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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24
TRUMPET CALLS.
Rams Horn Sounds a Warning Note
to the Unredeemed.

The sharper gets most out of the
man who is getting least out of what
he possesses.
People who are all tongue, have no
ears.
No good comes of blaming others
for the msfortunes we bring on our
selves.
God hides HIMSELF; therein lies His
uneXhausted charm.
A good guide will not be rejected
because he is bowlegged.
Every man has his price. Mine is
the precious blood of Jesus.
We should have a society for doing
good among the neglected rich.
Never to make a mistake is the big :
geSt mistake any man can make.
The world that the bird flies over
is not the same that the snail crawls
on.
Every boy thinks his mother is the
best woman on earth-and they are
all of them right, too.
Many a man who finds his cottage
large enough would find palace too
small, if suddenly made rich.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24
Why?
Chicago News. }


Why isn't bigamy not a twofold
blessing2
Why is it that silent partner has SO
much to say?
Why does loafer always bother a
man when he is busy9
Why does a man who is really good
usually look SO sad?
Why is the hired girl Of foreign birth
called a domestic?
Why do we use the term splay-
wright instead Of 'playwriter1'
Why does nearly all the milk OF hu-
man kindness taste of the CAM
Why does the man always want to
open a door marked 'priva,e?'
Why is 1t that your shoe string never
breaks unless you are in a hurry?
Why is it that a woman can never
throw anything s;raigh, but her
kisses?
Why isn't the wedding ceremony a
success unless there is hitch in i,
somewhere?
Why is that about two-,hirds of a
doctors bill is for guessing a, your
complaint?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24
Original Observations.
(Orange { Va.D Observer. }

toIdHPt va ODStfNtl.
Even a blind man can e-saw
Its a poor town that has no tattle
back.
The sermons of many ministers are
lacking in terminal facilities.
Orange girls are SO tlmid that they
would jump at proposals.
God is everywhere, but he has very
little space in the heart of a hypo-
critic.
AS counting is called "sparking,
of course the real fire comes after mar
rage.
1t would be an outrage to consign
man to limbo merely because he IS
bowlegged.
If common sense was selling at moth
ing pound, some people wouldn't
buy half an ounce.
1t is always better to draw people
to you by smile than to drive them
from you by frown.
The hatred of some people con
duces far more to your happiness and
prosperity than their pretentions OF
friendship would.
"Why are great men So melancho
lyP' asks an exchange. Because there
are so few of US.
Thoughts are born in the brain and
require close attention, as other chill
dren do, to make them grow strong
and influential.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24
America One Hundred Years Ago.

There was not a public library in
the United States.
Almost all the furniture was i'm
ported from England.
An old copper mine in Connecticut
was used as prison.
There was only one hat factory and
that made cock hats.
Every gentleman wore a cue and
powdered his hair.
Crockery plates were objected to
because they dulled the knives.
Virginia contained a fifth of the
whole population Of the country.
A man who jeered at the preacher
or criticised the sermon was fined.
A gentleman bowling to a lady al
ways scraped his foot on the ground.
Two stage coaches bore all the
travel between New York and Boston.
The whipping post and pillory were
still standing in New York.
Beef, pork, salt fish and hominy
were the staple diet all the year round.
Buttons were scarce and expensive
and trousers were fastened with pegs
or laces.
A new arrival in Jail was set upon
by his fellow prisoners and robbed Of
everything ne possessed.
When a man had enough tea he
placed his spoon across his cup to sig
Nifty that he wanted no more.
Leather breaches, a checked shirt, a
red flannel jacket and cooked hat
formed the dress of an artizan.
The church collection vas taken in
bag at the end of pole with a bell
attached to arouse sleepy contributors.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

Ourg, IeTma- tFrom The Sunday School TimesE
ny, whose forthcoming book on the
vexed question of the Hittites is liking
to be the sensation of the year among
biblical scholars; F. L l. Griffith, the
well-known English Egyp'ologist, and
one of the leaders in hierogiyphics,
equally noted for his critical ability,
exact method, and his extensive knowl-
edge of the ancient Egyptian literature;
and still others, each of whom con-
tribute to our knowledge of the Bible S
history and people.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24
THELORD'S PRAYER,

