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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-09
Prospccts for Cattle.

Farm News says that it is probable
that the business of rearing cattle is
improving and promises to continue to
improve for an indefinite period. The
day of the long-horned, wild-eyed
range steer Is about gone, and his
range has been taken up and fenced in
and put to crops by the man with a
hoe" and the endless miles Of pasturage
have become definitely limited and are
becoming more circumscribed year by
year. This is gratifying in more ways
than one. The awful suffering Of range
cattle drifting before the mercileSs
blizzard till stopped by wire fence,
and then piling up there to freeze to
death, will not be heard Of and the
sleek, well-fed steer of a better system
will take his place and furnish better
beef to the consumer. Every year IL Is
becoming more to the interests of the
cattlemen to furnish neat, well-ripened
steers for the market, and he is quick
to respond to the demand. The other
day, in Chicago. we could not help but
notice the difference between most OF
the cattle in the yards and those we
used to see there a few years ago. Their
the yards We're filled with bony, long.
horned specimens from the ranges o.
the Southwest; now they were mostly
neat and plump, showing signs of Here
ford, Scotch or Short-horn ancestry
and they were being sold at a price
that must have convinced their owners
that the good times had come again
1t will be a great day for cattlemel
when they can sell their cattle at prizes
that will bring to them some of the old
time profits, and 1t seems as If the da.
when this will be done is near at hand
Then the breeding of fine stock will be
come more common and we will Sc
better cattle and more of them all owe
the country. The outlook for the cattle
man is bright. and in spite of the pre-
dictions of few croakers, there is
prospect that is good, and that bid
fair to usher in an era Of fair prices TO
fair stock.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-09

The profits on new fruits are large
II they possess merit and are introduced
in a buslnesslike way. The estate OF
the originator of the Fay currant has
received over $4,000 in royalties from
the introducer, who has doubtless made
an even larger net profit for himsel
out of that delicious fruit. Had MI
Bull, the originator of the Concor'
grape, shown equal business ability II
selling 1t, he might have been a mil
lionaire instead of dying in poverty
The Niagara grape has made for
tune for its promoters. Many othe
good fruits have failed to pay eitNe
the originator or the introducer fo
want of good business management
This last is the keynote to success /
selling anything.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-09
DIR. Collyer's Good Appetite.

The Rev. Robert Collyer. while at the
breakfast table of one of his friends IL
the country near Boston, was asked by
one of the family: 'Mr, Collyer do yor
enjoy as good an appetite as you have
in years past?" To which he replied
my dear, If lose the appetite / now
have, hope no poor man will find 1t.
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-09

Frank comes into the house in q
sorry plight.
Mercy on usl" exclaims his father
"How you look! You are soaked"
"Please, papa. fell into the canal"
what! with your new trousers on?'
Eyes, papa; didn't have time to take
them f."--Omaha Bee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-09
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
T. fices Low and Good Work.

For the finest and best stoves nware roohng spoutng
and general job work. go w. w. Watts Iron street
Buildings heated by steam hot air hot in satsac
tory manner. Sanitary Plumbing specially.
have the exclusive control of the Thatcher steam hot
water and hot air heaters for this territory which acknow
edged to be the best heater on the market All
teed.
w. w. WATTS,
lkoN SlREEl. bloomsbury, Pa.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02

FRANK b. MARIlNs
best be appreciated, when state that
nv throat and mouth were full of sores
and my tongue was almost eaten away;
I had not taken solid food for three
months. My entire body was covered
with red blotches, my hands and feet
were sore and my hair was falling
out rapidly. I was in truly pltiable
condition.
q felt that I was incurab1e, and
was in great despair, when friend
recommended S. S. S., stating that it
would certainly cure me, ! began its
use, and when had finished the fourth
bottle, began to improve, and by the
time had finished eighteen bottles, l
was thoroughly rid of the disease; OF
course, I was not sure that was cured,
but am now convinced, as no sign
of the disease has ever returned for
four years. S. S. S. is the best blood
remedy in the world, and my cure was
due solely and alone to it." Sc.
Contagious blood poison is the most
horrible Of all diseases, and has been
appropriately called the curse of man:
kind. It has always baff1ed the doc
tors, and, until the discovery of s. 8. s.,
was incurable.
For fifty years S. S. s. has been cur.
ing this terrible disease, even after all
other treatment failed. 1t is guaran
teed purely vegetable, and one thou
sand dollars reward is offered for proof
to the contrary. S. S. S. never fail:
to cure contagious blood poison, OF
any other disease of the blood. 1.
YOU have blood disease, take a rem
edy which will not injure you. Be
ware of mercury; don't do violence
to your system.
Our books on blood and skin dis
eases, will be mailed free to any ad
dress. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
HEALTHY SUGGESTIONS.
Timely Talk About the Sanitary Con-
ditiOn of the Town.

