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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-04-21
A STORY THAT FITS THE DAY.

Speaking about the graves that are
covered with flowers on Decoration
Day, said Colonel A. G. Dickinson. who
was a member of the staff of General
Magruder and part of the force that
captured the United States revenue cut
ter Harriet Lane, near Galveston harbor,
one of the mos. affecting incidents in
my war experience was the meeting be-
tween Major Lea. of the Confederate
army, and his eldest son, who held a
commission as first lieutenant on the ill
fated vessel
Nearly two years prior to the struS
gle the father, then residing in Texas.
had repeatedly written to his son, who
was stationed on the coast of China, and
asked him to determine the course he
would pursue if the differences between
the north and the south should result in
a disruption of the Union. Decide as
you may" he wrote. "such is my conf
dence in your conscience that shall not
dictate and shall continue to regard
you with the respect of gentleman and
the affection of father"
The premonition was strangely veri-
fed. The father had served nearly
eighteen months east of the Mississippi,
and ON arriving at Houston, Tex, ell
route for San Antonio, he incidentally
heard of an intended attack on the Har-
riet Lane, on board of which he knew
that his son was then an officer. 1t
seemed as if an act of providence car
ried him to the spot, and he solicited
permission to join the expedition. It
was known in advance that it would
call for the utmost daring on both sides.
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still slept.
81 am come to inquire about Colonel
Beaumont" she said. "My mother
wishes to know how he is They were
old friends in their childhood here in
New Orleans"-
The old negro was rubbing his eyes
and looking from her to his master
Miss Felice LIE Blanc!" he gasped, not
hearing q word she had said. At the
name the sick man started. He opened
his eyes and looked steadily at his Wis
itor.
Il understand" he-said gently. Il
have been thinking it out since the drug
wore off and my mind got clear. You
are her child. God bless you" Down
at his bedside the girl knelt. Her sweet
lips fluttered an instant on his so tremu-
lous and sad.
My mother has always loved you, -
she whispered. She and 1 have always
loved you. My father died before was
old enough to love him. My mother
wrote to y0u-twice she wrote-I was
six years old the first time and seven the
next. Did you not get her letters?"
The old soldier sighed, smoothing the
dark hair. eyes, child, got the letters
but l could not answer them. It seemed
like digging up the bodies of my com
rades from the battle plains. 1t was @
part Of the whole which was-dead.
had learned to endure"
''But you will see her now-you viii
forgive us:''
He closed his eyes.
1t was the maiden down in French
town. He felt her breath on his cheek
! her arm touched his hand. She wa:
more sweet than strong, but he loved
her. Yes, he would forgive. That wa:
what the day 9neant-forgive and forge
cover up the graves with flowers.
The remnant of his old life should no
be given to vengeance and uncharitable
ness. This love which had lived through
lifetime of sorrow and separation de
served its reward.
Its day had been a troubled one, bu
the sunset promised fair.
''Go and bring your mother, my child,
he said. BELLE HUNT.
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A Poem for the Day.

Among the sweetest poets of the south
during the war, and one whose name
will be long remembered in connection
with its literature. was Henry Timrod,
Of South Carolina. The following beau
tiful lines not only exactly foretold the
circumstances and hour Of his own death,
but they become doubly interesting
from the fact that Governor Andrew, of
Massachusetts,, a determined opponent
Of the south, was wont to repeat them
almiringly and with emphasis before
,,ss own decease:
Somewhere Oh this earthly planet,
In the dust of flowers to be.
In the dewdrop, in the sunshine,
Sleeps a solemn day for me-
At this waheful hour of midnight,
behold it dawn in mist,
And hear a sound of sobbing
Through the darkness-Hist. Oh, hist,
In dim and murky chamber
am breathing life away,
home one draws a curtain softly,
And / watch the broadening day.
As it purples in the zenith,
As il brightens on the lawn,
There's q hush of death about me,
And a whisper-"He is gone"
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The Old Time Southerner.

