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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14
HENDERSON. N. c.. THURSDAY. MARCH IL 1889

Or OF fallrCSd iron. NO m2nlfe8tOeD OF
motives and intentions were issued t.
the public. Tho syndicate simply went
to work. There could be no doubt that
early success would be q direct profit t.
it, but there could also be no doubs tha,
is success would To q vast benefit and
profit, rot only to the business enter
,rises In which these men were severally
engaged, but to the business CT the whole
country. To save the United States from
:, dragging war, and to savc themselves
ron, the effects OF it, wero tho prompt
.ag motives for the formation of the syn
s,icate.
Without hesitation, the syndicate de-
dcrnaiaed that the war in which it was
-bcut to engage should be ono Of defense
:,y means Of offcnsc. Such awar must
:.sccssarily be quick and effective; and
with all the force Of their fortunes, their
minds and their bodies, its members
9 vent to work to wage this war quickly
nd effectively.
All known inventions and improve
uents in the art of war had been thor
ouEhly considered ty the syndicate and
by the eminent specialists whom it had
enlisted in its service. Certain recently
perfected engines CT war, novel in na-
;u,r, were the exclusive property Of
the syndicate. It was known or sur
missed in certain quarters that the syndi-
cate had secured possession Of important
warlke inventions, but what they were
and how they acted was a secret caro-
fully guarded and protected.
The first step of the syndicate was 70
purchase from the United States govern
meht ten war vessels. These were Of
medium size and in good condition, but
they were of an old fashioned type. and
it had not been considered expedieht to
put them in commission. This action
caused surprise and disappointment in
many quarters. 1t had been supposed
that the syndicate, through its agents,
scattered all over the world, would i'm
nediately acquire, by purchase or lease,
fleet Of fine ironclads culled from vari-
GUS maritime powers. But the syndicate
having no intention of involving, or at
tempting to involve, other countries in
this quarrel, paid no attention to public
opinion, and went to work in its own
way.
Its vessels, eight of which were on the
Atlantic coast and two on the Pacific,
were rapidly prepared for the peculiar
service in which they were to be en-
gagged. The resources of the syndicate
w-ere great, and in very short time
several of their vessels, already heavily
plated with steel, were furnished with
an additional outside armor, formed OF
strips of elastic steel, each reaching from,
the gunwales nearly to the surface OF
the water These strips. about a foo,
wide, and placed an inch or two apart
were each backed by several powerful
air buffers, so that ball striking one o,
moro of them would be deprived ot
much of its momentum. Tho expert
ments upon the steel spring and buffer:
adopted by tho syndicate showed tina,
the fcrcc Of the heaviest cannonadine
was almost deadened by the powerful
elasticity of this arnor.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14
The Best
Spring Medicine.

ain the spring OF 1881 was al run down. I
would get up In tho morning with 20 tired .
feeling, and was % weak that could hardly get
around. bought bottle OF Paine's Celery Com
pound, and before had taken II . week felt
very much better. can cheefully recommend
It to AL who need building up and strengthen
Ing nsdici1e." Mrs.. b. A. DOW, Burlington. vt.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14
fro BE coNTINCED.I

The person whose sole object in life
is to further their own interest regard
less of the consequences to others, has
no more chance Of Heaven than his
the widest monkey that chatters ir
The jungles Of Africa, Neither has :
soul.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14

spr1ng msdseans means smore now-A-daysth thanit
did ten years ago. The w1nterof 1855 50 hasleft
the nerves sU Jasssd sSs. The nerves must bs
strengthened. tho bloed purified, liver and
bowels regulated. Palne's Celery Compound
~ Sprs~S sssStssss sfss-Ssy-does AL this
a nothing eiss can Pysseribsd ~ PAysieians.
RAsssmsnsndA< ~ Dvuootses, xsdssssd by xi~tst~s,
GpsSs~sssk By tA> xanNfaesvssvs 70 b.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14

That the proceeds OF policy Of Life In
surance will often aid All executor or al
ninistrator in the settlement of an estate
aud prevent an unfa OF able sale of prop
srty to discharge the debts Of the deceased
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14

That forced sales Of property by executors
or administrators do not always bring the
best results, and that any arrangement
which will prevent such sales until the
property can he sold for its value is very
desirable.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14
nyAu0H0 0YEc Color anything any eeIor.
UbH"VUO US6S Never FdLl AltUdys slirei
ssorsrro eonn Nourishes babies perfectly.
LHGf"I6D TooO The Phyrcians ja,orite.
FACTS THAT ARE
Worth Remembering.


