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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15
Steamship coal is getting scarce.

General Miles is still closing on the
hostles.
Great fires are reported from Paris,
Lyons and Berlin.
The lakes in central park, New York
City, were full Of skaters last week.
The recent cyclone at Shriver, Tex,
caused great damage TO property.
England and the continent are sut-
ering from intense cold and storms.
The best data attainable gives the
republic of Columbia population of
$4,000.
Portland, Or, is issuing meal tickets
to the idle and destitute railroad hands
now in that city.
The cotton yield for 1890 is now
placed at 100000 bales, as against
1900, 900 bales for the year 1889.
Measles prevail to such an extent at
New Hyde Park, N. J., that the public
school of that village has been closed
in consequence.
Owing to the competition of Eastern
firms the powder pool organized about
eighteen months ago in San Francisco
has collapsed.
A thief entered the stable Of J. l..
Nicoll, of Woodburn, KY, Thursday
night, and stole the noted stallion
Dick Weekly. The animal was valued
at 900.
The Paris SieeL states that the agree
ment practically concluded between
England and Portugal relative to terri
tory in Africa, is entirely favorable to
the latter country.
An epidemic Of desertion has struck
the apprentice boys Of the United
States training ships, and nearly sixt
deserted from the Portsmouth at Nor
folk Navy Yard within few weeks.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15

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 effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevere 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 stomach, 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 60e
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 ono who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup CO.
SAN fRASc,sc0. cAt.
LOUISVILLE. xE sEw roRx. ~
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15

the 1anll y, may De
made as follows
Take three strips
Of chamois skin
four inches wide
and six inches long.
Point one end of
each strip; line
them with oil silk.
Sew the three strips
toget b er, using
heavy floss and
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15
FASHIONS AND HOUSEHOLD.
"ATTERS OF INTEREST TO TIL
FAIR SEX

An inexpensive Dainty Little is"nnet-Nrw
Designs for Gowns-How to lake ~ Beau
tiful Tobacco Pouch-The Popn;ar Gains
borough for Children
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15
New Designs For Gowns.

If you can tin'l Il r., uuant of cashmere
cheap, use it for home dress, hayin2
full skirt, large Mediri sleeves and
round odice having a Tapped front. vii
collar. cuffs and girdle ef eavy lace.
For Il tasteful evening cresS h:.ve - back
Brussels net, over tn, made with
round, full and low bOiice an:l gathered
skirt with gilt gal!oon on the neck. on
edge of puffnI sleeves and as belt.
Wear goide,:-tan gloves, black hose and
slippers, AM gold pins in thu hair. With
satin at fifty cents and brussels net.
ecycntN-Iwo inches wide, at eighty-iive
cents, I! is forms an effective though in
eXpensiTt', toilette.
To remodel nice cashmere dress, use
the woulen material for "A basque, point
ed back and front, large sleeves and Il
skirt front slightly ;irnre far hack, and
embroider it i'll s"ailrs on tn" lower
edge w tn a darker sha :e Of -i,k. Have
the shaped girdle collar. puffs at the top
of the sleeves, V III front of the basque
and the back brradths nf t"e skirt, the
centre one being laid in fan p!aits, all of
bengaline or faiie Franchise. the shade
of the silk used on the rallops.-La,iies
Home journal.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15

the expense O1
/ h =. frai |,
iiinty wicker
oaes sold in
t b e s hop s
deters many
from crafty
ing cir
fancy. Here Is
a pretty, Orna-
mental little
affair that can
Ebe easily made
by any mOder-
afo1v f.lAuor
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15

careless manner. The bride for it is of
the red velvet, and the color-effect, With
the arrangement Of the iea eaves, is artis-
tic. Worn we'll off the face the Ian,
shows just enough to soften what might
otherwise be trying bonnet.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15

That sour-tempered. cross. dyspeptic in
dividual, should take DR.. J. II. McLean's
Srsaparilla! 1t will make him feel as
we'll and hearty as the healthiest Of US.
He needs bracinR up. vitalizing. that Is all.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15

When you are constipated, have head
ache, or loss of appetite. take DR.. j. II.
McLean+s Liver and Kidney Pillets: they
are pleasant to take and will cure you.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15
THE WORLD OF SCIENCE.
A SHORT CHAPTER ON THE DOlhoS
OF BRIGHT PEOPLE.

