The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-07-27

Inns Is q opportunity. Call on him.
lie VIII soon return and deliver this work
personally, and will give satisfaction to
all. Tan be found in the Dorsey gallery.
The happlest man in the land to-day
IS the successful farmer. He sits con.
tentedly under his own vine and flo
tree undlsturbed by the maddenino
noises OF the great city. Banks fail.
railroads go into the hands ofreceivers
booming towns collapse, all business
stagnates-but the wise farmer can
snap his fingers at all these tbinos
lie Is monarch of all he surveys on his
broad acres.-Wadesboro MESSENGER.
Tell me We winged winds that around
my pathway roar, do We not know some
'chanted spot where hard times, come
no more; some sequestered, leafy dale,
some island, ocean bound, where life is
what we'dhav it be and money in plenty
found; where duns forever are unknown
and rents are not so high, and every
man gets his fill of government office
pie? The light breeze famed our
fevered brow and said: HNo, there
has been no such place since the world
was made''
The GOLD LEAF has reason to be-
lleve the Ohio Chemical Company. of
Lima, Ohio, which is ADVERTISING an
alleged cure for the tobacco habit in
some OF our State exchanges and
others, is a fraud The concern tried
to secure space in this paper, but as it
refused to pay in advance, we declined
to accept its large and tempting adj
vertisement. Will those publishers
who are running this business
please report results when they send
In bill for the first quarter?
1t is with sincere regret that we
learn Of the death Of Mr.. James M.
Bass, for many years faithful type
setter in the Office Of the Wilmington
Messenger. He died quite suddenly in
that city at 0 O'Clock Monday evening.
MIR. Bass was n native Of Weldon, only
son of Mr.. J. l.. Bass of that place,
and learned the printers trade in the
Roanoke News office Years ago the
writer set type in the same office with
him and knew him we'll. The remains
were taken to Weldon for intcrment.
The question, & What constitutes a
@ent1eman?' is well answered in Car
dlnal Newman's famous definition as
one who never inflicts pain, who is
tender towards the bashful, gentle to-
wards the distant and merciful towards
the absurd; who makes light of favors
when he does them, and seems to be
receiving when he is comforting; who
is never mean or little in his disputes,
never takes unfair advantage, never
mistakes personalities or sharp sayings
for arguments or insinuates evil which
he dare not say out
notwithstanding warnings to the
contrary, we notice that several OF our
exchanges snapped up the word compe-
titiOn advertisement of the Ridge Pill
Co., of Montreal, Canada, recently
sent out on postal card. The concern
bears fraud upon its face as unmistak-
ably as did the Ford Pill Co.. of
Toronto, by which a number of North
Carolina publishers were taken in some
| time ago. Yet there are men ever
| ready to jump at every offer of bust
| where it halls from or what its character
| may be.
In the notice last week of the hand
some mug cases in F.. A. Watkins S
barber shop, we should have said they
were made by Messrs. Bum & Draper.
! Such work is really a credit to any
town. and in this connection we would
state that every community should
patrOniZe its own mechanics, farmers.
artisans and professional men. Nc
community that does otherwise can
have the same measure of success and
prosperity as the one which sticks tC
its own citizens. That policy which
leads people to 90 abroad for what they
can get at home is in almost all cases g
loss and an injury in the end. Pat
rOnize home institutions and especially
the progressive ones who invite YOU
patronage.
1t is well known that the Confederate
soldiers were frequently reduced tt
very short ''ratiOns' during the late
war. In fact, there were times whel
for days they had nothing to eat at all
and many dinner or supper was made
on parched corn when that coult
be procured. This occasioned man,
unique but good natured expressions
the following being related by Mr.
Thos. A. Park, Of Tarry's Mill, Va
At Manassas, two colored cooks
named Durham and Cole, belonging t.
the 3sth Virginia Regiment wer
discussing the situation when the frs
named remarked to the latter, g All
Cole, tell yer wat, jess want tie
Git forehanded in bread one more tim
an I'll be satistied''
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