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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-07-25
PROFESSIONAL. CARDS
w Il. HENRY,
ATTORN EY AT Law,
HENDERSON, N. c.,

CoURTs:-Vance. Franklin. Warren, Gran
vile, United States Court at Raleigh. and
REFERENCEs:- Chief Justice w. n. IL.
Smith, Hon. Augustus 8. Merrimon, Gov.
NJ. ArgO, Dr. w. T. C.eatham, DIR. ]. H.
Tucker, Mr.. NJ. Dorsey, H. H. Burweli, Esq.,
Hon. james Edwin Moore, ,Ex-soiisitOr Gen
of u. S. Samuel r. Phillips.
Office hours q m. to 5 p. m. inch. 8 I.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-07-25

Heaven is not reached at a single bound
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lOwly earth to the vauited skies,
And We mount to its summit round by
rOund
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-07-25

All policies now issued by the Equitable
are Nom FOrfeitable, so no person need have
any fears in consequence of inability to
continue payments.
J. r. You've, Agt.,
april. 20. Henderson. Y. &.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16

and disarming him. and when he
reused up. FIVE minutes later, he had
no show. He took it out in cursino.
however. and of all the blood-curdlinp
oaths L ever heard a man use his
capped the climax. | got him about
noon, and before night had him down
the mountain and delivered ND to legal
authority. He resisted me vigorously
Tor the first hour. declaring that he
would die before he would accompany
me- but after | had used stout switch
on him several times, and given him to
understand that he would be dragged
IL ne refused to walk, he was more
tractable. He was turned over to the
United States authorities. arraigned on
SIX Or seven charges of murder, but
convicted and hung on the first. !
was not present when he was swung
on, but in his speech from the scaffold
ne cursed me high and low and left il
as his dying request that his friends
would not rest until they had taken nv
life. IN. Y. Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
,cIous AND EDUCATIONAL.

Five Pi Otestant evangelical papers
are published in Brazil.
John ID. Rockefeller has given
800. 900 to the American Baptist Edu-
cational Society.
The Southern Comm primary
school children are to model in clay
and weave mats, in addition to their
regular wo:k.
The S ,uthern or D.use quarter
of the Lebanon is dotted all over with
Bible schools which are slowly. silent
", but surely spreading Christian
truth
Young people should learn Ian
guages as dogs learn to swim. hing
them into the water and let them
plash about. Depend up it. they
will not sinK.-Prof. John Stuart
Blac<ie.
The Cherokee Ind ans support
over one hundred common schools. with
AN agg erate of 4O59 pupils, and
nigh h oil for boys. with 2ll students.
they are just completing seminary
that will accommodate 165 students.
The British Bible Society OF which
the E-.rl of narrowly is president. re-
,orts an expenditure for 1888 OF f226
lf4. and receipts of f212.6l5. against
e226, 663 for 1887. The distribution OF
Bibles also fell 500. 900. from 1000. 600
to 3,5OOO00. They were in 287 Ian
guages.
-Of the thirteen Anglican diOceses
in Australia five are virtually vacant
The bishops are chosen chiefly from
the clergy in England. and colonial
bishops manifest strong inclination to
pay long visits to England. The Aus
tralian clergy are thinking about elect
ing Australians to the office heEe9itsg.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
WHEN TIE COWS COME HOME.

The croak of the frog sonorous,
Down in its sedgy lair,
Accompanied by the 6nk. tink. ftnk
OF the lizard everywhere:
The chirp of the rowdy cricket,
And the Fastening shadows OF gloams
Bespeak the hour of yenny's tryst-
Time when the cows come home.
Down where the orchard-bloSSomS
Distil their perfume sweet,
She sits in the gathering shadows
And builds in her hearts retreat
A castle of silver towers,
Whose SUBMITS, at p with gold,
Lift up to an azure paradise
Whose LWinkling stars are bold.
Down from the pebbly roadway
He steps with a step that's gay
Her lover fair. with the ruddy cheek
And eyes as open as day.
His hats a-slouch and dusty,
His shoes clay-stained, nor new
But his kiss is as sweet as the fragrance OF
The rose that's STEPPED in dew.
They sit in the quiet evening,
Erecting plans in air,
While the rowdy cricket and lizard spell
The frog in its sedgy liar.
Then watt from the lips a-whisker' d.
Her pa, who stands in the gloam:
'See yer, young teller, wish you stay
Away till the COWS come home"
H S. Keller, In Judge.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
A WORTHLESS GARMENT.
Savage Tries to Turn q Newspaper Int,
Wearing Apparel.

