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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-09-16
NEWS OF
THIS BUSY TOWN

BORN To Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Israel, Tuesday, a boy.
Mr.. w. F. Edwards left this
morning for business trip to
Penrose, N. C.
Mrs. A. S. McLain and chill
dren are spending a week with
relatives at Etowah, N. c..
Miss Nettie LeGrand, who has
been visiting her mother at
Wadesboro, is expected home to-
day.
E. w. Durant, Collector of the
Port of Charleston, is with his
family at their beautiful Flat
Rock home.
The Louisville Horse Show
wants Mr.. ]. H. Jordan to ex-
hibit at this years show his fine
mare Lady D., winner of the
blue ribbon there last year.
Chas. Flicker, who has Ebeen
running a store out near the city
limits for the past few months,
has lately accepted a position with
J. D. Boyd.
The building committee of the
Peoples National Bank held a
meeting last night and considered
the various plans submitted by
the two architects employed by
them. The committee, compos-
ed of Capt. Toms, W. A. Garland,
U. G. Station, j. A. Brock and
W. C. Connell, reached no de-
cision, but will hold another
shortly.
H. Patterson will move across
the street from his present loca-
tion into Capt. Toms building,
now occupied by the billiard room,
Immediately after the Jewish
holidays. Mr.. Patterson will
there be prepared to, ,accommo-
date his constantly increasing
trade and take still better care of
his numerous patrons. He is
rapidly building up a reputation
for frst-class tailoring, dry clean
ing, etc., and finds his present
quarters altogether too small for
his increasing business.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-09-16
5Sth Anniversary.

All Rebekahs and Odd Fellows
are requested to attend the 58th
anniversary of the Rebekah
Lodge, to be celebrated Sept. 20
at $50 p. M, in the Odd Fellows
Hall. The entertainment is CIV
en- by the Rebekahs, but all Odd
Fellows and their wives are es-
pecially invited to be present.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-09-16
Jewish Holiday.

The Jewish New Year, 567O,
begins tonight at $50. The
stores of E. Lewis and H. Pat
terson are closed for two days.
Religious services will be held to-
night in Asheville, in the Jewish
Temple, and will be attended by
most of this towns Jewish popu-
lation.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-09-16
Contest Almost Closed!

Following is the standing of
the candidates in the Hustler
Popularity Contest. The next
time it appears, in the Sunday is
sue, it may read different. There
are only a few days left for those
interested to get busy and show
what they can do.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-09-16
MEANS MUCH TO
This WHOLE SECTION

Hon. H. S. Anderson leaves
this week for New York and
Montreal, on a mission of the ut
most Importance 70 not only the
business world of HendersonviIle
but to the entire Western part of
the State, including Asheville.
Mr.. Anderson goes to close up
certain financial arrangements
made in New York City and in
Montreal, the details of which
have already been worked out
and which will become operative
and in effect Immediately.
Mr.. Anderson states this new
financial proposition about to be
closed has no connection with
anything now before the people,
but is of far greater Importance
than anything now talked of
here.
Mr.. Anderson says:
1t is of greater Importance to
Hendersonville and to the entire
Western section of North Caro-
lima, including Asheville, than
any of the propositions lately
developed here, and it's influence
upon the town will be far reach
ing. Upon my return from
New York I shall be in a posi-
tion to give you all details, the
publication Of which now would
not be advisable -
1t is known that Mr.. Ander-
son has been at work on this
proposition for many months,
and when the public is taken in
to his confidence and realizes the
bearing this matter will have
upon the future development of
this section, it will, iguratively
speaking, sit up ard take notice.
This matter, taken in connec-
ton with the fact that Hender-
sonville will soon witness the
opening of the S15O,O0O Peoples
National Bank, that the First
National has doubled it's capital
stock, that the street railway
situation is most promising, that
free city delivery and cement
walks will soon be realities, is
but one more indication of how
Hendersonville is attracting the
attention Of capitalists as one Of
the most promising fields for in
vestment in the South
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-09-16
Registration.

