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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

POLK MILLER is now meeting num-
Der of engagements, which pretty we'll
cover the State, with his "evenng of
song and story" His entertainment
is about the best that could be expect
ed of one man. If there were no fun
in one of his "evenings," the pathos
of his songs and the instruction in his
representation of the negro before the
war would richly repay the hearer; but
there is enough fun besides to satisfy
any one. As Mr.. Miller says, the old
time "darkey" like the old time
"Marse John" is passing, and the place
that knew him once will soon know
him no more forever. The end of-the-
century negro is as unlike him as the
end -ot-lhe century white man working
in the office from morning till late at
night, rushing through life without
stopping for breath in his struggle for
the dollar, is unlike the easy-going
lord Of the fields sitting back in the
big house with score of servants at
his beck and call. 1t is great loss to
lose a race-type. The oldtim dar-
key is not at all necessary to our well
fare, but as type in the human race
he has filled place in history which
cannot be rehlled. Yet we can see
him through Polk Miller; and thus the
passing generation may live over old
times, and the rising may get an i'm
preston OF him which will remain with
them through the years.-Bi6Hta.
Reeoyatr.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26
HALIFAX COUNTY INSULTED

By order of the powers that he,
those in high places, Sheriff Clark las
tuesday night removed Henry Dow
den, tie midnight assassin, from Halt
fax county jail and conveyed him to
Wake county jai! for safe keeping, 1t
h~lng alleged that he was in danger
Of being lynched.
There ha, never been time sine e
The arrest Of the murderer that he was
IL the leas danger Of mob violence at
HE hands of Halifax county people,
aud the allegation is an insult and an
outrage TO the noble SONS OF the old
historic county. There has never been
q lynching in the county and there
was no talk Of lynching DIwden, how
ever much he deserved swift justice.
II The people OF this county had IN
tended resorllng to mob law they
would have called in Judge Lynch on
the morning Of the brutal murder.
Solicitor Daniel informs US that he
has never feared that Dowden would
be lynched and that he believed that
the people Of the county would have
protected the prisoner and that he
was perfectly safe in Halifax county
jail.
The news now goes abroad that
Halifax county people are a lawless
set. Nothing could be wider of the
truth. The people of this county in
herited those law abiding principles
which makes mob violence impossible,
and the sunshine of heaven never fell
upon nobler, more loyal, or trner citi-
ZcnS.
Another fact is this Dnwden Is
taken right to the home OF lawyers
who raised tie III ,ncy To effcc. the ap
peal and placed in Jail where more
prisoners have escaped from than from
orr jail.
The removal of D,wden puts stain
upon the fair escutcheon of the county
because it says to the world thai ws
were about to engage in lawless act
and in the name Of every law abiding
citizen of the county, we most emphat
ically deny.it.
THE above is taken from the Wei
don Meas. Having been reared il
Halifax county and knowing the spir
and temper of its citizens as We do
we honestly endorse the words OF gu
contemporary. There are no drawer
better, or more upright and law abid
| ing people in the world than those O
old Halifax, and the assumprion-im
piled or expressed, that they would TAX
the law in their own hands and resor
| to mob violence is an insult TO them
Their past record Is a complete refuta
ton of the slender. 1t carries its owl
,indication.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

The following apt description Of a
mortgage is taken from Truth. 1t says:
n mortgage makes a man rustic, and
it keeps him poor. 1t is a strong in
Centlve to action and a wholesale re-
minder of the fleetlng months and
years. 1t is fully as symbolical in its
meaning as the hour-glass and scythe
that mean death. a mortgage repre-
sents industry, it is never idle, night
or day. 1t is like a bosom friend, be-
cause the greater the adversely the
closer it sticks to fellow. 1t is like
brave soldier, for it never hesitates
at charges, nor fears TO close in on the
enemy. 1t is like sand-bag Of the
thug silent in application, but deadly
in effect. 1t is like the hand of Prov
idence-it spreads all over creation,
and its influence is everywhere visi-
bic. 1t is like the grasp of the devil
fish-the longer it holds the greater
its strength. |, will exercise feeble en-
ergles, and lend activity to sluggish
brain; but no matter how debtors work,
the mortgage works the harder still. \
mortgage is good thing to have in a
family-pro9lded, always, it is some
lody else's family.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