Savage Tries to Turn Newspaper Into
Wearing Apparel.
When savage people first come in
contact with the whites none of the
wonders that they see is regarded with
more suspicion than large sheets of
paper. The native is apt to regard the
paper as sort of cloth, and the fact
that it tears easily and is worthless for
most OF the purposes to which cloth is
put convinces him that it is fraud.
One or two Congo travellers have told
of the disgust with which the natives
at first regarded paper. The Congo
tribes, by the way, are on the lookout
for sharpers, and it is pretty hard
work for anybody to sell them a bad
quality of cutlery Or cloth. Savages
soon find. however, that paper is not
intended to serve the purpose of cloth.
Then they cease to look upon it as
fraud. but they do not think it ranks
high among white mans manufactures,
and they have little use for it.
A while ago Mr.. Lumholtz was trav-
cling in the interior of Queensland,
Australia, where he met many natives
VINO had never seen white man be-
fore. One day crowd of natives were
in the white mans camp carefully in
specting the explorer and his baggage,
when newspaper happened to drop
out of his pocket. The natives I'M
folded and spread it on the ground.
They decided that it must be an arti-
Gle of wearing apparel, and one of
them tried it on. He wrapped it
around his shoulders like shawl and
sat down on the ground, arranging his
covering this way and that, and watch
ing the faces of his crowd to see what
they thought of his elegant garment,
covered as it was with many thousands
Of curious marks.
Presently. however. an accident
happened. While the savage was ar
ranging his shawl and trying to bring
the corners in front of him the garment
began to tear at the nape of his
neck. A howl from the crowd called
attention to the disaster. The blanket.
or whatever it was, was evidently
made of the poorest sort of material.
The savage took his covering of,
examined the mischief he had wrought,
made the tear little longer. and then
with his finger poked hole through
the paper. That settled the fact that
the article was worthless. The news
paper suddenly lost all interest for the
natives. who turned their attention to
less destructive objects. IN. Y. Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A shade of pink scarf very much
Affected by Harvard boys is commer-
cially known as .'raw veal.''
Russia has more holidays than any
other country, and yet the Russian al
ways objects to aknouting. Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
An orchid grower says that in one
spotted variety of the flower more than
800 will be given for one small spot,
the plant being worth so much the
, more.
By new law in Denmark man
found drunk is carried TO his reside nee,
and the keeper of the saloon where he
bought his last glass is obliged to pay
the expense of the ride.
Mistress Ito butler) -"Well. John,
l hear you have come into quite lit
tie legacy. l suppose you will be
thinking of getting wife now?" John
''Lor' bless yer. mum, not if | knows
1t! I've seen too much of married life
with missuses, Begin yer pardin,
mum" Life.
"A gentleman of Marietta, Ca, re-
Gently had some improvements made
on his residence. He noticed out of
the four carpenters at work three were
left-handed, and the man who came to
do the painting was left-handed. A
few days after that he bought door
bell and hired another carpenter TO put
it on the door. and he, too, proved to
be left-handed.
The most grateful man in the world
died lately in a South African town.
After his death the following notice
appeared III the local papers: oiled
At the Albany Hospital, March 8, 1889,
Ebenezer Pike. aged thirty-twO years.
f. Pike wishes to express his thanks to
the superintendent OF the hospital and
the many doctors who atten led him in
his late illness"
Combination locks are daily becom-
ing more and more popular. This was
especially noticeable on the Boston
and Albany railway the other day,
when. as train was emerging from
tunnel near Beckett, Mass, the red
locks of a pretty school girl were dis
covered in inseparable combination
with the long brown beard of sedate-
looking theological student.
A funny attempt of black man to
be made white has been brought to
light. A poor little bOotblack was hired
to sell his skin piecemeal, at the rate
of sovereign piece. each piece being
about as large as sovereign. These
bits of skin were transferred to the
face of negro. who was disconnected
with his natural color, the negro's skin
being transferred to the boy. The OPP
eratiOn is hardly a success, for it ap-
pears that in a short time the white
patch on the negro began to turn dark,
while the black patch on the boy turned
white.
Here is an essay on Decoration day
by little Philadelphia school-boy:
decoration day is for to decorate the
soldier grave. Some year the flowers
are full and plenty, and have a great
many buds on. They don't have only
flowers. but have icewater and have
lemonade to cOmidate the people. In
every fower-pOt they stick flag in.
After the flowers are put on the soldier
grave, they shoot over the soldier
grave, they join them together, putting
four together, and leave them there
till shoot again. Then they go and get
drink and go in shady place and
rest themSelyes.n
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16

The old fashion of making bags of
ribbon joined together with fancy
stitching is again revived. All the
ribbons with pearl feather or lace
edges are useful for this purpose. and
silk and velvet look well together.
Such bags have base of velvet-cov-
cred cardboard about five inches
square, and are made of ten stripes Of
ribbon lined with a contrasting color.
Some very gay bags combine several
hues, and they are the most useful be-
cause they are equally we'll adapted to
accompany any frQck.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
HE SAW THE CRiTTERf


Why Farmer johnson stopped Short in
His Story.
''Sit down-sit down." replied the
old farmer. as; he laid down his brush
hook and dumped himself on the grass.
$50 YOU want to know whar Hi Per
kins lives?"
Yes"
''Know the family?"
Somewhat"
Cant be HIS wife's brotherp"
NO"
cousin of His, mebbe?"
No"
You amt an officer with a writ to
serve?"
''Oh, no."
May be going out to sell him wind
mill or an organ?"
NO
known Hi long?" he queried. as he
rubbed his sleeve over his face.
Not very"
"Ah! l see how it isi'' he suddenly
exclaimed, as grin began to spread
over his face. You live in town
threatened with consumption-doctor
advises farm diet and outdoor exercise
going out to fix up matters with Hi
They used to come to me by droves,
but got tired of it. All OF 'em now
60 to Hi! Guess l wasn't quite soft
huff with EN-"
"How?n
WAL, it sort O. riled me to have q
CHAP around who didn't know the diff
ference atwixt a bumblebee and q
turnlp patch, and s'pose l got"
When l sat down l noticed q big
oumblebee working his way up the
ola mans back by his left suspender.
But l thought the insect might be q
pet OF his. and so didn't say any thing.
ne mad just got to the point above
wen he uttered an awful yell. leaped
wear over an old stump. fell down,
scrambled up and then went tearing
through the hazel bushes like Texas
steer on the rampage. Icounted four
'eeh whoops before he ceased, and it
was twenty minutes before he re-
turned.
well was it turnip patch or q
oumblebes?a l asked.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
PERSONAL AND IMPERsONAl.

The belle of Baton Rouge, La, a
lady of graceful and attractive man.
ners. owns and personally conducts a
job printing Office.
John Wanamaker's life is insured
for round million of dollars, which a
statistician computes is at the rate of
q. 800 for every pound of his flesh.
]CustOmer."fou sell cracked eggs
at half-price. do you not?" Clerk
"Y es'm, we always make a fifty per
cent. reduction on cracked goods.
Anything else to-day" Customer
Yes, you may give me dollars
worth of cracked wheat and here's
your fifty cents. Omaha World.
Baseball maiden-.Yes, Mr.. job
lots, all is over between US Here is
the ring" Mr.. Joblots-'I am to un-
derstand then, Mabel, that our en-
gagement is at an end?" Baseball
Enthusiastically. give you your
release and expect to sign new man
the latter part of the week. Good
bye" Minneapolis Tribune.
Good Boys.-Proud father Coin
ter start r church and Sunday school,
are yer? Well, I've got two mighty
good boys wot'll do for yer Bible class.
They never told a lie in their lives
here they come now. Boys. where
did yer git that fowlr' The good
boys-..Stold it." Proud father
..See. parson! Err lie couldn't live in
them boys mouths. "-Munsey's
Weekly.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16

