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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-12
FOR TOBACCO MEN.

In view of the trouble the tobacco men
have had to get dry hngsheads, we have
made arrangements with firm to fur
nish Us knock down hog>heads. Tits
fire. is we'll equipped. has plenty capital
aud guarantees to furnish us dry luHi-
be-. These hogsheads cost more, but tn
give -ur patrons just what they want,
VS. have decided to buy them altogether.
They are smooth and clear of nots, both
heads dressed and we guarantee them
to be satisfactory in everp way. trial
order from You will prove their superb
ority. We deliver them at our expense
and when they are received exsmine
tiea, ard if you are not satisfied return
than = same dray. free nf cost To you.
Ee have now on hand 40 Packages
aud another car load on order. We pro-
pose to keep a good supply NJ these
hogsheads on hand ready 70 pat tagetber
~ short Kotice Remember. when your
order is received it is booked and takes
its turn. II Is to our interask to fill them
AZ fast AZ possible. Our shop Is open
from a. H.. until II p. m. We AK
share of your patronage, ana hope oy
giving you good work aud serving you
promptly, to merit it. Give Us your or
ders and we promise that yon wall ao,
be troubled for dry package again
Thank fcl for past fs~ysrs,
yerv Resrectfui v.
WI HEST ER & son.
feb. AL
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-12
Things Told by Farmers.
ICY crop is 4 poor one.

The honey crop is poor one.
Manitoba boasts of big potato crop.
ProfeSSOr Bcal advises skillful green
manurinS foT sitting sandy soils.
L. d. Curtis, New York. says blue grass
ought Ia 10 mixed in ali pastures.
Joe Harris regards clover as the great
renoTatinc crop Of American agriculture
All experienced poultryncn aver that
provisions for dust baths are necessity
10 fowls.
P. II. Springer asserts that nothing OF
the farm can lie raised with greater profit
than swine
Professor Budd, of Iowa, advises plant
ing the south side of all trees in Illis eli
1nate TO The south.
". ID. Philbrick, of Massachusetts. SAYS
that potatoes and roots Of all kinds Keep
best in pits out OF doors
To dispute she excellence Of milk made
from good cnsilace is 10 fly y ire 40 ~
Let. sas> J;l.a l.ouiCi
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-12
Country Tatio SOAP.

Tho alkalics for sale ut tho stores Will
make very fair soap, with less trouble
than the old time method with I've from
wood ashes, but tho product Of the latter
II much stronger and in every way more
satisfactory. The ashes from hickory is
the very best Of all for soap making pur-
poses, although ashes of any hard wood
make excellent soap. In sections, there
fore. where wood ashes arc plentiful it
will pay 10 make soap from their. lyc, az
the lcached ashes will still be of value fer
fertiliZinS purposes and all refuse grease
utilized that would otherwise be wasted,
When saving ashes for the leach DC care
full not to burn any decaycd or unsouGd
wood. Old barrels may be placed on an
inclined platform for the leach or ono can
DO chcaply made Tor the purpose
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-12
Shipping App,es TO ENGLAND.

The experience OF T. :. Could, score
tary OF the Connecticut Board Of AcriCu!-
lure, in shipping apples to England is not
very encouraging to small shippers. The
first cost Of barrels, freight To New York
and trucking expenses across The city, and
the injury to the condition of the fruit i'll
consequence OF rough handling. are liable
10 consume the amount Of sales in a mar
ket SO fluctuatinS. The export trade may
prove profitable to largo shippers with
good judgment in the selection of fruit
and Of the time 10 market it. Small ship
pcrs, however, NJ. Gould says, had better
not engage in this rather vcnturcscIaa
business
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-12
DUTY
!, Y SUM-