In 1894 NJ. Michael Chevalier, dis
tinguished political economist of France,
was sent to the United States for the
purpose of inspecting the public works
of the country. He spent two years and
visited nearly all parts Of the Union.
While in the south he wrote the follow
ing. What was true then Is true of the
men of 1851 and 1865:
"The southerner of pure race is frank,
hearty, open, cordial in his manners,
noble in his sentiments. elevated in his
notions. He is worthy descendant of
the English gentleman. Surrounded
from infancy by his slaves. who relieve
him from all personal exertion. he is
rather indisposed to activity and is even
indolent. He is generous and profuse.
ITO him the practice Of hospitality is
at once a duty, pleasure and a happi-
ness.
He loves the institutions of his coun-
try, yet he shows with pride his family
plate, the arms ON which, half effaced by
time, attest his descent from the first
colonist and prove that his ancestors
were of good family in England.
"Ardent and warm hearted, he is Of
the block from which great orators are
made. He is better able to command
men than to conquer nature and subdue
the soil. When he has certain degree
of the spirit Of method-I will not say
will, for he has enough Of that-but of
that active perseverance so common at
the north, he has alfthe qualities need
full to form a great statesman"
Such were the soldiers Of the south.
around whose graves a grateful people
assemble OIL Memorial Day and leave
their tribute u flowers.
Nine iaeItd s-haS
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Lee. with his grand, sad, ashen face,
and Grant. scarcely less sorrowful.
Conqueror and conquered We're. after
all, but man and man.
Long lines of ragged gray coats pass
ing slowly in file. handing the hits Of
their swords to the victors; long lines of
blue coats, ragged. too. and sad faced,
sorry for the boys in gray, who had
fought so valiantly in vain. Then
marching back home to Dixie" but a
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tuc 81 II u VI
trumpet and drum to participate in the
battles of their country, it is easy to un-
derstand why the memory of the dead
among them is SO precious to the living.
In their ranks were to be found men of
culture, men of gentle training, men of
intellect, men Of social position, men en-
deared to domestic circle of refinement
and elegance, men of wealth, men who
gave tone and character to the society in
which they moved.
AS we gather on Memorial Day to
strew their graves with flowers we long
for ''the touch of the vanished hand and
the sound Of the voice that is still"
There are memories of these dead to
which we turn, even from the charms Of
the living:
They come like ghosts from the grass shrouded
graves,
And they follow our footsteps on life's wind
ing way,
And they murmur around US as murmur the
waves
That sigh on the shore at the dying of day.
There is not a heart but is haunted So
Though far we may stray from the scenes OF
the past,
Its memories will follow wherever we 60,
And the days that were first sway the days
that are last.
Among the pictures that come troop
! ing by at this moment l see a broad,
rolling expanse dotted all over with the
canvas homes of our soldiers. It is the
camp of the army of northern Virginia.
The summers campaign is ended; the
thunder of battle has ceased and
Ais quiet along the Potomac, except here and
there stray picket
| Is shot as he walks to and fro on his beat by O
rifeman hid in the thicket.
The winter winds are signing and the
smoke curls lazily upward from 10000
clay built chinneys. The landscape,
once teeming with a forest, is bare save
in the far distance beyond the reach of
: the soldiers ak. Turnpikes are lost in
a labyrinth of footworn paths, and fields
that once resounded with the music of
the growing corn or yielded to the tread
of the plowman are as hard as the bed
Of billiard table, giving echo only to
the jar of arms or the tramp of men on
drill. The old homestead yonder had
become the headquarters of the COM
mander in chief, but the fences are
down; the granary is exhausted, the
garden is in weeds and ruin is written
everywhere. Of the family, none re-
mains. The old planter and "the boys, ~
they say, have ''gone to the war"
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WELLS.
During the fight Major Lea, the ia
ther, was ordered by General Magruder
to keep lookout from a housetop upon
all movements in the bay. When day
light enabled him to see that the Har-
riet Lane had been captured, his first
request was to be allowed to go aboard.
AS he reached the deck his worst fears
were realized.
Pale and exhausted with the loss of
blood, there lay his son scarcely con-
scious. Edward, here's your father"
Il know you, father" the young man
family exclaimed, "but l can't move
care you seriously woundea?' Eyes,
but hope not mortally." "Do you suf
fer pain?' Cannot speak, father" was
the reply in a whisper: "give my love
to all at home"
In little while he recovered sufficient
strength to inquire, "How came you
here, fatherY' and when told, look OF
surprise and pleasure passed over his
fine face. Then he bestowed his last
moments in farewells to those who were
near and dear to hiln-his comrades and
his family. His father knelt by his side,
holding him in his arms while life
throbbed itself away, and listening for
his last words heard this firstborn, who
was SO close to his heart, utter the dying
message, "God is here: father is here:
have done M duty
His body was borne in procession to
the grave from the headquarters of Gen
eral Magruder, together with that of his
captain, and they were buried with ap-
propriate military honors in the presence
of officers, soldiers and citizens, all of
whom could do little else than sympa-
thize with the bereaved father, who,
standing by the side Of the upturned
earth, said with broken voice: Sure
ly this is time when we may weep
with those that weep. Allow one SO
sorely tried in this, his sacrifice, to be-
seech you to believe that while we de-
fend our rights with strong arms and
honest hearts, those we meet in battle
also have hearts brave and honest as our
own. We have here buried two brave
and honorable men. Peace to their
ashes! Tread lightly on their graves.
Today the flowers are blooming above
them that tell how well they are remem-
bered. PERsoNNE.
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WHERE SAT THE MOTHER.

