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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26

failures or poor crops on the farms
of the South due to the failure Of
the farmer to adapt the crop to
the soil best fitted for it than to
any otter direct cause It is invit-
ing certain failure to plant corn
in land that you know will not
produce more u or Is bushels,
when this same land would easily
produce over a ton of hay. Lands
that have recently had heavy man
uring, or that have had a crop
of peas turned under will really.
produce better corn the first year
than cotton. So a little planning
this way will pay handsome
ly.
Aonther profitable thing to do
is to look around and see some
of the wastes that are going on
upon the farm and to plug up
those holes as quickly as posi-
BILE. The most common waste of
the farms of the South is one of
manure. Few are prepared to take
care of it as they should. Realize
that the manure from a grown
horse or mule is worth close on to
10 cents and of a COW eight cents
a day, if properly saved and used,
and | am sure all will. get busy
trying to save it.-Prof. d. N.
Barrow, South Carolina Field
Editor in Progressive Farmer.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26
Liked Fresh Milk

A farmer of Underwood, Wash,
had a bull,puppy, shipped out
from Boston. The puppy's prin-
cipal diet had been milk served
from the bottle. During the first
day on the farm the puppy was
intensely interested in the opera
ton of milking the cows, and for
several days never failed to watch
his master closely during the milk
ing time, morning. and evening.
When one of the cows began to
fail in her usual supply of milk,
investigation disclosed the fact
that the puppy was supplying his
own rations three or four times
a day by milking the cow himself.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26
The Experience of Many.

A man who has gone into the
poultry business in the right way
recently received a jolt that sur
prised him. He paid a good price
for eggs guaranteed to be from
hens that had scored 100 points
and when his first flock of birds
were about a year old he had them
scored by a local judge. He was
delighted when several of his best
'pullets and cockerels scored 100
and the rest ran up above 95. He
was sure he had champion prize
winners until he sent about a doz-
en- of his best ones to the Chica-
go Poultry Show. Then came the
jolt.
His birds were judged by men
who know their business and play
no favorites and the result show
ed none of his stock to be better
than go, while more than half of
the flock ran down below 85. Of
course, his birds are pretty good
at that but not good enough to
bring fancy prices. while the eggs
will bring little if anything above
store prices.
This mans experience is too
often repeated. The whole trouble
lies in amateous excepting too
much of their flock, unscrupulous
fanciers disappearing their
stock and local judges being In
competent or too anxious to please,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26
REFUSES $50 A POUND
FOR 40-PoUND TURKEY.
Owner of Sweepstakes Winner,
The Duke of Antwerp, Now Ne
COtiatin0 for Blue Ribbon.

Owner of Sweepstakes Winner,
The Duke of Antwerp, Now Ne
~gotiating for a Blue Ribbon.
Allentown, Pa, Jan. 21.-At the
Madison Square Garden show,
held Christmas week in New York,
the blue ribbon for being the fin
est turkey in America was award
ed to "!The Duke of Antwerp" a
White Holland gobbler Matched
and raised by William j. Morton,
a poultry fancier. of this city. The
bird weighs forty pounds and was
developed from stock imported
ten years ago by Senator Pen
rose.
Mr. Morton started out in his
effort to raise the finest turkey in
America with the same dilbera-
ton that characterized Lord Rose
berry when he announced his am
bition to breed a Derby winner.
The triumph of Mr. Morton,
however, was complete, as the
bird, which looks like a living
creature of white velvet, not only
won first prize in his own variety,
but over all other varities as well.
Barely had the sweepstakes rib
bon been hung on his cage when
Mr.. Morton received an offer of
$1,000 for the bird. This he refus-
ed, as well as a later offer Of ST.
200. Instead of selling his prize
gobbler, Mr.. Morton is. negotiat-
ing to buy the blue ribbon hen,
in his aim still further to improve
the breed. The offer declined of
$1,000 for a forty-pound turkey is
believed to be the highest ever
made for Americas favorite
Thanksgiving bird, as it has not
been recorded that any bid of $50
a pound for turkey was ever made
before.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26
6. AL pigs must be fiesh-mark-

