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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-05

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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-05

A Petersburg negro named John M.
l,angston, made speech in the Chi
cago convention, in which he said /:
1.-THE poor whites are lower. than the
negro was in the time Of the slavery"
How does that ''set" on The s.om-
2chas Of the 'poor whites7"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-05

Henderson, n. G.
fian-l2 6 II
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-05
VERONA.
[DnrlIaln InlIacco Plant. ]

EI'hG. sun las set Against the yellow sky,
Cloudles< aud clear, lit by the sunken sun,
Tile giant ALPS, their SUBMITS sharp
defined
J lie On tA horizons edge iii ebOn curves.
From ont the windows of the ancient town
Soft rays Of light pour forth into the
night,
And tell of warmth and chceriness within.
And was It here fair Juliet Capulet
Once dweit in flesh and blood
Was it here
They fell, n hapleas sacrifice to racial
pride.
Love offered to quench the thirst of bate
l;cnpatli the shadow of the snOw-clad Alps,
Here, in the warmth Of tsle ! eAetian plain,
They lived and died.
Tpop the soft, warm air
The music Of the ye1per bells drifts by
The mellow voices IF a score Of men.
Returning home along country road,
MInGIe in songs that float in waves 81
Through the young night.
The past is dead with its attendant woes
The present lives with all It's Sharp
banged pains!
These Two were but as types Of human
woe
They died; but still their sorrow live:
III many another breast.
We are unjust
For many an eye gED%s moist for E0me0
That pities not 4 living Juliet:
And many bleeding Romeo Of to-day
Finds little sympathy; for all is given
80 Juliet who died five bundled years ago
GEO. II. MURPHY.
Verona, Italy, NOV %, 1897.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
bat you won't pay, and bring up

that you won't pay. and bring mp
bank accounts. Do yon strut about
with an umbrella over your head,
while your creditor walks in the
boiling SUM- Don't you cut shines
in hired turnouts. may be they are
not paid for. where you might walk
and use the money and make credi-
tors smile. A palmer suit would be
more becoming till you can pay for
those worn out last season. When
expenses not necessary for the feed
ing and clothing Of the body are cut
off and applied to the payment OF
debt then you will grow in favor
with God. The great necessity Of
the present time is confidence among
people. Let the church demand and
command her membership to live up
to their promises aud contracts and
soon present financial darkness will
give way to brighter morn of pros
perity to all business circles. Keep
the amen corners and front seats
clear of members who can and won't
pay their debts, the pulpit too, and
the word preached will reach sin.
ners. May God give increase to
these words which are written for
the promotion of lis kingdom in
practical dealings with men.-EG.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
To Ascertain the Speed of Trains.

The majority of engineers use
their driving wheel as a guage.
They know its circumference, and
by counting its revolutions within a
certain time can tell very accurately
the speed at which they are run
ming. Another method is to time
the run between mile posts, and still
another is to make calculations from
the number Of telegraph poles pass,
ed in certain time. These poles in
a level country and where four or
five wires are used, are spaced SO
that they are thirty to the mile. II
only single wire is used they are
spaced from % to 90 to the mile.
The most accurate method, and the
one most in use by experienced rail
road men, is to count the number of
rail joints the train passes over i'll
twenty seconds. The rails in nearly
all cases are thirty feet in length,
and the number passed over in
twenty seconds is the speed per
hour the train is running. For in
stance, if II passenge sitting i'll a
sleeper can count thirty clicks of the
wheels on rail joint in twenty Sec
onds. the train is running at the
speed of 80 miles an hour.-Kaasas
City Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
WHEN THE BUDS ARE all H-BUSTlN'

When the buds are all a-bIstin an the
woods a-gitting green.
An the little lambs a-friskin' round
bout big enough to wean,
When the robin an medder larks in
singin' matches meet.
An the Robin gifts red in the face airy
in hard to beat.
All, then my hearts SO happy it's most
allus in laugh.
Like a yearlin' colt a-snortin' an a-kick-
in at the calf,
Anil feel almost as lovin' as a gal at
seventeen,
When the buds are all a-bustin' an the
woods a-gittin green.
There's somethin' kind o softenin about
the time O. spring
That makes Teller feel like he could
love anything
When the shiny-feathered cockerels are
steppin' round so pert,
A-braggin' to the cluckin' hens a
scratchin in the dirt,
An courtin' of the pullets till they
cackle In delight,
When the turtle doves are cooin' and
the ROSTERS shown fight,
o, it makes my heart go pit-a-pata at such
purity scene.
When the buds are all a-bustin' and the
woods agittin green.
There's kind o. lovin' tenderness
abroad in the air,
An hintin' to Teller, when the birds
begin to pair,
When the pigeons are a-whirlin' an a
circlin in the sky,
An the struttin gobler watches madam
turkey on the sly,
Then get happy lonesomeness a-lean-
in on the fence,
An wishin for somebody a-comin
from the g whence
For my feelin's git to buzzin' like the
bees without queen.
When the buds are all a-bustin an the
woods a-gittin' green.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
PRICE OF TWO VASES.