In view of recent publications North
Carolina will either have to take a
back seat on the oldest person or hunt
up new cases. An exchange says:
Ivan Feodorovitch kousmin, Rus
sian peasant whose baptismal record is
in existence, is, according 10 the au-
thorities, 1873 years old His eyesigh,
is perfect, and he is much more active
than his son OF 90. His case is said
to have been examined, and there is
no doubt as 10 the authenticity of the
record.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

Elk GOVERNOR James A. Beaver, of
Pennsylvania, for several years a mem
Der Of the State Executive Committee
of the Y. M. {. A., says: "The under
lying thought Of Association work is
the highest spiritual good of the young
men. The social questions of to day
are the religious questions Of to day.
In my judgment the Young Mems
Christian Association solves more So
cial questions than any other organiza-
ton"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

CONGRESSMAN HARTMAN, of Mon
tana, waxed humorous at the expense
of the Populisls in speech made by
him recently. He declared that the
Populists had three new remedies for
the evils of the times, which they pro-
posed to put in their next platform.
One was scheme to cross the honey
bee with the lightning bug in order to
enable the bees to work at night. An
other was to cross the centipede with
the hog in order to make each porker
produce hundred hams. The third
was to bud the strawberry on to the
milk-weed SO as to produce strawber-
ries and cream from the same plant.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26
Cancer
Of thGBreaSt.

Mr.. A. H. Crausby is one of the best
known and most highly respected citi-
zens of Memphis, and resides at 15S
Kerr street in that city.
Some years ago his wife noticed
small lump in her breast. She thought
nothing of it, but it increased in size
rapidly, and soon broke through the
skin and commenced to discharge.
She was at once put under treatment
of the best physicians, but they 'ery
soon found that they could do her no
good, and simply prescribed antiseptics
to keep the place clean. Both her
grandmother and aunt, by the way,
had died with cancer, and when APP
prised Of this fact the doctors said that
they would not attempt to save her;
that she was incurable. Although the
cancer had by this time become deep
seated and her health very low, one OF
the most noted specialists of New York
then treated her. After treating her
awhile, this doctor admitted that the
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26
Not to be Trifled With.
From Cincinnati Gazette. |

Will people never learn that a 'cold'' is
an accident to be dreaded, and that when
1t occurs treatment should be promptly APP
piled? There is no knowing where the
trouble will end; and while complete re-
covery is the rule, the exceptions are terri
bly, frequent, ard thousands upon thousands
of fatal illnesses occur every wear ushered in
by little injudicious exposure and SEEM
ingly tritling symptoms. Beyond this.
there are to-day countless invali,ls who can
trace their complains to ''colds,' which at
the time Of occurrence gave no concern and
were therefore neglected When troubled
with cold use Chamberlain S Cough Rem
edy. 1t is prompt and effectual. - and so
cent bottles for sale bv NJ. Dorsey. druggists,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

AS AN outcome of the Southern
Railways entrance INTO Norfolk, It will
establish a new linz. of steamers be
tween that port and Baltimore on the
first Of JuLe The atlanta, tie first
new steamship for tn: line, has jus D en-
launched at Philadelphia.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

Mr.. ID. w. whitaker. of DIrh lm,
has jus, returned from Washington, d..
c.. where he secured letters pa,eLt
on fountain pocket marking brush.
1t is unique affair and IS sand to be
The very thing the public hiss been
looking for. We hope there are emil
lions III IL" for our friend.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26
For Sale.

A handsome folding hand Camera At
tachments and everything complete
Dry plate holder. Eastman's patent film
roll holder, rapid rectineer I-nsr tin or
Instantaneous shutter, &c. Cost SO 90
Makes ii picture ks. As good AZ new
and will be- sold at d bargain. Can he
seen at this office
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26
Arnolds BrOmo-Cellery for headaches.
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HASA POOR OPINION OF SOUTH
ERN REPUBLICANS.

