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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-10-11
Notice.
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VAL
~ LIABLE REAL ESTATE.


~ UABLE REA l. ESTATE.
AS Commissioner appointed by the
Superior Count for Vance county. at the
February term, 1888. in the action in
said court whereiR Jno. NJ. Lawrence,
administrator of Turner Lawrence, IL
plaintiff, and John e. Hester and Lucy
Hester his wife, are defendants, shall
sell on Monday, the 18th day OF October,
1883, at the Court House door, In the
town of h henderson, a lot or parcel Of
land situate in the town of Kittrell.
Vance county. adjoining the lots Of p.
b. Key, J. K. Hedgepeth end others,
and bounded rs follows: Beginning on
lat street, Kev's South east corner,
thence North 1891 feet TO End street,
thence East % feet TO Hedgepeth's corn
or, thence South. parallel with Keys
line to LIST street. 1884 feet, thence West
along 1st street % feet to the beginning,
containing 1888 square feet more or
less. 4erms. cash.
THOS. Il. VFNABLE,
Commissioner.
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E. w. ELLIS & 60.
HENDERSON, n. c.,

VIII make grand display of Mill
merry, Ladies' Dress Goods, Wraps,
Novelties, &C., next TUESDAY and
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 10th and 18th.
The public are invited.
m-Removed to third door in
Young Block.
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Insure your life, insure your property,
with j. r. Young, Agent.
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OBITUARY..

Ella Goodrich, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. l. &. Rowland, of Henderson, n .
g., was born Feb. 2Sth, 1883. and died Sept.
2Sth 1888, aged seven months.
She died of cholera infantum after an
illness of only two days. This is the fourth
child of about the same age the bereaved
parents have buried. Never was the eX
preston that death loves shining mark
more fully verified than in the death of
little Ella. infant daughter of parents who
worshipped and idolized her, who loved
her too we'll, who had watched with in
tensest interest the budding charms of this
little darling. She had been to rs. from
her earliest infancy, the object of our ten
derest care and solicitude, our pride, our
hearts treasure.
But alas alas all the bright dreams of
a loving, dOting mother, all the cherished
anticipations of fond and affectionate
father, have by her death been dashed to
earth. Yes, she who was the world and
all to us is gone, forever gone. Still let
us not be cast down. Heaven gives its
favortes early death, and SO it has hap
pened in this case. Ills He has taken her
to His heart and folded her there, where
sin and sorrow never come. We, the be-
reayed parents. find consolation in the
thought that our lost little ones are treas
ureS laid up in Heaven, to be restored in
Gods good time.
Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade
Death came with friendly care,
The opening buds to Heaven conveyed
And hade them blossom there.
The mother gave in tears and pain
The flowers she most did love,
She knew she should find them all again
In the fields of light-above.
And when it pleaseS God to send
His Angel for their Ma,
These little children shall stand and hold
The Heavenly gates ajar.
MOTHER.
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"HACKMETACK," a lasting and fragrant
perfume. Price % and 30 cents. For sale
at w. 7. Cheatham a. Co.'S drug store.
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Announcement.

hereby announce myself an independ-
ent candidate for the Office of Register of
Deeds of Vance county. Soliciting the
support of my friends, both white and col
ored, and p, 0mising to discharge the duties
of the Office to the best of my ability if
elected, l am, Very Respectfully,
A. NJ BAskETT.
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Harris keeps everything in the Patent
Medicine line. june-2l.
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Toilet soaps, brushes, combs, esq. at
Harris Drugstore. june-21.
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SLEEPLEss NIGHTS, made miserable by
that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is the
Remedy for you. For sale at W. T. Cheat
ham & Cos drug store. feb--9.
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Harris Drugstore is the place to have
your prescriptions filled. 1nne-2L
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Electric Bitters.

