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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-30

His people. Whether His Church
needs in body or soul, He claims them
ALL" 1t was the business of Christians,
the Bishop said, to 60 out and bring in
those outside the ark of safety and rec
oncile them to the service of God.
The 786th hymn,
"And will the great, eternal God
On earth establish his abOde?"
Was sung and the Bishop called
upon those who should present the
church for dedication to step forward.
They did SO and DIR. w, T. Cheatham
speaking for the Board of Stewards
made the formal presentation. The
Bishop then read the dedication service,
at the conclusion of which he led in
prayer. The Doxology was then sung
and the service was at an end.
The new house of worship is a credit
to the denomination that built 1t. The
general plan and arrangement is mod
ern in design and execution /; it is large
and well lighted, and is altogether such
a Temple of the Lord as our Metho-
dist friends have cause to be proud Of
In point of architectural design it is a
beautiful structure and presents hand
some and imposing appearance from
the outside, while the inside arrange
ment is no less complete and attractive.
1t is furnished with new style chairs
(opera, folding) with iron frame and
wooden back and bottom, each supplied
with a place underneath for hat and
umbrella, foot rest in front. They are
very comfortable and arranged as they
are in semi-eircles, are quite pretty and
unique, the color harmonizing perfect
~ with the finishing of the church in
native wood. oiled. The church has a
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-30

A car load of prime salt just received by
II. Thomson. $1.75 per sack. may 80.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-30

The Equitable Life Assurance Society
covers more risks of 800, 600 on the lives ct
finaneiers and capitalists than any other
company in the world.
J.R You've, Agt.,
april, %. Henderson, N. Z.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
Eaales Euve "A ROYAL Battle.

Alexander Shaw, farmer, Oldtown,
Strather!ck, was going his usual ronnds
to look after his sheep. While going
past u small clump of birch wood among
very long heather, he fancied he heard ii
peculiar dutter among the bushes,
says the Rod and Gun" He took little
notice. but the noise being repeated, he
went to see what. was ado. He found two
golden eagles fighting, firmly fixed in
each other with beak and talons. On his
approaching one OF the birds noticed the
intrusion and let go his hold. The other
held his opponent fast in his talons.
Mr. Shaw then got up quite close and
got hold of one OF them. He put his foot
on the other ones neck. He searched
his pockets and found little bit of
string, just enough to tie one OF the
eagles. While he was tying the one he
kept he let the other one off. The bird
was not able to take flight for consider
able time after being set at liberty, heiag
much done out with the fight. The other
one, which Mr.. Shaw took home, does
not seem TO be any the worse. Wha@
seems most strange is hat the eagles
are seldom or never seen So low down
the country. The belief is that they must
have been lighting for long time in the
skies, the one having been pursuing the
other until they fixed in each other and
dropped.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
ANTARCTIC KNOWLEDGE.
VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS IN THE
SOUTH POLES DISCRETION.

