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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16
The Sweet Potato For Profit.

&c. &. Dill in Orange Judd Farmcr.I
Sweet potatoes are the most pro6ta-
bic crop that l raise. They will make
from 200 to Goo bushels per acre;
1, 900 bushels nave been made, but
under extraordinary circumstances,
and the tubers were of poor quality.
But with yield of only 200 bushels,
and at only IS cents a bushel, they
beat S cent cotton a long way. They
seldom sell as low as this, and in the
spring bring from 50 cents to 81.
Extra fine varieties, such as the Bunch
Yam and Spanish Bunch sweet, bring
from 81 to So bushel and the supply
is not equal to the demand, and not
likely to be for years to come.
There are SO many farmers who by
ignorance or negligence lose their po-
tatoes that sweets for seed are always
in demand at good prices, and often
very high. The plan of keeping sweet
potatoes by Mr.. Atkins is a good one.
| have kept them not only through
the summer, but until the next spring,
and they terminated, but it took two
or three weeks longer than the previous
years growth. The raising of sweet
potatoes for seed is quite business
here, and they are sent to every State
in the Union, to Canada and South
America, and two tubers sent last year
to Queensland arrived in good cundi-
ton. There thousands Of acres are
planted for the vines to feed mich
COWS, and it would pay here.
Many seem to think that the sweet
potato is only adapted to warm eli
mates, but it grows any where that the
irish potato will, and in many local
tiles is more profitable crop. Worn
out cotton lands if allowed to rest 4
year will make a fair crop of sweet DO
tatoes. These poor lands, if planted
in sweet potatoes one year, then in
COW peas, and then sweet potatoes,
and again in cow peas, will then pro-
duce good crops of corn or cotton. As
sweet potatoes improve instead of i'm
poverish land, and, as they bring a
much better price in proportion TO
their cost than cotton, it is to be hoped
that more will be planted than hereto
fore. OF all the crops that are raised
in the South l can think of none that
will equal Irish and sweet potatoes as
mortgage lifters.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16
THE GOLD LEAF.
HENDERSON,, y. &.
THURSDAY, MAY rs, 1895.
WOULD NOT DIE in SPRING TIME
MIGHT CHOOSE THE HOUR.
Written for the GOLD LEAF.l


All hail to the beautiful spring time.
Radiant with sunbeams and genial with
showers,
With weird and wonderful magic divine,
Unfolding a wreath OF leaflets and
flowers.
What feast to the eye. when the morning
is fair,
And the dewdrOpS bcSpangle the buds
and the flowers,
And the inya lids tonic the balm in the air ,
Brings the radiant butterfly back to the
bowers.
T. there enchantment mere alluring, more
eXquisltely sublime,
Than at morn, and evenings sunlight
hours,
When upon the whispering winds Of spring
time
Are borne the balmy sweets of flowers?
j would not die in spring time,
If might choose the hour;
fain would linger near thy shrine,
Bright season of the opening flower.
! confess a little weakness for the
spring,
And for the fragrance of the lilacs. if
you please
And for my little warbler that may brinr,
His little box Of music to the trees.
Aye, and a weakness for the murmuring of
the brook.
And for the spcit Of Isaac Walton. we
may say;
For the rod. for the line and for the hook
And for the pool, where the fishes are a,
play.
Oh, no, | would not die in spring time,
And If might choose the hour.
I'd live for aye III the balmy cline,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16
Chicago and the COnfedcrateS
Atlanta Constitution |