The big parlor that could tell Of gen.
erations Of warm southern welcomes, of
jolly Christmas holidays, of love max
ing merry at the country wedding, of
grief dropping her tears over the cold,
white faces of the dead, is now the Office
of him whose brain is the handspring
that moves the mighty machinery of the
surrounding camp and field. The COM
Portable room across the hall, where
only a little while before sat the mother
of the now broken household knitting
and dreaming in the cozy light of the
great fireplace, has been turned into the
workshop of the adjutant general and
his assistants. Pistols and swords hang
upon the walls, and all that remains to
remind one of the gentle dominion of
peace is the stately clock in the corner
that has stood there, perhaps. for a hun
dred years, but is beating time now as
if it were strangely out of place.
A few hundred yards distant begin
the tented villages of The Men. Who
are these? Let one of them answer in
the stirring verses he wrote the night
before the battle in which he was killed.
They We're found in his haversack
stained with the brave fellows blood:
In the dusk of forest shade,
A ragged but rugged group reclined:
A horseman gallopcd up the glade
Where will your leader find?
"Tidings bring of the mornings scout
Which I've borne DER mound and field and
fen
"Well, sir, stay not hereabout.
For here are only a few of the men,
Here. no collar has star or bar
No rich lacing adorns sleeve:
Farther our officers are.
Let them your message receive.
Higher up on the hill-up there
There are their quarters-don't stop here,
For we are only few of the men.
But stay, courier. II you bear tidings that
fight is near.
Tell them we're ready, and that where they
wish US We'll soon appear.
Tell them only to let US know
Where to form our ranks and when,
And we'll show the coming foe
That they've met few of the men,
And these are the men who, living or
dead, the people of the south delight to
honor. The veteran, with his tattered
suit of gray, and the spot where lies
buried the loved one who went down
to his grave in a bloody shroud," are
alike objects of affectionate solicitude,
and as time moves on, the halo around
them will continue to grow brighter
and brighter, until at last their memo
ries will be part of the glory of a COM
mon country. F. G. DE FONTAINE-
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L WAS Memo
rial Day in New
Orleans.
An April sky,
half smiles, half
tears, leaned over
the two cities
the city of the
living and the
city of the dead.
Above, below,
around, permeat-
ing the air, tam
gible to tn e
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-04-21