A Motor 10 Run Between New York and
Phiiadelphia in Thirty Six Minutes-Edi-
sons Electric Cure for Rheumatism
Myste ros,s Pictures.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15

H E R E are two
modes for raising
plants-in hot bed
or cold frame, or
in the open air; one
or the other Of
,x,(,;~b hoe rrsfar
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15
HENDERSON, N. G, THURSDAY, JANUARY Is, 1891.

feet to eighteen inches long, and shar-
pened at one end. Drive these stakes
six feet apart, in rows, through the bed
for the laths, two inches wide and one
Inch thick, to rest upon. The middle
lath should be plank one inch thick
and six inches wide. Then drive ten
penny nails, eighteen inches apart, all
around the outside of the boarding,
and from five to six inches from the
top edge. Also drive nails in the
middle board, eighteen inches apart.
Make the covering in two pieces, each
the size of half the bed-say ten by ten
yards-and SOW on the outer edge,
all around each cover, loops of cloth,
made of common domestic, eighteen
inches apart, to receive cord OF twine
which runs through loops all around
and tie, and the cover is ready to be
placed over the bed and fastened by
pulling the twine or cord over the
nails all around, letting the two covers
meet in the middle over the six-inch
board. By this arrangement the cover
is kept fast over the bed at the right
distance above the plants, and may be
removed and placed over it at will in
less time than by any other known con-
triyance.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15
A Tobacco Pouch.

A tobacco pouch, which will be an ac-
ceptable gift for some male member Of
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15

six minutes. He is satisfied that he can
build it. This announcement has Gre
ated lively interest in many quarters.
The Prof. has been asked to lecture on
the subject before the Franklin Insti-
tute, and capitalists have consulted
with him regarding the feasibility Of the
project. To these he has repeated his
statement that the engine is entirely
practicable, and that only a straight.
well-constructed roadbed Is necessary
for a speed of $50 miles an hour.
The accompanying cut shows what one
OF these electric motors would look like.
Attached to it is passenger coach Of
the cylindrical type. built Of steel. The
motor would be about forty feet long, as
tail as an ordinary locomotive, The
wheels would have insulated steel tires,
which would take up the electric current
passing through the rails, and transmit
it by means of steel brushes just touch
ing the top of the wheels to the motors.
An ingenious feature of the use OF cleo
tricity as motive power would be that
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15

ACES t. which
the 1t Fl English
turban are be-
coming will find
the bOiero or
Spanis S h b at
very we'll suite.i
to TIL e m. In
shape 1t is a
conical crown,
and then from
it comes a broad
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15
An IneXp. nsiv.

Every WON II appreciates the con
venence of a standing W rk b tsket, but
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15

CoURTs:-Vance, Franklin Warren. oran.
smn,. sire, United . states Court at Raleigh, and
REFERENCEs:-Chief Justice W. N n.
Smlth, non. Augustus =. Merrimon. Gov.
Dahiel .. rowle, Hon. T. Z. Fuller. Hon. r
n "a. Argo, Dr: ". T. Cheatham, DR.. ], Il
tucker. Mr.. N. Dorsey. II. II. Burweii. Eso.
hon James Edwin Moore, Ex-solieItor "a.
OF U: 3. Samuel +. Phillips.
omce hours a m. to D. m mch "a,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15

UCCESS. PROF
WIN. d. Marks
t h in ks, has
crowned his ef-
forts in securing
an electric motor
that can take a
train of cara
from Philadel-
delphia to New
Nnrt IN thfrf-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15
MySteriOuS Pictures.

