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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-06-06
l.. T. HOWARD, MANUTACTURER AND
DEALER IN HARNESS.

DEALER IN HARNESS.
Every man who owns a horse must
have harness. 1t is as necessary as
the clothes he wears. And of course
he wants the best as we'll rs the cheap
est. L. L. Howard carries full line
of ready made harness and saddles, but
makes a specialty-which has been
recognized by hundreds of people-of
manufacturing them himself. Mr..
Howard is not only good business
man, prompt and reliable in his deal
ings, but is Il practical and skillful
workman as well. He personally SUI
pervises his esta blishment, both in sale
and manufacturing departments, and
his guarantee at once becomes as good
as gold. He has been in business in
Henderson for the past II years, most
of that time associated with some ono
else, but became sole owner of the con-
Germ in 1894. His trade is constantly
increasing as his acquaintance is en-
larging and his popularity growing.
Mr.. Howard is native of Murray
county, Tennessee, but moved to North
Carolina, which he thinks is the State
of States, good many years ago.
He lived at Raleigh for a short time,
coming from that place to Henderson,
to which town he has pinned his faith
ever since. By paying strict attention
to his business, dealing only in good
goods and selling the same at low
prices, he has had the satisfaction of
seeing his trade grow from the begin
ming to its present proportions. There
is nothing in the harness line but what
will be found at Mr.. Howard's store
and farmers and town folks are invited
to give him call.
DOING WE'LL.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-06-06
SOMETHING TO EAT.

JOSEPH T. JONES CO., HEAVY AND
FANCY GROCERIES, &C.
Man must eat to live, although some
appear to live only to eat. Whichever
way you look at it, eat you will and
must. Then you want the best to be
had, a. the most reasonable price, of
course. Joseph T. Jones b Co., in the
O'Neil Block, can supply you. They
deal in heavy and fancy groceries, coun-
try hams, fresh meats, poultry, butter,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-06-06
MOSS & CO., FANCY GROCERS AND
CONFECTIONERS.

MOSS & CO., FANCY GROCERs AND
CoNFECTIONERs.
Have you a sweet tooth? Then
you can satisfy it at Moss & Cos.
This firm deals in coufectionerles Of
all kinds, foreign and domestic fruits,
soda water, fancy groceries, &c, and
carry a nice and we'll selected stock.
Mr.. w. E. Moss, the senior proprietor,
has been in business here for several
wears and is we'll known and liked by
the people. He was for more than 4
years assistant post master, in which
capacity he served the public we'll and
faithfully. He is full Of energy,
obliging and accommodating, and
works hard to please his customers.
The firm as now constituted is a new
one, but its business is increasing with
the days and weeks and months.
Among the useful articles which
families will find here are canned
goods of every description, evaporated
fruits, crackers, cakes, sugar, coffee,
spices, &c. They call special attention
also to their ice cream department and
soda fountain. Here they dispense
all kinds of cooling and refreshing
drinks. Mr.. Moss is special agent for
the celebrated Columbia bicycles and
other first class wheels, which he keeps
in stock. He carries full line OF
Wanamaker's samples and will take
orders for clothing, notions, ladies'
and gents underwear and furnishings,
which are sold at very moderate prices.
THIS IS THE PLACE.
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wide Of the truth. S. F. Teiser con-
ducts general store on an original
and business basis. He carries pretty
much everything found In or expected
to be found in a first-class general
store, and his prices are recognized as
being at or below the zero mark
always. Mr.. Teiser was originally
from New York. where he thoroughly
learned his business, and has been
merchandising in Henderson for I
years. He is merchant born not
made. aud knows how to buy as well
as sell. He not only conducts his
mammoth store here, where there are
more varied bargains than one can
properly take advantage of, but he also
has a large branch establishment at
Louisburg. under the management OF
Msssrs. Oberdoft'er and Caps. There
is no use trying to specify what is
carried by Mr.. Teiser. To say it is a
general stors-and a whaling big one
about fills the bill. Think Of wha,
YOU want, no matter whether it is
methng to eat or something to wear
an article of house furnishing-gro-
ceries, dry goods, notions, shoes, hats
glass and crockery ware, tin and
wooden ware, and you will find it al
Teiser's. The quality will be al
right and the price so reasonable you'll
find no cause to complain ofhard times
AGOOD STOCK.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-06-06

