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, 1897-10-26
afARK TWAIN IN HIS OLD MANNER

An article by Mark Twain written in
the style Of The Innocents Abroad and
illustrated by A. B.. Frost and Peter
Newell, is a promise that magazine read
ers do not have held GU. to them every
day. 1t is in the November number OF
McClure's Magazine that this rare feast
OF humor is to be served. One might
expect much more than ordinary enter
tainment from any one OF the three items
of pictures by Frost, pictures by New
ell. and an "Innocents Abroad article
by Mark Twain: but the editors Of Nc
Clure's. in their %profusion, engage to
serve all three at once The Mark Twain
article will consist Of chapters from the
forthcoming book on his recent jour-
ney around the world, and is the only
part that will be published in advance
of the book itself. 1t follows, those that
have read it say, the earlier Mark Twain
manner. which is undoubtedly the most
popular: on a thread Of pleasant travel
are strung no end OF wise and witty re-
Elections. quaint and quizzical observa-
tons. comic adventures. and plausible
impossible tales.
, 1897-10-26

Heigho! that justice shouid call upon
mo to tate that the dealer in cosmetics
0nds n lively trade in supplying the wants
of man. Not mankind, " Just plain man,
without the addition of woman.
Not long ngo l was-wcll, ! won't say
wberc-but l found n long black stick Of
something like scottish %licoriCc, all done
up in tin foil except ut one cnd. The cir
cumgtantial evidence went 10 prove that
this same substantial club Of blHCkrnirr
was used by its owner to enhance his soft
mustnche. ] knew the man, and u lore
licr black than his mUstaChc could boast
| never have seen. but
There was u very wicked person present
who looks much like the man who " n
the black m~u~tuchc. and this person,
though quite against tho laws of nature,
soon had II very decent shadoS al II black
mustnche, too, and heavy eyebrows To
match Helped out in slis way iy art she
Il mean tha ~pPrsun-and her brother
were strikinrly alike.
Now. do not inisunderstanh. nm not
saying IL word against The art of self hc!u
tify ing. 1t is against the ~fg'IIr? that
woman alun" Is given to this study THAI
inveigh. and could call many /" witUcss
tho truth OF nay words. Philadelphia
Times.
, 1897-10-26

Is round. Is body Is spare and sinewy.
He Is an inordinate of oil, for
has no butter, lard or bacon. Few
OF the race live above the list degree OF
latitude. and their winter day is several
hours long. Most OF their h%abitations
are above ground, though he entrance
be subterranean. They prefer their
cooked when fuel can be obtained,
and therefore their name OF Eskimo,
the man who eats it raw" is misap-
piled. Then the Eskimos lead an active
life through the winter. laboring daily
at something and holding dances and
semi-dramatic festivals. Their complex
ion Is but moderately dark, not swarthy.
On the whole, a few years in Alaska will
probably change an American less than
a long s~ojourn in the tropics.
The arctic climate will not reduce
his energy. though it may be too slim
ulating. Our Alaskan fellow-citizens Of
the future will probably assume a good
type, and OF course they will keep step
to the music Of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| Ocrat,
, 1897-10-26

The ideal citizen is the man who be.
licves that all men nre brothers and the
nation is merely an extension of his fam.
lily, to be loved, respected and cared for
accordingly. Such II man Intends person.
ally to all civic duties with which he
deems himself charged Those which are
within his own control hc would 10 more
trust to his interiors than he would leave
the education of his children to kitchen
servants. The public demands upon his
time, thought and money some upon him
suddenly. and often they find him i'll pre-
pared, hut he nerves himself to the ineyi.
table, knowing that in the village. state
and nation any mistake or Ecpkct Upon
lis part must impose IL Penalty sooner o.
later upon those whom lie loves john
Habhcrtun.
, 1897-10-26
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
Brides OF Two Missionaries Made the
Trip Six Years Before Fremont.

