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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-12-03
Unprevarieated Proverbs
(RoSton Home .IOurnal.l }

Nothing is So disagreeable as trying
to kill time in town So small that
any one taking walk must return by
the same road he went.
Before marriage the man thinks a
grea, deal about the girl meeter. After
marriage It's the gas meter that occu-
pies his attention.
The man who wants wife while he
is married TO a woman is abou, the
poorest man alive.
Lois Of men like their music 10 be
like the hush which falls upon the
house when the baby goes 10 sleep.
We are commanded TO forgive our
enemies but no, to make friends OF
them.
The man who runs after two hares
often comes home feeling as if he had
been snatChed baldheaded.
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THERE ARE OTHERS.
philadelphia Press.)

If you ever make little joke that's easily
something worth
So that people when they hear it will ex-
plode in helpless mirth,
Don't think that YOU re the only wit that
ever walked the earth.
There are others.
If you ever make a fearful break that
covers you with shame,
You really need not mind it though your
cheeks begin to fame
You re not the only diot that ever did the
same.
There are others
If she says she'll be sister but she can
no further go,
Don't get so melancholy with your spirits
ten below,
She's not the only female in this weary
world of woe.
There are others!
Are you cen compelled to listen to sing
er who will roar
A song of mOuldy cheStnutS and old Jokes
oft heard before,
Till you hope each verse will be the last
and fondly eye the door?
But there are others!
youth with parted locks and lofty
collar you will find,
With coat that's tightly buttoned and a
very vacant mind,
Alas! he's not the only silly creature Of
the kind.
There are others.
Now, if you do not like this son, and say
it falls quite fiat,
And the moonstruck man who wrote it,
was maniac and all that,
Why you're not compelled to sing it,
though you're talking thro' your hat.
There are OtherSi
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where thieves break through and steal "
And there is no, a piece Of propert y
under the sun that one Of these three
things is not constantly at work upon.
Everything that a man has in this
world is subject either to ,hesssravages
Of moth or rust, or the onslaught of
thieves.
The rich and the poor ought to be
in deeper sympathy with one another.
The fellow who eats much ought TO
divide more literally with him who
has nothing to eat. The woman Of
good fortune had better give het las,
winters cloak to the shivering widow
than have the moths eat it up. In our
debating societies when was a boy
we used to get up the question ofwhich
affords the greatest happiness, pursuit
or possession. Some dogs had rather
run rabbit than to eat him after they
catch him.
With the gout on the one side and
starvation on the other; with luxuries
for some and wants for others; with
wrecked health and ruined nervous
systems for the rich, and the power to
enjoy all things without possessing the
things you would enjoy with the poor
l say 1t is a question philosopher
might we'll hesitate to answer, which
is the worst, wealth or want2 would
rather strike the7golden mean and be-
long to the middle class, not pinched
by want nor surfeited with. wealth,
where manhood has its higher play and
character and conscience have the
field.
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ence from Adam down to this present
hour. The homes of want and poverty
have produced large majority of the
greatest and the best of both men and
women. Every boy in America be
tween the ages Of 16 and IS needs a
very poor father, a father who cannot
help him at all, but father whom he
must help. Then you put the pressure
on the boy and develop him into a
grand man.
1t is the nature of man 10 lie down
and take it easy when you pension
him. Very few men have enjoyed
their wealth. A very wealthy man
once replied to a neighbor who told
him that his son would spend his
money faster than he had made 1t:
"Well," said the wealthy man, "It my
son enjoys spending it as much as |
enjoy making it he will have good
time while it lasts" But very few
men can really say that they enjoyed
the drudgery, the toll and the appllca'
ton which produce a fortune. Making
money, saving money and giving
money are three fine arts. The two
first are of earth earthly. The third,
giving monzy, is OF Heaven, Heavenly.
The poor would give much 1t they
could. The rich do not understand
the continued poverty of the poor.
The poor do NOT see how the rich
could have gathered what they have
without the hog in their nature pre-
dominating. have been as poor as
dog and scarcely mad anything
wanted. l have been where If l had
want that money could buy | did not
know what it was. l was as happy
wanting everything as l have beer
having all l wanted.
What a man has or has not ha:
about as little to do with his happiness
as the dog star has to do with the tide
l know many very poor people wht
are very happy. l know some rIct
people who are happy. l know sons
of both classes who are everlasllngl,
miserable. Anybody can be rich
they will NEE, the conditions on whicI
riches are gathered. Pat said 'ha, h
/ got rich by doing without the thing
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he was just obliged to have. Anybody
can be poor if they will meet the con-
ditions of poverty. If you want to
get rich as you 60 and save as you go.
II you want to be poor 60 in debt and
stay in debt until you get to where ii
is against your interest to pay the prin-
cipal, and finally get 10 where it is
against your principle to pay the in
terest. Then move out to the poor
house and die.
Greed and avarice will despoil any
character and ruin any soul. lndl-
gence and prodigali,y are equally as
harmful. Industry, frugality and lib
erality are three twin brothers, which,
when born into human life, are the
very foundation upon which human
happiness is built, and witht ut them
no man can be happy long. A negro
or poor white man enjoys his corn
bread and fat meat on his old pine
table with tin plates and tin cups as
much as any millionaire ever enjoyed
the luxuries of his French cook and
silver service. A poor white man will
sleep as soundly on his shuck mattress
as the millionaire ever slept upon his
downy bed. If man has nothing,
nobody bo,hers him. 1t is harder for
a rich man to keep what he has than
it was for him to make it. A million
aire could give away:.his fortune in a
day, if every appeal was literally re-
sponded to- If the poor had to carry
the burdens of the .:.rich.. they would
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throw down their riches with their bur