The Queen of Portugal is accredited by
fashion leaders with being the most dressy
woman in Europe. Her pale complexion
and auburn hair admit of great latitude
in dress variety, and she indulges in every
caprice of fashion.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-04-21

HEN one recalls
how, without t
rank, without IL
tie, without an
ticipated distinc-
ton, animated
only by the high
est and noblest
sentiments which
can influence our
common nature,
the citizen SOL
diery of the south
marched forth at
the SOnnd Of
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-04-21

Housekeepers who are subject to ex-
cessive strain on their energies require
midday rest If they train themselves to
it they can form habit of dropping to
sleep as soon as they lie down.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-04-21

land railroads are women. Both are said
to be efficient in this most exacting work.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-04-21
A SOLDIERS ROMANCE

Copyright, 1892, by American Press Associa-
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return the policy hold
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paid during the twenty
years, in addition to the
assurance of his life du-
ring the entire period.
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1t is claimed By southern women now
that there are more men in South Caro-
lima willing to grant the suffrage to wom-
men than there are women willing to re-
ceiye it.
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MEMORIAL DAY THOUGHTS.

r. G. de FOntaine Writes of the Devo
ton of the Private Soldier.
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A Frenchwoman-Mme. LaerUix-has
been elected member Of the Academy OF
Madrid, an honor never before extended to
q woman
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-24

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 16.-The miners
in east Tennessee are again threatening to
60 On the warpath. General s. T. Carnes
commander of the military forces at Coal
Creek, has deemed the situation so ser
ious that he has issued q call for vnlun
teers. Colonel A Taylor, of the second
regiment, received telegram from Gen
eral Carnes to day, which stated that
unless he was reinforced by volunteers at
once, it would be necessary to cali out
more troops. 1t is not desired by the
authorities to again press the entire state
militia into service if it can be avoided,
as the affect would be disastrous to many
young men who would lose their sltua
tions with their employers. The neces-
sity for heavier force at Coal Creek
arises from the trial of the prisoners cap
tured during the recent riots. With only
a handful of troops to back up the courts,
there is danger that the prisoners will be
rescued by the miners and their friends,
who have been making threats to blow
up the courthouse with dynamite when
the trial begins. With large force of
troops at Coal Creek, General Carnes
says the miners would not be 20 foolish
as to attack the garrison Those who
enlist will be paid monthly salary by
the state.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-24
A scare in Jersey City.

JERSEY CRY, N. j., Sept. 16.-Thls
city had three cholera scares last night
and this morning. 1t was reported case
of cholera had been found in Steuben
street. Then ruruor had it that the chol,
era had brokeu out IN Morris street
tenement, and this morning it was settled
positively, according to report. that
somebody was sick with cholera in Essex
street. Health Inspector Benjamin was
kept on the go in his carriage last night
and this morning. He declared none of
the rumors has any foundation in fact.
He found the people sick, but their sick
ness could easily be discerned from chcl-
era. He also investigated last night an
alleged case of cholera IN Hoboken, which
he saws was nothing of the kind.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-24
A ser,ous Bit of news.

CAMP Low, Sandy Hook, Sept. 90
1915 A. Mt is officially announced at
this late hour that Asistic cholera has
broken out here. francesca Morenzo, a
Normania passenger, who was landed
here Sunday morning, died of the disease
In tent where be had been isolated, at
10 P. NJ. The body will be cremated at
Swinburne island. A widow, whose
name is unknown, and who Is sccompan.
led by four children, was taken ill with
every symptom of the disease soon after
II P. M, and Dr. Rauch, a cholera expert,
Immediately had the family removed to
an isolated tent. The mans death Is said
to have been largely due to excuses in
which be INDUCED Monday night. Great
excitement prevails among the officials of
the camp, and fears are entertained of a
stampede of people here from fear when
the fact is made public. The dead man
and the infected family were all passen-,
gers on the Noamania, and have been in
quarantine for 18 days past.
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by direction of the health officers or other
officials or persons, is in violation of the
regulations lawfully established by the
board. The chairman of the board was
directed 10 take the necessary steps to
secure the indictment and prosecution of
all concerned. The board authorized the
sheriff of Suffolk county to apprehend
and remove all such persons from the
limits of Islip, to prevent the further
eutry within 1t of any such persons or
their baggage, and to call to his aid for
that purpose the whole power of his
county. In view of this belligerent atti-
tude of the Islip board of health, Captain
Cocbrane has again cancelled his orders
for the troops to return some time to
morrow. When he received the news he
ordered the battalion under arms; he then
put additional sentries around the laDd-
ing points and doubled the guards. He
telephoned the squad on board the Ripple
at Babylon, commanding them to come
TO the island at once, and to resist all the
attempts OF the board. The small boats
along the shore were seized for the use of
the military.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-24
Real Estate Transfers.