6. AL pigs must be fesh-mark-
ed and proper record kept of
same.
Z. In case of ties the prizes
will be divided in class tieing.
8. There must be two witness
es to entry blank, not related to
contestant by blood or marriage.
8. Afidavits and proper proof
of weight must me furnished. The
contestants will be notified later
where, in his community, his hog
is to be weighed.
Entry blanks can be had of the
Wachovia Bank & Trust Com
pany, Asheville, N. c.. upon ap-
plication.-Gazette News.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26

The farmers of Nash county are
looking with interest to Saturday,
February 4th, when a Farmers In
stitute will be held at Nashville.
Farmers will be there from all
over the county that day. In re-
cent years the men of the county
have taken an interest in these in
stitutes and since the Farmesr'
Union is In more interest will be
taken. No doubt there will be
many contestants for the ST pre-
MUM for the best loaf of bread
and 81 for the best five ears of
corn.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26
Prominent Shelby Man Dies From
Peculiar Disease.

Shelby, Jan. I'll Mr.. Everett
Branton, one of the most promi-
nent men of the town, died yes
terday morning at an early hour,
after an illness Of several months.
His disease. was peculiar, being
what the physician termed. Hotch-
kiss Gland trouble, a disease
which has never been known in
this section before.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26

"Chickens with short toe nails
are the best egg layers, says Prof
j. B.. Rice, poultry expert for Cor
nell university. "These chickens
have short toe nails" he said,
f'from continuous scratching for
800
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26
Rail Fence Philosophy.

It is just as much the duty Of
a farmer to attend the precinct,
township and county conventions
and vote at the elections as it is
to attend church.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26

The boss does not tell you every
day how he appreciates your work,
1t may be because he is too busy.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26

If there was only n mudhole
in the township there is always
one man who will fall into it,
even if he has to walk a mile to
find it.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26

Some men are moral because
they know it pays-others because
they could not be anything else.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26
Interesting News.

A farm of 40 acres near Lea
tered grain to kill his neighbor's
predatory chickens had to pay
fine of $50 and narrowly escap-
ed a prison sentence.
A fran of 40 acres near Lea
venoWrth, Kan, recently sold for
$52,743.
Do not keep apples too warm
or they will rot. They will stand
dry cold.
Draw up. a pile of straw near
the chicken house where the hens
can work on it.
ALI beef and mutton will here
after be raised on the small farms
and farmers must learn how to
meet the new conditions.
Dc not be afraid to tell your
wife that you love her or your
daughter that she is good look
ing, or to praise their dress, be-
cause women folk appreciate genu-
inc compliments more than money.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26

Some of the sweetest fruits and
nuts r enclosed in the toughest
shells.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26

What a mOnOtOnOus world it
would be if. all of. our thoughts
and tastes were alike-if we all
~perferred blue flowers or gray
skies.
There s always room at the top
and generally much more than
there is at the bottom.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26

..pany Asheyille. N. G.
BIG HOG RAISING CONTEST.
Fer the heaviest hog {net) Kill
led not over ten months old, be-
tween October Is, 1911, and
March /, 1912.
Openxto all farmers and stock
raisers of Western North Caro-
hna, west Of the Blue Ridge.
1. Entry to open Feb. 1, 1911.
2. Entry to close July /, 1911.
Do must be farrowed be-
afte~ Dec.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

courts of this country. Organized la
Dor will raise an enormous defense
fund, and Clarence S barrow. the
noted lawyer who was counsel for
Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone in con-
nection with the Occur d'Alene mine
troubles in Idaho, will be in charge Of
the case for the accused.
The Los Angeles Explosion.
At the time Of the explosion which
wrecked the Los Angeles Times build
ing the structural iron workers of that
city were on strike. and the Times
was u%nfriendly toward the workers.
The explosion occurred early in the
morning. The discovery Of a time
bomb which had failed to work at
the home of F. ]. Zeehanddlaar, sec
rotary of the Merchants and Manu-
f~acturers' association, and a reported
attempt to dynamite the auxiliary
plant Of the newspaper and the find
ing and explosion of still another bomb
at the home of General Harrison Gray
Otis, editor of the Times. led to the
belief that a widespread plot existed
against the forces that had been fight
ing organized labor in Los Angeles.
A disavowal Of labor union respon.
sibility was made by the strike COM
mittee of the metal trades. members
of which had been on strike for some
months and between which organiza-
ton and the Times there had been
cOma bittornacc
Rewards aggregating thousands of
dollars were offered for the capture of
the dynamiters.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
association has spent $4,000 in the
hunt.
Who Mcnamara Is.
John ]. Mcnamara was born in Gin
%cinnati, where mis- parents are still liv-
ing. For six years. up to four years
ago, he had lived in Cleveland. where
he worked at his trade and was very
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
PAYS $4,000 FOR THE
FAMOUS GUTENBERG BIBLE
Henry e. Huntington tho Purchaser at
Highest Price Ever Paid For a Book.

