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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-07

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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-07
EASYTOT TAKE

EASYTO TAKE
DIR. Pierce'a
Pleasant Pe0etA
Smallest, eaEtest,
cheapest, best.
They're tiny,
sugar-coated,
ani-bNous gran.
ulea, . COMPOUND
Of refined and
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-07
Notice.

HAvING QUALIFIED AS EXEC
ID utOr of the last will and testament
Of william Blanks. deceased, this is to
notify all persons having claims against
verified before the end day of August,
1894, or this notice will be plea ded in bar
Of their recovery. Persons indebted TO
said estate will please make payment at
once.
PATRICK A. BOBBITT.
Executor Of William Blanks, decd.
T. T. HIGHS Attorney.
aug. p, 1898.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-07

TINES are bound to get better.
There is not only as much money in
the country as there has been, but
there is more, according to the state
ment of Secretary Carlisle. He is
quoted as saying that there was in the
country, outside of the Treasury, on
the 2sth of August, s5S,4s2,55o more
currency than there was on the 1st of
August, and S7o,2o4,7Ss more than
there was on the 1st of January. But
the trouble is the money has been tenn
porarily Withdrawn from circulation.
AS soon as it returns to the channels
of trade, whether by a return of
confidence or business expedience,
better times will be the result.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-07

IF the coming State Fair (so-called)
is not " the biggest success of the kind
ever known" it will not be because of
a failure Cor an attempt at least) to
dead beat an amount of advertising
sufficient to make it so. Such persist
ency in flooding newspaper offices
with literature Of this description has
not been known since the time John
T. Patrick flourished as a promoter of
alleged Southern Inter States Exposi-
tons. The newspapers of North Caro-
lima are edited by a liberal hearted,
broad minded, public spirited set of
men, who are always willing to do
their full share in booming every public
enterprise, yet We fail to see why they
should be asked or expected to give
their columns over so entirely to the
promotion of individual interests in
the shape of horse trots and agricul-
tural fairs, to the extent that they are
called upon by certain individuals in
and about Raleigh to it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-07
FROM THE NORTHWEST.

An Entertaining and Instructive
Letter from q Bright and Tai
ented Young Lady Correspond
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-07
for Infants and Children.

"The use OF sCastoria is 20 universal ana
fits merits 30 well known that it seems WORK
Of supererogation to endorse it Few are INC
intelligent families who do not keep CassofsA
within easy reach"
New York City.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23

The Silver State says Hon. William
IL. Claggett, formerly Of Nevada, and
by right entitled TO the seat in the
United States Senate now occupied by
Dubois, has joined the Populists in
Idaho. He has written a letter re-
nouncing his allegiance to the Repub-
lican party, which, he says, like the
Democratic party, is incapable and I'M
willing to grapple the financial ques-
ton and serve the interests OF the peo-
pie. When Nevada was admitted
Claggett, who was ~practicing law in
Virginia City, lacked but a few votes
Of being the Republican nominee for
Congressman in this State.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23

We find the following communica-
ton in the Voice OF the People, an
Italian newspaper published in San
Francisco, under date OF the 11th in
slant, which was furnished that paper
by u fellow-townsman, Andrea Del
Bondio:
Yesterday, at the home Of the LAM
Bros, situated about FIVE miles from
Eureka,a baptism took place which was
performed with all the solemnity usual
on such occasions. The event was the
baptising of the only son Of Giuseppe
Lani and Marietta Lani. Vincenzo LAM
acted as godfather and Caterina
Affranchini as godmother. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Father
Kennedy. A great number OF friends
and relatives were present, who con-
graduated the parents upon the event.
The host and hostess had prepared q
most bountiful spread OF delicacies and
fluid refreshments for their guests-in
fact, the latter was a veritable bottle
battery of q selected brand Of inn
ported Italian wine; to all Of which
those assembled did ample justice.
The feast lasted one whole day and
the following night. during which time
there was singing, dancing and toasts
offered and drank to the health, hap
piness and prosperity Of the young son.
All those present enjoyed themselves
to their hearts content, and expressed
themselves many times during the
evening that the hospitable manne in
which Mr.. and Mrs. LAM looked after
the comfort Of their guests was a COM
pliment not soon to be forgotten. At
daybreak the guests dispersed not be-
fore. however, extending their hearty
good wishes to the whole Lani family.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
Detecting q Thief I'm japan,

