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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-02-27

Canton. Ohio. Fob, SIT II stated that
up 10 two WEEKS ago Major Mckinley con-
t,,npLitcd giving Whti"law Rcd his
choice Of cabinet position or a ioroign
embassy hat Reid- poor health compelled
him to decline consideration Of either
al.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-02-27
Arirnnn.. brilliant Mn,s.

Phoenix. Ariz.. Feh. es.-A hill passed
the legislature To-day compelling foreign
building and loan associations TO ME
$4,000 bonds within the territory before
trla-tctlug business.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-02-27

building aud loan associations on gen
eral principles, Including banks OF all
kinds in his dcnunciatious.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
Castles in the Air.
minnesota Prison Mirror

minnesota Prison NirrorJ
Perhaps no forIn Of architecture IS
quite so universally popular as car
Castles" as they are styled. You are
building them now. We all build
them unconsciously, Oftentlmcs con
sciously. The reason for this IS, that
"hope springs eternal in the human
breast and demands a residence.
Then we 90 to work planning and
building, laying the foundation, add
ing littngS and furnishings and lastly,
giving to It all high finish; when it
becomes a delight to the eye, thing
of beauty that plelsea US. And though
we know our "Castlc" IS but mere
baubic, a toy, a creation OF our own
imagery, yet, we delight IN 1t and
hold it constantly before our mind S
eye, for the pleasure it altJrds,
In anticipating, We always form an
ideal, lofty as our natures are lofty,
beautifully n the measures we admire
the beautiful. In anticipation we
nearly always experience greater pleas
ure than the realization, for the very
that our ideal is usually reason IN
excess Of the real; and thus we are dis
appointed in the realization.
You hahc heard persons spoken OF
as cleaners, you probably know Ger
tain persons as such. You say they
have day dreams, etc. But possibly
were the truth known, you would find
that these persons derive more real
pleasure from such rchcarsng OF their
lofty visions, than the average man
finds in the prOsy realities OF lite. Ills
tory will bear ont the statement, that
it has been the drcamcrS, ldcallstS, the
cranks, as they are often called, who
have been the advance agents OF civil
ization. Without an ideal IN excess OF
present realization, human progress
would be at an end. No architect
ever bulldcd, no artist ever pictured,
no writer ever wrote 50 we'll, but that
he felt he had not attained the ideal
mrrored in his soul; and thus IS left
the incentive to try again. 1t IS tins
ideal, that mystic mirage, so plainly
visible in the far distance, yet, 50 IN
attainable, that IncItcs the world TO
better things.
The statesman, the business man,
the professional man and the day la
borcr each have pictured somewhere
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
TEARS WERE FORBIDDEN.
A Note to Quit Meant That the Typewriter
Was To

A Note to Quit Meant That the Typewriter
Was to Go.
She was n dainty little thing, and the
old gentleman appeared to be prepos-
sessed III her favor right from the start,
but there was evidently something that
made him pause.
Look here" he said i'll his blunt
fashion. Il like you and your references
are all right You run the typewriter as
if you knew all there is to know about
1t, and you don't look like girl who
would be sick every third day and
want to get away an hour or two early
all the rest of the time, but before en-
gage You l want to have & clear under
standing with you Oh one subject"
Yes, sir" she replied. looking at
him inquiringly.
"Of course he explained, II expect
you Will be perfectly satisfactory, but
if You are not there must be no doubt
about my right to discharge you
''Certainly not
If | want you to go, I'll just have
one of the clerks put note on your desk
VI AtH'C II " itll tlIC NGSIlltI LII Ou, anu
you're to take that as final.
Naturally" she said, looking at
him i'll some surprise.
You're not to enter any protest or
file any objections. he persisted, land
most of all you re not to weep"
why, | suppose 1 can ask you
why
You can't ask me thing" he
broke III. IF you get note asking
you to quit, you're just to put on your
things and walk out without whim-
per or question of any kind Is that un
derstood?'
1T is she replied.
Have l your promise to live up to
that agreement"
You have. But it is such an extraor-
binary request that IL
Young woman, said the old gen
tleman imprcssively, i've been i'll bust
ness here for 80 years, and up to the
time woman got good fOOthOld in the
business world was in the habit Of en-
gaglng and dlsCharg ing clerks as seemed
TO ME best from the standpoint Of my
however, | was induced to hire a young
woman to run typewriter for me, and
after | found that she WASH t satisfac-
tory 20 me Il took me over eight weeks
to discharge her. l left note on her
desk and she promptly came III and
Wcpt e. mine. turned the job over to
various suboriinateS, but each time she
came into ny private Office to do her
weeping, and Inside Of week She mac!
the whole force Wrought up to a point
Where business Was being neglected, and
she WAS still drawing salary inst the
same. Woman III business may be all
right, but when il comes 10 getting her
cut Ct business somebody else can have
the job. However, If You'll make a
solemn promise to so without single
weep ii you don't suit III try you. -
Chicago Pest
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
TRUMPET CALLS.
RAMS Horn Sounds a Warning Note
to the Unredeemed.