ERN REPU BLlCANS.
n we'll known negro from New
York named Charles w. Anderson,
has recently been "doing' some of the
5 ,uthern States in the interest of Gov.
Morlon's candidacy for the presiden-
tial nomination. Judged by the IN
complimentary language INDUCED il
about his Southern Republican breth-
rem Anderson did rot meet with much
success. He speaks most col tempt
uonsly of Southern Republicans and
says the negroes in the South who are
in politics are slippery individuals, but
in his opinion, the black man dis a
sand wheel by the side of the white
pet-bag Republicans. 81 tell
you,' Anderson emphatically asserts,
"that all the corruption ever charged
against your black Republican in the
South is white as cream by the side of
the rascality of the white carpet bag
Republican. In reply to a question
what he had to pay for Morton dele
gates, the St. Louis vote hunter init
mated that he had too much sense to
buy Southern delegates three months
before convention. "The time to
pay Southern Republican delegate, is
after his vote has been cast" he de-
Clared
This leads the Goldsboro Headlight
to comment as follows:
The venality of the Republican pol
itlcians Of the South is proverbial, but
we do not remember to have seen a
more sCathlng denunCiation of their
methods than is contained in Ander-
sons fllppant talk. And yet the votes
| of such men will be most important
factor at St. Louis, aud even now some
of the candidates for the nomination
are bidding eagerly for the support of
this depraved element The fact that
there is such large purchasable ele-
ment in the Republican party, and
| that it is also able to dictate terms,
IS sad commentary upon our politics.
How can we hope for any improve
ment in party morality when nearly
twenty five per cent. of the represen-
tatlon of one great party at its National
convention is openly and avowedly in
the market, inviting bribery and put
ting a'premium on corruption?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26
Notice.

n AVING QUALIFIED AS ADMIN
IA istratrix of the estate Of NJ. W Hicks
deceased, | notify all persons having
claims against him to present them TO me
for settlement before the 18th OF February,
1897, or this nolce viii, be pleaded in la
of their recovery
LUCY {. EDWARDS
Adm'y of VI W. Hicks. decd.
Henderson, y. c., Feb nth. lSG.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

The Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zene beautifully and !eelingly says of
the late Edgar Wilson Nye: Zone of
the lights of laughter went out with
the passing of Bill Nye. II all WHO
have their woes forgot in the brightness
of his humor should SIZED tear TO his
memory, there would be river to
murmur his requiem.'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26
That is his epitaph.

Simon S. Hartman, of Tunnelton, West
Va, has been subject to attacks of collie
about once year, and would have to call
a doctor and then suffer for about twelve
hours as much as some do when they die.
He was taken recently just the same as at
other times, and concluded to try Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhpa Remedy.
He says Il took one dose of it and it
gave me relief in five minutes. That is
more than anything else has ever done for
me-" For sale by NJ. Dorsey, druggist.>
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26
THURSDAY. MACH 2G, 1876

GEN. NEAL Dow, who is known as
srhe father of prohibition, celebrated
his 92nd birthday at his home in Port
land, Name, last Friday. He Is sud
TO be in excellent health.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

Death of Mai. John {. Winder.