EDITOR OF GOLD LEAF:-The time of
the year is upon rs when our attention
turns to spring cleaning and when more
stringent sanitary precautions are nee
essary than when winter locks the pesti-
lential vapors in his cold embrace
Our town has taken ON new life as at
tested by the fact that it is much more
difficult now to find a vacant house than
it was few months ago. Now this
denser population is an added argument
for greater precautions as to cleanliness.
We wish not only to hold our record for
health but rather to improve it which
mag be done if every one will do his part.
What avais it if my neighbor keeps his
premises thoroughly clean while allow
mine TO remain filthy? Now there are
different ideas about cleanliness-some
being by nature more tidy and some hay
ing never been accustomed to decent
surroundings and are adapted to the sit
uation. Now sanitation is q science cap
able of sure and exact results but the
masses cannot practice it in an exact
way. Yet they may be taught that there
are certain essentials and that those
will be demanded of them.
We would,not wish to bear down on
any too harJ but let there be more strict
rules adopted and let the police be en-
powered and 1be required to carry them
| out.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
CLEVELAND AT 80.

Grover Cleveland celebrated hi]
ifty-ninth birthday Wednesday q,
last week, and will have passed iror|
the presidency for the second time be,
fore he becomes a sexagenion. His
public record beyond the confines of a
city will then have covered but fifteen
years, and will be unprecedented in
American history. He was the on "
ex-president who ever regained thy
great Office. For three consecutive
times, despite more opposition in his
own party than was ever excited by
any other Democratic candidate, he
has been the standard bearer of the
Democracy, and twice led it to victory.
He is the only Democrat that has
been elected for president and seated
for more than a generation.-Elmira
IN. W Telegram.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02

History, It's said, is philosophy
teaching by example, and biography is
history illustrated with personality.
Who's writing the life of Zeb Vance
and letting our children know the
marked individuality Of him who was
a conspicuous figure in the gravest pc
Rod Of our States history, asks the
Elizabeth City Economist. The peo-
pie Of North Carolina are trying to
erect monument to his memory. 1t
is we'll. But biography of the great
tribune by one who knew his inner as
we'll at his outer life, would do more
to perpe,uate his memory than bronze
or marble. Writ did more for the
memory of the great Virginian by his
'Life Of Patrick Henry than his mar
BILE monuments.-Nezvs and Obseyyey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
TO BAY LINE
STEAMERS.
The Baltimore Steam Packet Co.,