Depend on this: What God gives
US to 90, He Will help US 10 90.
The devil scores a point whenever 4
good man Opposes good cause
OTHERS see our faults as plainly as
We see III irs.
.,hare arc ,ly,,s ,b-ea ,,as.,.t .r-u
two Of Gods children meet.
Make ), rioht 10 sell wbj>krl, and
,o,h;,,, e,s.. can IL. vr,ny
0,1, the ma, yh, I,nks away from
himself Ia, IDEAS.
c..aa-,,c,;. I,,.c,,s.. ,ho., f.,-
~ no ,honoh, Idle
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hi.a,alt h,s ;daoe
D., ,ho ,.,c,,.a - ai~o .,,d ,hs
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;uo 49, a,.a,., aas,4
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S''''S.'"'1S '"' 'l'o'' P''''
, - ''Nl9 % 'I,''. "Pr''~" , | ="
y l'''N' ~ 80 - y - - ~
wan.
he prayer that comes rom ofo-
f,e'' ''-'''' 5'o' 81 a. TT ~ wv '~1' "
'0'
ne more Bratefn' we are Tor our
blessings, The smaller our TRIALS VIII
''DH'
Happy the man "h' hndo and re-
moves the particular cause 81 MS MS
1prtune.
II '2d gives Us much 70 90 or en-
durc II means that n" Will also give US
much grace
The priest who :'passed by on the
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
8 Toad RS a TaliSinan.

The N'esterii Morning News reports a
remarkable case Of superstition. A
Young woman in P"nzance had suffered
from fits, aHu she adopted remedy
which vonid be to most people almost
as relulsiEc as the disease itself. She
prCcuir,! . live toad, placed it i'll bag,
iiu". It around hey neck and carried it
rext her :.@Hy. The woman was cured
of nor it's, but she was being medically
attended ;.S the Pensance infirmary at
TIE same tiNIc. The woman believes,
howrvcr. tiiat this was a coincidence
and that h,r strange talisman was the
instrument or her cure.-South Wales
News
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
iI":r.iulCus Sam Jones.

y va itr;:;, Of /, funny Sam Jones
ctI. =. :: At one OF his meetings he called
C.. ! lie ,ncu who could assert they had
new: spoken an ulkind word to their
wiz to stand. Up got two. Now"
b SAID, ali the women who never
spoke an E,!i1i;:;; word to their husbands
may ris". Up got six. sit down."
Sam cri, q. Now, | want the audience
to pray for these ars!'-Time and the
uCur
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy purities
the blood, tones up the system and
gives new life aud vigor to the whole
constitution. A trial will convince
YOU of its merits. Sold in Henderson
by the Dorsey Drug Co. and Phil H..
Thomas.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

The two cent stamps Will not be
green after all. The universal postal
congress had already decreed that the
color should he Carmine-pretty as
red shoes. In Difference to the au-
thority of this congress, the treasury
department calls IF the two cent green
goods.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
Her Proverb.

Mrs. Gummey-Do You believe in
proverbs?
Mrs. Glanders-Certainly l believe
that bird on the hat is worth two in
the bush, for example. Harper Bazar
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

81 have read repeatedly" said the
sad eyed young man, "never to ask a
young lady's permission when you
wished to kiss her"
"Well, hope you didn't, said his
friend.
"No, | didn't; but the young lady,
think, does not read the papers. "
Puck
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

When a man first appears without
his mustaChe, he has sort Of lmmod-
est look as if he had left some OF his
clothes off
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
:-nayOiuGbie.

