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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
THE WISE CAT.

A certain cat set out to seek his
fortune, and travelled through the
wide world. At last he came to a
country where a cat had ave been
seen before. The inhabitants were
, at first frightened by the strange
monster; but, having observed puss
killing the mice with which the coun-
try was overrun, they plucked up
courage, and, approaching him, re-
quested that he should follow them
before the king. Puss complied will
ingly enough, and the end of the mat
ter was that he was installed rat
catcher to the king, and a large sal
airy bestowed upon him. The faith
fulness with which puss discharged
his duties raised him high in the roy
al regard, and a circumstance soon
occurred which advanced him still
further. The king took his maps by
an open window, and had a plate Of
cherries placed beside him that he
might eat them when he awoke. A
crow from the ~neighboring forest
constantly stole the fruit, nor had all
the efforts of the kings servants sue
ceeded in destroying the bird. The
cat, however, concealed himself in
the window h~angings, and bounced
upon the unlucky maurauder, and
broke his neck. The king was full
of gratitude, and ordered that puss'
salary be increased. Soon after, a
bear came and rayaged the kings
locks- His majesty commanded puss
to kill him. "T can only do what 1
am able" pleaded the cat; but the
king insisted. While puss was COM
ing, Bruin attacked the store of a
swarm of bees, and vas stung to
death. "You have done as l knew
you would, my dear cat" said the
king, and would listen to no explana-
tions. The cat received the Order
of the Royal Shoestring.
Next an elephant came and av-
aged the crops. The king sent for
the cat to attack him. "Alas! / can
only do what.I am able" again plead
ed the cat, but there was no moving
the king. While the cat was coming,
the elephant fell into a pit and was
killed.
"You have done as 1 knew you
would" said the king once more;
and the cat received the Order Of the
Royal Penknife and the care of the
Royal Shoe Brush.
A great army marched to subdue
the kingdom. The king gave himself
no uneasiness. Have we not the
cat here?" he asked. my dear, go
and put these troublesome fellows to
flight"
ALAS! your majesty" said the IN
fortunate cat, II a but do as l am
able, and luck will turn at last" but
the king was stubborn as ever And,
while the cat was coming, a band of
the enemy fell upon him and de-
stroyed him; and they overthrow all
the kingdom. The king was taken
prisoner and compelled to feed cats
all his life. THAT ungrateful cat!"
he continually. exclaimed. - Arlo
Bates, in st. Nicholas.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
BEAUTIFUL OLD TIMERS.

A we'll known woman OF society has
recently finished her country house,
and, to the envy of her neighbors,
has beautiful Colonial mantels of
white marble in all her bedrooms, and
equally beautiful old timers, more
elaborate, in Italian marble on her
lower floor. Each allows for a huge
open fire. These she got by spying
from her automobile a sign of Sec
ond hand lumber for sale" on the
grounds where an old hotel was be-
ing RACED. She recalled that In her
childhood she had once visited some
children who were staying at the
then fashionable though old-fash-
toned hotel. The memory also came
of a high carved mantel in the So
called nursery, from which goodies
were reached for the impromptu
Juvenile tea party, and, turning back,
she discreetly alfghted from her auto
mobile some distance away and pro-
ceeded to find the contractor. AS a
result of her interview she proudly
says $3.50 or $2.25 as she waves
her hand toward these perfect mar.
bles.-New York Tribune.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18

good of at one side of derrick and
one horse hitcheG on end of rope
will handle the fork all right.
Put hay fork on pulley as shown
in diagram. Haul hay or buck it up
under guy rope No. 1 and leave der
rick lean as it is and load fork and
start horse, and when the fork gets
to crotch let horse pull it over and
jerk trip rope as it goes, and it will
throw hay a good distance. One man
can stack after this device and build
a stack twelve feet wide, thirty to
fifty feet long and sixteen to twenty
feet high. When you get fork IN
loaded pull derrick back and load
again; one man can load fork and
trip it with a long trip rope and pull
derrick back without getting off load,
ard a little boy can handle the horse
or fork. Stake guy rope No. 2 off a
little from one side, not much, just
enough so rope rubs stack good on
one side, and stake the pulley that
horse is hitched to rope on the other
side so it will pull straight and not
upset.-E. A. Mcmillan, in The Econ
omiRt
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
WHAT I'M LEARNED.