What BaIIeny and Dinvine Saw on
their Trips, and what Wilkes
Thought He saw-sir James Ross
Great Achievements and Discoveries
which are Unsurpassed.
The golden age of Antarctic discovery
arrived when Captain, afterwards Sir
James, Ross was dispatched from Eng
land in 1910 to fix the position Of the
south magnetic pole, and any other posi-
ton he could discover on the way there.
Before Ross could reach the scene of his
labors, other explorers, English, French
and American, were busy forestalling
him. OF these the first was the English
man, Balleny, who, sailing in Enderby's
ship the Eliza Scott, discovered in 1889
the islands which bear his name, and
which lie almost under the Antarctic
circle, and almost due south from New
Zealand. Balleny could not land on the
islands, but he made sure of their exist
ence, and afterward, sailing far to the
westward, he saw many more signs of
land, and suspected the existence Of
much which he could not certainly vouch
for.
What Balleny thought he saw was
probably much what the French eXpedi-
ton under Dumont d'Urvillc actually did
see in the following year, several long
lines of boats, which might be joined to
one another and might even run on to
join Enderby land in the west, and if so
might certainly be parts of the Antarctic
continent that d'Urville was anxious to
find.
Not less anxious was Wilkes, the
leader of the United States exploring eX-
petition, who, only u month after the
Frenchman, arrived within degree or
two of the Antartic circle, to the south of
New Zealand, and after seeing land
where Balleny had certainly seen it
before, and, unfortunately where no one
has seen it since. For some days, i'll
deed, Wilkes doubted whether what he
beheld were mountains or clouds, objects
which his crew watched eagerly, to See
il with the setting of the sun they would
change their color. But after running
westward along the edge of the park for
a few days, he made sure that he now
saw land, and somewhat inconsequentiy
assumed it for certain that what he had
seen before was land also.
The discovery of an Antartic conti-
nent was announced as certainty u
very large land, with barrier before it.,
and range OF mountains upon IL, was
laid down on the map; and copy of the
map was handed by the rash but gener-
Gus explorer to Ross, who left Tasmania
in the autumn of the same year to look
for the magnetic pole, with the two ships
Erebus and Terror, which afterward
bore Sir John Franklin to his fate at the
other end of the world. Ross had so
little doubt that the Antartic continent
was discovered already, that he seems to
have been almost disappointed when his
way to the magnetic pole was barred by
an unknown land Yet this land, whicn
lay south Of the seventieth parallel, and
eastward of Balleny's islands, was The
most southerly hitherto seen in the
world, and ON it rose mountains thou
sands of feet high, plain and mountain
alike ro bed in stainless snow, except on
the cliffs 10y the shore, where the black
rock came out.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
sWIFT ON THE VINO.
Tho Fastest Railroad Train Slow Com-
pared With the wild Duck,

phre0 Wlth INC win OuCks
1.-THE gadwale - but there; It isn't
likely at all that you know what gad-
vale is" said an observant wild fowl
hunter. "The gadwale is a duck. 1t Is
a wild duck that doesn't get east req
often, but is familiar fowl !n '':a
west. was just about to remark mat
the gadwale is bird that can tiag,i
nearly 100 miles while the fastest rail-
road train is going fifty, and yet it is
slow on the wing compared with canvass
back duck, the broadhill, or even the
wild goose.
"I have held my watch on about every
kind of wild fowl there is, and know to
a dot just how much space any of them
can get over in an hour. The canvass
back can distance the whole wild fowl
family, IL 1t lays itself out to do it, Ii
he has business somewhere, and has to
get there, he can put two miles behind
him every minute, and do it easy.
1.-The mallard duck is lazy. He seldom
cares to cover more than a mile a min
ute, but he can IL he wants to. His or
dinary, everyday style of getting along
place at about 45-mile an hour rate.
The black duck can fly neck-and-neck
with the malard, and neither one can
give the other odds. II the pin-tail wild
geon and wood duck should start in to
race either a mallard or n black duck 1t
would be safe to bet on either one. But
4 a redhead duck should enter the race
you can give big odds on him, for he can
spin off his ninety miles an hour as
easy as you can walk around the block,
and can do il all day. He would be left
far behind, though, by the blue-winged
or the green-wlnged teal
These two fowl can fly side by side for
100 miles and close the race in dead
heat in an hour, and appear to make
no hard task of it. The broadbfll duck
is the only fowl that flies that can push
the 'canvassback on the wing. Let a
hroadbll and canvassback each do his
best for an hour, and the broadDill will
only come out about ten miles behind.
One hundred and ten miles an hour can
be done by the broadbill, and he conse-
Quently makes q mark for a shotgun
that a pretty good gunner wouldn't be
apt to hit once In lifetime.
"The wild goose is an astonisher on
the fly 1t has big heavy body TO
carry and to see it waddling on the
ground you wouldn't suppose it could
get away from you very fast on the wiz.
But it manages to glide from one fee';-
ing place to another with a suddenn0a-
thai is aggravating to the best of wins
shots. To see flock of 'honkers' NOV
ing along, so high up that they seem to
be sweeping the cobwebs off of the sky
you probably wouldn't dare to bet that
they were travelling at the rate of ninety
miles an hour, but that is just what they
are doing, any hour in the day. The
wild goose never fools any time away.
His gait is always business one."-N. Y.
Sam
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
Com plimenting a Royal Author.

