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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08
GROW & MARSTON.

We are prepared to do all work In our
line on short notice aud in satisfactory
and workmanlike manner We have
tha best fitted up shops in this part of
the State. being thoroughly equipped,
with a complete set of the latest aud
most improved tools, and employ none
but skilled and competent workinen
We have tie only bolt cutter and nut
,"Pper in town. and can cut threads and
mske bolts and taps Of any size to fit any
kind OF work. We do a general backs
smithing and wood. working business.
also gas and steam fitting, and solicit a
share Of the public patronage. promising
entire satisfaction In every Instance.
MIR. j. u. Burroughs and Dir. Arthur
Smerdon are with us, the former in the
wood shop and the after in the black
smlIh sb"p-both very ane workmsn--
and will be plea, ed to serve their friends.
ROBERT CROW,
RICHARD J. MAKSTON,
Henderson, n, c.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08
EQUITABLE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES.

Tie EgEi.ebLe Society is:
rHE srK0 INCEST COMPANY;
I,oldiny 4 larger cash Surplus imam any
other assurance organization Ill Inc VII
(Surplns, per cent. basis, twenty -o"e
Aillions.)
Q THE LARGEST COMPANY F.; kav-
ing the greatest volume OF Outstanding A0
surance. ,,.u.,
-Four Hundred and Fifty Millions)
3. THE MOST POPULAR CON,
PANY having for many years tFansac'eo
the largest annual business. ,,.,
I'm 1886, One Hundred and Eleven Mil
lions.l
a. THE SAFEST TO PATEONl lZE as
ov.ry uoticy becomes absolutely incohtesI-
able and cannot, then, like the policies u
many companies, be contested, of coHipi'-
m,sEI for part OF lis face value.
S. OF ALL COMPASIES Tue MOST
PROMPT. AS soon as Il policy secomes
jncontestable it is payable. not alter tho
usual delay of sixty days, but immediately
upon the receipt ol proofs Of Death. vi
the death CLAIMS paid by the Society III
1886. more than one-haf OF the tolh
amount was settled on the very day proofs
were received and the balance, with ths
exception of few scattering cases, Within
the iiist sixty days.
Such record is unparalleled.
G. THE MOST PROGRESSIVE COM
PA%Y; having been the pioneer III all tht
r., forms which haze made American lie As
hurIn ce famous throus huut the world.
:. THE MOST LIBERAL CON
PANY issuing 4 policy which combines
yuure guarantees and advantages than amy
utaer company can oicr under i single con
tract of assurance.
8. TIE MOST REMUNEKATlHi ) i
COMPANY; having not only accumntatee
i larger surplus for the iuture benefit
policy holders, out having devised the Ton
tine method Of assurance under whicl
larger profits have becp paid to policy
holders than under any form ot assuranc
ever introduced.
0. THE MOST WORTHY OF BEING
CALLED \ MUTUAL COMPANY for
not only do ali profits belong To policy
holders, but no other assurance compan
has ever been conducted III the same sens
and to the same degree in the interest {
policy holders. From the beginning II
managers have sought to adapt its poiicie
and methods 20 the NEEDS AMI prcicrenc.
OF it's members.
II. Is. HYDE, President.
J. w. ALEXANDER, V. /
W, ALEXANDER. Secretary.
J. X. YOUNG,
RESIDENT AGENT,
Henderson,, y. G..
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08

cisco E.ramtae, says that 5000 vis-
itors to Los Angeles are booked by the
overland railroad companies for the
coming winter. And it adds: The
eye of the country is turned toward
the metropolis OF Southern California. ;
1t is marvellous that the Southern
States-the New South, as it is some
what fond of calling itself, and as the
people Of the North and East are
pleased to recognize it--have not done
more to attract the attention of win
ter travellers All through the fall and
winter Of 1886, the Herald, and pre-
sumably most all Eastern daily papers,
was bombarded with California litera-
ture. And it has already commenced
for 1887. There were illustrated trade
editions of papers from San Francisco,
Sacramento, and Los Angeles, there
were special pamphlet publications set
ting forth in more orless glowing Ian
guage and more or less perfect typo
graphy the glories of climate and fer
tiiity Of soil there were also railroad
publications, containing charming de-
scriptive matter and exciting an
nouncements Of special rates of fare.
the South has never done anything
of this kind, and until it wakes up to
the advisability and necessity of doing
it, it will not have got in proper
frame Of mind to promote its own wei
fare. Perhaps its mind will not be-
come educated except in the school oi
experience-when a hundred thousand
of its leading citizens, who really and
earnestly desire their country's growth,
shall themselves have visited the Pa.
cifc slope, and with oherving eyes set 4
how the people OF that section make
things grow.
The man in the South, when told
about the floods of California litera'
ture, and It is not confined to Cali
fornia, but all the growing West, Da-
kota, Nebraska, Kansas, issues it:
quota-that annually oyerwhelms the
East, astonishingly inquiries who print:
it and who pays for it. 1t is simple
business matter the people who hop'
to profit from its distribution pay to-
it. First cone the railroad compa
nies, which, besides reducing the fare
spend tens of thousands of dollars il
letting the world know they have re
dueed it; then the land companies
the hotel proprietors, the principa
merchants, in fact, almost everybod,
in the Tree and liberal West feels lik
giving something; look at the crowd
that swarm in upon them in the winter
And it is in that free and libera
J: spirit, as we understand the term ii
speaking of the West, the South
deficient. The railroads have refuses
to make any concessions in fare 70
excursion parties; hotels, instead c
making reduced rates for large parties
invariably make their charges a littl
, sleeper if there is an indication of
crowd, and there is a good deal of tn
spirit manifest that the man VIII
: hasn't money to invest in real estas
isn't quite welcome"
> These facts are well worth thought
: full study. Even Birmingham or Chat
] tanooga, as widely known as they ar
), cannot keep up their progress Of tt
, last two years without constant adve'
e tising and keeping eheir advantage
ever before the country.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08

A State convention Of the Prohib:-
tionists of North Carolina has been
called to meet At Greensboro May
10th, to elect delegates to the national
convention to be held at indianapolis
June 9Th; to nominate candidates Tor
State effices; to elect State execu-
tive committee, and to effect 4 com.
plete organization Of the Prohibition
party in the State.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08
Go it Goldsboro.
[Durhan, Tobacco Plant.l

Goldsooro has gone to work in ear
nest. Her citizens are stirring. Manu-
factories she will have. Right. The
Argus has done its whole duty along
this line and it is gratifying to its cdi-
tors to see the fruition Of thei,
hopes and the rich reward of theil
devoted zeal. We have a tender spo
for the Argus, its gentlemanly editor:
and beautiful town that is now march.
ing so steadily toward assured ane
permanent prosperity.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08
North Casolina's Taxes.
Wilmington Star.l

Wilmington Star.
Here are the taxes collected during
1887, in North Carolina:
r ak on licensed retail liquor dealers,
SSz,7s7; tax on white polls, SI73,o5s
tax on colorcd polls, $50, o3S on real
and personal property at h7H cents
on the SIoo valuation, Szs7,488.
Total school taxes, $6os 900 total
taxes for all county purposes, 100000.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08

The Wilkesboro Chronicle says Mr..
II. Curtin recently found a barrel Of
whiskey in the river near his house just
above Wilkesbore. About Christmas
a wagon crossing the ford there while
the river was up. was turned over and
barrel Of whiskey washed cut. This
is supposed to be the same one.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08

As a parallel to Rum, Romanism,
and Rebellon," by the alliteratwe
Burchard, the following is suggested :
Radicalism-Rings-Rascalisy-Rui
Let's wiring that change until they
wriggle,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We take this method of announcing
that wa have bour ht The Wood. B ack
smith and Paint shops Of Jas. A. ONeil,
and will con luct the business under the
atyla nf
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08

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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08


The Bank of Henderson.
HENDERSON, VANCE COUNTY, M.
General banking. ExsAasgs ssA
CSlieesisa Dasiaess.
FrRsr MORTGAGE LOANS Negotiated
on good farms for o term Of year., IN
sums OF $500 aud upward, at 9 per cent
interest and medsrste charges. ppIy 70
WM. u. 3. BURGwYE,
Al the Bank Of HsndsiseE.
HNM. II. 3. BURG WIN,
ATTORNEY AT Law.
HENDERSON, y. @.
Persons desiring to consult me prcfss-
sionalIy. wilt dnd me dsi y at my once in
Tne Bank Of Henderson 6uildipa
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08
Fashionable Tailoring and Dye
ing Establishment.

Salts made n order is asy ssyjs. -.
isct line 81 sampiss tsps % b.s4
Work nanshlp .guars1tesd Have sdd-
Cd . dyefnx dspaumsnt 10 my kesls
ness. asd can make faded etesh<s ieek
most - we'll ~ new. Prices sre ncd-
srsse and win be glad Of the patronage
Of those who are inclined - enee1yaes
bosns euterrriss. I keep ny old stss1
mp ssasn Over 0regsrs b stsre.
RaspeetfsIiy.
]. y. cLEMENTp,
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-08

Drops Of Tar, Pitch and TurpentiEe
SOU eexed from the Press Of North
Carolina.

A pine tree in Greene county meas.
ures IL feet in circumference.
Judge Clark will deliver the ad
dress at University commencement
Iunc 9th.
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
A Wind ScOuryo.

The mistral is the northwest wind which is the scourge of the South of France in Winter and Spring, The mountain ranges of the Cevennes be- ing covered with snow and the shores of the Mediterranean being many de- grees warmer, the icy-cold air rolls down tho slopes of the mountains with terrific violence, and, invading Provence and Lausuedoc, destroys the vineyards, uproots trees. throws down buildings, and is so intensly dry that it withers every green thing. According to stra- bo the melamboreas precipitated men from their charriots and stripped them of their arms and vestments. Locally the saying is that the three plaques of tho country are the Parliament, the mistral, and the Durance. Like our own east wind it does some good as wcll as great deal of mischief, as it renders the air more salubrious by dis polling the noxious vapors from stag nant waters and marshes. In ancient times it was personifed as the most dreaded of the gods of the district. The conditions of atmospheric pressure lavoring the mistral are high ba- rometer over Europe and How ba- rometcr over tho Gulf of Lyons. The bisc is similar and excessively cold northerly wiud in the Swiss and French Alps. - Longman's Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
UnshOd Horses.

Mr. P. H. Pagan, furniture and piano mover at Maiden Mass, gives his experience with barefooted horses. He has driven three horses two weighing HOO pounds each and one 1900 pounds) since January, 1885, without shoes. The large horse has always been lame since he bought him, fourteen years ago, until he took his shoes off. The animal has not gone lame since. Ho has driven on hard, flint roads, and, of course, on pavements in Boston. The horses travel better than before their shoes were taken off. They are not afraid on slippery pavements, as they were with shoes on, and there is no trouble in getting around on any kind of going in the city. MT. Pagan drove to Shrewsbury, thirty-five miles from Maiden, after two days rain in Febru- cry, 1885, when it was so icy that boy could skate all the way, and had no trouble. The hoof is hard and broad, and the frog is full and plump aud oa Q level. They have driven two winters on ice and snow, altogether better than when they were shod. Their feet are better for all purposes, they can trot faster, pull as much, and go more miles in the same time than they could when shod. -lBostoa Transcript.
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
A Remarkable Tree.

A Nevada paper describes remark. able kind of tree which is said to grow in that part of the country, and which certainly possesses qualities of great val. ue according to the description. The trees do not grow large, treo with trunk about foot in diameter being much above tho average. When dry, tho wood is about as hard as boxwood, and being of very fine grain, might, no doubt Do used for the same purpose. It is of a rich rcd color and very heavy. When we'll seasoned it would be a fino material for the wood carver. In the early days it was used for making boxes for shafting, and in few instan ccs, for shoes and dies in quartz batteries. Used as fuel it creates intense heat. It burns with blazo as long as or di- nary wood would last, and then it is found---almo unchanged in form--- con. verted into charcoal that lasts twice as long as ordinary wood. For fuel a cord of it brings about the same price as ton of coal. Unfortunately it burns out stoves faster than any kind of coa'.
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
A Noted Horses Tomb.

One of tho most interesting things that MT. Harper showed me on the old Nantura stock farm, near Lexington, Ky, was tho tomb of the famous Ten Broeck. It stands upon tho rising ground opposite his stable door. The grave has huge pile of dirt raised over it, and is inclosed with picket fence. The inclosure is about twelve feet square. Last year this space was cov- cred with a mass of flowers. Be- yond the inclosuro about six feet, and opposite the division between the doors of Ten Broeck's and Longfellow's stalls, is Q monument of the finest Italian mar ble.
 It bears the inscription on the side facing the tomb: ''Ten Broeck, bay horse, foaled on Nantura Stock Farm, Woodford County, Ky., June 29, 1879, Died June 2S, 1887. Performances: 1 mile, 1.ee s-4; 5-s, 2.49 IA; 9 miles, s.a7 1-s; 9 5s, 4.5s 1-2; 8 miles, 5.28 1-2; 4 miles, 7.15 3-4." The work was executed by Burke of Versailles. MT. Harper said that it was his inten- tion when Longfellow died to bury him in similar grave opposite his stall door, and upon the side of the monu- mont facing it to inscribe upon the marble his name and achievements, and then inclose the whole with an iron picket fence, taking in moro ground, probably an eighth of an acre in all, which shall be flower garden forever. -[Cincinnati En quirer.
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
PersOnificatiOn of the Rainbow,

The rainbow is one of the atmos- pheric phenomena that havo been most generally personi6ed. Peoples of al- most every part of the world have made of it living and terrible monster whose most venial offcnse is that of drinking up the waters of springs and ponds. This belief is found among the Burmese, Zulus, Indians of Washington Territory, ancient Mexicans, and Films, and exists among the popular fancies of the Slavs and Germans, and some of the French populations. The Zulus and Karens of Burmah imagine that tho rainbow spreads sickness and death. Tho Karens, when they sec one, say to their children: ''The rainbow has como down to drink; do not play, for fear that harm may como to your Very singularly, too, the street boys in Volhynia run away, crying, 'tRun, it will drink you upr' Ia Dahomey, the raiabow is regarded as a heavenly serpent, Danh, which insurcs happiness. The modern Greeks hold it to bo a beneficent but just and severe hero; they say that any one who jumps over rainbow will change sex at once; but this saying which is also current in Alsace, is only a pictures que way of iu- dicatiug the impossibility of transform inp A man into woman or a woman into a man. The Delians offered cakes to the rain bow, and the Peruvians put its image on the walls of their tenn pies. The Caribs considered it's appearance on tho sea a favorable presage; but on the earth its influence was pernicious, and they hid from it's view. It was personi- fled by viper. -[Popular Science Monthly.
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
Confidence Rewarded.

Husbands, it seems, are of somo ac. count in Washington, notwithstanding the slight figure they cut on "swell" social occasions. Au incident related by correspondent shows this. A so. ciety lady of much promine nee, whose husband holds clerkship in one of tho departments has mother of much fin. ancial wealth living in the west. The mother is in the habit of sending hand some presents to her daughter. Recent ly small package containing some rib- bons, pocket handkerchiefs, bonbons, etc., nothing of much value, was re- ceived by the latter. Tho daughter felt hurt that her mothers present was so insignificant as compared with for. mer ones, and she began to shed toars as the box was emptied of it's trifes. The servant was ordered to take the debris and throw it away. The husband had confidence in his mother in law. He said, soothingly, to his wife, 'My dear, will look carefully through the paper and straw which came in the box perhaps we havo overlooked some thing" He did look carefully and was rewarded by finding and envelope witt neatly folded check for 5000 in it, together with an ondearing note to her children. The husband was SC overcome with joy at the find that he could only say: 'God bless our moth cr."-[ Boston Traveller.
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
The FaYOrite Color.

It Is curious circumstance that red, the unseen color of so many, is tho favorite color, and may be called the king color, of the normal eye. It was especially so in ancient times. If we examine the Bible we shall find that the Hebrews scarcely ever use color as m epithet, as we do when we say ''tho blue sky" ''the purple hills." They say, indeed, ''the Red Soa;" but blue is scarcely mentioned as seen. in nature, only in the "blue and purple and scar- let'' of tho tabernacle hangings, or the high priests robes, or tho pavement of the kings palace of "red and blue and black and white marble" in tho Book of Esther. Yellow, excepting as sign of disease, is mentioned but once or twice: Cher feathers like yellow gold" But red is largely spoken of as in later times, and perhaps as incorrectly, for wo did not invent, we only inherit the exprcs- sion, "red gold," fred wine," one of these being merely orange, and the other ruddy purplc. 'Rcd hair" is a modern, or rather medieval inaccur- acy; ''red COW" we got from the ancients. Theso epithets all appear to show certain fancy for calling things rcd as the more kingly and costly color. -[Good Words.
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
PaDer for Building Purposes.

