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MOTHERS PRAYERS.

A woman sits at the tireside
And rocks babe on her breast
Till the little one sleeps, then lays him
In his downy cradle nest
She softly kisses his sleeping eyes
And kisses his forehead white,
And .i, whispers low. with happy smile.
And one in the bloom of womandood
at work with a happy smile,
Is packing box for her darling,
And thinking all the while
How proud and happy the lad will be,
Her school boy merry and bright.
When he opens the box from home-she
prayS
God bless my boy to-nightr'
A woman stands at cottage door
And looks out over the sea
I" The sun sets red in a leaden mist,
1t will storm tonight" says she.
My sailor boy is hOmeward bound,
o stay the tempest's might"
And she turns away with an earnest prayer:
God save my boy tonight!
A woman old, with failing eyes,
Reads the news from distant camp,
Where her soldier son is serving
The nights are cold and damp;
soldiers life is too hard for my boy
His hair like hers is white,
But he's still a boy to the mother who prays
God keep my boy tonight
A mother sits in the cleaning,
With lifted, fearful eyes
And empty arms: She dreams Of one
Beyond the sunset skies;
" Safe in the Fathers keeping,
In that blest land of light.
He waits for me, my angel babe
God keeps my boy tonight
And so from over all the world
The mothers prayers arise;
And who can tell the wondrOus power
That in their blessing lies?
And many tread the downward path
Some walk in Gods own light;
But always loving mothers pray:
God bless my boy tonight"
-Neio Orleans Picduune.
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The Rest Advertising Medium

Says one who evidently knows what
he is writing about: The local paper is
the natural medium for reaching the
vast number Of people who live in the
small towns and villages. Advertisers
who wish to reach this class of people
should not make the mistake of sup
posing that the ground is thoroughly
covered by the big daily and weekly
publications Of the cities, or by circu-
lars and hand bills. They do not re-
ceive the careful reading that is &C
corded the home paper, and as nat
ural consequence it is the best adver-
tising medium. Where these will be
skinned over and tossed aside, the
local weekly will be passed from one
member of the family to the other and
be eagerly read by each.
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Additional train leaves Oxford daily eX-
'eept Sunday II 90 m., arrive Henderson
II 05 pm, returning leave Henderson = 10
p m, daily except Sunday, arrive Oxford
) Is m.
No. 50, leaving Goldsboro 20 D m and
Raleigh 45 p m daily, makes connection
at Durham with No. 10. leaving at 90 p m
daily, except Sunday for Oxford, Hender-
son and all points on o. l. H., o. & G. and
X. * NJ. roads.
West Point and Raleigh, via Keysville, on
Nos. "a and 1O2, and IS and 103.
Nos. II and So connect at Richmond from
and to West Point and Baltimore daily ex-
cept Sunday
Nos 50 and 81 connect at Goldsboro with
trains to and from Morehead City and Will
mlngtOn, and at Selma to and from Fayette-
Vile
No 81 connects at Greensboro for Fay
etteville.
No 53 connects at Selma for Wilson. y C.
Nos. 80 and 81 make close connection at
University Station with trains to and from
Chapel Hill, except Sundays.
SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE.
On trains 30 and 81, Pullman Buff
let Sleeper between Atlanta and New
ork, Danville and Augusta and Green's
eoro, via Asheville to MorristOwn, Tenn.
On % and IS, Pullman Buffet Sleeper
between Washington and New Orleans via
Montgomery. and between Washington
anu Birmingham. Richmond and Green's
HHoro; Raleigh and Greensboro and between
Washington and Augusta. and Pullman
ouIet Sleepers between Washington and
AsrneVille and Hot Springs.
through tickets on sale at principal
stations to all points.
,n F9r rates, local and through time tables,
SPRly TO any agent of the company, or to
nAAS, JAS. l.. TAYLOR,
i"ihc Manager. Gem. Pass. Agent
W. y. TURK,
Div. Pass. Agent,
Raleigh, n. e.
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DECLINED, WITH THANKS.

