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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23
Resources Of the South.

The leading article in the August
number of the North american Re-
piezV is on "The Resources and De-
velopment of the South" and is from
the pen of Hon. Hoke Smith. 1t is
clear and succinCt statement of the
progress of the South over many
adverse conditions and a conservative
but at the same time a glowing predlc-
ton Of the possibilities of this section
the chief material resources OF the
South, SO far as they have been
ascertained, are presented in brief but
comprehensive form In spite of all
that has been written about the South
there are people in this country, even
people who are intelligent and we'll
informed on other subjects of less i'm
portance, who are still lgnoran, OF the
real condition of this, the most l'rnn'l'-
ing section of the Union. Mr.. Smiths
article will do much to correct wrong
impressions and to supply useful lntor-
nation cncerning the South. 1t has
received already much attention from
leading newspapers in the United
States, North and South, and will be
of practical value to this section.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23
Marvellous Results.

From letter written by Rev j. Gunder-
man, of Dimondale, Mich, we are permitted
to make this extract: = have no hesita-
ton in recommending DR.. Kings New
Discovery. as the results were almost
marvellous in the case of my wife. While
l was pastor of the Baptist church, at
Rives Janction. she was brought down with
Pneumonia succeeding La Grippe. Ter
rible paroxysms CT coughing would last
hours with little interruption and it seemed
as if she could not survive them. A friend
recommended DR.. Kings New Discovery ::
it was quick in its work and highly salts.
factory in results Trial bottles free at
Melville Dorsey's drug store. Regular
size soc. and 81 90.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23
MAGNIFICENT Corn Crops.
iStatesyille Landmark. |

From all sections come reports of
magnificent corn crops. If the Lord
OF the harvest but stays the destructive
storms and freshets which sometimes
visit us in August and September, this
generation has not seen such corn
crop as will be gathered in this county
and section this year. If the present
prospect holds good, says ]. Hervey
Stevenson, Esq, it will be the biggest
crop since 1864. That year, Mr..
Stevenson says, his three sons and
colored man raised on his place 1900
bushels of corn and never since then
has he seen a crop approaching that
till now.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23
THE GOLD LEAF.
HENDERSON, y. G.
isRAEl'S WOMANHOOO.
BY l.. J.. KNIGHT.

Israel, Unto thy fair daughters, peerless
in their gentle blood
Do weave this simple sonnet, penned to
Hebrew won anhOOd,
Lovely maids and noble matrOns Though
thy hands and feet have tOiled
Never has dishOnOr stained thee shame
Thy tender beauty sOiled.
Oh, that, like thy own sweet minstrel
called the lowly epherd-hing,-
| might sweep the harp OF Zion, smitteh
by an angels wing;
Praise thy purity of spirit; swell thy
glory's sweet renOwn
Till thy beauty, changed to music, drowned
all echoes but thy own,
Io in bridal-Iike procession, pass thy
daughters in review "a
Eve. the empress of creation, decked WIN
Eden's morning dew
She who gave deaths fruit to ADAM
50 dreadful as it seemed,-
That her tested love might lead him into
Paradise redeemed.
Sweet Rebekah. how thy beauty throws
around my heart spell
Till, like Isaac, lOwly kneeling, l, l. +,
greet thee at the we'll
I too honor and adore thee by thy sim
pie virtues won, ,.r
Stainless as the SHOWS OF Hermon, lHted
to the Syrian sun
Next, in sorrows veil approaching, Ra
chael bows her troubled head,
GrieAing for her absent children weeping
for her loved ones dead;
Pure and martyr like devotion Never yet
has woman's soul,
Loving, wept for those who loved her, like
this NiObe of old
hut a gentler music charms; 10, what
Joyful ecstasy
lis the song of Miriam waited from the
waters of the sea.
Hank. again | catch the murmur OF the
mellow fields, fOrSOOth,
lis the sweet voice Of Naomi, whispering
to her daughter Ruth.
Hannah next, who led young Samuel to
the service of the Lord
.Jeptha's daughter, whose devotion proved
her noble fathers word.
Esther, who so gently taught rs what true
wOmanhOOd doth mean
That she needs no outward Scepter who IS
inwardly queen.
Lastly, thou, oh gentle Mary, queen OF all
the queens of earth.
Thou, too. vast Hebrew maiden; thou
child of royal birth,
But my stricken harp is silent and my lips
refuse to sing,
Pour thy pity down upon me, Oh, my Sa-
viOr and my King.
-dtLnHtn COHStttuttOH.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23
Saved by Pretty Women.
fThe Banner Mani

