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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-06-03
Facts About
The Great Majestic Range

It is the only range in the world made of
Malleable and Charcoal Iron.
It has, beyond any question of doubt, the
largest and best reservoir
It uses about half the fuel used other
ranges, and does better work by far.
The Majestic All Copper Nickeled Reservoir
heats the water quicker and hotter than any
other. It is the only reservoir with removable
frame.
The Charcoal Iron Body of the Great Males
tic Range lasts three times as long as steel body.
Being made of -breakable material, there
is practically no expense for repairing the Ma
jestic.
AS for baking, it is perfection; not only for
few months, but for all time to come
A Great Majestic Range lasts three times
as long as a cheap range, but it don't cost three
times as much.
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Don't fail to read carefully
the Clarke Hardware Co. s adj
vertisement in this paper.
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FOR SALE-One lot 1OOx15O
feet. 5 room pebble-dash house.
Apply to w, E. Shipman, at T, B.
CarsOn's store.
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Be sure and call at our store
one day this week.
Clarke Hardware Co.
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Thoroughbred White Leghorn
Eggs for saIe-$1.OO per Is; SIS. 90
per 100. Prize winners. J. B.
Guice, R. F. D. l, Henderson
vile, N. c.. 3 m
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THINGS you will need, at Pull
lin & Kincaid's Cash Grocery.
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Just received new lot of books
come and make your selections
before the best ones are gone.
26 Lofts Book Store.
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FOR SALE Seven-year old
horse mule. Apply Mrs. M. A.
Summey, Fletcher. Route l..
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FRESH and COLD STORAGE
MEATS-Beef, Pork, Mutton,
lamb. Veal and Hams. City
Market House, Stall No. 4. Phone
1928, JUsTUs & WILSON,
22tf Hendersonville, N. G..
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Come, if you intend to buy or not; the
informatinn gained will serve you in the
future.
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ALL are invited to call on Pull
in & Kincaid and inspect their
inc of staple and fancy groceries.
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PROOF-We don't ask you to take word for any
the above statements but you will call at store
from the factory where the Majestic Ranges
made will prove your satisfaction that these absO
lutte facts and will show you many why the
Great Majestic Range is absolutely the best that money
can buy.
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FRUITS and VEGETABLES,
Of PulIin & Kincaid's.
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IF it's drugs Hunter has it.
For Rent or Sale A two-room
house. H. C. Perkins, S. Main.
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A FULL LINE of Blocks Can
dies, at Pullin & Kincaid's.
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DRESSMAKING at Mrs. A. S.
McClain's, on Crab Creek street.
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MOE COUNTRY CORN, deliv-
or ored at Flat Rock, 81. 1oper bushel
Rallied Rye Straw 81. 90 per ton.
Address j; p ALLEN,
e. Fletcher, N. C.
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Artemus Wards Roach.

Artemus Ward called on a friend the
hight before n Of his panorama lee
lures. There We're some three or four
large reaches scurrying about the
room, and they attracted his attention.
II am very fond of reaches" he said.
"Once in my own home l found a
roach struggling in a bowl Of water. I
took a half walnut shell and put him
In it. 1t made a good boat. l gave
him a couple of toothpicks for oars.
Next morning I saw that he had fas-
tened a hair to one Of the toothpicks
and had evidently been fishing. Then,
overcome with exhaustion, he had fall
en- asleep. The sight moved me. l
took him out. washed him, gave him
q spoonful Of boiled egg and let him
60. That roach nev forgot my kind
ness. and now my home is full of
rOacheS.''
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Wonderful System,


A German canvasser took the fifth
story elevator of a wholesale house in
New York and walked into the office.
where one of the ~proprietors was busy
at his desk. The canvasser was told
that the house needed nothing In his
line, but he persisted In opening his
sample bag and making himself the
cause Of much distress unt1 finally the
enraged proprietor kicked him down
the first flight Of stairs. An employee,
observing the mode Of descent, repeat
ed the dose with like effect, and it
was dittoed until the unfortunate Ger
man found himself on the curbstoned
highway. Shaking himself, he looked
BACK over the curse Of events and
calculated: 'Vell, dot ish a great es-
tablishment. I don't know deir partic-
ular line Of peesness, but, my, vat
system, vat system!"
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ALIAS SUM MONS.

