Sylvan Valley News
Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper,
J- MlXKU. Manasjrer.
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 10. 1906.
VOL. XI-NO. 82
Transylvania Lodge No. 143,
^ Knights of Pythias
Ilesiular convention ev-
ei'y Tuesday ni^ht in Ma
sonic Half. Vibitino-
Kni<;'lits are corciiallv in*
vited to attond. T. W. WHITMIRE C. C.
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
HOT'US:
Daily—7 a. ni. to lU p. m.
iSunuay—tt> 10 a, m., 4 to (> p. m.
Central Oliice—McMinti Block.
ATTENTION, FARMERS.
Professional Cords.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Investigatioo of Land Titles a Specialty.
Uooms? 1 and i!, Piekelsimer Buildinrr.
ZACHARY &. BRXESE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
CASH CALLOWAY.
LAWYERS.
Will practice in all the courts.
Mooms 9 and 10. McMinn Block.
Profjrainnio of the FariiK'r.s’ Instituk’; to bo li(*ld in tli(' (’ourt Hous('
at Brevard, Thursday, Angn.st 16, lOOC. Tho morning scission will 0])0n
at 10 o'clock .shar]), and the afti'rnoon session at 1 :30.
SUB.fKCTS FOR l>IS(’USSlOX :
Plant Diseases and Sprayinj^, by F. L. Stevens, N. C. College of
Agrienlture.
Corn Cnltim', by I? W. Seott, of Alaniancc^ County.
Potato Growing, by Benj. G. Estes, of Hamburg, X. Y.
Insect Pests, by R. W. Collett, IStat'e T('st Farm.
Fruit Growing, by F. C. Reimer, N. C. (’ollege of Agriculture.
Problems in (’attic Raising, by A. L. Frencli, of Roc'kingham county.
7V> the Fantivi'ft af Traiisi/fvatiid ('oKu ftj:
The above ju'ogramme is given to indicate the nature of tlu; Insti-
tut<?, but it may be changed or add(‘d to, as those present desires A
fjuestion box will also be open, into which all are invited to put such
questions as tlu'y dt'sire discuss<‘d. A large numl:)er of intelligent ques
tions means an inten'sting institute, and special attention will Ix* giv('n
to this featur(‘.
The Farmers’ Institutes are lu'ld for th(' benefit of farmers, and
none but strictly farming questions will be discus.scd. It is, therefore,
es])ecially desired that a largt' att(‘ndance of farmers be secured, and to
this end you are urged to be i)i-esent and to indue<* your neighbors to do
th(' same. TAIT BUTLER,
Director Farmers’ Institutes.
D. L. ENGLISH
LAWYER
I^ooint? 11 and 12 McMinn Block,
BBKVABD. X. C.
Miscellaneous.
THOMAS A. ALLEN, Jr.,
DENTIST.
<)p])osite Opera House
HHNDERSONVILLE, - - N. C.
(ioUl ( rowii, Bridge Work and
Porcclaiu Work specialties.
All work gu;irant(*ed and prices rt*a-
.soiiable. Painle-s Hxtractioii.
Student Bowser
Runs Amuck
He Tries to Solve the Problem of
the Bullfrog’s Bellow and
Falls Down.
MISTAKEN FOR LUNATIC
The JEthelwold
Brevard's Xew Hotel—ModiM-Ji Ap
pointments— Open ail ttie year
The ])atronage of the trav('ling piinlic
as well as t^ummer tourists is solicited.
Opp. Court House. Brevai'd. X.C’.
IM-P-A-X-S Taluiles
Doctor.'^
A prescription
For inaiikiml
The packet is ciionjiii tor usual occa«io!is.
The laniiiv bottle (fiO ft ni" <•<)'ltaul^ a sui>i>’.y
for a year.’ All <ii .'■eli tlu-ni.
WdePt !n the State. Bub!-
nes^^, Sliorthand.Typewrl-
tuiti, Fe n m a 11 s li 1 p, and
Entrlish cours^es. ISOO |
KrailiiatcB In positions. |
Half or more of your rail- i
road fare jiaid. I’lenty of
pood board at t2.50to I
per week. No vacations. |
Kntcr any time. Special
courf-e by mall it you ask
for It.
Considerably Wrecked Before He Gets
Home—Mrs. B. Is Connpassionate
and Leaves Him Alone.
In “The Land of the Sky.” ^ ^ -
Country.
