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The Republican journal., 1897-02-18
A Bargain in Steel Rails.

In Saturdays Mail notice was made of
the purchase of steel rails by Messrs. l. c.
Libby and A. F. Gerald, the price being $17
per ton, This was as low price as was
ever quoted on steel rails and Mr.. Libby
told a Mail reporter to-day that since the
purchase was made less than a week ago the
price of rails has advanced SO per ton and
that he and Mr.. Gerald could dispose of the
lot and make over $4,000, Waterville Mail.
The Republican journal., 1897-02-18
The Social Season,

The Sons of Veterans have given up their
lurth of March ball, and the cane contest
has been declared off
The annual OK. P. Ball. which occurs to.
morrow, Friday, evening, will be the lead
ing social event Of the season. Several Off
GERS of high rank i'll the order will be pres
ent, the music by home and Bangor talent
will be first class, and it is safe to predict a
good time.
Belfast Hook & Ladder Co, No /, will
hold its annual levee and ball at Belfast
Opera House Friday evening, Feb. Goth.
Supper will be ready at O'Clock. Music
Orchestra. The members of the company
expect and intend to give as good a supper
was ever served on similar occasion,
and the list of dances and musical selections
have be en- made with care.
The Republican journal., 1897-02-18

-..Rs.KIPTION FIRMS. In advance, So. 90 a year !;
9 1u tur SIN months; SO cents for three months
4.n sHTlsISG TERMS. For one square, one inch
.. .r.H-th IN column, rs cents for one week, and
T, ,euts tor each subsequent insertion.
The Republican journal., 1897-02-18
Lincoln's Birthday.

It's Observance in the Public Schools and by the
Sons Of Veterans and on Sunday Evening at the
North Church.
The Republican journal., 1897-02-18

An amendment to the divorce law before
the legislature provides that the party ap-
plying for divorce must be a resident of the
State one year and that when both parties
are proven guilty of violating the marriage
vow no decree shall be granted.
The Republican journal., 1897-02-18

Feb 10. Senator Grindle of Hancock had
an act to amend section 6, chapter g. revised
statutes, providing that towns may by vote
exempt widows property from taxation
when the amount does not exceed $500.
Senator Drummond had five petitions to
amend charter of Portland so that women
may serve On the school board of the city,
and four petitions asking that aged or in
firm tremen of Portland be retired on half
The Republican journal., 1897-02-18

anu VoJeu Cnat the petitioners Tor Stat re-
formatory for women have leave to with
draw. 1t also voted ought to pass on the
resolve for $500 for repairs at the State
prison and to fix up the school room.
The cigarette and anti-cigarette forces met
before the committee temperance Feb.
10Th, and agreed to postpone the battle two
weeks. Representative " alton of Skowhe-
gan, who introduced the bill, which entirely
prohibits the manufacture or sale of cigar
cites IN Maine, appeared in its defence, and
Williamson and Burleigh of Augusta for
remonstrants Many petitions for the bill
and remonstrances against it appear in each
session Both sides are in earnest and the
ii ght will be one of the hottest of the winter.
Representative Kneeland of Searsport has
the welfare of the Penobscot river Weir own
ers at heart. Since the decline in agricul-
ture the weirs on Sears Island have been an
important factor in the towns income.
From Searsport to Hampden, Penobscot
river shore owners are all interested in sal
mon fishing. Kneeland of Searsport and
Brtton of Bucksport are both laboring
against the proposed close time of 4S hours a
week.
Feb. 10. There were sessions of an hour
in both branches of the Legislature this
morning, then an adjournment was taken to
30 p. N. Monday.
Among the new measures introduced were
bills amending the city charters of Bangor
and Rockand bill establishing a western
Washington county municipal court; bill
allowing fishing below the lower falls in the
Saco river; bill giving the town of Wayne
power to raise $500 to celebrate its centen-
nial bill giving the Good Will Home AS
sociation power to increase it's capital from
$150,O00 to S500000 and to provide aid for
needy girls.
The resolve for the Central Maine General
Hospital at Lewiston was taken from the
table and passed to be engrossed.
The EngeI railroad bill was passed to be
engrossed.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05