Amateurs in Photography and chemical
magic may get much amusement from
the magic photographs described by &
French scientific journal. Positives are
printed from any negatives upon chic
ride of silver paper and are fixed, without
tOning in gold solution, In a ten pei
cent bath Of hyposulphite Of soda. They
are next thoroughly washed to remove
all trace OF the salt. The prints are ther
placed in five per cent bath OF bichlor
ide Of mercury, In which the images
gradually fade and soon disappear en-
tirely. When the bleaching Is complete
the paper is washed and dried. To mA'
the latent images reappear. 1t f-.r>e9.
necessary to immerse the whitel Ni I
a five per cent solution Of .LLYD,
hyposulphite Of soda. or. an VIZ
Elusive. to place the big S1lI
graph on q sheet OF blotf1rg/
viously saturated will
and dip both in purefsn.I.5l
ide OF mercury is<StTLt
sulphide OF merg5l1f5E
silver which k,I tIr2
OF mercury GsX
tn.
ThesL%G2
w ~ ostic
Y SszM
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15
A STANDING PLANT-BED.

Every planter ought to have stand
ing plant-bed, which may be secured
in the following way: Some time in
July or August select one Of the best
of the old plant-beds, and with hoes
shave down the green plants over its
entire surface, and cover over lfhickly
with straw or leaves, then place green
brush thickly over the bed and weight
down with wood. When the whole is
dry, some time in the late fall or early
winter, set on fire, and thus reburn
over the bed. Then chop and rake
fine, SOW and trench as when first pre-
pared. Repeat the same operation
every year, and, if the bed is manured
properly, it will improve and prove a
standby for many years.
UNBURNED BEDS.
Plants may be raised by going into
the forest, selecting moist rich plat
after raking off the leaves, coultering
or chopping the surface fine, manuring
heavily, and sowing the seed. But
such beds rarely hold out we'll if the
season be dry. They never "repeat"
we'll after the first "drawing" like
burnt beds, which are most reliable
for successive supply of plants as the
season advances,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-15
TINE OF SOWING SEED.


TINE OF SOWING SEED.
The time for sowing varies with the
latitude, variety, and season. Be
tween the parallels of $50 and 400
north latitude, comprising the great
tobacco belt, beds may be sown any
time between the 1st of January and
goth March, and the sooner the bet
ter for bright grades, which ought to
be planted early to mature, ripen and
yellow, preparatory to being cured
early in the fall, when the most sue
cesstul curings are usually made. Yel-
low tobacco ought to be planted out
in May, but June paintings usually do
best in heavy dark grades. The planter
will consult his interest by sowing at
proper time to suit the grade he desires
to raise. Plants set out after the 10th
of July rarely pay for growing and
handling, and if not planted by that
time, it will be wise to plant the hills
in peas, potatoes, or somthing else.
FASTENING THE GROWTH OF PLANTS.
As soon as the plants become square"
i. G., have four leaves-you may begin
to force their growth, Unnecessary. Moth
ing is better at thisstage oftheir growth
than to apply dry stable manure, rubbed
fine, and sowed over the beg, applying
at the rate of five bushels to every one
hundred square yards. Be sure to have
it dry and fine, and apply when the
plants are dry. This is a favorable
time to apply a good fertilizer, and
the best time to apply it is during
shower, or when it is apparent that one
is impending. Every planter should
compost in time stable manure free
from grass seeds along with prepared
chemicals suited to tobacco, using just
enough moist rich earth to promote
fermentation. Nothing is better than
this compost for top dressing on
plants to promote rapid, vigorous,
stocky growth, detying the ravage of
the flea beetle and fastening their pre-
paration for transplanting.
LOOK OUT FOR THE"FLEA-BUG."
If the 20 fly as it is called, begins to
devour the young plants apply plaster,
in which rags saturated with kerosene
oil have lain for a few hours, covering
the plants with the plaster, if necessary
to keep the little pests from devouring
them. Repeat the application after
every rain unless the fleas have left.
A covering Of green cedar brush has
driven off the fly when other remedies
failed, and saved the plants. If the
flies are numerous the planter can save
his plants only by vigilant and con-
slant attention. Hard burning early
and thick sowing, liberal and frequea,,
application of manure, are the lAspF.
safeguards, which rarely fail toitEIf
the planter with an early asd9a.as,eeeas
ply of stocky plants, an&Yz-.Is shaY4
left for his less providY,E1. on1
Some planters. .7TTNT
called. always ~ i. aHs't< =
right. .e+ IrESJftss
Cast ast 4tfn eTe9sies0
Dro,, sm1 ~ II ON n sa. SSa:f Ia
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-04
THE TALE OF A GRAY MULE.
A veritable vsg and His Career-Roman
tic Incident In the Life Of Well
Known Pioneer Citizen,