The Baltimore Steam Packet Co., is
making extensive improvements in its
steamers, and has just completed this
work on the Ala bama. Although she
is practically new vessel, the CON-
pany decided to refurnish her and
make other betterments. Expense
was not spared, and is safe to say that
there are few vessels in the coastwise
or transatlantic service that are more
luxuriously furnished and appointed
than the Alabama. Many Of the car
pets in the staterooms are Administer,
while the carpets and hangings in the
salopns are Of the choices, patterns.
The prevailing colors, white and gold,
which were originally used to decorate
the saloon and cabin interiors, were
utilized in the redecoration with very
artistic effects.
The Alabama IS a Southern craft
from keel to pilot house. She was
constructed by the Maryland Steel Co.,
at Sparrow's Point, Md This boat
has triple expansion engines using four
cylinders-a form of construction
adapted to balance the weight ard
power with the view having a
steamer void Of vibration. 1t has
four boilers, with all the latest improve
ments; steam reversing engines, steam
feed pumps, donkey pumps for salt
and fresh water service throughout,
one powerful steam pump to be used
in case Of fire or leakage, double en-
gines for working freight elevators,
double engines for working steering
gear, double engine for working wind
lass, double engines for working cap
STAINS, and a powerful searchlight ol
10000 candle-power, run by indepen-
dent engines and independent dyna-
mo. The hull is steel throughout
without particle of iron in it, and
was built under the rules of the United
States Standard Sh'p-builders and I'm
derwriters' Association. The Ala
bama is classed as Al by marine in
surance men. She is of nearly 1900
tons.
The Baltimore Steam Packet Co.. i:
closely allied with Southern interests
as it forms the Baltimore extension
of the Seaboard Air Line. The officer
Of the Packet Company are Messrs. r
c. Hoffman, president; John R. Sher
wood, general manager; Edward W
Thompson, traffic manager; r. L
Poor, general freight agent; Emme
Brown, general ticket agent, all O
Baltimore. -MannfAftu,efs' Rer0rA
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
Sunday Reflections.

And God said, Let US make man in
our own image. SO God created man in
his own image, the image of God created
by him, male and iemale.-Gen. LIST chap
ter.
The Christian world accepts this decla-
ration. Now when man came forth from
the hands OF his Master he was pro-
nounced very good and God blessed him
and said "Be fruitful and multiply and
replenish the earth" Man was placed in
Eden. locality Astounding with all
things necessary for the wants and CON-
forts OF man. All the fl uits of the garden
were accessible to him and none were for
hidden except the fruit of the tree OF
knowledge OF good and evil, OF which il
partaken, the penalty was death.
Some may ask why was the fruit OF
this tree prohibited for the use OF man?
We know not; but it was Gods command
and that is sufficient. Some eminent d.
vines assert it was to test mans loyalty
to his Maker. BE this as it may, that
man is free agent we doubt not, be-
cause he is a responsible being, as our
every day experience shows. But is not
man environed by circumstances and
Influences oyer which he has no control,
which often lead to results he never an
ticipated?
Adam, however, violated the law, there
by FORGETTING his right to Eden, and fell
from purity and holiness to sin and sor-
row, thereby entailing upon his race all
the suffering through which it has
passed from that to the presenttime: But
behold the infinite goodness of God; He
saw the deplorable condition OF man aud
| with an eye of infinite compassion, pro-
vided Saviour-a Redeemer through
| whom he might be reinstated in the
favor of his Maker and secure salvation.
Abraham and other patriarchs be-
lieyed in the coming Of the Messiah, and
it WAS accounted to them for righteous
| ness. The faith of Abraham in the Saw
| Jour to come. is the same as those who
| embraced that faith. after the coming of
| Christ, which leads to- the salvation of
lost and ruined world. Now when we
mediate upon Him who il enviFonef
! with infinite power, glory and perfection,
who is the source OF being, the fountain
OF all that exists, should We not &C.
knowiege Him to be the Alpha and
Omega-the beginning and ending of all
things? To Him is present the birth of
worlds, their career and extinction, SO
it is the same with each individual born
into the world. In thinking upon these
solemn things would it be amiss to ask
had Adam retained his integrity in Eden
would the human race have been mQIti-
piled? From reading the Scriptures we
| think not. s--
| But granting he had kept the law and
the race had multiplied in Eden as it has
since the fall, is the globe OF sufficient d.
mansions to have contained the popula-
ton? Another thought. did not man
possess in his nature mate elements
which rendered him vulnerable and ex-
posed him to danger when assailed by
temptations? So it appears to US that
all things are fixed from eternity; that
God, in His wisdom, intended the crea.
ton man, his fall, then the multipljca-
ton OF his race, and the redemption by
our Lord Jesus Christ c..
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
Destructive Fire ID Weston, West Vir-
a.: - = gfuia.