The planned from lack OF funds vii
lighting he Considerable bad already been done In get
on
park grounds of the income
barred all the o-cent tax
allowed by the Supervisors the fine project OF ne man
driveways be gmmelng through the
that solitude will TO
the the lta pity hat TINS
u the lighting walks drives at night would give many
people chance the who are too busy
there
The Affiliated Colleges of the park looming
that adds the views to
be from points walks These stately build
OF trees that give
completeness one OF the
grandes these va by looking across the
of the wooded
heights beyond There might be reckoned as
OF the park improvements, and a grand one
There which handsome that the
Commissioners deliberately it order that beau
u idea minds
will
bridge will consist ish the inner
balustrades
1t the bridge by planting
the and thus blend together
bridge The bridge the
OF the works last While its purpose an.
provision the wished
to the and avay by enabling them to under the
OF through utility
might well be considered subordinate to Its he
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05

thing beauty" enduringy built will
be under subway
would be all it
of played by the
bered In attendance and number and
leading this
the matter of rapid growth far ex them all Its
picture gallery has been completed
Point Lobos
Cliff House of the The
additions Pyrenees and the The
the park
of the notable
continue their
of Twenty fourth Lake
street Presdo
Mountain Lake Park and the Presidio.
possible with
roads krng the driveway making magnificent pasway connecting
which would
They
Mission with the park afford
In praisng the they
kind OF charity
noralz nd cam not jobbed.'
also in the of the
interesting In of the park last
$125O0o; the
the and walks 0
birds
$30o lake $4,000 forests and recamatons s5 On constructing
about SD
bridge s360Oo $4,000 music $1,000 and forests $4,000
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05

for maxi
Park Commissioners the hands very
voumnOus document and contains statements
public.
calling general merits of the park
with which familiar which
ton in order be fxed public
language this
feature thoroughly
important work they haven charge.
The report putting plea for liberal apprOaOn backed
grounds The general of the park has been
eauyng grounds
been facilitated by twevemonh OF most favorable weather
The charges OF made against the park some time
ignored although the Commissioners had
all the facs IN the case were presented through the committee appointed
the the affairs
the great
appropriated for the OF their
being economically wisely administered.
contemplated is
fine bandstand the
The grounds for this complete when
the Commissioners of the funds with which
upon designs from which
viii be chosen something handsome enough harmony
W Stow.
purpose in all direc
lovely CHI ief at
OF the park 1t the little valley just of the Japan village
To the north lies the museum and the main dv the
buffalo paddock; the south leading to
there will be
little plantation acoustic
people order that there
ma double
double bicycle The space 6ox3oo
feet and will seat 20 900 people Upon the completion of the
will be andoned ranmed ground
side OF the main driveway little beyond the end OF the
will be
background
park
McLan
funds they certain of
done the
miles this
intended be tapped by latera
thoroughly bridge that
The valley
village this with
bridge
where atera and this permit irrigation OF
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05

all the area around ths
old Forty-nine mining
camp. To the deer glen
there is 200 feet of new
pipe. SO that the groups
OF trees therein may be
kept fresh ana thrifty.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05

Golden Gate Park is already glorious enough
other at.
fractions will the
mutudes who Most
all lovers
the decision
developments.
The chief for doubt the fulflment
falling of
City this The minimum allowed
S1G0
$50000
this will would on
amount wouId
not be sufficient forward the improvements
be of members
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05

board favor this, and the
Finance Committee recon-
mends that sufficient tax
be fixed to yield $29S. 600.
With that sum TO depend on,
the plans for making the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-10
A Canadian Set Right.

A Canadian, writing to the New
York Sun, asks for an account of the
American attempt to burn the city OF
London during the Revolutionary
war, to which the Sun replied: It is
not possible to comply with the re,
quest, because nothing of the kind
was imagined, much less attempted.
by the patriots who won indepen-
dence. it is true, however, that the
British atrocities perpetrated during
the war Of 1872 suggested the idea
that it might become necessary to
destroy the British metropolis by way
OF reprisal. If our correspondent
will turn to the edition of Thomas
Jetferson's Writings" he will find a
letter OF Jefferson's from which this
quotation is subjoined:
perhaps they 1.-THE English) Will
burn New York or Boston. If they
do, we must burn the city of London,
not by expensive fleets or congreve
rockets but by employing a hundred
or two Jack Pointers whom
nakedncss, famine, desperation and
hardened vice will abundantly furnish
from among themselves"
Washington as our correspondent
will recolect, was burned, but New
York and Boston escaped for the
reason that redcoat incendiaries
could not get near enough to. either
| Of them. ....
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-10
A Postmaster to be Arrested.

