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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14
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IC0RRESP0NDEN(El
RINGWOOD. y. &. Jan. 4, 1892.

The holidays passed off with but
little excitement. The grip gets on as
usual. Several are sick with colds,
among them 5. 5. Norman. Esq, and
Mr., Ed Wills, Of Brinkleyvile. Mr..
wills, | learn, is quite sick. A clever,
Christian gentleman, his many friends
will wish him a speedy recovery.
Mr.. Cole with {. A. Williams, is
burning tobacco beds for plants. BY
the way, he received more premiums
and higher prices for tobacco than any
one else i'll this section this season.
There is a regular Juror for G.. a.
Williams Anti-Dyspeptic Spring water.
Thousands Of gallons weekly are drank
by the ailing portion Of our community
and much Is being shipped. ! have
found it highly useful III cases where
dlurctic was needed. Also as pre-
ventivc Of fermentation Of food in in
digestion or dyspeptIc cases, for which
1t IS highly beneficial and deserves Il
trial IN all such cases. 1t would seem
from the benefit many are deriving
from It's use that nature with Il lavish
hand has prepared a laboratory in our
midst that will prove boon to ailiict-
ed humanity.
The family of Rev. DR.. A. :. Smith
has moved to Weldon. They will be
badly missed here. His daughter Mrs.
Col. Harrison is Il kind and sympathetic
lady. always foremost in good works
and her ministrations at the bedside of
the sick and distressed will cause pray
ers for happiness to follow her i'll
her new home. Her sons, DR.. a. s.
and George are clever young men OF
the purest morals and gentlemanlv de-
pertinent, an acquisition to any com
munlty and an ornament to any society.
They seem to act from the highest hui
man principles-taughtin the following
lines:
God asked not to what sect did he be
But did he do the right and love the
wrOng?"
Mr.. l.. III. Tyrec and wife, Of Tren-
ton, Tenn, are visiting friends and
relatives here. We wish them a
pleasant stay in the Old North State.
Your correspondent is kept busy adj
mlnistering TO the needs of suffering
humanity.
Mr.. I. c. Harrison had the misfort-
me to get his horses LEG broken on
Christmas day while out riding with
his father.
Mr.. w. II. Williars, formerly with
Garrett & Co.. is now visiting his many
friends and relatives.
The distressing cry of hard times il
too many cases comes from those who
wish to avoid paying their debts, ant
think to cover up their meanness ant
hoard their money or spend it toOlishll
instead of liquidating their honest OBJ
legations, that is, paying the editors
doctors and merchants their homes
debts. This class can be found in every
community, and should he squashed OF
sat down on. while the honest mar
who does his best should be encouraged
and sympathy between creditors ant
honest debtors obtain. Then 90 Il
work and all will ultimately be wei
IN this our fair land. Suppose all YOU
readers try this the new year. Civ,
to Your enemies forgiveness, TO AZ
opponent tolerance. to Il friend YOU
heart, 10 your mother conduct tina
Will make her proud of you. to your
self self-respcct and to all men charity
G.. +. NJ.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14
ANIMALS LOVE THE WEED.
Mare and Colt That Chew all the
Tobacco They Can Get.

The claim set forth from time i'm
nal would touch the weed. that even the
noS felt above it, seems destined to re-
ceire q serious setback. Eugene Russell,
a farmer living on the Post Bay road near
Lake Ontario. y. Y, Is the owner Of q
mare and colt that are extremely fond OF
tobacco. The marc formed the habit
long before tho birth OF the colt, aud In
the case OF the yOungster the appetite
seems to have been Inherited. Tnree years
ago Mr.. Russell decided that he would
cure tue mare Of her habit and to DO so
he gave her two pounds Of fine cut, which
she devouycd with relish. This not fazing
Eor Il Dit he tried leaf tobacco. of which he
Is II producer in n small way. After stow
ing away IL quantity OF this sho showed
symptoms of distress. She was dizzy, aud
wanted 10 lie down and think over her
sins, about Us Il small boy might have
wanted TO do under inilar circumstances.
This settled her. as far as the plain leaf
was concerned. Sac has never tasted It
since. though fine cut touches the spot the
same as ever IL did.
This was not long previous TO the birth
OF the colt, and the little fellow exhibited
almost from the first the laundering" for
chew. 1t was bestowed while lie was
yet at nurse and from that day 10 this
both animals Will follow any stranger all
over the lot who has the smell of tobacco
about his clothes. The colt, strange to
say, was not affected by the mothers
aversion to natural leaf, and masticates
al! OF either that is forthcoming
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14
REV. FLINTLOCK BUNCOMBE'S WISDOM.

