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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-01-17
Thomas H. Benton,

Special correspondence Of the Gold Leaf.
Thomas H. Benton, of Missouri,
was much greater man than many
supposed him to be. He was a man
of great mental ability and was an
able DICTATOR, and the man that tackled
him in debate found a "foeman worthy
of his steel" Coming to the Senate
of the United States when such men
as Clay, Webster and Calhoun figured
on the stage, it was difficult to divert
the public gaze to other lights around.
He was native son of North Carolina,
and like too many young men do, he
left to seek his fortune in the West.
Unfortunately for him, while a student
at Chapel Hill, he committed an act
OF youthful indiscretion which he re-
GREETED in after years. His history
should teach young men not to plunge
in ruins when young that might bring
unpleasant reflections in after years.
Leaving the remains of his beloved
mother sleeping in the soil of old
Granville he went to The (then) Ter
ritory of Missouri to engage in the
practice of the law. BY industry and
a close application to study he rose
rapidly into notice, and soon became
the ablest and most distinguished
member of the Missouri Bar. A man
of such mental powers could not re-
main in the background, and when
Missouri knocked at the door of the
ton appeared as Senatorelect to rep
resent her. He was nominated in the
Legislature of Nj s'ouri by a son Of
Daniel Boone, the great Kentucky
h,ntsmdn. The people of his adopted
State saw in him man possessing the
ability and courage to do his duty,
and bis continuous return 10 the Sen
ate for thir y years showed their ap-
probation of his talents and his pub
lie services. Our country had few
ADLER men in the Senate. He was a
great admirer of General Jackson, and
made noble defense ior him when lie
removed the government "deposits"
from the bank of the United States.
The great moneyed monopoly sought
to acquire recharter by creating a
stringency in the money market and
bringing distress upon the land. Jack
son vetoed the act for the recharter of
the bank, and removed the deposits
from its vaults. The friends of the
bank became indignant, and passed a
resolution declaring that "the Presi-
dent bad assumed the exercise Of a
power not granted him by the con-
stitution and laws, and dangerous to
the liberties of the people" Benton,
in vindication of his friend, drew up
resolution to expunge it from the jour
mails. This drew forth an array of tai
ent and eloquence seldom witnessed
in the halls of Congress. The bank
party urged that the duty of keeping
2 true record was imperative, while
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given that applica>
ton wi be III ,de to the Legislature to
incorporate The Henderson Electric
Light, Water and Power Co., and the
Nor:h Carolina Suretysh;r Co.
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-01-17

THIS PAPER pag be found Len on Ne Nsx at See
Advertising Bun an 90 Spruce M where adxertsin
contracts may Dr made for / IN NEW yDHAS
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28
News from Aztec.
Communicated

| lComlnunlcated.l
 AZTEC, Dec. 9, 18S9
 The high water that swept down the Gila valley in such a great wave on the fifth and sixth inst, has given the canals in the South Gila valley some trouble. It was a "Tester" to the new work of the canals in the valley; and showed the canal men the weak places in their work of eonstruc- tion, but little patience, mixed with the experience that comes out of all enterprises, and few days toll and moderate cost, will bring all things around right in time for the winter crops. Even engineers may learn from past experience that water takes all the chances and more if possible. The soil in the Gila valley is first cousin t0 water, and goes with it, if there is even a remote chance to ''Jine" in the mad dance of water One of the things to particularly guard against, is the gopher holes that are made by these pests in the rich earth along the banks of the canal. After water has once permeated the banks the gopher has no further use for them and departs for the dry parts. Repairs are being pushed where any break has been made.
 John c. Obert shot and killed a lArgs lynx near MT. He Sra Is while on his way to the headgates of the South Gila canal. After it fell from the mesquite tree, where it had retreated from Mir. Obert's dog, and a ball had passed through its head and shattered its jaws, it was still able to scalp one of the dogs that thought to shake it. Those kind of animals die hard, and 1t is well to keep a fair distance from them as long as they breathe.
 Letters received from the East from friends of the colonists in the South Gila valley, continue to speak of the constant rainfall and unusually wet season since September. The potato and apple crop of the Middle States and Eastern States is generally a failure this year. A thzzard is a blizzard whether 1t be rain and wind or snow and wind, only one is of Western manufacture and the other an Eastern accomplishments "allee samee" bad, however.
 Yours, OBSERVER.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28
Scrofula in Children.

