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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

Bill Nye on the Verb "DOne."

In answer to a Northern friend |
give below the conjugation OF the verb
" DONE" 1t is from advanced sheets
of a new grammar which ] am now
working out.
TEE VERB DONE-PAST TENSE.
Singular-I done it. You done it.
He or she done it.
Still more Singular-I done done
it. Thou or you done done it. He
done done it.
Plural-We done it. You done it.
They done it.
Still more Plural-We done done
it. You done done it. They done
done it,
PRIOR PAST TENSE.
Singular-I done gone done it.
Thou or you done gone done it. He
done gone done it.
Plural-We done gone done it.
You done gone done it. They done
gone done it.
POSSIBLE PRIOR PAST TENSE OF VERB
DONE.
Singular-I might, could, would or
should Of done it. Thou or you
might, could, would or should of done
it. He might, could, would or should
of done it.
Plural-We might, could, would or
should of done it. You might, could,
would or should of done it. They
might, could, would or should of
done it.
PECULIAR PAST TENSE.
Singular-I might, could, would or
should of jest plumb gone done and
done it. Thou or you might, could,
would or should of jest plumb done
gone and done it. He might, could
would or should Of jest plumb done
gone and done it.
Plural-We might, could, would OF
should of jest plumb done gone and
done it. You might, could, would OF
should of jest plumb done gone and
done it. They might, could, would
or should of jest plumb done gone and
done it.
Is there not an unoccupied spot you
can SOW with crimson clover for the
pOultry?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

The roadside fence is poor roosting
place for the farmers poultry. 1t is
almost as bad as the implement shed.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09
Small Grains of Fact.
( American Poultry journal.

Hens that are constantly kept quiet
and tame will make better mothers
than the wild and uncomfortable one.
Poultry societies contribute largely
to elevate and sustain the welfare OF
the poultry interests of this country.
Put your chicks on new ground
where they have not been reared in
former years if you would avoid the
"apes.
The best and simplest remedies to
rid The hen house and bodies Of fowls
of lice are insect powder. kerosene and
w'.itewash.
y pound of poultry flesh may be pro-
duced as cheaply as a pound OF pork,
and it sells for twice the price in the
market.
Small novices attempt too much in
The beginning better get your knowl-
edge by degrees; slow and sure is a
IODd motto.
Provide a busting and scratching
place where you can bury wheat and
corn. and thus induce the fowls to take
needful exercise.
Construct your hen house good and
warm so as to avoid damp floors, and
afford a flood of sunlight; sunshine is
better than medicine.
Continual activity stirs the blood
well, promotes digestion and assimila-
ton, and keeps down the too frequent
inclination to internal fattening and
feather plucking.
Give soft feed in the morning and
whole grain at night, except a little
wheat or cracked corn placed in the
scratching place to give them exercise
during the day.
Excessive in-breeding impairs the
physical points of fowls as well as
other animals, because they can not
transmit the necessary constitutional
vigor to their offspring.
The White I.eghorn, by virtue of its
pure white plumage, bright red comb
and wattles, white ear-lobes and great
laying qualities, is considered one of
the most valuable breeds we have.
When cleaning the perches in the
poultry house it is necessary to apply
the mixture of kerosene and grease to
the under sides as we'll as to the top.
This is often neglected and the lice
gather there.
1t is very easy thing torender both
adults and younglings familiarity man
agable by gentle treatment, and once
you get them used to such manners,
they will rarely forget the habit, if you
never abuse them subsequently.
Watery eyes of fowls, and for that
matter pigeons and cage birds, can be
relieved by bathing them twice a day
with five grains of sulphate of zinc and
five grains of freshly powdered opium
in ten ounces Of distilled water. Filter
before using.
There is little use for the inexperl-
enced person to tiatter himself because
he can manage few fowls very well
that he can pursue the poultry bust
ness successfully without giving time
and close attention to all the details
connected with it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

Many times, little chicks do not
thrive. Look about their heads and
necks for the large gray head lice. Ap-
ply a drop of lard on the head and rub
it into the down about the head and
neck. Lard is death to lice and their
eggs or nitS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09
THREE OF a KIND.