Department Commander Thaycr,
of The Grand Army of the Republic
i'll Massachusetts, protested the other
day against the approaching dedica-
ton of a monument TO the Confeder-
ate dead in Chicago, and said that
such a ceremony would be "blasphe
my"
Much TO Thayer's establishment,
his deliveranCe has fallen fiat in Chi
Cago. The First infantry Of that city
Will turn out in force at the dedication
OF the monument, and men are cnthu-
sias:IC over the occasion. Some of
the most distinguished living Union
generals will be present and the entire
city seems disposed to join in this
magnificent tribute to the soldiers Of
the ConfcderaCy.
This is just what might have been
expected. The extremists of the two
sections are in very small minority
now, and the Americans 0! TODAY
make no distinction between the wear
crs of the blue and the gray. They
honor valor and patriotism wherever
they find those virtues. and they recog-
nize the fact that the soldiers OF
the two armies were equally honest
and equally loyal to their ideas of
duty.
We are glad to see this Cnnfed-r-
ate monument rise in Chicago, and we
hope to see the South return the com
plIment in the proper way. There
should be statues of Lincoln and OF
Grant and Lee at Appomattox. ~hich
should be converted into d m ,lonal
park, and some day we will see in the
very center of Atlanta stately monu-
ment concentrating the siege and
bearing eloquent testimony to The he
rOlsm of the followers of Sherman
Johnston and Hood. When men are
brave and true enough to die for what
they believe TO be right the color o.
their uniforms should not be con.
sdered.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16
Advantages of Wide Tires.
Wilmington Star.


The Raleigh Press published a few
days ago an interesting paper by Mr..
McMackin, of Raleigh, superintendent
of roads in Wake county, or the sub
Ject OF wide tires on heavy vehicles,
which he contends is one of the essen
tails before We IAN have good country
roads. We have frequently written on
this subject in these columns and
called attention to the fact that the
wide tire IS the rule in most European
countries. In France the tires are
from four to eight inches wide, and
even the cabs and other vehicles for
carrying persons in the cities have wide
tires, although the streets are paved
with hard material and are smooth.
The vehicles are constructed with
axles of different length so that the
hind wheels do not run in a line with
the fore wheels but outside and thus
the wheels are made TO serve as rollers.
keeping the road smooth and compact
instead OF cutting into and tearing it
up. In some sections Of this country
wagons used for hauling coal and logs
have tires about double the width of
ordinary wagon tires and thus teams
are able to haul weights that it would
be impossible for them to move with
the ordinary narrow tire. Even if the
question of good roads did not enter
the case, it seems to us that Considera-
ton for the draught animals, which
could pull loads so much more easily
with wide tires, would lead 10 their
general adoption at least in the coun-
try where the roads are unpaved.
Some of the States, recognizing the
importances in the economy Of good
roads. are encouraging the adoption Of
the wide tire by exempting such vehi-
Giles from taxation, as the legislature in
New York has done. But it takes a
long time sometimes to get plain,
Common-sense, self-evident PROPOSE
ton through the heads of people
after they have been running in an old
rut.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

There is more catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced it local
disease, and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a cOnsti-
tutional disease. and, therefore, requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is taken in
ternally in doses from 10 drops to tea.
spoonful. 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case il
fails to cure. Send for circulars and ties.
timonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

The Atlanta Constitution after
discussing the fact that the French
suffer less from panics and depressions
than any other people on the globe
because there every person saves
something for rainy day, says
every child should be taught the
importance of saving without being
avaricious and niggardly. We need
more Thrift. The average American
wage-earner wastes enough in his life
time to make him comfortable in his
old age. We should take a lesson
from the French in this respect. They
know how to enjoy life and at the
same time work hard and save money!"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16
Cure For Headache

As 4 remedy for all forms of headache,
Electric Bitters has proved to be the verv
best. 1t effects permanent cure aud the
most dreaded habitual sick headaches Weld
to its influence. We urge all who are
afflicted to procure bottle, and give this
remedy fair trial In cases of habitual
constipation Electric Bitters cures bv giving
the needed tonic to the bowels, and few
cases long resist the use of this medicine.
Try it once. Large bottles only fifty cents
at Melville Dorsev's drug store.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16
Reliefin Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases
relieved in six hours by the New Great
South American Kidney Cure" This new
remedy is great surprise on account of
its exceeding promptneSS in relieving pain
in the bladder. kidneys, back and every
part of the urinary passages in male or
female. 1t relieves retention of water and
pain in passing it almost Immediately. If
you want quick relief and cure this is your
remedy. Sold by Melville Dorsey, Drug.
giSt, Henderson, y. Z.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