throw down their riches with their bur
dens and say: "Give me first estate.
The gain is not worth d candle.'
Good health, a good conscience and
an upright life are worth a thousand
times more than the wealth gained at
the sacrifice Of honor, by the ruin of
health and the sullying Of conscience.
When | look back over the past quar-
ter of century | can see where,
pinched by poverty and oppressed by
want, no luxury ever came to me.
Since then have seen the time when
l had all the money | wanted; and if
| we're asked which is the best estate,
upon my honor would say | had a
thousand times less cares when had
least. Poverty is like Josh Billings
said tight boots were. He said they
were luxury; they make a man for
get all about the rest of his troubles.
When man is poor he has all his
troubles in one, as rule. Poor peo-
pie don't have to get off to the springs
and health resorts every summer for
their health. Poor people are not
troubled with their rich kin visiting
them and worrying them. Poor peo-
pie have TO move often, but they don +:
have much 10 move. Poor people are
never burglarized nor robbed. No
body wants what they have. They
can go to sleep at night with every
door open and every window up. The
sun does not slight them by day nor
the moon by night. Poor people dom.
have nervous troubles, sleepless nights,
and weary days. Poor people are no,
troubled with bank accounts and bills
payable and bills receivable. Really.
they seem TO be troubled with only
one thing and that is their poverty.
St. James was truly wise when he said
"They that will be rich fall into temp
tation and snsres and pierce them
selves through with many Sorrows.
The nervous strains, the watchful anx-
lety, the rise and fall in values, the
leakage and shrinkage, tie rust anc
moths and thieves all play upon ,hs
rich. Hence the Bible says: ola,
not up for yourselves riches on earii
where moth and rust doth corrupt ant
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THE FARMERS FRIEND.
d. Y. Cooper, Henderson, N. C.

Monday afternoon the editor was in
Henderson and walked into the ware
house Of Mr.. D. Y. Cooper, and found
the immense floor space full of bright
tobacco. The sale was spirited aud
the bids of the buyers were piled upon
each other in rapid succession. 1t was
rather surprise to US to see such a
large break on Monday, but it is un-
derstood that D. Y. Cooper will sell
the farmers tobacco and and get them
the cream Of the market on all grades.
OF course we found the live Dave
Cooper, who is the prince of ware
housemen, at the head of the sales.
Full Of energy as he always is for as
fortunate as he has been in making
money, be still sticks to his occupa-
tion and looks closely and attentively
after the interest Of his patrons. AS
much as he sells he don't overlook a
pile however small or humble, the far
mer who sells it on his floor.
This is one Of the secrets of his great
success. He attends closely to his
business and the wants Of his custo-
mers. His warehouse is large and
commodious and conveniently arranged
for showing off the farmers tobacco
to the very best advantage. Dave
Cooper, as everybody calls him, is
doing an immense business, as his
sales of leaf tobacco greatly exceed
those Of any warehouseman in the
State, and his patrons are found all
over different OartS of North Carolina
as we'll as many parts Of Virginia and
South Carolina, showing that while he
is at the head Of the largest warehouse
business he understands keeping GUS
toners by getting them the highest
market prices. Sellers need not 60 in
person if they ship him their tobacco,
for D. Y. Cooper will see that they
get full market value for their consign-
ments.-Oxford Public Ledger, 10Th.
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Notice..