He kissed her hand
She slapped his face
WHY will men make such slips"
If he had only had more sand
He would have found better place,
And kiss her lips.
He put his arm
Around her waist
But met with rebuff.
a. Not for a farm
I'd he disgraccd :" She cried,
It's not half dark enough
/" BE mine :" he cried,
- love you 50
For you, sweet love, pine -
And she replied
COncisely: No;
I'd rather you'd be mine"
-lSomcrritke JuurndL.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

Cabbage and kale serve to diet the
fowls and promote the appetite by pro-
viding a change from dry food for
winter. Now is the time to lay in the
supply by cultivation. All vegetables
help.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

Lice will take advantage of the
poultry keepers neglect. They take
no vacation in warm weather.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

The germs Of disease breed in foul
water, filthy soil and fermented food.
The ounce Of prevention will make
cure unneressarv
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

Is there not an unoccupied spot you
can SOW with crimson clover for the
poultry?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

Where large flock roams the fowls
get but few insects even in summer.
For this reason they need milk, meat
or ground green bones as substitutes.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

The early pullets and moulting hens
should not be annoyed by too much at
tcntion of the males. Either sell the
latter or keep them in a seperate yard
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

\ good pullet is too valuable to sell
at the market price of dressed poultry
at this season.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

Buckwheat is considered one of the
best grains to feed the hens during
winter.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-09

Before long may reach time when there will be
halt the advantage for that there because your
enteprsng competitor has been allowed get ahead
of YOU But day the conditions favorable the
OF push and energy and however much your Just
the odds favor of the that gets his lick ust
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-17
IDEAL HOUSE OF THE FUTURE.

The ideal house of the future will be
one that can be cleaned with a hose.
The idea is not SO u~nattainable as at first
sight it may seem to be. The drawing
rooms and the halls of the most luxuri-
Gus houses are now paved in mosaic.
The use of Verona and Numidian mar
bles and of California onyx are not UNI
commonly found as wainseoting. Every
year brings to light new American mar
bles. These, such as the green of Ten
of Texas, have fallen in happily with the
newest fashions in color. For people of
less means there are the emerald bricks
that have caught the iridescence of soar
bubbles, and tiles that look like tortois
she'll. Encouraging news comes from
the makers of artificial marble, who
expect shortly to offer every quality
and every tint within the reach of most
people. The best hopes are, however,
with tho ain glass men, who are ex-
perimeliUng in stained glass mosaics
and vitriled floors that are to be both
beautiful and cheap. The truth is that
this season there are too many occupants
eroton bugs that have c~olonized in the
wood wainscoting of city houses and
regiments of ambitious creatures who
want to be on too intimate terms with
man. Housekeepers say that scarcely
within memory has the warfare the
have had to wage been SO deadly and so
stubborn. The real aim of architecture
to them seems to be the contrlving Of
houses that will accommodate only man
kind. The hospitality of the modern
house increases it's drudgery one-half.
When a house can be cleaned with a hose
the privacy of the family can be estab-
Ii~shed.-Hause Furnishing Review.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-17
CHRISTENING THE sAWDUsT CLUB

The latest social organization In Jersey
City. ssThe Sawdust Club, y was christened,
rs it were, last night in Taylor's Hotel, and
Proprietor r. II. Reed. acting as a kin of
sponsor, instead of presenting, as is custom
ary on these occasions, a silver cup or pap
boat. gave the members a most delightful
repast, the menu of which is as follows
ME.AxD-YoU.
Little Low Neck CLANS, Deeolette.
SOUP.
Scratchereen a la David.
Blue Fish, made in d'hotel.
FONTS AND KYUcKLEs.
Green and Yellow Peas
Leg of Mutton, Pulled and Roasted,
With Philadelphia Mint Sauce.
Blue and Green Corn.
Dago Punch.
you Take the Cake.
Smell the Cheese.
Eat the Crackers.
Drink the Coffee df you CAM
Cigars. Cigarettes. Roman Candles, etc:
NoTE-Don't shoot the walters, they are doing the
Dese tnes ea"- August l6, 1891.
Mr.. Heed officiated as toast master, and
used as a gavel a champagne bottle whose
usefulness in the proper sense had departed.
Mr.. Milton Robelee gave an admirable
recitation and speeches humorous, wise and
otherwise, particularly otherwise. were made
by Col. F.. Agens. of Newark: Mr.. Agens,
Jr.. c. Mclaughlin, Judge Rankin, Mr.,
Spencer and others.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-17
WILSON'S SEAT IN CONGRESS.
steve Elkins May Contest n Demo
cratic leaders District.