Oil of fennel dropped on the head
and neck of poultry will drive lice
away. Fumigate the henhouse thor
oughly with pan of live Goals and a
handful of sulphur sprinkled thereon.
Shut the building closely for a halfhour
to keep the fumes Of sulphur in; and
woe to all the vermin therein.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

1t is not the number of breeds kept
that makes the poultryman successful,
but it is the quality of the one breed
kept. It is always the man that makes
a speciality of one or two breeds, that
you hear spoken of as authority on such
and such breeds and he the one in the
end that makes the most money.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

Compressed air is used in glass
blowing by French manufacturers.
Watch crystals are made by blowing a
sphere as nearly perfect as possible
and then cutting glasses from it. One
particular ball was sixty-two inches in
diameter, and three thousand watch
crystals were made from it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

Poultrymen should bear in mind
that it is the drone in every family
that increases the expenses and les
sens the profit. The fat hen or fussy,
long spurred old rooster consume all
they can get, lay no eggs, rob the
others and add to the cost of keeping
the flock.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

DR.. Peate, of Butler, Pa, has cast
the lens tor the big telescope for the
American University near Washington.
1t is the largest lens in the world,
being sixty inches in diameter. The
cast was perfect, and it is considered a
great achievement.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16
Bucklens, Arnica Salve

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands. Chilblains
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by N. Dorsey, druggist.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

1t is estimated that the South spends
500, 900, 900 for products that could
be raised cheaper here than elsewhere.
Our section will never reach its full
measure of prosperity until it produces
what it consumes and sends surplus
to other countries.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

For gapes in chickens, put a drop of
turpentine on a bread crumb, twice a
day. When putting the crumb in the
throat, don't put it in the windpipo by
mistake.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

The secrets of turkey raising are
freedom from lice, clean, dry food, and
dry, clean quarters, and do not try and
convert them to your habits, but try
and conform to theirs.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

The Worlds Fair prize for the finest
rice has been awarded to James M.
Shipman, of Columbus county, N. c.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

Baltimore has been chosen as the seat
of the next general conference of the
NJ. E. church.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

North Carolina has 81 employees in
the Treasury Department whose salaries
aggregate S64,526.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

Growing food for poultry is not al
ways as profitable as buying it, but we
can grow sunfower seed, millet and
buckwheat for variety.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

1t takes long time for woman to
get into the thirties, but when she does
get there she STAYS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

1t is great sin to swear unto a sin
but a greater sin to keep a sinful
oath.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

When the food is Of an improper
character the product cannot be all
that is desired.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

Most peoples lives are spent in
getting what they don't want and
wanting what they don't get.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

An ointment made of mixture Of
gill of melted lard and a teaspoonful of
kerosene oil, used once week is
good for scaly legs in poultry. Try it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

lime is the oldest and most infal
lible of all critics.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

He is fool who cannot be angry;
but he is wise man who will not be
angry.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

Each one sees what he carries in
his heart.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

The good are Heavens peculiar
care.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

Nothing has ever been producedtO
equal or compare with Humphreys
Witch Hazel Oil as a CURATIVE AMI
HEALING APPLICATION. 1t has been
used 40 years and always affords Eelle
and always gives satisfaction.
ItCures Piles or HEMoRRHous, External
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding Itching aid
Burning; Cracks or FiSsrres and flstulaS
Relief immediate certain.
1t Cures BURNS, Scalds and liberation and
Contraction from Burns. Relief instant.
1t Cures Torn, Cut and Lacerated
Wounds and Bruises.
1t Cures BoILs, Hot Tumors, Ulcers, od
Sores, Itching Eruptions, Scuriy or Sold
Head. 1t is Infalliblc.
1t Cures INFLAMED or CAKED Breasts
and Sore Nipples. 1t is invaluable.
1t Cures SALT RHEUM, Tcttcra, ScurT
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters'
Sore Lips or Nostrils, Corns and EunIon''
Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings OF Insects.
Three Sizes, 25c., soc. and 500
Sold BY Druggists, sent postpaid receiy;opo"
HUMPHREYS MEO CO., II & William b., Nv iOs
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-16