In the NovemberLadies' Home Jour
nal George Luding;on Weed writes OF
When DR.. Whitman Added Three Stars
TO Our Flag" and shows c~onclusively
that a party of five people, including two
women. crossed the Rocky Mountains
a. South Pass in 1886, six years prior
20 Fremont's crossing. Concerning
this interesting historical event. Mr.
Weed writes: The first wedding tour
acros the continent was made in 1886.
There were two couples, Marcus Whit
man. M. D., and the Rev. H. H. Spauld-
ing, and their brides. They made The
journey OF $500 miles. occupying seven
months, in a wagon, the first to cross
the continent. DR.. Whitman, having
visited the region before, was guide to
the new home in Oregon. He was the
first to make known its value to the
United States. South Pass is reached"
writes Mr.. Weed OF the famous journey,
"the highest plateau, the divide OF the
continent. In the Pass the traveller
reads the inscription. Fremont, 1872
All honor due to the Pathfinder but
also to the two heroines who had gone
through six years before his claimed dis
covery. Let another inscription read:
Mrs. Whitman and Mrs. Spaulding.
1885,
at is the Fourth OF July. The party
pauses in its journey. Patriotic words
are spoken as the bible and flag are TAX
en- from the wagon. The one is laid on
a blanket spread upon the grass; the
other is raised over all. The kneeling
company offer prayer and praises. and
reverently take possession Of the region
beyond 'in the name of God and OF the
United States The only human wit
nesses to the scene are the two Nez
Perez lads who witnessed the Whitman
wedding ceremony at Angelica, New
York, Immediately preceding the start to
Oregon
, 1897-10-26
A OlSOocUiEHT PRINCESS,
Occasion of the One Call the Queen Mac,
on another Woman.

on another oma
An English woman living in New York
city tells me how one of her friends in
London Mrs. randall, we may say, but
1t Is not tho namc) incIrrod her mnjvSty's
disploasuro, says n writer in the New York
Press.
The Randni!s moved in tine hest OF So
ciety. but for reasons probably definite to
the mind Of tho queen her majesty did
not wish one particular daughter tn visit
them. There il evidence that the uuctn
mother demonstrated more than one" W N
the disobedient daughter, ANA to no pur.
pose, before she decided to proceed in nl
extraordinary way.
Which was like this: One afternoon Tia
inhabitants of Blank street in Lom:lun
were aroused 10y u great Gathering. Those
who got to the winGuws were amazed II
behold the outriders OF the queen, and II,1
In carriage of state her majesty hI.stiG.
And further were they mystiiicd when I.a
cavnlcnde stopped before the home cf 10
Randalls. "Becuuse,' said the tl:h.h
wona to me, ''of course the queen nvvC-
calls upon any one
But their feelings probably were not -
be compared with those OF Mrs RinSf.l
above stairs when she learned that her ms.
leSty Queen lCtOrlt awaited hur IL tlL
drawing room. a woman may not s.y
that she is not ut home to IL quton, !iHH
ever shc may dread to earn what i'll ftte
inspired the visit.
Mrs. Randall fcarfully, but p.ata;aly
with apparent ease, descended, Her mn
jesty WAS standing attended near the door.
Without greeting, she asked icily, This
ia Mrs. Randall"
sit Is, -FOUR majesty"
"Tho Princess - comes here often,
l believes"
"She does, your majesty"
"When she comes ugnin, ohlige me Icy
you are not ut home" Mrs. RAN
dali bowed, and the queen departed inn
mediately.
Hardly was her majesty in the distance
the carriage Of the Princess -
and the queens disohedient
daughter was announced. Mrs. Randall
down again.
"The queen has been here, hasn't sher'
asked the princess.
Eyes, Princess -"
said you were not to receive me, dill
she not?'
"Yes, Princess -"
81 shall ont exactly as usual" And
she did" said tho English woman to no,
her maiesty never again attempted
to interfere.
, 1897-10-26

Emerson, Longfellow, Lowell nnd Oil
yer Wendell Holmes were among the
Americans who visited Professor Max
Muller ut Oxford, and of each of thtse
eminent men lie has related some char..c-
~teristic anecdote in his Literary Rcaii-
o%iscenccs" in Cosmopolis. One OF Professor
Muller's ples Santsst memories Is of DIR.
Holmes, who carried his wit and freshness
Of feeling to ,hn last year Of his life. Illus
trative of his faculty Of finding delight In
everything is the following:
When we cnne TO Mngdalen college,
writes Professor Muller. DR.. Holmes want
ed to sec and measure tho elms. He was
very proud Of some elins in America, and
he had actually brought some string with
which be had measured the largest there he
knew In his own country.
He proceeded to measure one Of our
finest elins in Magdalen college, when
be found that 1t was larger than his Amer
lean giant he stood before 1t admiring 1t
without a single word Of envy or disap-
pointment.
] had. however, a great fright while no
was staying ar our house. He had evil
dently done too much, and inter our first
dinner party he had feyerish, shiverinr
HI. and the doctor whom I sent for de
, 1897-10-26

1t now looks as IL the Union Pacific
sale would be postponed till probably
the 18th Of December. The people along
the line OF the road are eager for the
sale to take place. in order that there
may be a settled condition, but the ad-
ministration cannot be blamed, in view
OF the charges made and the great OPP
position brought to bear. for asking for
postponement. It is now entirely
probable that the government will re-
ceive the full amount OF its claim against
the property.
, 1897-10-26
THE ARCTIC AMERICAN.