WASHINGTON, Aug. II, 1894.-One of
the battles royal of the approaching
Congressional campaign will occur in the
Second West Virginia District. now rep
resented by William l.. Wilson, the
chairman of the House Ways and Means
Committee. and the author of the Tariff
bill. which the Senate changed. The
district is naturally democratic, but on
several occasions Mr.. Wilson's majority
has been reduced to a few hundred.
The name of Stephen B. Elkins, who
was Secretary of War under President
Harrison, has been mentioned as the
probable republican nominee, but It IS
said that Mr.. Elkins has higher politf-
cal ambitions, and will not enter the
race. The report which reaches here
from West Virginia is that Mr.. George
c.. Sturgiss, who was United States
District Attorney under the last repubii-
can administration. will be selected to
lead the republican forces. Mr.. Wilson
will be renominated by reclamation
when the district convention meets on
the 10Th inst. at Martinsburg, which is
the home of Senator Faulkner.
If it shall be the policy of the republi-
cans to send to the district a number of
their best stump. speakers, the democrats
will probably follow a similar course,
and every inch OF the ground will be
fiercely contested. 1t is not improbable
that Speaker Crisp will be asked to
attend the Congressional Convention this
month, and in a ringing speech endorse
the democratic nominee, and give him a
political send-off which will make the oc-
casion a notable one.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-17
SEVERE JUDGE RICE.
UnmercffuI Penalties for Petty Ofen-
ders by H~udspeth,s Substitute.

Judge Rice of New Brunswick, while
presiding in the Court of Special Sessions
yesterday for Judge H~udspeth, estab-
lished a reputation in this county as a
believer in severe sentences, and a great
deal of comment has bas been made
over the penalties inflicted on some of
the persons who were convicted before
him. THE Jersey City News related
yesterday how one man was sent to
State Prison for eighteen months for
stealing two water melons, and another
man for two years for breaking into a
house and stealing a dog.
In the afternoon Thomas Moriarty was
convicted of breaking into the house Of
August u, and stealing an overcoat,
coat, a pair of trousers and a pair or
shoes. Judge Rice imposed a sentence OF
seven years at State Prison on him..
Martin Connolly, while engaged In a
Schmidt of No. Az Avenue c, Bayonne,
threw a stone through a glass reakin
it. He was sentenced to one year at TIL.
Penitentiary at hard labor, and fined $500
and costs. If Connolly cannot pay the
fine and costs he Will have to serve about
go DAYS at the Penitentiary in addition
to the one years sentence.
Felix Ioian. alias Stone, rad a fight
with John Keogh OF No. ga Mercer street
day. 1t was admitted that he. struck
Keorh in the face and kicked him or
fhe body. The sentence Judge Rice
passed on him was three months in the
Comfy Jail
boat fawser on July %, valued at SO.
was sent to the Penitentiary for one
year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-17
HOW THE HoYTs WE'RE CAUGHT.
Their Capture the Most Important
Ever Made in That Line.

v
WASHINGTON, Aug. II, 1Ss4.-Speak-
ounterfeiters Chief Hason of the Sc
cret Service says
"The taking of the two Hoyts, Hill
and Massey was the neatest bit of work
and by far the most important that was
ever done in this line. 1t is far ahead OF
the results achieved in breaking up the
celebrated B~rockWay gang
9TH catching of these men was IN
reality an accident, and was due to me
c~leverness and honesty of a gentleman
who got acquainted with Massey through
a business advertisement. He suspected
from the tenor of a reply in answer 70
an advertisement inserted by himself
that Massey was engaged in some crook
ed scheme, and laid the matter before
the New York office. He was p~ursuaded
to keep up the corresponding ana 10
pretend to want to invest Trap was
thus laid, and after some weeks of ne
gotiations the deal was consumated by
the purchase of 500 worth OF the stun;
The bills that We're given in payment
had all been marked, and Massey was
Immediately arrested with this marked
money in his possession.
The name of the man who thus ma
terially aided the Government III expos
ing the band will never be made public,
although it is well known in Washington.
The only part OF the bushes that yet
remains q mystery is to find out where
the counterfeiters got their npre paper,
and that is apt to leak ont in the couse
of the trial. All of them will be tried
in Connecticut except Massey. Hill had
been in the business for twenty-five
that he had never been in the clutches
of the law, though in order to keep ms
freedom he had been constantly on the
move and had only seen his wife once
in eighteen years. For all of the trouble
and danger he went through he hadn't
a dollar when caught"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-17
CHAPTER CXLIII.