j. L. Reed the postmaster at Love-
locks has been getting himself INTO
trouble and will be called to explain
matters in the United States Court.
lie Is the man who in all probability
Is the cause of the sealed indictment
brought in by the Grand Jury the
other day.
The office there is fourth class
and the salary of the postmaster de-
Ponds on the cancellation of stamps
and the authorities have information
that he has falsifed the records of
his office in this respect.
He will probably be arrested today
or tomorrow and it is said that it will
come as a complete surprise to him
and the people in his neighborhood.
Carson News.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-10

Some Appropriate InterjectIons.
Z For the lum berman Gosh all hem
lock!
For the inebriate-.Great snakesl
For the agriculturist-Good land!
For the bachelor--Alas!
For the widow Man alive!
For the tailor--Oh, Scissors!
For the novel reader Great Scott
For the bellicose statesman-By
lingo!
Fro the cyclone sufferer--W Well, I'm
blowed!
For the image vender - BY Ju-
piter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-10

There is more Catarrh IN this Sec
ton OF the country than all other dis.
cases put together, aud until the last
few years was supposed IN be incur.
able. For great many years doctors
pronounced it local disease. and pre-.
sctibed local remedies. and by con-
stantly failing TO cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven cataFrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured
by f. j. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Ohio,
il the only constitutional cure on The
market. 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
IL acts direct on the blood and mu.
cous surfaces OF the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case
IL feils to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address,
+. j. CHENEY ECO,
|, Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 76c. ~
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-10
A Household Nooess,,y.

Cascarsts Candy Cathartic, the
most wonderful medical discovery OF
the age, pleasant and refreshing to
the taste, act gently and positively
on kidneys, liver and. bowels, cleans.
ing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual con-
stipation ard biliousness. Please
buy and try q box Of @. G. @. today:
10, %, 80 cents. Sold and guaranteed
tocure by all druggists.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-10

The copper production Of the world
last year was 373,2Oe long tons, an in
crease in thu past ten years Of over
$4,000 tons. The gain in 1896 alone
was 10000 tons yearly all Of which
was In the United States, This big
percentage OF increase did not ma
terially effect the market, thus in
dicating a tremendous demand, in
fact, tho demand kept the market
free from an increase Of tho surplus.
The big consumption Of copper is
owing to the wonderful progress in
the application OF electrical machm-
cry to all kinds OF work, requiring as
it does the use of immense quantities
Of copper.
Rev. Lyman Abbott, says the Phila.
delphia Times, braved a storm of
questions the other evening at the
conclusion Of his talk at horticultural
Hall on the Message Of God" One
question was, of course. as to his
belief in miracles. Il believe in the
miracles that are well attested," said
Dr.. Abbott. Il do not believe, how
ever, the miracle. of Jonah and the
whale. The people of Ninoveh had
only Jonah's word for it, and Jonah
may not have told the truth about the
matter"
While You are looking for u change
IN the weather. examine the latest
patterns in wall paper at the Postof-
ice. AL goods first class and at the
lowest living prices. Cali in and ex-
anime my stock. NJ trouble to show
-.oods. l. N. Sherwood.
In Nanceburg, KY, is man twen-
ty-tve years old who has three fami-
lies. He was divorced one afternoon
recently fIom his third wife and he
was married to fourth on the follow
ing evening. ~
A wrestling match, catch as catch
CAP best two Tails in three, between
WIN. Taylor and d.. Wilson for $3.50
siGe and gate receipts, will take
place at A cstin within the next two
weeks.
Sommerville Journal: When q
man Is sure that his friends never
talk about him behind his back it is
sure that all his friends are dead.
Capt. j. W. Haynie, an old resi-
dealt of the State was found dead in
his bed at Carson Thursday. He is
supposed to have died of heart dis.
| ease.
Dave Casper has Just received o
new lot of samples of Fall and
Winter Clothing which will be made
to order from $3.50 I'D.
MIR. j. L. Fast, formerly railroad
agent here and at Palisade, died from,
typhoid fever in Alameda, California
yesterday morning after a short ILL.,
ness.
Tho Gazette says it is rumored that
commissioner Beck has rendered his
resignation to the Governor because
ne was criticised for allowing Prof.
Miller's fumigation bill.
The appeal and News of Carson
are engaged in wordy war. They
talk real Sassy to each other.
The finest Ladies Shirt Waists are
undoubtedly the Trojan Waists.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-10
sALMAGnNnl.