An American traveller who has been
exploring the interior of Japan came
upon a small village where a singular
custom prevails. Whenever a robbery
is committed, and the thief is undis-
covered, the ruler Of the hamlet sum-
mons the entire male population and
requests them to write on a slip OF
paper the name Of the person they
suspect OF the crime.
The n receiving the largest number
Of ballots is declared duly elected"
and afterward promptly punished.
This system may have certain adj
vantages not very clear to the Western
mind, but it must open the door to
numberless abuses and unfortunate
possibilities. philadelphia Times.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
The diamond Mine Nugget.

Superintendent Read sent down
from the diamond Company's mine,
last Monday. a nugget Of ore weighing
2 $50 pounds, which was shipped on
Wednesday to the Midwinter Fair in
San Francisco, and which is to repre-
sent Eureka county. The nugget is
three feet and ten inches long, eight
cen inches wide and eighteen inches
thick. 1t assays 1872 per cent in silver
per ton and "a per cent in lead. The
nugget, when quarried out in the
mine, was about double its present
size, but was too large to haul up the
shaft and had to be broken. The
company paid the expense OF trans
porting ii to the Fair. This nugget
will be a good advertisement for our
mining district and We would like to
see more nuggets sent from here.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
Influenza In Europe.

London has settled down to the
melancholy conviction that it is in for
another season Of influenza. Cases
haye nearly doubled in number within
a month and it is said that some thirty
members OF Parliament are already
invalided with it. The temptation to
escape that climax Of draity boredom
at Westminster may. however, give
the epidemic a fictitious boom. No
doubt is possible about its reality on
the Continent. In the Upper Rhine
and Main regions ii approaches the
violence OF the plague. and q fifth OF
the whole population oil Hesse and
Darmstadt is reported down with it.
Parliamentary work at Vienna is at a
standstill because all the officers OF
both Houses are suffering. tits noted
in Berlin, where it is fiercely raging.
that this time the epidemic is coupled
with failure OF the heart, and attacks
for a choice the strongest constitutions.
London Letter.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
Lead.

The proposed tariff seems at last to
have had its effect on lead, which is
down to So 10 per hundred, after a
brief and Intellectual struggle to adj
vance. Since the beginning Of the
panic Of the past summer, prices for
pig lead have been from a4c 10 lc per
Ii. lower than for many years past,
and, with the silver and lead markets
in their present condition, the only
reason for a continuation Of such
prices lies in the fear Of imports of
foreign lead being made if the duty is
removed. - Mining and Scientific
Press.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
The Purity OF Gold.

The purity of gold is estimated by
an Abyssinisn weight called a carat,
Arabian quirrat, a bean, the fruit Of
the carab tree, which is subdivided
into four parts called grains, says an
exchange. The term carat when APP
piled to gold and silver is not a weight
unit, but the mode Of expressing the
purity and fneness Of the metal in
twenty.fourths. Thus 1S-carat gold is
metal in which eighteen parts out OF
twenty-four Tor three-fourths) are pure
gold. This method Of estimating fine
hess is traceable from the marc of
Europe having been divided into
tw~enty-four real carats or actual weight
units. The present method isto esti-
mate fneness in thousands; i. e., gold
fine has $50 parts alloy, corresponds
to ls-carat gold, three-quarters OF the
metal being pure gold in each case.
Our gold coins are 2l.l9.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23

The Executive Committee of the
California Fair has decided to adopt
the coin system" of admission for
visitors. This will do away with the
necessity for printed tickets, each
visitor depositing with the gate-keepers
the admission fee in coin. Money
changers will be installed in booths
Immediately in front of the gates,
where change will be made for those
who may be unprovided with the
necessary coin. This will undoubtedly
be recognized by the public as a great
convenience to them and will quite as
undoubtedly obviate a great deal OF de-
lay at the gates.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
pscIdedlx unconvenslenaI.