"AEISG THIS DAY QUALIFIED
L as administrator Of the estate of John
G. Morgan, dec d, before the CLERK Of the
Superior Court OF Vance county. this is To
notify all persons holding claims against
said estate to present the same to me or
to my attorney, 4. T.. Zoliicoffer, Esq,
within twelve months from the date here
CT or this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. Persons indebted to said
estate must make immediate payment.
This Oct 2Ist. 1896.
ROBT. Il. MORGAN.
Admir- estate Jno g.. Morgan, decd.
A. e.. Zollicoffer, Attorney.
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Robinson's Reasonings.
IOrange ObServer.l

They toll and spinbicyCle riders.
Never count your chestnuts until
the burr IS open.
The man who keeps his own coun-
sci doesn't have to hire lawyer.
Many a man who jumps at conclu
sion falls into ar error.
The lIniment of repentance is good
fer a sprained conscience.
Riches may have wings but they
never seem to fly in our direction.
Some men viii! work harder to plug
up the hole in a nickel than to earn a
dollar.
AS cold weather is approaching the
foot Of the mountain will soon need a
shoe
Some men lie because it pleases
them best, and some lie because il
pleases others best.
The official bulletin of a great vic
tory over self is written in indellible
ink on brain and heart;
The value Of good name is best
shown when a note is presented to the
bank for discount.
The man who paves his own way to
fame has frequently to walk over a
rough and rugged road.
If a cheerful heart is a Continual
feast, there must be large number o
people who do not get a square meal
once year.
How vain are all things here below
how false and yet how fairoft when
to see my girl | go, some other fel-
lows there.
1t must have been great relie: tc
Adam, after his fall, that there were
not dozen or SO of indignant neigh.
bors TO kick him after he was down.
People who owe debts Of gratitude
very often make assignments.
Ifyou pay as you go in this world
you will be very likely to avoid the
rush.
A bird on the hat is worth 81 Of any
mans money these bright autumn
days.
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Emerson says all mankind loves a
lover. That may be true. but wide OBJ
servation has taught US tha, the love of
all mankind is very poor soothing
syrup so long as one little snip of a
seventeen year old girl says that she
can be to him only as sister.-Dur-
ham Sun.
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The SOlideSt man in Texas.

The Wickedest man on earth,
The solemn-mOst saint in Chicago,
And the dearest Fair Maid of Perth"
Will pool their issues when ever it comes
To getting their moneys worth.
And they arr VIE, ScrOfula, Bronchitis,
Liver Ailments. Consumption, Dyspepsia,
and weak kidnel put one entirely out of
fooling along, waiting health and wealth
on humbugs. when a reasonable sum ex-
pended for Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery would restore their bodies and
put money iu their purses
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"Dearest, if were Tar, far away,
could you still love mef"
"Why Reggy, what a question! I'm
sure the farther you were away the bet
ter should love you Boston 7rav-
SIer.
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Dyspepsia

The explanation is simple. 1t is found In
that impure blood which is contin-
ually feeding the nerves upon refuse
instead of the elements of strength and
vigOr. In such condition opiate and
nerve compounds simply dcaden and
d0nOt cure. Hoods Sarsaparilla feeds
the nerves pure, rich, red blood; gives
natural sleep, perfect digestion, is the
true remedy for all nervous troubles.
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BUTLER ANDPRITCHARD
iHE FORMER INDITES THE LATTER "a
FEW BRIEF LINES"

Looks Like Fight Between Them
Butler Charges Pritchard With Hay-
ing Changed His Views on the FL
nancial Question-Tells Him PLAINLY
that he Has Deserted the Cause of
the People.
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Mrs. Casey-"Pat fell off a sixty
foot ladder"
Mrs Dugan-.'Shure and did he
hurt himself much?"
Mrs. Casey-s'No, twas the bot
tom round.'
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WANT AND LUXURY.
A DISSERTATION ON THE TWO STATES OF MANKIND.

Neither. .Conduces Actual Happiness MseryGreed
and Avarce Despol Observation-Disclosures and Prodigal
ity Equally Harmful-The Golden Mean as it is Viewed
by Rev. Sam P Jones.
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VOL. XIV.