Buy your cigars and tobacco at Harris
Drugstore. tune-2l.
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MARRIED.-One of KittrellS most
charming and accomplished young ladies
has been wOoed and won by one of Ok
ford's popular and successful young bust
ness men. At the Episcopal church in
kttrell, at 1e o'clock Tuesday morning,
Mr.. W. F. Adams and Miss Annie Black
nall were happily married, Rev. NJ. NJ.
! Marshall, ID. D., of Raleigh, officiating
Immediately after the marriage Mr.. and
! Mrs Adams took the train for an extended
Northern tour. The bride is we'll known
and quite popular, and has many friends
/ and admirers in Henderson,
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CAREFUL ASSERTING OF TOBACCO
Good cultivation and perfect curing of to-
bacco are necessary of course, but to OBJ
tain the best results-that is to get the
most money out of the crop-nothing is Of
greater Importance than the careful as
sorting and proper classification of the
leaves. 1t pays the farmer to handle his
tobacco we'll every time. Every success
full planter knows this. Speaking on this
subject the Danville Southern Tobacco
Journal says:
| There is one thing which a great many
of our farmers have never learned to do
| we'll, and that is to assert their tobacco
f., properly A vast amount of the leaf comes
| TO this market every week which is i'm
| properly assorted and hence does not bring
| its real value. 1t is an easy matter to find
wrappers among cutters and smokers
mixed with filters and other grades. Our
farmers are losing money all the time by
neglecting to properly assert their leaf.
| 1t is a we'll known fact that on every
market of any size there are persons who
make good money at this point where the
! farmers fail to properly assert. These
dealers" buy up the badly assorted piles,
and get them for the value of the worst
leaf in the piles. They afterwards care
grade and getting it to itself, and when il
goes on the market much of it sells fol-
three times its original cost. Here the
farmer is the loser by not doing mis- WORK
as it should be done.
All the grades should be carefully Sc
lected. Of course it takes more time to dc
this work carefully, but then it pays, anc
paws we'll Never let one grade be mixed
with another. When your tobacco come:
to market it sells for the value of the wors
leaves in the pile and hence all the fin'
leaves that get in the wrong pile go TO
less than half their value. We trust {
word to our farmer readers will be SUI
ficient on this subject. Assert your new
crop carefully and it will make you man.
dollars more than you could realize il thi
part of the work were carelessly done.
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IHE MINSTRELs.-The Greensboro Pa
tFiot pays this complimentary tribute to
the excellence of Goodyear, Cook q Dill
ions minstrels, to appear at Burwell Hall
Saturday evening. 1t says
Those who were SO fortunate as to be
present at the minstrel performance last
evening, enjeyed the best thing of the kind,
In our opinion, that has appeared in this
State for years. We have never seen the
! performance surpassed in New York, even
IN the .paimy days of Charley Bacchus,
Aei>e seymour, Eph Horn. Dan Bryant
and Dave Reed-hushed now are the song
and dance. gone are the gibe and Jest of
every mothers son of them Excellent
orchestral music. the genial aud inimitable
humor OF Goodyear and Dillon, minstrelsy
! OF the highest order of merit, wonders in
slelght OF hand and juggling, banjo troub-
aoourS who made melody liz perfection,
/ ana clog dancing which was marvel-the
whoie beautifully mounted on the stage
combined to offer a rare entertainment.
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Miss Rosa Thomas has returned with her
beautiful stock of ladies' hats, feathers
flowers, ribbons, &c, and all open and
ready to show you. Call and see the pretty
things in our millinery department
S. & &. WATKINS
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Rncklen'S Arnica SalYe.

sept. ia. Henderson, \.
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N Oticei

Tsept. 49, o ]
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'We've got 'em'-the best largest and
cheapest stock of goods ever brought to
Henderson. 5. K T.. WATKINS.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-11
A GOOD THING TO DO.

One of tho best things for the House
Of Representatives to do, and a thing
that cen be done in n short time, Is to
abolish The tobacco Tax. In The FIRST
place, it ought TO be done in the natural
justice of things, and in the second place
both parties would agree to 1t.
If II is not done, the tobacco-raisine
States will be slow TO listen to The call OF
the Democratic party at the time when
the Republicans are on record rs favor
ing the total abolition Of the tax
We have called attention to the folly OF
tinkering with that tax and freeing some
ar icles. while Others are left subject TO
tax tribute. We use the word tribu'e be.
cspse all useless taxation Is in fact tribute
to some special class of people, and a
fragrant violation of the policy Of Repub-
lican government.
Tie Government has a right 10 lay on
taxes TO support the Government, but not
TO grant privileges to ceriaiA classes.
Let this be well understoOd, ana pro-
lection will be cOmprehcnded a. the
false system Of cnslaying the people 10
the few monopolisis TO whom Is granted
the right to dictate the prices on The home
markc', by keeping out all products but
their own. This is to be a grand peaceful
revolution Of reform against baronial
personal privilege.
If tie battle il lost by the Democrats
it will be because Of their dilitory ways
of meeting very pressing issues.
In Virginia the tobacco tax and the
tariff issue will be indlstriOusly handled
hy tie Republicans and if fear Of Radical
rule has been lulled the contest will be
a very close one. The victory is to the
heaviest battaliOns and the best COM
manders We have the numbers if they
are only put into action with tactical
ability. We hope that the people have
discovered in the light of the recent recon
Citation between Riddleberger and Ma
hone, exactly what The TIMES told them
long ago, viz: That a difficulty among
Radicals in a presidential year would not
lose their ticket n vote.
Stick a pin there. and tell your neigh
bors that if they do not want another
Kangaroo Legislature and odious FEEDER
al Judges the best thing is TO bring every
body to the polls
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The Fate of a Tragedy.