A NEW YORK publisher is very kind
and considerate.
Thanks
He wants to give the Sun S .oc
worth of ten cent detective stories fol
that amount Of space.
Excuse us.
Our columns are more valuable. Il
our printers, paper men, and other
weekly creditors were clamoring 70,
"Bonanza Bardie; or the Treasure o
the Rockies" Manfred's Quest; Oh
the Mystery of Trunk" ETC., why
then we might think of trading.
1t takes hard, cold cash to run the
Snn.-Durham Sun.
Yet, we find this advertisement in
some of our exchanges. The same
thing was offered us, and like the SHs
we declined, not with thanks, however
for it was thrown into the waste baske,
and no reply made to it whatever. 1,
is running a newspaper on such busi.
ness (?) principles as this that is sap.
ping the existence out Of the Southern
press to-day.
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Literary News.

Emma Churchman Hewitt, who has been
connected with the Ladies' Home journal,
OF Philadelphia, for the past four years as
ton with that publication, and become the
editor Of the HousehoLd Correspondenf, pub
lished by d. Z. WoolIey, 1416 and 14ls
Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Mrs. Hew.
it's wide experience and knowledge OF
human nature, its wants and needs. assures
the success Of this new and bright publica.
ton, the June issue of which IS now before
u.s. 1t is devoted to correspondence on
home topics and matters Of interest to
every household, and seems to I'LL a niche
not yet occupied by any other publication.
The subscription price, 50 cents year. Is
within the reach Of everyone. and we trust
support its excellence merits. Send for
sample copy.
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Frank Lesiie's Popular Monthly for
August, 1890.

The g Severn Modern Engineering Won
ders of the world" described by Arthur
V. Abbott, with elaborate illustrations, in
the August number of Frank Leslie's Pop
ular Monthly. are: The new Forth Bridge,
Scotland ; the Eiffel Tower, Paris the new
CrotOn Aqueduct, New York the blowing
up of the He'll Gate obstruct;ons, New
York the Eads Jetties at the mouth Of the
Mississippi the st. Gothard Tunnel,
Switzerland; and the Brooklyn or East
River Bridge. A racy biographical sketch
is that of A Vagabond Queen" isabella
II. of SPAIN. Edwin H. Morris, an emf
nent authority on dogs, writes of those
Canine Lords" the greyhounds. includ-
ing the superb Russian Barzoi. An article
on The Tin-mines Of the Black Hills"
conveys information as to that country's
resources which will surprise many read
ers Zoar and the Zoarites' is pictur-
esque account of a remarkable Ohio COM
munity and "StOrms and ClOudbursts"
are Interestingly discussed by DR.. Felix L.
Oswald. There are also numerous short
illustrated sketches. poems and stories.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-08-14
BROWER, THE TRAITOR.

We are glad the Republicans have
nominated Brewer as the man fol
Williams to beat for Congress in the
Greensboro district. We believe he is
the easiest man to defeat that they
could have put up. And this is the
opinion Of many leading Republicans
He ought to be beaten because he
voted for the infamous Force Bill, il
for no other rea ascn. From the Madi-
son Nevs we take the following:
With federal Bayonets in the
hands of negR troops at
the polls, how will
you feel, White men and
brethren? CarpEt bag scalaways
will cont Rol all election
returns. repub icans will be
counted in, The federal Offices
be filled by negRoes and carpet
baggers, the dark days of '6S
will be lived again; mercantile and
manufacT Turing interests
will suffer. Who voted this curse
on his own fair State?
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Not Intended for one Person Only

1t is worth remembering that no
newspaper is printed especially for one
person. People who become greatly
displeased with something they find in
a newspaper should remember that the
very thing that displeases them is ex-
actly the thing that will most please
somebody that has just as much inter-
est in the paper as they have. 1t takes
all kinds of people to make world,
we are told, and the patrons of a news
paper are made up of the elements of
the world. But this is what some peo-
pie do not appear to understand
Weldon Ners.
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WILLIAM KEMMLER, THE
MURDERER.
A Brief Sketch Of the First Vic
tim Legally Put to Death by
Electricity.

