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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
ETha neponnlation of sTranca

The depopu1ation of France pro-
ceeds at an amazing rate. Last years
vital statistics show a reduction in
the birth rate " below the figures
of 1906, while there is an augmenta-
ton of deaths. There were h32,878
less births In the entire country in
1907 than In the preceding year and
1858 more deaths. There were
actually an excess of 1920 deaths
over births.
IA 1906 the ratio of births was 215
to 10000 of population; last year
it fell to. 207. The falling off took
place in 80 departments; only five
Seine-Inferieure, Saone-et-Loire, Bou-
ches-duRhone, Pas de Calais and
Meurthe-et-Moselle showed an in
crease, and that only slight. The de-
cline of births in outlying regions of
intense rusticity is a most alarming
feature, and it is evident east and
west north and south. For instance,
La Dordogne in the southwest shows
a decrease of LISA births; Finistere
in the northwest LOCI; Ardeche in
the southeast, 971s On the whole the
southern provinces show the tendency
in the most marked degree and those
on the Swiss and German frontier
the least, but no part of the country
is free from it. The excess of deaths
manifests itself in SIS departments,
that of the Seine-vrtuaily Paris
being the greatest, with 1916.
The population of France showed
from 1901 to 1905, inclusive, an av-
erage increase of IS a year for each
10000 inhabitants. This dropped in
1906 to seven; last year it changed
to a decrease of five in 10000. In
the Provincial and Gascon provinces
of the south the excess of deaths is
most marked, coming next after
Paris. In the department of Lot, on
the upper Garonne, there were 143
births to PA deaths in a population
of perhaps 215,OOO. which has been
declining steadily since 1890, when it
had nearly 100000 people. This is
race suicide with a vengence.-New
York Sun.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
"Tlin the Grade RuIl!"

In Tennessee they nave a dairy as
ISOLATION, a live organization worthy
of the men who have made "Tennes-
see Jerseys" synonymous with quail
ity the land W.
This association has entered on a
campaign to improve the general av-
erage of the dairy cattle in that State,
and the slogan of this campaign is,
"KiIl the Grade Bull"
The Tennessee dafryman realizes,
as every farmer in all the South
should realize, that there can be no
decided or permanent improvement of
live stock so long as sires Of mongrel
ancestry are allowed to reproduce
themselves.
There are in that State hundreds
Of COWS that have produced from
fourteen up to twenty or more pounds
of butter per week-these are the
daughters of pure bred bulls with
long lines of high-producing ancestry
back of them.
There are also thousands of cows
that do not make butter enough for
their keeping-tEese are almost in
variably the daughters Of grade or
scrub bulls.
The campaign is for better and
more profitable coWs-but the only
sure way to get good COWS Is to get
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
HER ~MOTHER-IN-LAW
Proved a Wise, Good Friend.

A young woman out in la. found a
wise. good friend in her mother-in-
law, jokes Notwithstanding. She
writes:
1T is two years since we began
using Postum in our house. I was
greatly troubled with my stomach,
complexion was blotchy and yellow.
After meals 1 often suffered sharp
pains and would have to lie down.
My mother often told me it was the
coffee l drank at meals. But when
I'd quit coffee I'd have a severe bead
ache.
While visiting my mother-in-law
l remarked that she always made such
good coffee, and asked her to tell me
how. She laughed and told me it was
easy to make good coffee when you
use Postum.
II began to. use Postum as soon as
l got home, and now we have the
same good coffee (Postum)ri every
day, and l hare no more trouble. In
digestion is a thing of the past, and
my complexion has cIAared up beau
tifully.
MY grandmother suffered a great
deal with her stomach. Her doctor
told her to leaye on coffee. She then
took tea, but that was just as bad.
She finally was induced to try
Postum, which she has used for over
a year. She travelled during the win
ter over the greater part of Iowa. Wis
iting, something she had not been
able to do for years. She says she
owes her present good. health to Pos
tum."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read, 'The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a Rea-
SON..
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine true. and full Ct human
interest.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
lettings of News.