When the old peddler came In at the
door with those extremely pretty vases,
Mrs. Christy felt that they were the very
things that she wanted In her spare bed
room, and so, instead Of saying "No"
when he politely requested her to see il
she had any ''old clo'es to change for
some splendid vases" she allowed him to
sit down while she went up stairs to rum
mage, and came down with some old gar
ments of her husbands and one of those
old ''Stella shawls, y which certainly she
never should wear again, unless 1t was at
night, for they went out Of fashion before
she was married.
1t came to her mind that she was fool
ish to leave a stranger alone so long, but
the old man was sitting quietly where she
had left him, and looked so much like a
benevolent old patriarch that she was
ashamed Of remembering that the spoons
were in the pantry and the pantry I'M
locked. However, he was quite worldly
enough to drive hard bargain, and to
the coat, vest and shawl she had to add a
gown that might very well have been worn
often again.
However, it was net ready money, and
she felt that the vases-good limitations
of very costly ones-were lovely. She car
ried them into the spare room, and they
made the mantel piece quite o different
thing. Returning to the dining room,
however, a shock awaited her. Her hus-
bands overcoat, which he had unwisely
left at home that day, because Il was I'M
usually warm, was gone from its peg on
the hall rack, and, opening the pantry
door, she saw that the spoons were gone
with it. They were only plated, but no
one likes to lose anything In that way.
Besides, she felt greatly to blame for it.
The old man had been gone long while,
and, though she sent q messenger for q
police officer, he gave her no hope OF
catching the thief or Of getting the things
back.
WAS there nothing else gomez the
man asked.
Mrs. Christy looked about her and dis
covered one thing more, counterfeit IS
bill She had had it given 70 her by some
one year before, and had found that 1t
was worthless, and had written across the
back: This Is counterfeit" and added
her initials; and somehow she kept It in
her work basket. The old man had spied
it with his glistening black eyes, and had
helped himself to 1t.
Al all events ne can pass II, laughed
Mrs. Christy; II feel little consoied
when / remember how provoked he viii
be- -
s'He'll pass 1t somehow said the po-
liceman, as he walked away, promising TO
report the case.
But Mrs. Christy. as she remembered
that the overcoat that had been stolen
was worth $40, and the plated spoons at
least $40, found it necessary to 60 to her
own room and have good cry. 1t was
not 50 much the value Of the lost articles
as the feeling that 1t was her fault, and
that her husband might possibly be 50 far
left TO himself as to tell her so. At all
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
A DEBT PAYING RELIGION.

At this time our country needs a
religion that will make IA man pay
his debts. Shouting don't settle the
old notes and accounts with man.
Cash up. We want to ponnce right
on fellow and put him out of the
Church if he goes to Il ball or thea
tire, or gets on drunk, but never
say Il word to pious scamp who
never pays his debts. Preachers
and people who never pay debts are
doing the church more harm than
dance or drunkards; there are more
of them in the church. Reader, am
| getting close to you9 Then lay
down the paper and go pay up, and
then you can read with ease.
And don't stop paying because
the statute of limitation excuses the
open account you made for your
bread and meat. Gods law knows
no such statute. You pay it in cash
or God will make you pay it in fire
and birthstone. God knows no such
excuse for paying as homestead ex.
emption. You raise that excuse to
keep from paying your debts, and
you can stop singing "when can
read my title clear to mansions in
the skies n-you have got none up
there. You may say, | would pay
il could. How hard have you tri.
ed9 If dying at this moment, could
you say I paid all in my power !
Have you tried to save a little each
week or month for debts Are you
spending money for things to eat
and wear that you could do without!
How much do you spend per year
for cigars and tobacco? Make your
calculation. Put the amounts to
your debts. Do you eat dainties
and Injuries? Palmer diet would
keen YOU from making doctors bills
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30

The best portion of the demOcra
tic party, the part Of it that came
from the old wing party, hesitate
about following their adopted party
into the dreary mazes Of free trade.
They are not accustomed 10 such
theoretical undertakings in the party
of their first love and they don't
care to adopt it now. They are for
protection, because they are old
enough to remember some Of the
democratic experiments with free
trade in years gone by. The hope
of the democratic party Is in it's
younger members who act neither
IRON experience nor judgment but
blindly follow the lead Of Grover
Cleveland Of whom members Of his
own party like Barnum and others
equally prominent say he is Wild
cat in economics.-Er.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
A MEMORY.

