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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

of paste, and a twist of baby ribbon.
The white ice cream basket is made
in exactly the same way, with the
substitution Of white paper for red
and a little pasteboard Cupid stuck
on the handle in place of the heart
and arrow. The favors for a valen-
tine dance, children's party or cotil-
lion are simply fancy paper hearts
fastened on slender sticks, wound
with paper and decorated with ribbon
streamers. The candle shade makes
a most effective table decoration. It
is of white paper, decorated with
red hearts and gold arrows, and the
top and bottom of the shade are fin
ished With twists Of the paper touch
ed up with gold paint.
st. Valentines Day was originally
the day dedicated to the incoming of
spring. The Romans kept it in honor
of Pan and Juno, and the festival,
which lasted several days, was called
"Lupercalia." The early Christian
church, desiring to effect a change in
this much-abused feast, very adroitly
reconstructed the old practice of the
lottery of lovers names. In place of
the names of real youths and maid
ems, whose appeIlations, written on
slips Of paper, were drawn by the
young people of the time, the church
substituted the anne of the saints.
The idea had its own beauty, and the
notion of dedication was thus pre-
served in a more spiritual n than
in the old Roman festival. This feast,
and not the existence of the real St.
Valentine, is the origin of the gallant
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Women IN Che Da1,s News.

Nearly 10000 women are employed
in Prussia as brickmakers. An
eleven-hour day is the rule.
Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of
the %fnancier, started a crusade
against unsanitary cigar factories.
Calcutta, because of the high rate
Of infant mortality, has appointed a
female sanitary inspector at $50 a
month.
Miss G.. de Fl. Benest is the first
woman driver Of a motor omnibus in
England. She was the only woman
to take the examination for motor en-
cheering recently held In London.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Halls of Congress-.

An appropriation of 100000 for
military airships was placed in the
army bill.
Newberry to explain every item in
the appropriations bill.
The Senate Committee on Judi
ciary filed an adverse report on the
Warner bill to amend the Sherman
antitrust law.
The Navy Department opened bids
for construction of a wireless tele-
graph station in the capital, to ccm-
municate with vessels 5000 miles at
sea.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
News Of the Day.

From many towns come TIE IL
ports of exploded ranges in klteheD,
where the freeze of last week plugS''
up the pipes to water heaters.
The New York WoI1d offers a pm n
of $4,000 for an airsAip contes sL
navigate over the I;ne of Robert lHt
toms first and famous voyage :rsr
the Clearmont, up the Hudson =, h
when the 102na-nniversary VIII
celebrated next Fell -Four enA"
have been made lady.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
In Shakesoeare,s Dav-

In Shakespeare's time there was a
practice of greeting the person met
by saying, Good morning, it's Val
entine's Day." and the one who made
the salrtation first was entitled to a
present. At this time the element of
choice appears to have Joined forces
with chance, for it is written that
divers young persons contrived to &C
cidentally see each other before the1
saw anybody else On the morning of
st. Valentines Day.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Captain Potts to Command the Gear
pia.

Washington, Special.-Captain =
NJ. Potts, on duty at the Washingto1
navy yard, has been selected to con,
mand the bittleship Georgia, taking
the command formerly held by CaF
tain Edward F. Qualthrough, who WI
suspended from duty following try
by court martial at Gibraltar. CAP
tain Potts. last sea duty was IN COZ
mand Of the cruiser Des MOine5.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
A Modern Custom.

Frequently it happens that the
modern valentine is sent by men as
an expression of courtesy or to show
appreciation Of social favors received.
For this purpose a pot of growing
flowers, a dainty bound volume, a
basket of graced Or tropical fruit or
bon-bons in elaborate receptacles of
satin, porcelain or crystal, are ali
welcome tokens to most women, who
gracefully accept them in the same
spirit in which they were sent.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

New York City.-The election of
E. H. Hartman to the directorate of
the New York Central is IN impor-
tant event in the world of finance,
for It means that Mr.. Hartman now
has in his grasp more than one-third
of the total railway mileage in the
United States. and that third, en-
bracing as 1t does such important in
t~erlacing trunk lines, implies a do
main far wider than the bare figures
would indicate.
Mr.. Hartman controls to-day, in
part or wholly, ten great railway sys-
tens, aggregating 1900 miles, or
more than one-third Of the total rail-
way mileage Of the United States. In
Guiding the Erie, in whose affairs his
exploit of last April gave him the
dominating voice. these are the sys-
TENS Tins pnntr0llnds
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