Since the memory Of the average Santa
Fean runneth not to the contrary, vag-
rant gray mule has browsed the commons
of Santa Fe. Everybody has seen him.
He is veritable vag, and seems to have
made life study of the art Of loafing. He
is as uncanny looking beast as ever
wore hair, and if it is true that the head
of the average horse or mule lis as long
as a flour barrel" the head of this animal
is as large as two -four barrels. His gas
tronomic delight seems to be gunny sacks,
brown paper and abandoned hoop skirts.
Neither the Jehu's club or the small boys
missiles have any terrors for him.
The New MEXICAN has been at some
pains to dig up some historic facts about
this queer looking animal and in doing
so succeeded in unearthing rather ro-
mantle incident in the life of we'll
known old timer, Mr.. Benjamin Fergu-
son, now employed at Morton's commits
sion house. .
Between the years 1912 and 1852 Mr..
Ferguson, or Don Benito Jueves, as the
old time Mexicans call him, was freight
er over the Santa Fe trail from West Port,
Mo-, to this city, and thence to the City of
Mexico. In 1912 he eloped with beau
tiful girl from the City Of Durango. This
girl was the daughter of a Mexican
general. The girl disguised as a boy
was taken to Missouri when IL
years old. The mother of Mr..
Ferguson raised and educated the
girl, and when she was l6 she was mar
ried to Don Benlto. In 1852 he sold his
mule train to Mr.. James Magofiin at
Paso del Norte, Mexico. The train con-
sisted of five wagons with ten mules
each, and this vagrant gray mule was
among them. At that time the animal
was 5 years old. How he ever got back
to Santa Fe is mystery. Mr.. Ferguson
has fully identified him and vouches for
the fact that he is fully "A years old.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-04
CITY INCORPORATION
The Selection of the Central Committee
The New Petition Promptly Signed
by 200 Citizens.

The subscribers to the city incorpora-
ton fund met yesterday afternoon and
selected city central committee OF seven
to have charge of all business until the
election shall take place and the city Of
ficers named. This committee is com
posed of Messrs. s. Wedees, Frank Cha
vez Marcelino Garcia, G. W. knaebel,
Martin Quintana, S. S. Beatty and J. Il.
Schumann. The central committee was
organized by electing S. Wedeles, chair
man; G. w. Knaebel, secretary, and ):
&. Schumann, treasurer. 1t was ordered
that, since the boundaries had been
changed, new petition to be presented
to the county authorities be
prepared, and Messrs. Frank Cha
vez and Marcelino Garcia were
designated committee to secure sigma
lures to such new petition. A resolution
was also adopted calling upon each OF the
forty subscribers to the city incorporation
fund to call upon the central committee
treasurer, Mr.. Schumann, and pay theil
dues.
Messrs. Chavez and Garcia were arount
with the new petition this forenoon ant
secured the necessary 200 names in a yer,
short time. The members of the centra
com mittee and citizens generally fee
highly encouraged at the way the move
ment is progressing.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-04
THE PENlTENTIARY BOARD.
Col. Chavez Sworn in this M"rnfng--No
Kinsman Need Apply Opening
Bids for Supplies.

The board OF penitentiary managers
met at the office of the institution at II
o'clock this morning, all members being
present. Col. j. Frank Chavez, the
newly appointed superintendent, was
sworn in in the presence of the board. A
resolution was unanimously adopted to
the effect that no relative of any member
of the board or any officer of the instlta-
ton shall be appointed to office in the
institution save the wife Of the superin-
tendent and assistant superintendent, who
may be named as matron.
By vote of to the board instructed
the new superintendent to submit at this
afternoons meeting list of those he
proposed to employ as subordinate Off
GERS.
At noon the board adjourned to 2. p.
m. -, at which time bids for furnishing
supplies for the ensuing six months were
opened. 1t will require some time to ex-
anime the samples accompanying these
bids, and the board will doubtless have
another session on Monday forenoon.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-04
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.

