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Evening star., 1909-02-28
By Major B. w. Atkinson

and similar expressions
that smack of the briny deep and the sailors
frequently quoted in conversation: but one
seldom hears more than a few of the many
queer expressions used by the sailors brother,
the soldier, who has just odd a vernacular,
which he uses in his daily life among his COM
rades. This difference is no doubt due to the
fact that there are more stories written of the
sea than there are of the army.
To the uninitlated some expressions would
convey little or no sense; as for example, If a
soldier was heard to say, 1.-The top told me to
spuds for slum for supper" the hearer would
have several guesses before he would come
anywhere near what this meant in the patter of
the barracks.
In plain language, it means that the first
sergeant (the ranking or orderly sergeant) had
told him to report to the cook to assist him in
peeling the potatoes to make the hash or stew
for supper Hash or stew is always "slum,
and the first sergeant is the top; kitchen
police" a man who assists the cook in the
preparation of meals and the washing of dishes
and pans, etc.
A man who has just enlisted, or has not yet
been in the ranks long enough to be considered
full fedged soldier, having learned all his du-
ties, is called "a rocky" and woe be unto the
"roolv" who gets fresh" before an old SER
the fresh rocky" was bornl He will be told
in any but gentle terms by the oldtimer,
Shut up and 60 about your work; your name
is not yet dry on your enlistment paper"
meaning that when he was sworn in and prom
ised to serve for three years and obey the
"orders of the President and the officers ap-
pointed over him, he had signed his name to
this paper and the signature had not had time
to get dry.
When man says he is going to take on
or take to another blanket" he means that
he is going to reenlist. The Government, in
the clothing allowance for each man. provides
a blanket; hence the term to take another
blanket"
The guardhouse is called 1.-THE mill" Some
Ill behaved soldier away back in the past (the
term is very old one) no doubt thought his
term in the guardhouse ground out toward its
end very slowly; SO he applied this now much
used name to the prison of the garrison.
When the top" says, Get your blanket
and 60 to the mill" the soldier knows he is in
for tour of duty in the guardhousea and his
blanket means one or more nights, for in that
much to be avoided place nothing is supplied
in the way of comforts and each occupant car
ries with him his blanket, or more If he has
them, to make his rest more comfortable.
All meals ar called "chuck," and along
toward mealtime the expression, "Is it not
time for chuck call to blow!" is heard very
frequently.
'Snowbirds'' are men who enlist in the
winter about the time snow begins to fall and
the real snowbird puts in its appearance, and
desert in the spring when the robin appears.
They take Or" only to tide over the winter
with its discomforts
The oldest man in the company is dad"
Evening star., 1909-02-28
SOLDIERS SLANG

CHIVER my timbers!"
~ "Cut my backstaysl"
Evening star., 1909-02-28

and the youngest THE kid"
Any deserter is called a
skiDper."
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-09
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS-

alive delegates from different states, an
adjournment was taken until Monday
evening at S o'clock when the formal
opening of the Mineral Palace took
nlace.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-09
MINING CONGRESS MEETS
UNDER HAPPY AUSPICES
Most Successful Gathering in History Of Organiza-
tion--Many Notable Mining Men Present to
Take Part in Deliberations


On account of the large amount of
work involved in issuing the special il
lustrated edition of The News last
week, it was impossible to present in
that issue the proceedings of the Amer
lean Mining Congress which was then
in session. A complete account is given
herewith.-Edito of The News.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-09

Continued on Page SKI
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-09

Mr.. President, members Of the Ameri'
can Mining Congress, ladies and gentle
men:
The duty has been assigned me, and 1t
IL by no means u~npleasant, to extend
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-09

A telegram from John Hays Ham.
mond was read, dated from Butte,
Montana. The telegram stated that
while Mr.. Hammond had made prepara.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-09
Wants Paper Money Retired.

