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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-09-23

Mrs. Birdie-"Did you taste any of
that pudding l made for dinner?" Mr..
Birdie-"Yes, l tasted it for six hours"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30

REMEMBER THE ANNIVERSARIES,

The happiest households are those
that do not let die out the sentiment
connected with various anniversaries.
Although giftgiving may be out of
the question. owing to the Strengthened
circumstances of those within the gates,
there can yet be little air of festivity
when mothers or fathers birthday
comes . around, or some wedding
anniversary is to be celebrated An
extra dish, little bunch OF flowers, or
some special music prepared for the
occasion will show the kindly spirit
and the loving remembrance that
count far more than the moneyed
value of any gift.
AS the children grow up, if these
festivals are encouraged they will have
much to look forward to and much
more to remember in the years to
come when they go out to do battle
with the world and find that sentiment
is crushed under foot and affection is
regarded only as a side issue.
Life is full of beauty if we only
know how to gather it into our bins
and storehouses. There need not be
great wealth nor worldly honor, but a
loyal clinging together of parents
and children, marked by happenings
that have direct bearing on each
ones individual history, will join the
circle closer together and make home
life the ideal thing that it ought to be.
Do not, we beseech you, plead
that you are too busy or too seriously
occupied with worldly affairs to waste
time on such trivial matters as birthday
parties and wedding celebrations.
Such use of time is not waste, and
will prove among the sweetest memories
of childhood and old age long after
the little chain has been broken and
one member after another gone to tina,
long rest from which there is nc
awakening. Tribune.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
SWEET-MINDED WOMEN.

A good wOman-a pure, sweet
minded woman-is the noblest creature
of Gods handiwork. But little below
the angels she represents the highest
type of perfection in all the universe.
Have we many women Of this kind
noble. self-sacricing, sweet minded
wives and mothers; generous, unseIflSh,
sunny-tempered, urehearted maidens
in Henderson The GOLD LEAF
believes that were it possible for one
to peep into the thousands of homes
of this town he would find plenty OF
evidence upon which to base a most
emphatic "yes' to question Of this
kind And be it said that no home,
however humble it may be, is lacking
in contentment and happiness if there
rests upon the helm the hand of a
sweet minded mother. Her smile rad
iatcs perpetual sunshine and her
sympathetic nature is ever to be found
an unfalling ant;dote for the per-
plexities and disquietude of LIES
devious windings Were there no
sweetminded women to soothe the
fevered brow or to calm the perturbed
mind life would indeed become an
unbearable burden, while, on the
other hand, were all women sweet
minded women, thousands of now
cherries homes would glow with the
warmth Of domestic peace and felicity.
Here is what an exchange says with
regard to the sweet-minded woman:
SO great is the influence Of a sweet
minded woman on those around her
that it is almost boundless. 1t is to
her that friends come in seasons Of
sorrow and sickness for help and
comfort one soothing touch of her
kindly hand works wonders in the
feverish child a few words let fall
from her lips in the ear of a sorrowing
sister does much to raise the load of
grief that is bowling its victim down to
the dust in anguish. The husband
comes home worn out with the
pressure of business, and feeling
irritable with the world in general !;
but when he enters the coy sitting
| room and sees the blaze of the bright
| fire, and meets his wife's smiling face,
he suCCumbs in a moment to the
soothing Influences which act as the
balm of Gilead to bis wounded spirits
that are wearied with combating with
the stern realities of lie. The rough
school-boy flies in rage from the
taunts of his companions to find
solace in his mothers smile the little
one full of grief with its own large
trouble, finds a haven of rest on its
mothers breast and 50 one might go
on with instances of the influence that
the sweet-minded woman has in the
social life with which she is connected.
Beau; IS an insignificant power when
compared with hers.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
La Grippe.

During the prevalence of the grip the
past season twas noticeable fact that those
who depended upon DR.. Kings New Dis
covery not only had speedy recovery but
escaped all the troublesome after effects OF
the malady. This remedy seems to have a
peculiar power in etfecting rapid cures not
only in cases of Ia grippe, but in all dis
eases of throat, chest and lungs, and has
cured cases of Asthma and hay fever OF
long standing Try it and be convinced.
1t won't disappoint. Free trial bottles al
Dorsev's drug store
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
ESuCk lens, Arnica SalYe

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblaians
lorns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box, For sale by ", T. Cheatham, Jr.,
druggist.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1893.
IT, WIZ
EV. E,2gl1}SY)RE<g }; y :.