Whenever Jim was asked to run
an errand or do any little thing, he
would say: 81 don't want to-"
One night he brought a book to
mamma, who was busy knitting, say
ing: Mamma, read me a little
story"
His mamma wanted to teach him a
lesson, and said: 81 don't want to-"
Next day Jim went to his papa with
a broken whip. Papa, please mend
my whip"
81 don't want to-" said his papa.
AT this the little, fellow began to
cry. Then his mamma put her arms
around him and told him they were
trying to teach him how wrong it was
for him to say, 81 don't want to-"
when he was asked to oblige others.
Jim saw the lesson intended, and
the next day, when mamma asked
him to hand her a drink of water, he
ran Immediately and brought it to
her. He saw that he must oblige
others if he would have others oblige
and love him.-Home Herald.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
CHILDREN,S

It's lots of fun to see the cows step
out of the landscape, and browse
around the floor, and to see the
waves dash on the shore, and hear
the wind howl and see the dancers
waltz around and to hear the cock
crow in the sunrise landscape. Oh,
you ought to be here some night
when the landscapes and people come
to life" So she talked on until we
had finished our lunch, and then she
said good-by to US, and lapsed into
silence. Perhaps, if you go down
town some time you may see her in
a restaurant, I think, and get her to
talk to you.-Mary E. Cakes, in the
Brooklyn Eagle.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW
HOW.

HOW.
Proverbs is one of the most popu-
lar games that children play. Here
is the way to play it in case you do
not already know how:
One player leaves the room, and
while he is absent, the rest fix upon
some proverb: The words of the
proverb are distributed among them,
and each player, in reply to a ques-
ton asked by the guesser, has to in
troduce his particular word. When
all the words have been introduced,
the guesser has to guess the name of
the proVerb.
Here are a few familiar proverbs:
"Fcar twice before you speak
once"
Half a loaf is better than no
bread"
Good wares make quick mar
kets."
Friends are plenty when the
purse is full"
"Cut your coat according to you
cloth"
"a little rain lays much dust"
Barking dogs seldom bite"
"a good word costs nothing"
"a good name is better thar
wealth."
Better late than never"
Cali is not gold that glitters."
"a penny saved is a penny
gained"
"A friend in need is a friend in
deed"
Make hay while the sun Shines"
zone good turn deserves anoth'
er."
"Out of sight, out of mind"
"Still waters run deep"
Waste not, want not"
"Wilful waste makes woeful>
want"
Prevention is better than cure"
Home Herald.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Hay Stacker.

We think we have a good devics
for stacking alfalfa or other hay and
fast, too, that might be helpful to
some Of the readers and farmers and
that is to have two four by four
pieces of timber thirty feet long that
are clear of knots and bolt together
at top. Dig a couple of holes in
ground a foot deep and fifteen feet
apart, opposite each other and place
those four by tours in those holes
and put two guy ropes one in each
side and pull them up and stake good,
but give them enough rope to let
them have eight to ten feet each way
from straight up and down, fasten
pulley at crotch, tie end of one rope
at crotch and put a pulley on it and
then run it through pulley at crotch
and down to another pulley staked
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18

hams Vegetable Compoun1l Is the most
successful remedy for all kinds of
female troubles, and. I feel that / can
ne7er praise it enough. MRS. LIZZIE
HOLLAND, Noah, KY. !,
The hangeofL Life is themostcritical
period of a woman's existence, and
neglect of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Womeneverywhere shouldremember
that there is no other remedy known to
medicine that will so successfullycarry
women through this trying period as
lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs.
For 80 years it has been curing
women from the worstforms of female
fills administration, liberation, dis
placements, fbroid tuners, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostration.
III you wouIdHke special advice
about your case write q conhden-
tal letter to Mrs. Ptnkham, at
Lynn. Mass Her advice Is free
and always helpful.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
A YOUNG


The little boy was looking at a fly
trap - n of those green, woven
wire, sugar loaf shaped affairs into
which the flies crawl at the bottom,
and from which they never find any
way of escape. 1t was half full of the
buzzing insects, and others still were
entering.
i've found out one thing about
flies, anyhow" he said.
What is that, BENNY" asked his
mother.
1--WE found that they don't know
how to talk to each other"
How do you know that?"
Don't you suppose those flies on
the inside of that trap know that
they're caught and can't get out?
Of course they do. And, if they
could talk to one another, don't you
suppose they'd tell the flies on the
outside to go away and not try to get
in? OF course they would. They
wouldn't be mean enough to want
their friends to be trapped just be-
cause they were."-Youth's Compan'
ion.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
The Poor lands of the South.