The following is taken from a letter written under date of July l, 1889, by Mrs. Ruth Berkley, most charitable and Christian lady, of Salina, Kan.: ''In the early part of 1887 scrofula appeared on the head of my little gran dchild, then only eighteen months old, Shortly after break ing out it spread rapidly all over her body. The scabs on the sores would peal off on the slightest touch, and the oder that would arise would make the atmosphere oi the room sickening and unbearable. The disease next attacked the eyes and we feared she would lose her sight. Eminent physicians from the surrounding country were consulted, but could do nothing tc relieve the little innocent, and gave it as their opinion, that the case was hopeless and imposs ble to save the child's eyesight. It was then that we decided to try Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) That medicine at once made speedy and complete cure. Fol more than year past she has been as nedIlny as any chIIu III Ine ldnu.
 Cured His Little Boy.
 My little boy had impurities of the blood that were of a scrofulous nature, which resulted in the breaking cut of an absess on the .hip. l gave him Swift's Specific IS. S. S.) It purified his blood and restored his health. As a blood purifier it certainly has no equal.
 FELIX SINK, Salem, N. c.
 Treatise on blood and Skin Diseases mail ed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,,
 Atlanta, Ga.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28

ing cooked and the noise of rapidly moving feet within the establishment convinced him that he had better hunt a new road, which he did as expeditiously as possible, soon finding his friend who had been look ing around for him, for some time. The house which the young merchant had mis. taken for his friends, had been watched by a guard for several days as number of at tempts had been made to burglarize it dur ing the past month. Our country mer- chant was not at all pleased by the idea of being taken for a burglar and in the future will be careful about his movements while down at the County Seat enjoying the de- lights of town life.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28
Notice For PubIicaiioa---CO Homestead
 Application No. 1167.
LAND OFFICE, AT TUcsoS, ARIZONA,

LAND OFFICE, AT TUCsOS, ARIzoSA,l
 Nov. 9, ISS9. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has Gled notice of her inten- tion to make final proof in support of her claim, ana that said proof will be made before the clerk of the Distric5 Court at Yuma, Ariz, on January I5, 1890, viz: Nellie Marable, nee Bateman, of Aztec, Arizona, for the NE 1 of Sec 33, Tp s, l2 w.
 She names the following witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz:
 William P. Feel, J. F. Nattbusch and R. P Marable, all of Aztec, Yuma Co. Ariz., J. E. Nelson of Agua Calente, Ariz.
 HERBERT BROWN,
 Register.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28
SATURDAY, DEC. 2S, 1889.
Meteorological Summary.

YUMA, December 20, 1889.
 Through the kindness of Mir. A. F. Whitfield, United States Signal observer at Yuma, the following statement of the temperature for the past week is published. Mean Temperature $50
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28
An Insurance Clerks Good
 Fortune.

Roe Grant, who is employed in the Hart ford Life and Annuity Insurance Company, held one-twentieth of ticket 63, ,S56. which drew the first capital prize of $300,000 in the drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery Company on the 18th of October. He col lected the money through Adams Express Company. - Hartford (Conn.) Times, November IS.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28
Notice for Publication Homestead Application
 No. 948.
LAND OFFICE, UCsoN, ARIZONA,

LAND OFFICE, UCsoN ARIZONA,
 Dec. 18th, 1859. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of her intention to make final proof in support of her claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver of the Land cffice al Tucson, Ariz., on February 4. 1890, viz; Harriet F. Glenn, of Sentinel, Ariz., fol the SEE. Sec. 2S, Tp S., R. low. She names the following witnesses tc prove her continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz:
 Eliza Harris, Sr., H. k. Wills, Geo Cameron and B. F. Weatherby, all ot Sentinel, Arizona.
 HERBERT BROWN,
 Register
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28
Notice for Publications -DecIaratory Statements
 Nos. 2072 and 2335.