De highest praise We kin give some men
in ter so get suit O clos jIS like der'n.
e. yer want er man ter think yer awful
wise, remember his own pet sayins an
quote EN- in his presence.
When er man am In de sarvice ub de
debble, he an worhin' fer wages dat neb-
Der fail in prompt payment.
E We want people ter tink We an a flu
emit entertainin' conversationalist, keep
yer mouf sEct an let dem do de talkin'.
Ell ye wanter see how terrible hard it
hurts perfectly honest man ter tell We
de truf, Ak him cf its really so erbout him
bein' er second couZin ter some great
man.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14
THE GOLD LEAF.
Henderson,, 4. C..
THURSDAY, JAN. II, 1892.
THE MEN WHODO NOTuFT.

The world is sympathetic The statement
none can doubt;
When 4 ) in trouble don't we think that
3 should nelp him out?
OF Course, we haven't time ourselves to
care for any one,
But yet we hope that other folks Will see
that it is done.
We want the grief ard penury Of earth
to be relieved.
We'd have the battles grandIy fought, the
victories achieved
We do not care to take the lead, and stand
the brush and brunt,
At lifting we're failure, but ere SPLEEN
did on the grunt.
And there are others, so wc. find, as on our
way we joy,
Who want TO do their lifting on the small
end of the long;
They do a lot Of blowing, AMI they strive
to make it known
That were there no one else to help, they'd
lift il all alone.
If talking were effective, there are scores
and scores Of men
Who'd move mountain off its base and
move it back again;
But as class, to state it plain, in language
true and blunt,
They're never worth a cent to lift, for
all they do is grunt.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14

He thcn entered a number Of PROOFS
sional boxing competitions held in \ W.
castle Of which he won six, notwithstand-
Ing the big handicap in weight t!Gt he
was compelled to give.
George Sicily posted q forfeit Of $50 1T
the Sporting Life office for CaIaghan to
fight Nine" Wallace Fred Johnson. or
any man In England at lis pounds. Tho
offer remained up for ten months, but no
one seemed over anxious to meet the New
castle boy SO the forfeit was witnraNn.
1t proving impossible for Callaghnn TO
get on match in England, he packed lis
grip and set sail for the land Of the free
He arrived here some weeks ago WIFI
number OF the bicycle riders that CON-
peted In The recent six-day race.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14
A CLEVER BOXER.
The Numrrou- Victories OF Feather.
weigh, Thomas saliashan.

Thomas Caila.iaH. tho clever feather
weight boxer who recently came over
rom Englana AMI ~a5 AZ once taken up
" Joe Early, the sporting man, though
,orn in England, IS Of irisI parentage.
lis first battle was with Tommy Grove,
IF Birmingham, whom lie whipped in six
-Ounds.
Following this battle no met Jimmy
Anderson. Of london. Caliaghan won in
.hree short rounds, Anderson being put
% Sleep for fifteen seconds.
In quick succession lie Eext defeated
Edward Heariey, Tommy Hunt, James
Lewis, with whom lie lad two battles;
James Taylor and Edward Bailey.
He then met yoIn-. L an. OF London,
With twO-ounce gloves and knocked lin
out In the fourth round.
This defeat was not satisfactory to
Ryan's hackers. 50 IT," men met again,
his time with bare krIc@:es. The light
asted six rounds ard Ca!iaFhan won.
He then met Jimmy Bill, Tommy
Brown. Bob Gray, Tommy Morrow and
Teddy Collins, whipping each Of them With
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14

