. The announcement set forth
that barracks at home and abroad were
overrun with rats. which not only de-
stroyed the soldiers ratlons and cloth
ing, but even attacked their boots.
Half a crown was offered for every
suitable cat, and it was announced
that war Office official would be at
the next Ballymena fair to purchase
the animals. When the eventful day
came, cats took the prominent position
usually occupied by pigs. Cart loads
or them were driven into the town,
and sharp lookout was kept for the
war office Official. There were all sorts
and conditions of cats, all ages and
many breeds, but the purchaser failed
TO put in an appearance. The peopie
are now looking for the perpetrator of
the hoax.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
THE DEVILS RAILROAD.
Remarkable Temperance DOcu-
ment Prepared by a Young Man
in Prison.

A Vice-President of the National
Temperance Society sends to the Ad-
vocate the following schedule which
was prepared by a young man who
is serving life sentence in a Missis-
sippi penitentiary for killing his com
panion while on a drunken gambling
spree. The young man was from
good family in good circumstances,
but as the parents were negligent as
totheir attendances upon religious ob-
servances the young man fell into evil
company. Yielded to the wine cup
Since he entered prison he has been
converted. 1t is hoped that the pub
lication of this schedule will do good.
1t is prepared by one who has travelled
over the road.
THE BLACK VALLEY RAILROAD.
Standard Gauge, International Line.
Chartered under the laws of all the
States. No stop-over checks. No re-
turn trains.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
DRAM-DRINKING AND BUSINESS,

The Lehigh Valley Railroad has
served notice on it's employees that
they must be total abstainers from
alcoholic drinks or leave the service
OF that company, and it is quite
likely that all the other lines in the
United States will adopt the same
rule. 1t is only cumulative evidence
that there ere enough sober men in
the world to do the worlds work.
There is a mighty change in society
since Squire Western was a fox
hunter. The younger Pitt, while
prime minister, made those splendid
orations when more than half seas
over, but he was genius; and yet
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
IRvINGToN, VIRGINIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 22 1907.

the England cf today would not toIe.
rate ga four. bottle man." even though
he were all either Pitt was.
IL is the greatest of the evils, this
Dram drinking. 1t curbs the will, it
stains the character, it is the advance
agent of povtrty, it impairs the in
tellect, 1t alienates friends, it humili-
ates kindred, it eradicates pride.
tlrst Ii exhilarates, then exalts, then
banlshes responsibility; but the PEN
dulum swings just as far the other
way. The debauch is remorseless
creditor and exacts with pitiIess ex-
tortion the utmost farthing. There
ls no escape from the debt, and it
can only be discharged 10 cash and
oY prompt payment the only legal
tender-regret, remorse, aud shame.
That is the experience of every
drunkard, even of the genius, the one
man who has anything that is stag
ger of an excuse for overiudulgence
In the flowing bowl. The world is
getting more impatient in this behalf
ud'Iy' ne evil Is growing less and
time will come, sooner than is ex-
pected, when to work man must
not impair his mental aud physical
energies nor bankrupt his moral
character by drink.
A drunken officer on the field of
battle Is hot more out of place than
drunken engineer on a railroad
locomotive. A drunken cashier of
bank is as much out of place as a
drunken doctor in a slckroom. A
drunken lawyer in a courthouse is
not more outof place than drunken
statesman In the Legislative hall.
Public opinion will settle the liquor
question If left to deal with il 10 a
practical way.-WaShiugton Post.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
picquart the AI.atian.