Captain G. w. Thatcher of Tonopah
introduced a resolution, which he de-
sired placed in the hands of every mem
Der of the next United States congress,
in which the Mining Congress should
demand the gradual retirement of the
81 and So currency bills, and that they
be replaced by a coinage of 100000, O00
per year in silver dollars and fractional
pieces. The resolution was received
with applause. Referred to committee
ON rorol,,fiona
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Miss Brownie Morris returned
Friday from a visit Monroe.
James M. Carson of Ruther-
fordton was in town last Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs Summers, of
Middleton, N. Y, are the guests
of their son, H. G. Duffy.
Rev. J. H. Barnhardt, pastor
of the Waynesville Methodist
church, will preach at the Metho-
dist church here next Sunday
morning and evening.
H. C. Duffy, secretary of the
Methodist Church building COM
mittee, has been authorized to Sc
cure bids for erection of the
hurch annex. A certified check
for 5000 must accompany all bids.
Rev. R. V. Miller has met with
eminent success in his meetings
recently held in Laurens, on one
Sunday crowds being turned
away, unable to gain admittance
to the church. Rev. Miller is
now associated with Pastor
of the South Side Bap-
fist Church, Spartanburg, and is
happily domiciled in his new
on Hampton ave., of that
city.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29
BRIGHTON BRIEFS.

AT last we have been allowed
by Uncle Sam a post office at this
point. so upon the Postal Guides
you will now find "Brickton, N.
c., ]. NJ. Whitaker, P. M.
Several lots have been sold here
in the last few days, upon which
buildings will soon be erected.
Mrs. J. L. Mcdowell has re-
turned home. much to the delight
of her many friends.
Mrs. J. V. Hilderbrand and
children, of Asheville, spent
several days here last week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Hilderbrand.
The bridge is being built across
the river into the Mills River sec
ton. The folks over there will
soon be receiving their mail and
freight from this point.
Watch US move ahead. Tell us
we cannot do this Or that, but we
are getting there just the same.
We don't expect to fail when we
start out to get anything. We go
at it in the right way, never look
ing for failure.
1t is thought the recent cool
snap did not injure the fruit crop
or early vegetables around here.
Bynum's flour mill is about
completed, and will soon be ready
for business.
I wish every city in this beau
tiful Southland had a paper just
like The Hustler. There is no
telling how much good it has
done Hendersonville and her peo-
pie, and the surrounding country.
One can almost feel your electri-
cal feeling for Hendersonville at
this distance. p.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Luther Edney, the 'firtest''
of Edneyville was in town Satur-
day.
The Citizens Bank is the latest
firm to put up a sign Of Spring
a new awning.
The school commencement will
probably be held in the Audi
torium on May 18th.
Send in your list of names for
the Special Resort and Lake
Edition. Will be mailed from
this Office.
Miss Jennie and Miss Lizzie
Cheatham have returned from
their very pleasant winter in
Florida.
Miss Lillian Hight left on Mon
day for St. Louis. where she will
remain a month visiting relatives
and friends.
Brownlow LYDIA will preach at
Liberty Church, on Route 2; on
Saturday and Sunday next. Mr..
LYDIA is a preacher of powerful
force.
J. H. Jordan's Lady D. cap
tured the blue ribbon at the
Asheville Horse Show, in the
gated horse class, With Mrs.
Jordan up the red ribbon was
won by Diamond Squirrel, another
one of Mr.. Jordan's fine animals.
J. D. Davis says so much real
estate is changing hands here
that Sam King has had to in
crease the capacity of the regis
trar's office. Additional shelves
and books have just been re-
ceived.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Dalton
were in town Saturday. Their
famous hotel Slick Rock Inn, will
open June LIST. Extensive i'm
provements have been made
there and the usual big crowd
will be on hand this season.
Raymond Edwards, now Of
Greenville, has been greeting his
many friends here the past few
day. One bit of news he brings
from Greenville is that Mr. ]. P.
Hickman is now the proud owner
of a honk wagon.
Mr.. A. Ficker's house is COM
pleted and will be occupied by
Mr.. F. E. Durfee, president
Citizens Bank. The handsome
stone wall is one of the most
attractive features of this alto
together attractive property of
Mr.. Ficker's.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29
Notice.