The deferring II Almy's execution till
December, 1o92, which has boon criticized
in some quarters, Is not in de;srsncs to
tradition at all, but In accordance with
the established law in New Hsmpshire.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14
TO THEATRE GOERS

II you want to DC an exceedingly popu-
lar tneatre-goer never neglect
To come in about the middle Of the first
act
10 talk as loudly as you can, and at oil
times.
To put down Your seat with as loud a
bang IS possible.
To Walk 10 your seat, careful to tread
o. every foot that you can
Il applaud il the very middle of a pa.
theiIc passage philadelphia Music and
Drama.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14
Rather Iletter,

A poet says tat baby is " a new wave
on tho ocean Of life" 1t strikes US "a
fresh squall would express the matter
better.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14
On the WATER,

She-I wonder Why the Bible commands
us to cast our bread upon the waters?
The Brute eating her bi5cait TO soften
it, probably.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14
JesSie's Pain.

Cora-What did Jessie say wher he
threw himself at her feet?
Dora-Ouch! MURDER! That's nv
fayor!te corn!!,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14

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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14
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ANNUAL EXHIBIT

Salary of the Board of County Com
misSiOners of Vance County. i. G
for the Year Commencing De-
cember LIST, 1890. and End
ing November 3Oth.
1891.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14

X. W. kearney, chairman, f. G.. Brodi.
Walter Bullock and Paul Jenkins resign
ed their positions as County Commission
erS. The names of their successors are n,
follows, viz: John A. Fleming, J. II
Dunn, s. f, Rogers and J. w. Purefoy.
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do hereby certify that the above is a
correct statement of the days present,
miles travelled and amount received, by
each one of the County Commissioners of
Vance county, North Carolina, for the
year ending November 30th. 1891.
Il. $. EATON,
Clerk to the Board
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Dictur-s
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increase i
prices
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-01-14

W Reavis, ditching road ID 40
r r Pinkston, lumber IL 80
henderson Building 4 mfg, Co.
lumber for road g 800
" 7 Cheatham, Jr. medicine for
poor house 10 10
Henry Pirie, hauling rock for road 13 so
howard & Taylor, colts for Jail p 90
T S Eaton. Reg. of Deeds fees 90
T I harris, difference between
mules 40 90
D E Aycock, printing taxnotices 200
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do hereby certify that the above Is a
correct statement Of the accounts passed
by the Board Of County Commissioners Of
Vanse county, North Carolina. from De-
eember. 1890, to December, 1891.
THOS. s. EATON,
Clerk to the Boa I'd Of County Com'rs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-13
A Remarkable Career.

Robert Harvey, of England, is quite a
remarkable man. One of thirteen chill
dren of an assistant overseer of Truro,
he started life in an engineering firm at
thirty-fve cents a week, and when he
came of age was earning 81. A little time
after, his firm built some machinery for
South America, and young Harvey took
so much interest in its construction that
he attracted the attention of the owners,
who took him out to superintend the
ftting-up, under three. years agreement,
at one hundred and fifty dollars a month
salary. At the end of this term he picked
up his traps and made for Peru, where
he cast about for a job, and got one at
two hundred dollars month. Then
came the 'discovery" of the nitrate
fields, and young Harvey showed his
spirit by seeking and obtaining the posi-
tion of Inspector general of the nitrate
fields for the Government of Peru, at a
salary of fifteen thousand dollars year.
Then came the war. He was taken pris-
oner, put on board one of the Chilian
ironclads, and condemned to death-nc
one knows what for. This did not prove
very great obstacle to Robert, for he
argued the Chilian Government into be-
lieving him invaluable in the working of
the ''felds," and they straightway par
doned him and installed him in his
former position, under the new Govern
meut, at an increased salary of twenty
five thousand dollars a year. Enter
Colonel North, sent over by Fowler, of
Leeds, to fit up engines. North and
Harvey join forces, discover other nitrate
fields unknown to the Peruvians and un-
captured by the Chilians, start large nj
trate and iodine works, aud prosper. Re-
turn to England, float their companies
for the procuring and working, etc., of
the Chilian properties, become million.
aires, and, in Robert Harvey's case, pur-
chase a sumptuous mansion at Palace
Gate, and "Dundridge, " in South Devon,
become Justice of the Peace for the
County, a Deputy Lieutenant for the City
of London, aud an aspiraut' for political
fame. Robert Harvey, in all his com
mercial transactions, is as "stIaight" as
the rivets he handled as a lad. He
honors all men, fears none, has an ac-
complished and charming wife, and no
children. - Yankee Blade.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-13
WISE WORDS.

