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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
for February.

Emile Zola's thrilling and dramatic
history of the Franco-Prussian War,
entitled "The Storming of the MILL is
published complete, with illustrations,
in the February number of Frank Leslie IS
Popular Monthly. This tale is a revela-
ton to readers who have hitherto had
the misfortune to know the great French
novelist only through that sinister and
seamy part of his work represented by
"Fana' and "Germinal" The leading
article of this number of Frank Leslie's is
a vivid historical paper upon AThe Con
tinental Congress-" by Richard B. Kim
ball, LID. 1t has a timely as well as
an intrinsic interest, because, as the
veteran author says, "the Inauguration
of the Worlds Fair at Chicago recalls
irresistibly, by contrast, the scene at
Philadelphia, where, in 1774, a small
body of men chosen from each of the
thirteen colonies" met to unite in resis-
tance against Great Britain" The main
artistic feature OF the number is the
superbly illustrated article on "Corsica,"
by Frank Barrett; and the literary
papers are A. Oakley Halls Romance
of st. Johns Gate, London" and Henry
TyrelPs sketch Of Renan. Cecil Charles
writes interestingly OF ''The Evolution
of Dictatorship in Costa RIGA; Frances
NJ. Smith, of Famous Old Violins; and
Ernest Ingersoll, of "Big Game in
Europe" Daniel Danes serial story of
"The Great Chantrv Diamonds is
brought to dramatic conclusion.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
General Lee Address

That you may have the honor of pub
fishing and your readers the priviledg
of preserving the finest production in
the English language, l send you a cop,
of General Lees Farewell Address to thu.
army, being General Orders No. 9 and
dated Appomattox, c. H., Va. April 10,
1865.
After four years OF arduous service
marked by unsurpassed courage and
fortitude, the army of Northern Virginia
has been compelled to yield to over
whelming numbers and resources. |
need not tell the brave survivors of so
many hard fought battles, who have re-
manned steadfast to the last, that Ihave
consented to this result through no dis
trust of them, but feeling that valor and
devotion could accomplish nothing that
would compensate for the loss that must
have attended a continuance of the con-
fict, determined to avoid the useless
sacrifice of those whose past services
have endeared them to their country
men.
BY the terms of agreement, officers and
men can return to their homes and re-
main until exchanged. You will take
with you, the satisfaction that proceeds
from the consciousness of duty faithfully
performed, and | earnestly pray that
a merciful God will extend to YOU his
blessing and protection. With an in
creasing admiration of your constancy
and devotion to your country, and a
grateful remembrance of your kind and
generous consideration for myself, | bid
you all an affectiOnate farewell.
r r EE
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
The Californian Illustrated Mag
aZine for February.

The Californian for February in it's liter
airy tone and the excellence of it's illus
trations is a decided improvement on
its predecessors. The Frontispiece shows
fine view of the famous Multnomah
Falls of Oregon. The death of Tennyson
is prolific Of the best efforts on the part
of the poets of this the fin de steele. and
the lines by John lance Cheney embody
all the sincerity of feeling which charac-
teriZes the work of this well-known poet
An article on the Columbian River by
Laura B. Starr, beautifully illustrated,
describes the picturesque and inexhaus-
tible beauties of this section OF Oregon.
Ex-Governor Sheldon's personal remin-
iscences OF James G. Blaine is an article
of unusual interest and Importance.
James Realf, Jr.. in a lifelong intimate
association with such celebrated writer's
as Howells, O'Reilly, Hale, and others,
gives some personal recollections Of great
interest. Death Valley, with it's dreary
salt marshes and terrifying sandstorms,
is graphically described by John r.
Spears. A Pre-Columbian Goldsmith by
j. j. Peattleld is an intensely interesting
article on the primitive workers in metal,
and is illustrated from the originals in
the United States National Museum
Utah, socially and politically, is theme
OF universal interest, and it's present con-
dition and future possibilities are care
fully outlined in an illustrated paper by
&. l.. Browne. The remarkable functions
OF certain plants known as fesh-eaters
are never failing source of wonder and
interest. Charles Friedrich Holder, from
close study of the more important of
these carnivores, gives much informa-
ton OF a peculiarly curious and instruc-
tive nature. Some Contributors to the
Californian is the subject of an illustrated
paper on Richard H. Mcdonald, Jr,
Ex-Governor Sheldon, M. H. de Young,
DR.. Couse and others. In the Land Of
the Moon, De Witt c. Lockwood tells of a
trip to Snoqualmie, that remarkable and
picturesque region of the State of Wash
ington. The attractions of Southern
California are set forth in a fully illus
trated article on San Diego by J. Austin
Hail.
This number of the magazine is rich in
short stories, poems and sketches by
Estelle Thompson, Mrs. N. B. Eyster,
Cora E. Chase, M. l.. Feusier, C. p Net
Teton, L. j. Shaw and others. Pub
iished in San Francisco. 25 cents each,
$500 per year.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
THE HOMESTEAD LAW AND
MR.. WATSON'S BILL,
ICharlOtte Times.