ten does not know at all how to find it. Such a JOB is ne
I--I aim for nay not exist within his opportunities OF place anu
time. So the boy leaving school LAY drift into a n unsul"
able occupation, or, worse, into n occupation ata n spns
-y of al honest wish, originally, to work.
In Germany they order these things better. n that a'
mrabIe study of recent German labor legislation, The 'German Workman,
ne of the Munich labor bureau fol boys leaving school is recoroed
Munich teachers became interested in finding suitable work for their boys in
1908, and the bureau, with their help, has grappled with the question
nos successfully
Every year printed schedules of comprehensive questions re sent to
every head teacher of the Munich schools 10 be distributed among the pupils
h re going to leave the schools that year.
The pupils are asked to put themselves in communication with tn num-
c1pal labor bureau which will advise them as to the choice of a vocation, Il
give them the best chance possible to secure work
Yearly circulars are also sent to all the trade guilds and other labor soci
cites, to enlist their cooperation.
The children respond readily to the aid given them. Boys ome by O.
ems to the offices of the bureau, in search of positions a. apprentice or be-
gfnner. Each brings a form of application, filed up by himself, Tut sgned
by his teacher.
When the bureau finds a place for him, he is notified by postcard, and
presents himself for examination by the employer, wherever whenever
he latter Ia appoint.
Whether the boy takes the job or not, he must report to the bureau he
result of the interview; and this goes O until work is procured which suits
him and which he is able to dc.
For the direction of the boys, the labor bureau las prepared, with he
aid Of expert employers and medical men, a handbook of TIL industries open
to a boy. This handbook describes the different kinds of work, the quahfca-
tons necessary to each, the prospects of promotion or steady employment the
health conditions, the dangers and difficulties, the costa and time of training,
and everything else which the boy and his parents ought to know before
choosing his career
A ladies' committee has lately been appointed to look after the girls,
also, from the schools. So the young people If Munich have a frstrate
chance for a good start in life.
The idea is me which in spite o. practical difficulties might surely be
considered and adopted for use by American educators and social workers,
Is well as German ones. A system of this sotw would e a blessing to many
boys and girls leaving school in America today, and hating undecided and
perpexed o the threshold of industry-Youths Companion.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Navada Senate viii Back Anti-Aliel
Rilt.

Carson, New. Specialize Assem-
bly, bill prohibiting Japanese and Chi
ncse from acquiring lands or acting
as corporation agents, reached the
Senate Monday. Instead of referring
the measure to the. Federal relations
committee, as was done in the Assem-
bly,, the Senate sent it to the judiciary
committee along with the a~ntl-Japa~
nese resolution.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
That Little Valentine Boy.

His other lame is Cupid. That is
what the old Romans called him.
He had still another name given him
by the early Greeks, Eros. But what
ever he may be called, he is the same
jolly little sprite that you paint, draw
or paste on your valentines as the
love fairy.
He looks very harmless with his
chubbylbaby cheeks and his loving
eyes But look at him closely and
you will find in those eyes sparks Of
mischief glinting through the love,
like points Of mica in a quartz rock.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Giving

A picturesque st. Valentine con
test, which will not cost the hostess
but a few dimes, is to provide each
girl with a length of colored satin
ribbon, suggests The Delineatcr. This
is the only apparatus needed for tn"
game of Tying LoVe-Knots." Eac.i
man is to be the timekeeper for each
girl and he must talk to her ali Le
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

Total. .77,759
The American people will not view
with equanimity the Capitalization Of
such vast power in one person. de-
clares the New York Evening Post.
They say, and say rightly, that 1t
weakens, and occasionally even de-
stroys, representative government. 1t
is not the voters; it is huge corpora
lions that more than once have de-
clared what the laws shall be and
who shall execute them.
This is why 1t Is inevitable that the
unbrldled greed Of Hartman and his
kind is sure to be made the excuse for
renewed agitation against corpora
lions. We have just passed through
a panic, and from one end of the
country to the other financiers have
been imploring, Let US alope!" Well.
If letting alone results in one mans
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Eight Die in Boarding House Fire

Manchester, Special.-Three VOTE
men were suffocated to death Nor
day morning in Manchester as a result
of a fire in a cheap lodging house. FIJI
teen of the dodgers were removed to-
hospital suffering from the effects o.
the flames and smoke, and subsequent
" five of these latter died. THREE
hundred men slept in the house Sur
day night, but most of them had gon'
to work before the fire started. A feF
were injured jumping from windows
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
File Protest Against Rainey's Speech.

