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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-07-28

The body of man weighing 1914
pounds contains forty-six quarts of
water.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-07-28
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SOLD Train Coaches and Pullman Sleeper,
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Orleans, Texas, California. Mrylcn Chat.
tasnooga, Nashville, Memphis, Macon,
Florida.
For Tickets. Sleepers, etc, apply To
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-07-28

Civility costs nothing and buys
everything.-Lady Mary Montague.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-07-28

It's poor snake-charmer that the
snakes hiss off the stage.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-07-28
CoIored Excursions to S. A. l.. Park,
Delaware, Va.

On account of the numerous appli
cations for Colored Sunday School Pic,
MICS at Seaboard Air Line Park, Della
ware, Va, the Seaboard Air Line has
made arrangements with the owners OF
the grounds, and trains may now be
chartered to Colored Churches, Sunday
Schools and Societies, providing they do
not conflict with any other dates on
Delaware Park
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-07-28
Sell your Tobacco at the House and Market which Pays You the Most Clear Money

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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-07-28

Ireland's linen industry represents
an investment of $3.50, 100000.
We consume 400, 900, 900 pounds of
coffee annually.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Attacks women on tho Cars.

The woman agent is ranging the
streets of the city in ferocious packs.
Driven by unusual hunger, or other
desperation, this species has become
unusually daring and ferocpus the
past season. 1t is not enough that
she and her kind have driven us daily
out of our happy homes on to the
back piazza They now actually attack
us on the street cars. Instances of
this are becoming quite common. A
mild hammered, elderly woman
boarded a car the other day with
companion without noticing the sharp
featured woman behind. Scarcely had
she gotten seated when the woman
behind her leaned over, and the fol-
lowing interesting conversation took
place:
Madame" said the sharp featured
one, excuse me, but see you wear
a switch"
''No, do not" said the astonished
victim.
''Do you save your combings?" per-
sisted her stronger sister.
She received no reply. but she did
not retire.
"Now, ladies'" she continued, 81
can give you something in this line"
But the women in front had edged
over to the other end of the seat, and
were talking so earnestly on relatively
unimportant topics that she did not
finish her address.
Another day, two pretty young
women were proceeding down street
on car. when pair of new shoes
appeared over the back of the seat
between them, dangling by theii
strings. excuse me, ladies'" said
the voice, "but do you wear water.
proof shoes" The discourse con-
tinued on the merits of water proof
shoes for the space of several blocks,
when the victims finally repulsed the
boarder by the most wanton use OF
feminin brutality and the force OF
superior numbers. Springfield Re
publican.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The common caterpillar has more
than two hundred muscles.
Some insects are in a state of ma
turity thirty minutes after birth.
At sea level an object one hundred
feet high is visible little oveg thir-
Teen miles. five hundred feet high,
1t is visible nearly thirty miles.
One of the most interesting features
Of modern industrial chemistry is the
synthetic production of odorous SUBJ
stances, closely related to the odors
Of flowers, plants, and animal sub
stances.
The longest wave hitherto observed
Is said to have had length of half
mile, and to have spent itself in
twenty-three seconds. During storms
In the north Atlantic waves sometimes
extend to a length of 500 and 600 feet,
and last from ten to eleven seconds.
A peculiar nervous disease, called
mali mali, is sometimes noticed, chiefly
in old women, among natives of the
Philippine Islands. The victim, whose
symptoms may appear only on being
excited, has an uncomfortable desire to
initiate the movements of some person
before him.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Killed "A Deer with a Club.