The famous Gutenberg or "forty-
two line Latin Bible" broke the
worlds record at the Robert Hoe Ii
brary sale in New York, bringing the
extraordinary price of $4,000 This
is double the amount paid for the
Mainz psalter of 1859. which brought
$24, $50 at the Sir John Thorold library
sale in London in 1884.
There were bidders from the Eng
lish metropolis. from Paris. Frank
fort-on-Main and Munich. and nearly
all the larger cities of America were
represented. The first bid was $780,
600, and it came from George D.
Smith, acting for Henry E. Hunting
ton, a nephew of the late Coils P.
Huntington. Following him came
substantial raises from DR.. Rosenbach
of Philadelphia, Dodd & Livingston.
Bernard Quaritch of London and Jo-
seph Widener. who was representing
P. A. B. Widener Of Philadelphia.
The bids were $1,000 at a time.
Quaritch seemed determined to cap
ture the prize and take it back to
London. but after he bid $4,000 he
stopped. The contest from that time
on was between Mr.. Widener and Mr..
Smith. The price quickly went up to
$685. then to $4,000. without a sign
of quitting on the part of either.
When Mr.. Smith bid $4,000 Mr..
Widener said $4,000 promptly. and
Mr.. Smith made it $4,000. and amid
a burst of general applause the treas
ure was knocked down to him.
Mr.. Huntington by this purchase
succeeds ]. Pierpont Morgan as the
owner of the costliest book in the
world.
The Bible is or vellum. and there
are said to be only seven copies in ex-
istence. 1t and the copy owned by
Mr.. Morgan are the only mes in Amer
lea.
Next to the Gutenberg Bible the
highest price of the sale was 1.-THE
Boke of ST. Albans." a fine folio copy
of the famous old book on angling
and hunting. written by Juliana Ber-
ners. the prioress. and issued by an
unknown printer at st. Adams, Eng
land. in 1886. This also was obtained
by Mr.. Huntington for $4,000. a new
record price for this book. 1t is one
of only two perfect copies, the other
n being in the John Rylands library
of Manchester. England.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

shrewdness achieved one of the most
important captures ever made by the
secret service
In 1903 Burns was detailed from the
treasury department to help Secretary
Hitchcock in the Oregon land frauds.
This was the beginning of the associa
ton of the detective with Francis J.
Heney. the lawyer who cleaned up San
Francisco The result of their work
was the conviction of Senator Mitchell
of Oregon. f. A. Hyde of San Francis
co and the rest of their gang. In this
case the knack that Burns possesses of
eXtorting confessions at the moment
that his are exhausted was
again displayed at a number of criti-
cal junctures.
Third Degree on Ruef.
Then Mr.. Heney was asked to under
take the investigation Of the San Fran
cisco situation, and he brought Burns
with him. 1t was not long before the
detective found that in all the maze of
municipal corruption the most vulner-
able point was the French restaurant
scandal. He at INC began a surveil-
lance of Ruef, installed one of his own
men as the boss chauffeur, put other
of his operatives into the city employ
and awaited results. One night one of
the ring talked a little too freely in
his cups, and next morning Burns
knew all about it. From this he learn.
ed that the supervisors were implicit.
ed in the graft as much as Ruef and
Mayor Schmitz.
Still there was no legal evidence, but
Burns got it by means Of the third de-
gree. Ruef showed signs Of wanting
to run away. and Burns had him con
fined in the care Of an elisor. From
that time on the boss found his life q
burden to him. He was never free fol
a moment from the presence of n Of
Burns men, and day by day he was
piled with all kinds of tales of wha,
the detective had discovered. Al
length the boss broke down and made
up his mind to confess all.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