LAND OFFICE AT TUCsoN, ARIZONA l
 November 9, 1889. Notice is hereby given that the following named settlers have filed notice of their intention to make final proof in support of their claims and that said proof will be made before the clerk of the District Court at Yuma, Arizona, on January l5, 1890, viz: William P. Feel and Jacob E. Nelson, of Toltec Precinct, Yuma Co.,, Ariz,; the former for the NV of Sec 2l, Tp s, R l2 w and the latter for lots 3 and 4, and the E of SW Sec :, Tp6 S, R II w. They name the following witnesses to prove their continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz.
 Ancil E. Martin and John B. Martin of Agua Caliente, Yuma Go. Ariz.; William P. Feel, Richard, F. Marable, and J. E. Nelson of Aztec, Yuma Co.,, Arizona.
 HERBERT BROWN,
 Register
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28
suckIen's Arnrca salve.

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The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-28
IINpRECEDEATED ATTRACTION! !!
[Ouisjana State Lottery COmDany.

Incorporated by the Legislature, for Educational and Charitable purposes, and it's franchise made a part of the present State Constitution in 1879 by overwhelming popular vote.
 Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place Semi Annually dune and December), and it's GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take place in each of inc other ten months of the year, and are all drawn in public, at the Academy of Music, New Orleans La,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
VALUE OF HEN MANURE.

Having quantity of hen manure on
hand in the spring of 1888, concluded
to experiment little. Desiring to test
it side by side with other fertilizers,
selected two acres of heavy clover sod
(gravelly loam) and MANFRED with stable
manure at the rate of twenty two-horse
loads to the acre, spread as drawn. When
the clover was about ten inches high,
plowed eight inches deep, put it in fine
filth with a wheel spring-tooth harrow
and marked it in rows 3X31 feet. | took
my hen manure and mixed the most of
it with land plaster at the rate of five
parts of plaster to one of manure. into
each hill put about pint of this COM
pound, covering with dirt and planting
two potatoes. On another set of rows |
used the hen manure clear, on another
used ashes and plaster, on another ashes,
on another plaster. The result was so
marked that those who ran might read.
As sold.my farm before the crop was
harvested have no way of estimating the
definite result, but | am sure it was as
marked in the harvest as in the growth,
both in potatoes and corn. The hen
manure and plaster ranked first, while
the plaster gave the least satisfaction
though the yield there was better thar
in the rows where no fertilizers were
used Country Gentleman.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
farm Copies.
LOOKING AHEAD.

Farming is not business for single
year. A man to succeed in 1t must have
a head for the future. He must look two
or three years in advance he must plan
his crops, his animal productions, his
everything for the future rather than for
this year only. One field may be much
easier to cultivate in corn this year than
another, but that is perhaps the very
field that should be allowed to lie idle or
in pasture for this year, while another
much more difficult to clear, plant and
cultivate, should be planted in that crop
this year. One class of animals NAV be
much less cost, but if they are not the
ones that five years hence will, with pro-
per management, produce the largest
amount of money, they are not the best
ones for him to invest ill., National
StOckman.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
BREAKFASTS.

Appetites are apt to be capricious, es-
pecially as regards breakfasts. Don't
force the family to eat at this season
things which are not relished. 1t is not
difficult to provide dishes which will be
eaten with zest. Oatmeal should not be
served at more than one breakfast in the
week; vary the fare by using hominy,
cracked wheat, wheat germ, yellow corn
meal, etc. Eggs creamed, poached,
boiled, and cooked as omelets, should be
used freely. Broiled fish, thin slices of
ham or breakfast bacon nicely broiled.
broied chops, and occasionally steak,
salt fish in cream sauce, corned beef hash,
hashed meat on toast, fricassee of chick
en- or veal-here are seasonable dishes.
Have potatoes cooked in simple, savory
ways. Let the bread be light and well
baked, and always have some kind of
coarse bread, either hot or cold. Dry,
water and milk toast are all good break
fast dishes. Avoid fried food. When
broiled meat or fish forms part of the
breakfast in spring, it is good plan to
have dish of water-cresses or radishes
on the table. Have fruit on the table
when you can, and a few flowers if pos
sible. 1t takes thought and time to pre-
pare those savory dishes which are so de-
sirable at this season; but it pays to give
the thought and time. To the worker it
makes considerable difference all day
long whether right start is made in the
morning. The man or woman who be-
gins the day with hot, nourishiDg, yet
simple breakfast. will get through his or
her work in hundred per cent better
condition than he or she who has poor
meal As the heaviest part of the daily
work usually comes in the forenoon,
housekeepers should do their part to
make the battle of life easy by providing
proper food for the morning NEAL
Good Housekeeping.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
EXCELLENT HARD SOAP.