That was Il very queer poem Oh 'The
Three Ages Of Man you published in
your paper this morning, - said the man
VIC l.appvnoa i'll. The general under
m:.i..
IL VAS written The Seven Ages OF
NJ explained the worried Sunday
editor, LIT had to cut it down to
thrye q: !. ,'1..i:t Of Il lack Of space. -
Gh;c;l-:, i43l,.t.-r
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

"They say we can't have prosperity
until confidence is restored.
Yes; and we can't have confidence
until prosperity is restored.-Pnek.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

10 live /, t .,r j=st.vC, truth. rea-
sou. :e:otioa. i..>.ltv. sincerity, COM
mon sr2sy, 1ic!J AID duty Welded Into
thv Htalt ---.;.'t9r Hugo
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
Who Pays For Protection:

The law is invariable that the unpro-
tected must lay the ultimate cost for
the protection Of the protected. David
Lusin
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
iIoW'S This.

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured 10y taking Hairs Catarrh tue.
f. J. CHENEY y co, propr's.
Toledo. Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J.
Cheney for the last - wears, and believe
him perfectly honorable III in all business
transactions. and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West II TruaX, wholesale druggists. To-
ledO, Ohio.
WaIding, kinnan X Marvin, Wholesale
druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken INTERNALLY,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, - cents per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

The man who paves his own way TO
fame has frequently to walk over a
rough and rugged road.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

You can have your grods delivered to
your house anywhere in town in any
quantity free OF cost by
II. THOMSON.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

The goldbugs forced the price of
silver down lower and announced that
Mexico could not stand much longer.
They did all in their power to force
Mexico to adopt the gold standard,
and from goldbug talk it looked for
awhile like they would succeed, but it
IS now stated that Mexico has with
stood the pressure, is pIospering and
has no idea OF adopting the gold
standard.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

1t is a waste Of breath to talk any
louder than we live.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

he public affairs Of the State have
been in a stew and mess ever since the
Radicals got i'll power. They are ras-
cally and incompetent. The people
are tired Of them. We believe the
people will hurl them out at the next
election. kinston Free Press.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
standard.

Farmers say that in the county there
IS general feeling that when the next
election comes things will not be as in
the past. Those who voted with the
Republicans and Populsts are both
disappointed and dissatisfied Oxford
Public Lfdgtr.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

oE SURE YOU get what you want
. when You ask for Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. Unequalled in NJ crit. Sales. Cures.
There's no substitute for HOODS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

There Is a great deal of solestirring
music in PAIR of squeaky shoes.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
HIGHEST Market Prices Guaranteed the Seller,

Whethersh eor
shyouwe yourself We alike for welfare
already among our patrons Ole
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

G. 2. Anthony, 4 negro bar keeper,
has been appointed post master at
Scotland Neck. TO succeed a good
white man. There are three other
negro postmasters in Halifax county,
at Llttleton, Halifax and Tlllery. 1t
is time for all true white men to get
together IN the South.-kinston Free
Press.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

For Tickets, Sleepers. etc, apply @
MURRAY FORBES, Travelling Passenger "
Portsmouth, Va
f st. John, Vice President and Ger u.
V. f. McBee. General Sup"iinieidf'
ii. w. b. Glover, rafic Manage
Il. }. Anderson. Gen Pass AT
General Offices: Portsmouth, Va
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

The man who marrIeS for beauty
takes his wife at her face value.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

Henderson is The Market -COODel'S is the warehouse

There Market will much tor YOU cee 90
FAIR DEALING HIGHEST PRICES BESl AV-
ERAGES, PROMPT RETURNS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07
Sell Vp Tobacco at The House and Market which Pays YOU Inc MOST clear money

best warehouse " any cthe
Ample
dwenli
record Warehouse the best guarantee OF wa'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-07

Pullman $780, operated NORFOLK
LIFTED Raleigh and Chattanooga will he
operated Norfolk Va Nashville through
Asheve
specively Chattanooga Nashville viii lie fellows n {.
1850 NJ ~ c. ST. L. No. leave Nashville NJ
P
New York, Washington audN Nashville follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08
HOW GOLD IS MINED.
The Shorness of the Season and the Condition
Soil Limit Work to the Placer System.
'ecial Correspondence of the Globe.

