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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-09-04


with the flying horns, hoofs. hair and
tails OF the combatants, while the wild
and hideous believing, and the charg-
ing of the Infatuated masses shook the
earth with the violence of a volcanic
eruption and by the terrific commotion
produced the tail of Iacco Lingo was
brought into immediate proximity
to its natural position on the stretched
and drying hide. All magical powers
were suddenly restored and by a mag
zeal wave of his newly restored tail
high In the air, Jacco Lingo's and Tau
rus Mexlcano's hides leaped asunder
from the place of their confinement
tearing off the end of the building to
which they were firmly nailed. and
Jacco Lingo and Taurus Mexicano
were maglcally reproduced in full liv
ing physical form. Jacco Lingo sud-
denly Selling Taurus Mexicano bv the
tail who with a furious below that
fairly bewildered all things on earth or
In the skies, rose above the tumultuous
conflict ascending slowly but surely
above the clouds with Jacco Lingo
hrmly holding on to his TAIL and way
ing his own mighty magical tail over
the contending cattle host, babe the
conflicting armies each contestins for
the mastery to arise and follow him.
The seething and battling tumultuous
armies under the magician's power
rose from the earth, and ascending. the
battle continuing with unbating fury
III mid air soon passed out of sight be-
yond the clouds. The clouds which |
had been passive spectators of the ter
rlble and mysterious bovine battle |
were suddenly thrown into violent |
connection by the wild and ferocious
believing of Taurus Mexicano who
had SO magically passed above the I
clouds and beyond the confines of !
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OF all goods in his line such as fine
gold and silver watches. chains
and charms clocks of all styles and
prices; gold pens and pencils; cut
buttons, scarf pins, earrings, breast,
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St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
The Best Gift to Man.

The best gift that can be conferred upon
a man is the treasure that cannot be pur-
chased because it is not marketable COM
modity-a loyal and lovi-g wife. She is
ever by a mans side to pilot him among
and through the shoals and rocks that
beset life's critical journey. She is ever
willing to sacrifice her own comfort. She
is ever ready to cheer and encourage. She
is always anxious to let in sun; hine and
happiness. She IS constantly planning to
save his resources, and subserve his COM
fort. In fact, there is no limit to what
she can do and will do, if given the oppor-
tunity. Beside her, all possessions pale
into insigni6cance. Money cannot bring
the joy that loving wife can bring. Am
bition cannot satisfy the highest demands
of the nature SO thoroughly as loving
wife. Fame and honor are gewgews,
empty baubles, when placed side by side
with the substantial comforts that cluster
around the Preside. Who make the
happy fresides? Can men make them
No; because man is in no sense home
maker. He is below the birds of the air
in this respect. Only woman, an affec-
tionate and true woman, can complete
mans life and make him truly happy
Master Geofrev, IN Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
Mastodon Remains in Alaska.

ssThere are SO many strange things in
Alaska" added the discoverer of the Muir
glacier, "that have not come to the knowl-
edge of the public that one who has seen
them hesitates whore to begin. Elephant
remains are found all over the great valley
of the Yukon. AS matter of fact, they
are found everywhere throughout the
great Western slope of Alaska. Dana and
Sir Charles Lyell startled the world by
announcing that hairy frozen elephants
were found wedged among the Siberian
icebe1gs. but scarcely anybody knows that
thr ughout Alaska are the remains of
countless thousands of mastodons.
sYou can dig them out and find them on
the surface everywhere. So thick are the
elephant remains that the native Indians,
on finding them buried partially in the
ground, decided they were some kind of
great mole that burrows in the soil. The
collecting of elephant tusks every summer
is regular business in Siberia, just over
Behring sea. There are just as many of
them on the Alaska side as there ever was
in Siberia. Ages ago great herds of ele
plants roamed over these shores. Perhaps
they existed down to a comparatively re-
cent date, too, for the hairy bodies and
well preserved bones were evidences of
that. "-Neao York TELEGRAM.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
Europe Uniting to Suppress the Slave
Trade,