Mr.. c. +. Watson has introduced
into the Legislature bill to amend
the constitution relating to the home
stead. ItIrovides that citizen in
C, ntracting a debt may stipulate
in writing that the homestead and
y. rsonal property exemptions are
w-lved.
The change would give to all the
pr vilcge of homestead who prefer
tt chattle mortgage to personal credit,
a d who ar Wiling in case of improv
idcncc to take shelter under property
w'jch equitrbly belongs to another.
Even in ase of waiver Mr.. Wat
SOS bill a. ,ws $500 exemption in
h sehold e'ects, tools, etc.
The pres, Ii homestead law is moth
il hut lice SD theft. 1t is degrad
il 10 the IA hood of the State, in
ju- )u5 from m economic point of
vi ", and a 5ether disgrace to a
Civilized pc. pie.
Mr. Waits. rs bill is the most ingen-
los solutio, IF the homestead law
w have yet cen. Let the matter be
pr sented Sc rely and boldly to the
pc pie and y will vote tor the pro-
poscd amen 1ments.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
Tie North Carolina Legislature
Brings Disappointment.
TGreenville, S. e., News. |

We hoped for break in the long
m, notony O. canine triumphs in North
c. Dina. The press unanimously
an / mournfully howled for dog law
Tfe Alliance appeared to favor it
everybody appeared to favor it. Yet
when it cane before the Senate that
body clasped the familiar yellow dog
OF the rural Iistricts-the dog declared
in rabbit season to be infallibly truth
full touching the whereabouts of
'possums and in 'possum season to be
a temporarily quiescent streak of
destruction on rabbits-to its yearning
boom and gave him renewed life.
We all kn wv that dog-that creature
OF mixed blood and mysterious deriva-
tion represeI ling more stains than a
XII. >hen cullender, who fingers about
the back kitchen steps by day, disap-
pers on furtive errands by night when
su, posed to be on watch over the
premises who comes to town under
the wagon and loses himself Why
he should be the object of legislative
afi ction we do not know. Yet he is.
Ard he stands guard faithfully
Throughout The South against sheep
hu bandry and wooden mills.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
More Po7 Ter than was Burned
Gettysburg.
washington POst.1

The amount of powder burned
II giving honor to the memory of the
Lite cx-Pr:sifent in salutes on the
cay of his funeral forms an interesting
after of conjecture" said a citizen
the other SAY. "The firing of thir-
ten guns at sunrise, forty-four at
inset, anu one at half-hour intervals
batween sunrise and sunset, gives US
about eighty-one shots from each
military post and flagship or naval
station within reach of orders from the
two Depar ments of War and Navy.
CHOW, 80 to work and guess the
charge Gin pounds) employed, taking
calibre of gun used on war ship or
at military post, and see how it climbs
up into the thousands. The smallest
gun on some of the flagships burns
fly pounds of powder, and the guns
u ed at lard stations in firing salutes
range down the scale to as low as two
pounds. Taking altogether, and con-
s,dering the matter at glance, it IS
safe to say that more powder was con-
sumed in the solemn honoring Of lie
dead ex-P5esident than was burned
ty cannon and muskets at the great
battle of Gettysburg"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
The Special Tax on Tobacco
Warehouses Should be
Repealed.