Wytheville has more lawyers and
less law, more newspapers and less
news, more water works and less water,
more electric light plants and less
light, more building sites and fewer
buildings, more cows and less milk,
more hogs and less bacon, more
politicians and less statesmen than any
town can think of except-let me
see-except Newbern, that's it. All
that saves Wytbeville from the locust
and wild honey is her pretty women.
They are SO sweet that bees desert the
fairest flowers and sip the nectar from
their lips.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Gentleman TO his intoxicated valet)
You unfortunate, Suppose they
should pick you up on the street in
that condition Valet assure you
I'd be taken good care Of always
have one of your cards in my pocket.
-/n0ge.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Take it as you get it, in liquid or powder
form, only see that you get Simmons
Liver Regulator. 1t cures sick headache,
billiOusness and constipation You need
not make tea of it. A spoonful OF the
liquid, or a pinch of the powder, just
before going to bed will insure refreshing
sleep, and the next morning you feel as
though you had new lease on life.
Sample package powder, 2Jc.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Fond Mother-Do you think my
daughter will become fine pianist?
Prof Won Thump-I am afrait nod,
madame. Bud after another years
practice her fingers will be limbered up
SO dot she can make a brilliant sue
cess NIT type writer.-Good Meas.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Broadly speaking, this world Of ours
may be divided into two classes of
people who have trouble with their
servants and people who can't afford
to have any servants to have trouble
with.-Somerville Journal.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

"My wife is putting up some bran
died peaches," remarked Mr.. Quit
Man. 81 don't care much for the
peaches, but like the spirit in which
she works. "-Quitman Free Press.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

If desiring to keep pure breeds, be-
gin with only one and make yourself
familiar with all the points relating to
it, as well as the natural Characters
tics Of the breed. The most successful
poulterers are those who make speci-
atty Of one breed.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

\ mysterious shower recently fell
at Cambridge, Mass, of frogs with
very prominent eyes. Scientists say
that they had been seeing stars
WorM.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

We never knew but one wife who
acted just as all men say wife should
act, and her husband left her.-Atch-
ison GI0be.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

This is indeed golden oppor-
tunity," said the thief when he met
jagged individual with a handsome
gold watch dangling from his pocket.
Buffalo E1bress.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

That Chicagoan shold lose HIM
self in Paris is almost incredible. If
Mr.. Sheldon can't be found, Chicago
should annex Paris at once. JVoyik.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

At the summer watering places the
girls will always be found on the
sonny side of the piazza.-Lowell
Courier.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

For the first time in ten years a
stage coach has been held up in
Mexico. This seems to indicate
business revival in that country.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Pater (sternly)-Is it true that you
were out gambling last night? Young
Hopeful (unabashed)-Not much it
isn't, quit away ahead of the game.
Buffalo Cou,ier.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Gov. Hogg says he wasn't accur-
ately reported. But never mind, Gov
ernor, it was bad enough as it was
Plain Deaiey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Before long may reach time when there will not be
half the advantage for that there because your
enteprlsng competitor has been allowed get ahead
of you. But day the conditions favorable the man
OF push and energy and however much just
the odds favor of the that gets his lick in fus
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23
THE KERRIDGE DID 1T.

Dan Casey-Yer sweared ye'd be true
to me, Anastasia Dooley.
Anastasia Dooley-Oi did; but the
daughter NV err man Wot's perleece
ossifer and a gintleman cant walk
whin she takes her airing. It's the
kerridge wot ketched me.-Judge.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Look Here,
Mr.. Merchant,
AWOrd
y With You, Sir.