A Boston LADY, knowing that the trans
lation of Dante had just then appeared,
and having heard that the aged monarch
(the King oil Saxouy) was proud of his
literary ability, had a good opportunity
of alludng to his chief d'oeuvre, which
she Immediately seized, says the Boston
Post" The king addressed her in turn,
saying, "You are from America, be-
lieve. think | have seen you in the
Crosse Garten. Why have you not been
presented before?"
II am from America, sire, she replied,
"where we have no kings. have waited
for the proper time to be introduced to
your majesty, and now may | be per-
mitted, as an American, to say that feel
it less an honor to be presented to the
King of Saxony than TO 'Philistrates, the
translator of Dante whom l trust may
be allowed TO congratulate on the sue
cessful achievement of the work.
The king had published the translation
under the above sobriquet. He was
much pleased with the compliment thus
bestowed, laughed with delight and said
the lady had been prompt in examining
the new publication.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
POOR TANNER.

Getting into hot water is about the size
Of Pension Tanners trouble. 1t was first
hot, then hotter and now hottest. The
hot was the result of newspaper crlti-
cisms the hotter was the attitude of the
Interior Department toward the Pension
Bureau and the hottest grows out Of the
formal charges being investigated by
Committee consisting of DIR. George Ew-
ing and H. /. Pruce, of Board of Pension
Appeals, and Judge Frank L. Campbell,
II the Interior Department.
This Committee are instructed to thor
oughly investigate all reratings made by
Che Pension Bureau within the past year,
70 ascertain whether any have been made
in violation of the law. Up to Monday
5he Committee found colored gentleman
in the wood pile in the form of the rerat-
ing process by which Mr. Smith, chic
Of the certificate division, who as PEN
son beneficiary is now drawing $50 in
stead Of $50 per month which discovery
leads to the conviction that other officials
within the bureau are faring similarly
Here is veritable mares nest that may
6ring out the true inwardness of Mr., Tan
ner's way of conducting his bureau. But
his troubles is likely 10 take in much
wider scope, as Mr.. Roosevelt, one if the
Civil Service Commissioners is very much
dissatisfied with Tanners policy of admin
is!ering the affairs of his office.
We have only to say, that where there
$50 much smoke, there is certainly some
Sire.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02

Sergeant Whitman arrested high.
binder the other night and while search.
ing him found a clever device which eX-
plains the phenomenal luck that willy
Mongolian has been enjoying at poke!
of late. The arrangement consists OF !
steel clip, which is fastened inside of one
sleeve. Two cords reach up the sleeve,
across the breast and down the other
sleeve to the hand, where one is fastened
to the thumb and the other to one of the
fingers.
By pull of one cord the clip reaches
out and takes in card, which is at once
drawn up the sleeve. Pulling the othe.
cord causes the card to be shot out into
the hand Of the player with lighting
rapidity, and without any part OF the
mechanism being exposed. The fellow
who had the machine fought strenuousl5
against giving it up. - San Francisco
Chronicle.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
The Snake Gave Him a Chance.

While Mike James, boy II years OF
age, was going through the woods neal
Clarksville, Ga, with his father, one
day, he said Father, if a snake was tc
bite me, you just ought to see how
quickly Iwould bandage my leg with this
rubber strap" The boy spoke positively
and no sooner were the words out of his
mouth than he exclaimed: 'I am snake
bitten"
His father, turning round, saw his sor
drawing the bandage tightly around his
leg just above the bite. The old mar
killed the snake and found it to be an
adder Of the most deadly kind. The ad.
ministration of internal remedies at once
commenced. First, one plug, then an
old-time twist of home made, went dowr
like food; then one pint of corn whis kew
All this made him very sick, and lie
vomited freely. He is rapidly recover
ing.-Atlanta Constitution.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02

There is something curious about the
American silver dollar and half Dc liar OF
1904, said a numismatist to Philadel-
phia "Press" reporter There We're
about 20, 900 OF the dollars coined, but
not one of them ever got into circulation.
Two of them are in we'll known coin col
lections today, however, and they are the
most valuable of all American coins.
Why the dollar of 1904 was never seen in
circulation after having left the mint is
one of the unsolved government myster-
les.
"It is asserted on good authority that
the two 1904 dollars now in existence,
while having been mede from the origi
nal die, were in reality not coined for
many years after that year, when they
were surreptitiously struck, and; it is
supposed, issued to person high in
authority, from whom they subsequently
passed into the collections referred to-
THE half dollar of 1904 is surrounded
by a mystery equally profound. There
were over 10000 of these coined, but
not one of these were ever known to be
in circulation. On the other hand, but
700 quarter dollars were coined in that
year, and specimens of these are in every
collection and numismatist's shop"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
Patents Granted.