The best Spanish paper in the south
west, Ell NUEvo MExIcANo, issued its
large weekly edition to-day.
Governor Prince has thus far made no
appointments to the western commercial
congress at Denver, May 10.
The fine gray horse which Supt. Cart,
of the U. S. Indian school, paid DR.. Har-
roun $175 for few days ago, died sud
denly of lung fever last night. The ami
NAL was only sick few hours.
John Candelario, an energetic young
man, formerly clerk for Blaln Bros, has
launched out into business for himself
and has opened second hand store just
below schnepple's.
Some sort OF guard should be placed
along the street at the plaza corner where
the Weber block is going up. The
ground is caving and there is danger OF
teams going into the excavation.
In the Methodist Episcopal church to-
morrow there will be preaching at II and
Sabbath school at 10 a. m. There will
be no evening service, as at the request
of the w. G. T. U. there will be union
services in the Presbyterian church to
hear Mrs. Teats on Prison Reform.
Church of the Holy Faith, Rev. T. j..
Glyn pastor. Tomorrow, first Sunday
after Easter, there will be service at II a.
M. subject of the sermon, Thomas
doubling that the Lord had risen." Sum
day school at 10 a. m. All the seats are
free and welcome is extenden to all to
attend.
! At the Palace: John R. DeMier, Las
Cruces; T. D. Burns, TERRA Amarillo
Richard Barton, j. T. Rountree, Denver ;
E. H. Armstrong, Denver; Fred Simon,
St. Joseph; J. R. Armijo, Bernalillo; R.
H. Krause, New York; Henry L. Waldo,
City; R. A. Smith, Denver; Peter Pow
ers, Glorietta.
At the Presbyterian church, on April
s.: Sunday school at 9:45 a. M; morn
ing services at IL; union meeting, under
the auspices of the w. G. 7. u, at 1880,
when Mrs. Teats, superintendent of the
"Prison work" OF tho organization in the
United States, will call the attention
of the public to "prison REFORM" As
here and now this subject has peculiar
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-04

and point large audience
should be in attendance.
City incorporation took another bound
to the front yesterday. The movement
is proceeding in highly satisfactory
manner, yet no one should in the least
relax his efforts to explain it fully, frank
" and candidly to those who may not
have had an opportunity by residence
elsewhere in experiencing its advantages.
There was some COED saast on the race
track near the U. S. Indian school yes
terday. Lew Wallace, the horse OF Ii. l..
Ortiz, beat Hon. Anto. Ortiz y Salazar's bay
500 yards, and ]. NJ. Montoya's spotted
"Arabia" defeated Felipe Ortiz pinto in
800 yard dash. Don Ambrosio Ortiz, who
is counted one of the best jockies in the
territory, was the rider of Lew Wallace.
Several hundred dollars changed hands
on the two races.
Col. Dryer brings word down from
Springer that Editor Sturgess, of the
Stockman, was seriously injured few
days ago. A vicious horse threw him
under foot and stepped upon his ankle,
crushing both bones. In this condition
the plucky editor crawled half mile on
his knees and was finally discovered by
his wife and daughter, who had been
alarmed by the return home of the rider
less horse. The injury is very severe
one and may result in Capt. Sturgess
losing his leg.
Santa Fe note in Albuquerque Citizen
1t is stigma on the whole territory tina
Santa Fe is not incorporated. This paper
has not advocated the removal of the
capital from there, but if the people re-
fuse to vote in favor of the proposition
now pending, to incorporate, they will
deserve to suffer, and the whole territory
will unite in favor of a more enterprising
location for the seat of government
Certainly, there should be no one at San
ia Fe opposing this proposition to I'M
prove the capital city.
Much OF the plumber captured with the
sneak thieves, Camilo MARTINEZ anc
Rogue Guerro, night before last, has beer
reclaimed by various citizens. The Off
GERS went through the thieves den agair
last night and captured three dresses
three aprons and two wheel-barrows
Eight bales of hay and two chairs fount
in the den proved to be the property Of
the government, belonging to the military
The various victims promise to prosecute
he thieves to the full extent of the law