There Market that will much for Tobacco
our MOTTO: FAIR DEA INC HGHEST PRCES BEST AVERA(
practice the above fully promls
golden unf
satisfaction
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-07
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

No man is any stronger than his
weak spot.
Every drunkard was once a mod
crate drinker.
The only thing that can really hurt
any man or nation is sin.
Shadows have no claws, but they
have frightened many people to death.
If some people had money enough
they would vex themselves to death.
A genius is man who does some.
thing that others say cannot be done.
The man who builds house tells
the whole neighborhood some thing
about himself.
Men are made rich, not by what
the world can give, but by what it
can't take away
Ii you want to find a pleasure
greater than making money, try Civ
ing some of it away.
When it turns black everywhere
else, you can find plenty of light by
looking straight up.
Talking about charity beginning at
home, is one of the ways by which we
can let people know that we have
none.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-07
Advertising in Illinois.

The Reporter says that great re,
vival of advertising has taken place
among the business men of Raritan.
Nearly all of them have purchased
rubber stamp outfits, and they are
plastering the whole town and the in
side of their stores with measly-look-
ing announcements. Raritan mer-
chants must place very low estimate
on the intelligence of the public if they
expect them to stop and read such con-
glomerated aggregations of mixed up
letters, daubed on pasteboard
with elderberry juice. Cross road
stores used that method of adj
vertising years ago, but in
these days, people who get their hair
cut as often as twice year and wear
something more fashionable than poke
bonnets, are not caught standing be-
fore such announcements devouring
them open mouthed. Advertising is a
science that requires study and close
observation. An advertisement on the
street must be so large and plain that
people can read it without seeming to
do so, otherwise it had better be put
into their homes, where it can be
perused unobserved. Hardwood lu.)
RAIDER.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-07
CHOICE NONSENSE.

Quericus-How did such a place
ever get the reputation of being a
great health resort@ Cynicus-Two
or three prominent men died there.
"Did Dickens give you tip on the
race?" yes" "Did you come out
ahead?" II did" How much?"
What | would have bet if had paid
any attention to it.
First Man-That woman used to be
my wife. Second Marshes mine
now, sir. First Man = Well, you
needn't get huffy about it. You'll
have a chance to get back at some
other fellow.
Good morning, Uncle Charles
Did you sleep we'll? Pm afraid your
bed was rather hard and uneven,
but" "Oh, it was all right thank
you. / got up now and then during
the night and rested bit, you know"
Patron, pushing his cup away
You've made mistake, waiter. I
didn't order tea; | ordered coffee.
Waiter, examining the beverage
That is coffee, sir. Patron-Well, if
that's coffee, bring me cup of tea.
Wife-The price of the clock was
$40, but / got discount, so it only
cost me SIS. Husband-Yes, but you
could have got the same thing at
Beetles for S.. Wife-That may be,
but then Beetle wouldn't have taken
off anything.
A mean man invited the village
preacher to dine with him, but placed
before the preacher only dish OF
greens and corn aread. "Will you
say grace, parson?" asked the host.
II will" replied the parson. Lord,
make us thankful for green's and corr
bread and put it into the heart of oul
brother to raise hogs next yearl'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-07
A Terrible Visltant.