81 have begun to doubt whether
there is really any poor land in York
County" vas a remark that a pro-
gressive farmer made in the Enquir-
er Office the other day. Fifteen years
ago." he continued, there was plen-
ty of poor land, or land that was con-
sidered to be poor. Since that I have
seen much of this land worked up to
a state of productiveness that is I'M
surpassed by the best prairie lands of
the West, and I believe the same
thing can be done with the balance.
1t is only a question of deep blowing
and intelligent methods generally"
-YorkViIle IS. c. Enquirer.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Modern Farm Methods
AS Applied in the South,
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and Stockrnan
More Corn and Less Cotton

The man who grows an abunaoo.
of hay, grain, chickens, eggs. nie'
and other things to eat, and MS rsS
which he a supply his W wantl
and that of the local market is +bo
man who is at all times indeDeodont
of the price of cotton to sustain bina
says the Cotton Journal. NOBODY avon
heard of the creditor or the sharis
making life miserable to the man wba
has a full smokehouse and corncrih
Such farmers are not bowed wi
debts, due to the supply merchant ~.
the local banks. Such men do M
feel the depressing influences Of hard
times, low prices or panics. TboU
sleep well at nights, meet the who'll
world with a smile of peaceful CON
tentment, and r always ready with
a hearty handshake and with tho
latchstring on the outside Of thnir
h~ospitable homes. They feel the now
erful and fascinating influences Of
perfect contentment at all times and
r what you would truly typify AZ
Independent husbandmen.
The man who depends wholly On
cotton and the credit system to carry
him from year to year will ALWAYS
have a hard and rocky road to
travel. There are hundreds Of thou.
sands in the South who each vear
travel this road, and they will never
see better times until they fall into
line and live at home, instead of on
the supply merchants and the credit
system. Pick out the independent
and successful farmers in any cotton
growing country and go upon their
premises and the success of their
farming is soon found in the we'll
filed corncribs, hay stacks, smoke
houses and good gardens.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
VASES AND

To have pairs of vases with flowers
arranged as nearly alike as possible
is the latest fad in smart households.
These appear in all possible places,
and each room is kept to a color
scheme. y charming combination,
when white and green are desired, is
that of climbing white jasmine, the
fragile Japanese narcissus and lilies
of the valley. The jasmine vine has
most exquisite foliage that shows
many tender shades, and the starlike
flower is deliciously fragrant, but not
oYerpowering.-New York Tribune.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
THE PONY,

II do not want to go to bed
l want to play some more"
That's what our little Bobby SAID,
And sulked behind the door.
We had:a dreadful time, of course;
Perhaps you never tried
To hold a mighty up and force
A naughty boy inside.
Ee kicked, and pulled, and cried a lot,
Aud we cried, too. and then,
Just when he had him fixed, he got
To playing round again.
But father came, and quick as wink
Caught Bobby by the gown.
SECT up" he clucked. "get up! I think
I'll take a drive to town"
You would have laughed to see them go.
They pranced around the chairs,
And in a minute more or so
Were scampering up the stairs.
Then back came father, looking wise,
"I rather guess" he said,
sour pony did not realize
That he was put to bed"
IS. T. Livingston, in Christian Register.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Here and There.