This is to notify all concerned
that I have, this day, April II,
1909, sold my bottling works
known as the Crescent Carlo
mating Co., of Hendersonville,
N. c., to H.. Houtz, who will
the business in the fu-
ture. L. L. SHEALY.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

FOR RENT A seven-room
house, nice lot for cow. good or
chard, and garden already plant
ed. Within two blocks of court
house. Will rent cheap until
February Is. Apply to w. C..
Jordan.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29
AT LIBERTY

EVERYBODY interested in the grave
yard at old Liberty is cordially invited
to come and help clean it off on Satur-
day, Nav 1. Also Rev. Brownlow
LYDIA is expected to preach on Satur-
day anG Sunday. Come and bring your
baskets.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

For RENT - For the season,
elght-room house, modern con-
Venlences. standing furniture
everything frst-class. Beautiful
grove, one block south of court
house, 80 Main street. Address,
h. G. Perkins.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

FOR SALE-Berkshire Pigs,
two months old, $40 per pair.
They are beauties. J. Frank
Pate, Brickton, N. c.:
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

FOR SALE-One lot 1OOx15O
feet. 5 room pebble-dash house.
Apply to w, E. Shipman, at T,B.
Carson's store.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

ALL WOMEN want to be in style,
and their attention is called to the
fact that the Wade Corset is up
to-date in this particular. Ask
the demonstration to point out che
e1nerior features of this corset.
At Miss Woodall's Friday and
Saturday, April Both and May LIST.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

FOR SALE Cowpeas,. SITS
bu.; Cane seed. $1.O0 bu. iona
than Case, Dana, N. c.. Phone
1O1 two rings.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

A few boxes of Indian River
Oranges, fresh and sweet just
arrived at DR.. Aliens store.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Early Transplanted Tomato
Plants, for sale at Mrs. How
Phone 80. ct
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

FLOWER PLANTs-Fine lot of
HOMEGROWN flower plants just in.
Hunters Pharmacy.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

AGENTS WANTED-Me or
women to work in Henderson
county. Can easily make SIS to
.S25 per week. Address ""
Drawer A." Raleigh, N. G..
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

All kinds Green House plants
Tor gardening and trucking-all
Kinds of flower plants. r. w.
FLETCHER, Fletcher, N. C. I'm
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Uar-Ioad Pontiac Forged Stee
WtaSgles' Surries and Delivery
onagons, at Wilson'S. Fully
fSu rs4 Come early and get
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

WANTED-Position as clerk.
Addre SIS Hustler Ottlce.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

WANTED-Three hundred ladies
of Hendersonville to become per-
.sonally acquainted with the Wade
Corsets Displayed Friday and
Saturday at Miss Woodall's mil
linerV store.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Ten Cents per dozen-tomato
plants. Hunters Pharmacy.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Economist Stoves and Ranges
a. wilson's. Fully guaranteed,
Sno Sold at money-saving prices.
wary a carload just received.
I'VE buy. big quantities and sell
m NJ. quantities making prices
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Dahlia and Gamma Bulbs, all
colors, at Hunters Pharmacy.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Miss M. E. Woodall has just
received a new line of Ladies'
and Children's Hats in Panama
and Peannt braids all the latest
shapes.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29
Your Piano..

L will make sound and look like
new, only So. 90. E. l.. BAILEY.
Wilson Cottage.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Call and examine the latest in
Dutch collors of Lace and Null at
Miss Woodalls.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Thoroughbred White Leghorn
Eggs for sale-$1.O 90 per Is; S.. 90
ger LOO. Prize winners. J. B.
G91lce, R. F. D. 1, Henderson
Yllle, NC. 3m
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

WANTED TO BUY-Good gentle
horse, for saddle and buggy. Adj
dress VIM. Lott, or call at Book
Store.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

~WANTED-Buyers for my
fine cowpeas, $1.75 bu.. cane
seed, $1.OO bu. Jonathan Case,
Dana, N. C. Phone 1O1, two
rings.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Hunters Pink Pills for stomach
and liver troubles. 25c.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

Dahlia Bulbs, all colors, at
Hunters Pharmacy.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

