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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-01
The Lack of Good Breetiior.

Il well bred man is quiet in dress, respect-
Inl 10 women, kind to the weak. helpful to
the feeble. He may not be ALWAYS an esp,-
emily generous or ELUSIVE man. but GOOD
breeding Will tell him all the proper obscry-
aneeS and the duty of being conventional
gentleman. He Stimulates a virtue il he have
1t not, anal is courteous and tender to the old
The feeble, the humble Noblesse oblire is
his motto and his pride is to do that which
he owes to himself, even il he have No dis
tlnction.
IL Is the absence of this air of "distinctionn
which Matthew Arnold noticed and criti-
clSed There are fashionable men who have
oored expression when a lady speaks to
thfn, who seltishly takes tho best seat are
nke bears OF modern society. Like bea:s
they can only be propitiated by sweets To
sfe such Young man at the Casino at New
port refrain from rising to give his chair
10 married lady, perhaps his mothers
lriend, such men Lack distinction. To see O.
man cultivate brutal manner, who laughs
al some uniucky accident on the lawn tennis
ground, 10 notice the thorough selfsbness
"hich governs his conduct, would be to de-
SPAR OF the world did not ono see in the next
hoas; some better bred man althourb x,;th
not Snch fashionable SURROUNDINGS
The trouble is that such man has M c,,
tiTation The breeding that he shoua hayo
received At home has been rubbed out hr the
seinshncsS vi his Surroundings Mothers
perhaps have been more busy TRYING tn Ga
cure a rich match for their sons than 70 make
theni thorough gentlemen. They have heard
money, MONEY, money talked from morning
oh1il night The worship of wealth iniures
good manners-Mrs II E VI. Sherwood in
Philadelphia Times
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-01
WORKINGMEN, READ.
This is the Way the Tariff Affects You.

Under the present tariff the laborel
rises in the morning, puts on his com.
mon flannel Shirt taxed 95 per cent
his coat taxed 81 per cent; shoes 8
per cent; and hat taxed o. per cent
washes his face and hands in a tin
bowl taxed IS per cent and dries
them on cheap cotton towel taxed
IS peg cent.
He sits down to his humble meal
and eats from plate taxed 50 per
cent; with knife and fork taxed q
per cent drinks his coffee with sugar
taxed 90 per cent seasons his food
with salt taxed 50 per cent; pepper
taxed Or per cent. He looks around
on his wife and children, all taxed in
the same way, takes a chew of tobacco
taxed 100 per cent, or lights a cigar
taxed II8 per cent. And even the
sunlight from heaven that pours into
his humble dwelling must come
through window glasses taxed 80 per
cent, and yet he thinks he lives in the
frcest government under heaven.
After the days labor is closed. and
his family are all gathered around, he
reads 4 chapter from his Bible taxed
IS per cent aud knceIS to God on a
carpet taxed 81 per cent; then he
rests his weary limbs on I sheet taxed
IS per cent; and covers himself with
4 blanket that has paid 1o4 per cent.
Even the broom with Which his GOOD
wife sweeps the floor is taxed Is per
cent. and the cooking vessels used in
preparing the husbands frugal meals
are taxed ~ per cent and the soda
used to tighten his bread is taxed 20
per cent. The wife sits down to her
sewing machine, with 4 needle taxed
IS per cent. and 4 spool of thread
taxed u per cent, to make 4 calico
dress taxed SIS per cent; or if she
wlSceS 10 knit a warm pair of socks to
protect her husband and children from
the bitter cold she uses yarn taxed 100
per cent.
THIS heavy and unjust burden of
taxation upon the neceSserles of life.
the Democratic party proposes to re-
duce TO an extent that will secure re-
lief from the hardshirs and dangers of
our present tariff laws, without imper
ling the industrial interests of the
country.
The Democratic party advocates
cheaper necessarles; the Republican
party favors the rich and the trusts
and other capitallstic combines against
the poor.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-01
ALONE.
Ely T.. y. RE ASPR.