That policy of Life Insurance affords
ready money available for the wants Of a
family in the event OF the death of the pol
icy-holdcr, and that the money collected
from the policy is often the only funds at
tho immediate command Of the family.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14
Paine'S
Celery Compound

Is a unique tonic and appetizer. Pleasant to
he taste. quick in Its action, and without any
injurious effect, 1t gives that rugged health
which makes everything taste good. 1t cures
dyspepsia and kindred disorders. PhysiciaDs
prescribe It Sl.Oo. Six for $500. Druggists.
wELLs RICHARDSON Co.. Burlington. Vt
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14
The Great War Syndicate


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BRIGHT" The - leaa e On" 'exA0
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. Wed, snA pnbHahsd ~ special akEnAes@an1
vtEh him through ths 1m@3csn Pres Ialpcia-
Hon. Al rights reseevod1
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14
T AS. NOFLEET,
AS. NOFI.EET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HENDERSON, N. c.
Office oTer th. Bank of Henderson,
larrl 26-a.
II a. i'iTi'N IN,

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HENDERSON. \. &.
Prompt att n,iO. "a all professional J. 4si
ness. fras,is.s in the Sis,c ard Foderai
courts.
Refers by p-rmis sion To Commercial M
t1OnaI Eank and l.. II. Iatta II HTo.. Char
lotte. n. 4: A Tired Wiiiiau.s & Co. ttnIe!.n n.
~. a.; -, \. cooper and Jas. II. Las:Itrr
Henderson. \. &.
Ofiics.: Over JAS II Iass!teY & Sons store
NOV 81 {.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14

That the proceeds Of policy Of Life In
surance can he used to pay liens agaius-
property which may exist in the event Of
he death Of the owner.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14
It Makes
You Hungry
nIAays esd Pains's Celery Compound and ,

has had q BalutaIy
effect. Itinvigorat-
ed the system andI
feel like q new
man. It improves
the appetite and
facilitates 0geS-
\t3on." J. T. CoPB-
aaAA gDr1yr,nsa n ~
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14

That policies in favor Of wife or q wife
and children are protected by special
statue of the State against the claims of
creditors or representatives Of the husband.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14

That pslicy of Life Insurance made
payable to . wife can be collected by the
wife without the Intervention Of an execu-
tor or administrator.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14


That the proceeds Of a policy of Life In
-:o:-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14

JAMES r. YOUNG, AGENT,
Equitable Assurance Society,
Henderson, n. e.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-26


 The quadrille over. she went up to the pair.
 Il didn't know you had been intro duced 10 my cousin. said Alice.
 We have been acquainted for two years, said Miss Vancover. quietly.
 Where did you meet?" asked Alice, amazed.
 s'In New York;" said her cousin. significantly. T was at that time a college student there"
 Alice was overpowered with aston ishment which she managed to con- ceal. however. till the party was over. when her cousin made an explanation. adding with smile: Cousin Alice, you were nasty in assuming that all who live in the country are clodpoles. If you will come to Vermont next sum- mer l hope to convince you to the con- trary."
 Alice did visit Vermont, as invited. Her visit is likely to be long one, as she has become the wife of awkward Jeremiah. Caroline F. Preston, in Boston Globe
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-26
HOME AND FARM.

Never wash jelly-bag, straincr- oloth, pudding-bag or dnmpling-net with soap. The next thing that is put into or passed through these things will surely taste of the iavorin6 of al- kali.
 Large seed is better than small. They furnish moro nutriment to the young plants than the small seeds do, which gives them a vigorous start early in the season, and enables them to keep ahead Of the plants grown from smaller seed.
 Sitting hens may be broken up by tying long red flannel rag two inches wide tightly around the leg. The ef- feet is magical. At the sight of the trailing flannel she will not sit down, and at last is glad to go to the roost with the others.-Farm and Home. An authority upon provisions esti- mates that half a pound of butter
 week is good allowance for each person; half pound of coffee week and pound and quarter Of sugar for each person make liberal allow ances. Families ssre apt to differ in these respects.
 The farmer who strays of habitu- ally to town or elsewhere for pastime
 loses interest in his work, forgets what is to be done and goes down to the dogs
 by sure degrees, lead;nS apinched and miserable life on land that might have supplied him and his with more than competence. IN. '. Tribune. --Old pastures that are overrun with
 weeds can be best utilized for sheep, as they will eat on the young weeds and keep them down. Many weeds are valuable, so far as their use for food is concerned, but are undesirable in place of regular salable crops. They can be utilized when young by pastur- l ing sheep upon them, and if weeds are not allowed to seed grass will again take possession of the field.
 Good oats are clean. hard, dry, sweet, heavy, plump, full of flour and rattle like shot. They have a clean and almost metallic luster. Each oat in well-grown sample is nearly Of the same size. There are but few small or imperfect grains. The hard pressure of the nail on an oat should leave little or no mark The kernal, when pressed between the teeth, should clip rather than tear. The skin should be thin. The color of the oat is not very mate- rial, but white oats are generally thin ner in the skin than black.
 ---Crab-Apple Shortcake; One pint sweet cream, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one-half teaspoonful of salt. and flour to make soft dough. Make into three layers, spreading the two under ones with butter as you place them on top of each other. Bake in a moderately hot oven. Stew the crab apples, sweeten them to taste and let them stand while the cake is baking. The Siberian crab-apple is best for this purpose. When the cake is done, spread the apples between the layers, and serve with whipped cream, if de- sired.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-26
IN THE WIZARDS DEN.
Edison Tells How 'H Lives and Moves and
 Docs lis Work.