Sept. 15.-Franz Joseph Stadleman and
wife to M. 7. Nolan; part Of Methodist
Mission claim held by him; $25.
Sept. l5.-United States to John B.
Havely; WI Of sw4, and ne4 of sw4, sec Ii.
tip s, r IA east.
Sept. l5.-United States to John M. Nc
Gully; SET of sw4, sec l3, tp l 8, IA east.
Sept. l6.-United States to Eliza H
Dayis; 81 of sw1 and 81 of set, sec IA. tp 8
8, IL east.
Sept l7-Augustus Watson and wife to
William A Swagger; l5 acres of land in an
oblong form, beginning at NV corner sec 6.
tip n, IA east, SO as not TO include
building; 500.
Sept. l9.-United States to Henry 3.
Hanna; nj of ne}, and net of nw4, sec A.
tp 8, IA east.
Sept. l9.-H. S. Hanna and wife to John
G. Ward; nj of net, and net Of nw4, SEQ
4, tp 8, IA east; $3.50.
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To Settle an Old Case.

SAN Francisco, Sept. III. G.. Car
penter was arrested last evening on an
extradltion from Oregon, charging him
with "enticing and persuading person
to leave the state against his will" Sher
iff 81. A. Smith, of Clatsop county. Or,
served the papers, and Carpenter was de
tanned at the city prison until to morrow
or Monday, when he will go to Astoria.
In March, 1891, Carpenter, who was prac
ticing law at Astoria, acted as attorney
for Darius Norris, arrested by Chief of
Police Barry, of Astoria, for murder
committed in 1885, IN Washington, across
the river from Astoria. A writ of babeas
corpus was served ON Chief of Police
Barry, and by the time of service and its
return Norris was put aboard an English
ship By Carpenter and Curtis, acting as
his attorneys While Norris was in
prison, he gave deed to his land in
Washington to Carpenter in trust for fees,
but now that he finds there are no
grounds for the tear of lynching at the
hands of mob, he has returned from
England, snd his case has been taken up
by Sheriff Smith, Carpenter claims that
the trouble is really the outcome of
political fight he made against Smith and
Smiths friends in Astoria, and says be Is
not fearful of the result of the case.
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who Is also president of the board of
health, is authority for the statement that
Sheriff Darling will De in Bay Shore to-
night or to morrow, and that he will pro
ceed to Fire island to enforce law and
order. All the detained passengers are
now away from the place. The sheriff
will also, according to Mr.. Young, remove
all the belongings of the quarantine sta
tion which has been established there.
This statement is in direct opposition to
what Deputy Sheriff Fletcher told a
United Press reporter this morning, when
he said that Sheriff Darling would only
take orders from the governor. Mr..
Young says that the sheriff has power to
swear in al! the deputies he needs to en-
force this law. The board of health has
held frequent sessions during the day,
but the purport of their action is not
known.
MORE TROOPS ON GUARD.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10 Another detach-
ment of the 18th Regiment left for Fire
island this morning under the command
of Capt Geo. d. Russell. The detach-
ment numbered seventy.fve men. The
attitude of the people of Islip led to the
call for more troops.