ANGELES TINES
SOLVED By ARRESTS
W. j. Burns, Detective,
Has Worked on Many
Other Celebrated
Cases
VWYILLIAM ]. BURNS, the de

VW tective who made the ar
rests in connection with the
Los Angeles dynamiting,
had previously acquired fame by such
important convictions as that Of Abe
Ruef, the San Francisco boss, and the
Oregon land grabbers.
Mr.. Burns father was for a time
commissioner Of police of Cleveland,
O.. and when he was himself only
twenty he entered the United States
secret service, in which he remained
for twenty-five years, till he acquired
the reputation with Chief Wilkie Of
being the best man he had. His first
job for the government was the run
ming down of Bill Brockway, who had
a counterfeiting plant in New York.
1t took him several months Of steady
work, but he got his man at last and
sent him away for a long term.
Counterfeiters Run Down.
For years Mr.. Burns was employed
mainly on counterfeiting cases, the
most famous of which resulted in the
arrest of Taylor and Bredell and their
eleven confederates for uttering a
number of forged hundred dollar Mon
roe head silver certificates. In this
case the principal guide the detective
had to the identity of his men was
that only highly skilled engravers
could possibly have carried through
the job. Such men are rare in this
country, and he gradually narrowed
down clews by a process Of elimina-
ton.
To obtain evidence to convict. how
ever. was a matter Of long watching
and much ingenuity. He had to OBJ
tain entrance to the Office Of the sus-
poets while they were at luncheon
and conduct his investigations in a
way to evade suspicion. When at
length he made his arrests his evil
dence was still not complete. and it
was essential that he should bluff his
first prisoner into admissions that
would incriminate the other. This he
managed to accomplish and by this
combination of patient work and
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
PITIEs WEALTHY O Y
They Miss the Real Blood Training of
Self Making, Says Packer.

They Miss the Real Blood Training Of
Self Making, Says Packer.
my boys are to inherit wealth, but
they will be the sadder for it. They
are missing the real blood training of
self making"
Samuel w. Allerton of Chicago, a
packer, economist and champion of
woman suffrage, is sorry that his sons
are not to have the hard knocks in
climbing to fortune which he suffered,
Talking on the benefit of battling with
the world. he said:
The boy who is up against making
his own way is far the most self re-
liant. The scions of the wealthy are
satisfied for the most part to be nonen-
titles.
IF every man and in the
world does his and her duty every
child will be taught to save. They
will thus be taught to build character
and credit. If the wealthy do theil
duty by their servants they will give
them every opportunity to save. My
wife and have taught our servants tc
save. They all have from $4,000 to
$4,000 invested in stock which pays {
per cent"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

Photo by American Press Association.
BARN AT TIFFIN, o., WHERE A LARGE
AMOUNT OF DYNAMITE, ALLEGED TO
HAVE BEEN STORED E BY THE
M'NAMAkAS, WAS FOUND.
popular with the structural iron work
ers. Two years after his arrival in
Cleveland he was elected president of
the local union, and three times he was
a delegate to the international conven-
tons from that body. Six years ago
he was elected international secretary,
and he has since been reelected five
times. -Four years ago Indianapolis
was made the permanent headquarters
of the international secretary, and Nc
Namara removed to the Indiana city.
He took up the study Of law and was
admitted to the bar there. He had ex-
pected to be chosen international pres
ident some day.
James b. McNamars served a term
In the boys refuge home In Cincin.
natl when he was a lad.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
HER FLESH AS BAIT.

Woman Resorts to Heroic Means to
Obtain Food For Children.
Fish dealers confirm a story that an
Indian woman living on a small island
north of Vancouver. B. c.. cut a piece
Of flesh from her body in an effort to
procure food for her children when
they were starving.
The woman and children were in
desperate straits. The last scrap of
food had been eaten the day before.
and there was no game. although the
woman searched until her strength
gave out.
In this condition she cut a strip of
flesh from her body. This flesh was
used as bait to catch fish and thus sus.
tanned life until aid arrived.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
! HumOr and
; Philosophy
\ ~ DUNCAN ~. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN n.