PrlncliMil.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0.
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Brings Golden Health and Eenewed Vigor.
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bOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE
[Copyripht. iroi'. by C. H. Sutcllffo.]
DT'IiINd the Jiftenioon a
ixtr had come iu and told
Mrs. Bowser alxmL n h>cturc
on the Holy Land tliat \v:ts tt)
be p:iven at the chnn-li that evenin'-',
and tl!er(*fon> an extr.-i uood dimior
had iieen phiiined with the coul; for
Mr. r.owscr, and In* w.is coa-':ed to lto.
lit.* <-;i:ne homo cuod natured. and he
piais(>d th«y dinner, and all stvincd to
I>e ^’■(tinf; well wlu‘n he put :i stumhliii.u:
block in tlie way by snyliiu::
"A ratlier intoivstin.u' incident occur
red at tii(' oilici' tills aftornooii. You
)iav(* h(“;ird of Professor Staclchouse, I
pr(‘su:;icV”
“I tliink I have s<>(‘n liis name iu tiie
p.-!] crs.” replied Mrs. lU»ws(>r.
‘•lie is thi! most celebrated student
uf natural history in the Avorld. Show
him a nibliit's foot and he will tell
you how old the rabbit was. to what
^'poch ho iK'lonwd. whether he was
sliot or run down by a dou'—iu brief,
all about him. I li.avt' lon.LT wish(‘d t >
nu*(‘t hir.i. and we had a visit for two
hours or more.”
\Vitit OpinionN <tf IHm Own.
“Yes.”
“We were iu accord in all but one
thin?. You know I am a man who fias
opinions of his own. I did not swal
low all of his because h« was a pro
fessor. Mrs. Itowser, you were brought
up iu the country.”
“So were you. Mr. Bowser. The first
time I ev('r saw you you were cut tin
up lunupkiiLS to feed a one liorned
cow.”
I He flushed up and liis eyes snaiijted
and for a moment he appeared about to
make an anirry an.swer. Then he huns:
ou to himself and forced a smile and
said:
“Well, let it j;o that wo were both
brought up in the couutry. It is all the
more to the point in this case. As
cotnitry brtni folks we know what the
l)idlfrof? is. He is found in i)onds and
nuirslies. His principal occupation is
to bellow at night. Did you ever stop
to think, Mrs. Bowser, why ho hel
lo vrs?”
“Because he was made to. the same
as a roDster was made to crow,” she
answered.
“But why Avas he made to—why?
The rooster was made to crow that he
might wake the farmer's hired man up
Tin: IJULT-FUOd PKT.r.OWS. ]$I:T will' DOES
in: DiiLLowV”
at 4 o'<-lock iu the m^rnfn?:. Itut for
what i»articular reason shoultl tin* bull-
fro”- bclhnvV 'Mi<‘y say that natiir(‘ has
a rc.ason for (‘vcrythiuir.”
“I Kive up that I dcci’t know, and the
Tiev. Mr. (.'h'ason is to deli\rr a h'cture
oil the Holy Land at our chun-h this
eveniiii' and 1 want you to p) with me.
W(* haven’t been out an evenin,^ for
tv*’o moiulis.”
"I am sorry to disappoint you. Mrs.
P.awser, but the liev. Mr. (Jlo.tsun and
his Holy I.and mtist wait. \\'e h.ave
bt'fore us a «iuestion that lias b>»th(*re.l
natur.-’.lists for the l;ist y(>;irs.
The bullfrog: ]>ellows, but wh.v does he
i)ellow?'’
“But why sh )uld we care about liis
bellowiu.iLrs? It is jrointr to be a v('ry
interestintr lecture and I want to h»‘ar
it. The bullfroj^s can be attended to
any time.”
.fuKt I.iUe n AVomnn.
“Exactly like a woman." said Mr.
Bowser, with a superior smile. “No
<lotii)t the M’ife of Sir Isa.ac Newton
wjinted to iro to a circus the afteruo:):i
he discovered ;rravitation, and if he
had pone with her the world would
have had to wait another t'aousand
years. You can run ritrht alon.:' and
hear all about the H.oly Land, but I
shall devote the evenini; to solvinir
this problem. The profes.-^or holds that
the bullfro.cr bellows tt» attract liis food
to him. I hold that he bellows under
the idea that he is i*ourinir forth a lulla
by to i>ut the world to sleei*. Each
one of us will make his own investi
gations toni.cht and compare notes to
morrow.”
