The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-10-11

THERE are 900 miles Of railway in operation
IA Egypt.
QCERErARo, Mex.. has had rain for twenty
seven consecutive days.
JENNIE JENKINS, Of Orlando, Fla, is 10s
and still chews tobacco.
THREE-FoURTHs Of En3iand's export OF
Tin plate comes TO America.
ANovELTY in rifle targets Is glass h'li
dancing OH Jet Of waller. It IS tho most
difficult shot.
In Mongolia they rui-a dogs for their hides
rs We raise sheep in this country Tor ths!I
wool.
THE first things Taught Alaskan children
Rre TO dance TO shoot the bow and arrow and
70 smoke.
IT Is said that San Francisco has bcen
shaken All times by earthquakes in the last
eighty years.
IT Is estimated that the total number Of
books in all the American public libraries is
II 900 600.
ApTER an expenditure Of S75OO00 Tor me-
chinery and prospecting, Egypt tr;ls aban-
doned the search for petroleum..
PoUn or five Of the head porters III the
leading Chicago hotels are collectively worth
over half million dollars
One Of the odd features of our NauraliHn-
ton laws is that an army "nicer need not bs
u citizen, but na"al officer must Ia.
PHnADELPH.A hotel Iacn calculate they
give awny 5000 worth Of sr.lii"ncry year
10 letter wrii,nG friends who dunt pay the
hotels II cent.
SIN ISAAC NEwToN's autograph, i'll tIr shape
Of letter, brought SJ4J ii, Il recent sale i'll
England. 1t was bought ,"r Trinity College,
Cambridge.
AN inch OF ruin means II gallon If UItoi
spread over Il surface II nearly two square
feet, or all Of about 100 tons on m ucgc oi
ground.
SCIENTISTS say there is no plan: TINT docs
not serve us food for some animal; but The
only article used M food from the mineral
Kingdom is common salt.
In the recent revision "f the subject c;;ta-
logue OF large library. food fishes We're
classified under agriculture ami etiquette
WIS referred to social science.
SIX sets of twins have been born within six
months in the little hamlet of North Wales.
Pa. This puts No".h Wales we'll up to the
front as II twin producing; town.
MOUNT kENIA. in H,i&ihar. is declared rs
its first asc ,ndant, Count Tclcki, to ne
higher than tho ncghboriuS mountain Kiima
Gmvo which is rated ut Is, 100 feet high.
Waste silk has boon shown 10 he the most
effective non conductive covering for steam
pipes. The price Is high, but tho demand is
very great.
NEW ORLEANS Inns discovered that there is
money in he canning Of Sllrimps, and is de-
veloping the industry rapi4:v. IT is said that
fully 10000 cans IL day are packed there dur
ing the season.
A BED Of the finest clay six miles long,
three wide and fifteen to twenty foot thick,
has just been discovered near Carrolton Ohio.
SUNDAY schools are increasing rapidly in
this country. Lust year the American Sun
day School union organized ,502, with G,326
teachers and 81 129 scholars.
AT recent breach Of promise suit III
Bristol, England, it was testified that during
the six years that the defendant. u young
man OF q, had paid court to thu fair plain
tin, 1000 letters has passed between the
lovcrs-500 on each side.
A BuRsLEM, England, photographer, re-
eeivcd back IL proof from customer with the
instructions that he was TO do half dozen
with the coat buttoned and hall u dozen with
The garment Enbuttoncd, the Same rs tho
proof.
IN nervous prostration, SLEEP and rest are
the first indispensable conditions. A change
IL always in order 10 make them possible
The diet must be generous. the food well
masticated and eaten slowly.