Mrs. Angeline Allen is at 1t again.
Mrs. Allen is the young woman who
nearly threw Founder Bradley of AS
bury Park into fits last summer by APP
pearing on the beach in a bathing suit,
in which material was very scanty.
She is now riding around Newark, N.
j., on a bicycle, wearing a pair of tight
fitting corduroy breeches, patent
leather shoes, a zouave jacket, q mans
shirt, and possibly some other clothes
not VISIBLE to the general public. The
natives watch for her with bated
breath, and her appearance is the
signal for a rush to all the front
windows along the street.--Newsrk
IN. j. Correspondent.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
Rabbiss Appreciated.

J~ackrabbits are numerous in Utah
and there are many hungry people in
Salt Lake City. The young men Of the
City Of the Saints like the amusement
afforded by rabbit hunting, and the
poor like rabbits. Charity hunts are
made every Sunday, as many of the
young men cannot afford to leave their
work ON week days. The Herald says
the boys turned in about 1000 rabbits
as the result of last Sundays hunt,
and they were distributed among the
poor. Had there been 5000 instead of
1000 it would not supply the demand.
People begged for rabbits who said
they had neither bread nor meat in
their houses. Many stated that they
had no meat for weeks. One OF the
public school teachers said that she
could distribute fifty rabbits among
the deserving poor in her district.
Hunts will henceforth take place on
week days if enough gunners Ear leave
their work, and charity hunts are be-
coming very popular.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
men

Last Wednesday evening. al the resi-.
dencs OF the brides step father. Mr..
George Young. Miss Anna Z. NJ. @. Rsnft
aud Mr.. Robert A. Laird we're
joined In the holy bonds Of wedlock by
Judge A. L. Fitzgerald. Miss Polly
Powell acted ss bridesmaid and Abraham
Laird was the groom's beat man. The
bride looked charming In Q white silk
dress, with the regulation veil and orange
blossoms. The bride is g California born
girl, but has resided nearly all her life in
Eureka. while the groom halls from Mary
land. After the marriage ceremony was
performed and congratulations extended.
. most bountiiul supper WAS spread. 10
which the guests did the most ample JUS
tice. After which the evening was spent
In jovial conversation, i~pstrumsntsl and
vocal music. AboutI2 O'Clock The guests
took their departure. wishing the happy
couple much happiness and prosperity.
Following is the list Of presents re-
ccived Mrs. Julia Brown. half dozen
silver forks and half dozen pearl handle
knives. NJ. l.. Gregovioh and G. O. Eng
lert, China dinner set Of LA pieces. Mr..
and Mrs. Berg. steel enameled tea pot,
coffee pot. tea kettle and lsdle. Mr.. and Mrs.
e. Mccormick, plush photograph album.
Martin Brown, two elegant wedding cakes.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Spinner. silver sugar
bowl and . dozen silver tea spoons. Mr..
and Mrs. 3. II. Wheeler and J. T. Wheeler,
elegant library lamp. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Laird, Two pairs white California blankets.
Abraham Laird. hin washtub and board,
chamber set and two glass fruit stands.
Miss Teresa Morris. handsome pincushion.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Hill. pickle dish. glass
and silver. Mr.. and Mrs. John Gregg.
vich. pair China vases. Misses Lucey.
lemonade set. Mr.. and Mrs. g. A.
Mrs. J. A. Rattazzi. toilet plush box and
set. Mr.. and Mrs. A. SkillmAn, wire
photograph holder. Miss Polly Powell.
handsome hand painting. Mr.. and Mrs.
X. Sadler. Ansonia eishtday clock. Mr..
and Mrs. Hank knight, linen .ablecloth
aud dozen nspkings. Mrs. Marquis Morris.
linen tabiecloth. Mise Eth and Maggie
Swiok. butter knife and sugar spoon.
Mrs. A. Swick. cut glass berry dishes.
George Young aud sons. silver butter dish.
silver pitcher and goblet. cream pitcher.
syrup pitcher. two silver cake knives. half
dozen silver knives. half dozen silver table
spoons. half dozen silver tesipoons. bali
dozen silver forks, one carving set. three
pairs scissors. one New Home sewing ma.
chine. one square piano and 9 Hammond
type writer.
The SENTINEL acknowledges the receipt
Of a liberal supply Of cake and wine. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Laird, have it's beat wishes
for a long life of unalloyed hsppiness and
prosperity.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
why Hair Turns Gray.

