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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-27
Permanent Relief.

Every Spring, for years" writes
Lizzie w. DeVeau, 262 Fifteenth ST.,
Brooklyn, N. Y, "I have had intoler-
able headaches. / commenced the use
of Ayers Sarsaparilla last March, and
have not had headache since that
time.'
ct suffered from headache, indiges-
ton, and debility, and was hardly aDle
to drag myself about the house," writes
Mrs. M. M. Lewis, of A ST., Lowell,
Mass. ayers Sarsaparilla has worked
a marvellous change in my case. I now
feel strong and well as ever"
Jonas Garman, Esq, of Lykins, Pa,
writes: For years 1 have suffered
dreadfully, every Spring, from headache,
caused by impurity of the blood and
bilousness. 1t seemed for days and
weeks that my head would split open.
Nothing relieved me till took Ayers
Sarsaparilla. This medicine has cured
me completely"
When Mrs. Genevra Belanger, of "a
Bridge ST., Springfield, Mass, began to
use Ayers Sarsaparilla, she had suffered
for some years from serious affection
of the kidneys. Every Spring, also, she
was afflicted with headache, loss OF
appetite, and indigestion. A friend per.
suaded her to use Ayers Sarsaparilla,
which benefited her wonderfully. Her
health is now perfect. Martyrs to head
ache should try
Ayers Sarsaparilla,
Prepared by Dr. j. C. Aver & Co, Lowell, Mass
Price 81; six bottles, So Worth 30 bottle.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-27

Shoe Store, 112 Main Street. opposite
Ma. Hotel. and examine the finest and
cheapest ladies Kangaroo Button Callers
ID tie city, FOR $500.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-02-27
Martyrs to Headache

Seek relief in vain, until they begin to
use Ayers Sarsaparilla. Then they re.
greet the years of suffering they might
have escaped had they tried this remedy
earlier. The trouble was constitutional
not local; and, until Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla did its effective work as an
Alternative and Blood Purifier, they were
compelled to suffer.
The wife of Samuel Page, 81 Austin
ST., Lowell, Mass, was, for long time,
subject to severe headaches, the result
of stomach and liver disorders. A per-
feet cure has been effected by Ayers
Sarsaparilla.
Frank Roberts, 727 Washington St,
Boston, says that he formerly had ter
rible headaches, and until he took
Ayers Sarsaparilla, never found any
medicine that would give
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-02
VOL. VII.
RLOOD POISON.

Tbre. wears ago I contracted blood poi,,
.on | applied to 4 physician at once and
~. ,,s,t,nent came near killing me. en'-
pio.sI aa 4lS physician and then went 10
k. then went to Hot Springs and re-
NAMED two months, but nothing seemed to
cure me permanently, although temporary
r.l,.f was given me. My condition grew
d-.pera,c and / applied to noted qnack,
Ian, I did not improve. | then used prep
,r.t;on which was prescri ncd gratis, but
II contained too much alcohol and aggra-
v.trd my suffcrings. then placed myself
,,der the t-patri,.sst nf 4 uoted Nashville
s,bv.ici.n and for a time WAS benefited but
Iv f,ll | returned home a ruined man phys
;c,lIy and financially, with bnt little pros
n.ct; Of ever getting we'll. Ny money be-
In~ exhausted, did not know what to do.
In Nav, 1885. my mother persuaded me I"
vet : battle Of T. r. +. (made i'll Atlanta)
and did 50 to crafty her, but to my utter
,.touishment had not finished the ilrst
bottle before every ulcer had been healed.
To the present time have used hve bot
,Is, and have received more benefit than
from all the rest combined and | am sat
5.6ed that B. l.. Il. is the most wonderful
Ll,,oI purifier ever before known, and
urye ali afflicted yonng men to try one SIN
ole bottle and he convinced. l can truly
sxv | think it the best medicine IN the world
Il. r. HALLERTOS.
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Farmers Better Oh.