“And tomorrow’ ui;rht you'll be iuves-
tlgatinjr why owls hoot I supiwseV'
sarcastically observed Mr?^. Bowser.
“Possibly, my dear wuinan—i)os.sii.>ly.
In fact, 1 have often wondered just
why owls do hoot instead of keepiuj;
their heads shut. There need be no
acrimony abtmt this matter. Y'ou can
run along to the Holy Land, and I
shall take a suburban car out into the
country.”
“But something will happen to you,
and you'll come home mad at me.”
“Nothing whatever will hapifCn to
me, and I shall come home feeling just
as i)Iacid as I do now. I shall be
placl(i. thou;^Ii I may also be exultant.
I'll bet d dlars to ce:its that I kn >clc
the professor's tl.eaiy into a cocI:e 1
hat. lie isn't t!ie on’y man in this
world wh'> has had Ills (>ye on the
bullfrog.”
Mr. BoivNor Doi»nrti».
Mrs. Bowser wouldn't go to the lec
ture witliout him, :'.ud so it was settle.J
that siie should st;iy home. Just as
dusk was <-omin;j: <iawn Mr. B(*wser
took his departure for the c.)tmtry
and the land of br.llfrogs. He didn't
have to wait huig after taking liis c ar
to get som<‘ iiifor:!iati;):i to assist hi:n
in his investigation. A farmer (i:r<‘ct-
ed him to a big pond where clay had
been dug out for a br'ckyArd and then
naturally asked;
“(Join’ to catch a ii:ess of frogs to
eat?”
“No; I am goin^r to study the frog."
“There hain't no us:‘ in that. Any
book about anim.'ils and things will fell
you all about him. I < an do it myself
for that matter. I>o you want to knov.-
why his hind legs are the longest?"
“No, sir. If you kr.ow all about the
bullfrog tell me why he b(>llows.
What's his game? Is he talking to
other frogs? Does ho ima.trine lie's
Hinging a song? Is it a note of defi-
iince?'’
“By thunder, but you've got me!" ex
claimed the farmer after thinking it
over. “I've been livin’ wMth bullfrogs
for the last forty years, but it has
never oc< urred to nu> to ask v>-hy they
bellered. And you ;ire goin’ to liud
out, are you?”
Mr. D. Investffratcs.
“If it's a possi!)le thing,"
“Wanl. by (ieorge! I hope you can.
If we can find out why they bellor
mebbe we can buy ’em oiT. There's
about a mililoa of ’em in that pond I
spoke of, and you won't have any
trouble to find ’em. You’ll hear ’em
a-whoopiii’ as soon as you get off the
car.”
1'he man spoke truly. When th:* car
reached the terminus and Mr. Bowser
had taken a seat on a log after he ^ot
off the car he heard the hoarse voici*s of
a buHlrog concert down the higlnv.ay
and riaiizeiJ that he had strc.ck it rich,
'i'lie way to investigate is to invertl-
Five minutes after reachinir the
pond Mr. Bowser was giving all his
mind to solving th.e i>robl'^*rii.
He first estimated the nu-r.’^er of
froirs before him at an even million.
SecoiHlly. he made out about oO<i
different intonations.
'I'hirdly, detiance. sorrow, pathos, in
difference Ji’id exultation seemed to b(>
about eiptally mixed. Where one old
fro.LT w;;s sending a lullaby out to th *
slei'piii'z world .'inotlier was trying to
waki* up everybody within two miles.
It looked as if the pro!ilc!;i w:',s being
tied r;> in li-ti'd i-;:iots when two ii;en
suil<i-.‘:i!y .-tppeared bel'o'.H* Mr. I'<owser.
and on;* of tlieni c;il!ed out:
“V»'ell, o!d cove. h;;ve you come b;;cl:
for tlie rest of tin* io;iis':"
"►‘'ir. art* you ;:pe.‘ikiiig to r.u*?" asic
ed Mr, Bowser as he rosj rp.
ile V.';: i.i's I ji-,
“I am. V.'I.r.t are you dn'’ 'C :’.r "i;; i
here at tliis tii;;e of i;!'.!;t? S ci;e <,i:e
V\'as here a ni;dit or two a.; i si il-
all the pirk;!::».*s. lr.it d(t;i't x 'c you
can gi t av» ;iy with an.v mori* of ’v-m."