Edison Tells How 'N Lives and Moves and
 Docs lis Work.
 l met Thomas A. Edison. the Wizard of Menlo Park. just before he sailed for Paris. We had a long conversa- tion, in which he told me many inter esting things about his life in the little Jersey home. He is hard worker and sticks to his laboratory week out and week in. Speaking of his seem ingly never-ceasing investigations, he said: When think 1 am on some new line of discovery l keep at it night and day, sleeping but few hours on lounge with my clothing on. l have gone for weeks at time with three and four hours sleep each day. If I were to remove my clothing l would get up feeling out of shape, and with all desire lost for continuing my labors My train of thought would be lost l have got complete little den where 1 work, which have christened No. G. It is hardly little room either, as it takes in about half Of one floor, and is supplied with every known invention in the line of electricity. l enjoy life there more than anywhere else, and l am surrounded by as fine a lot of men as any one could wish to be associated with. The greatest source of enjoyment to me is when l have hit upon new idea, to call in some of the fellows and give them a surprise. 1 remember well when l had about perfected the phonograph. lhad the instrument placed near the table in my garden. While l was absent at dinner two or three of the men became engaged in conversation near the door. One fellow complained of the trouble he had had in his family, of how he had lost two children. and the difti- culty he had in getting along The photograph received the conversa- tion. the melancholy statement Of the man, comments of the others, and when returned and turned the crank the whole thing was repeated. sum- moned tho said workman to my den and told him to take a chair. touched the crank. and out rolled his whole talk. You never saw a more surprised man in ali your life. He sal there looking at me apparently thrilled with wonderment. l extended my sympathy and aid, of course, but his trouble was lost in his surprise.
 Il remember we'll when we begar to work on the incandescent light About fifty men remained up all night with me, and to keep us awake hired German band to play lively airs About midnight VIC had our luncf served Tho novelty of the work ant the idea of a band playing in the laboratory kept the men awake pnti one o'clock. when. under various pre-
 texts. they would go to some other part of the building. Invaribly the, found some hiding-place where thel
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-26
 HE LEFT FOR ROME.
How the Queen Of Carthage, N. Y., Bro
 the Heart of Gallant Aeneas.

How the Queen of Carthage, N. Y., Broke
 the Heart of Gallant Aeneas.
 "Eneas, dear" murmured the beautiful queen of Carthage. this State, as one summer eve, with ex- pensive thought, they wandered on the sugar beet shore; "Eneas."
 Speak, queen of the seas" the goddess born replied; ''say on; was willst her haben gehapt haben al- readyp"
 Tell ne one thing" she said, and her wistful eyes looked up into his like dreams of starlight and one thing and another; tell me one thing"
 But one Phenician Didop A thou sand" he replied; ''come cheaper; thirty of for all orders over five hum dred."
 May" said the unhappy queen: but one"
 "Unus, sed buster" said the pious Eneas. quoting from Esops gram mar, which he had read when a boy; 'or, sollalSer; eyther is correct" T
 Silent a moment was the wretched queen, and then she spake her thought:
 ''If billy goat is a butter"
 Eneas respondit non, sed looked at her as though he had been caught be- tween third and home. and she won't on:
 Would you call q nanny goat a buttressp"
 He, with strange frenzy fired, said that he just remembered it was lodge night, and with headlong haste he sneaked aboard the first ship outward bound he saw and beat his way to Rome. by way of Herkimer. Robert j. Burdette. in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-26
CURRENT CONVERSATIONS.