Polls open for registration, for
the sidewalk election, Sept. II
and close Sept. 25. Mr.. S. T.
Hodges, Sr., is registrar, and
the place to register is the town
hall.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-09-16

Mrs. S. Y. Bryson, with her
sister, Miss Ida Bittner, left yes
terday for st. Louis, where Mrs.
Bryson will be the guest of her
mother. Miss Bittner has been
visiting here during the past two
months.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-09-16
Notice.

Your County and State taxes
are now due and payable at the
office of the County Tax ColIec-
tor. V. G.. V. SHEPHERD,
County Tax Collector.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
The Names of Dogs

Spaniels were. so called because the
original breed of this type came from
Spain. The Blenheim spaniel got his
name from Blenheim palace, where this
dog first gained popularity in the time
of the great duke of Marlborough In
the same way the King Charles spaniel
owes it's name to the merry monarch.
Fox terriers did not gain their name
from likeness to the fox, but from
the fact that formerly they were used
IN hunting foxes. Many years ago they
were sent by their masters down the
quarry 1t was in those days saying
that good fox terrier never came out
of burrow without the fox. He either
brought out his prey dead or never
came out alive himself.
The bulldog used to drive cattle and
was trained to meet the rushes or
his enormous charges by gripping
them in their tenderest spot-the nose.
Thus in time he became known as the
bulldog The dachshund is a German
dog, and, as his name indicates when
translated. was used for hunting badg-
ers. Hence his name-badger dog
Among hunters in the fatherland this
breed is still popular, although as a
rule they are now too delicate to face
such ferocious fighter as the badger
Spitz dogs are so named owing to
their sharp noses. This is also a Ger
man name, spitz meaning sharp pointed.
Another name for the breed is Dalma-
tian dog, because his native home was
in Dalmatia.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
Lessons From the Gorse

Mountain gorses, ever golden,
Cankered not the whole year long!
Do you teach us to be strong,
Howsoever pricked and holden,
Like your thorny blooms, and so
Trodden on by rain or snow,
Up the hillside of this life, as bleak as
Where ye grow?
Mountain blossoms, shining blossoms,
Do We teach us to be glad
When no summer can be had,
Blooming in our inward bosoms?
Ye whom God preserveth still,
Set as lights upon a hill,
Tokens to the wintry earth that
Beauty hieth still!
Mountain gorse, do ye teach us
From that academic chair
Canopied with azure air,
That the wisest word man reaches
Is the humblest he can speak?
Ye who live on mountain peak,
Yet live low along the ground, beside
the grasses meek!
Mountain gorses, since Linnaeus
Knelt beside you on the sod,
For your beauty thanking Cod
For your teaching, ye should see us
Bowling in prostration knee,
Whence arisen-if one or two
Drops be on our cheeks-O, world,
they are not tears but dew.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04

Animal Lovers

The love of animals is deeply inn
planted in the Magyar character, and
most of the peasant farmers of Hun
gary own valuable horses and high
bred stock. They are well to do, al
though they live in a primitive man
ner, have keen sense of humor, and
are ready to take trouble to put the
whirlpool of Europe" this story is told
of one of the Magyar farmers:
A typical peasant farmer, man of
considerable wealth. was well known
for his adherence to old clothes and
customs. On one occasion a young
farmer, new to the district, who had
taken a small holding not far from that
of the old man, perceived a shabby
figure leaning against the gate on the
edge of the property and said: Hi,
old man! Do you want some work."
The wearer of the shabby sheepskin
took his long pipe out of his mouth
and nodded gravely.
Well, you can come along tomorrow
and look after some of my sheep.
Bring any of your bits of things or
animals with you; there's plenty of
room on my farm"
The next day as the young farmer
walked across his field he saw a cloud
of dust coming up the road. Presently
there emerged from it q herd of cows,
horses and sheep-hundreds of animals
with their driver. The cavalcade swept
past the astonished man. Behind 1t
came a huge wagon, creaking and
groaning, laden with heavy furniture,
in front of which sat his shabby ac-
quaintance of the day before
You told me to bring my animals
and bits of things" said the old man.
and here we are
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
Wandered lonely as a Cloud