The Milton Adp<ytiser says: Last
year, owing to the extreme scarcity
of money in this section eur farmers
used very greatly reduced amount of
commercial fertilizers, planted smaller
crops of tobacco, but paid more at
tention than usual to raising supplies
for home consumption. Hence, corn
is abundant and cheap; we see no hay
being hauled from our depot by our
farmers, and larger quantity Of pork
has been slaughtered than for several
winters in this section. One year of
severe pinching has done much good
and given our people a valuable lesson.
Will they profit by it? We sincerely
hope so; for should they continue for
few years to act as they have during
the year just ended we would see an
amazing change in the condition of
our farming classes, and it would be a
very much improved condition in
every sense. But let them 60 back to
their former plan-overcEop themselves
with tobacco, buy guano equal in cost,
in many cases, to the value of the crop
they grow, make their smoke houses
and corn cribs beyond the Ohio river,
and employ the thrifty New Englander
to grow their hay, and the Minnesota
miller to grind their -four, and you
may confidently count on a speedy
return of just such time as they have
recently passed through. "Experi'
ence is 4 dear school. fools learn in nc
other
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-02
A Slippery Subject.

(Jas. A. Robinson, Durham Rccorder.l
There was beautiful scene in Dur
ham last night. 1t was natures fam
tastes. For some time the s!eet pre-
sented an ice carnival. The trees,
under the electric lights, looked as if
they were bedecked with myriads Of
jewels, each twig, encased in a coat of
crystal, vieing with each other in
brilliancy and beauty. The electric
wires were like so many silver chords
stretched along our street, quivering
and sparkling as if thousand shatter-
ed star beams were sprinkled along
their course. The tops Of houses
cleaned like a surface of glass, stud
ded with diamonds, and from their
caves hung icy pendants like beaded
fringe. The scene was one to charm
the eye of the lover Of the beautiful,
indeed it.was SO fascinating that peo-
pie sat down upon the side walks and
t<,ra trma without being invited to
do so. This was owing to the fact,
we suppose, that they could not h1r,y
Jfrm<r in an upright position. The
good as we'll as the wicked stood i'll
slippery places. We know. We stood
it as we'll as the rest Of 'cm. The
ground had much of the element Of a
peeled onion. And now, while the
memory of last nights scene is slip
ping away before our mental vision,
here comes the New York Star and
tells us how to walk on slippery day.
What we want to know now is how
to walk on slippery pavement. Why
didn't you tell us sooner? The Sfa'
says: "Lean forward, keep the feet
we'll together" That's what we did.
They stayed together. We found nc
fault with our feet, not at al. 1t was
another feat that struck US more for
cibly-our unceremonious manner t
&c back on our sidewalks. But vel
not mention it. The subject is pain
full. But the Star continues: "Tak'
short steps and set each foot dowr
solid, toe and heel touching at the
same instant. This is an awkward
gait, but considerably more graceful
than falling"
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PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
THE PRINTERS DESK THE BEST
SCHOOL.
What a veteron Editor Says Of the
Opportunities it Offers tor Securing
First-class Education.
IElizabeth City Economist


Education is the most popular Of all
public enterprise. 1t is regarded as
panacea for all the ills of life. 1t is
considered as the E4st equipment for
the struggle Of life. Education is sup
posed to be the key that unlocks sue
cess. This is the popular belief. This
is to some extent true, but in some
respect untrue. Education sharpens
the mental armory, develops thought,
concentrates the mental faculties,
multiplies the inventive resources, sug-
gests new employments and adds un-
told values to unimportant material
objects. A lecture which DIR. Fritch-
ard delivered several years ago in dit
fercnt parts of North Carolina to dem
onstrate the pecunlary value OF edu-
cation, established by statistical tables
that the material wealth of all coun-
tries was in unvaryins proportions to
the condition of education-that
illiteracy and poverty were IN pro
portion as were wealth and education.
This was a startling tabular statement
made by man who does not mlsstate
facts and we could not question. We
would have thought differently, but for
our confidence in the statements Of DR..
Pritchard. We had supposed until
then that education developed our
artificial wants and was therefore un-
favorable to the accumulation OF
wealth. Granting then that educa-
ton promotes wealth we will address
ourself to another side Of the question.
Education is not acquired in the school
room alone. 1t is often not the best
education that is acquired in schools or
colleges. Of all the great schools Of
education outside the school room, We
are of opinion from 4 close observa-
ton of many years that there is none
superior to the printers desk. There
is no education more accurate, more
particular, more easy, more thorough,
more cheap, more natural or more
compulsory in its operation upon the
mind than the education obtained at
the printers desk. 1t is school with
out professors, in the rudiments and
higher branches of education. No boy
can work at the printers desk in a
good newspaper Office, without being
an accurate spcller, without being a
good grammarian, i good rhetorician,
without having an accurate knowledge
of figures and their uses and without
having memory stored with the rich
est treasures of English literature and
without beng an accomplished gen
tleman. In proof Of this there is nc
occupation from which have sprung SC
many bright lights in public life a
from the printers desk. There is nc
more sure road to distinction and use
) fulness among men.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-02
A Haunted House in Raleigh.
IRaleigh Cor. Richmond Dispatch