Washington. Specialize. c: Arcs
a the Panama minister, Monday
called at the State Department ana'
filed a protest from his government
against the speech made in the HouS'
of Representatives recently by. kepI
resentative Rainev. of Illinnis, nj
which President Oboldia. of Panama
was severely attacked. The m1nlsta
acted in pursuance of instruction.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
France to Tax Foreigners on
Seven Times the Rent They Pa

OOECA AAAAOS IAO ANSuL Ahcy Edy'
Paris, France.-The Chamber Of
Deputies debated the question of
levying an income tax on foreigners
resident in France. The bill pro-
posed that their taxable income should
be considered as ten times the rental
value of their residences.
M. Siegfried proposed that It should
be considered at five times.
M. Caillaux, Minister of Finance,
said the Government would accept
seven times as the basis, and this
was adopted.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Rare Form of Insanity OBJ

ANNAO Will VI AASdAAlY OD@
served In q Michigander.
Kalamazoo, Mich.-C1aus Wander
wall was admitted as a patient at the
State Insane Asylum, suffering from
a rare form of insanity. When the
man Is spoken to his body becomes
rigid and relief seems to come only
with the feeling that he is entirely
u%nnoticed.
In a local court room he stood an
hour with one arm o~utstretched, nev-
er uttering a word or moving a fng-
er. Food is administered to him at
regular intervals by force.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

The e docks at Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil, are to be further enlarged at a
ocst OF 65,OOO,O 900 milreis ($19, 500, O0O),
IN addition to the extensive dock work
now going on. The docks are owned
by the Brazilian federal govern
ment.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Her UnIadyIike Habit.
"She's no lady!"

"She's no lady!"
Why, 1 always thought her most re.
fined"
"On the surface, yes. But what do
you think of a woman who wears her
little boys football shoes to the bar
gain sales and spikes everyone who
gets in her way."-New York Press.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

time she is tying an artistic love-knot
out of the ribbon.
He keeps his watch in hand, and
tries to divert her attention and make
her answer his questions. Three
minutes is the time limit, and if she
succeeds in making the knot, he must
wear it through the evening, pinned
to his cravat. If she fails she must
keep at it until she succeeds.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
She Deserves IL,

What is the object of the press
humorist's association"
ITO erect a monument to Maud
muller, l Observation-Disclosures Her
aid.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

The clock at st. Chad's, Shrewsbury,
has a record pendulum, it's length being
twenty-five feet and the weight of the
bail 200 pounds.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

obs~ervances Of the day; for it would
be very hard to say which of the three
early Christian bishops so named the
14th of February is intended to COM
memorate.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

Edward HI. Hartman Now Has Within His Grasp
Ten Great Railway Systems, Embracing One-Third
of the Total Railroad Mileage I'm the United States.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Uhy a Uorld Language
BY EFdnder Matthews.

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@7 HE advantages o. a wordlanguage are indisputabIe~ With
~ out 1t every ma must be content to express himself in b.
own tongue; and every man who needs tt know Thai has
peer said upon the subject in which he is sneciauvf -
AH|I ested must OF necessity master half a dozen other 1oa,
guagS. N this is the disadvantage of the indtvidral
IN only; ever more farreachng and significant are the dis
O@D aoVaAges OF the several communities, each of which hoo
= s OH Inc speech of iso w stock. In the absence of q ON
mo ~ uey m may fah to understand one another and MISUNDERSTANDING
may lau !" o"HerHnsS'a an chickering's may bring them to pen strife wben
we see n" much easier II is tor the British and the Americans tn undars+ond
each other than it is for the French n the Germans VIZ noooGa
10 much the existence Of Worldlanguage would make for peace-Tba O.
tury. ne CeH
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
The g
FUSt american DoydgerS
To Japan
BY Ralph d. Paine.

@+*%%%%+%% T is commonly assumed that until the memorable visit OF
: Commodore Perrys squadron hin 1853 had shattered thu n
Z i cent isolation of Japan, no American ship had ever been
: permitted to trade Oh tarryi n a port Of that nation More
I than half a century, however, before the tenacious diplo-
|*&&%*%**% macy of Perry wrested a treaty Of friend and commerce"
= two Yankee vessels had carried cargoes to Int from Nagas-
%++%*|%++$ ak. Their voyages were typical episodes of the era when
Salem shipmasters were the first to fly the Stars and Stripes
from the -unchauedc coasts o. Sumatra to h unknown islands IF the South
Seas. 1t ws in 1899 that the ship Franklin owned in Boston, and command
ed by Capt James DevGeaux of Salem, o the historical distinction of be-
Two years later the ship Margaret of Salem, Capt S. G. Derby, Jared o a
like errand. Excepting a handful of Dutch traders, these two ships visited a
land as strange unknown to the outside world as was the heart of Thibet
a dozen years g The log books and journals of these voyages have to do
with customs n incidents that sound as archaic as a chapter If the history
of the Middle Ages in Europe-The Outing Magazine.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
BY Katherine UdLIace Kits