The indications are good for another
storm.
The Humboldt river Is raising rap
idly.
Superintendent Agler arrived last
night and spent the day in town.
Tho ladies will be interested in
Reinhart's new ad. Ittells all about
the Trojan shirt waists. Read it.
For beauty. style and finish the
Trojan Shirt Waists excel all other
makes.
The loss by fro at Chattanooga
foots up Sl,100,OO0 with an Insurance.
Of 100000.
The new safes for the Gold Creek
Mining Company arrived from New
York today.
Mild, yet strong. Trib does not
hurt a baby's skin, pet penetrates a
horses's leg.
Considering the fact that 1t is what
they most earnestly desire, the gold
organs are losing an almighty lot of
sleep over what they call the rapid
defamation of the free silver ranks.
CAscARErs stimulate liver. Kidneys
and bowels. Never srcken, weaken
or grippe, 10c.
The Sheehan Sisters have just
opened large assortment of hats,
Spring and Summer Dress goods
gloveG, laces and notions OF all kinds.
A further search of the dugout oc-
cupied by the men arrested Thursday
for breaking open cars brolgh; to
light other stolen property. They will
probably serve the State at Carson
for a while.
Spring and Summergoods begin to
come in. A complete, fashionable
aud useful stock can soon be looked
for at ALEXANDER
Though Connecticut went over to
Mckinley, her manufactures are
shutting down and more men are
being thrown out of employment.
There was a miscalculation i'll Con-
necticut, just as there was everywhere
else.
There may be many shirt waists
manufactured in the United States.
You will think there is but one, after
wearing a Trojan.
+. q. Kline has arrived from Reno
and opened a shoe shop in Mr.. Brain s.
harness shop. He is prepared to do
all kinds of work in his line ut prices
to suit the times. Give him call. +
Theodore Durrant was today
sentenced to be hung ON Friday,
June 18th. Whether the young man
will pay the penalty Ter his crimes ON
that day, depends good deal upon
the laws delay. His counsel have paved
the way to get his case before the u.
S. Supreme Court and it is very
doubtful if he swings on the day
named by the court.
WHEN bilious or costive. eat
Cascaret, candy cathartic, cure guar
anteed, 10c, 25c.
ado you mean to say, asked the
visitor in horror, @that the gentleman
was shot for simply rising and max.
ing a motion during meeting Of
your debating society,"" @Sunnly,"
said the colonel; shut You must re-.
membah, sab, that that the motion he
was called down on was made in the
direction Of his hip pocket, sab.
A Jacksonville, (Fla,) dispatch of
the 9th says: William J. Bryan
passed through tho city this morning
enroute from st. Augustine to.
Tallahassee where he viii speak this
afternoon. He seemed suffering CON-
siderably from the effects OF an
accident at st. Augustine last night
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-14
WHEN IGO HOME.
CECIL JOYCE.

When go home, beloved, in the darkness
| dream OF all our meeting there viii
And smiling weep. and weeping. sob with
gladneSS,
At that dear thought-when l 90 home
to thee.
When l 60 home-when l 90 home, be-
How shall l tell thee all have to say,
Or hear the mysteries thy soul has faith
Omed
Since last kissed thy lips that chill. still
day?
And it seems that words shall be too mar.
When l shall feel thy touch upon my
hair,
Shall feel thy lips kiss down my tired eye.
And know and clasp thee waiting faithful
there.
For oh, the pain of all the bitter parting
Shall float away upon the vanished
tears,
And in the gladness Of that great home.
coming
shall not feel the weight of these grim
years.
1 shall forget the days OF weary weeping,
shall not know the nights of hungry
pain,
For light and love shall wear their golden
garments,
When 'gainst my heart thy heart shall
beat again.
No dazzling height ask. no crown super
nal,
TO greet my soul when it stands shriven
free,
No cleaning robes-for me the highest
Heaven.
Just to 90 home, beloved home to thee
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-14
The Nickel Plate Show.

