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

JUDGK THOMAS RuFfIa, one at the
ablest legal minds of North Carolina,
is no more, After lingering sickness
of some months he passed quietly and
peacefully away at his home in Hills
boro last Thursday, aged IS years.
A great and good man has gone to his
reward.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-30
PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCEMENT

We invite contributions on all subjects of
local and general interest views and state
ments upon matters of public concern orig
inal poems, essays, critiques, etc.
One side of the paper, only, must be VIII
ten on-and the real name of the writer &C
company the contribution. No afternoon
will be paid to anonymous letters. .,,;,..,
for the views or statements of correspond
snts-and reserves the right at all times to
revise or reject any article,he may think
proper.
GOLD LEAF, Henderson. n. Y.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-30
THE EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY

Much this Society," giving estimates
upon Tontne who have posted
seeking forms of life
actual results attained by the Equitable under this
form of policy Estimates Results have
tanned which satisfactory the assured With
before u.s. estimates
prepared show actual results attained
every age style of policy
policy and when the
period covered strength unmpaired.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-30

Ordinary Life Policy.
No. 81 ,291.
Issued July IA, 1874. on the Life Of S. T.
Amount, $4,000.
Age, As. Annual Premium, $3.50.
Premiums paid in Is years, $5,695. 30
RESULT JULY IA, 1889.
The policy holder is allowed. upon the
completion of the Tontine period Of fifteen
years, the choice of six methods of settle
ment; the three most important are the
following:
/. Cash Value, s., 956 90
Percentage to Premiums paid. 1O5.
2 PaM-up Value, $40, 900 90
Percentage to Premiums paid, III.
3. Cash Surplus, ~'1' $2,939. 40
Percentage to Premiums paid, So
n. Binder this third settlement the
policy holder can withdraw the SURPLUS in
cash, and retain the original policy fol
SO, 900, continuing the payment of annual
premiums, less annual dioidends.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-30
1E-Year Endowment Policy

Men of will
actually
Hence the careful life
directed The foregoing examples and the position Of the Society
OF the
For transacted the largest annual business 1888
For held the December,
For the largest outstanding 1885,
While its superior financial strength shown by high ratio of
LIABILITIES GAS per cent? For further particulars apply
JAMES r.. YOUNG.
Agent The Equitable Life Assurance Society,
HENDERSON, NC.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-30
Life Policy

PAID UP IN Is ANNUAL PAYMENTS.
No. 9,O41.
Issued Dec. 80, 1874, on the life of j. s. q.
Amount, $40, 900.
Age, As. Annual Premium, 81 ,O42.29 :
Premiums paid in Is years. $l5, 633, 90
RESULT DEC. 50, 1889.
The policy holder is allowed, upon the
completion of the Tontine period Of fifteen
years, the choice of five methods of settle
ment the three most important are the
following:
/. Cash Value, $19, 556. 40
Percentage to Premiums paid, 1875.
2. 'Paid-up Value, $33, 1900
3. Cash Surplus, $7,747. 20
Percentage to Premiums paid, 50.
n. Binder this third settlement the
policy holder can withdraw the SURPLUS in
cash, and retain the original policy for
$50 600, as pGid-atp policy
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-30

The best spectacles, the best attention
the best prices at Nights. apl Is.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-30
LETTER FROM MISSISSIPPI.

A Marriage Creates q Stir I'm Society.
The Preacher too Slow, but the
Mayor is on Time and Gets the Fee.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
COUR1ERS.

What saith the violet unto my lover
81 am blue, but thine eyes are bluer."
What fasheth the north star down to my
love?
81 am true but thine heart is truer."
Oh, how sing the birds, the poets of spring,
In their ripping, woodland metre9
"Our voices are filled with music of May,
But thy voice, thy voice is sweetern
And the sea? hath the sea not word to send
On his dancing, white-capped waters?
"Fairer ay, fairer art thou in thy youth
Than my pearl-crowned mermaid daugh.
ters."
And the earth and the sky and the rowing
winds
And the eloquent old romances
Are bearers Of tales Of my love-of my
love
Swift couriers of her glances.
John Jerome Rooney.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18
FORTUNE NEVER DIES.