Character is capital.
Loafers are never happy.
Old men are always lonesome.
An aimless life is frutless life.
There is no rest in doing nothing.
A covetous man never owns anything.
Thoughtlessness is the curse of the
age.
Whenever a man gets mad he kills
himself.
All people are "pecuEar people" to
somebody.
No heather language has any such
woro as love in it.
We are all willing to admit the deprav-
ity of other folks.
A man is very small if you eau put all
there is of him into a coffin.
A great many giants become very small
when you get close to them.
A little sinner only needs time and op-
portunity to become big one.
A hungry poet forgets that he is hun
CRY while he is reading his own poetry
An empty gun that you think is load
ed will scare you as badly as one that
is.
The world is full of lion fighters, but
nearly everybody will run from the
hornet.
How easy it is to find people who are
anxious to do good-at somebody else's
expense.
A pigs idea of a parlor probably is
that it has big mud puddle in the cen
tire of it.
The man who walks straight himsel
keeps a good many other people from
wobbling.
The man who attends strictly to hi
own business will always have business
J to attend to.
A great man is always more surprised
than anybody else, when he hnds ou
that he is great.
You can tell more about mans char.
acter by trading horses with him oncc
than you can by hearing him talk for
year.-lndianapolis (Lad.) RAMS Horn
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-13
WINTER LILACS.

A punch of lilacs there by the door,
These and no morei
Delicate, lily-white, like the new snow
Falling below;
Afriend saw the flowers and brought them
to me,
AS one who should see
A rife, glove, just dropped and returned
While a loving thought burned.
Dark all day was that room of mine
Till those flowers divine
Into my darkness brought their own light,
And back to the sight.
OF my spirit the fairest days Of June
And the brooklet's tune;
Where the garden-door was left open wide
While by my side
One sat, who, raising his eyes from the book
With the old fond look,
Asked IL loved not indeed that page
And the words of the sage.
And as we spoke the cool blue sky,
The robin nigh,
The dropping blossoms of locust-trees
Humming with bees
The budding garden, the seasons calm,
DTOpJ bnelT own Dhln.
All these, my friend, were brought back to
me,
Like tide of the sea,
When out of winter and into my room
Came summers bloom;
The flowers reopened those shining gates
Where the soul waits
Many and many day in vain,
While In the rain
We stand, and, doubling the future, at last
Forget the past
So you will believe what a posy may do,
When friends are true,
For the sick at heart in the wintry days,
When nothing allays
The restless hunger, the tears that start,
The weary smart,
But the old, old love and the summer hush
And the lilac bush.
-Annie Fields, IN Scribner.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-13

A crop statistician in Kansas calcu-
lates our wheat crop for 1891 at 600,.
900, 900 bushels, of which 255, 900, 900
will be available for export. To this
exportablc surplus Canada may add 49,
600, 900 bushels, and he estimates the
surplus of other wheat-exporting coun-
ries at an amount sufficient to raise the
aggregate to 377, 900, 900 bushels. On
the other hand he figures the require.
ments of countries that have to import
wheat in excess of their own production
at 455, 100000 bushels, leaving a de-
ficiency $4,000, 900 bushels. This, in
the opinion of the Epoch, is more cheering
to our farmers than to the populations of
wheat-importing countries. But the
prospect in the shortage of rye, so largely
used for food in European countries, is
far more serious. This statistician calcu-
lates the requirements of importing coun-
tries, including Russia, at 335, 900, 900
bushels, while the surplus of other
countries for export is only 80, 900, 900
bushels. This must open the way TO a
largely increased consumption of Indian
corn
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-13
PeOpIe on Wheels.