Of the Harris Nickel Plate Show {,
which will appear here on Tuesday,
Oct. 10Th, the Columbia IS. CO. State
OF Aug. 81, says:
Harris Nickel Plate show is worth
great deal more than the price of
admission. 1t is a one-ring circus, but
it was one of the best that has visited
Columbia in long time. Two per-
formapces were given. At the after
noon performance there was fine at
tendance. At night the tent was too
small to hold the people. They were
packed in like sardines and everybody
was pleased. Not an expression of
disappointment was heard. The show
has been much improved since it last
appeared in Columbia.
Mr.. Harris has selected only first
class performers, and his stock aud an
imals are kept in first class condition.
The den of lions in an excellent one.
There are plenty Of good old-time
clowns, and they keep the audience in
a continual roar of laughter. Their
jokes were good and most of them
fresh. Besides. they wer clean.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-14
The Negro as an Obstacle.
biblical RecOrder.)


The colored man will be with us Of
the South always. His tribe now num-
bers 1000, 1000; his increase is about
100000 annually, TO send him back
to Africa is impossible and not TO be
considered' and if i, were not it would
be utterly imprac,icable. To colonize
him in this country is also both impos-
sible and impractible. Amalgamation
is losing ground instead of gaining
which is vastly to the credit of our
country. So the colored man is here
to stay. We must take account of
him, We must reckon on him.
Since the gates of Eden closed on
Adam and Eve no greater calamity
has befallen people than that which
was thrust upon the stricken South by
the act giving 100000 slaves, sons
OF generations Of slaves, the right of
franchise. From that day until now
the course OF the Southern people has
been desperate struggle upgrade
against odds that would have daunted
a less valiant race. Politically we are
where we were three decades ago. No
reforms could be initiated, no ad-
vanced positions be taken, because
every year and hour the slightest dis
affection would throw 10000 colored
voters into ascendency. Take sim
pie instance. The editor of the Biz
Hfal Recorder, now gathered TO his
fathers, was denounced and abused
,hroughou North Carolina because he
would not advocate a Prohibition
party. Those who knew him knew
why he was silent. He knew that to
advocate the Prohibition party would
divide the white people, and the col
ored voters would rise to power. He
preferred liquor selling with honorable
white men in office, to liquor selling
with incompetent colored men and
representatives of them in power. His
position was sound.
This is only one instance. Hun
dreds might be named For ever
reform creates division, every new
idea causes disafection. And in
consequence the larger element Of the
white people in the South are politi-
cally the slowest in the world to move.
And it will be so as long as there is the
almost inevitable consequence that to
initiate change will turn the country
over to an incompetent and unworthy
regime.
Without another word it is clear
that the negro is an obstacle; clear
that inevitably the Southern country
must be retarded in her political
progress so long as he is an obstacle.
1t is clear that he is here to stay.
What then2 Disfranchisement. 1t is
the only hope. There is but one
ground that will reach the mark and
that is Illiteracy. 1t is good one;
it will stand the test of common sense
and plain reason and right. Is it i'm
possible? 1t cannot be. Is it imprac-
ticable1 1t cannot be. One year or
two years may not achieve the end,
but it is worth a decade of struggle.
Other issues pale into insignifcance he
side this; they should not be suffered
to interfere. If the unintelligent vote
of North Carolina ,uld be eliminated
the State could then address herself
with single eye to the needs Of the
people.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-14
Elements of Success.
(HartfOrd Globe.)

The element Of success in mercan-
tile life seems to be these: First, have
something that people want; second ,
stand ready to sell your goods at rea-
sonable prices; and third, and most
important Of all, let the general pub
lie know what you have for sale and
the price. A merchant may have the
best goods in the world and stand
ready to sell at prices actually below
cost, and if no one knows about it
his goods may grow fas, to his coun-
tiers. Newspaper advertising is the
best method of communication be-
tween merchant and customer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-10-14
A Grandmother at "A.

Mrs. Sarah Davidson, Of 35I Eas.
Seventy-second street, New York, is
only "a years old, but she is the
grandmother Of Baby Beatrice Britt,
who arrived in this strange world
about a week ago. Mrs. Davidson
good humoredly speaks of herself as
"the youngest grandmother" Of the
metropolis. She was a wife at I3
and mother at IA. Her daughter
Mrs. Julia Britt, is now 20. Mrs.
Davidson herself looks to be about IS.
She has all the beauty and grace Of a
young matron-in fact, she would
pass for a belle.