The death of Nj I'm &. Wlnder,
which occurred at MS home in Raleigh
Sunday, will LIE read with unfelgned
regret wherever he was known. In his
passing away the State loses an hon
ored and useful citizen, man who
has left the imprint of his personality
upon the surroundings and business
enterprises with which he was con-
nec,ed as few men have done.
Mai. Winder was born at Snlthville,
(now Southport N. c., ami was Is
years old, his father being Gen. 'hn H.
Winder, OF Mary land. He was grad
uate Of West Point and served with f.
deity in the Confederate army during
the war As civil engineer he had
done important work on many rail
roads, North and South, but it was dur
iny his connection with the Seaboard
Air Line and its various divisions that
he figured IN, prominently. As Super
intendent, General Manager and Vice
Presiden, Of this system MAJ. Wlni>r
displayed The hlghes; order OF ability
and his management was characterized
bv signal success and the absenCe OF
friction in any quarter. He had the
reepect and confidence of his assoCl-
a;e, and employees from the highest
TO the lowest, and there was nothing
his men would not have done for him.
As Col. Oids we'll says in his letters,
sm all the relations Of life Maj. VIM
der was the charming and Courteous
gentleman, the true friend and the
people who knew him loved him.
The Raleigh Press. Nsit0r says:
Every man on his road had the
most implicit confidence in his Justice.
All felt that they could approach him
and he would give them fair hearing
and deal justly with them; that he was
a friend to them subordinate, how
ever, to his duty to the road aud the
travelling public.
His sincerity, his honesty, his con-
slant friendship, his affection for his
friends, his affection FIR his friends,
his charitable impulses, distinguished
the man.
The Raleigh News and Otserpe,
says this:
The late Henry W. Grady, writing
of Capt. F. w. Dawson, said: "He
was golden hearted gentleman.
n, man has lived and died in North
Carolina better deserving this noble
tribute. Major John Cox Winder was
a gentleman of the highest type, com
bining the chivalry of the past with
the practical of the present. No mat
ter how deeply he was immersed in
business, his gallantry of the old school
always asserted itself.
There were many elements in Maj.
Winder's character that made him a
man of the highest type. The one that
was most characteristic was his appre-
citation of and loyalty to the men who
were under him. There was not a
man or boy, from tn one in overalls
Frightening the engine to the highest
in authority under him, who did not
feel that Major Winder was his loyal
friend as we'll as his official superior.
And there was not one who would no,
have gladly risked his life to serve him.
"Write me as one who loved his
fellow man.
That is his eDitaDh.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

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car, of Tobacco Guano in Va &c county,
this season is bright. He IL oliver the
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additional cost to YOU
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-03-26

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The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-18
Prima Donna and CIergyma n.

In the Life of Karl von Gerok," man distinguished as poet and as minister of the Gospel. an incident is given which Illustrates not only his kindly spirit but his quick wit:
 He was one day walking in Stuttgart, carrying an umbrella. At the same time the prima donna of the Stuttgart opera troupe was tripping along the sidewalk, without that protection against the weather. Suddenly rain began to fall. and Herr von Gerok offered the lady the shelter of his umbrella. Though entire strangers to each other, they had a pleasant chat. After awhile the reverend gentleman remarked:
 May I venture to ask your name?" 1-'It is plain to see'that you never go to the opera" answered the lady; every body knows that am the leading singer at the Court theater. Now it is my turn to ask to whom am indebted for the. protection of an umbrella"
 ''Your question clearly proves that you never go to church, was the reply, flor all religious people know that I am the chief pastor of this town"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-18
Special Offer.

The HERALD has made arrange ments with the publishers of the thrice-a-week New York World, whereby we offer to all new sub scribers to the St. Johns HERALD for the next 60 days, both papers for s325 per year, cash in advance. The World IS issued three times a week, making l56 papers a year, in effect a daily paper. Now IS the timo to send in your subscription to the HERALD, and take advantage of this unprecedented offer, you will thus get all the political news from the East right through the presl- dential campaign.
 The St. Johns HERALD and the thrice-a-week New York World, both for S3.25 year.
 THE HERALD.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-18
Bees m the Champagne.