We desire live agent and CORRESPONDENT
at every postOfiice in Vance and adjoining
counties.
Correspondence on all subJects Oh loeai
,nd general interest and opinions upon
matters of public concern, are invited.
The editor will rot be responsible Tor
the views or statements OF correspondents
and reserves the right at all times TO
revise or reject any article he may THINK
proper . 10
written ou-and the real name OF the
writer accompany the contribution. No
attention will be paid to anonymous let
tiers.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-06-06

% cents per dozen for ice cold Beer.
at - S. WHITTEX'S.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-06-06
DR.. Miles, Heart Cure

Use DR.. A. D. Balls great cure for
Rheumatism, Neuralgia and pains of all
kinds. Sold at Dorsey's Drug store.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-06-06
DOINGS OF LIVE MEN.
Some RepreS6ntdtlv6 Firms Doing Business in
Henderson.
Men and establishments Of whom anu loMa M0nt Justly
Feel PrOud-WhO They are and What
They are Doing.

here. He has held several positions Of
trust and honor in each of which he
showed capacity and discharged his
duties with the same fidelity and indus
trious application that he has carried
with his own private business.
In addition to his warehouse Mr..
Davis also owns tobacco factory here
and his popular brands of smoking
tobacco have had wide sale. His
leading brands are Honest Mixture,
"a delightful smoking and chewing
tobacco), Clean Track, Parson Gabe,
(plug cut, for smoking or chewing), the
celebrated Mystic Mixture, and others.
1t is gratifying to know that those
goods are having big run and trade
is rapidly increasing. We want even
more power to Owen Davis elbow
He is one of the kinds and styles Of
men who aid wonderfully and materi-
ally in the upbuilding of town.
NEVER GET LEFT.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-03-12
A Mathematical PrnIirr-

Young Vernier, the French mathe-
NAUTICAL prodigy from the provinces,
of whose success in obtaining admis
sion to the higher normal school with.
ont undergoing an examination YOU
were Informed n few days ago, has ar
rived Mt Paris, and is the object OF
much curiosity. This youth of eight
cen has great opinion OF his genius,
for, when complimented on his won
derful proficiency, he calmly remarked
that mathematics were SO badly taught
IN France that he had no trouble in
convincing the real sIvau IS OF the Gin
sanity Of the prevailing methods.
He says that during his stay at the
Lyons Lycee his master treated him
rs "visionary;" but, he adds gener-
ously, 81 forgive the poor man."
Vernier attracted notice by entering
into correspondence with several
mathematiciuns of note, who imagined
that they were replying to m elderly
savant like themselves, and were AS
tonished when they ascerJained that
he was n schoolboy. The Minister of
Public Instruction was informed of
the existence of this "infant pheuom-
enon, ",and promptly admitted him 10
the higher normal school on his own
responsibility. Young Vernier does
not intend to repose on his laurels.
On the contrary, he is writing for tho
Academy of Science, work which
will be ready by the summer, and
Mhich, as he confidently puts it, will
bring about "a revolution like that
accomplished by Laplace and New
ton. lie attributes every mathe-
maticNl discovery to Intuition" OF
which he evidently believes that he
has n considerable stock at his com
mand. 1t remains to be seen whether
young Vernier will succeed in carry.
ing out his threat of demolishing the
existing system, and it is quite posi-
bic that he overcates his powers.
There is no doubt, however, that he
possesses exceptional talents, and his
career will be watched with interest.
London Telegraph.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-03-12

burying itself in the ocean. Long be-
fore the cable was made the ocean bed
had been sounded so that the cable
steamer travels over known way.
Sometimes the cable parts in paying
out, and then it must be picked up.
This is done by lowering a grapnel ut
tached to long rope over the bow of
the steamer. When the grapnel
reaches the bottom the cable Ship
steams slowly back and forth over the
course. The dynamometer tells when
the cable is hooked The engineers
know what the strain should be and
they are not fooled if the Crapnel
catches on rock or ledge. When the
cable is hooked the dynamometer
shows steady pull, the word is given,
the drum Of the picking.up gear winds
in the grapnel cable and the lost sub
marine cable Is hanled aboard. 1t is
then passed around to the stern,
spliced TO the cable aboard the
ship and the work of laying the cable
is resumed. Chicago Record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-03-12
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