Surveyor d. G. Wood of Herkimer,
N. Y, brought home the saddles and
hind quarters of two year-old doe
that he killed along the Mohawk and
and Malone railroad with club. Mr..
Wood has been in the Adirondacks
surveying for DIR. Seward Webb, and
one day recently he started to walk
from Beaver river to Keepawn on tho
Mohawk and Malone railroad track.
Near Brandreth station the road runs
through swamp and the embankment
is about ten feet high. just as he
reached that point he happened to
look over one side of the track and
there, not ten feet away, was a deer
feeding in the underbrush, which
grew close to the track He laid down
his instruments carefully, and, taking
a step or two toward the deer, hit her
over the head with his surveyors staff.
The blow felled the deer, and before
it recovered Mr.. Wood jumped down
the embarkment and cut its throat
with penknife. New York Sun.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
MAUSERS VS.. KRAc-JoRCENSENS.
Some Comparisons Recently Made by

Some Comparisons Recently Made by
Experts at the Springfield Arsenal.
While no decision has yet been
made as to what shall be done with
the Spanish Mauser rifles which ar
rived in the United States arsenal re-
,ently, it is expected that, after hav-
ing been cleaned and repaired, these
weapons will be sold to the public as
curiosities.
Officials at the arsenal state that
these Spanish guns, besides being in
every way inferior to the Krag Jor-
gensen rifles used by our regular
army, show rough and ignorant u.s.
age at the hands of the Spanish SOL
diers.
The main difference between the
krag and the Mauser is that, while
both are bolt guns, the former has
magazine which, filed with five car
tridges, can be cut off so as to make
the rifle practically single shooter
the latter's magazine cannot be so cut
off. 1t is, therefore, really a repeat
ing rife. Furthermore, in the Krag
the bolt is opened and closed by the
power similar to that used on chain
less bicycles-whls with the Mauser
the man has to compress the main
spring by direct force.
1t is probable that these Mausers
will be sold for not less than $15
apiece, so tina. for every one sold the
government will be little more than
reimbursed for the manufacture of
one Krag- -Jorgensen, which, as made
at the arsenal, cost $14.50.
Several Krags have arrived at the
msenal for repairs after having been
ased by rough riders. They show
that they can stand very hard usage
without impairing their efficiency,
proving thereby the excellence of
their pattern, manufacture and ma
terial. There are two which, after
having been carried through the surf,
filed with sand and wet with water,
aud having gone through all the fight
ing, were quite ready for use just as
they were when they arrived without
any cleaning or oiling. The butt of one
of these-carbine pattern split
and perforated by Mauser bullet,
which most likely bored hole also
through the arm of whatever Rough
Rider held the gun at the time.
One reason of the inferiority of the
Mausers is that they are made by con-
tract by firm in Berlin, Germany,
while our guns are made at the
Springfield arsenal under the direct
supervision of ordnance officers. Our
guns are therefore exactly alike, one
to the other, while the material and
workmanship of the Spanish rifles
show many degrees of quality. =
Springfield Union.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
HANGED, BUT MAY co FREE.
Sentenced, but Hope Broke, and Son.
tence Was COMMITTED.