What's the use In chasing fortuneP Fortune
never dies.
Have your grief, but never grievance.
Waste no time in sighs.
Everything will come to you. The world
win better be-
For rivers only run one way, and ever to-
ward the seal
Overhead the stars are living g-always-day
and night.
The sun into some weary soul is ever food
ing light
Make your soul your mirror; walk with
Meekness, Wisdom, Pride.
A wise mans pillow tells him more than all
the world beside.
Love your neighbor even as yourself but
not your neighbor's wife,
The sweetest thing to living man or dying
man is life.
Love, ambition, hunger wake the world
whenever it would nod
And holy aspirations must soar up at last to
God
He will hear you and will listen, and will an
swer, by and by;
The poorest and the meanest vet have one
friend up on high
SO gather up your manhood from the ashes
of your youth,
And live for honor, friendship. love and
charity and truth
Once Week.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18
Asbestos for Fire Suits,

The experience of William II. Marvin
with a natural gas flame at Ruthven,
Canada, a few days ago, is one that fire
department authorities everywhere should
take into immediate consideration as fur
nishing a clew to additional means of
fighting that dreaded element. The
stream of natural gas issuing from the
well there caught fire and all efforts to
extinguish the flame were unavailing.
The heat was so intense that no one
could go near it. Water thrown from
the nearest point of vantage by power
full engines had no other effect than to
generate great clouds of steam. The roar
of the burning gas was deafening and
IL, 900, 900 feet per day were being con-
sumed, while the earth about the well
was becoming baked and so hot that no
one could tread on it. Engineering
skill proved useless to cope with the mat
ter and finally reward of $1,000 was
offered to any one who would stop the
leak. Martin volunteered. At first he
tried to reach the orifice with long iron
levers, but they melted as soon as they
came near the place where the gas was
burning. Then the young man hit upon
bright idea. He resolved to walk into
the fiery furnace clad in complete suit
of that wonderful material, asbestos,
which though fine and pliable as the
softest silk, will neither be consumed by
fire nor conduct heat The suit was
made, including a cone-shaped hood with
glass front to envelop the head. The
first attempt was failure. Before Mar
tin got near the flame he accidentally
dropped his tools on the ground and saw
them rurn red hot before his eyes. The
second attempt was successful.
The man came out slightly scorched
and partly suffocated, but otherwise un-
harmed. Asbestos had been his protec-
ton and it can readily be understood
that a fire department with employees
equipped in similar clothing would have
immense advantages in fighting fire
Ne1 York Graphic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

"meet you, and them wheels, them 'yeller
Wheels And somehow thought it was
them wheels that was a-running over me,
was travelling up and down my life all
the time. l didn't know who to hate OF
what to hate, because didn't get no.
where, and you came the highest; you
were the handiest, and so l hated you
and them wheels. Amt there no yeller
wheels in your life, misterl" Be 1 the
only man that hates something that he
sees every day and never can havep'
asked Joe.
ooh, mol" said the man -soberly and
kindly; ''you are not the only
man. Into my life; yes, into everyone's
life, my friend, come yellow wheels ;
and for a moment the rich man and the
poor man met on equal terms.
"You want to buy that lot, do you2"
he inquired. "And have you money
enough to do it2 Wait" he said, ~
have a plan" And then he told Joe
that he wanted some one to make be-
ginning on the properly. Joe could buy
the lot, and pay for it as he was able.
He would lend him the money to build
his house; he wouldn't even take mort
gage he would take his own, Joe's own
simple note, and the house and the lot
should be in Joe's wife's name-Joe
Jeffus began to cry! Great, strong Joe
Jeffus cried like a child, and the man
with the "yellow wheels" went out and
left him alone.
But the man kept his word. The lot
was bought, and slowly and steadily
came the old light into the little, tired,
waiting eyes, softly crept the girlish color
into the pallid checks, and the little wo-
man crcpt back to her golden youth.
On the corner lot stands the yellowest
cottage you ever saw. Before the door
stands the yellowest baby carriage you
ever saw, and nailed up over the front
door-nailed there for luck and for love
is little yellow wheel
Joe Jeffus is foreman now of all the
coal teams; but the man he hated, the
man he loved, is resting quietly, resting
in the churchyard far from the busy town.
But every spring when the ionquils
bloom, a man and a woman, with un-
covered heads, lay them upon his grave :;
and Joe Jeffus's only faith, his only be-
lief, as he watches the stars at night, is,
that up among the angels, driving through
the skies, is his hero, his Idol, with the
yellow. wheels. "-Ne,o York Independent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18
A Mysterious Epidemic of Blindness.