In the district court of the Twelfth judicial die.
trict of the State of Montana, in and for the
county of Chouteau.
Charles NJ. Ridley, plaintiff, VS.. Pearl Ridley,
defendant.
The State of Montana sends greetings to the
above named defendant.
You are hereby summoned to answer the COM
plant in this action which is filed in the Office of
the clerk of THE court, q copy of which is here
with served upon you in the county wherein you
reside, and to file your answer and serve a
copy thereof upon the plaintiffs attorney
within twenty (2O) days after the service of
this summons, exclusive of the day of service,
and in case Of your failure to appear or answer
Judgment will be taken against you for the re-
lief demanded In the complaint.
This action is brought by plaintiff for the pur-
pose of securing a decree of divorce from de.
PENDANT upon the ground of the defendants will.
full desertion of plaintiff, and upon the further
ground of defendants adultery with one Jack
Keith.
~ Witness my hand and the seal of said
~ CHAS II. BOYLE
Clerk.
By NJ. G. M~AcKENzIE, Deputy Clerk.
j. Il. Bramble attorney for p'aiCtif
First publication, March ID, 1909.
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Notice Of Contest.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
(lrpu TAvvS Mani I'm

GREAT FALLS, Mont, Jan. IA, 1909.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been lied
In thie Office by
ARTHUR E. McLEISH,
contestant, against homestead entry No. 1888,
Serial No. o.llss, made July 8, 1908, for NEh,,
section IA, township e north, range 5 east, by
Ira Bowles, contestee, in which it is alleged that
said Ira Bowles has not complied with the Unit
ed States land laws as to residence and cultiva-
tton upon said tract of land; that he has not re-
sided thereon but little If any, and especially
during the past two or three years; that he re.
moved from the state of Montana more than two
years ago; that he is now and has been residing
at Vandalia, Missouri. for the past two years or
more. said parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching said allega-
ton at 10 O'Clock a. m. on April Z 1909, before
Chas. II. Boyle, United States commissioners. at
his Office in Fort Benton, Montana, and that
final hearing will be held at 10 O'Clock a: m. on
April ID, 1909, before the Register and Receiver
at the United States Land Office in Great Falls,
Mont.
The said contestant having, in a proper aflda-
Wit filed January II, 1909, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service of
this notice cannot be m Jade, 1t is hereby ordered
and directed that such notice be given by due and
proper publication.
j.. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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Home Course In
Modern Agriculture
I1l.-Preparing the Ground
BY C. v. GREGORY,
Agricultural Di1irion. Iosva State COLLEGE
Copyright, 1905. by American Press Association
Preparing the Ground
By C. v. GREGORY,
Copyright. 1905. by American Press Association

@1NCE the condition Of the soil
has so much to do with the
~ readiness with which the plants
can get food from it one of the
most important problems that confront
the farmer Is the proper preparation Of
the ground. The first work Of prepare
ton usually consists Of blowing. Plow-
ing the ground pulverizes it to some
extent and buries the weeds and trash
that may be on the surface.
Flowing should not be done when the
sell Is too wet, or the first Of these
objects win not be accomplished. In
stead Of being pulverized, the slice
turned up by the plow will be packed
together more firmly than ever and
viii bake Into Z hard clod. The fur-
row slice will also turn up cloddy If
the soil Is too dry.
A good way to tell when a field is in
proper condition to be plowed Is to
squeeze a ball Of the dirt In your hand.
If 1t sticks together in a pasty mass
you had better let it dry a few days
longer. If it hangs loosely together In
a mealy ball the plow a be set to
work at one Such soil will full over
the edge Of the moldboard in loose,
crumbly masses. The field will not be
ridged like a washboard, as too many
fields are, but win aptly demonstrate
the truth Of the old saying that "a
field well plowed is half narrowed"
In order to do a neat job Of blowing
a Golfer and a weed hook are necessa-
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her wishes and her voice as wen as I
could.
when the song was over I asked
her husband, whom I buttonholed TN a
corner, why she did not sing the Sec
ond verse. He looked at me, as l
thought, with a look Of panied sur
prise. OF course she couldn't sing the
second verse; he said Why notT I
asked. Don't you know what the
verse isT he asked. Yes I replied, 4
think I do and I repeated the first
two lines to show him that I remem-
bered them quite well. The tines are:
"Darby dear, but my heart wa wild
When we buried our baby child
when I had got 30 fur the husband
looked at me bland1y and Interrupted
with, We'll, there you have It. SIN I
was mystihed. Then It suddenly &C.
CURED to me perhaps the young wife
had lost a child, and I was beginning
to utter some sympathetic remark
when the husband said, Quite impos-
sible for her to sing the second verse;
ehets never had q bahyT"
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Not a FRAGRANT Flower.