Pain is always terrible visitant, and often
iomicies itself with one for life. This inflic.
tion is preventable, in cases of rheumatism, by
a timely resort to Hostetterss Stomach Bitters,
which checks the Entertainments Of this obsti
nate and dangerous malady at the outset The
term dangerous is used adyisedly for rheu
matism is always liable to attack the vital
organs and terminate life No testimony is
more conclusive and concurrent than that OF
physicians who testify to the excellent effect OF
the Bitters in this disease. Persons incur
wetting in rainy or snowy weather, and who are
exposed to draughts, should use the Bitters as
u preventive of ill effects Malaria, dyspepsia
liver and kidney trouble, nervousness and
debility are also among the ailments to which
this popular medicine is adapted. For the in
frmities soreness and stiffness of the aged it is
highly beneficial.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-07
A Pertinent Paragraph.

''Our country If right, should be kept
right; if wrong, should be put right, "
is a political maxim which paraphrased
applies to other conditions of life, thus:
our health if right, should be kept
right; if wrong, should be put right,
especially in bodily ailments, such as
pains and aches, which ST. Jacobs Oil
promptly cures. Many out of work
should heed to give it chance to cure
and it will give them a chance to go to
work cured. Another adage is: ''he
doeth best who doeth we'll" Well, of
course, you want to be well from all
sorts of aches, and the best thing to do
is to use the great remedy. He who
does so is doing well indeed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-07

mines. She has just been in Los
Angeles and bought restaurant out
fit for the new camp, and while her
flannel shirted miners at 81 apiece, she
will make her locations and begin
mining as usual.
She is wonderfully plucby girl. 1t
is about nine years now since she first
came to Tucson. She was from Dodge
City, Kan, and could not have been
more than II years old. She got to ex-
aiming the ore as it came from the
Tucson mines, and was soon as good a
judge of it's value as her brother Jim,
who was foreman and mineralogist in
one of them. The boys in the Tomb
stone locality pretty soon began bet
ting on her Judgment, and found that
she was wonderfully good guesser,
and hit it close lbout every time Her
fame spread, and miners, who, as you
know, are always superstltious, got an
idea that to have her around and get
her good opinion some way brought
luck She knew where to dig for ore,
too, and some of the ore in the Conten-
ton was found by following her advice
in running drift.
Over in Graham county she made a
hit one day on copper, and when she
went to Tombstone afterward she
passed her Judgment on some mines
there Bill Virgins sold the Excel
sior and Grand View mines on her adj
vice, and the only dividend they ever
yielded was the $4,000 he got from
hem. Other mines were bought after
she had examined and reported favor
ably on them. They are good paying
properties now.
In Tucson, Bisbee, Tombstone, and
other camps Miss Cushman has con-
Quoted general stores and big lodging
houses for the miners. She was also
in business at Castle Dome. She is as
adventurous in pushing forward to a
new region as any nomadic miner.
No sooner does she hear of new
camp than she starts for it. She has
had so much experience that she al
most invariably turns it to good ac-
count, getting town lots, placer sites,
and unloading at big profit. At first
she did not get out of the camps soon
enough. Consequently she has been
many times rich and poor.
She has indomitable pluck, though,
and if she goes broke in one place she
soon makes turn and gets up again.
1t is phenomenal how nonchalantly
she takes a reverse. She is just as
level headed, self contained and serene
as if she had made a fortune. 1t
makes no difference, SO far as appear
ances go. Miss Cushman is rather
tall, dark eyed girl. She is
somewhat angular in appearance
and has brown hair. Going
about among the mines, or climbing
the hills for outcroppings, she wears
heavy shoes and strong boomers,
usually covered with a cloak. She is
rapid walker and quick talker.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-07
The above offered
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REGULATIONS AND C0rIDITIcr1S


First-The first prize will he won by the
largest list, the second prize by the next
largest list and so on To the tenth.
second-Each person must send In his or
her list before the end OF February, 1895.
Third-The list OF words must be written
in ink plainly, and must be signed by the
contestant and witnessed by two neighbors
or friends.
Fourth-Any English word found In the
dictionary can be used IL IL is compC sed of
letters that are contained in the word edu-
cation, but there musl be no duplicates abb
breviations, eXclamations nor names OF peo-
pie or places,