a perfumed delfrium steals through the air,
As sit here alone. and the fire light dies;
And you stand here again. with your exquisite
hair,
With yow passionate lips and your pleading
eyes.
It was here that you sat. II I stretch out my
hand
can almost believe that touch you again;
Like the hunger mad sailor who springs for the
land
~ at he sees in his madness, but springs for in
vain.
Do mad people know they are mad-do you Think
And do the dead know they are dead-tell me
thisy
care not, for should be willing to sink
Into madness or death meath the spell Of your
kiss.
You're here once again-leaning back liz this chair,
And am content to crouch here at your knee
In the flesh you are distant-but what do care
That your body is there, since your soul Is with
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30

Sunday work on railroads is the
subject of praiseworthy agitation
in the West which has led the Chic.
ago railroad superintendent to
close their freigbt-houses on Sunday
after June 1. This Is a reform
which should be made general. It
may be necessary to move freight
on Sunday, but there can be no good
reason for delivering dead freight
ON that day and keeping thousands
of train and station men busy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
A stab i'm the Dark

Sometimes fails of its murderous intent. The
insidious and dastardly attacks made upon
the reputation of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
by persons who seek to palm Off cheap and
fiery tonics as Identical with 1t. or " the same
thing under another name," or equally as
good" in most instances react disastrously
upon the unprincipled traders upon popular
credulity who attempt them, converting their
speculations into ruinous failures. The Bit
tiers is pure, wholesome and thorough medi-
cine adapted to the total cure and prevention
of fever and ague, bilious. remittent. d yspep-
STA, constipation, biliousness, debility, ner-
yousness and kidney troubles. Its every
ingredient, unlike those in the limitations Of
1t, is of an ascertained standard of excellence,
and while they by reason of their fiery prop
critics, react injuriously upon the brain and
nervous system, of both those organs IL Is q
sedative and invigorant. Refuse all these
harmful limitations.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
Niagara as an Electric supply.

An article In Scribner's upon 1.-THE
Electric Motor and Its Applications, by
Franklin Leonard Pope, refers TO the
proposition Of Siemens in 1877, that the
energy Of the water at Niagara Falls
might be transferred to New York and
there utilized for mechanical purposes,
and the belief of Sir William Thomson,
announced in 1879, that, by the use Of
half inch insulated copper wire, 10000
horse power Of energy being taken from
water wheels, 81 600 could be delivered at
q point 800 miles away. Mr.. Pope goes
on to say that It seems indisputable that
Marcel Deprsz, . French electrician, has
delivered more than thirty-five horse
power at q point seventy miles distant
from that at which an energy Of sixty
two horse power was applied, showing a
lcss in transmission Of only about 43 per
cant. -Deffulf Free F-ess
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30

The comments of the Republican
papers on the platform adopted at
Chicago show how well its trainers
succeeded in voiciHg the principles
Of the party. II Is pronounced
sound from top to bottom without q
weak plank in it. Even most Of the
Democratic organs admit that il is
clear and candid on the tariff ques-
ton and that it removes all doubt Of
a square fight between Protection
and Free Trade.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