General Picquart Is sort of Admira-
BILE Crichton, for, besides wide general
cultivation, he reads, writes and speaks
Russian, German, English, and Italian.
Such knowledge OF languages is not
common with Frenchmen. even those
OF education, but General Picquart's
facility is explained. perhaps, by the
fact that he Is an Alsatian. The Asa
tians have long been noted in France
for the readiness with which they ac-
quire languages, readiness the more
remarkable when we consider that
their foundation stock is Teuton. The
Teutons usually are not credited with
that lingual fiexibility that enables one
to go from language to language. Pos
sibly the French drops In the Alsatian
blood account for the AIsatian lingual
skill, the mixture producing Just the
qualities desirable, the Gallo quick
ness of apprehension and the Ger.
man steadiness OF application-Boston
Transcript.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22

on or off duty. The general manager
says: Employees who repair to saloons
after working hours and spend so cents
or dollar are made incompetent. 'i
The general managers of all railroads
should entertain the same ideas. Alex
andria Gazette.
An article was printed several days
ago in Norfolk in regard to DR.. M. Ben
mosche, of Dunnsville, Essex County.
and experiments with tuberculin.
DR.. Benmosche, who is there on a visit
to his father, the Rev. DR.. Benmosche.
rabbi of Chevra Gomley synagogue, says
that he experimental with tuberculin
made after Koch's metho!. He believes
tuberculosis to be durable by this or a
similar anti-tuberculosis serum. DR..
Benmosche, by submitting to an ninocula-
ton of this serum into his own body.
has, he believes, proved that it is at
least harmless, and the reaction pro-
duced by injection of the tuberculin into
a tuberculous patient is simply a mani
festation of its potency, and reveals a
channel of thought that must lead ulti-
mately to experiments valuable and ben
etelal to so large number of suffer
ing mankind. The experiment hereto
fore spoken of took place at Tappahan-
mock, Va, the latter part of January.
and was one which will, to large ex-
tent, revolutionize the treatment of
tuberculosis. DR.. Robinson, of the
medical board of Virginia, and DR.. Ben
mosche were the experimenters.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
STATIONS ON THE MAIN LINE.

Passengers may feel some discomfort
inhaling sulphurous fumes, but never
mind, there is no way to return.)
Arrive Demon Bend ll:30 ID. m.
Don't get frightened at the dying
groans you may hear.
Arrive Perdition, Midnipht
(Many passengers relieve themselves
OF all anxiety by committing suicide.)
Tickets for sale by All Bar-keepers.
ANNUAL STATEMENT.
Our very popular line carries annually
10000 paupers. Brings misery and
woe to 1000, 900 persons. Dispatches
into eternity 60, 600 unprepared souls.
Carries 600,0 200 drunkards. CONVEYS
100000 to prison. More immigration
passes annually over our line than any
other. We positively refuse to be re-
sponsible for the poverty and wants of
the widows and orphans of those who
ride over our line. They may ride with
us If they pay the fare. Our EMPLOYEES
are paid promptly. See Romans, 6, %.
N. b. The great License Law under
which we operate relieves us from all
responsibilities for accidents and suffer-
ing along our line or that is caused by
our employees. We insist that all at
tempts by silly women and enthusiastic
preachers and church members to stop
our business by invalidating our charters
are In direct opposition to the great
doctrine of Personal Liberty
We hereby give notice that any wo-
man who dares to oppose our most
lucrative business will be branded a
"crank," and any man who dares to op-
pose US will be denominated ''bolter"
from some one of the great political
parties and he takes the risk of losing
his political influence.
d. E. VII, General Mang.
A. L. CoHoL, Agent.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
SAVED HER SONS LIFE

The happiest mother in the little town of
Ava, NO., is Mrs. 5. Ruppee- She writes:
One year ago my sou was down with such
serious lung trouble that our physician was
unable TO help him; when. by our druggists
advice began giving him DIR. Kings New
Discovery and soon noticed improvement.
kept tins treatment up for a few weeks when
he was perfectly well He has worked
steadily since at carpenter work. DIR. Kings
New Discovery saved his life" Best cough
and cold cure.
Guaranteed by L. c. Richardson, Kilmar-
mock; Il. j. Hayden & Son, Irvington: Ficklin
X Bass, Litwalton. Price soc and S1.OO. Trial
bottle free.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
LET 1T IN.

When you're feelin' grouchy,
Let the sunshine in;
When your face gets feelin' hard,
Crack it with grin.
Don't be 'fraid o. wrinkles,
Tear loose with your mirth-
An old face laughter-wrinkled
Is the sweetest thing on earth.
Houston Post.