Steps have been taken to have the
special tax on warehouses repealed by
the Legislature of this State now in
session. The matter has been referred
to committee who will shortly make
a special report on the subject.
That the special tax on warehouses
is wrong goes without saying. No class
of people in the tobacco trade work
harder than warehousemen. Their life
is a strain and push from start to finish.
With few exceptions they do more to
build up the financial standing of a
town than any one else. When the
warehouseman has succeeded in int1u
encing heavy sales of leaf then business
is brisk and trade goes on at a lively
rate.
But that is not all. The warehouse
people work hard and are benefactors
to their towns, but the pay coming to
themselves is very small in the end. It
is safe to say that in no line Of the to-
bacco business is the pay so small for
the amount of energy expended. Take
the warehouse proprietOrs Of the two
States and how many of them have be-
come rich? Very few indeed In North
Carolina you can count on the fingers
of one hand the warehousemen who
have made a success, in business
way, of warehouse management. This
being the case it is unjust to tax the
people who work so hard and make so
little. The tax is heavy strain on
them and it is often very difficult to
pay it. The law should be repealed
and at this session.
To secure this repeal the warehouse
people must use their influence. Every
market in the State should send rep
resentative to Raleigh to help push the
matter. There is much opposition to
repeating laws Of this kind and unless
our warehousemen take the matter in
their own hands and push it nothing
will be done. The repeal of this law
will save our warehouse people many
hard earned dollars and they should
have their own interests enough at
heart to watch the matter closely and
see that the bill to repeal the special
tax is passed.-Winston Tobacco Jour-
nal
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
OUR BAPTIST BRETHREN.
Some Facts About Them and
Their Work.

From the Wilmington Stars report OF
the late Baptist State Convention in
Raleigh, we CLEAN the following facts
which will be of interest to our readers
generally outside that denomination as
well as in it, The correspondent says:
The Baptists are sometimes spoken OF
as slow set of Christians, but it would
seem from their history that they have
not been wanting in enterprise in North
Carolina. They were the first to estab-
lish a UNCONVENTIONAL college at Wake
Forest; the first to originate State Or
gan in the Biblical Recorder; the first to
send out a foreign missionary, DR.. NJ. L.
Yates and wife to China, in 1S47, and
the first to organize a church orphanage
at ThomasvilIe, and they constitute by
many thousands the largest Christian
denomination in the State. This body
represents ZOO different churches and
NOT less than 10000 white communi-
cants, with 100, 900 colored members
The report of the State Mission Board,
read by Rev {. Durham, was long and
full OF interesting facts. some OF which
are the following: This side the Blue
Ridge-for there is Western convention
covering twenty counties over there-116
men have been employed during the
year, with the accompanying results:
Sermons, IL 1856; mission churches
supplied, 22S; out stations supplied,
427; baptisms, JAP; added by letter,
1884; churches organized, 81; Sunday
Schools organized, SO; houses OF worship
finished and occupied, %; cost of these
% houses OF worship, $33 5000; houses
of worship being built, 81.
Many OF the places aided this year
have become self-sustaining and will no
longer need the aid of the Board. Some
of these houses of worship have cost
$500, some $500, some 81 900, some
81 200, some 81 500, and some $4,000.
The average cost has been about 81 200
This Board, in connection with the
Northern Baptists, has conducted ten
Institutes for the benefit of colored
preachers, at Elizabeth City, Charlotte,
/ Weldon, Winston, Roxboro, Greensboro,
Rockingham, Magnolia, Wilmington and
, Newbern.
| The growth of the Baptists in this
country during the past twenty five years
has been more rapid than the growth of
the population. The population of the
United States has not doubled in the
past twenty years, but the Baptist men,
bership has more than doubled within
i that time. In 1872 the total number of
| Baptists in the United States was about
1,4S9, 900; now it is about 100000.
| Then the Baptists numbered one in every
twenty-six of the population, now one in
twenty.
The total amount of property and en-
dowments belonging to the Baptist Col
leges and Theological Seminaries in the
United States in 1872 was So, 467 900 !;
now it is $29,OOO,OOO. The growth OF
the Baptists in our own State has been
more marked than in any other State in
the country. About one in every six of
our entire population in this State is q
member of the Baptist church.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09