THE Salisbury UeraM holds to the
opinion that when the Southern
farmers produce their own food crops
and meat, and make cotton a surplus
crop they will be largely independent
OF currency COnlraCtiOnists.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30

SATURDAY afternoon at 4 O'Clock,
in Raleigh, Hon. +. NJ. Simmons
formally and officially took charge Of
the office of Collector of the Fourth
district and was sworn in, the oath of
Office being administered by Judge n.
]. Riddick, in the presence OF several
gentlemen. SO we learn from the
Ne7Vs- Ob5rrUtr- CH,0nitk.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
SOCIAL AND EMIT ERTAIN-
MENT.
Friday Night at the Y. M. G. A.
Everybody Invited--Other
NOtaa

Friday Night at the Y. M. g. A.
Notes.
Another delightful social and enter
tainment is to be given at the Y. M.
c. A. tomorrow (Friday) night. A
fine entertainment has been arranged
to begin promptly at 8 O'Clock. There
will be music, readings, recitations
and other pleasant features. Miss
Beulah Smith, of the Henderson Female
Coolidge, has agreed to recite. Miss
Willie Parker will sing humorous
selection entitled, The cat came
back" DR.. F. S. Harris will read.
A quartette is expected to sing. The
Misses Judd have been asked to sing
in duet, and others may take part in
the program. The entertainment is
under the auspices of the Ladies' Aux
iliary and promises to be a success.
No invitations have been sent out,
and every member, contributor, past
or present, and every friend of the
Association is invited with or without
lady.
The Auxiliary will give an enter
tainment December in Burwell Hall.
Miss Mamie Robbins, of Raleigh, will
sing, and Prof. S. 7. Ford, the popular
entertainer Of New York, will give
one of his refined, and heightened en-
tertainments. Rishop Fitzgerald, of
the Methodist church, says of Prof.
Ford: cit is difficult to see how one
can secure greater pleasure and profit
from an evenings entertainment than
by attending one of Prof. Ford's re-
citals." Bishop w. F. Mallalieu
writes:
Prof. Ford's entertainments are ele-
gent and refined They will smooth
wrinkles and Danish care. Long may
| he live to cheer and bless many thou
| sands.
I The entertainment: will be given for
the benefit of the Association, under
the auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary
and the admission will be put at pop
ular prices. Notices later.
The service last Sunday was well
attended, and Mr.. Gary's address made
fine impression. There were a num-
Der of short speeches by those present,
and the meeting took on an clement
of freedom, which made it helpful to
all. The subject and leader for next
Sunday will be announced later
Mr.. Rossiter begins a class in the
gymnasium next Tuesday night at s
O'Clock. The work will consist OF
vigorous, but light dumb bell work,
| just the thing for gentlemen of seden-
tary habits. Call and interview him,
and get your name enrolled as a mem
ger Of the class.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
THANKSGIVING.