A curious incident occurred at Ascot recently. While large number of luncheon parties were enjoying the de- lights of an open-air rcpest in the gar dens behind the grand stand, great swarm of bees settled down on the guests around a table in a corner. They buzzed and buzzed everywhere. Ladies had bees in their bonnets and gentlemen found their hats turned into striking likenesses of "Catch-em-alive- ohs." Some of the swarm settled on the cold salmon, and other members of it tumbled into the champagne cup. In fact, the bees created the greatest con- sternation among the ladies and gen. tlemen in that quarter of the grounds. They were gradually drawn off the luncheon party by a gentleman to whom occurred the happy idea of treat ing them to little music on a metal tray under a tree. After the tapping or tinkling on the article had continued for two or three moments, the queen bee settled on the branches above to listen to it, and was at once followed by all the swarm. It was an e1traordi- nary sight to see hundreds of the in sects hanging like great black and gold clusters on the tree while the tinl1ling continued. It ceased with the lunch con, and the bees did no more harm.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-18
THE womAn DOCTOR.
Reminding Us of the Eternal and Immu
 table Disparity of Sex.

Reminding Us of the Eternal and Immu-
 table Disparity of Sex.
 The woman doctor is already an ac- complished fact, but as yet she has ap- parently made no considerable way in public favor, says the Scottish Review. It may be contended that there is some thing in the art of healing in accord with the primary instincts of a woman's nature. But if we look closer into the subject it will be seen that there is more than mere prejudice and long, established custom to account for the exclusion Of the female sex in the past from the practice of this ealing. Have women the calmncsS of nerve = the aplomb, so to say-thc steadiness of hand and pulse for tho work of tho sur geon? Is it possible to suppose that a non-abnormal woman, with her more highly strung constitutional sensibility, could amputate limb with the same imperturbability that we should look for in the male operator?
 To this it may be replied that grant ing a certain drawback to women by reason of sex in the matter of surgical experiments, the case is different with the ''metier" of the physician, and that here, at least, the sexes can compete on terms of perfect equality. Yet, again, as matter of plain fact, are the services of lady doctors much in re- quest with their own sex-nay, even in those branches of the therapeutic art dealing with specially feminine ali ments? Moreover, if the advanced woman's theory of exact professional equality and indifference as to sex is to be maintained, why should any bar rier suggest itself to the consultation of medical women by men, any more than now exists in the calling in of women of the male practitioner? But is there no such barrier? Surely the mere statement of the case disposes of the parity argument.
 We have heard of man here and there resorting to lady experts in mas sage, but that men should go to women doctors and lay bare their bodily symp- toms in the same way as women have done from time immemorial to their male medical advisers, would be pro- cedure repugnant on both sides, and mot convenient" for obvious reasons. Here, then, while admitting that a sprinl1ling of females may, perhaps, usefully find their mission in obtaining employment as doctors among limited number of their own sex, we are brought face to face with the eternal and immutable disparity of sex.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-18
TREES AND HEALTH.
Wooded Countries Are Comparatively Free
 from Diseases.

Wooded Countries Are Comparatively Free
 from Diseases.
 1t has been noted that the first set tiers in heavily-wooded sections of the country have generally been healthy. despite their many privations. The reason for this is, says Halls Journal of Health, that trees and plants of all kinds possess the power of absorbing poisoned air from decaying vegetation, besides which tho emanations from evergreens and the smoke from burn ing resinous woods are noted for the re- lief they give to those suffering from pulmonary diseases.
 New, heavily-wooded countries, as already noted, are the most healthy for settlers, and they continue so for many years, as only small portion of the forest can be cleared away each year. After the forest IS removed and sunlight is admitted the soil fills rap idly with vegetable mold, which de- composes more rapidly than it can be absorbed by the scant vegetation, and as result the atmosphere is rendered impure and malaria becomes a common complaint. In view of these facts, people are beginning to understand the value of trees as disease-absorbing and health-giving agents. Naturally this leads to the question as to what trees arc best for protection against disease.
 On Long Island and in New Jersey there are localities surrounded and hemmed in with pitch plncs which are famed for their curative qualities in consumption, and the pines are thus indicated as valuable surroundings in pulmonary complaints. It would seem reasonable to suppose that trees having the largest leaves and the most of them would be the best for this purpose, as such trees would undoubtedly have the most absorbing power. We have seen the eucalyptus tree mentioned as of special value as purifier of the at mosphere.