1t is reasonable to assume that much
gold will be mined in Alaska, and that
the other U of the territory de-
serve attention. Many thousands will
go there during the coming year, and
the population of the far northwest
within the next decade may reach a
large figure. The effect Of an arctic
habitation on the American naturally
come up for thought. A dozen years
ago a New England clergyman wrote
a book to praove that the earth first be-
came habitable at the North Pole, and
that the whole human race, with all
other forms Of life, spread south grad
ually through the ages. AS the North
Pole was the first spot to cool sufficient
ly to serve for an abiding place it was
also the first to freeze up permanently.
Races like the Eskimos and the lap
landers, in the opinion Of the author,
are the nearest direct descendants OF
the primitive man who reached the plan
ct when the equatorial region was still
too hot to serve as a residence. II this
is true, then a migration to the north
is merely a journey toward the ancestral
home OF all mankind. 1t is fair to add
that, though the argument was elabor-
ate, the theory has found few support
ers.
The effect on the American tempera-
ment Of living in arctic ATTITUDES will be
an interesting study. A man with so
much invention and ~irrepressible energy
will not initiate the bear oy "hoiing up"
during the long arctic night The elec>
trict light has come to turn midnight
into noon. and the opening Of Alaska
generally will fall within the electric
age. Transplanting the restless Yankee
to the distant north will not change his
characteristics. His habit is to make
himself master Of circumstances. Rail-
roads and steamboats, fill be Introduced
as rapidly as possible. and packing
freight across mountain trails will soon
be a thing Of the past. The fact that
1t should have been done at all is mere
ly due to American Impotence with OBJ
stacles. .Alaska's forms Of wealth will
unfold rapidly before the invasion now
begun. and which has attracted the no
tice Of the world.
On good authority 1t can b said that
the E't'rro himself has been moon mie-
spprehended. He is not \ dwarf, bu
nearly OF medium size. Thoush hfs face
, 1897-10-26

clareu nc once that ne must keep perfectly
quiet and attend no more parties of any
kind.
l had him several days all to myself,
and there were few subjects which wo did
not discuss. We mostly agreed, hut even
where we did not 1t was II real pleasure to
differ from him. We discussed the greatest
and the smallest questions, and on every
one he had some wise and telling remarks
to pour out.
Perhaps l ought not to repeat what he
said to me when we parted, Il have had
much talk with people in England; with
you l have had IL real conversation" We
understood each other and wondered how
1t was that men SO often misunderstood
one another. told him 1t was the bad
ness Of our language. lie thought it was
the badness of our tcmpcrs. Perhaps We
were both right.
, 1897-10-26

OMAHA-CHICAGO SHORT LIND.
The magnificent limited" train OF the
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail-
way leaves the Union Pacific depot a,
Omaha daily at 5:45 p. M, arriving In
Chicago at S:15 the mex morning. En-
tire train lighted by electricity and
heated by steam. Ask for ticket via the
milwaukee Route"
F. A. NASH,
General Western Agent,
1904 Farnam st.. Omaha.
, 1897-10-26
The Hyepa In ShaEespearc's Time.

John Trcvisa wrote that Tho Lyrnu i,
q cruel beast like to the wolf in Gcvouring
and gluttuny. 1t is his kind to charge
sexes. for he is now Trhir and nnw female,
and is therefore IN unclcan beast. And
comoth to houses Gy night ard ~fpigrcth
mans voice rs he may, for men shnuiu
trow that 1t is II man, and herds tell thai;
among stables he ~fcigreth speech Of man
Kind, and cnlleth some man by his "
name, and rcndcth him when he hath hin.
without. And he feiGncth oft tho name OF
some man for to make bounds run uut.
that he may take and eat then. -
"Shakespeare's Natural History"
, 1897-10-26
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1897.