"a Devon woman" said a man who
had Travelled through the place and
had noted the careless habits Of some
Of the poorer people, chad a little boy
Of seven or eight, whom she sent to
school day after day in a very un-
kempt state.
The teacher, finding that to scold
the lad for his untidiness had no eff
feet, wrote to the mother. Her son
was not clean, she wrote. His neg
lected condition was really d~fsgraceful.
He had, in fact, a quite unpleasant
odor, and SO Il.
"The next morning the boy, as dirty
as ever, handed the teacher this note:
my son amt NJ rose. I send him
to school to be learnt, not smelt.'"
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Notice Of Contest,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES Lam OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. 2, 1909.
A sufficient contest af1davit havin z been filed
in this office by
CLYDE E. CASPER,
against desert landentry No. 1869 Zee.
rial No. 0l26O), made January 10, 1901, for the
MEX section IS, township 81 north, range 4 east,
by Charles Mats, conteetee, In which 1t te al
legged that the said Charles Matz has failed to
make hnsl proof on his claim within the statu-
tory period Of four years, and that he has entire
~ abandoned the claim and left the country,
spond and offer evidence touching said allegation
ct 10 o'clock q. m. on March 10, 1909, before John
Gold Butte, Montana, and that final hearing will
be held at 10 o'clock .. m. on March 70, 1909, be.
fore the Register and Receiver at the United
States land office in Great Falls, Montana.
The said contestant having, in proper sfidavit
filed Jan. q, 1909, set forth facts which show that
after due diligence personal service of this notice
cannot be made, it 70 hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given by due and proper
publication. ]. M. BURLINGAME, Register.
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one disking before sowing and one
afterward will cover them better than
two after sowing. The drill is becom-
ing more popular for sowing oats, and
justly SO. 1t places the seed at an
even depth and covers them all. It
saves seed because it places all of it
where it has al opportunity to grow.
After the oats are drilled or disked In
at least two borrowings should be
given. Even three or four would not
be too many, since this is the last
chance to cultivate the crop.
In some parts Of the corn belt the
practice of listing r. is followed.
This consists in throwing up a large
furrow and planting the corn in the
bottom Of it. In this case there can
be little previous preparation of the
ground unless 1t is to go over 1t once
with the disk. Corn is listed only on
very light soils. which do not puddle
or become cloddy easily. Such soils
need less preparation than the heavier
clays and loans.
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Workers and Thinkers.

We are always In these days endeav-
oring to separate intellect and manual
labor. We want one man to be always
thinking and another to be always
working, and we call one a gentleman
and the other an operative, whereas
the workman ought often to be think
ing and the thinker often to be work
ing, and both should be gentlemen in
the best sense. AS it is, we make both
ungentle, the one envying, the other
despising his brother, and the mass of
society is made up Of morbid think
ers and miserable workers.-John Rus
kin.
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His Memory Was Weak.

An elderly widower was sc dull and
stupid that it was very difficult to
marry him. When told to give his
right hand he gave his left. When the
minister said, "Say this after me-" II"
Immediately remarked, "Say this after
me-" but when the words he was t.
repeat were given he was sto'id'y
silent.
"!At last" says the minister, 'hc SAW
that I was 'somewhat bothered L. u.
extreme stupidity, so In the middle If
the service he upset my @ravi'," H.
volunteering the following apolo%";
You see. sir, it's so long since I W.:
married afore that you must excu%'
my forgetting of these thinGs.''-
Corrhill Magazine.
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Conscientious.