Raleigh is just now little fluttered
by ghost story in which New Berne
avenue residence and Congressman's
daughters figure. The residence be-
longed to gentleman who was for
years the secretary of the Democratic
State Executive Committee. About
twenty years ago his wife died, and it
is said that her spirit haunts the house.
Finally his family moved away, not
caring 10 undergo the trial. Other
families lived there, and all the men,
bers of each saw the ghost or appari-
tion-saw fiery balls here and there
like ghostly incandescent lights. These
families left also. Then the congress
mans daughter dwelt there. The ap-
parttion-a woman's figure clad in a
white garment with an old fashioned
waist, with light brown hair, and al
ways with both hands held over the
face-has been seen scores of times by
every member OF the family, walking
in the rooms or sitting on the stairs.
Not only have persons alone seen it,
but it is visible to all the family. Very
queer and wholly unaccountable noises
are heard and lights are seen. Now
the congressman's daughter is gone
The house, a neat residence, not at all
old fashioned, is tenantlcss. All here
stated is vouched for openly and plain.
ly by all who have dwelt in the house
1t is the best authenticated ghost story
on recor,:. Fully twenty five person.
vouch foT all above stated. People
living near by see the lights and heal
the noises. There is no alarm about
the matter-the feeling on the part o
those who left was simply that of an
noyance. Such a story is quite out o
place in this day and place, but lover
Of the marvellous can get all the evi
dence they desire direct from the par
ties who vouch for it.
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Bereavement Sharpened.

rs il right that any virtuouS woman
/ should be left homeless and uHprO-
tectel? And yet how many such there
arc! And whN7
There are cumparxtiv+ly few homes
entirely free from iEcumhrance, by
mortgage or otherwise; and in very
many cases, on the decease of tho hus
band and father, the wife and children
are forced from their long cherished
abode. Ho hal his property nearly
paid for, but dies and in the confusion
Cf his srf~irs, or the want of good man
axsmont ou the part of the wife, or eX
.cutors, the family loses every hing. A
few hund red or 4 few thousand dollars
OF ready money at his death, would
hATo saved the h"nrsteAd tor them, fres
from incumbrau The lack OF that
few hundT red or Thousand dOllarS-which
n life pOtcJ rOuid hare prOcured-lost
the widow her all.
And now. In Riject poverty, she can
scarcely endure the reflection that n
com Portable Xub>istruce was Uithin her
reach. and vet is not hers!
Lonely, she frequents the churchyard,
hut only to bring To fresh r-memb brsnce
her folly in opposing, or being iniiffer
sut to, an assurance upon her husband =
life She blames herself. and forcihiy
illustrates, in her experience, the follow
Ing lines:
WORDS TO WIVES.
a. So the stuck eagle. stretched along ths
pain,
No moro through rolling clouds to sosl
again,
Viewed her oTn father IN the fatal dark
Aud winged III. shaft that 9uiVered il
her heart!
Keen were her pangs; but kecner, far
to feel
She nursed the pinion that imp, lied the
steel:
While the same piumage that haG
warmed The nest,
Drank tue last drop of her bleeding
breastr'
II you are such . ono take warning
Osfore il is too late. if not for your OWL
sake, for the rake OF your little ones
Make it impossible for these self inflicted
rorrows tn come upon yoH. by means 9
the proffers OF Life Insurance.
J.R YOUNG,
LIFK AND FIRE INSURANCE AoENT,
Henderson, y G.
Policies written IN nrst class comp4
niss only.
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CARLnTrE, y. G.. April 81, 1886.
After using l.. r.. l. unhe.i,atinly state
tha, it did more good for Kidney Complaint
than all other remedies combined. Its ac-
tion is speedy anil cleeriully recommend
il for Kidney D-rangemcnt'.
L. B. CALLAHAN.
All who desire full information about
the cau<o and cure OF Blood Poison,
scrn(ul4 and Scrnfulnus Swe !lings, uI>
csr<. Sorss, Rheumatism, Kidney Com .
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free. : copy Of our 3!-paxa Illustrated
Book at Wbudsr., filled with tha most
wonderful aud startling proof ever be-
fore known. Address.
BLOOD BALM CO..
Atlantis. Ga.
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have accumulated something past
year" The general demand from the
labor, better apprentice laws, better
educational advantages, and prohibi-
ton. A number Of the correspondents
say that liquor is the bane Of the work
ing classes. Fewreport any accumula-
tions last year, and, strangely enough,
the majority Of those who do, are those
who receive the smallest compensation.
The table Of employers returns
shows nothing striking that is not
shown in the farmer tables, except that
to the questioA, is the educational,
moral and financial condition Of their
employees better than three years ago,
the almost uniform answer is, "better." "
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Macon, Ga, May !, 1886
VERY NERVOUS.

