VAGABOND GLOBE TROTTER.
n the "interesting People" depatt
nt 0f the December American Mag
,iTio appears an article about Harry
Franc k, who travels where and
-when he pleases and makes money on
,1-e road. Recently lie tramped from'
-V'waukee to the Panama CanaL Fol-
il Vv-ng is an extract from the article:
If 1 were rich I'd travel' is a re
j,K,rk that everyone has heard many
thousands of times. . Suppose you
travel anyhow. How should you liko
a trip like this? Leave Milwaukee on
th,. thirteenth of September, travel
(i.iough the intervening states to Mex
ico, cut circles and tangents over that
. vintry until you reach Guatemala,
ilu n wander through that peaceful lit
th republic on into turbulent Hondu
ras, and there have the good fortune to
.oft the picturesque General Lee
Christmas alone on a jungle trail.
vxt roam on through Central Anieri
to Panama. Most tourists see the
T'anama Canal in a single day, but you
are a traveler, so you spend a hun
d! ed and fifty days on the big ditch.
Then on June 18th of the next year,
after nine months of real travel, you
figure up your expenses and find that
you have just nine dollars less than
when you left- Milwaukee. Do yoa
think you could afford it? That is ex
;m riv what Harry A. Franck did.
' The day before he left Panama to
-walk across the top of South America,
then on down - "al column of thy
continent, he stopped at my house In
Miraflores, Canal Zone. He had walk
ed out from Panama City. Resting on
the gallery he figured in his note boo
for a while, then announced that he
had just eleven dollars less than when
be left Milwaukee, September 13, 1911.
However, after he got aboard ship for
South America he found a two-dollar
rae over to the rail to tell me about it.
"Even at iiine dollars this trip looks
expensive when compared to the jour
ney which is desbed in his excel:
lent book, 'A Vagabond's Journey
Around the World. On that occasion
he left Chicago without a cent and re-
CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS STORY.
, The American Magazine has been
offering prizes for ther best letters en
titled "My Best Christmas." In tb.3
December number the prize-winning
turned with a few dollars in change. 1 letters are published. The following
His visit to Spain was a tour de luxe true Christmas story, won second
compared to his world trip, because ( prize:
after eight weeks in that country he "My best Christmas was in the year
found, upon his return to. New York of 1863, during the Civil War. . My
City ,that he had spent the laf ge sum i father had enlisted at the beginning
of one hundred and seventy-two dol-i cf the war and I, a young girl of fi-
. . i . . .
lars, which included his boat passage,
"Mr. Franck took a shower bath
while I was shaving and, as I was oc
cupied with a safety razor, I managed
to see the type of body it takes to en
dure the hardships of a tramp around
the world. I saw the smooth, clean
muscles,, the well-raised chest, the
slender waist, and muscular legs it re
quired to hike across the Malay Penin
sular withv no weapon of defense big
ger than a pocketknife. Franck is a
dynamo of energy, which was not
checked the least by the tropics. I
never have seen him idle for a min
ute. After his shower he sat on the
gallery and wrote in his ever-present
note book until we had to hurry to
catch the train for Colon, and while in
the Canal Zone Mr. Franck worked,
first as census-taker for the Isthmian
Canal Commission, then in the police
department as a plain clothes man.
Both positions gave him free range of
the canal and intimate association with
with the builders." '
For a friend or relative at a dis
tance nothing would be more appro
priate as a Christmas gift than a sub
scription to the Hustler-Democrat.
Your legal documents like deeds,
deeds in "trust, mortgages, etc., can be
conveniently and accurately made on
bill he didn't know he had and called blank forms at Democrat-Hustler office
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Ladies' Coat Suits and
Long Coats
We have a few odd sizes which we
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will close out at cost.
Hayne-Hinson solid leather sroes to fit everybody. The best shoe on
the market for the money. Ladies' best grade $2.00 to $5.00.
Wilson's Department Store
E. G. WILSON, Manager
We invite you to do your Chris tmas buying with us.
SHIPMAN BROTHERS
Complete line Groceries, Candi es. Fruits. Nuts, Foods Shoes.
Phone 58
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IF YGU HAVEN'T A GASOLINE
ENGINE SEE US AT ONCE
YOU work too ban? on your farm if yoa haven't an engine,
Yoa can make more money, with much less labor, by
using an I H C oil and gas engine. Think what it means
to you an3 your family to nave the cream separator, churn,
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stone, washing machine, and many other machines, run by an
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Think how much raore pleasant, bow much "more attractive
your farm and home will become when the IHC engine does
so much of the hard work. . .,
IHC gasoline engines are reliable; durable and run smooth
ly, year in And year out. We have whatever style apcT size
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power; mounted on skids 1 to 10-horse power; portable I to
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operate on gas, gasoline, kerosene, distillate, or alcohol, womo
in and get a copy of our new catalogue. -
T. S. Morrison &
Comp
teen, together with a brother 'of thir
teen, lived with our mother in a small
cottage in the outskirts of a little . vil
lage in .Illinois. -
"We had been taught from infancy
to ask God to help us in all things, so
in our dear father's absence we called
upon God each day to watch over him
and bring him home to us.
"The days followed one another very
slowly but at last Christmas Eve came.
We had became discouraged and had
net made many preparations to cele
brate, for we felt we could not endure
life much longer without some word
from -our loved one.