Hundreds OF queer theories have
been advanced to account for the phe-
nomenon Of hair turning gray in the
genus homo. the latest being this /:
Each hair is a hollow tube filled with
granules OF pigment and air bubbles.
As old age approaches the pigment d.
minishes both in quantity and quality,
the air bubbles enlarging and expand.
ing to take the place formerly occupied
by the coloring matter. The hair
which is filled with these bubbles turns
white for the same reason that the
crystals of white sugar appear of that
color, the phenomenon being due to
the reflection and r~efraction Of light.
Why hair sometimes turns "white in
a single night" has never been ex-
planned. True, a microscopic examin-
alton Of such hairs shows that the
granules OF pigment have either been
abolished or forced out by the air bub-
bles, but exactly how or why is a
mystery.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23

white Pine News OF nee. Isth.

Items Of Interest clipped from u
white Pine news OF Dec Isth.
Sol Hip has some 800 pounds Of
rich specimen ore from the Joanna
mine which he will ship TO the Mid
winter Fair.
The News has been quite busy this
week in setting up the delinquent tax
list, which is heavier than for several
years past. Hard times is the cause.
We learn that Tom Ellison, aiormer
well known citizen OF White River,
died recently in Oklahoma. He was
q candidate for Sheriff in this county
in 1856.
There has been hard rustling for
the past two weeks among u people
TO get money to pay their taxes. They
did well, though some were unable to
get there.
The weather during the past week
has been variable-mild, pleasant and
severe. Thursday morning we had q
fierces quail Of snow. sleet and hail,
with a repetition Of the same at Light.
A correspondent writes US from
Hamilton that Tom Cornell has shut
up his mine and gone tothe Midwinter
Fair, and adds, as silver and lead go,
so goes White Pine. We don't look for
anything for the next three years.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
Helped steal from Himself.

A farmer living near Perth. Fulton
county, helped steal his own hog the
other night. He was awakened from
his sleep in the middle of the night
and asked by two men to assist them
in loading a hog which had tumbled
out OF the crate in their wagon. He
willingly ave a helping hand and then
returned TO quiet slumbers. The next
morning he went 10 feed his porker.
but there was no porker to feed. II
then dswned upon him that he had
helped load his own hog in the wagon
the night beiore.-Montgomery Re-
porter.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
Lake Of Quicksilver.

A g~listening lake Of quicksilver will
constitute All interesting feature oil
the mining exhibit at the Midwinter
exposition. 1t has been assigned space
at one side OF the arches of the grand
facade. The Almaden mines will sup
ply the quicksilver for the shimmering
body.
Upon its smooth and mirror like
surface visitors will be permitted to
throw cannonballs, iron sledges and
similarly light and fragile objects for
the pleasure Of seeing them float like
bubbles around the quicksilver shores.
In various ways the application oil
quicksilver to gold mining Will be
shown.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23

Christmas-i's s-comin',
Hear It. hear ID hummin'-
COMM DER the valley an the bill;
All the doors unlockin'-
Hsngin' up the stockin'-
Big enough for Santa Claus to NIL
sich . awful worry
Children In . furry.
Wonderin' what old Santa Clsush prinsI
Done forgot their playtime,
Waitin' In the daytime, an
To hear she reindeer bells go "ting.s-iinsr
wish twas lone an ended
Toys broke an mended;
Then Q feller'd have . little rest
But. bless the little faces,
An stockin's 10 their places
An Santa Claus'u do his level bestl
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
Going ON "A Double Quick.