Thomas ]. Sarswell, aged 81, in
North Troy, VT, broke UP the ar
engagements and caused the indefinite
postponement of a funeral the other
day. As it was his funeral, and as the
arrangements were made without con-
sulting him, he thought he had right
to do it. He took sick and appar-
emily died. The undertaken was sent
for, who upon his arrival, found the
old gentleman sitting up, and without
the slightest intention of accepting his
services. Mr.. Sarswell is recovering,
and the mortuary proceedings have
been indefinitely postponed.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
THE GlRLiLOvED AT SCHOOL.

When the mellow days Of autumn wrap
the Ills in purple haze
And the sun seems all the dearer for the
short ness of the the days.
Comes a lovely apparition through the
mists of other years.
And | don know why 1t IS so that my
eyes will swim with tears;
For ] hate to Judge emotions by the text
books rote and rule,
and only know I'm thinking of the girl
| loved at school.
Of the deepest, brownest velvet are the
sweetly thoughtful eyes,
and the cheeks are like the roses that our
grantees used to prize;
Not the pampered, pinky blossoms that
the dollhouse man deals out
vt four dollars for q dozen and with paste
board wrapped about,
But the de-. old daniask roses that would
hold heir tints till Yule-
Just the so used to gather for the girl
| loved at school.
md the lips, no, no! not ruby! for the
GOODNESS Of the mine
thills the levels Furnished surface
though the fiery rays may shine
- the glar ng of the gaslight; filter far do
they compare
With the glow in yonder chalice the same
fragrance fingers there.
he same thrill now runs through me as
when on the organ stool
got the fiji and only kiss of her loved
at school.
And the form it grows distincter as the
misty veil grows thin,
in,.. the sill yer bell thai linked her, like
the serpent shutting in
al the cal 81 retained of heaven, Kisses
out: Thou jealous fool! -
For | parte in my anger from the girl
loved 1t school,
and knoa not If the fleeting 0 the pur
pie autumn days
H.ing us :. ,rer to the greeting at the
meet Of our ways;
II IT be Ivy not meet her till we've
crossed he Stygian pool,
set / lhinl that l shall greet her as the
girl loved at school.
-Si0liE CitU Journal
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
A WORD OF TIMELY WARNING.

The Observer claims to be a true
and consistent friend to the colored
race-and this without any cant of ex-
pression-and it believes that it has
more than once demonstrated this
friendliness Of feeling. 1t would not
be an honest friend if it did not speak
out just at this time and warn the COL
ored people of North Carolina, that,
doubtless through bad advisers, they
are taking an erroneous view of very
important public question.
The protest, at Raleigh, against
separate railroad waiting rooms and
railroad cars, and all such protests and
talk of appeals to the courts, are rad
ically wrong. 1t is significant, so far
as it has come under the Obseyve,'s
notice, that where separate railroad
accommodations have been provided
for the two races, one set of conven-
fences has been just about as good as
the other-for those who pay hrst-class
fare. The protests against such ar
engagements subject the colored people
to the imputation that they are not
seeking equal accommodations in
travel, but white accommodations
and that is out of the question. For
instance: A colored man, insistent
on his rights, going into a crowded
car and finding a refined woman of
Caucasian skin occupying one place
on a seat for two would put forward
his right to sit down by her side. If
this should occur and the conductor
was not prompt enough (and from the
Obse,ver's knowledge of Southern
conductors he would be prompt
enough) the passengers would, perhaps
very roughly, hustle this first class pas
senger off the train.
If we know ourselves no one shall
60 before US in according to the col
ored man in the South all his rights
under the law; and, more than hat,
giving him those rights as i~ieno to
friend. But the thirty years lha; va .e
elapsed since Lincoln's emancipation
proclamation have not in the least
availed to lessen the monstrosity of
anything like social equality; and the
sooner the mass of the colored people
in the South-whose hearts are in the
right place and who, in the main, ap-
preciate their true condition-call
halt on the designs of dangerous lead
ers of their race, the better it will be
for both whites and blacks.-Charlotte
Observer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
SOUTHERN MONTHLY MAG
AZINE.
baltimore Manufacturers Record. ]

