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HENDERSON, N G., THURSDAY, NOVERBER l6, 1898.
MY CHOICE.
BY A, ROsCOWER.

BY A. ROSCOWER.
do not care how high she stands,
Or what her ancestry,
Or if she boasts unbOunded lands
And ships on every sea;
l do not care to know her creed,
Nor on what soil she grew,
l only ask if she's indeed,
An honest WOmaE-true.
The pride of titles I ignore
At crowns and crests l laugh
care not if my ancestor
Bore lance or shepherds staff;
Ii he was honest brave and true,
With heart answering,
To him the need of praise is due,
If peasant or if king.
What's he who wears the regal crown?
A creature of the sod
Formed of like substance as clown
Made by the self. same God;
And God will no fond record keep
OF pOmp and power and pride,
AS each man sOwS so shall he reap
BY deeds all must be tried.
So when meet a woman of worth,
What matters it to me
What lucky country claims her birth,
Or what her creed may be?
She is my type Of majesty
In whom all virtues blend,
And in her noble face see
4 "life- partner" and "a friend"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

The first chapter of the first number
of Mr.. Bancroft's Book of the Fair is
entitled Fairs Of the Past. In brief
review the author presents panorama
of the past, glowing with beautiful
pictures and description, and conclud-
ing with the Paris Exposition Of 1889.
Next is a brief historical sketch of
Chicago. The work bids fair to be
one of surprising beauty and interest.
The Bancroft Publishing Co., Audi
torium Building, Chicago, H., are
the publishers of this really superb
work
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Russell Greek and POCahOntaS Lump.
Henderson, \. (.
FOR SALEON EASY TERMS.
Valuable Farm of 100 Acres,
Henderson, \

The undersigned offers for sale, on easy
terms, a valuable farm in Warren county,
living on the public road leading from
Bethlehem church TO the Narrenton road,
about y miles from the town of Warren
ton The Improvements consist of a good
two story dwelling, corn crib and stables.
Spring of excellent water within 30 yards
II the hoiise. Land rich and productive
we'll adapted to the growth OF cotton,
,ouacco, corn, wheat, oats, grasses, clover
md peppermint. This land will be sold
oH the following terms: One hundred
dollars (SlO0) year, without interest,
until the whole amount is paid at the rate
Of $1,000 an acre. This is a splendid bar
gam as the price asked would not be
EoIe than nominal rent, and the pur-
chaser would then be credited with so
much every year paid on the place. and
would have sixteen years to pay the whole
amount without interest. No such OppOr-
t..Ity to buy good farm on easy terms IS
''..' met with. Owner Will take pleas
H'- II showing the land to interested per-
-"' without charge. For further particu-
il,~ call on &. J. ALSTON,
Henderson, =. L.
-, HAD Il. MANNING,
GOLD LEAF Office.
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The Times is Democratic, bone and
sinew. We desire to see the party
succeed on it's purity and its principles,
and otherwise. We hold that the bes t
service Democrat can do his party
is to see that no dishonest or political
tricksters secure preferment at its
hands. If charges are preferred an
investigation will not hurt an innocent
man. The guilty alone fear justice.
We desire to see the great Democrtic
party so pure and so high-toned that
no political trickster, no immoral or
corrupt man, would dare aspire for
office at its hands. Times.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

Woman, suppose you tell your un-
converted husband, in an easy, laugh
ing way, My dear, l believe you are
going to heli," will he believe you 2
If your life is gay and trlfling you
show that either you do not believe
there is hell, or that you wish to
have him go there, and are trying to
keep off every serious impression from
his mind. Have you children that are
unconverted Suppose you never say
anything to them about religion, or
when you do talk to them it is in such
a cold, hard, dry way as shows you
have no feeling. DO you suppose they
believe you? They don't see the same
coldness in you in regard to other
things. They are in the habit of see
ing all the mother in your eye and in
the tones of your voice, your emphasis
and the like, and feeling the warmth
of a mothers heart as it flows out from
your lips on all that concerns them.
If, then, when you talk to them on
the subject Of religion, you are cold
and trifiing, can they suppose you be
lieve it3 If your department holds
up before your child this careless,
heartless, prayerless spirit, and then
you talk to them about the importance
of religion, the child will go away and
laugh to think you should try to per
suade him there is hell.
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SUBSCRIPTION $3.50 Cash.
NO. ~.