An Act to provide for the payment of ser
vices and expenses of certain persons
rendered in the election contest OF one
thousand eight hundred and ninety, be
tween William III. Stuhr and Edward i.
Mcdonald.
l.. Be it enacted by the Senate and Cen
eral Assembly of the State OF New Jersey,
That the sum of two thousand nine hundred
dollars be and the same is hereby appro-
priated to pay for the services and expenses
of the following persons, namely: To m
B. Ross OF Atlantic City, eight hundred
dollars: to Henry G. Garrison of Swedes-
boro, eight hundred dollars; to JohI
Graham Of Jersey City, eight hundred doi-
lars. and to William 5. Sharp OF Trenton,
five hundred dollars. rendered and expended
by them as officers of the senate committee
on elections, by the direction OF SAID com
mittee, in the election contest beIWeea
William H. Stuhr, contestant, and Edward
f. Mcdonald, the sitting member, both
claiming to be senators,elect from tne
county of Hudson, in this state; the salo
sums n amounts to be in full payment foi
all services rendered and expenses incurred
by them in the said employment.
2. And b. it enacted. That the treasurer
of the state, on the warrant of the comp
troller of the state, is directed to pay the
said sums to the persons mentioned as atore-
said. :,
3. And b. it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Passed MAY 3, 1891. .
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-17
AN IMMENSE CHESTNUT TREE.

Questions occur, who has and where is the
largest chestnut tree in America2 DIR. Cor
don w. Russell of Hartford, Conn, reports
one standing in the town of Mansfield on the
land of Mr.. Whipple Green. 1t was pointed
out to him by Mr.. Nathan Starkweather. He
visited it on August 81, 1880. 1t is in an
open pasture, about three-fourths Of a mile
east from the house of Mr.. Green and not far
from the travelled road. A small brook runs
a short distance from the tree. The eircum-
ference, measured as above described, is
% feet 5 inches at 4 feet from the
ground. It is heavily buttressed all
around, and the trunk is apparently
sound. -Four large branches have been sent
out; the lowest, 10 feet from the ground,
measured 16 feet 4 inches in circumference
and extends toward the northeast. The
circumference of the butresses, or rather OF
their roots exposed above the ground, is "a
feet. Some of the large and hign branches
have been broken, the result probably OF
severe snow or ice storms, SO that it is not
perfectly symmetrical. The diameter OF the
spread Of the branches from the northeast
to the southwest is So feet, and from the
north weststo the southwest 100 feet. MI.
Starkweather stimates the height to be
about so feet. -Mehan's Monthly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-17

new order of things is established, mono of
the awful consequences SO long prognosti-
Gated will be seen to follow. A woman
will still be a woman, will love her hus-
band and children as much as ever n do
her duty by them quite as faithfully.
Political power is great, but nature is in
fnitely greater.
Women so years hence will look on us
RS we look on the women of Miss Bur
ney's day, who were called and even called
themselves females and swooned regu-
larly several times a day. The most con-
sentative among women of the present
would have been regarded then as a phe-
nomenon of rank radicalism and a tit can
didate for q straitjacket, into which attire
she would no doubt have been speedily
placed in order to keep the country from
going to the dogs. 1t seems to be impos-
sible for the human race to admit the fact
that it is still progressing.
A sketch is given of a bicycle costume
of cloth, consisting of a coat, plated skirt
and trousers fastening below the knee.
A pique vest is worn under the coat, with
tie and collar.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-17
THE UNITED STATES LIBRARY.
Fifth in Order of Rank BY Number
IF VnIo

Fifth in Order of Rank BY Number
of Volumes.
In round numbers the National Library of
the United States contains 700, 900 bound
volumes and 200,00 pamphlets, all of which
are at present crowded into a room in the
Capitol-a room which was full fifteen years
ago. Yet the accumulation has gone on
until there is barely room to walk about in
library itself, while a dozen rooms elsewhere
in the building are filled with the overflow.
With the need in plain sight it took Congress
several years to make up its mind to erect a
library building, but finally IN April, 1856, it
decided to do it. A site was chosen on Capt.
toll Hill, directly east of the Capitol itself,
and s550,0cO was appropriated for
its purchase. Forty OF fifty buildings
had to be removed before exca vations could
be made for the foundation. 1t took Z, ZOO
feet of fencing twelve feet high to inclose
the ground, and it was nearly four years
after the fence was built before any part of
the building was visible over its top. There
Is a great deal of the library-470 feet long
by $40 feet wide. 1t covers III, 900 square
feet of ground and will be 40 feet in height
from the ground to the top of the dome
when finished. That is, next to the Capitol,
it will be the largest edifice in Washington
and the largest library building in the
world.
Vnen congress Qid decide TO 90 Jn6 work
it was pleased to nave it done well. The
utmost care was used in securing a firm
foundation, and the best of material has
been put into the supeistrueture. All the
material is of home manufacture except the
white enamelled brick. When the contract
was made in 1855 no enamelled brick were
made in this county-certainly not in suf-
ficient quantities. Several States are repre-
sented in the construction of the library
building. New Hampshire and Mary
land furnish the granite; the strnc-
tural iron work comes from Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Indiana, the ordin
airy brick are made within the Dis
trict of Columbia, and the flooring tiling
comes from Massachusetts, and Vermont.
1.-THE new library building, = declares Mr.
Spofford, twill suffice for $50 years to come.
When finished it will hold 100000 volumes
nearly so per cent. more than are now en-
braced in any library in the world.n In
National libraries France now leads the
world. Hers contains a full million more
volumes than that of Great Britain--the
next largest. Germany is next in rank and
Russia is fourth. Tho United States comes
next in order. Kate Fields Washington.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-17
VALUE OF ETIQUETTE
Laws which Soften Life and Give
women Homage and Respect.

Too much cannot be said in favor of social
laws. They make life smoother, and they
| surround all w%omankind with circle of
recognizes this is the one who makes friends
| rather than enemies, for her world is a large
one. and she understands that in different
places different rules obtain, and that to be
liked she must invariably do in Rome as the
Romans do. The young girl invited to re-
ceive with an older Woman-that young
girl who is simply a visitor in the city where
her friend lives-is asked by a consider
ate hostess kindly, but with interest,
as to the gown she is going to assume. If she
has made up her mind that she is going to
wear a pale blue silk cut low in the neck
ami having short sleeves she is told by her
hostess that although the gown is pretty it is
not Just what is worn in the city, n it is
| suggested that she wear an equally becom-
ing but somewhat similar one. Later on
she realizes what a kindness has done her,
and how she would have been the only one
in the group who was over-dressed. The
woman not much used to going out, and
who doesn't realize that ten, or, at least, fif-
teen minutes is sufficient time to devote to
one house, is never made conscious of
this fact BY a well bred hostess,
| but she learns it by discovering that the
| people who came long after she did have
left, and that she is making a mistake in pro-
longing her visit. Punctuality, which is the
politeness of kings. makes you arrive at q
house where you are to dine at the time for
which dinner is announced. By doing this
you do not reach the parlor before your
hostess is down, nor do you keep her wait
ing. There is a very old bit of advice which
says: ''There is no excuse for breaking an
engagement to a dinner party except that of
death, and even then a man should send his
executor"
| do not advise the acceptance of an n
ton that says by word of mouth, s,eome and
dine with me at any time" luis possible
that you will arrive on the very day when
your presence is least desired, and then. too.
there is. after all, but little consideration
shown to one in the giving Of such a vague
invitation. No matter how well you know
people, if you ask them verbally, set the day
and the hour.-Ladies' Home Journal.