Special Correspondence of the Globe
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug Ito only a
comparatively small number of the
emigrants flocking to the Klondyke are
the methods of mining in vogue there
known, and, if they were to be told it
was the placer system, many of them
would by no means be enlightened
That is just the plan, however. The
placer system is the only one general
ly available where the hand of Old
Winter has so firm a grasp as in the
KlOndyke region.
By placer mining is meant that sys-
tenn which involves the separation of
the virgin gold from the earth by
means of water In other words, it is
washed out. 1t is really panning gold
on a huge scale. The other system Of
gold mining is known as quartz min
ing. In this latter case the gold is
found imbedded in quartz, and is
taken from the mines to stamp mills,
where the quartz is stamped or crushed
and thus put in such condition that
the gold and quartz can be separated
by a process which is so technical that
to be thoroughly understood it needs
to be seen.
When a Klondyke prospector has
staked out his claim, which must be
as near water as possible, and general
ly about 500 feet in length, he makes
an experimental panning as a test of
the claim. This may show very little
at first, but when it is considered that
cent dirt-that is, ground that washes
or pans out cents worth of gold to the
Dan-is having DrODertV If NAV he
seen that the miners standard is not
so very high. Many case has lately
been reported from the Klondyke where
the dirt has washed out $50 to the pan
With claim of cent dirt the miner
if he is industrious, may be reason
ably sure Of $50 day. With $50 dirt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08

City and Forty Mile rushed In The richest
claims are in Bonanza creek, which empties
into the Klondyke three miles above Dawson
City There are three claims in that district
each 500 feet long, extending clear across the
creek, on which it is located. No one can
ME an additional claim until he has recorded
MS abandonment of his old claim.
In the adjoining Bunker district there are
2OO claims The two districts have been we'll
prospected, but further up the Klondyke is
much territory which has never been even
travelled over.
"Od miners declared that the north side of
the Yukon was worthless, so no prospecting
was done until Mccormick started in. There
are rigidly and well enforced
. There was rush for Klondyke as soon as
the discovery was made known and I was
among the first to get there | had poor luck
at first, and after few days started to leave
but l had only got short distance down the
river when my boat got stuck in the ice
and | went back to Dawson City. l bought a
claim. and it proved one of the richest in the
district.
I'm the region now worked there are a
score of creeks, each rich in gold deposits.
are Bonanza El Dorado, Victoria, Adams,
Mccormick. Reddy Bullion, Nugget Gulch,
Bear, Baker and Chee-Chaw-Ka. In the
Hunter district are the Main Fork, Hunker
streams are dotted with white tents Of min
ers, and prettier sight i would be hard
to find. Over Dominion creek gold has
been found and 300 miners started for that
place the day we started for San Francisco
The surface prospects are quite as favorable
as ON the Bonanza
1T is easier to reach Dawson City now
than when the discovery of gold was an
nounced. Appliances have been placed at all
the mountain passes, SO that heavy loads are
pulled up steep incines and let down on the
other side. l look for a big rush next year
and there will be wonderful stories to tell
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08