tons have been well received
throughout the United Statesyn
Not rs we'll as 10 England. l
see that all the Tory papers regard
the nominations as excellent-espec-
tally that CT Cleveland. Every Eng
lishman who wants Ireland turned
into penitentiary, and every Irish
man to be treated as convict, is de.
lighted with the action of the St.
Louis Convention. England knows
what she wants. Her market is
growing small. A few years ago
she furnished manufactured articles
to a vast portion of the world. Mil
lions OF her customers have become
ingenious enough to manufacture
many things that they need, so the
next thing England did was to sell
them machinery. Consequently,
English trade is falling off. She
must have new customers. Nothing
would so crafty her as to have 60,
100000 of Americans buy her wares.
If she could see our fires still and
dead; If she could put out the fires
of our furnaces and FORCES, there
would come to her the greatest pros.
perity she has ever known. She
would fatten on our misfortunes-
grow Itch and powerful and arrogant
upon our poverty. We would be-
come her servants. We would raise
the raw material with ignorant labor
and allow her children to reap all
the profit of its manufacture, and in
the meantime to become intelligent
and cultured while we grew poor
and ignorant. Of course the Eng
lish people expect all the Irish in the
United States to elect the President
that they, the English Tories, desire,
and while they are presenting Irish
Catholics in Ireland, they expect
that their children will do their best
to inaugurate and carry out an Eng
lish policy in the United States.
The greatest blow that can be infict-
ed upon England is to keep her
manufactured articles out Of the
United States. Sixty millions of
Americans buy and use more than
five hundred millions of Asiatics-
buy and use more than all China, all
of India and all of Africa. One civ.
ilized man has thousand times the
wants of savage or standardization.
Most of the customers of England
want "a few yards of calico, some
cheap jewlery, little powder, few
knives and few gallons of orthodox
rum.
"To.day the United States is the
greatest market in the world. The
commerce between the States is al
most Uncomfortable in its immensely.
In order that you may have some
idea of the commerce OF this country,
it is only necessary to remember one
fact. We have railroads enough en-
gagged in this commerce to make six
lines around the globe. The addi-
ton of million Americans to our
population gives us a better market
than a. monopoly Of ten millions OF
Asiatics. England, with her work
houses, with her labor that barely
exists, wishes this market, and
wishes to destroy the manufactures
of America. and she expects Irish
Americans to help her in this patri.
otto business."-F From N. Y. Press
TDfPrrie3r.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30

BALTIMORE, June 22.-The bean.
tifnl yacht CLEAN Will soon he n
thing Of the past. Her machinery
is 20 be taken ont and the hill is TO
be broken up. This is the decision
of the family OF the late Mr.. Il. liar.
rison Garrett.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
BuckIen's Arnica SaIve.

The Best Saive in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fee
yer Sores. letter. Chapped Hands, Chill
bIains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions.
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box. For sale by E. G. Will
liams, Jr.. & Bro.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
Go West.

No portion Of the United States to-day
offers as many opportunities for making
money as can be found at Great Falls,
Mont, and on the reservation just open
ed, in business, mining. stock-raisiDg or
farming. Rates, maps and particulars
will be furnished by G. II, Warren. Gen.
Pass. Agent, st. p. N. & M. Ry., 81. Paul,
Mimi. 10. 9. 1G, 30.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30

Eczema, Itchy, ScnIy, Skin fortunes.
The simple application Of SWAYrEs ONT
MENT. without any Internal medicine, viii
cure any case OF letter, salt Itheum, Ring
worm, Piles. Itch, Sores, Pimples, Eczema all
Scaly, Itchy Skin Eruptions, no matter how
obstinate or long standing. It Is potent, effcc-
tive, and costs but tribe.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30

Engineer John Smith, OF Philadel-
phia, and a tramp were killed in n
railroad collision on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad near Schuylkill Ha.
ven.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
R. FRANK BARR, JeweIer.

News that Stanley, the explorer,
was severely wounded in the jungle
by Arabs was brought by deserters.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30

A wind storm in Sedgwiek county,
Kansas, wrecked humble: of build
ings.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
r.. FRANK BARR,
~1JEWELER,H
REPAIRING FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS
AND JEWELRY "A SPECIALITY.
[LL. W. BaLer's Blnldna.l

Harvest is here, and you want good
watch, clock, chain, guard and silver
caster, pickle caster, fruit dish, jelly
dish, cups, goblets, TALL quadruple plat
ed knives, forks, tea and table spoons,
butter knives, fruit knives and Jewelry
of every style. come to see me and |
know can suit you if price and quality
of goods are any inducement. Any thing
not in stock can be had on short notice.
R. FRANK BARR, JeweIer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
Where Are You Going?

PAPER az he Sswsp a 1dssr.
y tising Agency OF MeasrR
N'Ws Aw9@ q son. our authorized agerk
Huntsville gazette., 1888-03-17

Mr.. Philip Joseph, the director general
of this national exposition, is an Alabama
man, and he was in charge of the Alabama
colored exhibit at the New Orleans ex-
position. He is bright fellow, about
35 years old, is well educated, speaking
French and spanish. ana he has been
something of a Republican politician
among his people in the south. He has
not been very fortunate in politics, how
ever He was nominated twice for con-
gress. and defeated, and was appointed
postmaster of Mobile, Ala, by Garfield
the day before Gniteau shot him. On
ssccount of the trouble following this he
was not commissioned, and President
Arthur offered him collectorship OF In
ternal revenue for Alabama, but he de-
clined.
He is especially well posted on the
status of the colored people of the United
States, and he has lately received infor-
nation from the various states OF the
Union as to the progress of the colored
people in them. He got this information
by sending out circulars TO the leading
colored men of these s.~feS, and by gener-
Eizir. their ans Jars.