In the "reminiscences of Frederick
Weatherly, who wrote "Nancy Lee
and other popular songs, is the follow
ing %anecdote:
among others Of my early popular
songs one Of the best known Is Darby
and JOAN It was written while I was
still at Oxford and set to music by
Molloy. One evening Mt the usual mu-
sicale I met a young devotee Of sons
and his wife. He asked me to accom-
pany her on the piano. as she was
going to sing Darby and Joan With
pride l consented and with considera-
BILE diftdence, as l am not a musician.
The young lady got through the first
verse all right. Then she somewhat
eXcitedly turned to the third verse and
began singing it. l could not interrupt
her CT make any protest. SO I followed
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Notice OF Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OPFICH,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. II, 1909.
Notice Is hereby given that
PETER KROONE,
Of Chester, Montana, who, on January 18th, 1904,
made homestead entry No. 1850 (~serial No. 03l51),
for lot l, NEA NWi4, Wa NEA section 80, town.
ship 80 north range east, Montana meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make final five"
year lroof to establish claim to the land above
described, before Chas. II. Boyle, u. s. commits
sioner, at his Office in Fort Benton, Montana, on
the 10th day of April, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: George Meiss.
ner, Henry c. Eversmeyer, William Mitchell
and John 3. Lazure, ali of Chester, Montana.
J. NJ. BU RLlNGANE, Register.
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Office Of Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, March is, 10

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, March is, 1909.
Notice is hereby given thar
MARY c. Stafford,
formerly Mary G. Adamson, widow of A. Patrick
Adamson, of Great Falls, Montana, who, on Au-
gust 10, 1902, made homestead entry No. 40 (serial
No. O2SO7), for the SWA NWA section 4; NEA
SEX, 81 MEX section s, township rs north,
range 2 east, Montana meridian, has filed notice
of Intention to make 6nal fve-yea- proof, to es-
the Register and Receiver of the U. 8. land Office
at Great Falls, Montana, on the Goth day of
April, 1909.
Claimant names a. witnesses: James Bell,
Of Portage, Montana ;lDonald Kerr and Benjamin
Fiest, Of Collins, Montana; Joseph Woods, of
Great Falls, Montana.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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EaSere Lend-.Finai Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. "a, 1909.
Not!ceia hereby given that
AUGUSTA JAPPE,
of Big Sandy. Montana, who on April 6, 1904,
made desert land entry No. 1881 (~serial No. 0253).
for lots 1, 5 and 8, section ID, township 26 north,
range ~ east, Montana meridian, has filed notice
of Intention to make final proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before Edgar
B.. Newhall, U. S. Commissioner, at his office
In Big Sandy, Montana. on the 10th day Of April,
1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: Herman o.
terman, Nicolaus Sternberg and Henry Jappe,
of Big Sandy, Mont; Martin Gnnderson, of Vir.
gelle, Montana.
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Notice Of Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. II, TX

UNITED STATES LAND OFrIcE.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. II, 1909.
Notice 10 hereby given that
HENRY SCHNEIDER,
of Chester, Montana, who, on July 10, 1901, made
homestead entry No. 124l7 (seria1 No. 02724), for
the SEA NWA ny SWk, SEA sWA section u,
township 80 north, range 6 east, Montana meri.
dian, has filed notice of intention to make final
~hve-year proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Maurice Spangler, o. 8.
commissioner, st his Office in Chester, Montana,
on the 25th day of March, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses: George K.
jackson, Bert h. Smith, William Mitchell and
Henry C. Eversmeyer, all of Chester, Montana.
j. n. BURLINGAME, Register.
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She Earned the sixpenoe.