It must always be remembered that
some of the worst evils of slavery are con-
nected with the domestic life of the Turks.
The mutilation Of children for the purpose
Of supplying negro eunuchs for the harems
of what may be called the upper classes
throughout Turkey, Persia and Central
Asia has been again and again condemned
in words, but is still carried on with the
tacit assent and practical co operation of
Ottoman officials This monstrous in
EQUITY is not necessary incident of Mus
sulman life. In India, where M8homme
danism exists in its strictest form, the
practice is almost unknown under English
rule. IL the Sultan and his ministers
really mean what they say in the law now
published, they ought to begin the work
Of reform il their own households. Mean
while fashion keeps up the trade in this
particular branch and offers high pre-
MUM to the enormities Of the slave deal
ers. The law now promulgated bv the
Porte is mainly valuable not SO much be-
cause it promises any effective action on
the part of the Turks for the suppression
of the slave trade as because it strengthens
the hands of the European powers In
taking further efforts TO put down what il
now declared by the Sultan himself to be,
root and branch, an Illegal and immoral
traffic. The recommendations Of the
Brussels Conference, which has suspended
Its labors during the Christmas holidays,
are looked for with much interest. Public
opinion has rapidly advanced upon the
question Of the slave trade, and even the
most reluctant Of the powers can hardly
refuse to consent to an effective right of
search In the East African seas, when the
Porte has agreed in principle to the pro-
hibition Of the traffic In ssblack ivory" It
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
Not a Fish This Time.

This story of the loss of diamond comes
from Cincinnati /: The stone, valued at
$50, belonged to pawnbroker and was
missing from the window when he opened
the store on Monday. He was positive he
had seen it there late Saturday night, and
calling his son the two searched the shop
high and low, but could not find the
diamond. Afterwards neighbor, talking
to the pawnbroker, incidentally remarked
clad quite time last night wat ching a
rat in your show window"
''Rat in my window! What's that7"
The neighbor then explained ga num-
Der of US were sitting in front of the st.
James hotel about o'clock. The electric
light was burning brightly in the window,
when along came woman, who stopped
moment, looked in and shrieked. "A rat 7
We all rushed over, and sure enough there
was big gray fellow, at least foot long,
skipping around among the diamonds and
breast pins, smelling the silver spoons and
listening to the ticks of the clocks"
This information gave the pswnbroker
an idea, and quickly returning to his store,
he went on watch for the rodent. The
latter came out on foraging expedition,
and being caught and killed, was cut open
and the missing diamond found in its
stomach. -PhitndesphiG Ledger.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
New Support for Masts.

A retired sailorman, who had read an
article about the need of a new rig for
schooners, told reporter that if shipbuild-
ers would get rid of their old ideas about
supporting and staying the masts of ships,
and particularly schooners. the problem of
making the tall spars of 1900 ton schoon-
ers secure would be easily solved. The
theory of using rope shrouds of any sort is,
he says, altogether wrong. A steel or any
sort of rope shroud, when set up taut SO
as to bring a strain on the masthead, may
have some tendency to keep the head of
the mast from bending away from that side
OF the deck, but to counterbalance such
benefit as this may give to the mast it puts
another sort of strain on the spar that
easily accounts for the dismasting of these
great vessels.
This strain is precisely the strain which
the cord puts on the bow-it serves to
buckle the mast A careful examination
of the details of the dismasting of the big
schooners show that in almost evey in
stance the spar was buckled like a bow.
It commonly breaks twenty or thirty feet
above deck. How could it be otherwise
when the strain of the rigging pulls the
head of the mast toward the heel while
the wind pressing against the sail bends
the middle of the mast out bow fashion?
The remedy for this condition of affairs
is found in supporting the masts by stiff
steel web shores instead of by rope shrouds.
The difference in the sort of support thus
given must be apparent at once. 1t is as
if pair of shears were rugged to support
the mast. No mast thus supported could
buckle, for there would be no tendency &c
buckle.-Neao York Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
A Ghostlv Visitor.
A SIGHT THAT SHOCKED TWO MIDNIGH T
WATCHERS.

A SIGHT THAT SHOCKED TWO MIDNIGH T
WATCHERS.
In some families the custom of watching
with the bodies of dead persons is OBJ
served. On Saturday night two men
watching on such an occasion were terribly
upset by the appearance of ghostly visi-
tant. At midnight they were startled to
observe at one of the windows tall,
ghostly figure, waving its arms in front of
the window. as if feeling it's way in. After
short interval the figure appeared at an
other window, going through the same
pantomime. One of the watchers went
out to investigate AS he approached the
mysterious figure it showed no signs of
being disturbed, but the set, stony eyes
gazed fxeoly into vacancy. The man ad-
dressed the ghostly appsrition:
why are you? What do you want {?
Why are you here2'
The figure gave sudden start and the
reply came: "Oh, guess I've lost my
way"
The figure turned out to be that of a
woman who was walking in her sleep.
Had the man not had the courage to inves-
tigate, very pretty ghost story would
have been the result. The lady in ques-
ton is in delicate health and is accustomed
to occasional attacks of somnampulisln.
When aroused she was nearly persisted
with the cold, but no serious results have
followed from her exposure, which is all
the more remarkable as she had only
thrown on light petticoat over her night
dress, and she had put on no stockings
only light pair of slippers.-N. r Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
A Natural Curiosity