Pour four gallons of boiling water on
six pounds of washing soda and three
pounds of unslaked lime, stir the mix
ture well, and let it settle until it is per-
fectly clear. 1t is better to let it stand over
night, as it takes some time for the sedi-
ment to settle. When clear strain the
water, put six pounds of fat with it, and
boil for two hours, stirring it most of
the time. Fit does.n seem thin enough
put another gallon of water on the
grounds stir and draw off, and add as
much as is wanted to the boiling mix
ture.
Its thickness can be tried by OCCASION
ally putting little on plate to cool.
Stir in handful of salt just before TAX
ing it off the fire. Have tub ready soak
ed TO prevent the soap from sticking
pour it in and let it settle until solid,
when you will have from the above in
gradients about thirty pounds of soap.
- Stockman.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
How Women Rest,

How differently men and women
indulge themselves in what is called a
resting spell. II guess I'll sit down
and mend these stockings and rest
awhile" says the wife; but her hus-
band throws himself upon the easy
lounge, or sits back in his armchair,
with hands at rest and feet placed hor-
izontally upon another chair The re-
suit is that his whole body gains full
benefit of the half hour he allows him
self from work, and the wife only re-
ceives that indirect help which comes
from change of occupation. A ply
sician would tell her that even ten
minutes rest in horizontal position,
as change from standing or sitting
at work, would prove more beneficial
to her than any of her makeshifts at
resting. Busy women have habit of
keeping on their feet just as long as they
can, III spite of backaches and warn
ing pains. AS they grow older they
see the folly of permitting such drafts
upon their strength, and learn to take
things easier, let what will happen.
They say, Il used to think l must do
thus and So but I've grown wiser and
learned to slight things" The first
years of housekeeping are truly the
hardest, for untried and unfamiliar
cares are almost daily thrust upon the
mother and home maker New York
Graphic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
THE DAUGHTERS ALLOWANCE.


There is no essential of girls educa-
ton so often overlooked as practical
training in money matters. 1t is not I'M
common for girls of 16 or Is to know
nothing of the value of money Girls are
not as often bread-winners as boys they
remain at home, and the father and moth
er, who have always provided for their
wants. scarcely realize that the child has
grown to womanhood, and when the girl
marries or is compelled to earn her liveli-
hood, she finds that she knows nothing
of practical values, and she often has to
learn it by the bitter experience of life's
discipline.
How can girl be expected to spend
money wisely if she is not taught: Be-
gin while they are children, and teach
them gradually the use of money by ar
ranging the household work so they can
earn few pennies. and perhaps by Civ
ing moneyed rewards for special excel
lence at school. Whenever children are
given money, let them feel that they have
earned it. Money should not he doled out
to a child as to begger; it has right to
its allowance. One of the earliest lessons
that parents should teach, by word and
deed, is that no value can be received
honestly without the receiver having in
some way earned the gift-if gift it be
called-if only by love and faithfulness.
In some families each child able to read
and write is paid fixed sum for certain
duties, While the sums thus earned are
trivial, the children are expected to pay
certain small necessary expenses out of
them, and to devote at least penny of
their earnings to the church contribution
! box each Sunday. As soon as they have
dollar saved they are advised to put it
! in the bank, unless it is near a birthday
or the holidays, when unusual outgoes
are in order The writer knows one
mother whose rule is to make liberal
allowance of paper, pencils and other
sundries for school use, and II any OF
these articles are lost or wasted before
certain time, the child has to supply the
deficiency from her own money "a de-
finite and usually effective way of cur
ing carelessness. BY gradually becom-
ing used to spending money, and early
paying the penalty for its careless dis
bursement. the child learns its value, and
when she arrives at a suitable age Will
use liberal allowance with proper dis
cretion.-[New York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
Sheep 1nterest.
SHEEP STATISTIC OlSCREPAN.
CIES