Never tor>akc n friend. When ene-
mIes gather around. when sickness
tails on the lrart. when the world is
dark aud ,le,rlr>S, it is the time TO
try Friendship. The heart that has
been touched with pure gold will re-
double lis efforts when the friend is
ever in trouble. Adversely tries real
friendship. Those WHO turn away
from the scene of distress betray their
hypocrisy, and prove that interest only
moves them. If you have a friend
who loves you, who has studied your
interest and happiness, be sure to sus-
tam HIM in adversely. Let him feel
that his love is not thrown away
Waterloo O6serrer.
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| Richmond Times.

lRIchmOnd Times,
The defeat of Maynard, in New York,
Democratic candidate for a seat in the
States highest court Of appeals, is a
circumstance that gives real comfort
to true and honest Democrats. When
the election of the Legislature which
sent Governor Hill to the United
States Senate took place, Maynard was
one Of the sworn officers of the State
of New York. The Legislature was
very close, and, to give the Democrats
a majority, Maynard diverted some of
the official returns. This secured a
Democratic majority and gave Sena-
tor Hill his seat in the Senate. Hill
never fails to reward a friend for a
service rendered him, and, though this
service was at the expense of felony,
that fact counted nothing with Hill.
He accordingly made his convention
nominate Maynard as its candidate for
Judge of the Court of Appeals. The
facts connected with those election
returns were fully explained to all the
people of New York with the result
that Mr.. Maynard was elected to stay
at home by large majority.
In striking contrast with this was
the election of Judge Gary in Chicago.
This gentleman was one of Chicago's
judges when the anarchists murdered
the policemen, and it fell to his lot to
preside at their trial. His unbending
fairness secured their conviction and
he has, as matter of course, been,
from that time, the pet object of
anarchist hatred. They marshalled all
their forces against him and they had
the assistance of Chicago's Democratic
machine. But the honest and in
telligent voters of Chicago, without
regard to party, cast their votes for
the incorruptible and fearless judge
who was equal to the task of seizing
hydra headed anarchy by the throat
and strangling it at its first appearance.
This was glorious day for Chicago,
and for peace and order everywhere.
These two election contests are
striking tributes to the claim that
Judges and United States senators
should be elected by the direct vote of
he people. When we can get
candidates for political Office squarely
before the people on question OF
their fitness or unhtness for the places
they seek, and we get all of the facts
fairly and fully before the people, their
judgment is always right. The people
never go wrong when they get all the
facts of the case before them.
Popular judgment is such cases is
unerring. Let us therefore have
judges, United States senators and
all other officers, except the heads Of
bureaus which employ many subordi-
mates, elected by the people. These
bureaus should be managed by COM
missioners, and the commissioners
should be elected by the people.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

Feminine millinery seems to be at
tackled with the Jim jams this season,
the hats are so cut up before and bent
and skewered out Of shape and
sobriety. With all the eccentricity of
shapes, however, there is a style and a
fascination about the aforesaid head
gear that is bound to make pretty
girl look more bewitchingly pretty
than ever, but it does not help the
ugly ones ); for the fantastic designs in
millinery are bound to accent their
ugliness as never before.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