For many years l have been afflicted
xith Rheum,xisn combined with some kid
n,v Troubles. Indigestion finally added to
INV misery aud SOON became feeble and
yerv nervous, and my whole system was
prustr.ted. Several physicians were en-
pluyed and nunerOus patent medicines re-
sorted to without benefit. After seeing so
MANY te,tinnniaI. e1tolling the wonderful
merit of Il. R. T.. commenced its use and
the elTec, was like magic. Rheumatic pains
ceased, NV kidneys were relieved and my
constitution improved At once, and l cheer
fully recommend it To others who may be
similarly afflicted.
MISS 8 TOMLISSOE.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-02

Why all these fings at General
Bragg, the new minister to Mexico !!
Why all these bad puns on his name,
in connection with the too exubcrant
hospitality of the Mexicans There
was once AZ American in Mexico
whose name was Bragg, and be was a
match for the Mexicans. He could
give and take. When General Taylor
said, "a little more grape. Captain
Bragg" he gave it. When the Mex
leans say, a little more juice OF the
craps, General Bragg" he can take
it. Bragg is the name for Mexico, II
the General does say 50 himself
Charlotte Hornet
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-02

Lord for to- morrow and its needs
do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain Of sin,
Just for to-day.
Let me both diligently work
And duly pray;
Let me be kind in word and deed,
Just for to-day.
Let me be slow to do my will,
Prompt to obey;
Help me to mortify my flesh,
just for to-day.
Let me no wrong or idle word
Unthinking say;
Set Thou seal upon my lips,
just for to-day.
Let ME in season, Lord, be grave,
In season gay;
Let me be faithful to Thy grace,
Just for to-day.
And if to-day my life
Should ehb away,
Give ME Thy sacraments divine,
Sweet Lord, to-day.
SO, for tomorrow and Its needs
do not pray;
But keep ME, guide me. love me, Lord
Just for to-day!
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-02

Thomas Marion, tobacco farmer,
was burned to death in Surry county,
n. &. He was in a tobacco barn dry
ing lumber, which fell upon him and
pinned him to the floor. 1t caught
fire and he was soon roasted alive.
His wife in trying to save him was
very badly burned.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-02

A man near Brown Summit lost \
fine horse a few days ago, by falling in
4 we'll. The horse became frightened
and ran backwards into an old aban-
doned well driving fence rail through
his body.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-02

An organized band Of sixteen burg
lars has been committing depradations
in Rowan county, six of whom now
rest in Jail. So great were their out.
RACES ,ha, the people turned on. in =
body to effect their capture.
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The town of Fayetteville rs on ver-
liable boom. New buildings are going
up all over the city and several new
railroads are projsctsd. which add
greatly to its commercial importance.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-02

Both Charlotte and Raleigh are
making commendable efforts to null
tiply their manufacturing industries
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-02

Two thousand immigrants, during
the past year, adopted North Carolina
as their home.
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SOME TESTIMONIALS.
Extracts From Letters Written
by TOntinc Policy Holders of
the Equitable Life Assurance
Society OF the United States.