when the season is ended
Dawson City is not a paradise nv anv
means means put there are much worse places. The
winter cold is intense, but as there is pIentv
OF umDer around we do not suffer Our SIM,
iner lasts about six weeks but during tbot
Time IL IS very warm. The day we started
1t was SO degrees in the shade The roSs1li+o
is our worst enemy" '
Miners who have reached here do not ont
IKE people who have suddenly iumped from
poverty to comparative wealth They are
very level-headed. They went to the hest
hotels, and they are living on the far NJ tba
land, but they do not throw money AVA
ana not one started in TO paint the town red
Ihey have worked so hard that they annre
Gate the value Of money. What they delight
in most are theaters and other amrsenoe5fe
dhey say no one knows how to eniov these
II ne has not spent q year in Alaska Three
quarters or the miners will return in fine
spring, wien they we'll rested
me returned miners say that one Of the
lack OF shooting, due to the fact that the
canadian government does not permit men
10 carry fire arms. Police djsarm miners
wheh they enter the district, so that there
10 not any Oh the laWlessness and crime
which marked earlier placer mining in Cali
fornla. There Is much gambling and pIav il
hlgh. An old miner, Alexander Orr who
spent eight winters in Alaska, but will not
return, said today:
Dawson is not Ike most of the large MI
Ing camps. 1t is not like tough town; muir
ders are almost unknown. The miners are
a quiet, peaceable kind of men, who have
gone there to work, and are willing that
everybody else shall have an equal chance
with themselves. great deal of gambling
is done in town, but serious quarrels are
the exception. AS a gambling town | think
II is equal to any [ have ever SEEN and
this by the way is always a test of a min
ing camps prosperity. Stud poker is the
usual game. They play 81 ante, and often
bet $500 or $500 on the third card"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08

he is a millionaire, if his claim is of
any considerable extent
The testing of a claim is, however,
only the beginning. After it has been
proved to be worth working, it is nee
essaly to prepare for more extensive
operations. The first thing is to make
the sluice boxes. In the Klondyhe,
lumber is a scarce and very expensive
article, provided it is purchased all
ready for sluice purposes. If the miner
is industrious he will fell enough trees
from the thousands that cover the rug
ged lands about him to make all the
sluice box lumber that he will need.
1t is much more economical for him TO
put in the time and labor necessary
to do this than to buy the lumber
ready made.
When the lumber is ready, it is con-
Verted into sluice boxes of whatever
length the miner may deem advisable.
These boxes are then placed in posi-
ton, and all is in readiness for the
washing process. Now comes the ne
cessity for getting the dirt into the
boxes. 1t is always the case that pay
dirt-dirt containing gOld-lies next t.
rock. This being the case it is necez,-
sary to clear away the gravel that lies
between the surface and the pay dirt
1t is labOriouS task in any event but
when one has to face KIOndyke sea-
sons, it is still more difficult.
Sometimes it happens that as much
as twenty-five feet of gravel must be
removed before pay dirt is reached.
and, when the most of this has to be
done within sixty days, besides wash
ing out the pay dirt, the necessity for
hard work is apparent As a rule. the
depth of the surface gravel is about
eight feet, and at this depth it is pos
sible for miner to get to his pay dirt
and wash a good bit of it in one sea-
son. Many of those who are on their
way to the Klondylle today cherish
the belief that all the miners do when
they pan out gold is to dig out of a
surface lode and make all the money
they want to. On the contrary, it is
often necessary for a miner to spend
an entire season clearing away the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-08

surface gravel from the pay dirt OF
his claim.
The statements often made that it is
impossible to do any work during the
winter season are erroneous. Nearly
all the tunneling is accomplished at
that time of year. Fire is the agent by
means of which the tunneling is done.
There is plenty of wood to be obtained.
and so the miner builds a roaring fire
next to the gravel through which he
wishes to tunnel. Naturally, this
meIts the frost out of the gravel. which
is then shoveled OUT. This method
does not prove successful with surface
gravel
Occasionally it happens that claim is too
IaF from water, and in such cases several
fortunes have been rocked out-that is, rock
efs nave been used. The rocker is lust what
its name indicates. The dirt is placed with
IN 1t and it is rocked until dirt and gold
have been thoroughly shaken apart This
as a rule water is sufficiently plentiful to
available.
curious fact that the placer mining Of
me kondyke region has developed is that
these mines are nearer the original sources
than any ever discovered on the American
continent. The Californian mines were never
5ITIaceaoIe, biologists say, but these latest
discoveries give distinct evidence of being
near the source from which they originally
came. Placer mines are IN reality glacial de-
poslts. The ice which formed the glaciers
mixed with great stones. at some time or
another wrenched from the original gold de-
posits fragments Of the riches there located
by nature. These fragments swept along by
the huge rivers Of ice. have found resting
places at various points, forming what We
know as placer mines.
The biologists who have examined the
klondyke mines say that the original gold
fields are not far distant from Klondyke. 1t
is therefore quite possible that the stories
from the North about still richer finds are
true. and that the real Eldorado is by no
means reached as yet.