A man had been in the habit Of get
ting bis tea at a certain London res
taurant for many years without any
for complaint. Lately an Irish
waitress, new to the job, was employed
ut the place, and from lack Of expert
ence she invariably brought the liquid
refreshment with the most part of it
in the saucer
This the gentleman could stand no
longer.
"Look here, Bridget" said he one
evening, IF you bring my tea tomor-
row without spilling a drop in the
saucer III give you sixpence for your
self"
"All roight, sorr,' replied Bridget.
"Oi will do that, SORT"
The following evening the gentleman
appeared and gave his order as usual.
Imagine his surprise when a moment
or two later the girl was observed
vending her way toward him carrying
a plate of bread in one hand and a cup
Of tea in the other.
"And what has become Of the saucer,
Bridgct?" inquired the a
"Shure enough, scrr," replied the
girl, "to make roight shure Of the six
pence yorr honor promised me OF
thought it best to lave the saucer on
the counter"
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Notice Of Final Proof.

UNITED STATDs LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. 8, 1909.
Notice IL hereby given that
CHARLES P. O'REILLY,
1902. made homestead entry No. 81 (serial No.
os7SD. for the Eh NEkt Eh sen section q,
township % north, range 10 east, Montana meri.
dian, has fled notice of intention to make final
fve-year proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Chse. n. Boyle, o. s.
commissioner, at his Office In Fort Benton, Mon
tana, on the Sd day of April, 1909.
Claimant names ss witnesses: William De
Losier, Roland 4. Ragland, William c. Bliss and
Terrence Reilly, all Of Fort Benton, Montana.
JIM. BURLINGAME, Register.
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Their Hard Luck,

One of Phil Mays sketches portrays
a thin, hangdog man in the prisoners
dock talking to a very mild and SYM
pathetic looking Judge. Mr.. Mays
story Of the sketch is that the prison
er had been dragged before the Judge
every few months for a number Of
years,
"Your face is familiar here" the lat
ter now said.
1T is, your honor, worse luck" re-
turned the prisoner.
"Are you married yetT'
mot yet, sir"
mot yet, eh? How long is 1t now
that you have been engaged?"
"Seven years, your honor"
$50 long as that7 Why in the world
haven't you got married in all that
time9"
because, your honor" the prisoner
explained, "Ann and I haven't man
aged to be both out Of jail at the same
time"
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Great Falls list No. Sc.
Notice for Publication.
(NOt coal land.)
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, March, II,

TREAT FALLS, Mont, March, IL, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
whose postofice address Is St. Paul, Minnesota,
on the 10th day of March, 1909, filed in this office
the act Of congress approved Jaly l, 1898 go Stat.
597, 69O,) the east half Of the northwest quarter
and the northeast quarter of the southwest quar-
ter of section 80, in township % north of range 6
east of the Montans principal meridian, contain
ing l2O acres. Serial No. 0b3O6.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any 9th.
or reason, to the disposal to applicant, should
file their afidavits of protest in this office on OF
before the 18th day of April, 1909.
]. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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BY Heaven, Not BY Hand.

A woman who is fairly prominent
In Philadelphia social circles Is blessed
Ii It IS a blessing-with a very high
and vivid color which, when she has
been walking fast, looks almost as
though 1t were artificial One day she
had walked briskly down Chestnut
street, and her cheeks we're very red.
Two workmen e painting the front
Of M Of the stores, and as she passed
one Of them said loudly enough for
the words to reach her arS
"Painted, be hiven!'
Yes, exactly" said the lady calmly.
painted, and by heaven"
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An ~lmpromptu Pun.

An umPromPtu
An impromptu pun-afterward to
become permanent In the PLAYS at
tributed to Charles Mathews. In the
way Of foreword it must be said that
It is closely connected with Mr.. Howe,
4 much valued comedian Of the old
Haymarket days.
Mathews was alone on the stage
pulling v the best way of dealing
with a difficulty. He decides that he
ought to take an important step i'm
m%ediately. His soliloquy finishes by
saying to himself and the audience,
with a puzzled expression of counte-
0ance: Eyes, that's what I ought to
do, and 1t is what I will do. But
howT' At that very moment Howe
appeared at the back. In a second
Mathews, pointing with his thumb to
the character who had just entered,
said to the audience in a tremendous
" confidential whisper audible all over
the house, That's Hover