Don't be in hurry to condemn the
actions of men till you know all the
facts in the case. 1t is the chief desire
of honest men to do right, and not
withstanding they often do wrong, i.
is in many cases because of perverted
notions growing out of their environ
ments. How often do we see men
yield to circumstances and do and say
things that they would otherwise scorn
to do. 1t is poor judge who decides
before he hears both sides of the case.
Durham .Snn.
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An exchange says every housekeeper
should know that chemists say it takes
more than twice as much sugar to
sweeten the preserves, sauces, etc, If
put in when they begin to cook, as it
does to sweeten them after the fruit is
coodke Who of our lady friends can
tell us whether this is true or not?
We know that most people put the
sugar in with the fruit when it is first
placed on the fire.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

The Treasury Department has
ordered the superintendent Of mints
at san Francisco and New Orleans to
resume the coinage, suspended some
time ago. of the standard silver dollar.
1t is the intention Of the Treasury De-
partment as other mints become clear
of gold coinage to have them also coin
silver aud thus increase coinage three
and one half to four and one half mil
lion dollars per month.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

The golden moments in the stream
of life rush past US !; and we see nothing
but sand the angels come and visit
US, and we only know them when they
are gone.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

The fall of the year is trying season
for elderly people. The many cheerless,
dark, dismal days act depressingly, not to
say injuriously, on both old and young.
Now is the time to re-enforce the vital
energies with Ayers Sarsaparilla-the
best of all blood medicines.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

That Kansas woman justice Of the
peace, who sentenced tramp to two
baths a day, no work, no soup, is fit to
sit beside chief justice and give him
points.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

Hope is the coupling pin that keeps
US from being dashed into the valley
of disappointment and despair when
the grade becomes steepest and the
pull hardest. Sun.
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We endorse what the Winston Sen-
Hnel says in the following paragraph !:
Mr.. Geo. B. Hanna, of the United
States branch mint at Charlotte is
doing the State good service by his
articles on "Gold Mining in North
Carolina" published in the Manufac-
ure,s' Record. Very little mining is
now done in Davidson county, he
writes, but Randolph and Montgomery
counties abound in mines, there being
not less than thirty in Randolph. The
yield of one mine in Union county
has been estimated at $4,000.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

The prospects are good for unlimited
thanksgiving banquets this year judg-
ing from the swarms Of turkeys to be
seen in all the barnyards throughout
the country.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

President Cleveland has reap
pointed Collectors Elias and Simmons,
whose confirmation failed to be acted
upon in the Senate, and has given
another example of that backbone and
determination of purpose which has
been one of his most notable charac-
teristics. In this action the President
will receive the applause and approval
of more than nine-tenths of the Dem
OCrats of North Carolina.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

They are required to be witnesses
in this way because example teaches
with so much greater force than pre-
cept. This is universally known. Ac
tions speak louder than words. But
where both precept and example are
brought it brings the greatest amount
OF influence to bear upon the mind.
AS to the manner in which they are to
testify the way in which they are to
bear witness to the truth of the points
specified; in general, they should live
in their daily walks apd conversation
as if they believed the Bible.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

1t is no easy thing to dress harsh, coarse
hair so as to make it look graceful or
becoming. By the use of Ayers Hair
Vigor, this difficulty is removed. and the
ment that may be desired. Give the Vigor
trial.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

You cannot do effective work without
clear head, and for this take Simmons
Liver Regulator.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

AS if man should look in a mir
ror and say, "that's my face" How
do you know it is your face7 Why,
by its looks. So when a Christian
sees himself drawn and pictured forth
in the Bible, he sees the likeness to be
so exact that he knows it is true. But
more particularly, Christians are to
testify by precept-by precept and ex-
ample on every proper occasion, by
their lips, but mainly by their lives.
Christians have no right to be silent
with their lips; they should rebuke,
exhort, and entreat with all long suf-
tering and doctrine. But their main
influence as witnesses is by their ex-
ample.
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PURITY IN POLITICS,
A LESSON WITH A MORAL.

Some Causes That Led to Demo-
cratic Defeat---Whatth the Result
OF the Recent Elections Teaches
MATTERS for Serious Consider
alton by the Party Leaders and
Bosses Of the Machine.
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Most of our ailments come from a dis
ordered liver which Simmons Liver Reg
ulatOr cures.
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Well, silver has met its Appomattox.