PERT PARAGRAPHS.
WHERE are plenty Of people who give
advice. but few who have sufficient
confidence in it to take their own.
A man can't so heartily rejoice when
b merry springtime ome when he
has half an acre Of lawn to NOW.
1t is always a shock to a woman
when she finds that sonny played they
were rabbits eggs just to please her.
The %aeroplane may be a glowing sue
cess, but it hasn't vet got old Dobbin
beaten as a family favorite.
The woman who doesn't think the
new spring styles perfectly ravishing
is suspected by her sisters of being a
Suffragette.
You can't tell how much money a
man will contribute to a cause by the
way he shouts for it.
The woman who can make twenty
cent coffee taste like the forty-five cent
article need never be out of a job.
Many a man who wouldn't have a
titled son-in-law at any price would
like to be able to afford one.
Most men quit the reform movement
when it reaches their w business.
To a girl half the fun of getting mar
ried is in keeping her friends guessing
when it will be.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
Il VIEW

Edward and Queen Alexandra, have
been completed by the Royal School of
Art Needlework at South Kensington.
The photograph shows the queens
banner, which bears the queens arms
impaled with those>of the king.
The queens arms are those of her
mother, the Duchess of Teck, quartered
with those of her father, the Duke of
Teck.
Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra
are the only two ladies of the Order OF
the Garter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

tie folk in London. Watching their
gambols, Barrie received the inspira-
ton for his book, ''Tl.p Little White
Bird" from which Peter Pan" was
dramatized.
The base of the statue is surrounded
by water, with fountains playing near
by. The combined effect is delightful
~ picturesque and a great addition to
the attractive spots Of London.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
Every Time.
II am a ~workingman."
"Whom do you work ?"
ooh. the public"
Indifferent.

tSb0tbIOISuSs
The chauffeur doesn't own the car.
So why should he be sad
Because 1t gets an awful jar
That puts it to the bad?
He doesn't have to pay the bill
To have the works repaired
BY n whose charges cause a thrill.
And so his tears are spared.
The girl who washes up the plates
And keeps the silver bright,
Who on the dinner table waits
And sets the house to right,
Don't worry If she breaks a cup
Or hicks q fancy glass.
She picks the scattered pieces up
And calmly let's 1t pass.
The man who rents a house and lot
And moves his family there
Don't lose his temper and get hot
Because Of wear and tear.
His son may with a Ratchet play
Upon the polished floor,
And he will look the other way
Or close his eyes and snore.
1t makes n difference. as they say,
Whose OK receives tho gaff.
II It's %another's you display
Your teeth and have q laugh.
The mining broker takes the cash
With which his patrons part,
And when the venture goes 10 smash
u doesn't break his heart.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

made, worn so
far only to the
exceeding inter
est Of a few init
mate friends. who
have been moved
to q general dis
cussion of this
novelty. 1t is
worn with low
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
Now Bridge In Forty-nin Seconds.

wv" DVTNSV !"
A three span steel bridge 294 feet
long and weighing more than 1000
tons to replace an old iron one span
ming the Westfield river on the Boston
and Albany railroad at Huntington,
Mass, was successfully rolled into po-
sition here. the entire work of taking
away the old and placing the new
structure requiring only forty-nine Sec
onds. Half an hour later when the
rails were connected the new bridge
was ready for service.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11
WATER AS A%NAESTHETIC.

Being Used Successfully at Johns Hop
kins Hospital.
Lukewarm water is now being used
as an a~naesthetic in most of the oper-
atoms for appendicitis at Johns Hop
kins hospital. Baltimore.
In an operation for appendicitis, said
one Of the surgeons, all that is neces.
sary is to inject lukewarm water in
sufficient quantities under the skin in
the vicinity of the part operated on.
"We have obtained great results
through the use Of water and in most
cases would rather use it than a drug
While the operation is in progress
the patient is said to feel no pain and
to be fully conscious.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-05-11

shoes. The anklet is not of the sort
commonly pictured, a heavy hoop Of
metal resembling a handcuff. 1t is
made Of five tiny gold strands loosely
caught together and forming a sort of
ribbon, from which hang a number of
In it.