'rCharlotta Perry. in y. Y SUM-
For many wears close at her side | walked,
Cnquestioning / owned her Iightful
power; It,
OF her behe-ts at morn and eve we talked,
OR took sad counsel at the midnight hour
] dreamed Of other paths more fair and
wide.
or other. nobler work rnight have done;
Still with firm hand she held nc at Her
side
Sill in the hard right path She led me on.
Till sometimes. wearIol by the stern COM
nand5
She laid on me. the flesh and spirit tried
BIZ her denials and 10y her demands,
Against them alfin bitterness cried.
Depart from me- o Duty. let me 20,
freed from your bondage, my chosen
Unfettercd and untrammeled let me know
An utter freedom henccfortI from this
day.
For am tired of every useful task
And, Slipping off the yoke Gf every care,
/ fain would be as one whom none may
ask
Why do this or that go here or there.
Let me he free to seek the path in which
50 sadly long I've seen Love waiting
stand;
Let me he free to gather in the rich
Wide fields Of fame whose harvcotS walt
my hand.
There came day-heart, hand and brain
were free
From service that so long had been thc I
share,
o, sad. strange day in which there fell on
me
The endless sorrow of an answered
prayer.
Now, If any dear eyes could see
Such smiles aS those that once did ClOrity
A loving grateful face, there would not be
A woman in the Wcrld 50 glad as l.
Ifanywhere in ALI my world was one
Who held, as then, no miniSterIng 50
sweet
And dear a. mine, how gladly would run
TO lay the utmost service at her feet.
This know now at last all doubt beyond;
Though love is sweet, though fame hath
gracious need,
Who doth rebel 'Gainst duty sacred bond
lie knoweth not his own souls deepest
need.
Reveal myself, O, Duty, unto all
My brothers and my sisters ! Let them
How they alone are blest who heed thy
call,
Z How they walk life's best paths who
walk with thee.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
a GRAIN CHEST FOR POULTRY THAT
PREVENTS WASTE.

IS Double Eesonia That Promises TO Be-
come Popular-For and Against Shoe
ing Harm IIorscs--A Clever Continuance
for Tightening Wagon Tires.
The extreme drought and heat of last
summer caused much trouble with wagon
tires, which would often get clear off the
wheel before the driver suspected that
they were loose. In the cut IS represent
I'D n convenient device for replacing tire
when any amount Of pounding with a
stone or AK would fail. This device,
which was originally illustrated in Rural
New Yorker, Lay be made as follows:
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-12
DEVICE FOR TIGHTENING A TIRE.

Procure n horseshoe with long heel
cllks to catch on the edge of the tire; AZ
ter putting the tire on as far as possible
with the hands, thea put II strong stick or
iron roll through tho horseshoe and under
the fclloe of the wheel. BY pTying down
ward the tire is drawn on.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-12
I AIDES. no YOUR OWN DYEISG.
Il AT HOME. WITH
PEERLESS DYES

They VIII dye everything. They are
sold everywhere, Price l0c package.
40 colors. They have no equal for
Strength, Brightness, Amount in Pack
ages or for Fastness Of Color. or mons
fading Qualities. They do not crock or
smut. For sale by W. Y. CHEATHAM
& CO, Druggists, Henderson, y. C.
Iseb. IL :.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
Mrs. ulysses .. Grant,

OF the living wives OF presidents Mrs.
Ulysses 8. Grant leads as quiet life
as any. She has gone to Florida now
with the family of OK. Governor Leland
Stanford, with whom she is very init
mate. She has OF late been writing
"reminiscences. When Col. Fred Grant
was asked il she meant to publish them
in a book he replied that her work in
that way was entirely a matter OF
impulse, and that there was no Ger.
tainty rs yet whether it would be print.
ed. 1t is sure that she will not lack op.
portunity. Uncounted publishers are
bidders for the manuscript. but they
are told that she has nothing to sell.
The probability is that Mark Twain's
firm, having done us well for her and
themselves in the issue of Gen. Grants
memoirs, will he able and willing to
outbid their rivals. Nevertheless,
when Ulysses s. Grant, Jr.. went into
The Cosmopolitan Magazine as vice
president and stakeholder, it was
thought in literary circles that Mrs.
Grant would help him by putting her
"reminiscences into that periodical.
Col. Grant denies strenuously that
his brother is being backed in any
other way than by loan OF money
from his mother, and the authorized
assertion is that, although shares OF
the stock stand in young Ulysses
name. lie 10 trustee for her. That is
a legal technicality to protect him as
a bankrupt from the Grant & Ward
failure. My careful prediction is that
Mrs. Grant will publish something
within the year.-Clara Belle in Chi
cago Tribune.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
In a Lumber Slash,