WHAT shall be our National fowerl This question is discussed in the agricultural and other journals. Some writers favor the Rolden-rod, others the mountain-laureL The mayfower, the sunfiower and the stately magnolia have also been mentioned.
 A SEA TURTLE ten feet long, five feet wide and weighing 1000 pounds was caught re- gently in trap of South Harwich, Cape Cod. This monster is estimated to be fully POO years old. As it stands the distance be- tween it's fore iappers is over ten feet. THE great bridge which is to cross the St. Lawrence at Quebec will with its ap- breaches, be 34, 900 feet, or nearly six and q half miles long. The top of the bridge will be 408 feet above high water level, allowing the largest ocean vessels to pass underl It. One span in the bridge will have length of 1,442 feet.
 THE fusing of telegraph wires by light ming is a very rare occurrence, although there are numerous instances of their car rying very large currents. A case is cited, on most excellent authority, where one of the linemen was killed by touching q wire struck by lightning at point fifty miles away.
 A REMARKABLE instance of telephonic communication occurred in Charleston, $. C., recently. A young man employed in the Western Union telegraph office ip that city conversed without any difficulty with his brother, who was in Omaha, 1,500 miles away. The brothers talked an hour with hardly any pause between questions.
 IS the bother which has been made over the sensational sale of Millet's "Angelus,n the fact has been overlooked that the orig inal study for this picture has been for some years in this country, in the collection of Mir. W. T. Walters, of Baltimore. The study, which is in black and white, is care fully executed, and the completeness of the expression is remarkable, since Millet was master of linear design. This is the only study which was made for the paint ing. Among the paintings by Millet ln MT. Walters collection is the "Sheepfold," one of two or three pictures by Millet which are considered by amateurs to be finer '7 quality than the "Angelus.n ~
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-26
Why Victoria Dislikes Gladstone.

Queen Victoria's dislike of Glad stone is at last explained. A recent writer says that when the grand old man used to visit the regal old lady he was wont to talk to her about the polity of the Hittites or the relations between the Athanasian creed and Ho- mer." The Queen. perplexed and un' comfortable, would seek to make a Aggression. and would address re- mark to daughter or offer biscuit to begging terrier Mir. Gladstone would restrain himself with an effort, wait until the Princess had answered or the dog had sat down, and then promptly resume n ''As l was say ing'- Meanwhile the flood had gathered force by delay, and when 1t burst forth again it carried all before it Victoria used to complain that on these occasions it was Gladstone that was rudel She was probably in the same predicament that Biddy Moriarity was when 0Connell called her a parallelogram. Chicago Tribune.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-26
Crave Yards in London.

A return has just been issued from the Home Office, dealing with the sub ject of metropolitan cemeteries Of the twenty-three cases which have fallen within the scope of this inquiry, 1t ap- pears that the City Of London and Tow or Hamlets Cemetery, Mile-end leads of with a ghastly tenantry of some 247, 900 bodies, while the All Souls Kensal Green, occupies the largest area. comprising some sixty-nine acres and also enjoys the priority of age As regards the space allotted for each grave. some disparity is observable nine feet by six feet six inches being the maximum limit The common in terment system is very general it be ing, for instance, the practice in some districts to bury as many as eight ie ten adults, or twelve children ahc grown-up persons mixed. in a commor resting place. London Telegraph.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-26
- HOMECOMING CRiCkETS
Peculiar Insects Which Arc RavaRing tn
 Grain Crops of Algeria.

Grain Crops of Algeria A peculiar species of cricket the stanronotus maroccdsus, infects the eastern provinces of Algeria, and is ravaging all the growing crops Of grain.
 This destructive insect, bred on the dry and bare highlands of the Tell, has been descending into the cultivat. ed plains toward the shores of the Mediterranean during tsso past four years.
 The insects mouth is armed with two strong horny hooks in the upper jaw, moving horizontally, crossing each other like the blades of scissors.
 With these, having climbed a corn stalk, they first quickly strip off the beard and husks of the ear of corn. which they allow to fall to the ground. and then cut open every grain, devour- ing only its farinaceous part, and this to the last crumb.
 Five or six insects will ascend a cornstalk at once, till it bends under their weight; millions and millions are in the field, swarming all round. seeking an unoccupied stalk. for they will seldom eat the husks or the stalk itself
 The female insect. which is much larger than the male, lays her eggs about the end of June or beginning of July. She uses dry and sterle ground, in which she bores hole an inch deep by the instrumentality d valvular sucking-tube at the extremity of her abdomen.
 Applying the end of this tube to the grains of earth or sand. which are lossened by it's moisture, she lifts and removes them sticking to the tube. and continues the process till the hole is excavated. Then she deposits in the hole cylindrical ovary, case or shell of hardened mucilage, contain ing about forty eggs. very neatly packed together
 The eggs remain nine months in the earth, and are slowly matched by the heat of the sun, till the spring of the following year, when a little white caterpillar comes out of each egg; it is speedily transformed into a cricket; and these insects. collecting rapidly over spaces of hundreds of miles, form vast and terrible armies, which begin their march as creeping things, but are presently furnished with wings as they attain the full size of adults, while they proceed in their devastat- ing advance, guided by some mysteri- ous instinctive knowledge to the corn growing regions far distant from the land of their birth. Illustrated Lon- don Naua