A man of Oconee County. Georgia,
has very smart dog. He says this
dog will carry water to his hands at
work on his farm half mile from his
house. and will assist his wife in cook
ing by bringing in the stove wood; also
gather the vegetables from the garden.
He can send him to the neighborhooe
store with note, and he will return
home safely with any article entrusted
10 mis- care.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
Relative Condition. of Strength.

my dear. an estimate here in the
paper declares that if a man were rela-
lively as strong as a beetle he could
lift 1873. 600 pounds"
Ills that SOP" asked Mrs. Bromley, as
she dropped her left eye-lid I'll look
for a beetle in the morning"
''Why, dearp"
MAY be he'll carry the stove into the
summer kitchen I've asked you about
dozen times to do it"-Detroit Free
PresA
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16

''Durn my flint! but you must seen
them critters prowling around when
you fust come up, and now you jist
please git over into that ar road and
Jog along afore and let loose! / can't
abide one-lung, narrer-souled man.
and I'll be hanged if l tell you whar'
Hi Perkins or anybody else lives! A
consumptive as will calmly sot down
and see bar'l of bumblebees holdin'
convention on mans back. which
hasn't got no undershirt on, and never
warn him of the coming calamity. is
jist mean huff to go and crawl into a
feller's barn and die thar and Spite
three tons of hayr'-N. Y. Sun.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
THE TOWN OF SHELTON.
Inducements Offered to Enterprises mad
Manufactures.
SOME OF THE REASONS WHY SHELTON
PoRTAMT CITIES OF PUGET SOUND

is incorporated of inhabitants located
kookum Bay Southwesery Puget Sound It
the County of Mason County fully
up the needs of the people come being large
wo-sory public school building departments at present
work under the competent teachers Among
the substantial buildings used for purposes
the splendid twooy Courthouse 32x1OO
fitted for theatrical and public poses siness block
32xSO being built the upper purposes
Though but years DID, the growth steady
and during teast few months rapid Many of the
represented industries are to be started be-
sides those present opeaon
mill two engines employ about SO hands,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16

On the evening of the sixth day
had to descend the mountain to renew
my provisions at farmhouse ani
what was my chargin to learn from q
negro that Flint had visited the place
for the same purpose only the nigh
before. He gave me the direction TAX
en- by outlaw. | hunted for hin
another week without finding further
trace than a third snare he had set fOi
game. On the thirteenth dav nv hun.
came to an end In q singular manner.
was following up dry ravine. so full
OF bushes and loose rocks that l had
TO creep most of the time, and | was
resting under some very thick bushes
when heard movement on the bank
of the ravine directly over my head.
and after minute or two | heard the
squeal of rabbit 1t was Flint, then,
and he was taking the game from a
snare. We could not see each other,
but he had the advantage IN being
above me. The bank was too
steep to climb, and / was just
tsrning to creep back to spot where
| could ascend, when there was a sort
of crash above me. suppressed shout
of alarm. and next instant earth. rocks.
and bushes were falling all about me.
| sprang up. and as did so the spread
eagle form of man struck the bushes
at my right and broke through them
with great crash. / made leap to
get out of the way. but the body had
scarcely come to stop before | was
at hand. 1t was the outlaw as saw at
a glance The fall had stunned him.
While he still clvtched the rabbit In
his right hand his left hand was
broken. lost no time in securing
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
THE SATSOP RAILROAD