Dear Master OF tho tuneiul Tyre.
How shall we breathe tho word caro-
well?'
How shall we touch the trembling wire
Which vlbraies with thy mystic spell?
The world seems poor, ofthec bereft--
The evening sky without the sun,
Tho setting, not the gem, is lest;
Tho frame remains, the picture gone.
As birds that float on heavonward wing,
Unseen, the air with music M,
Singing, they soar, and, soaring, sing
Thy broker harp yields music still.
LIES golden bowl WAS dashed too soon.
But love still holds thy cherished name
No sunset thine, but fadeless noon,
No shadow, but immortal fame.
SO the dear chrysalis we hide,
For Gods safokeeplng In the tomb.
And in flcm hope ana faith we bide
The dawn that breaks tho silent gloom.
Wait tho fair day, tho glorious hour
The precious form enshrined in clay.
instinct with new created power
Shall wake and hcavenwlrI soar away.
S. +. Smith, Holiness classmate and author
OF "My Country, It's OF Thee, in Harvard
Graduates Magazine.
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Horoism is to be found in other
places than at tho lannon's mouth.
This heroism is but the result of the
inward passions OF mankind working
to the surface under intense excite
mont, and is ~ be found in the most
uncivilized OF peoples. This is not
true heroism in the strict sense OF tho
word. a case OF the true article is
now going tho round of the Northern
newspapers Last Fourth Of July lit
tie Freddie Griffith, OF Montclair, ".
y, was celebrating tho day in tho
usual manner, and was so frightiully
injured 10y the explosion of some fire.
works that not q vestige Of skin was
10 bo found on his body from tho
knees up to the lower part of his
chest. To restore this skin il will re-
quire fally 5000 CRAFTS of cuticle
taken from the bodies Of healthy per-
sons. Fully 5000 of these have al-
ready been contributed by his family
and friends When we consider that
for every piece contributed scar is
the result, it is not far TO look for
true heroism One gentleman has al.
ready 800 OF these honorable scars to
show, and others are not for behind
New Orleans Pioayune,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-03-12
Mushroom Poison.

The poisonous principle of mnsh-
rooms has often been extracted by
chemists, but it is difficult TO deter
mine whether the poison is really
natural 90 the species or specimen In
which it is found or has been absorbed
from the soil or other material on
which the mushroom has grown. In
other words, % species OF mushroom
may bcpoisonous when grown i'm ono
spot and perfectly harmless when
taken from another spot in the same
field or neiehborhood. II thcre arc
noxiOus materials i'm tho manure or
other decuying substances within tho
reach OF u growing mushroom 10 viii
absorb these and acquire poisonous
nature. This was long ago pointed
out by European investigators OF tho
edible fungi, aud they warn collectors
against gathering even the best known
kinds from low grounds wet with stag
nant OK poisonous waters. New York
SIM
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-03-12
She Makes Pictures Of Glass.

In the dingy second story at GIj
West Ohio street are the iiving-rOoms
of Mrs r.. Wallar and family. While
they have few Of the appointments Of
n studio, the pictures on the walls in
dictate the workshop OF person with
the instincts of an artist. Mrs. Wal
lar is an elderly lady, who was in
her younger days manufacturer of
artificial fruit and flowers from wax.
About two yenrs ago, in view of tho
then approaching Worlds Fair, she
determined to make some pictures for
exhibition on lines which should be
Mt least original. Procuring n dry
goods box, about two feet wide. two
feet deep and four feet long, she be-
gan to make a relief picture of tho
club house ut Washington Par6. The
whole picture is made of small pieces
OF broken plate glass, put together
with q peculiar kind of glue. All OF
her spare time until the Fair began
was occupied ON this one thing, bus
before it was finished she was taken
sick and was compelled TO stop tho
work Her sickness was % LONG one.
but when She. recovered she immedi-
ately resumed work upon her picture.
For six months sine has spent every
available moment at her task. Tho
work is now completed, and presents
detail likeness of the club house in
coiors Innumerable, almost micro
scopic pieces of glass have been used
and combine TO make % unified whole.
Besides this picture Mrs. Wallar
has also completed another, which is
somewhat larger, and which repre-
sonts mountain scene. Chicago
Record
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When 80 10 So So.