"At last evening came and we gath
ered for evening prayer. Our mother,
who always conducted these services
in pur father's absence, could hardly
read the chapter selected. Then we
knelt and took turns in praying for
our loved one, though we were all
v eeping sowe could scarce under
stand one another.
"At last the prayers were finished
and tears dried and we arose to our
feet to seeyour father rising from his
rxcustomed place near mother. He
had stolen in unobserved and taken
the place he loved so well in our even
ing worship.
"Words cannot express our joy and
happiness over his return. He told us
he had been severely wounded and
hed lain in a hospital for three months
and although he had sent us word
when he could of his whereabouts, the
letters had never reached us. r
"Although this was fifty years ago
it seems but yesterday, and though 1 1
have seen many happy Christmases
since that time I am sure
'My Best Christmas.'"
that was
FAKE T. R CUBES.
How thousands of consumptives
lqse their lives annually by taking
cures for tuberculosis, will be depict
ed in a motion picture film which ha3
just been produced by Thomas A. Edi
r'm. in co-operation with The National
Association for the Study and Preven
tion of Tuberculosis. The film is en
titled "The Price of Human Lives" and
will be placed on exhibition in theaters
throughout the United States on De
cember 2nd. It has been designated
to further the Red Cross Christmas
Seal sale and the general anti-tuberculosis
campaign.
A year's subscription to the Hustler
Democrat would make a most appro
priate Christmas gift.
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In other words, be careful of.it.The
beauty of our hair depends upon Its
health. If it's beautiful, its healthy.
To make it glossy, bright, silky-soft
to make it fall more easily inio the
graceful, wavy folds of the coiffure--to
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rpe Harmony Hair Beautifier. This
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even more so, and to preserve its
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Harmony Hair Beautifier will improve
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Both preparations come in odd
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sprinkler tops. Harmony "Hair Beau
tifier, $1.00. Harmony Shampoo, 50c.
(Both guaranteed to satisfy you in
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ir. this community onlyat our store
The Rexall -Store one of tie more
than 7,000 leading drug stores of the
United States, Canada and Great Brit
tain, which own the' big Harmony lab
oratories ia Boston, where the nany
celebrated Harmony Perfumes and
Toilet Preparations are made.
W.,H. Justus, Hendersohville, N. 0.
Adv. - . ..
Why not see the man who buys
sells and exchanges
FURNITURE
To beautify your home for
Xmas at a reasonable cost?
We also carry a full line of
new and second hand stoves.
Store
Michaels Furniture
PHILIP MICHAELS Mgr.
Main Street Opposite St. John Hotel
The Kodak Store
Agents for Eastman
Kodak Co.
On the Corner
"If It isn't.an Eastman it isn't a
Kodak." i-
Among the many attractive and useful
Christmas Gifts, A KODAK holds first
place, for people of all ages delight in
using them, and in our display you
will find the dainty little vest pocket
Kodak, at $6.00. The practical, and
popular 3-A. at $20.00. Brownies from
$1.00, up, and many others, to suit
ability and pocketbook.
' A Kodak Helps in Art.
There are also the dainty, hand pain ted SCADIN PICTURES, and Calen
dars, which are so well known and u sed by people of taste, many new local
scenes being added to this collection.
Sets of OIL AND WATER COLORS,
with the great variety of materials
for painting.make appropriate gifts for
this season, and our selection of ali
the newest in this line cannot fail to
please.
THE GIBSON CHRISTMAS CARDS.
Booklets and calendars are one of
our great specialties, and we have the
largest assortment we have ever car
ried, which must be seen to be appre
elated.
Thou VOLLAND GIFT BOOKS too, will fit in where one wants something
inexpensive yet suitable for a simple present for an acquaintance, and Mar
garet W. Morley's new book, Carolina Mountains,, a story' of local interest,
will delight the most fastidious.
Our new line of SEPIA PHOTOGRA TUBES add much to our picture di-5-'
play, which includes our own importa tion of Japanese pictures, Color Pho
tos, Imperial Photogravures and othe rs too numerous to mention, and our
extensive line of Mountings and Mould ings, suitable for framing any picture
in the most artistic manner, and our facilities for executing this work in
-the best manner are unsurpassed in the State, special attention being
given to the use of French Picture glass.
For DEVELOPING AND FINISH
ING we have installed the very,
latest appliances, our efforts be
ing to do only "the better kind;"
which insures getting all that is
possible from, your exposures, and
- we are always glad to advise and
assist yon in procuring better re
sults and there is no reason why
you should not get 6 good pictures
on every 6 exposure films.
Easy to carry tbem along.
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Last but not least, we know of no Cift, that will give greater pleasure
fa a friend or relative, than a good I'HOTOGRAPH, a portrait of your
self, andwe feel that it is not heces sary to tell you any thing about the
many styles we are now making with that new Lense, bt we wish to assure
you that in' this matter, as in all our dealings, tht Golden rule applies, and
our one aim, is to give.' you perfect satisfaction, leaving you to be the
judge. We want you t come, until you obtain a picture that pleases you.
The Kiddies are our friends, we wel come them to our studio, and we oii
Santa Glaus wilp, be good; tt' every one of them. With seasons greetings.
Baker's -Art. Gallery
Sheet Music
Novelties, Etc.
Engraved Calling Cards.
Invitations and Announcements.
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