1t affords me pleasure to testify to the
prompt and satisfactory manner in.
which TEH FeUIrABLk ssttlss Tontiue
policies. | end, after ten years OF as
suranc@, that am out of pocket only
about IL per cent. of premiums paid,
equivalent tn an annual dividend OF over
90 per cent; a result that could be
achieved only by the most careful and
superior management.
REV. SAMUEL MkAsR d. D.,
Chicago, Ill.
J. r. YOU'VE.
LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE AGENT.
Henderson, \. G.
Policies written in frat class .eompa-
.22as ONLY.
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Read apd advertise in the GOLD
[kAs
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ABOUT LABOR.
WAGES AND WAGE FARMERS

Report Of the Bureau OF Labor Statistics
for North Carolina.
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Fashionable Tailoring and Dye
ing Establishment.

Salts made tn order In any ssylA Be-
lscs line OF samples h,7s ON 49,.
Work manship guaSAntssA Haze SD
Cd . dysin9 Apartment % ny husl-
nsss, ard saa make f1sd clshes ioex
most - we'll - new. Prtcss sse mod
crate and viii be sl.d Of the patronage
Of thOss Who are tncLned 70 encourage
homo sstsrpriss. hssP my old staaa
up stairs ovc< GrsoOr.'s stDse.
Re~p@~knlly,
J. Ii. cLE4ES'E,
oct. I'LL. Henders,n, ~. c.
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NO. s..

The Bank of anderson
HENDERSON, VANCE COUNTY, No.
0ssessl Daskisg. Exchange asa
Csliecsisn nastssss.
FrRsT MORTGAGE Loans Negotiated
on good farms for . term Of year., In
sums Of $500 aud upward, at . per cent
interest and moderate charges. Apply TO
WM. u. 3. BUR0wYS,
At the Bank OF HspdeTsos.
lNA. II. 8. BURG WIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
.HENDRRsOS, n. c.
Psrsons dssiring to consult me prt fes-
sionslly. viii nnd me dsi y st my oeacs In
The Bank OF Henderson Building
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Atlanta Ga. Nav 4, 1856.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-02-11
CHAPTER XVI.

was told at the Sacramento depot
that the Golden State Hotel was on the
third block up the grade. In ascending
the hill, caught sight of Brace and Lola
walking in advance a hundred yards or
so, yet so changed that it took me some
minutes to identify them.
Swinging along at a good four miles
an hour, and dragging the Kid along by
the wrist, or letting her trot on behind, l
should have recognized the Judge i'm
mediately at quarter of mile off. But
walking at an old mans pace, with his
daughter leaning on his arm, he was not
easily recognizable.
But in Lola the change was still great
er. She was no longer barefOoted, rag
ged little savage, but a young lady with
some pretension of elegance i'll her dress;
and thus altered, she looked a woman
rather than child.
Her head was bent, she leaned for sup
port on her fathers arm. She walked
slowly, and with an air of fatigue; and,
remembering the buoyant elasticity of
her gait, the rebellious independence of
her spirit, asked myself with doubt if
this could indeed be Lola.
followed them into the hotel; from
the vestibule saw them enter a room
upon the first floor. | ran up and stop
ped at the open door, Lola had seated
herself on couch, her face rested on the
pillow, her eyes were closed.
1t was the pretty little face knew 80
well, but oh, so changed! Her cheek
was no longer round; the russell bloom
had gone from her complexion; there was
a purple tint about her closed lids, and
the yermilion of her Inns was unnatural
" bright. was struck by the delicate
beauty of her face, but it was beauty
that filled ones heart with sorrow, like
the fading away of divine melody.
/ entered the room noiselessly, and
seated myself in chair by her side. l
heard Brace moving about in the adj Join
ing room. She was unconscious of my
presence, and as l sat with my eyes
dwelling upon her beautiful face, my
thoughts wandered back to the old days
at the Cape, when left my work from
time to time to see how 1.-THE little 'un''
was getting on, as she lay exhausted with
sickness. The CLEAN of the white teeth
between the parted lips, the curl of the
long lashes that swept her cheek, the
crisp little lock above her ear-these were
all the same, yet with the undefinable
trait of womanhood, so different. The
bud had opened--only to die? had ask
ed myself before if she would live. II
was doubtful then, but the hope was
fainter now.
She opened her eyes, and, seeing me,
sprung up with a cry of Joy, and threw
her arms round my neck and kissed me,
| for she was. indeed. still a child at heart.
lfe b GoHtiaHedJ