Well, silver has met it's Appomattox.
But we no more despair now than we
despaired then. The surrender OF
Lee did not mean the annihilation of
the people of the South. It did not
mean the end of free government. Nor
will the repeal of the Purchase clause
mean the annihilation of silver money.
Silver will continue to be used. In
deed, it may be restored to its rightful
relation to gold precisely as the South
ern people have been restored to their
rightful relation to the Northern peo-
Pile, all of us being the happier and
better for the change of belligerent
policies into the harmonies of peace
and union. .-Goldsboro argus.
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3. The satisfying nature of religion.
Christians are bound to say by their
conduct that they are actually satisfied
with the enjoyments of religion, with
out the pomps and vanities OF the
world that the joys of religion and
communion with God keep them
above the world. They are to mani
fest tnat this world is not their home.
Their profession is that Heaven is a
reality and that they expect to dwell
there forever. But suppose they con-
tradict this by their conduct, and live
in such way as to prove that they
can not be happy unless they have a
full share of the fashion and show OF
the world, and that as for going to
Heaven they had much rather remain
on earth than 10 die and 60 there.
What does the world think, when they
are protesting Christians, just as much
afraid to die as an infidel? Such
Christians perjure themselves-they
swear to lie, for they testify that
there is nothing in religion for which
a person can afford to live above the
world.
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GARY And MAYNARD.
ONE WAS ELECTED. THE
OTHER DEFEATED.

a righteous Revolt---The People
SICK and Tired OF Boss Rule
and Machine Politics---Will the
Leaders Heed the Lesson and
Profit From Temporary DefeatP ?
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1. AS if they believed the soul to
be immortal and as if they believed
that death was not the termination of
their existence, but the entrance into
an unchanging state. They ought to
live so as to make this impression fall
upon all around them. 1t is easy to
see that precept without example on
this point will do no good. All the
arguments in the world will not con-
vince mankind that you really believe
this, unless you live as if you believe
it. Your reasoning may be unanswer-
able, but if you do not live accord
ingly your actions will defeat your ar
guments. They will say you are an
ingenious sophist or an acute reasoner,
and perhaps admit that they can not
answer you but then, they will say it
is evident that your reasoning is false,
and that you know it is false, because
your life contradicts your theory. Or
that, if it is true, you do not believe it
at any rate.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

Dyspepsia in all its forms is not only
relieved but cured by Simmons LIVER Reg
ulatOr.
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look everything else. One impor,an,
design in keeping Christians in the
world is to teach people on this point,
practically not to labor for the mea,
that perisheth. But suppose professors
OF religion teach the vanity of earthly
things by precepts and contradict it
IN practice. Suppose the women are
just as fond of dress and just as par
ticular in observing all the fashions,
and the men as eager to have fine
houses and equipage, as the people OF
the world. Who does not see that it
would be quite ridiculous for them to
testify with their lips, that this world
is all vanity and its joys all unsatisfy-
ing and empty. People feel this alb
surdity and it is this that shuts up the
lips Of Christians. They are ashamed
to speak to their neighbors while they
cumber themselves with these gew-
gaws, because their daily conduct tes-
tlhes to everybody the very reverse.
How it would look for some of the
church members in this city, male or
female, to 60 about among the COM
mon people and talk to them about
the vanity of the world1 Who would
believe what they say?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-16