British South Africa imports annu-
ally over $2,OOO,O 900 worth of lumber
mainly from the United States and
Sweden.
The Italian government has outlin-
ed railroad extensions covering Is
years work and contemplating a
total expenditure of $1O7, OOO, 900.
The Chinese government spent
100000 last year toward the assist
ance of Chinese students studying
abroad.
A Swiss lake turns red about every
ten years owing to the presence of a
tiny plant, which is visible only
through the miscroscope.
Two million dollars will be spent in
improvements on the great steel plant
of the United States Steel Corpora
ton at Ensley, Ala.
The City of Niagara Falls is rapid
ly increasing in population, owing to
the rapid industrial expansion of that
section of the country.
Canada's purchases from the Unit
ed States in 1908 amounted to $167,-
100000, while this country imported
$75.000,000 worth of Canadian goods.
The worlds tobacco crop amounts
to 2,201; 00e, 900 pounds. Of this $780,
100000 pounds are produced in the
United States, more than that of any
other country.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
Success With Poultry.

Note that success with poultry does
not mean merely the ability to hatch
and raise chickens, but that winter
eggs should be the source of much Of
the profit from the business; also,
that as early as spring and all along
through the summer oae should have
in mind that an effort VIII be made to
get eggs in winter. Starting a hen or
a pullet (~preferably a pullet) into
winter under conditions that enable
her to lay winter eggs cannot be &C
complished if that idea is ignored till
winter arrives. Develop and select
the winter layers full early.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

and made me feel Like a new person,
and it shall always have my praise"
Mrs. w. p. VALENTINE, o02 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. j.
Gardiner, Me.-"I was a great suf-
ferer from a female disease. The doc
tor said / would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me in three MONTHS
Mrs. s. A. WILLIAMS, r. F. D. No. IA,
Box 80, Gardiner Me.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
fammation, liberation, displacenents,
fbroid tunors, irregularities, periodic
pains, baekache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
xous prostration. It costs but a trife
to try it, and the result is worth mil
liens to many suffering women
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
collie Due to Corn.

When corn chop alone is fed to a
horse it often produces stomach indi-
gestion and bloating, which in the
horse is a very serious form Of indi-
gestion or collie.
The reason that corn chop produces
this condition is owing to the fact
that it lies compactly in the stomach.
The stomach juices cannot thorough
ly permeate it to digest the nutrients,
and as a result unnatural fermenta-
'tfcn~takes place. The gas. causes dis
tention of the stomach wall, and
stomach or gastric collie is the result. /,
This is a serious form of colo be-
cause of the peculiar arrangement OF
the stomach. The horse cannot vomit
or belch gas unless the walls be so
greatly distended that there is a mod
ifcation or stretching of the part of
the stomact at the point where the
esophagus enters it, and consequently
there is great danger of rupturing
the walls of the stomach with a fatal
termination.
During the past summer oats have
been very high and many horse own
ers have resorted to corn chop as a
more economical feed. If, the corn
chop be fed with bran or cut hay then
there will usually be no i'll effects, be-
cause the material Will not lie COM
pactly in the stomach, and as a result
the stomach juices can get at all parts
of the feed and digest it thoroughly.
Many will not feed wheat bran,
claiming that it is of poor feed value.
The fact is that it contains more pro-
tein or muscle building substance than
oats, and when mixed with corn or
corn chop, in proper proportions,
makes a we'll balanced, heavy feed.
The frequency of gastric collie
among horses has increased with the
feeding of corn chop since the high
price of oats.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
Bin For Snelled Corn.

slanting floor, having cracks perhaps
an eighth Of al inch in width, divided
hto compartments by hollow parti-
lions. A trough, A, makes it con-
yenient to shovel up the corn. The
partition B, the end C and the sides
D and E should also be Stats an
eighth of an inch apart. The divisions
B could be made of two-inch Turing
strips nailed on both sides of the same
for battens.
The width Of each compartment
would have to be determined by ex-
pertinent, but probably eight inches
would be about right. OF course, the
depth and height would be a matter
Of convenience.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
Breezy Items.