Sentenced, but Rope Broke, and Sem
tence Was COMMITTED.
After being tried for the assassina-
ton of Will Buckley in Madison
county, Mississippi, for which crime
he was convicted and an attempt at a
legal execution made, failing because
the rope broke, and after having his
sentence commuted by Governor Nc
Laurin to life imprisonment in the
penitentiary, Will Purvis, the notori-
GUS Whitecapper, stands good chance
to be pardoned.
The governor received q remarkable
letter, signed by the three brothers
and brother-in-law of Will Buckley,
the murdered man, stating that they
believed q mistake had been made,
and that an innocent man was suffer-
ing the penalty of another's crime.
These relatives have ever since the
assassination, been bitter against Pur-
Wis and have resisted every attempt
to have him pardoned. The letter in
question is signed by A. l.. Luckley,
j. q. Buckley, F. M. Buckley and II.
G. Turnage. 1t recites the fact that
the continued confinement of Will
Purvis in the penitentiary will have
tendency to shield the real murderer
of their brother.
One brother, Jim Buckley, was with
Will when the latter was killed, and
testified on the trial that he saw Will
Purvis unbreeching his gun right
after the fatal shot was fired. This,
with some corroboratory evidence, was
the meat of the prosecutions case and
the evidence upon which Purvis was
sentenced to hang. During the last
session of the legislature petition
was circulated and largely signed ask
ing that Purvis be pardoned. In adj
dition the people of Marion county
have all along doubted his guilt.
The story of Purvis' alleged crime
and the subsequent proceedings have
already been published. Will Buck
ley was alleged to have belonged to a
a gang of Whitecappers in Marion
county. 1t was said he was threatened
with death in case he revealed any
thing to the grand jury. He was as
sassinated while returning from court.
Purvis was arrested and convicted on
the evidence recited above. He was
sentenced to be hanged, but the rope
broke, and he fell to the ground un-
conscious. He was returned to the
Jail, and his lawyers made the point
before the supreme court that he was
executed. The court held, however,
that he had to be dead before the SEN
tence of the law had been carried out.
He afterward escaped, and was at
large when Governor McLaurln was
inaugurated. He offered to return to
custody if the governor would COM
mute his sentence to life imprison-
ment. He refused to negotiate with
him until he had surrendered. Pur-
Wis then surrendered and was brought
by the governors order, to the peni-
tentiary for safe keeping. There his
sentence was committed to life i'm
prisonment, and ever since he has been
serving the sentence.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
SINGULAR STATEMENT.
From Mrs. Rank to Mrs. Pinkham

The following letter to Mrs. Pink.
ham from Mrs. M. RANK, No. 1881
East Susquehanna Ave, Philadelphia,
Pa, is a remarkable statement of re.
lief from utter discouragement. She
says:
81 never can find words with which
to thank you for what Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound has done
TOR me. d,
"Some years ago I had womb trouble
and doctored for long time, not see.
ing any improvement. At times /
would feel well enough, and other
times was miserable. So it went on
until last October, 1 felt something
terrible creeping over me, knew not
what, but kept getting worse. l can
hardly explain my feelings at that
time. l was so depressed in spirits
that 1 did not wish to live, although
had everything to live for. Had hys.
terra, was very nervous; could not
sleep and was not safe to be left
alone.
Indeed, 1 thought I would lose my
mind. No one knows what endured,
6 continued this way until the last
Of February, when saw in a paper
testimonial of a lady whose case was
similar to mine, and who had been
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta.
BILE Compound. determined to try it,
and felt better after the first dose. I
continued taking it, and to-day am a
well woman, and can say from my
heart, Thank God for such medi-
cine" y
Mrs Pinkham invites all suffering
women to write to her at Lynn, Mass. !,
TOR advice. All such letters are seem
and answered by women onlv.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
The Cuban Newspaper,

The Cuban newspaper is a mis-
homer. 1t is paper, but the lack Of
news is as conspicuous as it is in most
of the country weeklies of the
Estates. The makeup of the paper
is what we call in the North "black.
smith work. The style of type and
the head lines are as ancient as the
history of Cuba, and the general ap-
pearance of the paper is an offense to
good taste. The so-called news is as
unsatisfying as is the food known as
the Spanish bean; possessing bulk
without substance. For instance, La
Lucha will say in the notes regarding
the work of the American Commits
sion, ''To-day Mr.. - delivered tc
General Blanco Tor some one else)
sealed paper of Importance. This is
all. What the character of the com.
munication was or any other informa.
ton relating to it that would in any
way make it an item of news is moi
gwen. The editorials sometimes pos.
sess some pith and point, but the
news columns are barren waste.
How much of this is due to the cen.
sorship and how much to the lack OF
energy and ''nose for news" can not
be said. The resident laughs at the
paper from the "States," but it /. will
be noticed that if he knows how tc
read he wants the said paper as soon
as he can get it. and, while he will
tell you he does not believe a word he
reads in it. he gets very angry when
the paper reports something some
official of the United States has said
derogatory to the Spanish character.
1t is all q pack of lies, but he believes
it just the same, and he bases his
thought and action upon the contents
of the very journal he affects to de.
spise.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