Wilson Vance, some years ago "A bright
correspondent, now a wealthy citizen and
president Of the chamber Of III Of
Findlay. o., tells al amusing story OF "A trag
edy he wrote that has never been produced
After the play was finished u certain great
comedian OF Gotham called upon him and
heard it read. The actor was delighted and
said if the author could make a comedy out
Of it he would take it. In "a few weeks the
tragedy was a sparkling comedy Of a high
order. The comedian fairly rolled over on
the floor with unrestrained laughter and de
clared the comedy the best he ever heard
read. Two days afterward the comedian
wanted one character killed in the play, he
cause It might rob him OF glory. His wishes
were obeyed. Every two or three days he
asked TO have a character either killed or
toned down. Finally he said the play was
perfect only he wanted a new female cLar
acter introduced TO do song and dance and
banjo business That was the straw that
broke the cainels back. The young dra
matist rebelled and declared his comedy
should not be profaned in such a way. No
Gpeations sndsd.-Nsw York Press
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The French Essentially Home loving.

Yes. the French are essentially home Low
ing. And their morality. so often impugned
by ignorant critics, who lind it easier 10 rr
peat IDLE uonsense than 10 study tor them
,elye,-their morality will bear favorable
COMPARISON with that OF any English speak
lns nation. OF this 1 am convinced from the
depths Of my soul But We are happy, and
care not "a jOt what impression we make
You will never hear a Freuchman ask %
foreigner: Now, what do yon think OF u.s.
We never trouble 70 show our best side 10 tho
foreigner. This Is what mlsleads completely
50 many outsiders. I'm France. the vice that
there Is Is on the surface for every one TO see.
II Is all open TO every locker on there is
nothing hidden. What there Is. that yOu see.
no slightest effort is made 70 hide defects
Ia comes the EngiiShman ne the American.
and forgetting the caerfully hidden vice
which exists-and with a v~enEeancc-in hi
OWN great towns, cries out upon the immor
ality Of Paris.
will go 80 far as 10 say that IN France
there . not even 50 much vice "A there up
pears L. bc. Let me explain myself. Tar
from attempting to hide our faults, we, rs II
matter Of fact, often make show OF those we
Gaye not. The frenchman Is the braggart
Of vice. Like the Anglomaniacs, represented
by MIR Robson in that charming comedy.
The Henrietta" each fellow in France,
want, every other feilo. 10 believe that he
i a devil OF a fellow. but he isn't The
small jokes that a Frenchman will go in for
may be ridiculous in your eyes, and. worse
than that, they may. and often do, earn him
the reputation Of a rcprobate. But you, dear
reader. when you get a chance, look beneath
that Boosting exterior, look az the man ia his
family relations, follow him 10 ms home
an there comes the rub-his home j. closed
to you, and you cannot easily know what a
devoted husband what a doting father, Is
this same man who Is 50 fOnd OF posing IN
public as "a Jolly dog.n-Max O'Rell IN Tho
Cosmopolitan.
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The Execution of Criminals,