Deep-lying sediments of the ocean
are often exceptionally rich in
radium.
Just because a man lives like a lord
is no sign that he isn't as mean as
the deviL.-Dallas News.
The streams of the Himalaya
Mountains will soon be engaged In
the prosaic work of turning wheels.
The public lands vacant and sub
ject to settlement in the United
States on July LIST last amounted to
7T4.3S5,O 6 acres.
The Russian Minister of Finance
has declared his intention Of assessing
a tax on electrical energy which will
yield a revenue, it is -said of about
$4,500,000 a year to the treasury.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
Crimson Clover.

Continue to SOW crimson clover
with wheat, oats and rye on all land
that is o to be put into oats or
wheat that can be got ready so as to
have a winter cover on It.. Hairy
vetch may take the place of the GRIM
son clover In this mixture If desired,
and should do so up to the end OF
October. Sow twelve or fifteen
pounds of the clover seed or twenty
pounds or the vetch seed with three
pecks of the grain mixed in equal
parts.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
prntectinn Aoafnst MiteRa.

Many. say that mites will not stay
on roosts of cedar or s~assafras wood.
but my own experience does not lead
me to believe that such is the case.
scantling of 2x4's that have been
planed smooth on every side and edge
and laid down on the wide side is a
very practical roost. Its smoothness
does not leave good breeding places
for mites, and since there are no
rough places, the roosts can be easily
treated with coal oil or some Of the
commercial mite tt,'crs.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
Trap Crop of Wheat.

If Hessian fly has troubled the
wheat in your section this year SOW a
trap crop of wheat at once on the
land intended to be sown in wheat.
This crop need only be on a strip OF
a yard or two wide ross the field.
The flies will deposit their eggs on
this early sown wheat, and this can
then be plowed down, and the eggs
and flies BE destroyed, and thus large
ly avoid injury another year.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
rheumatism Prescription:

Considerable discussion is being
caused among the medical fraternity
by the increased use of whiskey for
rheumatism. It is an almost infaIli-
BILE cure when mixed with certain
other ingredients and taken proper
ly. The following is the formula:
"One ounce of Toris compound and
one ounce of syrup Sarsaparilla com
pound. Add one-half pint of good
whiskey. Take in tablespoonful doses
before each meal and before retir-
ing"
This is said to produce almost i'm
mediate results.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

MIR. WILLIAM A. PRESSER I7o2
u1 Third Ave, Moline, ILL.,, writes:
have been suffering from eatarrh
IN the head FOR the past two months and
tried Innumerable so-called remedies with
out avail. No one knows how / have suf-
Tered, not only from the disease itself. but
from modification when in company of
friends or strangers.
II have used two bottles of your med
iclne for a short time only, and it effected a
ntedtcGL cure. and what is
better yet, the disease has not returned,
| can most emphatically recommend Pc
runa to all sufferers from this disease"
Read This Experience.
MI; A. Thompson, Box Is, R. R. /, Mar
tel, Ohio, writes: When | began your
treatment my eyes were inAamed, nose
teGs stopped up half of the time, and
was sore and scabby. l could not rest at
night on account of continual Ia LrkfrG
and splitting.
l had tried several remedies and was
about TO give up, but thought / would try
Peruna.
AFTER l had taken about one-third of a
bottle l roticed a difference. l am now
completely cured, after suffering with
catarrh for eighteen years.
Il think If those who are afflicted with
catarrh would try Peruna they would never
regret it"
Peruna is manufactured by The Peruna
Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Ask your Druggist TOR a Free Pc
FEhG ATM G9GGc for 1909.
Peruna is sold by your local drug
glst. Buy a bottle today.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
Going to Inauguration.