“I c.'ime h(’rc, sir. ;o s''.;dy t!..* fr t"
and I object to being talked to in tlii-^
ir.annor.”
".Jell >s;ii»hatl” g:isp<*d t!;e r.in:’. “Say.
.lim. this must be th(* iU!;:;tic tiiat es-
c.aped from the asylum yestord;iy. 1:
w(? take h.im back they’ll ^ive us a
liver. Come on."
Mr. Baws(*r escaped, but he was j)ret-
ty well wrecked in the doing of it.
He was rolled in the mvid :ind had his
clotlu's torn jind lost his hat. At 1 !
o’clock, with .Mrs. Bowser still up and
waiting for him, he softly unlocked the
front door and sueakt^d ur>st:iirs. She
heard hhn. but iu the goodness of her
I'eart did no^ call out. She gave him
half ail hour and then went up to find
him asleep. He was aslee]\ but his
mind still worked. As she bent over
him he groaned out and then mut
tered :
“We know wiiy his hind legs are the
longer, but why does he ^.bellow?
What’s the object? What’s the game?”
M. QI'AD.
Ill (ire.it I>enumd.
The demand lor Chaiiiberiain's
Colic, ('holoi-a and Diarrhoea lleiii-
edy here ha.s been so j^reat that 1
have scarcely been able to keep it
instock. It has cured cases of dys
entery here when all other remedies
failed. Frank Jones, Pikeyille, Ind.
For sale by Z. \V. Xichols, Brcyaid
and O. L. Erwin, Calvert.
Teachers’ AssoGlation.
Because of some oonfiictinu,- ap
pointments, the next meeting? of the
Traiisylv;inia Teacliers’ A.ssociation
will be postpon<‘(I until August 20.
A program for the occasion will be
arran^aMl and published later.
We hope to Jiave with us at (^ur
next meetin<r a representative ol' tlie
\\ Oman’s Asso."iat ion for the Better
ment of Pnbl c School Houses in
North Carolina.
We shall expect every public
scliool teacher in Tiansylvanhi to he
present, and be prepared to take
part in tlie li’eneral <liscussion of tho
subjects. T. Hkndkuso.v,
County .Superintendent.
That part of the new republi
can campaign book wliicli deals
with the jiarty's record in the
matter of tariff revi.sion, is likely
to have the merit of brevity, any
way.
It is to be hoped that Speaker
Cannon will around patting"
him.self on the back and clalniiiig
all the credit if Maine, where he
is to make ]iolitic;il speeches, hap
pens to go republican.
The Virginia Suin’eme Court of
Afipeals will shortly meet in ex
tra session to dispose of the case
of Insurance Com missioner “iJut-
ton w’ho seems to liave gotten
himself into a ‘■hole."
Old maids would be scarce and har.t
to find,
Could they bo made to see,
How ^race and b(*auty is combined
Hy usin«^ Rocky Mountain
—Z. W*. Xichols.
if the Hartjie case gets much
worse it will yet disgust I'veii
L'li^i.sburg.
The gentleman who wants to
iret in jail so bail miirlit lind Har-
r^^ Thaw willing to ch.^iige ])laces.
Some men are bf;i*n famous
and some men malce a v. iii^iirig
hit in a close baseball coi^ost. '
Secretary T;;ft vnll ]iloase
stand aside now and allow Sc-.ore-
fary Ivoot to iiave a little of tlie
limelight.
Setting secret divorces in CiJ-
cago seems t(i 'oe about as easy
IS contra(*ting marriages on the
4uiot at St. .Joe.
liefore procc'edinLr to put di^wn
the li'oL'ral iiiu'/fintMU witli his
army, tiie Czt!' might do well to
ironsult the arujy about it.
Thaw does not wtint to i^lead
insanity. He wants to be tried
by an emotional jury that iias
leanings in that direction itself,
lfoA\'s Tins?
We otter one htmdrcd dollars re
ward for any case of catarrh tliat
cannot be cure<I by Hall’s (’taarrh
('ure. F. .r. Cheney it Co.,
Toledo, ().
We, the unilei'sijiued, have known
F. J. Cheney lor the last l'> years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all his business transactions mid
tinancially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm.
Walding, Kinnan «X: Marvin,
Whole.sale Drugi^ists, Tole.a), O.
Hall’s ('atarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surface^ of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75
cents per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for con
stipation.