You are not in that fortunate
condition where you already have
all the trade you want, are you j?
You are always glad to secure
new customers as we'll as to retain
old ones, are you not?
Now on the day that you put
an advertisement in the GOLD
LEAF, it amounts to starting a
drummer out on the road and
keeping him canvassing for orders.
You take no risk in spending a
reasonable amount of money in
printers ink. The returns will
be sure and remunerative. You
may not see the new customers or
increased trade from it at once,
but they will come.
That advertisement is not in the
paper yet and customers will not
come until they know what you
are doing-the inducements you
have to otfer-and they will not
fail to come after they have been
convinced.
If you refuse to believe this, we
can't do anything to make you &C
cept it as a fact. Indeed, if every
one accepted it there would be
nothing valuable in the idea, and
our columns would soon be so
crowded with business announce
ments that no room would be left
for reading matter. Every man
that refuses to see it leaves SO
much more to be gained by those
who do see it and act on it. The
fall season is coming on and now
is the time to prepare for it.
each time when there will not be
u that there is now, because your
TO-. hoo I>o,,, II ~ ~-o+
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Monthly Pains cured by DR. Miles Pain Pills
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Real faith never grows weak by having
to wait. Sufferers taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla for chronic complaints should be
patient and the result will be satisfactory,
Hoods cures
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

The boy who eats all the melons he
sees, whether they are green or old,
is what we call a painstaking urchin.-
Galveston Meas.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Hood pills act easily, yet promptly and
efficiently, on the liver and bowels. 25c.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-08-23

Israel, Unto thy fair daughters, peerless
in their gentle blood
Do weave this simple sonnet, penned to
Hebrew won anhOOd,
Lovely maids and noble matrOns Though
thy hands and feet have toiled
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-19
PLEAsANTRlEs.

You have 10 work hard, said nr
Doce To Mfr, Bloomfield Yes" was
the reply. my situation = like many
Of your cases. How Is that" NO
sign o cure.
Wigs Mrs. Makeup has quite an
imposing figure don't you think?
Wages Humph presume Il i'm.
poses on some, but IL doesn't on me.
My wife knows her dressmaker.
DO you t'iuk you love mo. Dcuuisq"
asked Judy. 500 way, darlint. nv
coorse | do" How do you know II.
Dennis?' "Be the way appreciate
your presence when Ohm away from
yc."
Millincr-I. don't see why you want
any changes made in your bonnet; II
is becoming, isn't IL? Lady--No
Milliner What is the trouble? Lady.
II makes my husband look terribly
blue.
why do you feel dissatisfied Are
the rooms small2H "No; large and
pleasant. Board not good2" First.
class in every way, and all very reason
able" What's the matter them"
II think the landlady must be insane. !"
Miss Wander Astor- Well. every.
thing comes 10 him who waits Most
Of us have to wait too long. Are YOU
one Of the walters, too. count. Count
Spagetti di Maccaroni. with unneees.
sary exeitement-t never vas, never
vasl Who said sol
"hIiss HiggiuspiIse seems to be
singularly unimpressionable. "T,n.
impressionable? She's adanant. That
woman could sit with barrel of
sliced onions under her nose and hear
Clara Morris play for whole evening
and not shed a tear
The journeys Of the emperor Of
Germany cost him great deal of
money. According 90 an article re-.
Gently published 10 German paper
over 500 900 marks, or 5000, 600. were
spent on the trip 10 Italy and Austria
undertaken soon after he asccndca
the throne
How did Mstah Jackson come ont
wifi Is trouble wifi de- dcacpn,3o ,Docs
you hab reference e. dc trial dat dc
| hcn-housc 'currencc gave rise top
Da's what means" lies reiustatrd
in membership lie is" "GoItvt
thought hit wah a clah case. "No'n
dcedy What dey charged i'm wid
wus chickens, an dcy couldn't prove
muffin but Turkeys
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-19

the remark that a man could outrun
a deer. The assertion was disputed
and one day the hunter started for
home rather disgruntled. AS he left
the store ho turned at the door and
said: II will drive a deer into your
streets tomorrow and kill II with
my knife. " The next morning he
was up before the deer began feed
ing, aroused one from its sleeping
place and chased ii nearly all day.
The snow was too deep for the deer
TO feed without paving the snow
from the grass, and Smith was too
close behind to allow 1t TO do this.
About 4 o'clock ON the afternoon
following the controversy at the
store, the deer completely tired
out. staggered down the main street
OF Garland village. with the hunter
close behind. Near the store he
overlook the exhausted animal,
caught il by the antlers and cut its
throat with his hunting knife, DO
fore a large number Of spectators lie
had literally driven tho deer AS he
would COW IRON the woods and
into Garland to prove that he was
no idle bOaster.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-19