The total value Of u foreign COM
merce in August was almost $12O, 600, 900.
The balance Of trade in our favor was
100000 90. But we lost a large portion
OF This favorable balance because we had
to pay foreign ships to carry the trade.
Economist.
, 1897-10-26

In the vicinity Of Grand Island, Neb.,
farmers make more than $40 net per
acre from their beet crops. By organi-
ration and a pull all together the farm
ers Of Wyoming could attain like re-
suits. The future OF the state depends
upon the Investigation OF its indus
trieaL
, 1897-10-26

A woman vas summoned by her neigh
Dor In Long Island City for being II som.
mon scold. The judge was loath to hold
her, but while hesitating she put in II few
words OF her own behalf He Immediate
ly committed her.
, 1897-10-26

Crocodiles lay on An average 90 eggs l.:
n season
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-08-19
A Wonderful Child.

The most wonderful child that ever
lived, or probably will ever live, in the
history of the world, was little Chris
tian Heinrich Heinecker, born at
Lubeck, Germany, February 6, 1921,
and died June Fl, 1925. When but
nine and half months old this child
could pronounce every word in the
German language; when one year old
ne had familiarized himself with all
the leading events of the worlds his
tory and knew more of the Pentateuch
than all the learned men of his day.
At fourteen months he could give a
complete history of every book in both
the Old and New Testaments, and
before he had passed his second year
he could answer all questions correctly
in geography or ancient history. Before
his death, which occurred in the fifth
year Of his age, he conversed fluently
in Latin, French and Dutch. A short
while before his death he was called
before the king of Denmark, and he
pleased his royal highness SO we'll that
the king had every mark of respect
paid him. Returning home, he was
placed under close study of new
branches Of knowledge, which proved
too much for his delicate constitution,
and this child, who had been a baby,
boy, youth, man and savant in less
than five years, died leaving record
which will probably remain forever
unbroken.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-08-19
His Heart All Right.
Wilmington Star.

We don't know how the law IS
down there, or how the head Of Judge
King, of New Orleans. is geared, but
his heart is geared all right. In a
divorce case before him he refused to
permit the children to be brought into
court as witness for or against either
parent, and stated his position thus:
81 care not what the law or the facts
Of the case may be, will not permit
one of these children to take the stand
for or against either their father or
mother. | will not permit them to
be innocently placed in such position
that they will have to look back upon
it with distress IN later years" And
that settled il. Bravo for that Judge.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-08-19
JACKSON'S RELIGION.
GLOWING TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT SOL.
DIER'S CHRISTIANITY.
"StOnewall" Jackson's Way That of
Simple Faith and Devotion to God
and His Righteousness-"A lan' S
Religion the Chief Fact"-A Beau
tiful, Well Bounded Character.

At the dedication of "Stonewall'
Jackson Memorial Hall in Lexington
some weeks ago, DR.. ]. P. Smith, OF
Richmond, paid the following tribute
to the great Christian soldiers religion
and devotion to God and His right
eousness as printed in the Richmond
Dispatch:
alt is not an accident that in the
impressive exercise with which YOU
open this building there is a place as
signed for the religious character of
him whose name it bears. 1t is not
only that any study of his character
and career would be incomplete, not
that it would be wholly unphilosophi-
cal and untruthful without state
ment of that which lay so effectively
in his heart and covered SO entirely
all that we know of him. 1t was
Thomas Carlyle who said, "A mans
religion is the chief fact with regard
to him, and more than of any man of
renown of modern times it is true
that the religion of Jackson was the
man himself. 1t was not only that he
was religious man, but he was that
rare man among men to whom relg-
ion was everlasting. Eminent critics
are telling US that the campaigns of
Jackson will be the study and admira-
ton of military schools for centuries
to come. However true that may be
of him, we are sure that the religion
Of Stonewall Jackson will be the chief
and most effective way into the secret
spring of the character and career of
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-08-19
GOOD PHILOSOPHY.

This life is what we make it. If we
improve our time and our talents life
becomes success and if we neglect
them it becomes a failure. Our lot
may be hard but others are in worse
condition it may be than ourselves,
and that too without repining. Our
situation is never SO bad that it might
not be worse, and this should encourage
us to look up and not down. Success
may not be the best thing for us, even
though we may strive to attain it, for
when our success is to be achieved at
the expense Of another, it might better
US and certainly would be better for
him for us to fail. Nothing is gained
by looking on the dark side of every
thing. The cloud may have a silver
lining, five can but see it. The man
who waits for others to help him will
never succeed. He is dependent and
his very dependency destroys his ambi-
ton and manhood. No able-bodied
man should ask another for help, so
long as he can find something for his
hands to do. In this big world of ours
there is work and food enough for all :,
and if we fail TO get our portion, it is
likely because we have not looked
carefully enough for it. Whining and
fretting don't get US anything, and if
they did it would be dearly bought.
Rise with the lark and work all day at
something, though the wages be small,
and when night comes retire deter
mined to do more on the morrow.
Strike the word fail from your vocabu-
larry and in its place write success, in
letters of living light and then work
for it with all your might and success
will crown your efforts.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-08-19