Has been operating for three
buildings warehouse This company now
has about IA miles of main line
racks and al parts the
to the line of the railroad The Sasop the largest logging
road Puget Sound and during the busy average
RATS of logs scaling about 100000 EACH the
mills each week to be into the article
export.
The Mason County Central Railroad enterprise
in operation with the opening spring. and promises be
factor with the development and opening the region round
we'll to the They also have sawm of capacity
will through Shelton and open line
by rail with California and the East
As for scenic beauty from the elegant residence ground
side town. superb the hoay monarch Rainier
had almost weather. while from the upland opposite
be obtained fine view of the Olympic mountains with
uar and snowappd peaks which lie canal and the
Pacific ocean.
Without doubt Shelton lying sheltered valley and
site for ownone that hardly be improved upon
tered streams arrange
ments being made touppy the with
fall Of more than fifty feet,
There BOOM heradng of umpes proportion
ate growing rapidly than point the Sound
from $50 upward. For further information address .
DAVID SHEI ITON.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-16
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
ne Editor of the Eagle.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
The meeting of the First District as
ISOLATION was convened at the Lewis
Academy building in this city last Sat
urday, Oct. 12.
The meeting was called to order by J
V. Colville of Lincoln township. In the
absence of the secretary, j. N. Parke
was appointed by the chair as secretary
pro tenn.
The following officers were elected fol
the ensuing year: President, j. V. Col
vile; vice-president, j. NJ. Parke; secre
tary, Miss Emma Wallace: treasurer
George Kice.
After the election of officers the re.
gular program was disposed of.
Mr.. George Kice 1.-The extent of men
tai arithmetic in our schools was dis,
cussed by the gentleman in an able man.
ner and showed both study and under.
standing of the study.
A spirited discussion was engaged in
by Messrs, Craig, Colville and Parke.
l.. W. Craig followed with a well pre-,
pared paper on The extent of rhetorical
exercises in our common schools" This
paper was well received and discussed
by Messrs. Craig and Colville
1.-The advantages and disadvantages
of the present course Of study" This
was read by j. N. Parke. Messrs.
Craig and Colville discussed at length
with some objections and comment.
After some suggestions by the presi-
dent we adjourned each feeling that it
was good for him to be there and that
much good was accomplished by the
meeting.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-16

favorable condition, yields too much
mollases and not enough sugar.
What is needed is, first, an improved
variety of cane which will yield more
sugar naturally, or, second, some means
OF working the cane which will get
more sugar out of the molasses. even
though the destruction of portion OF
the molasses be involved.
To this problem or problems the genius
OF inventive America must devote itself.
1t Is said that when the beet sugar
manufacture was commenced the beet
IN use produced very small per cent of
sugar, but that cultivation has vastly in
creased this percentage. May not the
same result be obtained with sorghum
sugar cane: Or may not means be dis
covered of cheapening the process of
working sugar from the present cane?
In this direction lies the hope ana the
writer has no more doubt but the manu-
Tacture of sorghum sugar is to be con-
tlnued than that the manufacture of
flour or corn meal or any other staple ar
ticle of food will be continued. The
whole world needs more sweetening and
1t Is going to have it.
An hours quiet talk at Fort Scott with
gentlemen who are using their own
money in developing the manufacture of
Kansas sugar, revealed the circumstance
that we Kansas people as usual, let loose
several ear-piercing whoops before we
had emerged from the darkness and
tangled wilderness. We are yet in the
midst of the jack oak thickets of expert
ment
But we are coming out. The prejudice
which leads wholesalers to handle in
feriOr beet sugar made in California
rather than superior sorghum sugar
made in Kansas will disappear.
We shall learn to build sugar mills in
the best places, especially where the
water supply is abundant and assured.
We shall learn how to raise better cane,
and improve on the already excellent
quality of Kansas sugar.
We shall make sugar as business, and
when we cannot make big money we
will be content to make less.
We shall succeed in good time, and
Kansas will be a big sugar state. just as
state, and has always been so, notwith-
standing several thousand growing citi-
Zens said mo"
The more the writer of these lines con-
tinues the life he has already lived for
twenty years, of travelling about Kansas
and writing about her resources, the
more he is convinced that cut of all
things Kansan certain amount OF wind
must be squeezed at the start We are
too sudden, too unanimous, too previous.
We vote bonds for water works before
nature has seen fit to build creek.
We must learn to labor considerably
more than we do, and develop talent
for waiting. The firm of Labor & Wait
will yet fill the Kansas sugar bowl from
the Kansas field. n.