Norfolk, Special.-Virginia will be
well represented at the Inauguration
of President=E Elect Taft, by both mil
itary and civic organizations. It was
officially announced at brigade head
quarters that the First and Second
Regiments of State Infantry, the Nor
folk Light Artillery Blues, and the
Coast Artillery will participate in
the inaugural parade. The Fourth
Regiment also may attend.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
Chinese Government Admonished by
Diplomats.

Picking, Special. The diplo-
matte corps has made a strong col
lective representation to the Chinese
government concerning the board of
communications having usurped full
control of the Picking Telegraph
Office, which the Chinese government
in 1901 agreed should be under for
eign superintendent. 4
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

bled with kidney
complaint from the
time Of the Civil
War. There was
constant pain in the
back and head and
the kinney secre-
tions e r painful
and showed a sedi-
manf Tho first rom
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
HoM,s This2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
Tor any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Gre.
FL. CHENEY l. Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDINa. KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole.
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucuous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

Telephone companies are eudeavor-
ing to collect part of the telegraph
tolls, where the messages are deliver
ed by telephone. The telegraph COM
panies claim that they are entitled to
make this use of the instruments ind
resist payment.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
Severe earthquake.

Bellingham, Wash, Specialize
ports from San.,Juan. Islands states
that Mondays earthquake shock was
severe there. Buildings were dam
aged to considerable; extent, bat no
casualties reported
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

The carob tree grows Wild in the
Island of Samos, and the fruit serves
as a food for cattle. It is also used
in mixing with chewing tobacco. The
annual production amounts to 1884,
600 pounds, nine-tenths Of which
finds its way to Italy and the rest to
Germany.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
DiStempPr

In all it's forms. among all ages CT horses
and dogs. cured and others in the same
stable prevented from having the disease
with Spohn's Distemper Cure. Every bot
tie guaranteed. Over 800. 600 bottles sold
last year. $50 and 81 LOO. Good druggists.
or send to manufacturers. Agents wanted.
Write for free book. Spohn Med. Co.,
Spec. Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
Is Dead From Mine Disaster Sunday

Zeigler, Ill, Specialize recovery
of five additional bodies from the
Zeigler Colliery where an explosion
occurred Sunday raises the death
list to 25. Two miners are still miss
ing. They were known to have been
in the mine. The disaster is the Sec
ond in nine months.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

this valuable me6i-
cine, Lydia e. Pink
hams e getabl
Compound. / Suf-
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and so
weakIcould hardly
stand. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound re-
aRa~oI mo- - hAa14l
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
sIanv CbiIdren Are sicklv.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's
Home, New York, cure Summer Complaint,
Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles,
Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At
all Druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
Grass Seeding.

Grass Seeding. i
The results / have gotten during
the past three years from sowing
grass seed along with cowpeas have
been so satisfactory that I feel T shall
be doing good to all interested by CIV
ing details.
I have been seeding, during the
first two weeks in June, both the
cowpeas and grass seed at the same
time once going over, the ground
with wheat drill. Have put in five
'pecks of peas and the usual quantity
of grass seed, with grass seeding at
'tachmsnt. The grass has, Invariably
made a perfect Catch and has
lived under the peas and ionrished
far better than if it. had been sown'
alone. The pea hay has been cut off
in September, and the grass was then
well rooted and matted on the
ground. The cultivation of the land
in June sprouted the surface weed
seed, and the weeds were necessarily
removed from the land along with
the pea hay. Before frost and
freezes came the grass had such good
root that it stood the winter better,
and in the spring the growth Of grass
was much earlier. The strength and
root of the grass tended to give it a
running start on weeds. The results
have uniformly shown cleaner hay
and a larger yield than ever before
harvested from the same fields.
In June, 1907, 1 sowed one-half- OF
a certain field in this way, and in
September-following 1 sowed the 9TH
er half Of this field in rye and grass.
The same fertilizer was used in both
instances, L. e.. 200 pounds each of
raw bone and fourteen per cent. acid
phosphate. I cut this season, early
in July, about two tons per acre OF
very clean hay from the portion sown
with peas. The portion sown in Sep
TENDER with rye will not yield any
hay until next year (1909). Thus I
saved one working OF tho land, got
one years crop Of grass extra, and
made hay Of extra clean quality by
sowing the peas and grass simultan-
eously in June. For the three
months period from June to Septem-
Der the grass gave me one years
extra growth over the result from
seeding rye and grass in September.
I personally advised many Of my
friends to try this method last year.
They have all reported the system as
in every way satisfactory. - w. T.
Townes, Culpeper County, Va, in
Southern Planter.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
FRIEND SAID TO USE CUTICURA