rs appropriate to the day we publish
the following from the BaHimorean
The institution of Thanksgiving is
every year more generally observed,
and a beautiful old festival it is, of
ancient origin, although to New Eng
land is due the credit of introducing it
into this country, and of making it
regular annual celebration.
The harvest ieasts of the Jews were
probably among the earliest occasions
for the gathering together of the
people to glorify God for His mercies;
but the impulse which leads to such
observances is as old as the heart Of
man, and doubtless found rude ex-
preston at very remote period. Still
the grateful gathering of the Plymouth
colonists to return thanks for the rich
harvest Of 1928 was the seed from
which has blossomed our modern
celebration-a day of grateful feasting
and family reunion.
The custom dommends itself to all,
not only that it is a fitting and
reverent one, but also because it is
wholesome and elevating to forget our
misfortunes and rejoice in our bless
ings. The inclination to grumble
grows upon an individual or nation,
and cannot be checked 100 soon. This
popular tendency is very we'll illustrated
by an aneCdote of two Harvard pro-
fessors who were breakfasting together.
{" All, said one, "what world this
would be without coffee" "Yes,"
responded the other gloomily, as he
slipped his steaming Mocha, "but what
terrible world it is with coffee -
There are none who have not
something for which to be thankful, if
they would but seek for Contentment
and happiness, rather than for sources
of discomfort. Many persons have
within their grasp all the elements OF
earthly happpiness-home, health,
friends-and yet unconsciously convert
all LIES sweetness into bitterness, and
let the pearl of contentment dissolve
in the vinegar of their own acid
natures. To all such, Thanksgiving
comes to open their hearts, and lie. in
the sunlight, and even to the desolate
and sorrowing it should bring hope
and consolation.
" For the long peace of all the dead,
For the brief days of all men living,
May even wandering, homeless hearts
Make glad Thanksgiving.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, !.
En1-,-rx, -

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner Of the firm of F. j. Che.
ney & Co, doing business in the city OF
Toledo, county and State aforesaid, and
thai said firm will pay the sum of one hun.
dred dollars for each and every case of
catarrh that cannot be cured by the use OF
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.
1886. A. w. GLEASON
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30

TIE most elegant and appropriate
souvenir of the great Worlds Column
bian Exposition, which one can have,
is BanCroft'S &" Book of the Fair" this
being the next thing to having the
entire Exposition forever with him.
1t IS the most complete and perfect
reproduction OF the Great Display that
has been made, or that can be made
within reasonable limits. The 900
imperial folio pages which the work is
to contain will be packed with all that
is most interesting to read and best
worth preserving, while the illustrations
are in the highest art, as the numbers
SO far issued amply show. 1t is to be
full and complete history and descrip-
ton of the Worlds Fair at Chicago,
organization, buildings, and exhibits,
covering the whole ground, and is as
full in detail as can be within the
limits assigned. 1.-The Book of the
FAIR is published by the Bancroft
Company, Auditorium Building, Chi
cago.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30

WE are pleased to welcome to our
exchange table the Winston Daily
Vera. 1t is neat, newsy and well
edited paper and reflects credit alike
upon the town and the publishers,
Messrs. Webb and Whitaker. Col. c..
+. Webb, Mayor of Winston, is
associate editor and business manager
and Mr.. ]. B. Whitaker, Jr., is editor.
Both gentleman have had valuable
newspaper experience and are well
known and highly esteemed in
journalistic circles. They have the
best wishes of the GOLD LEAF for
individual prosperity and the success
of their new enterprise.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30

ShilOh's Vitalizeris what YOU need for
Dyspepsia, Torpid Liver. yellow Skin or
Kidney Trouble. 1t is guaranteed to give
you satisfaction. Price 75c. Sold by W.
W. Parker, druggist. Henderson.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
Well! We'll =!

That will be your natural expression
of pleased surprise and wonderment
at the prices we have marked on the
goods just placed on our counters.
It really ought not to be done, but
trade necessity knows no law.
have just returned from the Nor
then markets where | purchased an
IMMENSE STOCK OF GOODS
at the BIGGEST BARGAINS | ever
made in all my long experience as
merchant. And those who have
dealt at the famous and nnnlllr
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30

IF -FOUR BACK ACHES.
Or you are all worn out, really good for moth.
ing. 1t Is general debility. Try
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
II will cure you. cleanse your liver, and give
a good appetite.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
| SEAL.
Notary Public

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testimials
free.
sold by druggists, 75c.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30

THIS project says the Baltimore SIN,
ought to do good:
Ten enterprising farmers of Floyd
county, Va, have organized the " Corn
Club with the object of testing the
amount of corn that an acre of Floyd
land will produce. The member pro-
ducing the largest yield on an acre in
1894 will receive $40 in gold, and at
the time of awarding the prize the club
will give an old Floyd county Thanks
giving dinner of roast turkey and
cranberries, baked 'possum and pota-
toes, beef, pork. chicken, pumpkin
pies and other things. At the same
time each member of the club is to
bring specimen of his finest apples,
and the collection will be sent to the
commissioner OF agriculture. There
are some excellent farmers in Floyd
county, and the friendly contest to be
made will doubtless result in some big
yields. Splendid fruit is also raised
in that county.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
COL. JOHN ID, CAMERON.