Patents granted to citizens of Pennsyl-
vania during the past week, and reported
for this paper by G, A. Snow 81 Co., pat
ent lawyers, opposite United States Pat
ent Office, Washington, D. c, j. Can
trell, Reading, staple former, etc. j. G.
Downie, Beaver Falls, steam engine ;
William H. Downing, Goodell, gas gov
ernor or regulator; G. T. Hill, Hazelton,
lightning protector; T. w. Irwin, Allie
gheny, shaping sheet metal J. jenkins,
Harrisburg, ore SEPARATOR John NJ.
Klein, Altoona, lathe carrier; G.. f. Nc
Coomb, Allegheny, broom sewing; w.
Mckinney, Schuylkill Falls, electric me-
ter; A. j. Miller, Sweden, canceling and
registering device j, w. Ramsey, Beaver
Falls, hydrant; D. Rawson, Pittsburgh,
wire worker; D. Savage, Bloomsbury,
washing machine; j. Watts, McKees
Rocks, handling coke F. Wilson, Easton,
water heater.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
CLARA BARTON.
A Short History of the Noble Deeds of the
Little Woman.

Little Woman.
Relief in war, famine, pestilence and
other national calamities." Such, says
the New York Press, is the motto of the
American Red Cross. Association, whose
president is Miss Clara Barton, who hast
ened to Johnstown among the first to af-
ford personal relief to the afflicted Valley
of the Conemaugh.
The story of Clara Barton and the Red
Cross is familiar in outline to all. 1t was
she who. on the morning after the capitu-
lation of Strasburg, in the Franco-Prus
sian war, entered !he conquered city and
her sole password the scarlet cross on
her sleeve-began that noble ministration
to the sick, the wounded and the afflicted
which has made her name famous.
From Strasburg Clara Barton fastened
TO Paris to continue her ministrations
amid the horrors of the Commune.
Clara Barton next appeared upon the
scene in the midst of the Mississippi
floods Of 1884. The terrors of that time
are readily recalleu, when thousands upon
thousands of once thriving inhabitants
were left without homes, food or money,
and there was no means for them to pur-
chase even the seed for the spring sowing.
Then it was that the founder of Red ,ros>
appeared upon steamer loaded with
food aud sustenance aud money for the
seed time.
The miaisitrations Of Clara Barton in
our own great war are well known. Her
phianthropic spirit ultimately found vent
Ill the Order of the Red Gross. The Or
ganizatiou is ar association of relief so.
cieties in various countries Its prime
aim is ministrulion to wounded soldiers.
The idea Of the order is said to hay:
been conceived by Henri Dunant, Swiss
gentleman, who Al Solferino was inn
pressed with the sw lift and sudden suffering
borne in upon the wounded soldiers and
with the need of more rapid and effective
relief. NJ. Dunant presented his thought
to the Society OF Public Utility, which
CORES; ;onds to the Society of Social ci-
cnce il this country, AMI on October sG,
1864 a convention was held ut Geneva,
composed of delegates from various
countrirS-oHr own Minister to SwiIzer-
land, Mr.. Fogg taking an active part
and resolutions were adopted providing
that the ambulance and military hospitals
in battle should be held as neutral, and
relief service likewise, even after the
field had been carried and occupied.
Twelve nations at once agreed t. the
adoption Of this international measure,
and all civilized natioAs now recognize il.
Miss Barton is a native of Mass
achuscttes. III early life she was teacher,
ami she founded Stvcral free schools in
New Jersey. In 1857 she became clerk
in the Governments service at Washing
ton. Resigning at the outbreak of the
war, she entered the hospital service, and
her tender miuistrations are still told of
by those who suffered on the field of bat
tie and were prisoners at Libby prison,
Andersonvillc a elsewhere.
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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
RaiIwa VS. in India.