A ceremony exists among the
tribes OF tho interior ot Sumatra.
which is without doubt the survival
Of an ancient and cruel custom. that
has passed ia the course OF time into
civil and religious duty These
people. although 81 rather gentle
disposition. piously and ccrcmoni.
ously kin and eat their aged parcnts
in the bolief that they are perform
ing a sacred duty A. the appointed
day tho old man who Is destined 20
DO eatsa goes up into tree. at the
foot oi which are gathered the rrla-
tiycs and friends OF the family. They
strike upon the trco Ia cadence and
sing funeral hymn. Then the old
man descends. his nearest relatives
deliberately kin him and the attend.
ants cat him
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-19
whistling Fireworks.

The people OF London are very
much interested in the whistling
fireworks which have long ceased to
be regarded over hero as pyrOtech-
mic marvel The popular notion
among the Britons is that gas gem
Grated by the combustion OF the fiery
composition actually blows a whistle.
but this superstition is erroneous
So far as can be determined by the
pyrotechnists themselves. the scream
ing noise is due to the violent com
bustion Of the picrate OF potash
with which the little tubes of the
fireworks are stuffed. Experiments
have been made with other ma.
terials, but picrate OF potash Is the
only combustible substance discover
able that will give anything moro
than faint imitation OF a whistle.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-19
SHE HEARD BURGLARS.
Her Midnight visitor Had Alarmed Hel
UnneceSSarlly.

unnecessarily.
A patrolman on Calhoun street was
passing the cabin OF colored family
at midnight. according to the Detroit
Free Press, when the woman opened
the door and hailed him with:
$50 de Lawd, but TIE glad yo's
come along. Oars been a burglar
bout yere an almost skeered me to
death"
Cant be no burglar around here, :"
replied the officer.
''But I'm sartin of itl''
"A burglar goes where there is
something to steal don't suppose
you have anything in the house to
tempt burglar.
.'Mebby not. but heard one jest
de same. Why. sab. he crept up to
de back winder and spoke to me- y
ibid, ehe What did he say7"
ii first heard him climb over the
alley fence. Den he cum creepin'
and creepin' up to de house. Den ne
hit on dc winder and said; AR yo'
inside dar, yo' ole black Satan@
OATS what he said. sab. an was
dat skeart l couldn't open my mouf :"
Ibid he say anything else?'
ale did. sab. AFTER bout min
ute he hit on the winder again an
yelled: III yo' doan' stop lying bout
me to the nayburs, Pze gwine to
smash yo'r ole black head to puddin'i
Yo' h'ar me now. Lucinda. an doan'
yo' fOrgit it, Lawd. sab. but wasn't
| skeart when he said dat, | reckoned
dat burglar was comm right in to
murder me.n
Haven't you had trouble with
your husband?" asked the officer.
.'Yes, sab; he done left the house
last week an said he'd never come
back y
And wasn't 1t his voice you
heard?n
,.Sho: Why! Why. now Of co'se
it was! 1t was him fur shore! How
foolish in me not to know dat was
Sam Robinson
well, you don't want anything
further of me. | suppose?"
mo. sah-no, sab You must dun
'scuse me. sab. If I'd a-kuowd dat
was Sam Robinson. dye 'spose I'd hev
laid dar an shook an shook an got
as weak as a cat? No. san. When
he hit on dat winder an called me
ole black Satan I'd hey rolled outer
bed. grabbed dat baseball club an
dat pusson would hev knocked down
dat hull ally fence in his hurry
to git away from me. Shoe. How
sinful
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-19

At the close Of last year the state
OF California had a population OF
1900, 900 and since 1880 the assessed
value of property has just doubled.
She has the largest per capita wealth
OF any state in the union, and her
savings banks now have on deposit
Sl38, 900, 900. She ranks first among
the states in The production Of gold,
wine, honey. oranges, almonds and
walnuts and is running close to first
ON many other products. Last year
her mines yielded gold to the value
OF $4,000. 900 and other precious
metals to the value OF 81, 900, 900. San
Francisco is now the leading whaling
port OF the world.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-19
Amber ChIps.