Suppose all the irreclaimable cOnyicts Il.
London executed in silence, secretly, with
no possibility Of pain, would the announce
ment Of the fact create half the r%epugnanco
which the execution & one criminal doe,
now Capital punishment Is just. but some
thing TO make the judge and juryman reflect,
to make him fear for his own responsibility
To make him search his conscience, in theo
logical phrase, is an indispensable check, and
in abolishing pain, and the knowledge Of de
tails. and personal action IN executions, We.
to the extent Of human power, take that
check away.
Ii is foolish to assert that this would not be-
the case, or that men would be equally moved
by the bare record Of the number Of deaths
Who is moved by the registrar generals
weekly return, or the return Of deaths IN a
convict prisonf Do YOU suppose that Mary
Tudor's martyrs, dying invisible, without
pain, without report save that they were
dead. would have shocked London into
Professionalism They would have passed, a.
even now c~onvicts sentenced TO labor tor life
pass, 70 their doom UNDECIDED, except by the
few who make their dsstinies a study.-LOn.
don Spectator.
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We bows uscl 10 delight ia the battles
which resulted K.hcn two Strange herds met.
Bcilg With our Own 80 much. we. grew ac'
Quailtoi with ali the personal pccllliarIties oi
each They were not bloolci cattle, with
short herss aud heavy bodies. but great,
ran~y. pichaid creatures, with long, keen
hor.s, aEd Wild eyes when reused We cx-
ul..l Nhcn two strohg and resolutc steers
approached cacn other with the ferocious
si.ni Of battle. The lowered heads and
loiiiug tongues. the stiifenel, swelling nccks;
tine wrinkled sain around tine rolling eyes,
the deep, ominous roar OF their voices; tho
cautious, sidolong approach, like skilled box
cri-all these led up IL the sudden crash
in.s of the meeting skulls ANA horns.
aud then follow the stTaining thrusts,
tho sudden IelaXations 10 get an adj
vantage, the clashing Of shaken and
InterlUckcd horns, the deep breathing,
the terrible glare OF the bloOdshot eyes. Now
the brindie gels the upper hold and pressei
the white to the ground, nearly shutting of
his breath. aow tho white gathers himself
for one last. mighty effort, and lifting the
other upon his horns, literally runs away
with him.
This ends the battle; for, curiously enough,
the victor in such eases is not yindictiye-
once fallen always beaten, is the rue with a
e.eer or cow. Each herd had its champion,
and 50 accurate did we become in the reading
Of these bovine characters that We could tell
mt once whether cor Brin meant business
or whether ''he was only bluilin' the other
feiler.LHamlin Garland in American Mag
.~sy.
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ENERGY OF THE SUN.
Amount Of Heat which His Rays Genor-
ate-Ncchanicai Power.

The most satisfactory way Of arriving al
tn idea OF the enormous energy OF tho sun
i, by measuring the amount of heat which
bi, RAYS are apable of generating, ana
further. by our knowledge Of the relation
which exists between heat and mechanical
WORK. we de able at once TO estimate the
amount OF work which the sun Is capable OF
doing. and also the quantity OF energy he
must bc losing year by year. 10y suitable
arrangements we can cause a certain guam
tits Of hs radiation to be absorbed by water
or other substance, and note thei'ise OF tenn
perature winch results, and as we know the
mechanical equivalent of each degree OF tenn
rerature IN water, for instance, 1t is only "A
matter Of calculation To arrive at IA now
edge OF the suns total energy.
Like everything else connected with this
wonderful body, figures give us no adequate
conception Of his energy, and various Illus
t~rations have been used by different inyesti
| gators. Thus, Herschel considered Ii it in rela
ton to the quantity Of ice which it would
melt in a given time, aud states that the
amount Of heat which tho earth receives
when the sun IS overhead would melt an inch
thickness OF lee in two hours and thirteen
minutes. From this il can be calculated that
II the bOiy Of the sun were entirely sur
rounded 10y Il sheet Of ice on its surface of
more than a nile ia thickness. the suns heat
would entirely melt this coating Of ice IN the
same ~time-nnmely, two hours and thirteen
minutes. Professor Young uses an even
more striking Illustration. He says. III we
could build up IA solid column of ice from the
earth TO the sun, two miles and a quarter ia
diameter, spanning the uncomfortable abyss
Of B,0OO,O0J miles, and il then the sun
should concentrate his power upon il, il
would dissolve and melt. not in an hour, nor
in a minute. but in a single second. one
swing Of the pendulum, and it would be
water. seven more, and it would be dissipated
in Napor'
OF course, Of this enormous quantity Of
heat the earth receives but a very small frac
ton. The remainder, except. OF course. what
the other planets receive, passes away into
space. aud /, lost forever. SD TAR us can O..
asccrtained, to the solar system II we e-ti
mate in mechanical power what We do re
coivc, We find this ID be on each square foot
of surface equivalent. % the average. %
about fifty tons raised a mile high yearly. or
10 one horse power continuously acting. {,
every thirty square feet Of thc elrths sur
face. IL Is by TINS enormous supply ct ouor-y
that the whole world Is kept aliyeaud active
1t keeps Us warm, and drives our Steam 40
gines and water wheels. DC circulate, DIR at.
mOsphere, and brings Us RAIN and SNOW il
due season, itgroWs and Hourishr, our plaut-
and animals, and, IN a word. D., the source Of
almost every earthly blessing Tho Scots
man.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-11
Wine Hunting by Clairvoyants.