-, Il TIC I1VctUTS DtSugreeu.
~ became seriously i'll three years ago,
The doctor gave me medicine for indiges-
tion, but I continued to become worse
had several physicians at intervals who
gave me some relief, but the disease would
return with all its accustomed severity,
81 read In the newspapers articles re-
yarding the wonderful curative powers Of
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People,
and finally concluded to try the pills. Five
months ago bought six boxes. The first
box gave me much relief, and after using
tour boxes was cured"
These pills are recognized everywhere as
specific for diseases of the blood and
ierves. For paralysis, locomotor ataxia,
and other diseases long supposed incur
able, they have proved their efficacy in
thousands OF cases,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Ropes Woven by Spiders.

Spiders must now be counted among
the necessary helpmates Of balloon
manufacturers. Many experiments
made with spiderweb as substitute
for silk have proved the far reaching
possibilities of the new material. The
thread of the spider was found inval-
liable in the production of so-called
reticles, crosses or nets of fine threads
placed in the focal plane of telescopes,
to determine the exact position of an
observed object. Some ten years ago
q French missionary started the sys-
tematic rearing of two kinds of spiders
for their web.
Now the "Industrie Textile" an
1ounces that spider web factory is
in successful operation at Chalais-
Meudon, near Paris, where ropes are
made of spider web intended for bal
looms for the French military aeron,
auto section. The spiders are arranged
in groups of twelve above a reel, upon
which the threads are wound. 1t is
by no means easy, work for the spiders,
for they are not released until they
have furnished from thirty to forty
yards of thread each.
The web is washed and thus freed
of the outer reddish and sticky cover.
Eight of the washed threads are then
taken together, and of this rather
strong yarn cords are woven, which
are stronger and much lighter than
cords of silk of the same thickness.
These spider web ropes are very
much more expensive than silk ones.
but it is hoped to reduce their cost
somewhat in the future.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

Mr.. Thomas John Harper, who died
in England recently, in his S2nd year,
was sergeant trumpeter to the Queen,
and was for nearly half century
trumpeter to the lord mayor, while at
the opera, the great musical festivals
and at the best concerts he was ac-
knowledged to be the greatest of liv-
ing trumpeters. His even still more
celebrated father, Thomas Harper,
the elder, blew the trumpet at the
coronation of George Nv, SO that par
ent and son, down to the practical re-
tirement of Thomas Harper, the
younger, in 1885, performed the prin-
cipal trumpet work at almost all the
important performances in England
during the greater part OF the present
century.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Safety Among Indian.

The venerable Bishop Whipple, OF
Minnesota, who knows the Indians OF
that State we'll, tells story of how,
years ago, he was holding religious
meeting near an Indian village camp.
His baggage was scattered about the
lodge and when he was about to go
out he asked the chief if it were safe
to leave his belongings there while
he went to the village to hold the ser.
vice.
EYES," answered the chief, without
= CLEAN of humor, perfectly safe.
There is not a white man within
hundred miles. ."-Springield Repub.
lican.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
MARY DEAR IN NINETY-EIcHr.

20, Mary dear, O, Mary sweet!
Down at your little fairy feet
Nay, lassie, do not scornful start
I lay my fortunes and my heart.
"If you will be my own, own wife,
A dream of ease will be your life,
Z And all that love and gold can do,
O, Mary dear, I'll do for you.'
81 scorn your. heart, scorn your gold,
Ihave a sweetheart brave and bold,
One of battleship's brave crew,
My sailor sweetheart tried and true,
"He has no gold but strong and leal,
He fearless guards his country's veal,
And as he loves his country so,
He'll love his own, own wife, L know"
M. PHELPS DAWSON, in New York Sun.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Moscow's (Russia) orphan asylum is
Imported by tax on playing cards.