AAAS~A 0RCCAdAASS RhAlCu 20 SuEe hGE
Intense Itching Eczema-Had Been
Tortured and Disfigured-Was
Soon Cured OF Dread HRmor.
Il contracted eczema and suffered in
tensely for about ten months. At times I
thought l would scratch myself to pieces.
My face and arms were covered with large
red patches, 30 that I was ashamed to 60
out. l was advised to go to q doctor who
was a specialist in skin diseases, but / re-
ceived very little relief. / tried every
known remedy, with the SANE results. I
thought / would never get better until q
friend of mine told me 70 try the Cuticura
Remedies. So l tried them, and after four
or FIVE applications of Cuticura Ointment /
was relieved of my unbearable itching. l
used two sets of the Cuticura Remedies,
and / am completely cured, Miss Barbara
kral, Highlandtown, Md, Jan. 8, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cutieura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

Praises Tetterine for Eczema.
Have been troubled with eczema on
the face for nearly two years, and q few
applications of Tetterine and the use Of
Tetterine Soap has entirely cured me, +
cannot say too much for its praise, as it
has done more than my physician did"
Mrs. S. A. Haskins,
Myricks, Mass.
Tetterine cures Eczema, letter, Ring
Worm, Ground Itch. Itching Piles. In
fant's Sore Head, Pim2les. Boiis, Rough
Scaly Patches on the Face, Old Itching
Sores, Dandrun. Cankered Scalp, Bun
ions, Corns, Chilblains and every form of
Skin Disease. Tetterine SOC; Tetterine
Soap 25e. Your druggist. or by mai from
the manufacturer, The Shupt-ine Co.,
Savannah, Ga.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

edy to help me was Doan's Kidney
Pills. Three boxes made a complete
cure and during five years past I have
had no return of the trouble"
Sold by all dealers. soc. a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
TIE REASON why

Rheumacide cures rheumatism to stay
cured. rheumatism is an internal dis
ease and requires an internal treatment.
Sase and removes its cause. Rheumacide
Eminent stops the pain while you are
taxing the internal medicine. Rheuma-
ana is sold by druggists at &c, soc. and
u per bottle. LniEnent. 25c. q bottle.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

An Arrangement For Storing Shelled
Corn.
Storage for shelled corn is a condi-
ton that does not have to be provided
for in some sections; but, as it seems
to be rapidly coming to the front in
others, r. H. Mitchell sends to Coun-
try Gentleman the accompanying IL
l%ustration of an arrangement to meet
this need, submitting it for what 1t
may be worth.
AS may be seen, it is a bin with a
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21
MORE
PLNKHAM
= CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, N.J.-'1t is with pleasure
that 1 add my testimonial to your
already long list Shopping that it may
induce Others to avail themselves of
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

The British consul warns emigrants
going to Chill unless assured
of a business connection
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

Strong drug cathartics simply aggravate
the conditi on-the true remedy for consti-
patton and liver trouble is found in Garfield
Tea, the mild Herb laxative.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-01-21

1t must be tough to be roasted By
Congress.-New York Globe.