Professor +. T.. Barnard, of tho
Lick Observatory, says people mako
"a great mistake in coming to tho ob.
soryatory at night TO see che stars, for
they can bo seen far better i'm tine day
time. People flock there, too, to see
the moon when it is full "rhat is
the very worst time, he said. "rhey
can see great deal more when it is
only half full, for thon the rising sun
shines on it, aud oil the mountaina,
valleys and even the shadows can be
distinctly observed When the moon
is full it simply looks like q blur, or
at best q map. Chicago Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-03-12
PITH AND POINT.

Charity doesn't cover n very big
multitude of other peoples SINS
Puck
That which ''goes without saying''
is nothing t. speak of. Philadel-
phia Life.
Visitor-"Got pretty easy berth
here, ell ?" Legless Wonder L
can't kick. Truth.
After man strikes the high water
mark, he often has hard work to keep
his head above it.-Puck.
Very often the world forgets the ex-
istence of "A man until he has pretty
sixteen-year-old daughter.
Botnnists have not yet found q
scientific name for the wall flower.
Springfield Mass Union.
ellis Honor is at steak" said tho
waiter when the county court Judge
was at dinner. st. Louis uumorist.
Ignorance of the law excuses no
man." "rhnt may be, but it seems
to excuse a great many lawyers. -
Truth.
Mack-"What's the matter, Higbee
locked out?" Higbee-"Yes; my
wife has the key to the situation. -
Philadelphia Life.
It is about the time of the year
when we meet those superior persons
who take bath in cold water every
morning. -Atchinson Globe.
New Missionary-"C YOU tell mo
what has become of my predecessor ?"
Cannibal Chief Gle made trip into
the interior. "-Fliegende Blaettor.
It's not game or two that cost,
Or pat least, I've sometimes heard,
But wealth untold IS often lost
In getting even" aferward.
New York Recorder
Champ (savagely)-"Your dog has
bitten piece clean out of my leg i"
Sharpe ditto "Confound it!
wanted to bring him up as vegete-
rian l'-Tit-Bits
"Won at last, -" whispered the groom
as he led the bride out of the church.
eyes, " she murmured back 'T am tho
won, and ] intend to be the one. -
Philadelphia Record
Mis-, Passee (virtuously)-"Wen, 1
should like to see a man try to kiss
me goodbye ut the gate, that's all !"
Miss Sixteen (mischievously)-'fS
should l. "-SomervIlle Journal.
''The dear boy, how he loves mel
she sighed as she replaced the sheet
within the envelope Going softly
to the pearllined estritoire she took
the pen and thoughtfully wrote on the
letter, Exhibit A. st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
George wonder why it's 80 easy
to get engaged TO n girl in the sum-
mer?" Jack-'J just tell you what,
George after girl sees herself in
summer boarding house looking glass
she'll accept most anybody. "-Leayen
worth Times. 49,
Juniorus -"Tho governor writes, in
reply TO my last letter asking for
money, that he is on the verge Of Civ
ing mp in despair" Sophomorocus--
THAT'S encouraging. Ny dad curD--g
informs me that he doesn't proposG' to
give up ut all."-Bufnlo Courier.
a teacher having requested each of
her class of small boys to bring in
three items Of information about the
Hudson River that they could provo
to be facts, received from bright
soyen-y em-old the following: 'I have
lived nccr it. have sailed over it.
have fallun into it. Facks. Judge.
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Cave OF Woniers in Pennsylvania.

Workmen IN quarrying stone Mt
Wadd!es, station on the Bellefon-
tame Central Railroad, short dis
lance from State College, Penn, dis.
covered an interesting natural pheno-
menon in the shape of cave. The
external opening to the subterranean
cavern is about four feet square and
opens into n space nine feet high and
twenty feet deep. Large apertures
leading downward through solid rock
are numerous in the floor of the in
terror cavity. A stone dropped into
one of the openings produces a clear
ringing sound such as is emitted by
bell. Streams of flowing water can DO
distinctly heard at distance below
the surface. On all sides OF the in
terror OF the cavern are rare and
grotesque calcareous formations OF
salagmites and stalactites. At one
end of the large interior cavern an
opening extends into the earth a dis
lance already explored Of over 100
feet. This aperture is comparatively
small, and can only be explored by
crawling on hands and knees. Several
valuable and unique Indian relics have
been found, and 1t is thought to have
been tue secrcting place OF some early
settlers from the attacks Of the hostile
tribes. 1t Is n curious fact that tho
newly discovered cave is but n short
distance from the celebrated PENIS
cave, and It's external appearance is
similar. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-03-12