The uniformed would often mis-
take the cheapest amber when
made up into commercial forms for
the most expensive. Many long and
beautifully clear pipe stems are
made from amber chips, the waste
product of amber carving. These
are melted and nodded into shapes
that are seldom or never seen in
the costly carved amber. These
nodded amber articles are extremely
durable, and it is difficult to see
why they should not be esteemed by
practical persons as valuable as
carved amber.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-19
Gha.,l, rrsr.rt,.

Tho superior court uf Boston =
trying 70 determine whether or NOS
a corpse can be- considered property
10 legal sense. and u 80. who is the
rightiul owner Dennis O'Neil died
IN Brigh on recently llo lived with
his mother. having separated from
his wife. Whom he died both mother
and wife began preparations for the
burial. each securing a different %.
dertaker Tho undertaken engaged
by tho wife appeared at tho house,
but the mother. aided by several
relatives, barred the doors and dis
missed him. Since that time the
house Of mourning has been pracii-
cally In a state OF seige.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-19

She, ooaxingly Your httie wife Is
very anxious TO SOC her mother again
He - Yes. Of courss--or r. very
natural She-I cannot 20 20 yisis
hor. you know. without complete
new travelling outtit. and few new
dresses for extra occasions; but u
you fool very poor, my love, can
stay at homo and have mother come
here, you know. He pooFl Nom
sense! I'm making money right
along. Here's a check Now YORK
Weekly.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-19

Gus or recherche. They were six in
all, TO say nothing of the tattooed
man, who served not only in his own
spotted capacity, but came in handy
during the war dance at the evening
performance. The show was drawing
full houses, and the cards informing
the public OF the educational nature
of the collection always drew the
members of the ladies' schools in such
large numbers that it was found nee
essary to change part of the collec-
ton of horrors into kings and
queens to please the scholastic tastes
Of these patrons.
The tent was pitched near the end
of town-the town of Galilee, one of
those wild California places where all
is one vast wilderness of innocence.
Never had Daniel in his den, which
was the chief moving tableaux, worked
to better advantages; and the lions re-
Sponded to the clockworlS as if il had
just been placed inside them. The
Tichborne Claimant-and what lot
of wax that figure absorbed, to be
sure!-was an object of much atten-
tion, and with the working-class audi
enee was almost as popular as Daniel
But all this is neither here nor
there. The troupe had been at Cali
lee week. We were sitting down to
supper after the close of the exhibit
tion for the day When l say 1--WE"
mean the tattooed man Whose appe-
tite was not affected by his singular
marking). myself Henry Jameson,
the sole proprietorl. Mrs. Jameson and
Miss Ethel Jane Jameson, our only
child. Well, we were sitting out in
front of the wagons-for it was sum
mer time-enjoying our meal of tripe
and onions, when suddenly | noticed
form approaching in the dim twi-
light. 1t was that of young man.
When he stepped out into the glow
of the lamp he stood hesitating, APP
parently wondering whether or not
he should advance any further, and
could see in the faint light of the
lamp that he was not the most hand
some or intellectual Young man in the
world. His forehead came bullying
out under his hat, and his eyes were
large aud watery, and there was a
vacant look in his face. Still he
seemed harmless, so 1 beckoned to
him and said:
Good evening, sir. What can we
do for you?"
Before he could answer my wife
broke in:
Why. that's the young man who
has been in every time the tent was
open to-day, and wanted to know if
he could have a season ticket"
BY that time he had come closer,
and, smelling the supper. he said:
There, I'm disturbing you; but, if
you please, will the wax works be
opened up to-night?'
The tattooed man who had been en-
cored frequently toward the end OF
the evening looked savage at the
thought, but l winked at him to say
nothing. Then | said to the young
man:
well, as the tattooed man and
Daniel and the lions are sleepy, and
the people about here seem to have
turned in. I'm sure you wouldn't ask
US TO stay open just for you?"
''Mer' he said quite theoretically.
Certainly not. But tell me, Mr..
Jameson, does she sleep?"and he came