1t is indeed with genuine pleasure
that we note the improved condition
Of our venerable and esteemed friend
Col. John D. Cameron, who has been
quite sick at his home in Ashevllle for
several weeks. AS the Winston WorlI
says, " Col, Cameron is without a
doubt one of the best posted men in
North Carolina, and as writer
perhaps has no superior. The writer
of this was associated with COL
Cameron for some time and found
him to be a gentleman always, kind
hearted and true and an enthusiastic
lover Of his native State" The GOLD
LEAF trusts that its good friend may
be fully restored to health and that he
may be granted many more years of
honor and usefulness to the State and
to the profession Of journalism which
he has adorned with such conspicuous
ability.
VERIFY, we as a people, as well as
individuals, have much to be thankful
for. While we may not be situated
exactly as we wish, surrounded with all
that we could desire, our lot might
be great deal worse. Let US then
| be grateful for what we have and this
day give thanks to our Heavenly
Father for dealing no more harshly
with US than He has AS the Monroe
Enquirer aptly says:
There is bread for the eater and
seed for the sower. No blighting
scourge reaches US. No loathsome
pestilence nor blighting plague finds
an abiding place on these hills. Many
a time the great West is pointed tc
with words Of praise for its vast re-
sources and great advantages, but wher
we learn that the wort drought il
twenty years prevails in portions of the
great West, ed that the Colorado
river is lower than since 1881, and
that farmers are hauling water ten anc
fifteen miles we are inclined to think
that there are other places beside:
North Carolina which have drawbacks
There is no perfect place on this globe
1t is useless to seek perfection in eli
mate or an Elysium for an abiding
place. Remember that Eden had it,
serpent.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

We desire live agent and correspondent
at every pOstOffice in Vance and adjoining
counties.
Correspondence on all subjects of local
and general interest and opinions upon
matters Of public concern, are invited.
The editor will not be responsible for
the views or statements Of correspondents
and reserves the right at all times to
revise or reject any article be may think
proper.
One side, only, of the paper Wust be
written On-and the real name OF the
writer accompany the contribution. No
attention will be paid to anonymous let
tiers
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30

THE Murfreesboro hatr very truly
observes, that it is much easier to pull
down than to build up. 1t took only
few months of business depression to
break down the trade and industry of
the country but it will require years to
repair the losses incurred. Already
business is beginning to improve in
various parts of the land and if the
people will work together for the in
terest of all the business of the country
will again soon be placed upon solid
basis.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30

a NEW candidate for popular favor
in the journalistic field is the Mascot
published by Mcssrs. I. B. EId'dgc
and O. f. Crowson, at Staic>vlir
These gentleman are we'll known to
the newspaper fraternity of the safe,
and have the best wishes of 4 host VI
friends. The GOLD LEAF is especially
pleased to welcome Brother Eldridge
back to the editorial tripod from which
he has been temporarily divorced fol
several months. He wields vigorous
and trenchant pen, and as the
" Father of the Constitution" of the
North Carolina Press Association his
services have been missed.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
RACKET STORE

Heretofore know that means much.
In fact, bought SO many goods that
| hardly have room to put them. But
the PRICES ARE SO LOW that
they will not be in the way any longer
than it takes for the people TO learn
what | have and the GREAT BAR
GAINS OFFERED in each article.
Some idea may be obtained of the ex-
tent of the stock from the fact that
bought
$4,000 WORTH OF SHOES ALONE,
In job lots. All styles, all sizes, all
qualities, all prices-for men, women
and children. Prices SO absurdly low
that ! do not like to publish. Full
line of DRY GOODS AND NO
TIONS, LADIES' DRESS GOODS
AND TRIMMINGS, HATS, CAPS,
UNDERWEAR, HOUSE FURNISH
ING GOODS, &c, &c, in proportion
and equally low in price. Come and
see for yourself.
Dg-'rhe ladies especially are invited
to give me call and inspect these
goods. Very ReSpeCtfully
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30