A correspondent in the railroad camp at
Clayton Station, on the Tensas river, sends
us the following, which will no doubt in
terest many of our readers. While pub
fishing it, we do not vouch for the rslia-
bility of it,
The red mammoth bats that were cap
tured near the headwaters of the Tensas
river and owned by Mr.. Leggett, at Cypress
City Saw Mill, severely bit two of his fin
gers yesterday while feeding, and it is
feared he will lose his right hand.
These bats have been moved to Tensas,
and travellers passing through there should
not fail seeing them. They measure from
tip to tip of wings % inches, and are
something similar to the large vampire
bats of the tropics. Mr.. ]. A. Massey,
who has travelled and lived for some time
in the Central and South American coun-
tries, claims that they are the same species
and as large and poisonous as are found in
those countries. These curiosities will
soon be forwarded to the geological gar
dens in Philadelphia, being the only red
bats of their species found in captivity
north of the Rio Grande river.-Natches
Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
Peanuts.

When we pass peanut stand, or see
bag of peanuts in the grocery store, we do
not think of peanuts as forming any i'm
portant share in our commerce. We do
not think that the peanut trade is
branch of trade very important to the peo-
pie in certain section of our country; that
IL the crop should fail it would mean suf-
fering and ruin to many people. Peanuts
grow in Virginia, Tennessee and Eastern
North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi
The best grade comes from Virginia. and
they are called peanuts, but in Tennessee
they are known as "goubers," in Alabama
and Mississippi as ''pinders." Dealers say
that no improvements have been made in
the peanut farms they are just what they
were thirty years ago, although the pea
nut trade has doubled in nine years. The
farms are small, and the crops are cared
for by negroes. The nuts are planted in
hills about foot apart, in rows about two
and one-half feet apart, and are harvested
by blowing and turning over with long
handled forks; this shakes off the dirt,
when the vines are gathered and shocked
about pole, where they are left to dry,
the vines being SO placed as to protect the
nuts from the rain; widowed nuts turn
black and are less salable, though the nuts
may be as sweet. A dealer says in the
New York Eoenirg Post that "the shocks,
after they have been built up, are left
standing for several weeks, until the nuts
are quite dried and cured. They are then
stripped from the vines by hand, packed
in bags and carried to the middleman who
handles them for the farmer. By the
middleman the nuts are taken to the top
floor of factory and are secured and pol
ished by rubbing against each other in q
long revolving iron cylinder. Spouts carry
them. after cleaning, to the second floor,
when they are run through tanning mill.
From the mill they are delivered on to an
endless apron, made of Stats hinged to-
getber, and as they travel along on this,
girls sitting on each side sort them into
grades. The nuts are then put into sacks
and are ready for shipping. They are
brought to New York mostly by steamers,
although some come by rail. They are
sold here as 'Wilmingtons,' 'Virginias,
sTennessees' and Spanish The last va
riety was formerly grown in Spain, but is
now raised in Virginia to good advantage.
The grades are known as fancy hand
picked extra nd-picked' and choice.
The screenings are the poorest nuts, and
these are bought by vendors at country
fairs and mixed with better grade :"
Peanuts are shipped to all parts of this
country and to the West Indies, but nc
trade has been developed with Europe.
This limited trade, however, amounts tn
five million dollars per year Christian
Union.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
Tobacco.