The annual report of the United States
department of agriculture for 1887 cred
its Kansas with $50, l39 head of sheep on
January l, 1883. The report of the sec
tary of the Kansas State board of agri-
culture places the number at 402, al
head on March /. 1888. w. F. Ramsey,
Mitchell county, Kan, observed this dis
crepancy. and addressed Secretary Moh-
Ter of the State board of agriculture
and Statistician Dodge, at Washington,
d. c., asking an explanation. The for
mer in reply says: 1.-The statistics given
by this department are obtained from the
county clerks assessment rolls, who OBJ
tain their information from the town.
ship trustees, and as these are obtained
every year, they should be correct, and
we believe they are, and we find that the
sheep population for 1888 is 402.744. The
department of agriculture at Washing
ton obtain their figures from reporters
and from census takers. But in making
up their report they sometimes estimate
from their reports from reporters before
the census is taken. This is the only eX-
PLANTATION of the wide difference in the
figures quoted, and we know, and you
have observed, that the sheep population
has decreased since the tariff revision in
1888"
Speaking of the secretary's figures,
Mr.. Dodge says: II am aware that the
figures in his reports 'are the result of an
actual house to house visitation by sworn
and paid officials, but, as in every other
State. assessors returns are VIGOROUSLY
below the actual figures. The enumera-
ton is for the purpose of taxation, it is
made in prefunctory way, and as con-
sequence large number of sheep, and
even of ffocks, are in the back fields and
escape the eye of the official. In 1879 the
enumerators for the national census
found 499, GIL sheep, exclusive of spring
lambs, in Kansas, but the assessors in
the same year could not find but 3ll.-
SG2."
IN commenting vi tiicSO lNt''i9 NJ
Ramsey shows that there are no such
DISCREPANCIES in horses, mules and cattle
and adds II do not claim that the as
SCISSORS returns are absolutely correct
but do believe that they are nearer the
truth than the absurd guess of the de-
partment. The assessors figures show
that there are not over one-thrd as many
sheep in 1883 as there were in 1881, ano
no one in Kansas doubts the fact.
Whatever may be said of the assess
ors' returns, it is VIGOROUSLY true thai
the government figures concerning live
stock are very inaccurate. We do no
see how they could we'll be otherwise
with the facilities at hand for doing tho
work. This gives emphasis to clam
often made by The Stockman-that tn
facilities and system for collecting sta
tistics should be such that all utterance
of the Department would be everywhere
recognized as authority LNatlona
Stockman.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed ut night ana broken o.,
your rest by IA sick child suffering and crying
with pain OF cutting teeth: II so, send al
once and get bottle of MRS. MISSIONS
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETiIING
Its value is incaiculable. II will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend up
ON il, mothers. there i no mistake about ii.
1T cures dysentery and diarrhpa, regulates
the stomach and bowels, cures wind cole,
sottcns the gums, reduces Inflammation, and
gives tone and energy to the whole system.
MRS. WINsLOW's SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHIL.
DREN TEETHlNG Is pleasant to the taste, and
MS the prescription OF one OF the oldest and
best female nurses and physicians in the Uni
ted States. aud is tor sale by all druggists
throughout the world. Price ~ cents bot
lie. 14-V
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
Che Pouseholo.
MOSQUITOES.

To expel mosquitoes, take Of gum of
camphor piece about one-third the size
of hens egg and evaporate it by placing
it I'M tin vessel and holding it over
lamp, taking care that 1t does not ignite.
The smoke will soon fill the room and
expel the mosquitoes, and not one will be
found in the room next morning. even
though the windows should be left open
at night Exchange.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
PROMPTNESS.

First a cold, then cough, then con-
SUMPTION. then death. II took DIR. Ac-
ker's English Remedy for Consumption
the moment began to cough, and be-
lieve it saved my ife."-Walter N wal
lace, Washington.
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