kemmler was man of low mental
and moral qualities. The surround
ings of his birth and early life were
very bad. His father was a butcher
in Philadelphia, where William, the
murderer, was born in 1860. The
boy grew up in the shambles and in
the market place.. His parents sent
him to school for brief period, and
several times he saw the inside Of a
church and heard the service there.
These feeble influences constituted the
only contact the boy and man ever
had with things pure or good. Kemm-
ler's was life that grew rankly. On
no side did it bear the impress or pol
ish of any training or efforts of emo
Element. He was a sample product
Of conditions existing to-day in all
large: cities.
In 1887, Kemmler married a worth
less woman named Ida Porter, in
Camden, New Jersey. Two days later
he found she had been previously mar
ried, and he left her to live with Ma
tilda Ziegler. They moved to Buffalo,
N. Y. -'
On the morning of March 20, 1850,
all Buffalo was shocked by the news of
the brutal butchery of woman at No.
$40 South Division street. The wo-
man killed was "Tillie Ziegler," and
the murderer was the Philadelphia
butchers son, Kemnler.
The coroner's jury pronounced
Kemmler murderer, and immediate
ly after the inquest he was taken from
the Jail to the police court and ar
raigned on charge of murder in the
first degree. He pleaded guilty, say
ing he had no use for lawyer.
Judge Childs sentenced him to die
within the week beginning June "a,
1889, by the application of electricity
as provided by the code, at Auburn
State prison. Counsellor Hatch took
exceptions to the sentence, upon the
ground that the punishment was cruel
and unusual and contrary to the spirit
of the constitution.
Kemmler reached Auburn Friday,
May "a, at midnight. A writ of ha-
beas corpus was served upon Warden
Durston just before the fatal day ar
rived, and upon June 25th an exhaus-
tive argument was heard by County
Judge Day. The whole argument was
as to the constitutionality of the law
substituting electricity for the gibbet,
upon the ground of the former being
cruel and unusual. Judge Day dis
missed the writ, and the case was taken
to the general term of the Supreme
Court at Rochester, where the consti-
tutionality of the law was upheld. The
last resort was the Court Of Appeals,
and here, too, the decision was ad-
verse to Kemmler's counsel.
The criminal was sentenced to die
in the week beginning April 2S, 1890.
1t is likely Kemmler would have been
electricized on April 80, but on the
2oth United States writ of habeas
corpus was served on the warden, and
the case was then carried to the United
States Supreme Court on the point Of
constltutionality of the law on the
same ground as was urged in the State
courts. The New York courts were
upheld in the final appeal, and Kemm-
ler was again sentenced to be killed in
the week beginning August 4th.
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MOrehead.
durham SUM-

The gathering of the newspaper men
of North Carolina in Durham last
week, and their visit to Morehead, is
now a thing of the past. But the oc-
casion will live in memory.
The editors had an all around de-
lightful trip. They are charmed with
Durham and Durham's industries,
energy. progress and hospitality. They
are singing her praises on all sides.
The Morehead visit was most de-
lightful finale to the meeting in Dur.
ham. Every thing was done at this
popular North Carolina summer sea-
side resort for each members pleasure
and comfort. The elegant and boun.
tiful hospitality of the Atlantic Hotel
was rendered by the President Of the
company, Mr.. ]. S. Carr, and very
flattering resolutions of thanks were
tendeed him for the emjoyments ot
this occasion. They were graciously
bestowed and graciously received.
DR.. G. w. Blacknall was not forgot
ten. He received the thanks OF the
press men for his efforts to make the
sojourn one full of delights, which will
not soon be forgotten. By the way,
the Doctor intends to visit the worlds
fair with the vice President, Col. A. B.
Andrews, and there is no doubt about
it, the Doctor will make his impress
there and it will be for North Caro-
lina's welfare.
The managers of the Atlantic Hotel,
Foster Brothers, were very considerate,
and the kind attentions displayed by
them was an evidence of their perfect
management and ability to please.
The captains of the "sharpies" ten
dered the use of their feet, and the
time spent at the Atlantic Hotel by
the editorial fraternity was given up to
sailing, both in tine sunshine and
moonlight, fishing and surf bathing.
1t was a splendid relaxation from the
sanctum and our brethren will return
home refreshed and invigorated for
the duties which lie before them.
The Atlantic Hotel is a busy hive
of life and activity We were told that
the guests there numbered about four
hundred and fifty. 1t is a most de-
lightful resort.
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NORTHERN partizan papers and poll
ticians talk about the negro being op-
pressed in che South, but he goes on
accumulating wealth and gaining
education just the same. The negroes
as a class are doing better in the South
than in the North Here is case in
point: In Birmingham, Ala, negroes
have organized bank with $4,000
capital, divided into 1000 shares Of
S25 each, payable monthly. 1t is ex-
clusively a colored concern, all the
stockholders, directors and officers
being negroes.
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NO. 34.

Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habituA
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stoma, h, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 5Oc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIC SYRUP co!
SAN FRANCISCO. ca.
LOUISVILLE. XIV. xsw roRx. NJ
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Many people habitually endure a feeling
of lassitude. because they think they have
to. II they would take DR.. j. H. McLean's
Sarsaparilla this feeling of WEAKNESS
would give place to vigoI and vitality.
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w IL. HENRY,
ATTORNE AT LAW.
HENDERSON, N. g..

CouRTs:-Vancc. Franklin. Warren, Gran
vllle, United States Court at Raleigh, ana
supreme Court of North Carolina.
REFERENCEs:-Ch Chief Justice w. n IL
smith don. Augustus y. Merrimon, Gov,
Dah1el G. Fowle, Hon. +. &. Fuller Hon T
NJ. Argo, DR.. w. T. Cheatham Dr. J. ii
tucker, Mr.. NJ. Dorsey, ii. ii. BurwelI, Esq,
non. James Edwin Moore Ex-solicltor Gen
OF U. s. Samuel +. Phillips
Ofnce hours "A IN. to 3 D. m mch 73I
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-08-14

No liniment is in better repute or more
widely kdown than DIR. J. Il. Mclean 5
Volcanic Oil Liniment. 1t is a wonderful
remedy. oct. I.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-08-14

The Little Murderer Pays the Penalty
at Last, but the First Experiment
With Electricity as Node of Put
ting FelOns to Death by Law, was
not Altogether Brilliant Success.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-08-14

A man who has practiced medicine for
40 years. ought to know salt from sugar !;
read what he says:
TOLEDO, O.. Jan 10, 1897.
MeSsrs. F. J. Cheney & Co.-Gentle-
men Il have been in the general practice
of medicine for most 40 years. and would
say that in all my practice and experience
have never seen preparation that could
prescribe with as much confidence of sue
cess as can Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-
factured by you. Have prescribed it a
great many times and its effect IS wonder
have yet to find case of catarrh that it
would not cure. if they would take it ac
cOrding to directions.
Yours truly,
IL. GORsUCH.
Office, 2l5 Summit st.
We will give 500 for any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured with Halls Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally.
F. J, CHLNET & Co, Props, TOle 10, ..
Sold by druggists, -.
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i Daily except Sunday. Daily. Z
except Monday.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-06
No. 92S.
Application for a Patent.
U. s. LAND OFFICE, EUREKA. New,