Leading physicians at Montreal,
Canada, are greatly puzzed over a sh ange
disease from the effects of which at least
one resident and several sailors Just
arrived, have been stricken with blind
ness. Early during a recent morning
Policeman Rutherford became totally
blind while doing patrol duty. The ease
was considered mysterious, but the ply
sicians at the hospital where he was
taken consider it due to nicotine poison
ing, as Rutherford was an inveterate
smoker. The mystery in this case was
intensified, however, by similar cases
made public few days after. When the
bark Thomas T. Marshall arrived from
the Philippine Islands the Captain was
astonished when informed that one of the
crew was stone blind, the attack being
exactly similar to that of Rutherford.
The man was Immediately conveyed to
the Notre Dame Hospital.
During the course of the evening several
other sailors ON board complained of
dizziness in the head, but they considered
it was due to Over-eXertion during the
day, and that they would sleep it off.
Next morning the Captain was further
mystited when informed that more of
the men had lost their sight. Visiting
the forecastle he found the sailors greatly
excited, and four of them named
Frederick Nordfeldt, A. Mulgulfroff, IT.
Manfough and @. Lewerson were sight
less, while some Others were partially in
the same condition. These were ali re-
moved to the hospital.
The physicians consider the case a
most extraordinary one, which cannot be
accounted for, as their first theory that it
was due TO sudden change of climate
would not hold when the case :, She
policeman is considered. A - Nv
sician said that the Alther will ST hi
possibly be GgSb.
as the atmo- M
some time,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18
A Boat sunk to XIII Insects.

An amusing and true story was reported
from Toulon, France, when they caused
the sinking of the torpedo boat Couleuv-
rine. The number of insects that swarmed
in every part of the boat seemed to be
endless. The celluloid, of which the
Couleuvriue was built, was their favorite
haunt for all the surfaces of that material
were black with bugs. The ordinary in
sect destroyers were powerless, and on
the advice of the Maritime Prefect the
Minister of Marine, Admiral Krautz gave
orders for the Couleuvrine TO be sunk
and kept under salt water three days
ChicagO Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
HOW TO SEW ON BuTToNs.

When you begin, before you lay the
button on the cloth stuff, put the thread
through so that the knot will be on the
right side. That leaves it under the but
ton, and prevents it from being worn or
ironed away, and thus beginning the
loosening process. Then, before you
begin sewing, lay large pin across the
button, so that all your threads will go
over the pin. After you have finished
filling the holes with thread, draw out
the pin and wind your thread round and
round beneath the button. That makes
a compact stem to sustain the possible
pulling and wear of the button hole.
Buttons thus sewn scarcely ever come off.
--Ne,o York Dispatch.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

a man in Chicago threatens suicide if
that city does not prove to be larger than
Brooklyn. His fellow-citizens do not
care what he does, comments the Detroit
Free Press, if he will only live long enough
to be counted.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18
Fishing With SIedge Hammers.

Mr. William Chandler, of Waynesboro,
says that some years ago he saw party
of twelve men living at and around old
Ringgold go fishing each one carrying
with him his fishing tackle in the shape
of a sledge hammer. They would strike
the ledges Of rock covered in water, and
the strong conclusion from the heavy
blows would stun the fish and enable the
fishermen to gather them in.-NaeoH
LGal IsleQraph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

Says HaIper's Bdgar: "The fignre in
our dates is with us and has come to
stay. No man or woman, now living,
will ever date document without using
a 8. 1t now stands on the extreme
&ght-1Ss9. Next year it will be the
second 1S90-and there it will
AGay for ten years. 1t will then move up
third place-1900-an rest there for
one hundred years.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