THE following beautiful composition
was found on a battlefield at Charleston.
S. e., during the war. 1t was written by
a wounded soldier who did not live to get
home.
Then to the mercy seat our souls do gather
TO do our duty unto Ihee-"Our fdther,
To whom all praise. all honor should be
For Thou art the great Cod" Who art IN
HsaUen.
Thou by Thy wisdom rulest the worlds
whole fame;
Forever, therefore -"Ha!LouM be Thy
NAME.
Let nevermore delay divide Us from
Thy glorious face. but let-"1hy kingdom
come
Let Thy commands opposed be by none,
But Thy good pleasure and-"7hy WHL be
d0ne."
And let our promptness to obey be even
The very same-"On enrM as It's in
Heduen.'
Then for our souls, o Lord, We also pray
Thou wouldst be pleased to" Care us on
this ddy''
The food Of life, where~i tn our souls are
Sufficient raiment and-"Our daiLy bread "
With every needful thing do Thou relieve
And of Thy mercy pity and "F1rgice us'
All our misdeeds, for Him WHOM Thou
didst please
To make an Offering for "Our trespdsse5.
And forasmuch. o Lord, as we believe
That Thou wilt pardon us-"As zoe TOR
gee,
Let that love teach wherewith Thou dost
acquaint Us
To pardon all "7hose aoho tresspass agains
rs.
And though sometimes Thou Gndest we've
forgot
This love for Thee, yet help-"And lea0
US not
Through souls or body'S want to desper-
alton,
Nor let earth's gain drive us Into temp
tati0n.'
Let not Ghe soul of any true believer
Fall in the time Of trlal-"But De LSrGr,
Yea, save them from the malice Of the
devil.
And both in life and death, keep" Z,
from cusL.
Thus pray we. Lord, for that Of Thee from
whom
This may be had-"For Thine IS tie King
dOn'
This world is of Thy works, its wondrou
story
TO Thee belongs-"7he po'eer and til
gLOry."
And all Thy wondrous works have ende'
never
Bnt will remain forever and "F0reUer.
Thus we poor creatures would comics
again,
And thus would say eternally-"A men.
We have never seen the Lords Praye
more beautifully rendered than above.
GEO. L. ANGEL.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

note The names Of
other writers that
the Sunday School
Times has secured
for its columns.
From time to time
during the year
there will appear,
exclusively in its
columns, articles
from Herman V.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

- Profe H. w. Hlprecht
n perlOOlCal (From The Sunday School Times)
that is doing much to keep its readers
closely informed as to the progress
and bearing of these important dlscov-
cries, is the Sunday ScAo0l Times.
Only recently it published an article
written from Cairo by A. H. Sayce,
DID,, LID, DEL, Professor Of
Assyriology at Oxford, and an indie
fatigable worker and scholar, who
spends portion of his winters in his
"dahabiyeh," or houseboat on the
Nile. Professor Sayce confined his
article to the details of the startling
Menes discovery. And the same jour
nal in its issue for February 10, pre-
sents an article covering the general
field of late Egyptian discovery. writ
ten from Cairo by another eminent
English scholar and discoverer, Profess
sor w. M. Flinders Petrie, DEL,
LID, Ph.D. 1t is interesting to
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

Professor Fritz Hommel IlTPIcCHt, L H.D.,
tFrom The Sunday School D. D., LID, of its
TimesO
editorial staff, and Professor of Assy-
riology and Comparative Semitic Phil
ology in the University of Pennsylva-
vania, who has just returned from a
winter of work in Constantinople,
where the Sultan conferred upon him
the insignia of the highest Turkish dec
oration-"Osmanie, with the star on
the breast;' Professor Fritz Hommel,
Ph.D., of Munich, Germany, whose
book of protest against the "Modern
School of Old Testament Criticism"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

Startling and almost sensational are
the discoveries that are being made in
Egypt, Palestine, and Babylon ia, and
brilliant and searching is the light they
throw on our knowledge Of the Bible.
Skepticism is continually confut-d by
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

(From The Sunday School Tines history De-
gins Even 50 eminent a sch )lar as
Professor Maspero, of the French
Academy, author of the "Dawn Of
Civilization" and the "Struggle Of the
Nations,' has said that con closer ex
animation his [Menes'] pretenslons to
reality disappear, and his personality
is reduced to cipher" Yet tn S
"semi-mythical' Menes now turns out
to have been a very real parsonage,
living in the full blaze of recorded his
tory. His tomb has been discovered,
and portions of his body are actually
now in the museum OF CHA, at Cairo.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

attracted such
wides pre- ad
at t e n ton;
Professor ].
P. Mahafy;
D. D.,D.C.L:,
of D u b Ii n
Uunivery, the
e m i n e n t
Grek scholar
and arCheOl-
ogist; Profess
sor Peter Jen-
sen of Mar
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

these discov
cries; belief
is strength
ened and
cOnhr m e d.
For instance
s'CritiCism"
SO called,
has denied
the very ex-
. istenCe of an
Egg ptia n
king Menes,
with whom
Eg y ptia n
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