1 wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high DER wales and
hills.
When all at once 1 saw a crowd,
host of golden daffodils.
Beside the lake, beneath the trees.
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw / at a glance.
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company.
1 gazed-and gazed-but little thought
What wealth the show to me had
brought
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood.
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills
And dances with the daffodils.
William Wordsworth.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
Supped With the Queen

IN little cottage among the heather
covered hills in bonny Scotland, q
'fsrfrHer of yasrs ago, Saws the PhiIa-
delphia North American, a little boy
sat at table one evening eating his
supper.
Like many other little boys do who
live in the north of Scotland, he was
eating porridge and milk. which is just
the kind of food that makes strong
lads and pretty lassies
am afraid that many of the boys
and girls who read this story would
rather have milk chocolate any day
than basin of milk and porridge,
Just as the Scottish boy was having
his supper who should come into the
little cottage but Queen Victoria, She
was spending her holidays at BaImo-
raj castle, which was close by, and
often called to see the people who lived
in the cottages in the district.
The queen noticed what the boy was
eating, and she took hold of a horn
spoon, such as is used in Scotland, and
supped a spoonful of porridge out of
his basin.
Then. when she had finished she
laid her hand gently on the boys head
and, with a merry laugh, said: There,
James. now you can say you have
supped porridge and milk with the
queenl"
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
The Lark and the Nightingale

'Tis sweet to hear the merry lark,
That bids blithe good morrow;
But sweeter TO bark. in the twinklin 8
dark.
To the soothing song of sorrow.
o nightingale, what doth she all?
And is she sad or jolly2
For ne'eT on earth was sound of mirth
So like to melancholy.
The merry lark. he scars on high.
No worldly thought oertakes him.
He sings aloud TO the clear blue sky.
And the daylight that awakes him.
As sweet a lay, as loud. as gay,
The nightingale is trfIling:
With feeling bliss. no less than his,
Her little heart is thrilling.
Yet ever and anon. a sigh
Peers through her lavish mirth:
For the lark's bold song is of the sky,
And hers is of the earth.
BY day and night she tunes her lay,
To drive away all sorrow;
For bliss. alas. tonight must pass,
And woe may come tomorrow
Hartley COIeridg9.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04

river lizards, but necessity is the mother
of successful exploration, as well as Of
invention, and a week after its birth
the driftwood hill swarms with refu-
gees, hogs, deer and other animals, jost-
ling each other in their struggle for a
base of operations, thus often getting
noisy enough to attract the proving
carnivora
The climbing talent of the great cats
saves them the trouble of emigration.
The jaguar and the ocelot become en-
tirely arboreal. travelling like monkeys
from branch to branch, and making
themselves at home in the tree tops.
Their larder is replenished by all
sorts Of pheasants and wood hens,
which make their headquarters in the
underbrush. but are now obliged to
take up lodgings on the lower branches
Of Ihe unsubmerged trees.
BY climbing around the trunks and
rising suddenly in view, an ocelot can
scare roost Of gallinaceous fowl out
of their wits and strike down two or
three OF the clumsy youngsters before
the whole flock contrives to take wing
A swimming deer in these submerged
tangle woods has no chance at all
against the pursuit of an enemy that
can leap from branch to branch or
climb along the viaduct like cables of
the great llama vines, and a jaguar
nal deluge till the waters had closed
over the tops of the tallest palms.
The Brazilian antbear survives the
rainy season in a peculiar way of his
own. His favorite hunting grounds,
the big ant hills of the uhderbrush, are
soaking under 90 feet of water. and
tree ants hug the hooks OF their dens
during the season of constant showers.
In spite of his big. claws, their enemy
se rsv III a..
quest of his food, and his proficiency in
climbing can not compare with that of
the big cats. but his talent for long
fasts is unrivaled.
With his bushy tail coiled about his
neck, he dozes away the rainy days
under the roof of a fallen tree, while
his physical torpor is not apt to be Off
set by an excess Of mental activity.
1t has been asserted that an ant
bears forelegs are powerful enough to
hug a panther to death, but it is prob
able that jaguar could break his head
at the first blow; and at all events the
tyrant of the Brazilian forests must
find il much harder to cope with the
agility of the tree climbing monkeys.
IN the day time they elude his pur-
suit so easily that they will finish a
good meal of wild grapes before deign-
ing to notice his approach, and in the
exuberance of his confidence the ring
tailed monkey will often turn upon the
would be murderer, and follow him for
hours with jeers and whoops of de-
flance.
At night the owl eyes of the cat are.
however. apt to turn the scales, and
the fearful uproars of the moonlit for
ests can in nine cases out of ten be
traced to the panic of monkey swarm
walked out of their best sleep by the
screech of dying relative, and yelling
away with might and main in the hope
of confusing, if not soaring, the hidden
enemy
The only compensation of these mid
night horrors is the circumstance that
during the rainy season a monkey can
drink anywhere, and is not obliged to
approach the districts of the river
shore, where the eyes of lurking cats
shine with forbidding gleam.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
A Box Of Pens