1 have stood. sometimes, as the day went
out
In darkness. high upon some rugged peak
And seen the stars appear in sudden roIlt
Before the setting sun. as children seek
In play to 'scape pursuit by running round
Some Intervening bush while OH the
The eternal snow lay deep and soft and
white,
4 glittering plain in ti.e star-lit night;
There no sign of life, no sound. but the
moan
or the winds But then seemed not lone
And have been where stagnant waters
In awful stiffness meath tall cypress trees,
And seen anon the fTpiiy's intermittent ra '
Thrown back from the nOisOmc flood, as
the sea
Reflects the stars have listened to the ca |
OF the night-bird's low cOmplainings, and
The saddeping sounds OF night the sudden
crash
OF stricken trees, and then the startling
dash
OF frightened birds, the trembling leaves
soft tone
In ceaseless song: But seemed not alone
And have seen the earth in living green
Stretch out In one vast sea, to meet the
blue
OF Heav'n; the stars in grand prospective
seen
Some near. some far, as they wander on
Through
Space. bright watchers Ger the silent
sleeping world.
No other creature, save some meteor hurled
With lurid fash athwart fine stormy sky
And heard afar the skulking coyotes cry
Across the darkened prairieS swiftly blown:
Not even then, | seemed to be alone
And am now among the hauntS Of men.
A stranger, with many thousand thrown
by chance midst crowds of busy men,
when,
Oh, paradox most strange, am alone
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-01
NEED OF DEMOCRATIC
WORK

The Wilmington AtsstnSey say.
there is need OF Democratic work. anc
Ill all the torceful truths it has uttered
during this campaign none have been
more important and timely than is
this Ii is warning that Democrats
cannot afford to neglect. There i,
Need tor us to work, and ozark AUo
to secure Success at the polls in No
Ecmber- The Messenger SAWS:
Instead OF 4 majority OF fifty thous
and democratic, proclaimcd by some,
sentiment has settled down tn ,h,
earnest conviction liz North Carolina
that the election is going TO be ahou,
rs close IS 1t has been for the ras,
three or four contests
We are glad that our peonle have
come to realize tie true state of If
fairs We rejoice that the camnaIsn
s~Agger has let up. We are engaged
III an earnest. honest, important con
test 4 contest of principle, and in
Noi'ing measures Of the highest inter
est, and It IS well that sober sense is
brought 90 It's consideration.
II the people of North Carolina are
true u themselves, there Is no doub,
as To what the result viii lie. And
when all realize that every Democrat
mast do has duty, or the State may
be lest, we do not believe there viii
be any dosbt OF the result. Cam
IaIgns ane woo BY hard work, and this
Is just the sort OF campaign tina; re-
9uucs hard work Bring out the vote
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-01
CHEAP PATENT MEDICINES.

A Peddler Lays in His Stock of Drugs
for tho Iiura; Trade-TrIcks.
Il want box of the cheapest axle grease
Ill stock, onc-ha!f pint of alcohol, ono ounce
of oil Of mustard, thrt4. dozen small tin salvC
boxes and the same number Of one-half ounce
vinlS"
Now that was certainly q queer looking
purchase for such an ''Ornerv" looking fell
low To be making. 50 the druggist asked
him kindly 10 come in and look at his
samples when the wIl.e in them was red and
lie soon had he fakir, Tor such be was, max
ing confession to Linn And this was tho
drift of it,
These things cost me less than seventy
cents. | shall sell the boxes and vials when
they are filled at twenty-five cents each-sx
dozen in all, equal to SIS But have mate
rial sufficient for twice that number Of
boxes and walls, SO that for about thirty
cents more, or about 81 i'll all, shall realize
SO. Any trouble to sell! Not bit Of it,
rarely stop at a farm house that fail to
sell one of each-sometimes two, three or a
half dozen; while at every village l enter q
dozen or so go off like hot cakes.
What is it, do You say, and how do | work
1t! Nothing simpler The axle grease goes
into the tin boxes. l did not ask for the
cheapest to save money, but for the smell
I've done considerable patent medicine venCl-
ing, and have found that the viler the smell
the reader it sells. This axle grease once it
Is in the tiny tin box, call it corn salve-
receipt obtained from Sioux medicine man
Nine people i'll ten in the country have corns
on their feet and n single smell Of the stuff
Is enough to effect sale
''In the vials pour two spoonfuls of alec
hol, five or six drops Of the oil of mustard
and I'LL 1t up with water. That vial then be-
comes toethache drops. which I learned how
to make Il mean tell the people this from
Turk whose life saved i'll the sea of Mar
mora, and he gave me the recipe out of graf
ltnde- There's lots of toothache among
farmers, their wives and daughters
AS to their virtues, what of thatl Farmers
are the most credulous people under the SUM-
and their self esteem, the bump of which is
a"fuily BIG, but makes imposition upon them
more easy. There are probably hundreds of
men In the United States engaged, like me-
In selling nostrums to village and country
people, not one of whom knows or cares
whether there be virtue in them. Do oyer
hear from those I have victimizedl Bless
you, this country is big and wide, and
never return the way / so, and am disin-
ciined to sell ut the houses at which put ND
for the night until the following morning. I
give 1t to you straight, young man. do not
miss sale one time in ten, and were not so
aVerse to SadlinS about, l should follow this
business as n livelihood. There's ton times
rs much IN 1t rs Ill farming "-Chicago Her
aid.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-01
Notice.

nAVISG DULY QUALIFIED BE
IL fore the Clerk Of the Superior
Court OF Vance county. as a1minisfra-
trix with will anne xed Of the estate of
Joseph Basket, deceased. all persons
holding claims against said estate are
not fieu TO present them To me within
twelve months from date heIerf or this
notice will he pleaded in bar Of their re-
covery and all persons indebted to said
estate must make Immediate payne OF.
This, October IL. 1888
MARY BASKETT.
Administrative with will nntxed oil
Joseph Ra>kett. deceased. oct IL s q
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-01

That is what is necessary Dissipate
the spirit of general apathy born of
over confidence, and our victory is
won. But let Democrats lay back
and figure Oil what ought to be, never
putting the shoulder TO the wheel, and
the aggregate Democratic vote in the
State will make us ashamed of our
selves.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-01

When you offer oats to 4 horse he
may say neigh, but he doesn't mean it.
"Not every one is happy who dane
es," saws the proverb. The man who
has just stepped on a tack knows this
full we'll.
The young man with slender salary
should choose for his bride a young
woman of small waste
Why are good resolutions like faint
ing ladies in company? Because they
want carrying out.
"Now, my dears," said a teacher,
what is memory ?" A little one an
swered, after moments reflection :
1t is the thing you forget with"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-01

" lis false :" as the girl said when
her lover told her she had beautiful
hair
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-07
Cracks and Crevices.

A small crack or creyice in the poul-
try-house is apparently a very small
thing. but it is more dangerous to the
health of the birds than If the whole
side of the house was open. \ bird
that is compelled to roost near small
knot-hole in the boards composing the
walls of poultry-house, will in a ma
iority Of cases, come out the next morn
ing with swelled head and eyes, where
as, if il had been exposed 10 the open
air, on tree limb, it would have
escaped. We do not recommend the
tree limb as a roosting place, however,
but we make the comparison to show
how important it is to prevent little
draughts or currents of air from COM
ing in on the birds; il is not the degree
Of cold, or the exposure that does the
mischief, but the steady, constant cur
rent of air that carries off the heat
from that portion of the body it passes
over. and causes the bird to take a
heavy cold. The result is hoarse
breathing, closed eyes, swelled head,
sore throat and other ills incident to
human beings under slmllas' clfcum-
.tancrs -Faraa aud Homo.
There are but three factories in the
United States in which crutches are
exclusively manufactured one each in
Boston. Philadelphia and New York.
Aluminium resembles silver i'll APP
pearance. is stronger than steel, will
not tarnish and is superior to silver for
all purposes for which that metal is
used.
Bones disintegrate quickly in sea
water. They are consequently seldom
obtained during ocean dredgings, al
though teeth, which resist the action of
the overwhelmingly, are often brought
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-07
PERNtCIOUS WEEDS.
How to Get Rid of the Three Most Trou.
blesome Varieties.