Tobacco is health destroyer. 1t has
the same effect on the constitution that
alcohol has, its use being injurious to the
nerves, heart and digestion. The saliva,
which is intended by nature to 90 to the
stomach and there aid digestion, is thrown
from the mouth in large quantities, and
the result is gffevous bodily harm. To-
bacco has bewitched the world, crossed
the ocean and captured Spain and Portu-
gal. Then the Fisnch ambassadors took
it to Paris and it captured the French en-
pire. Sir Walter Raleigh Introduced it
in England in the fifteenth century. To-
bacco is nerve SCATTERING, dyspepsia
bre sding, health destroying plant. By the
botanists it is called genus nicotine. If
every smoker would abstain from this
wicked herb there would not have so many
i'll roaming around in the world. This
habit of tobacco smoking is the cause of
seventy different diseases. One of the
worst is cancer IN the throat, and it is
caused by the habitual tobacco smoking in
contact with the tongue. Tobacco de-
presses the vitals of the system and brings
nervousness, takes off 80 per cent of the
vigorous system and destroys the mind.
1t is better to destroy the mind than the
body. Tobacco leads to drunkardness be-
cause it brings an unnatural thirst for
those who drink, use tobacco and those
who use tobacco, drink. A man cannot re-
form from drinking if he don't give up
smoking. The money which is wasted in
one year would feed and clothe many q
drunkard's or a smokers child. Over
three fourths of the poor children who
roam around the street, who are they ?
How and why are they so poor? Because
the father or mother is drunkard or to-
bacco user. It contains poisonous sub
stance called nicotine; drop of this taken
from an old pipe and placed on dogs
tongue will cause death in an instant.
Take for instance drop of sweat from q
habitual smoker and place it upon hot
stove; you can perceive the smell of to-
bacco in it. Tobacco weakens the action
of the heart, enfeebles and deadens the
memory, dyes the mouth red and causes q
sore throat which affects the voice.
The use of tobacco. has robbed the
United States OF one otvits greatest gen.
erals, q. S. Grant, who died from the eff
fects of cancer csnsed from cigar smoking
Senator Hill died in 1888 of cancer of the
tongue and Samuel Powers of cancer in
the mouth, caused from tobacco smoking
Tobacco causes fabbiness of the gums and
Injuries the nerves of the eyes and ears.
1t costs the smoker fortune year and
lessons his growth; those habits are
costly and trample the laws of nature,
which are the laws of God. Alexander
the Great conquered nearly the whole
world and died $50 B. C. from the effects
of wine drinking. So smokers and drink
ers, take my advice and do not trample on
the laws of nature, for they are the laws
of God.-Harry ". Chaser.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
The Petroleum Industry.

Some interesting figures have appeared
in connection with the petroleum industry.
The present annual production is about
1900 600, 900 gallons, of which about one
half is produced in the United States. The
Caspian region of Baku produces about
100000, 900 gallons, and many of the wells
have had to be closed because the oil could
not be taken away. Gallicia produces
about 36,000,000, Burmah about 7 1000, 900,
and Canada about "a, 600, 900 gallons. The
resources of Burmah and Canada are only
just beginning to be developed, and it is
impossible to tell what magnitude the
trade will amount to when improved
means of transport have been provided. In
the basin of the Mackenzie river is believed
to be the most extensive oil region in the
world. but it is about 400 miles north of
the Canadian Pacific railway There is no
doubt that when the difficulties of trans
port have been surmounted and cheaper
oil is available, it is destined to be for
midable rival of coal for many purposes,
especially the firing of boilers and for
various metallurgical processes, for which
it's freedom from sulphur, etc, renders it
particularly suitable.-N. Y. Telegram.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
Doubling Up.

Another bright little Chicago girl has
been learning to spell, and she has ex-
perienced great trouble with the double
letters. Her aunt, who is teaching her,
insists upon her saying double when
the same letters occur together, instead Of
repeating each one separately. For in
stance, in spelling "bubble" she must say
"b-u -double-b-l )" instead of bubble.
This method annoyed the little one greatly.
She could not get it fixed in her mind, and
when reading or spelling she became ali
mixed up with thinking of this "double'
rule. The other day she was reading and
spelling out the story of a little girl who
was eating an apple, and she became
mixed, as usual She came to the SEN
tence up, little girl y and she rendered
it, Double up, little grill" 1t might have
applied to the apple episode, but it
shocked the little ones patient aunt i'm
measurably.-Chicaqo Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1890-03-22
Not Bankrupt. but Poor.

ssHe is an honest man |" exclaimed a
rich manufacturer the other day in down
town restaurant, when one of the diners
at his table mentioned the name of bus.
mess man who had just made On assign
ment for the benefit of his creditors.
"When he starts up again he can get all
the credit he wants frcn me. He could
have gone into debt with me as it was for
$25, 900 instead of $500. He sent for me
in great trepidation to go up to his store,
on Eighth avenue. found him sitting
in his Office, the picture of misery.
e'sI'm bankrupt 7 he exclaimed when l
entered.
elbow much do you over asked.
"sAbout $1,000, he replied.
ss.You're not bankrupt, man. said I;
you're only poor.
s.That man is not credit to our race, !"
put in another Broadway merchant who
sat at the same table. He showed very
little tact. If he only owed $4,000 and
couldn' make anything by failing should
have thought that he might have realized
something by being burned out. It was
excellent advice that the old man gave to
his eldest son ON starting him ont in the
world with 800 in his pocket: My boy,
don't become bankrupt, but If you must,
then do it right. n-NeD York Herald.