No one deserves credit for doing
what he wants to, if he does it when
he has to.
People will pay for knowledge as
well as for anything alse if they be-
lieve it to be something they already
know.
The wise merchant reads much, re-
fleets on what he reads, rejects the
impractical, adopts the useful, and
adds it to his business.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18

c., G. go 70 Be . Through R5ute.
An interesting story concerning the
road, recently built from Spruce Pine,
Mitchell county, to Bostic, Cleveland
county, N. c., has reached Washing
ton by way of West Virginia. It is
now said that the owners Of this road
will control Through line from To
tedo, O., on Lake Erie, to Charleston,
s. c., and will haul coal from the
coal fields of Virginia, West Virginia,
and Kentucky for the country along
the South Atlantic coast, the Gulf Of
Mexico land, Panama, and will bring.
back iron ore from Cuba. It will be.
recalled by newspaper readers in Vir-
glnia, North Carolina and elsewhere
that millions of dollars were sepnt in
building the South and Western Rail-
road from Spruce Pine to Marion,
across the Blue Ridge mountains, at
McKinnev's Gap, grading one of the
best roadbeds and putting down one
of the most serviceable tracks in the
country, and that, just before its COM
pletion it was renamed the Carolina,
Clinchield s. Ohio. Within the last
few weeks the road has been extend
ed to Bostic. At Marion the Caro-
lima, CIinchfeld & Ohio connects
with the Notwithstanding line of
the Southern Railway, and at Bostic
with the Carolina Central division cf
the Seaboard Air Line, which runs
from Rutherfordton to Wilmington.
From Bostic the line will be continu-
ed to Spartanburg, S. c.. where first
class connections for Charleston will
be made.-H. E. C. Bryant in Char
lotte Observer.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Statesmen WANTED
Pert Paragraphs.

friendship is the wine of life.
Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
Fraud turks In loose generalities.
"A little bird wants but a little nest.
My poverty, not my will, consents.
Envy shoots at others and wounds
herself.-French.
A man without religion is like a
horse without a bride.
Falsehood borders so close upon
truth that a wise man should moi
trust himself too near the precipice
His worst enemies do not deny that
he has the qualities to make a crack
ing Observation-Disclosures Times
Dispatch.
The difference between a man and
q woman is she can be right without
q a and he IA be wrong with
one.-New York Press.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Proverbs and Phrases

To keep friends, treat them kindly ;
to Kill them, treat them often.
The end of ones ambition becomes
merely the means to a greater effort.
Too much polishing viii destroy the
br1lllancy of the spoon that is only
plated.
The man who has made no mistakes
IS the only n who has lacked OPP
p~ortunities.
Inherited genius may be actually
a fact, but there's no doubt tansmit-
ted stupidity.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Pert Parapraphs.

The man who is without an idea
has generally the greatest idea of
himself.
A man cannot see his own faults
when he is looking at the faults of
others.
1t is a wise man who is as careful
of his credit as he is of his cash.
1t requires as much courage to
spend the last dollar as it does the
first one.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
THE LADY OF THE PICTURE.

THE LADY OF THE PICTURE.
She was soft-eyed, dark-haired and
wore a yellow gown. She looked
down from the frame and spoke.
Good afternoon" We jumped and
she smiled. Good afternoon" said
she again. Look up here and you'll
see me-" We looked up and saw that
we had seated ourselves at a table
under the picture. of a lady.
Doubtless you never thought that
a picture could talk" she said. But
a picture can. We never try it un-
less we want to, and that isn't very
often. Why, once I said something
to a lady and she looked up and
stared, and 1 said something else,
and she was so alarmed that she
went to another table. Now what do
you think of that? Those .
Here she broke off and sat immov-
able as the waitress came up. She
looked closely at the picture, but
could see nothing. After she had
taken our order and gone away our
Lady of the Picture" spoke again.
tits very, very tiresome sitting
here day after day with nothing to
do. I see lots of things, though. The
rich ladies sweep by me with their
furs, perfumes, rings and trains, the
mattresses hurry to and fro, there
comes a tired mother with children
clinging to her skirts and a baby in
her arms. o, there's lots of things
to see." The waitress came up again,
bringing the order. She set the tray
down, looked at the picture doubt
fully, served US, and then went away.
I heard her say to another waitress:
THAT there pictur' looks awful
queer. I wouldn't like to be them
people settin' there, I tell you," and
then her voice died away.
1.-THE Lady of the Picture" went
on: Sometimes I wish I could step
out of the frame, and be like other
people all the time. BY all the time
I mean that I'd like to stay out Of
this frame all the time, for once a
year we are allowed to step outsof the
frame, and do as we like. We usu-
ally go out at night, Won know, we
couldn't go very well IA the daytime.
ta
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Bernard Shaw at a Musical.