A doctor OF divinity, who writes to
tie Forest and Stream of his angling
adventures. tells of being stuck in q
"slash:" Presently we came to a
''lumber slash" This signifies Sec
ton OF forest where hemlock trees
have been felled in the winter, Their
trunks peeled off the marketabl bark,
and then left to decay. The stumps
here were about six feet high. indi.
eating the depth Of snow on the
ground at the time the woodman did
his work; the branches renamed on
the prone trees, making an almost
mpenetrable barrlcade. 1t is easier
getting a comb through q tramp's
hair than O ily-rod through such q
labyrinth OF dry brush. Alas! for me
that was in haste. Alas again that
it is my fate to wear eyeglasses.
Alas once more that Johnny had
fallen headlong and sadly scratched
his face and torn his jacket. Town
ielt embarrassed. When l gathered
up my senses Tor IL calm survey, this
| found to he the condition of things
My haste had served to wind my line
and rod around at least three dozen
twi.s my eyeglasses had gone, cord
and all; was corraled by fallen trees.
Go ahead could not; to 20 back
seemed almost impossible. With
Johnny's help, however, l recovered
my eyeglasses; lie discovered them
hanging on a limb; l deliberately pro-
ceeded to untwist and unsnarl my
line and to carefully encase my rod.
Johnny, meanwhile, had been calling
for our guide.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
Damage Done by Ava,anches.

We have to 30 back for something
like half II century to find in the his.
tory of Switzerland and Piedmont
any record ofcalamlt y from avalanch-
es at all equal to that Of the recent sea-
son. The loss OF life seems to have
been greatest on the steepest south.
ern side OF the Alps. but the loss OF
cattle and destruction of fields and
houses on the northern side has been
perhaps greater. Some OF the best
known resorts in the Nalais have thus
suffered. Randa. in the Zermatt, val
ley. has been destroyed, and in the
Saasthal nearly all the principal vii.
lagos have been more or lees ruined.
The damage done is not confined to
the chulets and cattle sheds struck by
masses Of SNOW, earth and trees which
the avalanche whirls along. bu. the
injury from the avalanche blast
is still more extensive. Thus, in
saasgr,nd, where only part OF the
village is exposed. the other part be-
ing protected 10y an immense pine
wood. the unprotected portion, which
includes the village church, was shat.
tered by fragments OF the avalanche,
but the doors and windows of every
house in the village, with hardly a
single exception, forced in by mere
concussion OF air, and the same thing
happened at the simplon lIoslicc.
The spray OF large avalanche
raises IL snow storm OF such fury as o
obly. men more then a mile off to
run for shelter. The houses which
suffer in this way yet rapidly filled
with snow. and the cattle. if not got
out quickly, perish. As Switzerland
is SO essentially the playground OF
Europe, it is TO he hoped that the
appeal for aid for sufferers made by
the English Alpine club will meet with
generous response.-London Oh.
server.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
The Thing Didn't Work

A conscience.strickenL Louisville man
has wound himself into q net OF trou.
BILE in endeavoring to put into prac.
tice the old adage. Better late than
never" He called on a hotel keeper
in Bullitts county. Kentucky. to pay
S1.5O for meals lie had eaten % years
before. He knew that practically it
was Just like throwingso much money
away, but he thought that the sight
o: the tears OF gratitude which he ex.
pected would run down the hotel keep
ers cheek would he reward enough.
And then way down in his heart there
was ahope that the honesty OF the deed
might get his name into the papers.
1t did, but not III the way he anticl.
pated. Instead of weeping tears of
gratitude Us big as plums. the hotel
keeper clustered up and demanded
$3.50 as interest on the bill. The
Louisville man thereupon made q
casual remark about some hotel
keepers being blankety blank horse
thieves and said he'd lie gosh DANCED
if he'd pay it. Then the two men fell
upon each others necks and began
embracing and fondling each other
with Il vehemence that froze the red
wine i'll the bottles and made every
hair on the clothes brush stand up on
end. When interested parties pried
the two men from under the stove
and unlocked their entwmed arms,
both combntants made bee line for
the shcritf's office. The Louisville man
wanted to swear out n warrant for
mansla,lghter. while the inn.keeper
raised his voice vociierously, demand
I'd Il board bill with interest for 90
years and $4,000 damages. The
man from Louisville is only waiting
for his wounds to heal and the door.
knob swellings on his mead to reduce
before going out to annihilate the par.
ty who gave currency to "better late
than ever"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
&ad.a Riefnna