A curious question of etiquette will
prevent the Shah of Persia from visiting
the Sultan of Turkey at Constantinople.
The latter is too full of pomp and dig
nifty to go down to the train to meet a
guest, and always receives his visitors at
the Yildiz Kiosque. The Shah, how
ever, thinks that the Turkish potentate
should meet him at the depot, and as
neither will yield the point, the differ
ence OF opinion on this subtle question
~ etiquette vii prevent the Shah from
eeing the beauties Of the Sultan haren.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

If any persons have been frightened
by recent rumors of a coming deficiency
in the beef supply of the country, they
can find reinsurance in this years report
of the Agricultural Department on farm
animals. To put the statement in round
numbers, there were 5000, 900 in the
United States in 1860, $4,000, 600 in
1880, and so, 900, 600 in 1883, the year
covered by the last report.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

In the United States Army there are
eight per cent. of officers and ninety-two
per cent. of men out ola total of %, 167,
and in the English Army there are four
per cent. of officers and ninety-six per
cent. of men out of total of 210, 105.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

RECIPES.
Chicken Soup-Cut up one chicken.
put into a stewpan two quarts of cold
water, a teaspoonful of salt and one pod
of red pepper; when half done add two
dessert spoonfuls of well washed rice !;
when thoroughly cooked, remove the
bird from the soup, tear part of the
breast into shreds-saving the remainder
of the fowl for a salad-and add it to the
soup with a wineglassful of cream.
Bread Pudding-Soak pint of grated
bread crumbs in one and half pints of
milk. Beat up the yolks of two eggs
with a tablespoonful sugar, little salt
and the grated rind of one lemon, mix
into the bread and place in an oven to
bake. Whisk the whites of an egg with
tablespoonful of powdered sugar aud
the juice of half a lemon, and when light
add to the pudding, return to the oven
again and bake to a light brown.
Fish Pie-Take any frm-Aeshed fish,
cut in slices, aud season with salt and
pepper; let stand in a cool place for two
or three hours, then put the sliced fish in
a baking dish, with a little cream or
water, and butter and flour rubbed to a
cream with minced parsley and hard
boiled eggs sliced line the sides of the
dish half way down, and cover with a
nice paste. Bake in an oven quick at
first, but gradually growing moderate.
Rice Griddle Cakes-Boil half cup
of rice; when cold mix one quart sweet
milk, the yolks Of four eggs, and flour
sufficient to make a stiff batter; beat the
whites TO a stiff froth, stir in cne tea
spoonful Of soda, and two of cream of
tartar, add a little salt, and lastly the
whites of the eggs; bake on griddle.
Serve by spreading them while hot with
butter, and also any kind of jelly or pre-
serves; roll them up neatly, cut off the
ends, sprinkle with sugar and serve
quickly,
Stuffed and Baked Tomatoes-From
the blossom end of dozen tomatoes
smooth, ripe and solid-cut a thin slice,
and with small spoon scoop out the
pulp without breaking the rind surround
ing it. Chop a small head of cabbage
and good-sized onion finely, and mix
with them fine bread crumbs and the
pulp. Season with pepper and salt aud
add a cup of sweet cream. When all is
we'll mixed, fiji the tomato shells, ard
place the tomatoes in buttered baking
dish, cut ends up, and put in the pans
just enough water 10 keep them from
burning, Drop a small lump Of butter
in each tomato and bake till well done.
Serve in the same dish. sA-...zs,7.s.s..
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

There are in the Treasury vaults at
Washington nearly pint of diamonds
and other precious stones that were pre-
sented to various Presidents by admiring
friends.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

No Treasury in the world ever con-
tained so vast a sum of money, boasts the
San ancisco Chronicle, as that of the
UnHd States. The last statement shows
that there is in the Treasury vaults over
six hundred millions in gold and silver
coin and bullion. OF gold coin and
bullion the amount is S3O3, 5O4, 319;
sayer coin and bullion, S315, 343, 1870
Hyfthe side of this vast accumulation the
treasures of other countries, and those
recorded in history, sink into insignif.
cance.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