NORTH CAROLINA boasts of man
that has worn the same pair of pants
every Sunday for 80 years. We would
like 10 bet our old straw hat that he
was in some way connected with a
newspaper,-keowee IS. c. Courier.
No, sir North Carolina newspaper
men do not do business that way.
They are not SO fastidious and wear
one pair Of pants every day in the
week. But they do not last 48 years.
SUCH items as the following which
we frequently come across in our
exchanges are encouraging. The
Carthage BIaGc says:
There will probably be more home
raised meat killed in Moore county
this fall than in any year since the
war. When our people agian in
augurate the good old plan of making
all their hog and hominy' at home,
financial panics will have but little
effect upon US.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30

For the long peace of all the dead,
For the brief days of all men living,
May even wandering, homeless hearts
Make glad Thanksgiving
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-01-19
EAGLE AND DOG DUEL.
A Fierce Battle In Idaho In Which
the Dog Came Out Ahead,

A Fierce Battle In Idaho In Which
the Dog Came Out Ahead.
81 saw a battle between an eagle
and bulldog last Spring." said John
II. Fitzjames, a member OF the Time
Killers Club, who was wearing away
a dull Sunday in the corridors of the
Isaclede, says the Globe Democrat.
81 was at Pocatelle, Idaho. Back of
the hotel was a large lot, in which
were number of chickens and a big
bulldog. An eagle swooped down up
on a portly Shanghai rooster, but
missed him, and the feathered Nor
mon ran squawking into the carriage
shed, where Towser was takina q
snooze. The bird of freedom was not
inclined to miss his dinner, and fol-
lowed after
:.The racket raised Towser, and he
gave battle to the big bird. The
eagle beat him with his wings and tore
him with his claws, and the dog drew
back as though he had made a mis-
take. He walked around the eagle,
looking for q safer point of attack,
but the king of birds was on the abort.
HE was inclined to force the fight
ing, and with a wicked scream flew at
the dog. fastened his claws into his
back and tried to lift him into the air,
but found him too heavy. Towser
had recovered from his surprise, and
soon had theeagle's head in chancery.
A couple of vicious bites. and the en-
blem of freedom was dead upon an
unpoetical dunghill. He madea game
fight, but was outclassed."
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-01-19
THE SNOW PLANT.
A Remarkable Flower That Grows
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

A Remarkable Flower That Grows
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
The most remarkable plant found
growing in the United States is that
fragile and paradoxical wonder, the
,''snow plant" of the Sierra Nevada
mountains, says the Philadelphia
Press. 1t is known to the botanist as
Sarcodes sanguinea, meaning "bloody
or blooded flesh" Nothing in the
plant line was ever more exquisitely
beautiful than this rosy, snow-tinted
botanical oddity, which has been
likened to crowned hyacinth, It
grows to q height of from s to 20
inches, each separate bract, sepal and
miniature bell being frosted as d>',i.
cately as though done by the ic~ Ly;no
himself. Although the whole ',raneI,Is
cent spike is flushed With rosa and
,carmine, the petals are mo r;cbes+ onJ
most brilliant parts of the fiower
which is hve-par'. led, each open bell
plainly disclosing the little frosted
stamens md pistils.
4nH Long expedition. one of whose
p.embers was the original discoverer
~ O0"A SONCS1 AOuuO OtlC Or TWO SDeCl-
mems of the plant bearing eight perfect
flowers, one of them having a false
bulb 20 Or more inches in diameter,
shaped like pineapple and as brittle
as spun glass. Although this pseudo
bulb was hard to the touch it dried
up IN few days until it was no larger
than the odd-looking, icicle-like stem
upon which 1t grew. Florticulturists
OF the Pacific slope have made many
unsuccessful attempts to cultivate the
snow plant, the bulbs being too brit
tie to stand transplanting and the
seeds refusing to grow. Botanists
once gave it as their opinion that the
plant would not survive below the
line of perpetual snow, but this idea
has lately been proved erroneous.
One thing is certain, however, it
makes it's early growth while covered
with many feet of snow, blooming as
soon as the icy covering is penetrated