The worst weeds may be divided into
three classes: Animals and biennials,
which are reproduced by seeds; peren-
mails, reproduced in the same manner,
and plants, which spread by offshoots or
buds from the roots. Prslane, oxeye
daisy. white weed, and ragweed are
types of the first; wild carrot and
parsnip are examples OF the second, and
those very troublesome weeds, Canada
thistle, Quack grass, and stonecrop are
specimens of the third. The first class
are easily destroyed by moving or
blowing under before the seeds are
formed; the second class require plow-
ing under as well as the prevention of
seeding, and the third class call for
special treatment.
1t is quite easy to get rid of the first
and second kinds If the proper means
are persevered in, but very difficult to
destroy the third kind, because not
only the roots sprout again after plow
ing, but the stems; and as regards the
most troublesome "stone crop or dive
forever" (Sed'tn felephiam) even the
leaves wi throw out roots and produce
new plants. Hence all plants of this
class need thorough blowing under and
the persistent destruction of every
young sprout that makes its appear
ance as soon as it is seen. We have no
fear of such weeds after a successful ex-
perience with Canada thistles and
quack grass, and would quite as soon
have dense growth of them to turn
under as a liberal quantity of manure,
Our plan has been to pillow the land in
the summer, choosing a dry, hot time
| for the work, so as to turn the roots
uppermost, when two days OF hot sun
ming will kill every one of them and
quite free the land of the pests. To dc
this is not difficult ii does not lose q
crop, because one can SOW millet on the
land, and if desired, turn this under AZ
a rich fertilizer and sow wheat or rye
and seed with grass, putting in clover
in the spring, and thus begin new life
with the field N J. Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-07
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


The heaviest metals in their order
are tungsten, II; uranium, 1888; ham
nered gold, 1886; platinum. -; irid-
-vegetarianism does not protect
from cancer. In a hospital at Jeypore,
India, during the last eight years,
forty-one operations for cancer have
been performed on the persons of meat
eaters, and sixty-one on strict and life
ong yegetarians.
"A new glass. recently invented in
Sweden, is said to be capable. when
made into a lens for a microscope. Of
enabling rs to distinguish the 2o4,-
700,0o0th part of an inch 1t is also
said that there is great promise OF this
class producing wonderfully powerful
telescope lenses and new departure
in astronomy.
According to a Chicago wagon
maker, white oak requires eighty years
10 mature; shell-bark hickory, from
thirty to fifty years; tulip-tree, sixty
or more years; and red or Norway
pine. at least sixty years. Artiticially
grown, ffty-fve thousand feet of these
kinds of lumber may be obtained from
each acre.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-07
AMERICAN GEMS
Beautiful stones Found In Various Portfopt
Of the United states.

Mining for gems in the United States
has been carried on chiefly in connec-
ton with quarrying mica and other
minerals. The ornamental stones which
have been Systematically mined. are the
emerald of North Carolina and the
tourmalines in Maine. By ornamental
stones are here meant those used in per-
sonal adornment, and not the beautiful
marbles and alabasters used for the or
namental finish of buildings.
We have several stones OF considera-
Bile beauty and value, peculiar to our
country. One is commonly known as
the green-star stone, and is found on
Isle Royale, in Lake Superior 1t shows
the play of colors exhibited in the cats
eye, and in what is called tiger s-eye
from Colorado The curious appear
ance OF all these stones is due to their
flbrous structure.
Although we have the flexible sand
stone, which is supposed to be the rock
in which the diamonds of Brazil occur,
yet no large and valuable diamonds
have been found in this country. The
finding of small diamonds is reported
from California, North Carolina and
Virginia. Rubies and sapphires have
| been found at several places east of the
Alleghanies, and in the placer mines OF
Montana
| Varieties Of quartz are abundant, and
many of them are very beautiful. The
clear, transparent crystals Of Central
New York and of California are fine
| specimens of natures skill in the shap
ing of forms. Amethystine crystals are
| found in several States, and particu
larly fine ones at Lake Superior ant
near the Yellowstone Park.
Along the Rocky mountains from
Montana to Arizona occur whole forests
which have been converted into stone
by the action Of silicated waters. Th'
products are chaicedony, agates ant
iaspers of great beauty Of color ant
banding. The texture of the wood i
often preserved, and gives character t
the stone. This is the case with tn
tiger's-eye of Colorado. The agate
cut from these petrifactions owe thei
bands of color to the layers Of wood.
Smoky quartz of the finest variety i
found about Pixies Peak From this
cut the popular cairngorm stone, Tn
collaborating quartz of California ha
been cut for ornamental uses to consid
cradle extent.
The value of all the ornamental stone
yet worked in this country is triilin
when compared with the value of tn
paving stones which are laid down i
our streets. ii is likely that for Ion
time to come our granite quarries WI
yieid more YEA tn than our mines {
precious stones Youths Companion.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-07
MALTA AND TOM.
A singuiarly Touching Scene Observed In
Animal Life.