The following found on fly.leaf of
and old bible, printed at Oxford in
1879, may be of interest: 1t being the
usual practice of the Roman.governor
to advertise the people and the senate
of srch material things as happened
in their respective provinces in the
days of Tiberius Caesar, Publius Len
tulus at the time being president,
wrote the following concerning Christ:
"CoDscript Fathers: There appeared
in these, our days, man of great
virtue, named Jesus Christ, who is
now living among us, and of the gen.
tiles is accepted as a prophet of truth:
but His own disciples call Him the
Son of God. He raiseth the dead and
cureth all manner of diseases. A man
of statue somewhat tall and comely,
with a very reverend countenance,
such as beholders may both love and
fear. His hair is of the color of fill
bert, fully ripe, plain to the ears,
whence downward 1t is more orient of
color, somewhat curled and waved
about his shoulders. In the midst of
His head is seam or partition of His
hair, after the manner of the Nazar-
ties. His forehead is smooth and del
icate; His face without spot or wrinkle,
beautified with a comely red; His nose
and mouth exactly formed; His beard
thick, the color of His hair, not of any
length, but forked; His look innocent;
His eyes gray, clear and quick; in re-
proving, terrible; in admonishing,
courteous; in speaking. very modest
and wise; in proportion of body, we'll
shaped. None have seen Him laugh,
but many have seen Him weep; man
for His singular beauty surprising the
children of men,"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
Encourage the Editor.

As q rule, an editor gets about
1000 kicks to one caress. Once IN a
while lie gets q kind word, and it
warns and cheers his weather beaten,
storm racked heart to the innermost
core. Most people nre afraid to tell
an editor when lie writes an article
that particularly pleases them, for
fear OF making him proud, we suppose.
but if they find anything that does
not accord precisely with their views,
they will neglect their business to
hunt him up and tell him OF it. Pshaw!
dear friends, dou't think you will
spoil the editor by giving him an oc.
casional word OF cheer, ANY more than
you will spoil your child by compli-
menting it upon Il piece of patchwork
it has finished. OF course you could
beat the jobyourself, but that doesn't
deter you from heaping words of
encouragement OH the child. It has
done its best. So you could doubtless
beat the average editor at running a
paper? OF course. you can. The
man does not live who can't beat an
editor at running a paper. The edi-
tor is willing to acknowledge that you
can. He only runs it because you
have not time to; but this fact need
not deter you from giving HIM a word
OF encouragement OCCASIONALLY
Dansville( NY. Breeze.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
Beef Eating.

From the London st. James Gazette.
II there were any soundness in the
statistics of Mr.. P. S. Lamas, who is
stated to be an economist of great re-
pute, and who is certainly an industri-
GUS compiler Of figures, the English peo-
pie can no longer boast to be or be
jeered at as being the greatest beef
eaters in the world. According to the
economists computation, the annual
consumption Of beef in Europe
amounts to torty-five pounds per head
of the population in the year. The
Australians consume $50 pounds u
man. and the Americans 1870 pounds,
while the other great continent of Ar
gentine from which Mr.. Lamas hails)
eats level with Australia. At this rate
there must be very great number of
people in the world who get along with
out eating beef at all. But the calcu-
lations are based on ono which is yet
more extraordinary-namely that on
the whole globe the total head of cat
tic is forty.seven millions and a hall,
or about an OK and half for every
one in Great Britain and none at all
for anybody else. Still, facts are facts
and figures are figures
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15

Ing the mark Of the paw ana teeth Of thc
lion that struck HIM down in the coliseum
There will he glorious John Hu.s sh,wing
Just where on Ills loot the flames began OH
that day when his soul took wing Of flame
and SCARED up f'om Constance. There will
be Hugh Mckail ready to point TO the mark
on his neck where the az struck him. There
will be Mcmillan and Campbell and Free.
man, the American missionaries, who. with
their wives and children, were put to death
IN the awful massacre ut Cawnl ore, showing
the place where the daggcw Of tile sepoys
struck them. There will be the Waldcnscs,
showing where tl.er limbs were broken On
The day when the Piedmont soldiery pitched
them over the rocks. Will you and / have
amy wounds To show: llxve We fought any
battles for Chrii! oh. that we might all he
enlightened rar Christ. that we might all be
willing to suffer for Christ, that VIC might al
bear a cross tor Christ.
When the Scottish chieftains wanted to
raise IN army. they would make wooden
cross, and then set IL on fire, anl carry II
with other cruises they had through the
mountains, through the highlands, aud
among the people; and as they wai cd IN !,
cross the people would gather to the stand.
ard and fight for Scotland. so tc..lay,
come out with the cross Of the Son of Col,
Il is Il flaming cross-faminy with suffering,
flamin" with triumph, flaming with glory. l
carry il out anon" all the people. WhOwil.
lie OIL the l.Ori'> side: WHO will gather 10
the standard Of Emmanuel: A cross. Il cross,
cross. ''Wlo.Oevc doth not bear his cross,
and come after Me, can not, can not be Ny
disciple"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
With Heads to the North.