MATTRESS FACTORY in twon,
at Wilson's Department Store.
Good home = made mattresses,
guaranteed all cotton, two sides
cotton and one side cotton. We
can save you money and give you
much better mattress.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

EGGS for Matching. from S. C.
White Leghorns. The notable
Lakewood strain. $1.50 per Is.
Safe delivery guaranteed. A.
Youngblood, Fletcher, N. G.. I'm
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-29

If it's ~drugs-Hunter has it.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-12-12

some success. Florida produces
about one million boxes of the total
four millions, and has become the
grapefruit garden Of the world.
Taking the experience OF the
pomelo growers on the famous Piual.
las peninsula, rear Tampa on the west
coast, where conditions have been
found especially favorable because
there are no frost visitatioas in that
waterIocEed $ .tuat:on. the records
show returQs Of some 500 per acre.
The trees are planted 20 to the acre,
with a minimum average yield Of
seven boxes to the tree. As a rue
the. fruit is sold on the Tree at al
leverage price Of $3.50 a box, leaving
expense of boxing, picking, ana other
incidental bugaboCs Of the fruit
grower to the buyer. According 70
official figures this means $7.35 per
acre. Raw land at $25 per acre. $50
for clearing; fencing and blowing, SO
for 70 trees at 50 cents apiece. and
$35 for labor and fertilizer makes the
initial expense total $1.35 per acre. 1t
takes four years to bring the grape
orchard into bearing. practically as
long as an apple orchard. Incidentals
and three years of care and fertilizer
succeeding the first plant come to
$115, or a total cose per acre of $3.50
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-12-12

tel where | was stopping and said:
Miss Elliston. something happened 10
your trunk at the railroad station.
| stood and wondered what he mean1.
ana then proceeded to the railroad
depot The moment got there ]
saw all my belongings strewn oyef
the platform My poor old trunk
never having been intended to endure
the yicissitudes of much travelling
had at last gone to pieces at the
hands OF ruthless baggage-ageuts. It.
was thrown OF a truck, with. she re.
suit that it took me fifteen minutes
to gather up my scattered belongings.
[ never was so mortified before. or
since.
Salaries not having been paid Tor
weeks, and not wishing to infor.a the
folks at home Of my predicament /
had no funds to purchase another
trunk. so had 10 satisfy myself with
a wooden box in which to carry my
clothes In Little Rock. Ark. he
end came. What little scenery we
had was attached together with the
personal effects of the members of
the company. The manager Skipped
out and left US to extricate ourselves
from the clutches of the law as best
we could. / did not have enough
money to buy a postage stamp to
write home, but through the goodness
CT an Episcopal minister Of the city,
who hearing OF the unfortunate fer.
mination Of our tour, and having at
one time been an actor himself, Wis
tied US to see what he could do in
the way of assistance. Inquiring
from me my home address, he
telegraDhed my mother. A few
hours later was visited by a railroad
ticket agent who Informed me that
he had received instructions TO give
me a ticket and Pullman berth 20
Memphis, together with S25 in cash.
This was my first and last experience
IS a stranded actress in Strange
town. and it was a good lesson, but
stiL in no way squelched my thear-
rical ambitions
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-12-12
ELLISTON
TALKS OF STAGE
GROWS REMINISCENT AND RE-
COUNTS EARLY EXPERIENCES
IN HER STAGE cAEEE7 WHEN
she WENT BRoKE