Weston, West Wa. the home Of Mr..
T. B. Mckinney, manager Of the. West
Virginia Force Pump Co., now in Hen
derson, was visited by a destructive
fire Saturday night. AS we learn from
press dispatch the entire business
portion If the town was destroyed.
Among the large buildings burned are
the Commercial and Central hotels,
post office, kitson's block, Dawson
building. Gritfin's" flour mills, opera
house, Posts store, and Locke's shoe
house aud handsome residence adjoin
ing, O'Hara building and Dyer's sa-
loon. There were also large number
OF small buildings including three gen.
eral stores, two groceries aid two sa-
looms burned. The loss is -var;ously
estimated at from $500, 900 to 5000, 900,
about 20 per cent. Of which is covered
by insurance. The State insane asy-
lum, in which about one thousand pa
tlents are confined. was at no time in
serious danger, but the unfortunate in
mates, who did not know this, were
rendered frantic aud the scene there
during the conflagration was terrible
and will probably result in many deaths
from over-eXcitement.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS AND
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.

The tobacco manufacturers, whose
expenditures in advertising matter Of
various kinds are exceedingly heavy,
singularly enough have been figuring
very inconspicuously as advertisers
in the general newspapers. Why they
have not been availing themselves Of
this means of obtaining much desired
publicity, which the soap makers, the
bicy Gle firms, the malt extract men and
hundreds of Others have been using
With apparently good results, We have
never heard nor seen explained.
Evidently, if the experiments now
being made by few concerns prove
successful, there will DC change in
this respect that will extend all along
the line. The American Tobacco
Company has gone largely into news
paper advertising this year, its "Battle
AK" advertisements appearing in a
great many papers. The Trust, we
understand, is investing over million
dollars annually in this kind of adver-
Using. 1t is worth recalling just here
that this combine was formed, 80 it was
alleged, "for the sole purpose of saving
advertising expenses. Probably no
other corporation expends larger, if
so large, sum in printers ink.
The Blackwell's Durham Tobacco
Company is also doing extensive news
paper advertising. 1t has mot done
much of this for some time until this
year. A number Of very attractive
premiums are offered in connection
with this old and popular article Of
smoking tobacco, and the advertise
men,s are models, being tersely put,
we'll arranged and set in heavy-faced
type. While only half as large as
those Of the Trust, they appear in pre-
ierred positions and are not likely tc
be overlooked. The Blackwell people
ought to get good returns on theil
money, if there be any virtue in news
paper publicity.
Others who are advertising in the
newspapers, but to comparatively lin
tied extent, are Lorillard, Finer &
Bro. and Surbrug. Some more manu-
facturers occasionally buy few inches
space in small number Of papers fo
a short time, but do not attempt any
thing systematic and widespread
Magazines and high class weekly publ
cations are utilized a little to pusl
smoking goods, the finer cigarettes ant
several brands of cigars. The field
then, has only been touched by TIT
tobacco folks-never titled for what i
may be worth.
The head Of a leading concern re
marked to US not long ago that in hi
opinion the tobacco manufacturer
would be liberal buyers of newspape
space in the future. After all, the con
sumer is the fellow they are after, ant
if he can be best reached in this way
this is the way that will be taken [,
reach him. Winston Tobacco /ourna!
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
THURSDAY, APRIL =, 1896.
HOWMANY ARE THERE?

How many of our State exchanges
that are publishing the American To-
bacco Company's advertisement took
it at price they would charge their
home merchants for the same space?
Will they give local manufacturer
the same privileges as to position, the
same latitude as to the stipulations Of
the contract, and the same space for
the amount of money they get for this
advertisement Is the price paid such
as there would be no hesitation on the
part OF the publisher making it pub
licly known for the benefit Of those
who didn't know good thing when
they saw It, or in whose direction this
good thing did not go?
We fear some Of our brethren took
this business at a price they are not
disposed TO boast about much. The
pity is that every publisher does not
demand as fair compensation from these
"foreign" advertisers as he should, or
else turn them down altogether. They
permit themselves to be taken in too
easily by such suckers as Geo. P. Row
ell & Co.
But if they do not jump at the first
offer made perhaps they will not get
another, and it is so convenient to fill
up with these big cuts. 1t looks like
business and will give the paper an all
of prosperity-and then it is cheaper
than paying printers to set type.
But does it pay in the long run? You1
own experience teaches you that it
does motif you are one of the fellow:
we are talking about.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02