1t is interesting to observe how the
habit of moving about increases with
the facilities for gratifying it. When
street railways were first introduced they
were intended to accommodate the lin
tied number of business men who lived
half mile or mile from the counting
rooms and women who lived such dis
tance from the retail stores, and a slow
going horse-car was fully equal to the
easy task of dragging the limited number
of persons about. But the Insignificant
enterprise has grown into proportions
that its projectors were not able to con
ceive at the beginning. The horse-car
roads alone of New York City carried
last year 162, 600, 900 passengers. This
is 10000, 600 more than they carried in
the year 1876, when the first elevated
railroad was built, so that the elevated
roads which, 1t was thought, would de-
stroy the business of the horse-cars have
not had any such effect. 1t might be
thought that, with 162, 900, 900 passen-
gers carried on the surface roads, there
would be none left for the elevated ways,
and their cars would run empty. And
yet the elevated roads have had all they
could do also. They carried last year
POI, 900, 600 passengers, making a total
of 1868, 900, 900 for both systems. This
is 24O times the population of the me-
tropolis. So that there were 24O trips
for every inhsbitant. The per capita
number of trips in 1880 was 175. At
this rate it will be only few years be-
fore the city will exhibit the phenomena
of population on wheels. st. Louis
Star-SayiRgs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-13
A New Feyer-H0use.

Tropical countries have been advised
to establish cold greenhouses as hos
pitals This idea has resulted from the
remarkable success Of a Cuban physician,
who has been treating yellcw fever by
keeping the patients in artiiicially coole |
rooms. 1t is proposed that each town in
districts liable to epidemics Of this dis
ease shall build great glass house foI
the fever victims. Then houses would
be artifcially cooled, and plants Of cold
aud temperate regions would be grown
in them. Trenton (M III 4neyicaa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-13

The genius OF Yankeeland is irrepres-
sible, boasts the Chicago Herald. Seer
many has at last opened her arms to re.
ceive American corn as an article of
food, and corn dodgers and johnny cake
will soon become familiar articles upon
the tables of the Teutonic empire. This
is gigantic stride toward the unification
of the human race. These articles, in
conjunction with 'hog and hominy,
will tend to strengthen the friendly tics
between Germany and the United States
and promote that harmony which shall
result in fastening the advent of that
period when the sword shall be beaten
into a plowshare and the spear into a
pruning hook, and nations shall not
learn war any more, but devote their
time to the cultivation of the ethics OF
mush and hoe cake"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-13

1t is reported that very rare and
valuable green onyx has been discovered
in the mines Of the Ozark Onyx Com
pany, situated soventy-ive miles from
ST. Louis, Mo. A car load of it has Just
been brought into that city, in which is
one slab that measures 3Xi feet. The
only supply of this onyx hitherto has
been obtained from a mine in Mexico,
which was exhausted some three years
ago, since when it has not been obtain
able in the market. -N00 orleans Pica.
guRe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-01-13
New Mode of Catching Elephants.

The Indian mode of catching elephants
by driving them into Enclosures formed
of felled trees in the forests seems likely
to be deinitively abandoned by the
Madras Government in favor Of what is
known as the pit system. The forest
officers are of opinion that if the pits are
properly constructed and due precautions
are taken to break the fall of the animals
the pitfall method Of capture is the less
liable of the two TO cause injury and
mortality.-Ncu York Commercial AdUsr-
tiSer,