More than thirty years ago, when ]
was boarding with the family of Friend
Joseph Carpenter, Quaker farmer in
New Rochelle. n Y, | witnessed
scene of animal life which touched
my feeling deeply and its singularity
impressed itself indelibly on my
memory. There Were two cats in the
family. One was a slender gentee,ly-
shaped Maltese, very active in her
temperament and exceedingly nimble in
her motions. 1t was a pretty sight to
see her gamboling with her kittens. or
leaping up in the air to snap at pass
ing fly. On such occasions | often
used to wish that her portrait could be
taken by the famous Swiss artist,
whose wonderfully natural feline
pictures gained for him the name OF
The Cat Raphael
The other cat was old and infirm.
He was called Grizzly Tom" on ac-
count OF the color of his fur. Whether
rheumatic pains and aches made him
irritable, l know not, but for some
reason or other, he was the crossest
beast that one sees in a lifetime. His
i'll temper was particularly manifested
towards the kittens. OF which Pussy
Malta had several broOds year. Woe
TO them. if, while chasing their own
tails. they tumblcd on him as he lay
stretched ont in tie sunshinei All
| agreed that Grizzly was nuisance.
but he had lived in the family from
kittenhood, and they had not the heart
| TO order his execution. SO he lived
on. splitting and growing clawing
and scratching, whenever he was not
asleep, He and Pussy Malta did not
| come to blows. for she was too busy
70 attend to fighting, but she never
sought his company, and while they
were tapping milk from the same
little trough, she would keep one eye
on the lookout to see what he was
likely 10 do next.
One day Pussy Malta came in from
| the barn uttering the most piteou:
cries. Whether she had been kicked
or had eaten something poisonous, VT
never knew; but her sufferings were
most painful. Notwithstanding the
application OF q warm bath and warn
blankets, the swelling continued to in
crease and her limbs twitched convul
sively. Grizzly Tom, who was sleep
ing on the ''stoop.n was reused by hei
first cry. and came looking in at th'
door to see what was the matter.
never saw any dumb creature expires
sympathy so humanity as he did. HI
walked slowly round and round Pussy
Malta, looking at her wistfully. an'
now and then laying his paw gently
on her fur, as if he wanted to say: =
wish could help thee" But nothing
availed. In less than an hour she wa
ifoless. Her hunting days We're over
and she would never again frisk will
her kittens.
She left three little orphans, 81
young that their eyes were not We
opened. When their mother breathe'
her last. they lay curled up togethe
| in little furry heap, ona bit OF carps
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-07
Mothers Who Are Too Generous.

1t is true that the young wife and
mother is more often too self-sacrific-
ing than otherwise She sinks her
own individually altogether too much
in the service of her family. 1t is the
easiest thing to do, to reserve nothing
in the way of devotion, but it is not the
wisest way. 1t developes selfishness in
stead of thoughtfulness in the beloved
ones whom sheH served, and it too often
happens THAT the wife and mother who
denies herself constantly waiting Oh
others, and demands no consideration
for herself wakes later in life to find
tiE,t-she has made mistake. Out OF
the fullness of her heart she has given
more. than she ought for the sake of
her, family asr,well as herself. The
daughter whose comfort has always
been consulted before that Of her
mother the son whose hours of study
or play must never be interrupted for
his mothers sake, the husband who
knows that his wife is sa Mt of use
fitness, impose unconsciously upon her
goodness. And they develope a dull-
ness Of sympathy, and .unreadiness to
think of her needs, which Is as hurt
| full to their own moral growth as it is
heart breaking and incomprehensible
to the woman who has uselesslF laid
down her very life for them. - Christian
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