The longest speech ever published
in the Congressional Record is that of
Senator Allen, in the delivery Of which
he occupied fourteen and half hours.
1t fills sixty-two pages of I24 columns.
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Simmons Liver Regulator, bear in mind,
is not an experiment. 1t is endorsed by
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2. The vanity and unsatisfying ma
ture OF the things Of this world. You
are to testify this by your life. The
failure in this is the great stumbling
block in the way Of mankind. Here
the testimony of Gods children is
needed more than anywhere else. Men
are SO struck with the object of sense
and so constantly occupied with them,
that they are very apt to shut out eter-
nifty from their minds. A small OBJ
ject that is held close to the eye may
shut out the distant ocean. So the
things of the world that are near mag
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4. The guilt and danger of sinners.
Christians are bound to warn sinners
of their awful condition, and exhort
them to flee from the wrath to come,
and lay hold on everlasting life. But
who does not know that the manner
OF doing this is everything? Sinners
are often struck under conviction by
the very manner of doing thing.
There was man once very much op-
posed to preacher. On being asked
to specify some reason, he replied: 81
can't bear to hear him for he says the
word 'hell' in such way that it
rings in my ears long time after
wards" He was displeased with the
very thing that constituted the power
of speaking that one word. The man
ner may be such as to convey an idea
directly opposite to the meaning of
the words. A man may tell you that
your house is on fire in such way as
to make directly the opposite impress
sion, and you will take for granted
that it is not your house that is on fire.
The watchman might sing out fire, fire,
in such way that everybody would
think that he was either asleep or
drunk. A certain manner is so usually
connected with the announcement Of
certain things that they can not be
expressed without that manner. The
words themselves never alone convey
the meaning, because the idea can
only be fully expressed by particular
manner Of speaking. Go to a sinner
and talk with him about his guilt and
danger, and if in your manner you
make an impression that does not cor
respond you in effect bear testimony
in another way, and tell him he is in
no danger of hell. If the sinner be-
lieves at all that he is in danger of
hell it is wholly on other grounds than
your saying SO. If you live in such
way as to show that you do not feel
compassion for sinners around you; if
you show no tenderness by your eyes,
your features your voice il your man
ner is not solemn and earnest, how
can they believe you are sincere9
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The Christian is conscious that the
Bible is true. The veriest child in re-
ligion knows by his experience the
truth of the Bible. He may hear OBJ
jections from infdels that he never
thought of, and that he can not an
swer, and he may be confounded, but
he can not be driven from his ground.
He will say, 81 can not answer you,
but | know the Bible is true"
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PRACTICAL RELIGION.
A SERMON BY REV. CHAS. G.
FINNEY.
The Need of Practical Christian
ity as Exemplif1ed by the Life
and Teachings Of Jesus Christ.
PART THIRD.

TExr--Ie are witnesses, saith the Lord,
and my servant whom have chosen.
In the text it is affirmed Of the chill
dren Of God that they are witnesses.
One grand design of God in having
Christians in the world after their con-
version is that that they may be wit
nesses for God. 1t is that they may
call the attention of the thoughtless
multitude to the subject, and make
them see the difference in the charac-
ter and destiny of those who believe
and those who reject the gospel. This
inattention is the grand difficulty in
the way of promoting. And what the
spirit of God does is to awaken the at
tention of men to the subject of their
sin and the plan of salvation. Mira
cles have sometimes been employed to
arrest the attention of sinners. And
in this way miracles have become in
strumental in conversion, although
conversion itself is not miracle, nor
do miracles themselves ever convert
anybody. They may be the means of
awkening. Miracles are not always
efectual even in that. And if con-
tinued or made common they would
soon lose their power. What is wanted
in the world is something that can be
a sort of omnipresent miracle, able not
only to arrest attention, but to fix it,
and keep the mind in contact with
truth until it yields.
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I. To what particular points they
are to testify for God.
2. The manner in which they are
to testify.
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Hence we see why God has scat
tered His children everywhere, in fam
lilies and among the nations. He
never would suffer them to be alto
gether in one place, however agreeable
to their feelings. He wishes them
scattered. When the church at Jeru-
salem herded together, neglecting to
60 forth as Christ had commanded, to
spread the gospel all over the world,
God let loose a persecution upon
them and scattered them abroad, and
then they went everywhere preaching
the gospel. In examining the text l
enquire how Christians are to testify.