A bad memory is the skeleton in
the liars closet.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

Newspaper tales should always have
proper heads.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

The masquerade hop crop is now
being harvested.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

In the light
Of such dis
coveries as
this it IS hard
to say what
so-called in
constituencies,
m vt h S, or
problems of
the Bible, may
not be reS0lv-
ed into clear
intellig bl
historic facts.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24

The scale Of justice is nothing ba, q
trial balance.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-24
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES.

Searching Light Thrown on Our
Knowledge of the Bible by Recent
Startling and Sensational Discove-
ries Made in Egypt, Palestine and
Babylonia.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-12-14

carried out. as all report the affair Co have been grand social success. Miss Ella Galbraith acted as pho- tographer on this occasion, when about II rounds of fiashlight photos were taken. Duiiug the picture talk ing hours several very pretty posi- tions were caught. After the pie ture taking dainty and most re- freshing luncheon was served and the ladies became the guests of Miss York for the night. The functions of the Bachelor Maids organization are always grand social successes and this occasion proved more SD than usual. Those present were Misses Nell Collier, Sammie Sennett, Eddie Rutledge, Gussie Taggart. Neigh Anderson, Palmyra. Mo, Ella Gal b. aith. and Mrs. A. 5. Trgg.
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ganized. but up to that writing the committee had failed to decide upon its name. The committee was se- lected with care3and after almost # weeks deliberation gave it the ii tie of 'The Informal Euchre Club. 7 The members of that young organi- zation met at the home of Miss Grace York Friday evening and enjo. ed their first game. The game was an exciting one. The club. though young, is afourishing one. It has 8 member ship of sixteen, being equally divided in sex. The club is in good hande and there is nothing whatever to in- dicate that the affairs to be given by the organization during the rest oi
 the focial season will not be all that is expected of them.
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the Social .WhirI.


when a function is booked at Mrs, Riiey's hospitable home, there arises many anticipations and these are al ways fulfilled. Mrs. Riley certain. ly received in most cordial manner on thls occasion and for which she is r, ceiving the compliments of her many friends. Her home presented q lovely scene, having been previous ly decorated in a most artistic man ner with flowers and greenery of al- most every description. The refresh ments served are pleasant and en- ioyable recollections. The euchre was also pleasing part of the even. ing's merriment. The prizes were carried away by Mir. and Mrs. R. E. Lee, who won the gents and ladies' prize respectively. There was snoth. ing to mar the pleasures of the even
 ing and therefore the affair was a success from every point of view.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-12-14

CURPRISE PARTY-On last Fri O day evening a large crowd of young people rendered Miss Claude Veil surprise party at her home on West Third avenue. The occe- sion was in honor of her birthday. The party that had assembled were received with much grace by Miss Well and her sister, Miss Sarah. Af- ter spending the evening hI a most enjoyable manner, the guests were ushered into the spacious dining room where a spread fit for the gods awaited them Toasts were made by Rev. J. $. Kornleld and Mr. Har- " B. Solmson, in which each spoke in glowing terms of the soung lady in whose honor they had assembled, wishing her many happy returns of the day. After extending their good wishes and congratulations, the guests departed.
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LAUGH THRICE A DAY.
tt VIII Prove a Sovereign Remedy for cIaa. !
 ing Away MelanchoIia.

ing Away Melanohola.
 It has been said that we grow fIr lace as we grow in thought, and that our faces are mirrors of our souls. but do we ever stop to think that our faces affect our souls also? And if they af- Feet our souls they also affect our health, for health is to greater or less extent controlled by the mind and soul-
 It is a fact, as we have found out. hat woe-begone expression will drive syery one away from us Even fortune leserts us. If we sink in melancholy and indulge ourselves in our faneied OF real ills of mind or body we become diseased. While on the other hand a cheerful view of life is better than medicine. A bright smile is always a winner, and it's possessor can guide fate wherever she chooseA
 On the other hand, if woman sits down and broods over her own uglfA ness, longing for beauty, she will grow lglier and uglier every day. She should cultivate smile and practice it fre- auently, no matter whether she feels like smiling or not. and laugh. It Is q tonic.
 Laugh methodically if you cannot laugh any other way Make 1t busi-- ness to laugh three times day no matt ter whether there ia anything to laugh at or not. Laugh with others even if you do not see the joke. If there is no joke this fact merely makes one, and laughter being contagious every one around you feels exhilarated and more cheerful, and laughter as duty be- comes a habit, and one forgets to frown and groan and sigh Laugh whenever seized with a desire to cry or scold.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-12-14