Harry Westcott, of Bridgeport N.
D., who has been for two or three sel-
sons member of the life saving sta
tlons OF Cape May and Atlantic City,
has saved forty-thres lives. He has
received q large number of valuable
presents and gold medals in recogni-
ton Of mis- heroism, and now q gentle.
man whose wife he saved from drown
ing has secured for him a good posi-
ton on the Northern Pacific Railroad.
in the State of Washington. He is
only twenty-four years OF age, New
YoRF gribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-03-12
CURIOUS FACTS.

The black ostrich stands seven feet
high.
The greatest velocity attained bv
whale when struck by harpoon is
nine miles an hour.
The records of Massachusetts arc
written in an official ink specially
made for the purpose.
As early as 1896 n paper was read to
the Royal Society of England on a
natural gas well in Lancashire.
y flower cut in the morning will re-
tain its freshness twice rs long as n
dower cut in the middle of the day,
when the sunis upon it,
One of the heaviest snowfalls in the
history OF this country was February
10 to 2i, 1717, when the snow re-
manned five to seven feet deep all over
New England.
y dog belonging to Hezekiah
Blucher, of Gilbertsvilles Penn, went
hunting on his own account and alone
and unaided caught and killed IA
twenty-five pound wildcat.
1t is reported that the Sultan of
Turkey feeds his Egyptian steed on
dried currants, half "a pound feed,
In stead of oats, for each horse, and
that this is the secret OF their great
endurance.
Frank III. Lear, OF Walnut Town
ship, Golia County, Ohio, claims to
he the champion beet raiser. One
that he pulled from his garden
measured thirty and one-half inches
in circumference.
There is about TO be published by
the Epidcmio'ogical Sosioty OF Lon
don an account OF the great plague of
London in 1865, written bJ London
apothecary, William Boghurst, who
was on the spot through the whole
epidemic
In Yorkshire, England, there Is
crusade against wicker hand baskets.
which are said to harbor all kin Is OF
insects. A woman who died from a
mysterious ailment was said to have
been poisoned by eating luncheon out
of one of those baskets.
An official ratcatcher has been np
pointed by the Liverpool (EnglauD
City Council. He is to begin with 81.
Johns Market, which he is to clear Of
rats for $3.50, and after such clearance
to keep the market clear of rats for
the sum of 500 per annum."
Jim Hall" of Dana's "Two Years
Before the Mast" who came to be
Commodore of the great Pacific Steam
Navigation Company, with eighty-fo four
steamers plying between Panama,
Pacific ports South and Liverpool, is
still living at Weymouth, Mass.
Nearly all tho comic valentines,
found in almost every part OF the
civilized world, are made in Williams
burgh, Brooklyn, where the work goes
on from one end of the year TO the
other. The factory turns out more
than 1000, 600 of the comics" in
year.
The sea with the greatest mean
depth appears to be the vast Paci l.,
which covers 67,000,O 600 of the 1SS,
600, 900 square miles covering the
earth's surface OF this 1873, 900, 0O0,
137, 900, 600 are sea; SO shat tine Pa
cific comprises just one-half OF the
water of the globe and more than one
third of its whole area.
The roar OF n lion can be hearn
farther than the sound of any living
creature. Next comes the hyena.
then the screech owl, the panther AM
the jackal, in succession. The donkey
can be heard fifty times farther of
than the horse, and the cat ten times
farther than the dog. 1t is strange
that the quiet and timil hare, when
she cries in fear, can be heard farther
of than either cat or dog.
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BETTER TIMES.

Country's lookin' all alive.
Better times for Ninety-fvoi
Don't care what the croakers say
Country's happy on the way!
Suns still shinin' round about.
When it's night tho stars come out;
An when they ain't sAinin' right,
Long comes the electric light
Keep on goin'-:oil an strive;
Better times in Ninety-flve!
Country's lookin' all serene;
Though the woods is stripped o grcon,
Somewhere, underneath the snow,
There's n daisy that'll grow
II it's cold. it does us good;
Exercise in chopin wood!
An if wood comes purity high,
Summcr'll bee hero by an by!
Keep on goin'-lool; alive;
Better times in Ninety-nvcl
Atlanta Constitution.