II there is such a place as hell, says
an exchange, the youth of our land
are going there on double-quick time.
The car on which they ride is made Of
card tables, yellow back literature,
pool tables and gin mills, drawn by
an engine made Of idleness and
lighted with cigarettes. Disobedience
to parents is the fireman and "Young
America " the engineer. On the train
there Is no brakeman, while the con-
ductor's name is Moral Delinquency.
Phoebe Lode.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
Prayed Himself Ouf.

A dangerous criminal escaped from
the county Jail in Seattle the other day
in a queer way. He literally prayed
himself out. Three street preach
ers were admitted to hold services at
the Jail. This scoundrel joined fer
vently in the prayer and singing. and
when the preachers left he walked out
quietly with them. and is now doubt
less Eliminating on the efficacy Of
prayer.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
REMONETIZED.

DREsIDENT CLEVELAND SAYS THAT
the silver dollar is o dishonest one. but
| will give any person one hundred cents
worth of honest footwear for every silver dol
lar brought to my store. I have just received
an entire new stock Of Boots and Shoes Of oil
kinds, selected from reliable Eastern and
Western manufactures, which I will sell ct
bedrock prices in silver dollars. No old shop
worn shoddy trash on hand. All goods fresh
and new from the factories.
A full line of Harness and Saddles on hand
or made to order. Repairing done promptly
and charges reasonable. Come and see me.
I'll deal honestly with you and give you your
moneys worth every time.
Store next door to tbs Postoface, Eureka. Me-
vada. II. A. EcKTM.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
A Queer Custom.

A curious fashion has found some IA
vor in England. The hostess at an
afternoon at home is supposed to feel
sufficiently odd, as the only lady in
the room without a bonnet, that she
had adopted the custom OF wearing
some head covering herself. As a
locker on observes, it is rather a queer
spectacle to see the lady OF the house
in a hat, receiving her friends, under
her own roof.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23

At the regular meeting OF Eureka
Lodge No. 16, F. & A. NJ, held on the
10th instant, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: J. H.
Hoeph. w. NJ; Simon ii. Fraser, :
w &c. S. B~atchelder, J. W.; p. H.
u;uI. Treasurer; d. II. Hall. Score
,arv. Trustees-Alexander Fraser, u
r. Mullens, NJ. Il. Foster.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
A Diet OF Glass.

A shortage in the supply OF lamp
ehimneys in the San Quentin Prison
lad TO an investigation that resulted In
the astounding discovery that Thomas
Harrison, a negro convict, had de-
voured them. The discovery was
made through the confession OF the
negro. who to satisfy the Inspector
that he was telling the truth chewed
mn and swallowed in the Inspectors
nreseuce a glass lamp chimney.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
An ExuIanatfOu.

"The barber who cut my hair told me
some stories about murders and lynch
ings that have occurred here lately"
said a New Yorker to the landlord Of
a Texas town.
"The barber has an object in telling
you those blood and thunder stories,"
replied the landlord.
"What is his object?"
He wants to make your hair stand
on end 80 he can cut it easier"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23
wouId scorch the paper.

Now hat Ella Wheeler Wilcox has
told what a girl thinks when she is
first kissed by a young man. it only
remains to find a nan good and great
enough and sufficiently filed with the
holy fire OF genius to tell what the
young man thinks; but, heavens and
earth, children. how the words would
scorch the paper on which they we're
printed.-Stockton Mail.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1893-12-23

An expert estimates that 900 O0O.-
600 tons OF coal can be mined from the
fields in the vicinity OF Ukiah. Messrs.
Mackay and Flood are said to have ac-
quired title to % 1000 acres OF land on
which these coal fields are located.
Tests show that it lacks only three per
cent Of being equal to Wellington coal.
An estimate places the cost OF a rail-
road to the coal fields at 81, 900, 600.