unique game, suitable for an even
ing Junior party, which is an interest
ing puzzle founded on words beginning
and ending with the syllable of "pen,"
may be played as follows: The ques-
tions are written on cards, with spaces
opposite for the answers. few of
the riddles given below show the plan.
Name pen belonging to Uncle Sam?
Pennsylvania.
pen belonging to the novelist
Thackeray? Pendennis.
An English copper pen? Penny.
A pen which writes involuntary pun
ishment? Penalty.
A pen that subscribes to voluntary
punishment? Penance.
A sacred household pen of ancient
Rome? Penates.
A pen that writes without ink?
Pencil
A pen hanging up? Pendant
A pen carried by Uther. father Of the
mythical King Arthur? Pendragon.
A famous pen of Galileos? Pendu-
lum.
A pen cherished by Ulysses? Pene-
lope.
A pen that can go through thick
walls? Penetration.
A pen found among the birds? Pen
gun.
A pen that writes almost entirely in
water? Peninsula.
A pen that can cancel the supreme
sentence? Penitence.
A Lenten season pen? Penitential.
A pen that admits to any stronghold?
Open.
A pen found on a nag? Pennant.
An aromatic pen found among weeds?
PennyroyaL
A pen of weights and measures?
Pennyweight.
A pen economical in small matters?
Pennywise.
An old soldiers pen? Pension.
pen belonging to quietly thought
full person? Pensive.
pen always shut up? Pent.
plane pen with five sides? Penta-
gon.
A pen for poets? Pentameter.
pen used in writing the Bible?
Pentateuch.
A pen among feasts of the church?
Pentecost.
A beautiful marble pen? Pentellic.
A shadow pen known to astronomers?
Penumbra.
A miser's pen? Penurious.
pen seen among the very poor?
Penury.
Half an hour or more should be
allowed for guessing the various pens.
At the end of that time the cards
should be collected and revised accord
ing to a complete list in the possession
of the hostess The riddler whose work
is the best should receive a fountain
pen If prizes are given
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
The RhOd0ra

In May, when sea winds pierced ouz
solitudes,
found the fresh rhodora in the wooda
Spreading its leafiess blooms in damp
nook,
To please the desert and the sluggish
brook;
The purple petals, fallen in the pool
Made the black waters with their
beauty gay;
Here might the redbird come his plumes
to cool
And court the flower that cheapens
his array.
Rhodora. if the sages ask thee why
This charm is wasted on the earth and
sky,
Dear. tell them that if eyes were made
for seeing
Then beauty is its own excuse for being.
Why thou were there, o rival Of the
rosei
never thought to ask; 1 never knew,
But In my simple ignorance suppose
The self-same power that brought me
there, brought you.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
A Thrilling Sport

The few sportsmen who visit the
Massachusetts coast in the summer for
big fishing become acquainted only
with the sea bass and the shark. while
the swordfish. remaining always in the
open sea, is left to the tender mercies
of the men who fish not for sport but
for a livelihood Yet if the lover OF
exciting sport should care to master
the use of the harpoon and resort to
the open sea for his diversion. he would
discover in the swordfish a 1T subject
for his most ambitious efforts, and be-
come acquainted with the swiftest
swimmer. the hardest fighter. and.
withal one of the most interesting OF
the denizens of the Ocean.-St. Nicholas
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
Old Musket i'm a Tree