made my first appearance on the
stage 10 Memphis, Tenn, in an anna
teur performance OF AS Ycu Like
It" in tae role OF Rosalind A num-
Der Of young men and women of the
the city determined to give a per
formaace, the proceeds of which were
10 go 70 cabarity. From the time we
decided to give this performance. my
sole topic of conversation, not alone
al home but when visiting friends,
was about our entertainment. Ny
mother at first was strongly opposed
to my being in any way connected
wish the stage, even though it was
an amateur affair and for charity.
finally won her over. and prevailed
upon her 10 make my costume. which
consisted of black satin knickerbock-
ers, black satin tunic, and a Dlack
satin kat with red feathers. Nothing
happened at this performance out Of
the ordinary. In fact. had all tic
.self-assurance of a veteran.
My experience was such a pleasant
one that l determined that l you'd
take up the stage as livelihood
Through a friend was given a letter
to a man who was sending a com
pany out Of st. Louis to play the
small towns in the South and South
west After a great deal of per
suasion. I finally won over my mother
to let me become a professional. and
She ony. consented when a friend OF
the family advised that / be permitted
to go-that the only way to cure my
theatrical aspirations was to get me
with some company and endure the
Esrdships of one-night stand travel,
and in a little while l would be
more than wiling to come back home
and settle down in my accustomed
groove. When mother finally agreed
to permit me to go to ST Louis,
went up in the attic of our home
and dug up a little round top trunk
that had often done service in carrying
mothers clothes on her usual sum
mer hegira to Saratoga. l was only
seventeen at the time. and my ward
robe consisted of ankle-length dresses
and in order to fit up proper ward
robe for my stage career, l made
use of a lot of mothers old gowns,
done over to fit me- Arriving in st.
Louis. I called upon my manager
who sent me to the hall where the
company was rehearsing, and after
three weeks we started out. Abso
1utely unknown and badly heralded,
cur troupe played to Indifferent bust
ness. and finally it got to be a case
Of barely dragging from town to
town. The only thing that happened
in this tour that left an inde.ible i'm
preston on my mind occurred about
Z. week before the company closed.
The manager came to me at the no
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-12-12
GRAPE FRUIT
TEMPTS TASTE
PROVES POPULAR DIET AND
sHoWEs PLEASING PROFIT
TO THOSE ENGAGED IN GROW
ING 1T

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-Isn't it awful
the way Uncle sam has acquired tie
grapefruit appeaite in the last few
years? This winters supply, either
arrived or steaming northward BY
boat ana speeding west by rail for
his breakfast table. spread from
ocean to ocean. win ex ,eed four mil.
lion boxes-which means apyroxl-
mately half billion pomelos.
TAars the grapefruit other ZANE,
pomelo. or worse yet shaddock or
chadec. But if you ask the fruit
vendor on the corner Tor q pomeIc
he viii merely give you a stare. They
are grapefruit 20 bim those big,
sam's prospeFlng millions in such as,
rale-yell1w globules thaJ have become
the breakfast eye-opener of Uncle
astonishing quantity Grapefruit" be
cause they grow in clusters of a doz
en- or so like enormous yellow grapes
The United States Department of Ag
rculture has dispaired of making the
name pomelo stick. The name shad.
dock is applied commercial to a diff
/ ferea-~~fruit han the pomelo, The
fruit hat resembles it except for a
neck and for size, for the shaddock
If non, o,.o,, r,,,;,rg,r, ,,--,,,a- go, -..
The Dutch are responsible for the
name pomelo, having corrupted
'pompelnoes" until it was pommelo
land finally pomelo.
Not many years ago the grapefruit
was thing desp.sed. astronomical
iy. but look at it now. Even in 1855
an authority on oranges and their cit
rus cousins wrote: When allowed
growing space they continue to load
themselves down with fruit as large
as ootballs-matters Of wonder and
that is all" Quite a contrast to the
United States Department of AgrE-
cultures recent bulletins on the
romelo-Uncle Sam d.sdains tho
common name.
There viii always be a good de-
mand for a arst-ciass. fruit. wei
oOlored, well fed. carefully serecsed,
well packed and placed upon the mar
ket IN inviting shape" This is the Oh
fic,al verdict Of the Florida expert
ment station
Fifteen years practically have wit.
messed tn 8 invasion of grapefruit
into the biIl-of-fare of Uncle Sam,
with the demand increasing from d
-nillion boxes of 1900, enough 10
few meager thousands to the four
make a gorgeous necklace that would
encircle the earth at least one tine.
This is the official statement at is
only within the last fifteen years or
so that the pomelo has been regard
I'd as a commercial fruit"
Since the grapefruit was discover
ed" commercially, largely through
the Department of Agriculture, its
cultivation has grown in Florida. "a
maica and the Isle of Pines to an
source of wealth and has
been taken up in California with