Hon. Sam Taylor returned from Rison Saturday, where he defended a man named Davis who was charg- ed with assault with intent to kill. The man was acquitted by the e'jurv. Mir. Taylor was assisted by Hon. R. c. Fuller, of Fordyce. The State was repreresented by Prosecuting Attor- ney W. R. Qunney, of Warren, aDd Will H. Martin. of Hot Springs. The noted Horton murder trial comes up Monday at that place.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-12-14

the bottom of the bag and tack 1t fast; then gather the material together at the center of the bottom and attach it with large button, sewed fast to the cardboard bottom Around the lower part of the bag design made up of large and small buttons of various col ors can be worked out, and with Asiatic dyed rope or Roman floss silk few long and short stitches can be taken above and below the large buttons to add to the appearance of the design. Three small bags Of this description attached together by the ends of the strings will prove an acceptable gift for use in the sewing room.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-12-14
Better Jury Service Tn Sight.


 Itis one of the wholesome signs of the times that there is growing sentiment in favor Of reform in the matter and manner of selecting juries to serve Tn criminal courts throughout the country, says the Memphis Scimitar. The old rule under which a man who had read a newspaper account of crime was thereby disqualified tor service upon the jury which should try the case, If strictly adhered to in this day and generation, would absolutely exclude from jury service all the in- telligence of a community.
 Nowadays the only men who do not read the newspapers are the men who don't know how to read; and so vigilant are the latter day newspapers Ethat no important de- tail or circumstance of murder, for instance, fails to escape the ubiqui- tous reporter. Consequently the men who read the papers-and cer- tainly all men of intelligence do-- cannot possibly plead ignorance of any murder committed in the com munity in which they live. But the idea that the reading of an ac. count of a murder incapacitates a man from rendering a verdict as a iuryman according to the law aud the evideuce is utterly fallacious; and even if it were not, man on trial for a crime must take his chances on this, for the reason that it is happily no longer possible tc find enough men of so low an order of intelligence that they don't reat the newspapers. And surely z mans chances for securing justice are many times greater in the hands of an intelligent being, no matter how much he may have read in thu newspapers concerning the erim, with which the prisoner at the ba lis charged, than in the hands 0 l those mental degenerates who q, not, because trey cannot, read tn daily newspapers.
 1 In recent decision of the su preme court of Tennessee it wa lneld that not only is the reading Q l newspaper reports no disqualidca tion for jury service, but that tn l formation of an opinion from suel reading does not disquality, pro Ivided the juror feels that he cal render just verdict. The one post tion really presupposes the other flor the man who reads withou l forming an opinion must be beint of very little more mentality tha the man who has never been able t master the intricac cies of the art c deciphering characters used i printing.
 A Kansas judge the other da broke way from old traditions an made the sensible ruling in mur der trial put in Topeka which th Tennessee supreme court has latel made. This rule has prevailed i 1 Massachusetts for some time, and i is only question of time before al the States will discard the letter c law whose spirit has long sine l been dead.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-12-14

A LA MODE WHIST CLU B-Mrs. fA K. H. Franklin was the hospita- ble hostess of the A La Mode Whist Club on last Wednesday afternoon. The organization is considered one of the most progressive in the city, owing to the great .personal interest each member takes in it's welfare. The meetings are anxieusly awaited each week, as an enioyably spent afternoon Is usually had. This is due to the fact that the organiza tion possesses many charming and hos pitable entertainers in its mem Der ship. Progressive Duplicate Whist was feature Wednesday afternoon, but alas! the enjoyment ceased only to be regretted by all, and when the total number of points held by each player lwere summed up, Mesdamee Louis Roth and Louis Samuels were declared the lucky winners, only to be envied by the unsuccessful contest ants,as the prizes were two elegantly made pieces of Baddenberg work
 Elegant refreshments were then passed around and heartily enjoyed by the guests. Those who enjoyed the game as well as the hospitality of the charming hostess then de parted with fond and pleasant recollections of the occasion.