If biography OF Zeb Vance should
not be written in this generation OF
North Carolina someone will be to
blame, and we will not be the one. If
Judge George Brown and his father
Mr.. Sylvester Brown, of Washington,
N. c., would undertake the work it
would be we'll done. They are both
men OF literary taste and culture, both
knew Vance personally, and are both
skilled, conscientious, patient and
painstaking writer's. properly can
vassed the sale of the book would build
the monument.-Elizabeth City Econ
omisk.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
THE LATE MAI. JOHN G, WINDER.


We are of those who much esteemed
Maj. John &. Winder and regret sin
cereIy his death. He was a man Of
high honor and excellent bearing in
his dealings with the world. We had
known him we'll for some twenty
three years, and held him as one
worthy of all confidence and admira-
ton. Among all railroad men we
have known none who has more I'M
pressed us scrupulous integrity and
nobility Of character than this most
worthy North Carolinian, who has
just obeyed the inevitable summons
and has entered upon everlasting life.
We do not think that any one has ever
been brought in close relations with
Maj. Winder who did not recognize
his genuine manhood and his. high
sense of responsibility and virtue. He
was native Of Brunswick and educated
at West Point. All round the State
good and true men will lament his
death. The Atlanta Constitution says
of his services:
"He was general manager of the
Seaboard Air Line system, and
he was actively identified with the
work which gave Atlanta a new outlet
70 the North. When he was general
manager and the late Moncure Robin :
son was president, the Seaboard enjoyed
its most prosperous years. 1t was one
of the best paying railway properties
in the country. Maj. Winder's policy
was progressive withoat being beyond
the bounds of conservatism.
We do not think North Carolina
has ever had a native son who ever
served her better and more acceptably
in railroad matters.-Wilmington Mes,
senger.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02

1t Will be an agreeable surprise to per-
sons subject TO attacks of bilious collie to
learn that prompt relief may be had by
taking Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
DlarrhTa Remedy. In many instances the
attack may be prevented By taking this
remedy as soon as the first symptoms of the
disease appear. % and so cent bottles for
sale by NJ. Dorsey. druggist.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

The intense itching and smarting Incl
dent to eczema, letter, salt-rheum, and other
diseases of the skin is instantly allayed by
applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. 1t is equally
efficient for itching piles and favorite rem
edy for sore nipples; chapped hands, chill
blains, frost bites, and chronic sore eyes
For sale by druggists at % cents per box.
Try DR.. Cady's Condition Powders, they
are just what horse needs when in bad condi-
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge.
For Sale BY NJ. Dorsey. Druggist.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02

THE Democratic Central Committee
which met in Raleigh, called meet
ing of the Executive Committee to
meet in that city April 9th, to call a
State convention.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02

Just now everybody Is beginning to take
Spring Medicine: And it is a good thing
to do provided you take SininiOns Liver
Regulator-tne best Spring medicine. It's
sluggish liver that clogs the system and
makes bad blood. A dose q day of Sim
mons Liver Regulator will make a new
man out Of you, and a new woman too.
Look for the Red Z. 1t is Simmons Liver
Regulator you want
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-04-02
Contagious
Poison.

Mr. Frank B. Martin, who is engaged
in the jewe1ry business at 926 Penn
sylvania Avenue, Washington City,
where he IS we'll and favorably known,
was 4 victim of that worst form of dis
ease-contagious blood poison. He
realized That his life was about to be
blasted for this terrible disease has
baffied the skill of the physicians for
ages, and they have never yet been
able to effect cure. His mental
despair can better be imagined than
described
In recca. letter he says: about
four years ago contracted severe
case of contagious blood poison, and
it was not 1or:g before was in terri
Bile condition. 7 immediately placed
myself under treatment of two OF the
best physicians in Washington city.
Their treatment, which l took faith
fully for six months, cost me just three
hundred dollars, and left me worse than
when I began it. My condition can