The mining prospector stands ia danger OF
losing his vocation. A man need no longer
shoulder a pick and a shovel and spend days,
weeks and months in travelling the noun
tains and gulches in search Of the precious
metals. The ''magnetizer' has done away
with all that. All that a man requires - do
now IS to be put to sleep or mesmerized and
started off t. discover a mine. | met a
mcsmerist the other day, and he declared
that he had a colored man whom he had sent
all over the country while asleep, and who
had visited a certain spot in an Arizona MN
ing region, which he believed would be found
TO lie an immense mine. Ore indicators
must yield before the sleeping prospector,
and | have no doubt the latter will also be III
demand to locate ore III mines which are now
equipped with all but ~that.-James Haskell
in Globe Democrat.
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4 Little Mountain storm.

Though the sky was perfectly clear al
starting. we soon detected another OF those
peculiar little mountain storms coming tear
ing down a deep gorge ahead Of Us. There
was the same chug, chug, chug As before, and
the rain came down with such cutting force
as to make il impossible for our horses 10 face
it; So we were obliged to bout face and wait
till il had passed-not over, but on, for these
storms literally roll along on the surface Of
the earth. A mile or two farther on we met
its twin brother, with a similar experience,
and still farther up the valley we met various
and sundry other members OF the family.
Nv observation Of these and Other noun
tain storms IN the far northwest has led me
to believe that much % our popular science
regarding cloud, and the formation Of RAIN
is sadly az fault. When one of these peculiar
clouds meets with an impossible obstruction,
as when reaching a sudden turn III a canyon
or bringing up against G. Jutting mountain,
it simply gets 50 mad it bursts and the
water tlen rushes down he narrow valleys
with such violence as 10 carry everything
before il.
The people Of thi, section, some OF whom
are highly educated, and all Of whom have
acquired habits Of the closest obserya'
ton, invariatly speak Of these sudden
deluges as ''cloud bursts" and scientih-
cally accurate OF not, the term certainly
describes the appearance OF the phenomenon.
In some way or other the onward motion Il
the cloud, when suddenly arrested, is changed
into a force which almost instantly liquefies
it, and then good-by to the hopes Of the I'M
fortunate ranchman whose crops Of growing
grain skirt the borders Of the brook.-W vii.
Lam F. ShOup in Overland Monthly.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-11
The Indian struck Him First.

Al an carly hour the other morning Carl
Seiiiert had a Samguinary tuSsle with a
dummy Indian which was peacefully doing
duty as a cigar sign in front Of a North
avenue store. All the blood that was shed
flowed from Carl's veins, and, though he
knocked out his man, he was much the
worse lor tie encounter. To the policeman
who released the red man from Carts visa
like grip lie said the Indian struck him first
and he didn't propose to be insulted 10y any
coppered colOred ChOctaw on Pawnee. jus
ticc kcrSten looked at Carls bruised and
bleeding knuckles and sighed in sympathy
for the judge knuckles and palms had not
entirely regaincd their normal condition
since the justices recent baseball game.
Pay the costs and 90 he mercifully SAID.
''Lct red liquor alone and You will not see
imaginary red skins Oh North avenue. -
Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-11
A Chnpge Of Title.

Two are riding in a street car, when one
says to the other:
Look here. Mac. here's Hoadley com
ing; he's just written a book. Remember
the title, Forever Bereft.' and when | IN
troduce you say something about It, II
will please him"
Hoadley enters and Is at once intro
duced by his friend to Mr.. Mac, who says,
enthusiastically: ,
so glad TO meet you, my dear sir. !
haze wanted for a long time to know the
author Of that charming book-er-er-
Never Got Left. Detroit Free Press.