Lumbermen employed by a Pennsyl-
Vanla lumber company found a revoIu-
tfonary musket imbedded In a tree cut
down near Shohola, Pike county, Pa.
last week. A huge pine tree was cut
down, but the butt was defective. and
in order to secure a sound end to the
log the diseased part was cut off In
doing so it was found that this por-
tion of the tree was hollow and the
aperture had grown over SO that it was
not observable to the woodchopper. In
the hollow was an old fashioned flint
lock musket, such as was in use by the
pioneers of that region.
The spot where the musket was
found is in the, neighborhood of the
bloody battle which occurred between
the whites and Indians on July %, 1873,
in, which the former were defeated and
it is possible that the gun may have
belonged to one of the wounded strag-
glers of the defeated patriots.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
Did You Ever?

Did you ever see a pigeon hopping
along the path?
Did you ever see a sparrow walk to
his outdoor bath?
Did you ever see pigeons nest that
had three eggs or more?
Did you ever see a snow white colt
on any hill or shore?
Do you know what letter you may find
on every leaf of clover?
q mean the little meadow kind that
grows the whole world over)
Did you ever see two four ro'clocks
colored just the same?
Or two variegated flowers alike, of
any size or name?
What animal sleeps standing? You
may meet him in the street.
How many toes has pussy on her little
feet?
If you can tell me all these things
and / must confess I doubt you
You may say you've learned the lesson
well. to observe small things
about you. The Golden Rule.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
Great Dam at Sydney

The great cataract dam at Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia, con-
structed to increase the stored water
supply of that city, holds back a supply
of water which covers 2,456 acres at
full supply level. The cost of the dam
was approximately 1900 900, and 49,
900 tons of cement were used in its
construction.
The length of the dam is S11 feet
it's height above the river bed 157
feet, it's depth below the river bed S5
feet and the maximum depth of stored
water is $50 feet. The width of the
dam at the top is 161s feet. and at the
bottom 1873 feet. The total storage
capacity of the reservoir is a little
more than $4,000, 100000 gallons.
To finish the work within the time
limit the contractor had to resort to
night work.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
Just 1t

The pretty teacher was trying to
explain the difference between good
conduct and bad. Good actions" she
explained are the lovely flowers. Bad
ones are the weeds. Now can any
little boy or girl tell me the differences
between AOwers and weeds? What
are aowers7 What are weeds?@
Weeds said Walter, who had been
struggling with the sorreI in his moth
er's garden, are the plants that want
TO grow and howers are the ones that
DON'T
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
Flowers to Beautify LondOn's
Subway

London's underground railway sta
tions. once noted for their dirt and
gloom, are to be transformed by flow
ers and baskets of ferns and ever
gveens Keeping the stations clean be-
came possible only when the system
was electricized, and the floral decora-
tions. although only as an experiment
to start with, are expected to complete
the transformation.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
Orpheus

Orpheus with his lutte made trees.
And the mountain tops. that freeze.
Bow themselves. when he did sing:
To his music. plants and flowers.
Ever spring; as sun and showers.
There has been a lasting spring.
Everything that heard him play,
Even the pillows of the sea,
Hung their heads. and then lay BY.
In sweet music is such art;
Killing care and grief of heart.
Fall asleep, or hearing die.
William Shakespeare.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
Shady Streets in Dutch Cities

The average Dutch town is an attrac-
tive place in the summer months, since
bordered with shade trees. which shut
out the glare of the sun and offer
cool and inviting avenues for the ex-
ploratiOn of the tourist. The banks OF
these canals are generally terraced in
two levels-the lower one for ware
houses and the upper one for shops or
dwellings. but each, elevation is planted
with, trees.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
The English Salute

Pupils in the English national
schools are being taught the American
custom of saluting the flag But they
do so on national anniversaries only
April %, St. Georges day, the pupils
in one of the schools sang patriotic
songs. while so of the pupils accom-
panied on the violin.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
He Wouldn't Miss 1t

Ivon and his baby sister were playing
with some new marbles that were quite
small. One marble disappeared and
could not be found. The mother be-
came alarmed fearing baby had swal-
lowed it. "Oh. WE'LL said 5 year old
Ivop,. there are enough left-"-The De-
lineator.