General Sherman has offered prize of
800 for the best essay written by an
army officer of the school of application
on the subject of the influence Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, has had on the civil
ization of the surrounding country.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

At the close of the past year there were
completed and in course of construction
in this country eighty-fve electric rail
ways, comprising about 450 miles of
track, and the reports show that during
the first year over is, 900, 600 passengers
have been carried over these lines. a
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

The Washington star says that the dis
i.oyery by the ornithologists that,a war
4 upon the pestiferous sparrow, in order to
be successful, smust be carried on by
Aanada and the United States in concert,
Furnishes a new argument for union be-
tween the two countries.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

The English ''canteen," system by
which regular soldiers improve the com
forts of army life-never too great at the
best-has been introduced in American
army posts with great success.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

The United States Supreme Court has
repeatedly. said that mans right under
his patent for an invention is as absolute
as undera patent for lands, and no one
would say that one should lose the right
to his house because some one else saw
fit to take possession of it against his
,,-in
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

Kentuckian shot himself with sui
cidal intent, the other day, and died af-
ter several hours of intense suffering.
Being asked how it happened that with
his known skill with the pistol he did
not kin himself instantly, he said he
wished to live long enough to be for
givenfor his act.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

They are attempting to acclimatize
American oysters from Connecticut in
several places along the coast of Sweden.
SO far the oysters thrive well.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

It is predicted that $500, 900, 900 Of
English and Irish capital will be invested
in this country within the next four
wears
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

There is great complaint of the adul-
teration of food in the City of Mexico.
Even the bread is tampered with.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

cRYsTALLIzING GRASSES AND FERNS.
1t is time to gather grasses, ferns and
leaves for crystallizing spatter work,
skelesonizing, etc. Their greatest Eeauty
is when they are in full blossom. They
should be gathered on a dry, clear day.
For crystallizing, l put the leaves and
grasses in vases or jars in closet where
they will be free from dust, to dry. Use
alum and pure water in the proportion of
pound of alum to gallon of water, and
boil it until it is all dissolved. Pour this
into wide-mouthed jar, and when it has
become lukcwarm, suspend the grasses
in punches, by thread, from a stick rest
ing on the top of the jar, so that they
will be immersed in the solution. Do
not jar the leaves until the deposit takes
place; this generally begins after fifteen
hours. When the leaves are nicely
coated, remove them carefully and hang
them up to dry. The same solution may
be used again, but the crystals will not
be as large on the second lot of leaves
Prairie Farmer. -....-s.....-.,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18
HOW ro 1AuNpRY coLoREp rABR1cs.

HOW TO LAUNDRY CoLoRED FABRICS.
Ginghams, chintzes and calicoes should
not be put in hot or pearline water,
neither in water that is dirty from the
washing of other articles. Heavy flour
starching and drying in hot sun fades
colors. The plainest colors in these goods
should be washed in clean, cold water
the first and second time at least. Much
depends upon saving their color when
first wet.
Among the pretty cheap goods bought
for the children this season was dress,
bright plaid. 1t made up into beautiJ J
full school dress. One of my friends
bought from the same piece for her
daughter. When they were laundried
one was put into boiling water and al
lowed to remain there for n couple of
hours to set the color. When dried it
was a sorrylooking dress. The red
stripes faded and the white dyed red and
the looks of the goods were spoiled for
ever. The other was put into a pail of
cold water, to which was added table!
spoonful Of salt, and allowed to stand
about fifteen minutes. Then, with a rub
of soap here and there, it was washed in
the same water by hand, rinsed in two
waters-one blue-starched in clear
starch, hung in shade to dry; when dried
and ironed the white had the faintest
tinge of red, all the colors being bright
and beautiful. The second time it was
washed it was again put into cold water
without the salt, then put into water that
was warm and soapy from the rinsing of
some white clothes; it was washed quick
ly on the board, rinsed and treated as
before, and when ironed it looked as
well as when new, the white was clear
and the colors bright 1t will now al
ways wash on account of the two careful
washings.
Salt sets the colors and cold water
fades them very little, if any. Very hot
irons fades the colors. Detroit Free Press,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-18

English capitalists are purchasing min
ing property in the Ciuillos district of
New Mexico. -