From the railway data for the decade
1S79-SS the fact is deduclble that for the
last ten years each fresh year has seen
in India the opening of an additional
1000 miles of line. In the last year OF
the period the number of miles open
was II, 377, and of miles under construc-
tion, 2.47G; 50 that before the present
year is out the total mileage open for
traffic in India ought to reach nearly
could not boast of one. The total cost
of the English Indian system up to 1888
came to nearly so per cent of the receipts
and the receipts aggregated in ten years
nearly one thousand millions of rupees.
London Enquirer.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
Congressional Aid for Johnstown.
Post.

While we have none but the best
wishes for JohnStOwn, we fear its citi-
zens are likely to he the victims of falky
hopes if they expected the general Gov
ernment to make appropriations to widen
and dredge the streams about their un-
fortunate town, SO as to prevent an an
nual overflow, and insure tue rebuilding
of certain parts OF the town, and adjacent
horoughs, not likely otherwise to be re-
built. We don't think the general Gov.
ernment has ever undertaken any work
of this kind. The first question asked IN
Congress will be why does not the
great State of Pennsylvania, ont of the
immensely Of its wealth and resources, at
tend to this matter and give the needed
relief. Ii is solely one of local and State
concern. True, there have been abuses
in river and harbor appropriations but
the principle has always been kept in
view, that the money was for National or
Interstate purposes, and to be applied
Hi iuN 7dbIC ollCdLlSs lluIll " Hllt
raised the laughter of the whole
country when he proposed an
appropriation to make the Kiskimnetas
a navigable water course. If the aid
which it is said will be solicited from
congress is necessity, then 1t is the duty
of the State, in the exercise of its general
police powers, which Governor Beaver
invokes in clearing away the debris, to
provide the needful money. Everyone
wishes well to the people of
Johnstown, but it is not wise to raise false
expectations and hopes on such an i'm
portant matter. Congress will make no
appropriations for the purposes indicated
in the dispatches from that place. The
precedent would be one that very few
Seneators and Representatives, unmoved
by local or State interests, would care to
sanction.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
Pnner Pencils.

One of the difficulties which have stood
in the way of the substitution Of paper
pulp for wood in the manufacture of pen
cfls has been the toughness of the pape:'
covering, and it's consequent resistance
to the action of knife. By new pro
cess the molecular cohesion of the paper,
it is claimed, is modified in such a man
ner that it can be cut as readily as cedar
wood. After the completion of the pro-
cess the pencils are gradually dried at
increasing temperatures during period
of six days, and they are then plunged
Which has tho effect Of modifying the the
texture of the paper pulp in the manner
described. Exchange.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
Noted Suicides fin History.

The following are some oi the more
noted suicides of which mention is made
in history. These do not SAVIOR much OF
insanity, but rather Of stole philosophy
Cato stabbed himself rather than live
uudnr the dcspotic reign of CAESAR.
Ihemistocles poisoned himself rather
than lead the Persians against his coun-
trymen; Zeno, whom SO, hanged himself
because he had put his finger out of
joint, and Hannibal and Mithridates
poisoned themselves to escape being
AIKEN prisoners. When we search Scrip.
ture we find that Saul, rather than fnii
into the hands of the Philistines. conl-
manded his arI.or bearer to hold his
sword that he might plunge uron it;
Samson, for the sake of Icing ryyongcd
upon his enemies, pulled down the house
in which they were revelling and "G!Hd
with them" and Judas Iscariot, aft"I
selling the Saviour for thirty piece oi
silver, was overcome by remorse land
went and hanged himself"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-02
Rats Delicious Food.

A correspondent of the Griffin "News"
writes: Joe Mitchell of Blanton's mill,
eats all the rats he can catch says that
"they are much nicer than squirrel or
rabbit" was passing by the mill Fri
day afternoon and large rat, as large
as squirrel ran out from StoDewalps
engine house. Joe, on seeming the rat,
gave chase and soon killed it. Having
noticed the unusual interest manifested
in catching the rat, asked Joe what lie
was going to do with it. He said, Eat
it, by gosh" Sure enough, he soon had
it skinned, cleaned and salted, and look
ing in all appearances like a squirrel.
Smacking his lips over the joyful pos
poets of a rat supper, Joe went his way.
looking for more rats.