Hon. w. ]. Connell, Ex-Congressman from
Nebraska, and at present Omaha's City At.
torney, writes:
ITO Whom This Comes, Greeting: l take
pleasure in recommending the virtues of the
remedies prepared by the DR.. B. j. Kay Medi.
cal Co. Having known of some remarkable
cures of Omaha people affected by the use OF
DR.: kay's Renovator and DR.. Kay's Lung
Balm, believe that these great remedies are
worthy of the confidence of the public"
Thousands of the most prominent people in
America know that the above are facts and
no remedies have affected so large percent
OF cures. Send for our large illustrated book
1t has great value but will be sent free. DR.
=. j. Kay Medical Co., Saratoga Springs, n.
Y, and Omaha, Neb.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
A Nation Of Dyspeptics.

From the Mountdineer. Walhalla. N. Dakota.
The remorse Of guilty stomach is what
a large majority of the people are suffering
with to-day. Dyspepsia is characteristic
American disease and 1t is frequently stated
that 1--WE are a nation Of dyspeptics." !"
Improper food, hurried eating, mental
worry, exhaustion-any Of these produce a
lack OF vitality In the system, by causing
the blood to lose its life-sustaining ele-
ments. The blood is the vital element In
our lives and should be carefully nurtured.
Restore 1t to its proper condition, dys-
pepsia will vanish and good health follow.
For example, In the county OF Pembina,
North Dakota, few miles from Walhalla,
resides Mr.. Earnest Snider; man of sterl-
Ing integrity. whose veraclty cannot be
doubted. He says:
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Pointed Suggestion.

Study of local peculiarities is one Of
che first conditions of trade success
1t is said that German pins and need
les in China have completely displaced
those of better quality made in Eng
land, because the English persist in
putting theirs up in black paper, which
to the Chinese stands for i'll luck,
while the Germans, understanding
this, put theirs up in red paper
which has more cheerful omen
Boston Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Hoods pills cure sick headache. a5o.
Nelson Day In London.

Nelson stock is high in England
just now, and this year the celebra-
ton on Nelson day, October 21, was
more elaborate than ever. The
Nelson column in Trafalgar Square
was spirally entwined with a con-
tinuous laurel band, which for the
first time reached the very top of
the shaft, while at the base there
was varied display of shields, de-
vices, wreaths and other floral tri-
butes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm.
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c. Csc, Soc.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
HOw,s This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FIJI CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known F. j. Che
ney Tor the last 15 years, and believe him per-
fectly honora BILE in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga.
ton ma de by their firm.
WEST g. TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur;
faces of the system. Price, TIC. per bottle. Sole
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
General Greene's Stars Ready For Him


When General Greene reported his
arrival with his staff to General Cor.
bin very pleasant incident occurred.
He had learned of his promotion to be
a Major General upon his arrival at
San Francisco, failing to receive the
cablegram sent him to Manila, but he
still wore the single star of the Briga.
der Generals rank. General Corbin,
however, furnished him with the two
stars which marked his promotion,
and then the party went to the White
House, where they talked with the
President regarding the situation in
the Philippines. General Greene
would not, however, discuss these
matters for publication. Washington
Post.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
The Companion for tn. Rest OF 1898.

YoUTHfs COMPANION for the remaining weeks
Of 1893 provide foretaste of the good things
to follow in the new volume tor 1889. To the
will contribute humorous sketch, entitled
Some of My Dogs" and in the issue for the
week OF November lot will appear Rudyard
soldiers in the ranks, 'sThe Burning OF the
Sarah Sands" In the seven issues to follow
there will be contributions BY Lord Duferin.
American war correspondent, Mary E. VIII
kins. Hon. Thomas B. Reed. the Marquis OF
Those who subscribe now for the 1899 volume
will receive every November and December
Issue OF THE COMPANION from the time or
subscription to the end of the year tree, the
COMPANION Calendar for 1893 Free and then
the entire 81 isues of THE COMPANION to jan
uary l. 1900. An illustrated announcement OF
the 1899 volume and sample copies will be sent
free to any one addressing THE YOUTHS
GNMPA MON BOSTON ASs ,