U. s. LAND OFFICE, EUREKA, New,
May IA, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that Simeon
Wenban, whose Postofice address is
Cortez. Nevada, has this day filed by his
duly authorized agent, W. 0. Mills, his APP
plication for q patent for fourteen hun.
dred and ninety three C1,493) linear feet Of
the Adjunct mine or vein besring gold
and silver, with surface ground six hun
dred feet in width. situated In Cortez
Mining District, county OF Eureka and
State OF Nevada, and designated by the
field notes and official plat on file in this
office as lot No. SO, In T 90 N, 3 48 e. Of
M d M, said lot No So, being described as
follows, to wit:
Beginning al q post marked No 1, q. 8.
survey No SO, whence the Sc oornsr Of
section 5, T 26, N, r As E, NJ d M. bears
S Is deg, Is min W, 3.040 feet, and U s
mineral monument, No 2. bears s &c deg
Is min W, 1900 feet, this post is also the
original location monument; thence run
ming s 6 IL deg E 600 feet.
to post marked No 2, u 8 sur
vey No 50. and the original locs-
ton monument. this post Ia also post No
/, OF U 3 survey No 81 Eclipse lode; thence
N SO deg W 1,493 feet, along the northern
DOuuubIN VI bhiQ buENcy NJ OAp W RDot
marked No 8. y s survey No 50. which IL
at the original location corner, and 10 post
No A, Of said survey No 81, this post
stands on the eastern boundary of U y
survey No so. summit lode, whence post
No 4, the Sc corner Of said Summit lode
| bears 8 9 Ia deg E 500 feet; thence, N
9 Ia deg W. 600 feet, along the east line OF
said Summit survey, 10 post marked No
4, q 8 survey No 50, and the original locs-
ton monument, whence the southwest
corner OF U 8 survey No So. Pontifex lode
bears N 6 Ia deg W, rs feet. and thence
s SO deg e, 1.493 feet to post No 1, the
place OF beginning, containing 90 SO acres.
Magnetic variation IL Ia deg z.
The location Of this mine 10 recorded 10
the Recorders Office OF Cortez Mining
Districtlin book O. OF page 100.
The adjoining claimants are Pontifex
and Bewick mines on the north. the
Eclipse mine on the south, and the Summit
mine on the west.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion Of said Adjunct mine or sur.
face ground are required to fle their
adverse claims with the Register OF the
United States Land Office 81 Eureka, in
the State of Nevada. during the sixty days
period OF publication hereof, or they will
be barred by virtue Of the provisions OF
the Statute. d. Fl. HALL, Register
II is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice Of application for patent be pub
lished for the period Of sixty days, item
consecutive weeks), In the Eureka SEN
TIsEL, . weekly newspaper published 81
Eursks, Nevada.
my I7-lOw D. H. HALL Register.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-06

western boundary Of said Ana survey, $50
feet 20 post marked number 4, u s survey
number As and the original location corner,
the same being post number 3 OF said So.
Louis survey, and thence north 5 deg w,
9.4 feet to the northern boundary OF U 5
survey numbers 40 and Al, Equator lode,
whence post number 2, the northwest cor
ner Of said Equator survey, bears ) SO IL
deg w, 1853 feet, 1,500 feet 10 post number
/, the place Of beginning, containing
8 61-100 acres,
So much Of this survey as conflicts with
u s survey number 40, kingsbury lode,
numbers 81 and 43, Alta lode, and num-
bers 40 and Al, Equator lode, Is hereby ex-
cluded. Said conflicts are described Is
follows:
Conflict with U s survey number 40.
Kingsbury lode. Beginning at post num-
Der 2. of this survey number As, and run
ming thence s 5 deg E, 1887 feet; thence
| N 81 IL deg w, $780, feet; thence north 3
deg w, 1907 feet; thence n "a IL deg 4,
1883 feet, and thence north IS deg Il, 164.S
feet, to the place Of beginning, containing
1.90 acres.
Conflict with u s survey number 81 and
43, Alta lode. Beginning at post number
| 8, of this survey number AZ, and running
| thence s So deg w, 9 feet; thence n 8 II
deg w, SS7.7 feet, to post number z, the
| northwest corner of said Alta survey
thence N SO IL deg 4, so feet, and thence
s 5 deg 4, SS7.7 feet, to the place OF be-
| ginning, containing 0.42 acres.
Conflict with U s survey numbers Al
and Al, Equator lode. beginning at post
number 4, Of this survey number AS, and
running thence north B deg w, "a feet
thence north SO IL deg Il, 24l feet, to post
number 8, the northeast corner OF saic
Equator survey; thence s 6 IL deg 4, ID
feet, and thence s 50 deg w, 240.6 feet, 4
the place Of beginning, containing 90
acres.
The location Of this mine is recorded Il
the Recorders office Of Cortez Mining Dis
trict, in book @, Of page 81.
The adjoining claimants are the Equato
mine on the south and the Alta and Kings
bury on the east.
Any and all persons claiming adversel.
any portion Of said Remnant mine or sur
face ground are required to file their ad
verse claims with the Register OF tn
United States Land Office at Eureka, i
the State Of Nevada, during the sixty day
period Of publication hereof, or they wi
be barred by virtue of the provisions Of tn
Statute. ID. Ill. HALL, Register.
1t Is hereby ordered that the foregoin
notice Of application for patent be pull
lished for the period of sixty days 30 cor
s~ecutive weeks), in the Eureka SENTINEL
a weekly newspaper published at Eursks
Nevada. b. II. HALL, Register.
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