The belief that human beings should
sleep with the il heads to the north is
said to have it's foundation in u sci.
entiIic fact. The French Academy of
Sciences has made experiments upon
the body OF c,IiIlotined man which
90 to prove that each human system
is in itself an electric battery, one
elcctrode being represented by the
head, the other by the feet. The
body WAS taken Immediately after
death and placed on pivot, to move
as it might. After some vacillation
the head portion turned toward the
north, the body then remaining sta.
tlonnrry. One OF the professors
turned it half way round, but it soon
re.alned it's original position. and the
same result was repeatedly obtained
until organic movement finally
ceased.-(ilobe.D Democrat.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
A Critic sua Juasc.

Tho old. fashioned clergymen in old
times used to be very good judges Of
horse-aesh. They had to be, for they
did most Of their travelling on horse.
back. The story goes Of noted cir.
cult preacher In southern New Hamp-
shire that he once gave most unexpect.
ed testimony in his keenncss as o critic
and judge. It was still Sunday IN
midsummer. Every window in the
church was wide open. The air SEEM
ed hardly to move. The buzzing of
the locusts In the field came in from
afar, and accompanying was the scent
of the pines from the grove near the
sacred edifice. Not far distant was a
wooden bridge. The preacher had just
completed the treatment Of the fifteen.
tn "head Of the discourse" and was
pausing for an instant on the verge o
sixteenthly. Just then was heard the
clear, measured football of trotting
horse passing over the bridge. The
pastor paused looked at his congrega.
ton; the congregation looked at the
pastor. Then said the pastor, in a
tone of confident Judgment and with a
touch of certainty Of general agree.
ment in his tone:
'Aiightly even trotting beast thstl
Sixteenthly, my hearers" and the ser.
mon was continued.-Boston Tran
5 .pL
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
A RELIGIOUS Editor.

The New York papers are having
no end Of fun with Elliott F. Shepard,
the new proprietor of the Nail and
Eapress, who makes 1t a practice daily
to introduce his editorials with pas.
sages from the Scriptures. Recently
he delivered an address to young men
at Association Hall. 1t had been an.
nounced that Ira d. Sankey would
sing and Col. Shepard speak on this
occasion, and the main floor OF the
hall was filed with men. Mr.. Sankey
was assisted in the singing by Q glee
club, cornet, piano, and an organ,
and he. interpreted his singing with
S,s. e Ut his Ci.aiaCt,Ils..c a..>lu. +, .,
After several hymns had been rem.
dered young man read a chapter of
Scripture which tolls of the shepherd
going In search of his one lost sheep,
and then Col Shepard was introduced.
He said he would talk on the resurrec.
ton OF the Savior. He treated the
subject mainly from historical stand.
point, and agreed with Gen. Gordon
and Others who claimed that the tomb
was outside on the walls of Jerusalem
and not ct the spot pointed out to
strangers by the inhabitants. In the
course of his remarks the colonel said
1t was evident that printing was first
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
The Rights of Inventors

When an inventor brincs out some.
thing that accomplishes useful pur.
pose not before accomplished. or
does this better or more economically
than it has been done, it is reasonably
certain he has invented something in
the value OF which he has an interest.
And this point is the one that is over.
looked by those who declaim against
the rights of inventors in favor OF
some one who tried to do something
similar twenty years before. The
very fact that the party who tried
first did not succeed is fairly good
evidence that he did not make the in.
vention. All recent construction of
patent law is in favor Of sustaining
the inventor who accomplishes some
thing, as against the man who tried
and failed, even though the means
used are very similar. And this is
justice and common sense. The pat.
ent laws are presumably in the inter.
est of the public. and the public lie
interested in the inventor to exactly
the extent that 1t is benefited by him,
American Machinist.