Bernard Shaw, who Is not over
fond of music, happened to be be-
guiled to a musicale given by a prom
inent London society woman, who
during the evening found the author
sitting disconsolate and bored in a
orner Of the room.
"Now, really, Mr.. Shaw" said the
hostess, don't you think this orches-
ira plays beautifully? These men
have been playing together for eleven
years"
Eleven years?" repeated Shaw.
Haven't we been here longer than
that2.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Trying White Potatoes in the soutI

Trying White Potatoes in the South.
Potato growers of the South are
making quite extensive experiments
with the white varieties which are so
popular in the North. The fashion of
planting the red kinds in the South
is merely an accident, which resulted
from an attempt to initiate the Ber-
muda reds, which formerly command
ed the market for early potatoes.
The Bermuda potatoes and the South
ern red winter potatoes with the Bliss
Triumph, a variety which has long
been out of favor in the North. Now
that the Southern growers have OBJ
tanned possession of the market, there
is no reason why they should confne
themselves to the red kind, since
some of the white potatoes make a
larger yield. The varieties like Green
Mountain and related kinds seem to
be gaining in favor in Florida, Texas
and other trucking countries.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
SIX Things to Plan For.

L. To increase fertility.
2. To drain every here that we cu1-
tivate that needs it.
8. To prevent washing and leach
ing.
4. To cheaper production by get
ting more work stock so that we can
use larger and better implements.
5. To make every acre in which we
have money invested and on which
we pay taxes earn something.
6. To get better varieties of our
staple crops and improve them by
seed acknowledgements Farmer.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Business Maxims.

There are a lot of people who could
not be good even if there were Two
Sundays in every week.
There's many a gain we would cali
a loss if we knew what we would pay
for it in the long run.
When opportunity knocks at some
mems door, they take it for the COZ
leetor and fail to answer.
The best advice that ever Wis onei-
ed a man is given in one word
g think
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
.-EGzerna on Face.
EDGAR SPRINGS. no. july /

Ehuptrine Company, Savannah. Ga. Z
Dear Sir:| have used your TetterinG
md received great benent from the use
& same. The eczema on my race us
ually appears in the spring and YOU
salve always helps 1t. 1 n no other
preparation but Tetterine and nnd 1t su-
perfor to any Oh the market
Respectfully, Elsie M. Judevine.
Tetterine cures Eczema, letter, Rna
Worm, Ground Itch, Itching Piles, In
fant's Sore Head, Ptmples, Boils, Rough
Scaly Patches on the Face, Old Itching
Sores, iDandrun, Cankered Scalp, Bin
ions, Corns, ChilblainS and every form OF
Skin Disease. Tetterine Soc; Tetterine
Soap 25c- Your druggist, or by mail from
the manufacture, The Shuptrine Co..
Savannah. Ga
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CUTICURA CURED HIS ECZEMA.

Humor Came ON Legs and Ankles
Could Not Wear Shoes Because
Of Bad Scaling and Itching.
Il have been successfully cured of dry
eczema. l was inspecting the removal Of
noxious weeds from the edge of a river and
was constantly in the dust from the weeds.
At night l cleansed my limbs but felt a
pEickly sensation. / paid no attention TO it
for two years but / noticed a scum ON nv
legs like fish scales. / did not attend to L
until 1t came to be too itchy and sore and
began getting two running sores. Ny
ankles were all sore and Scabby and / could
not wear shoes. l had to use carpet and
felt clippers for weeks. I got a cake of the
Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura ONT
ment. In less than ten days / could put
ON my boots and in less than three weeks
l was free from the confounded itching.
Capt. G. P. Bliss, Chief of Police, Morris.
Manitoba, Mar. %, a0z, and Sept. "a, AOe.f
Potter Drug a Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
OF Cuticura HenedieA Boston, Mass.
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Here and There.

Fraud requires delay and intervals
of guilt. Hl-l 90 ,
The dog has no aversion to a poor
famiIy.AChinese.
No one delights more in revenge
than a woman.-Journal.
A handsome woman pleases the eye,
but a good oma the heart.
A knowledge of the way is a good
part of the journey.-Spanish.