The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-06-19
The New POstOff1cc.

The New POstOfhcc.
Postmaster Moss asks us to say that
he expects 10 have everything in readi-
ness and move the postoffice on Main
street by July lst. He will put in $50
new lock boxes and the present delivery
boxes will be done away with altogether.
The lock boxes will be sold for sl.0O,
which together with the regular box
rent of Is cents a quarter, will give
the purchaser life time interest and
title to them. This is certainly cheap
enough, and no one who has not got a
lock box already can afford to be with
out one. As the old delivery boxes
will be discarded it is important that
the lock boxes be assigned and proper
labeled by the time the change is made,
and it is urged that persons who have
not already selected their box do so at
once.
Another thing the postmaster desires
to call attention to is the postal law which
saws: each box must be restricted
to the use of one family, firm or corpc-
ration This law has not been en-
forced heretofore but will be in future.
Tobacco flues Tobacco flues Now is
the time to get your tobacco hues, and Il.
L. Green's, next to CoOper's warehouse, is
the place to get them. He uses the very
best iron, does good work and sells as
cheap as anybody. june u.
Tobacco Curing Made Easy.
Mr.. Howard F. Jones has invented a
device that is destined to play an inn
portant part in curing tobacco by the
fue process. 1t is an instrument which
might be called an electric thermome-
ter. for regulating the heat. Set at any
degree it is impossible for the temper
ature of a barn to go above certain
point as the thing works automatically
and shuts off the heat and lets in cold
air. Or, on the other hand, if the tenn
perature gets too low the supply of cold
air is cut off and an alarm is sounded.
This will greatly obviate the difficulty
in curing tobacco as there will be no
such thing as ''scalding'' or running, y
while the danger Of burning the barn
will be done away with. AS the heat
is uniform there is no injuring of color,
texture and weight by sudden rise OF
fall in temperature. Besides this il
seves money, saves time. saves labor,
saves fire, saves t1ues. By the aid Of
this little instrument there will be nc
mere sitting up at nights, and no more
running into the barn every few min
utes to look at the thermometer. Il
can be set at any degree from 80 tt
100, and will keep the temperature a
whatever point it is set. It can bt
used in the drying room of tobacco fac
tory or any place where a uniform tenn
perature is desired. AN ordinary barr
and common flue is all that is needed
| No extra cost to the farmer but won
derful saving in time, trouble ant
money.
A practical test of the working of thu
instrument has been made, and it doe
all that is claimed for it. A public
test was made of it last Monday b,
Mr.. J. T. Rogers, in an empty barn
which was witnessed by Messrs. Hugl
A. Smithwick, Thomas Piummer Jones
Jonas G. Williams, Sidney J. Pritchar
and others, and every farmer presen
gave it his hearty endorsement. MI
Jones will take pleasure in showing tn
instrument and explaining it's operation
to any who may be interested.
WIN, RADAM, Austin, Texas:
After using everything ever heard Of
and trying the best doctors l knew Of,
tried your MicrObe Killer on my little gil
for catarrh, and l am pleased to inforl
you that two (2) gallons made a complet
cure. Yours truly,
w. S. STEEL,
HOustan, Texas.
For sale by NJ. Dorsey, druggist.