0NN~&N@NoN HAT birds will sometimes choose strange places III which
tM-m q to build their nests was, perhaps, never better shown than
Z in this instance of a bird building hers sin a vest rocket
Q 9 occasion to visit them very hot day and while there
S@N@@~@@~S feeling the heat very much, took of his vest n hung IT III
-s am sorry 1 do nt know just where-but it happened
6~~%N@NNN$ many years ago. However when he returned home he
-e..r.-~ -~ must have forgotten the vest for he wen without It. AM it
was several days beforeh e returned for it When he did, you car imagine
his surprise to find that a happy pair of birds had leased it, without his ner.
mission for the season as a place in which to build their home M raise
their little family. The old gentleman must have been one possesse of
great kindness Of heart, for h e vas SO touched at what he saw that he wont
home W1thou his YesLg generously allowing the little lady n her consort
to remain undisturbed in thu possession Of the site they had chosen for their
home: The kindly old gentleman was O. goody proportions, sc possibly tn
birds were not overcramped for room in their little cottage-Outing.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
GS@@~ O~@>0S
How Germany Helps Boys
: ~ Priscilla Leonard. !
2.09@- -aexsrDS
BY Priscilla

HEN an American boy leaves school, he does not always
know what sort of work he wants or is fit for. y It ever
when he knows exactly what kind of job he desires, II e o-
ten does not know at all how to find it. Such a JoD as us
aims for may not exist within his opportunities OF place III
time. So the boy leaving school may drift into an unsulr
able occupation, or, worse, into no occupation at ALL In splts
of an honest wish, originally, to work.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

Cartoon by Rooert Carter, in the New YORK American.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-21
NEW YORK COTTON.

New York. Oct, 2O.--The cotton market months were at the best point of the day at the close with the final tone firm, net points higher to points lower.
 lower. and during the first half hour of trading prices sold off to & net loss of s1li aass sy cases
 smaller English spot business and rather . bearish estimate Of the seasons require. Engiish authorities. A renewal of support from southern and Western bulls caused a rally of within 2@s points of last nights closing during the middle of the morning. but big selling orders reached the ring short ly after midday and led to rumors that the people who had been n,n tryaas yo tS.Ss tSs,e position. Talk of this sort brought in more general offerings and encouraged greater ag- gressiveness on the part of local bears as q result of which the market broke to net loss of 12@1s points during the middle of the afternoon. .o and e4 points from yesterdays high records but soon as local sellers started to cover, the market became very firm ssain; ana tne the day on rumors of a bullish National Ginners report. December showed leading ssiIers' that position advanced from i3.so to IS. 80 and cosed ct 1879 bid, or within one point of the highest price reached this
 Southern spot markets officially reported were l-iec higher to 1-32c lower. some private reports claimed a less urgent as. also claims that mills were big buyers on the decline. The weather was unsettled but not sufficiently so ts create much sen
 Receipts at the ports today so.7is bales against .iss last week and ss,i$s last ysss last week and 41T,s75 last year. ..
 Today's receipts at New Orleans lo.oss, sssin's sss s.disss ,sss issi isse sr year
 ESutures opened steady and closed firm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-21
TALK OF WILD WHEAT.
Dr. Aar0nsOhn to Address Dry Farming Congress.

Billings, Mont. Oct. 20.-At the meet ing of the National Dry Farming Con- gress here next week, Dr. Adoplh Aaronsohn, in charge of dry land ex- periments in Palestine for the Turkish government, will make his first public announcement of his discovery of a wild wheat on the slopes of Mount Re- bron.
 Dr. Aaronsohn Is preparing for thorough investigation of the subject, including a survey of thousands of square miles in which this wheat grows.
 On his re.rTn to Palestine he wliI send specimens to the United States de- partment of agriculture.
 Reorganization of the " farming congress upon an international basis is contemplated in the revised consti- tuition to be presented to the congress next week by the executive commit tee.
 State committees to look after state Legislation and the formation of state organization will be provided for. since the last congress such body has been formed in Texas and sor1'e acton has been taken in other states.