The uso of paper fabric for building purposes-by the term paper being meant broadly flexible sheet made of vegetable or other fibre, which has been reduced to pulp, and then pressed out and spread and dried-is now advocated
 by some builders on the following grounds: First continuity of surface that is, it can be made in rolls of al- most any width and length, is flexible,
 or by gluing several layers together may be made stiff, and will stop tho passage of air because there are nc joints ; second, it has no grain like wood, and will not split; third, it is not affected by change of ftemperature, and thus has an advantage over sheet metal as roofing material; fourth, whereas in it's natural condition it is affected by moisture, it may be rendered waterproof by saturat- ing with asphalt, or by a variety oi other methods; fifth, it is non-res onant and we'll fitted to prevent the passage o1 sound; sixth, it is non-conductor of heat, and can also be made of lncom- bustiblc material, like asbestos, or ren- dered fire-resisting by chemical treat ment, The combination of paper with other substances and solidifying the mass by pressure, renders practicable the production of material capable of re- placing wood for many purposes; and not least among its characteristics ot adaptability is the ease with which it may be made into sheets of any width and thickness, that will not warp or shrink from heat, cold, or dampness.-
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
Skin.Grafting,

Where the skin has beon destroyed by burns or other injuries it may be re- newed by transplanting small pieces of living skin from other parts or even from the lower animals. Dr. Redard of Paris has thus successfully treated Q severe burn of the scalp in a child two years of age. The wound measured three inches by two and half, over which area the skin was entirely de- stroyed. He first tried gratis of frogs skin, but as these proved repulsive to the patient he took tho skin from be- heath tho wing of a chicken and in two months the wound was completely skinned over. The doctor neglects to state whether any feathers have yet sprouted on the child's head, but unless natural law is suspended in this case, such is sure to bc the result. What a vista is here opened up! The womanof the future will discard bonnets, since a simple process of skin- n-grafting will crest her like a cockatoo or adorn her head with natural growth of tho most brilliant plumago of the tropics. But how about her appearance when shc is moulting2- Chicago News.
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
Knowing Turkeys.

Last summer Mrs. James Mcconnell,
 of Cadiz, O., had brood of fine young turkeys caught in hail. storm, by which several of them had each leg broken.
 The grass being high near the house she could only find one of the unfortu- mates, which she picked up carefully, and with spliuters placed on each side of the fracture bound up the broken part. A day or two passed, and she had forgotten the incident, when what was her astonishment one aftern oon to see approaching her iu the yard the old turkey with her d-five-with bro- ken legs. These, under tho lead ership of the one she had operated upon, came chirping up to her and would not leave until she had bound each ones fractured
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30

Never before, according to the Con- missioner of Education, havo superior institutions of learning in the United States occupied so large share of pub lie attention or given signs of such vigorous and fruitful life as at the present time. Among these institutions are chased schools of science, pure and applied, which according to the Com missioner, ''have greatly increased the provision for superior instruction, ex- tended its province, and borne an inn portant part in the adjustment of it's processes to the demands arising from the extraordinary increase of scientific knowledge and it's application to the leading industries of modern times."
Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30

Considerable progress is being made in the use of crude petroleum as fuel. An electric light and power company in New Orleans has recently substituted it for coal under five of it's fifteen boilers with such advantages in point of econo- my in first cost, in handling and atten- dance, and in other ways that it will soon displace coal entirely in this plant. It is cleaner than coal, makes no cin- ders, smoke or soot, requires fewer men, is not SO destructive to boilers, and ad- mits of keeping the steam pressure at a fixed point without variation. The burner used consists ofthree pipes, one within the other, the outer one supply ing steam, the middle one oil, and the inner air-the supply of each being fla nous no matter how hard they try.