Baltimore Manufacturers Record
The first issue ofthe Manufacturers
Reeo,l Nagasine will appear in a
few days, bearing date of February.
This publication will be high-class
popular monthly, dealing with South
ern topics in manner calculated to
interest the widest possible circle of
readers. 1t will deal with the resour-
ces and progress of the South in
general and popular manner, without
the technical details which have their
place more properly in the trade and
technical journals. The aim OF this
magazine is to present in the most IN
teresting and most effective form the
information about the South for which
so many are seeking. 1t will not be
burdened with weighty articles, but
all It's matter will be concise and
pointed. The liberal use Of a high
quality OF illustrations and the prep
araton of the magazine in the best
style of the printers art will add
greatly to the interest ana value OF
of this publication.
The most earnest and persistent
;eekers after information about the
| South are those who either intend to
| make their home in that section or
invest their money there. 1t requires
no argument to show that these classes
are the ones of which the South is
most in need. The mission of the
| Manufacturers Record Magazine is
to these-the intending investor and
the prospective settler-ard with a
purpose SO specific there ,.,n be no
question as to the field this magazine
will occupy and the lnalr &c it will
exert. The constituency which il
will appeal exists very lily in the
| North, 10 the West ant road, and
informatin about the oJ4th will be
conveyed to these people with an in
terest and force never before attained
The liberal support which has already
been given to this magazine by the
South ensures its success from the very
start.
The Manufacturer Record Maya
zine is not new enterprise save in its
form. 1t is but an extension in a
single direction of the work in be-
half OF the South which has been car
ried on for more than ten years by
the Manufacturers Record. The
progress of the South in all directions,
the magnitude of its industrial, COM
mercial and financial interests, neces-
state additional agencies whereby
all this growth can be fostered and
made known to the world. This
makes it needful to supplement the
work of the Manufacturers Record
by publication more general, less
technical and more popular with the
ever widening circle of friends of the
South. This is why the magazine comes
into existence. 1t will be published
by the Manufacturers Reeo,d Pub
fishing Co., of Baltimore, and its con-
tents will be original matter, pre-
pared by writers whose standing will
give authority to the articles. The
| price has been fixed at $3.50 yer year,
fifteen cents per copy. The price has
been placed as low as the expensive
character of the work will permit in
order to bring it within the reach of
everybody.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
A Valuable and Interesting Pub
LEGATION.

Everything about the Worlds Fair
to date is magniicently illustrated in
the Exposition Graphic, of Chicago.
Number 3 of the great series is just
out. and consists of 50 large pages.
with colored supplement. Fine views
of the principal buildings are given,
portraits of officers, illustrations of the
dedication ceremonies in October last,
including an imposing double-page en-
craving showing the ceremonies in the
colossal Manufacturing Building, with
the largest audience under one roof in
the history of the world. The number
also contains fine representations of
the principal groups of statuary and
views of nearly all the State buildings.
This number and the preceding two
in the series may be obtained OF any
newsdealer, or by addressing the
Grapic Company, Chicago. Price SO
/ cents per copy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09

\ Georgia editor has proper un-
de- standing of the situation in the
ne Tspaper Offices. He writes: "There
is more joy n printing Office over
on sinner who pays in advance and
abb ses the editor on every occasion
ths over nioetynine righteous men
VIII borrow the paper and sing its
pr ses without contributing a cent to
keep it out Of the poor house.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-02-09
=. Y. COOPER.
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