this strange man, who, as the years 60
by, is rising into the ranks Of the great
soldier saints Of history-Saint Louis,
of France; Gustavus Adolphus, of
Sweden; Oliver Cromwell, of England; !;
Stone wall Jackson, of America" DR..
Smith spoke of the inheritance Of Jack
son of the blood of stalwart race; Of
the hard discipline of his youth; of the
memory of his mother, taken from him
when he was little child Of J years.
He spoke Of his baptism at Fort Ham
ton by an episcopal clergyman; of
his seeking the counsel Of the Catho-
lie Bishop of Mexico and his profes
sion of religion in Lexington; OF the
growth of his knowledge and faith.
Unlike the wicked of whom the Psal
mist speaks, God was in all his
thoughts. His faith gave unity, sim
plicity, directness, and humility in a
marked degree. He spoke of his de-
pendence, his implicit obedience to
Gods will, as made known to him.
The Providence of God was an all
embracing fact; and prayer to pres,
ent God was a direct consequence. He
was capable Of anger and indignation
in high degree, but had learned a
self mastery that was something mar
vellous. He was generous to views oI
others, and catholic in spirit. He
was not devoid of humor-the humol
of Jackson was illustrated by incident:
the stern warrior was the gentlest ol
men. Are these the things that make
the gentlemen? Are purity and truth
me desty and courtesy the things by
which we know him? These thing:
he had not by conventionallty, but a:
the expression of gentle nature and
the fruit of abiding principle. Ar
English officer, after a weeks stay
with General Jackson, said: 'He is
revelation to me. He is the best IN
formed soldier | have found in Amer
ica, and as perfect gentleman as
have ever known How fitting tha
the two Virginia heroes of the CIvl
war should meet again and find thel
resting place in tonbs so near, in thI
retired place among tine stony noun
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-08-19
MORE ABOUT THE CIGARETTE

1t seems that the evil effects OF Gig
arettes are more noticeable now than
ever before. AT any rate we read OF
more cases where young men are
ruined by the perniciuus habit than at
any time since the cigarette had been
doing its deadly work. The Monroe
Enq.irey has the following
We are not a crank on the tobacco
habit. We will not say that the use
of tobacco is sinful. But there is one
Of the uses Of tobacco which is literally
killing the boys OF this country,
namely the cigarette habit. We know
that it is almost useless to argue with a
victim Of the cigarette habit, for the
first thing the loathsome cigarette does
is to sap the will power of the smoker
and the poor fellow cannot quit. No
wonder that nations are legisla,ing
against the evil. Go to the great
military institutions Of France and
"No tobacco" is a rule the cadets
mus, observe. Germany that nation
OF smokers, has said "No cigarettes in
the schools" Go II West Point or
to the great naval school at Annapolis
and TO the cadets comes the command
"D1op that cigarette Wherever
brain force is wanted among boys
wherever business requires, steady
nerves, clear brain and firm conscience
there the cigarette must be discard
ed at once. You will not find a
slave to the cigarette habit among a
thousand expert book keepers or ac'
countants. Boys, if you use tobacco
smoke pipe or cigar, bu, don't poison
your system with the poisons Of The
cigarette, for in the papers and aduter
a,ed tobacco of those cigarettes is the
secret Of many failure.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-08-19
OFFICIOTS COLORED COMMITTEE
MEN.

We are informed that some OF the
colored school committeeman lately
appointed-because they are not gwen
the entire control Of their races
schools-are taking solemn oaths to
exercise their rights as committeeman
and will visit the white schools, sug-
gesting to teachers and otherwise
making full use of their privilege,
theirs by the action Of our late and
pernicious legislature. But let such
committeeman beware! Interference
with the white schools and vlsltatlons
on part of colored committeeman TO
white ladies in the school rooms Will
not at all be tolerated i'll this coun-
ty. The cato -nlne-tals and tar,
feathers and hemp collars have been
ornaments that men have worn for less
"virtues'' than this unwarranted as
sumption on the part of these ott1clous
and brazen commltteemen.-G Grefnt
County St1EI1rR