People often wonder why their nerves are
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why they start at every slight but
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ASN the Tccovena

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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-31

In all the houses where he cared to be
welcomed; and to crown his happiness
he was to dine and dance this evening
in the house OF his very good friend
Mrs. Bernard Iverson. A truce to care!
SO he dressed himself and set out for
Mrs. VERSIONS house. When he arrived
he gave his driver directions as to the
hour when he should call for him. In
the young mans step and tone there
was elasticity, which Is the joint gift OF
youth. and health and hope, a gift for
which kings may sigh in vain If they
have not 1t already.
1t was only a few hours later that
MIR. Bolton again spoke with his driver
In form and dress he was the same man,
but beneath these outward shows there
had been a metempsychosis more start
hing than Actaeon's.
He had gone to that immemorial din
ner heart-whole and fancy free. and had
come away deep in love. A sufficient
explanation Of this sudden catastrophe
is that among Mrs. VERSIONS guests was
her niece from Kentucky, Miss Rem
wood.
Mr.. Bolton may not have known the
extent of his melady that first meeting.
He knew 1t well enough three weeks
later when Mr.. and Mrs. Iverson de-
! parted for their summer home by the
sea: taking their fair young kinswoman
with them. He knew 1t SO well that on
the following Saturday he made a Jour
| ney to the little town where the VERSIONS
were staying and remained there until
the following Monday morning. And
the conviction SO grew upon him that
ne repeated his visit weekly until ne
became as we'll known in the hotel where
ne stopped as was the proprietor him
self.
Mrs. Iverson's opinion Of Bottoms pc
| rlodic pilgrimageS is deducible from an
invitation. which she extended to him to
stay q fortnight In her home. He &C
| cepted.
After dinner the first evening he and
the two. ladies went out on the. ocean
| front piazel After an hour of viva
cious gossip Mrs. Iversen left the two
Young people to their own devices
Then Mr.. Bolton lost all account o.
time: minutes. hours. eternity. for all
ne knew may have elapsed when Mrs
lverson appeared and told them 1t was
time to go to bed.
The footman conducted him to n
charming. airy room on the second
floor. Bolton noticed that his room and
the one adjoining occupied an entire
wing of the house While he was dis.
robinE he heard Mrs. Iverson and Mis-.
Renwood come up the stairs and enter
the adjacent room He heard their ia.
miilar voices in conversation and
and call goodnight from the staircase
an answering goodnight from Miss Rem.
wood. and then closing door.
so she was there. IT was a swee,
thought that even In her virgin slumbe,
} she would not be far from him.
what an evening 1t had been! HI
; went to bed but had no inclination Il
sleep. In q rapturous glow he liveG
over all the events Of the evening. Fol
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standing OF tae CLUBS.

y The Gulls developed another great bat
ting streak yesterday ana pounded Mr.
Lalnpe of NV YORK. Until he was sore
all over. Even Lau.or. got three hits,
Ramp came out with q double and three
singles. Reddy Armstrong not only pult
ST over the fence, but got ,wo-basger
Sand one safe one. There were seventeen
/. In all, aggreSatt!g 'twew:y-two bass. to
which must be added ST.: gifts and hit
: by pitcher.
3 Take into consideration. too, Chat Pfan-
miller was In his hes. form. He would
have shut the visitors out easily but for
I Hargro"e's beautiful fenccr In the fif;h,
when two msn were out. AS L was ne
only permitted his friends in tnn to find
4 him for SIX, and they were scattered like
seeds Of kindness over the nine in;;.ags
. at such rare Intervals that they proved
utterly ineffective. He also iielded his
position maSn1lici nifty, which Lampe
\ most assSu,eily dti not. Speaking OF
fielding, with the exception of Pete Han.
y Pat Rollins, ice Burke and Jake Boyd,
all OF the Changers seemed 20 be a little
off. Even ISatz made an error and
Harry for once perpctraited n wild throw.
\ iWerr!ck didn't seem able to hold a ball
when he got il and was SLOW Ryan.
stoo, was little slow and weary. Some
I way, he hasn't showed up IN Norfolk as
= he does elsewhere, and by no means up
\ to his ability, for everyone knows Mike
RYAN is Il first baseman right.
The locals on the other hand put up
fairly glittering ball. II had sc.ntilla-
lions on 1t. Nobody made an error and
many difficult chances were accented.
Lamont put UP fine game in the field
at the bat and bs'tween bases. Arm
strong was in 1t everywhere and did
great work. Ramp and Davis put up
some clever fast fielding. In the ontficld
& IA. McFarlan, Cleve and c. McFarlan.
especially the, first two, who got all The
chances but one, were great. Jocko
3 FGelds behind the bat was circus, bu;
he played ball through all his Joking.
The story of the game Is told concisely
y In the score below: