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pend for Christmas, the amount was 60

spend for Christmas, the amount was 60
small.
Still she was thankful for this proof of
Gods care over her, and SO rejecting she
did not see the team stopping at the
door, and soon the Raymond family
were pouring in upon her, and glad re.
union was filling her heart. She had
not thought of this as Mr.. Raymond's
way of remembering her. How this
would cheer her children's hearts! When
they had asked her day by day about
their Christmas Joys, she could not
bring her heart to prepare them for her
knowledge of how little they should ex-
pect, but listened to their wishes for
tops and balls and skates and drums
and horns and sieds, feeling that she
would prepare them for the disappoint-
ment just before they would soon sleep,
with a story Of how "Santa Claus"
could miss his way in the recent snow
storm. But now, there was from we'll
filed box, which came on the Western
trip, everything for hin to supply and
make happy the childish hearts, who
would welcome his mission on Christmas
morn.
With all the following years in her
former home in the Valley Warren, there
always came to Mrs. Ways memory
how when before her there seemed mo
Christmas" beautiful happy one came
into her life, followed by peace and
plenty, of which Gods ministering
angels of earth were the makers.
CLARErTE.
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Mrs. BOtkin's ideas.

Lynn 9. Doyle has it in for Mrs. Cor.
della BotkiD. He says: ''The identified.
tion OF Mrs. Botkin is just this damning,
that nothing less than the materializa.
tion of q full-fedeed double or a twin
sister will save her." N i13 ''--
Again he says: "Mrs. Botkin has ex-
tremely unique ideas on the subject Of
hat bleaching. May they never become
The sun., 1898-12-18
ANExT CENTURY SESSION.
A Dream Written by Lynn G. Doyle
In Moment of
nasnair

Scene--Senate Chamber, Washington.
Vice President-"The Senate will now
be in order"
Page awakens only member present,
Senator Somebodyorotber.
Senator s. (unable to break away from
his dreamland presence at scheol forty
years before)-"Presentv'
Vice Observation-Disclosures, Senator
What brings you bere?'
Senator S. awakened )-"Some little
hitch in my appointment as lard in
spector for Nebraska, l believe. Thought
I'd drop round while waiting"
Vice-President-"Scems like old times
to see someone on the floor besides the
pages. Hear from Senator Whatisname
latelyT'
Senator-"Still serving on the cinch
bug Investigation commission, / be-
Vice President - "And Senator
Senator S.-"Had a letter Yesterday.
Says his court Of inquiry is doing nicely
with the problem of why the waves roll
instead OF jump. Goes from Cuba to
Porto Rico Monday, he says"
Vice. President-"Heard from the try-
ing-to-square-the-circle board today"
Senator $50! In India, aren't
they?'
Vice-President--''No; at Johannes.
Iurg. You're thinking of the commit
tee on iceberg destruction"
Senator $50 am. So am. And
what news from Unoboo, of Wisconsin?'
ce-President Pushing his inquiry
into the abuse of decollette dressing in
GlassborO, New jersey"
Senator S.-"Good! All, here's a mes
senger with that commission. Must be
going. See you again in year or two,
maybe. Goodbye" ~
Vice President-"Good-b d-bye; by the
way, Senator Guesswho is in the CITY.
Why don't you run over and see him?"
Senator S.-"Sure! Where is he?'
Vice. President-"Over running the
Treasury Department. The Secretary is
way for a day or two. Better run i'm
Senator S.-"Will. Well, ia, ta."
Vice -President-"So long. )"
Vice President "The Senate now
tands adjourned" I. Z. ,,.4
And then Senator Hoar woke up. %
The sun., 1898-12-18
HELPLESS ON HIGH SEAS
Perilous Experience of Pollock Rip
Lightship Which Drifted to
Breakwater.

Captain Berry of the Pollock Rip Light.
ship tells the pilots at the Delaware
Breakwater of an experience which il
rivaled perhaps only by the recent thrill.
ing adventure of the late Captain Jack.
son of the Over Falls Station Lightship,
which latter experience was told to THE
Sun readers by the unfortunate Jackson
only two weeks ago.
The Pollock Rip Lightship was sta.
toned at Nantucket on the New England
coast when the big storm of November
n came up.
For three days the ship was at the
mercy of the gale. Then she was picked
up by the Belgian steamer Switzerland,
which towed her to Delaware Break
water. Much to the astonishment of the
Lighthouse Department the lightship
was practically uninjured by the storm.
The lightship's station is near Pollock
Rip Shoals, about eight miles northeast
of Nantucket, and IS considered the most
exposed of any on the Atlantic coast.
For the last five years Captain Judah
Berry has been in charge of her, and her
crew is composed of ten men, although
only eight were on board when she went
adrift. Captain Berry was raised on
CApe Cod and has followed the sea since
he was ten years old. He never saw such
another gale as that of November 27
The iightship was fast at her moorings
when there came a hurricane from the
north, bringing along snow and rain and
raising seas that swept over the ship con-
tinually. About o'clock in the after
noon the mooring cable parted. Captain
Berry got all his crew on deck, but the
wind was blowing so hard that it was
useless to try to get any sal! on the ship,
and she began drifting off to the south,
helpless in the trough Of the sea.
The following morning Captain Berry
found that he was thirty-fve miles south
of Nantucket and still drifting south. 1t
began TO look as though the ship would
be blown down to the West Indies, but
the wind abated and the Captain decided
to try the three emergency sails he car.
'ried-dore and mainsails and jib-but he
couldn't get her before the wind. The
galley was flooded and the men had to
get aksmg on cold victuals. 1t was a
square dnift to the south most of the time
with the vessel headed northeast.
At the end of the second day the Cap
tain found he was about sixty-fve miles
south OF the station. The wind canted
arouad to the west the next day and
blew into a hurricane again. The snow
was go thick that it would have been
impossible to distinguish any vessel had
one come along, and the Captain know
ing that he was in the track of steamers,
.ept sounding tie big bell on the vessel.
[lhe ships siren, which can be heard
'uer twenty miles, could not be blown,
because it was feared that some vessel
would be misled by it and taken off her
curse. D,.
On the afternoon OF the Goth, when the
sen were completely exhausted, the
~itxerland came along. A six.inch
EEL hawser was put aboard the light
nip after three hours work. and on
eoember l the tow got to the Break
ater. The Lighthouse Department had
oout given the ship up as lost.
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It was the day previous to Christmas
in Mrs. Ways home, and once again,
she eat rejecting on the morrow. Her
heart had been lighter since receiving
Mr.. Raymond's reply to her letter, that
before Christmas day she should hear
from him in more helpful way. And
now her face saddened as she wondered
why he had forgotten her and his
promise. He cannot realize how it is to
be SO poor, she said aloud. Her home,
previous to her coming here, once more
came before her, and then how suddenly
her husband had passed out Of her life,
and now the darkest hour of hel life
seemed upon her. A response from her
writing had reached her two days pre-
vious which would help her to live for a
while yet, but there was nothing to
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03
VINO CAPT. LUNA WIS.
Had Been n Sheriff In New Me1lco-HIs Fathe
q Delegate in CsnErens.

a Delegate in Congress.
Capt. Maximiliano Luna, one of tho rough
riders killed at Sevilla, was one of the best
known young men in the Territory of New Mex
leo. where his family was very prominent. The
he was born. was named after the family. Max
was about 80 years old. His father. the Hon.
Tranquilino Luna, sat in the national House of
Representatives as a delegate from the Terri
tory in the carly eighties.
Max Luna was u very talented young man,
who had been we'll educated. He spent several
years at a Jesuit college in Las Vegas, n. NJ,
and later entered Georgetown College. intend
ing to prepare himself for West Point. His
talents were in the line OF literature rather
than mathematics, however, and he decided
not to take tho examination. n rowing dis
position having seized him in the meantime.
He went to Cuba with a friend, and spent sew
ernl months on tho island. Returning to New
Mexico, he entered political life as a Republican.
and was elected Sheriff OF Valencia county, q
very important Office in that region.
His election TO an Office such as this. fraught
with many dangers, was an Indication of the
esteem which his neighbours had for his courage.
Luna was a very small man. hardly such as
would be associated with the office of Sheriff of
a New Mexico county, But he was fearless, and
had grown up among thedangers of frontier life,
which to him seemed matters of ordinary
lie wrote and sroke English like an educated
American, and was thoroughly Conyersant with
the Spanish language. which he used at home.
Ho WAS an eloquent speaker and a musician OF
no mean ability. He was also an enthusiastic
admirer OF baseball, which he played very well.
In fact. all his associations wore American.
Capt. Luna married a daughterof Major Alex
ander S. Is. Reyes, T.. S. A, retired, a few
years ago. His parents are both dead.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03
MACHINE DIsDAINs HONESTY.
DeEenerHto Slot Apparatus which q Coat or
Fresh Paint COuldn't Reform.

The confidence which good apparel inspires in
the mind of tho average person is amply Illus
trated in the case Of n penny weighing machine
which stands on Sixth avenue not far from
Jefferson Market Police Court. Tho machine
has been there for several years. during which
time it has earned a reputation for dishonesty
among the people in the neighborhood. Tho
machine is just as likely to weigh a fat man at
nlnety.elght pounds as 1t is to send the indicator
sninninu around TO the $50 mark when a child
hops on to II. Its favorite trick is to swallow =
Copper without n culver OF tho needle on lho
dial, Kicks and violent shakings have no effect
upon the machines morals,
The other day a man came along Win u POI
of paint aud gave the machine a new SUIT Ito
touched up the face and scrubbed ihhe glass over
Inc dial until IL looked like new. The machine
straiGhtwny became. elevated unon a plane OK
SUPERIOR morality. An OF its old customers were
wooed back by its seductive appearance, IN
wardly the machine IA unrcgcnerated, Those
Who fna II cents under the impression mat ~
was trying to lead "a better life we're Fooled. us
NAV still gulps down Coppers without returning
IA consideration aud thr pointer on the dIaI NcS
j.st as perslsieutly as before.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03
CURIOU ITALIAN CIGARS.
Made with n Straw Moutbplecs and with 4
BraSmspLLnt nunnImE ThrouEh Them.


BraOmspIInt nunninE Through Them.
AcurIous cigar seen in tho Italian quarter Of
the city, where it ID made and sold. Is about
seven and a half inches In length and very
slender, being not much bigger around than an
all.tobacco cigarette, and almost uniform In
yize for the greater part of its length. At the
end that is placed in tho mouth this cigar 10
made around n piece OF straw an inch and a half
in length. which projects about a quarter Of an
inch clear OF tho tobacco. When tho cigar In
made a broOmsplint long enough TO reach al
most to the lighting end OF the cigar is run
through tho straw and tho cigar Is made around
th-t. The b]roomsplint Is cut long enough 50
that a quarter or half an inch OF II projects
clear OF the straw mouthpieCe.
Whom the cigar Is To be smoked the broom
spllnt is withdrawn. The opening through 10
where tho splint was makes the cigar draw
freely, and the section of straw at the slender
end Keeps the cigar open there. These cigars,
made of strong, dark tobacco. are sold ut retail
for one cent each.
Cigars OF this kind were more commonly made
AMI sold here twenty years ago.; their place with
the general smoker has now been taken largely
by tho stogie. such cigars are made in Austria,
In Switzerland and In India.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03
VANS EFFECT ON THE HEARING.
Things Arc So Now That You Can Tell what -
Man Across the Room Is Talking About.


ThingH Arc So Now That You Can Tell what y
Mar Acro,, the noom 1, TaILInx About.
II wonder whether my hearing has improved
vary much NJ Iotc - said one of two men occu.
~ - ~ 49, 80
pying two chairs in a corner OF a quick'lunGh
place. ut seems to me I never used to DO able
"a mnIn out vhat manila were aavin0 In a
/" ""ko Va "n"C poop'o Q n"9Hs ~ y
crowd ike this' with 30 many all talking az
once. and the clattor and all"
HIM stran1a that f" saii the other. at WINS
III strange 'nat' "iu '"' oI"er. "n'
thinking the same thlng ABOUT mysclt only yes
to-day. Now, I could hear what that old fellow
ia t,a, nov - over nm Tho o,hcr aida NJ IN.
sara Just now away on u o'neF siao VI INC
room, and his mouth was probably full OF pie at
the time"
"sn could l." amid tho first speaker. "Ue
% cou'u eu'u tho NfSU 'po"Aof' ho
said: Tho Oregon and the Iowa are two OF
he"
".Tuo NJ ,b. most novy.r,pI sbIn. IN ~
i"o VI Nv "o'U p0"s' '"'P" !" ""'
navy
".At tho present day"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03
Want TO SEE THE NAVY YARD.
FerTyboAts with n List from Passengers
CruMdInE TO the Rail to Look nt ~.

FerrSb0Hts with n list from Passengers
CruMdInE TO the Rail TO Look mt II.
Williamsburg residents who patronize the
Roosevelt street Ferry boats never seem to tire
OF rushing to the side OF these boats. which
pass nearest to the navy yard, and to loGT
long and steadily at tho craft there, Ia tine
evening particularly, when the boats are crowd
cd, tho rush IL greatest. As soon as the navy
yard looms up there Is u slight squeezing to tho
edge. As the boat draws abreast OF the yard
there Is u crush and The boat Ia usually listed
heavily. Heads are pOkcd out Of the cabin win
Gows and tho women push and shove and stand
Oh tip too 10 catch a GLIMPSE.
There is little to see at present. With the eN'
CGp,iuu OF 4 couple Of l~ugbOnlS there are Just
two vessels in plain view from the river. Ono
il q coast Liner that ~ beg mN6C ready Tor the
auxiliary tort. and the u'h"r T. lh' ucwiy-nadO
over Chicago. which has already takCn on her
coat Of war paint. Despite this lack Of attrao-
lions, however. the stmo nGck'crauing gooS -
daring every triu.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03
what Pussy Brought Home.
from Me augusta Herald.

Dr. John Jones has a cat that Is In the habit
of bringing into the sitting room for the ediicn,
ton OF tho family animals q various kinds aud
caterpillars, lizards, and other animals, Yester-
day MIR. Jones was very much startled when
pede lie ever saw. II was about four inches long
and almost as large around MS the wrist of tho
average person. II Was alive, and ms the cat AL
luweu tito be FREQ from her paws it began 10
wrlggle around and squirm at u great rate. Mr..
Jones took the thing out in the yard on the emf
sting IL very poisonous analt Is y wonder 1t did
NOT Stag the eat
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-03
NOT ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD,

A fact often overlooked, or not always
understood is that women suffer as much
from distressing kidney and bladder
troubles as the men. The womb Is STU
ated back of and very close to the blad-
der, and for that reason any distress, DIS
ease or Inconvenience manifested the KID
news. back bladder, or urinary passage
is often, by mistake, attributed to female
weakness or womb trouble OF some sort.
The error is easily made and may be as
easily avoided by setting urine aside Tor
twenty-four hours; a sediment or settling
is evidence that your kidneys and bladder
need doctoring. If you have pain or dull
aching in the back, pass water too ire
quently. or scanty supply. with smartlng
or burning,-theSe are also convincing
proofs of kidney trouble. If you have
doctored without benefit, try Dr. kilmer S
Swamp-Ro the great kidney remedy !;
The mild and the extraordinary effect Will
surprise you 1t stands the highest for its
wonderf ul cures. If you take a medicine
YOU should take the best. At druggists
| fifty cents and one dollar. You may have
| a sample bottle and pamphlet. both sent
free by mail Mention the GoLD LEAF
and send your address to Or. kilmer q
Co. Binghampton. n. Y. The proprietor
! of this paper guarantees the genuinene>s
| of this offer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-03
DIVERSIFIED CROPS NEEDED.

There can be no doubt Of the fact
that our Southern farmers depend too
much upon cotton The experience Of
the past few years has made this plain
enough; and if better results are to be
realized hereafter than heretofore, it
behooves our farmers, without giving up
the cultivation of cotton, to bestow
more thought upon the cultivation Of
other products.
Such is the marvellous fertility of our
soil in this immediate section of the
country that almost any article of
food can be produced by our farmers
with profit. In proof of this fact it is
useless to make any extended ar
gument, for every one who has taken
any pains to inquire into the character
Of our soil knows that its productive
ness is unsurpassed. Why, then, do
our farmers continue year after year
to rely for support mainly upon cot
ton? This question is easily answered.
There has always been cash market
for cotton, in spite Of the fluctuatlng
character of the price paid for it, and
naturally our farmers on this account
have fallen into the way of raising cot
ton, when the raising Of other pro-
ducts might have served them to bet
ter advantage. OF course, the result
of this main reliance upon cotton fol
support has been to flood the market
with enormous crops out of all proper,
ton 10 the worlds demand. Such
being the case, it is not surprising that
disaster should be entailed upon ou'
farmers.
The remedy for this unfortunate
evil is diversifiCatlon of crops, and
surely there is no section ofthe country
which offers better results in this line
of experiment than the South. 1t is
utterly absurd to contend that there is
no market for other products. If there
happens to be none, then why no.
make one anyhow !? Markets do moi
come through waiting; they have te
UC CICdlCu. HS Nl ia " O1I pii ~
which is constantly waiting for some
thing t. turn up is utterly opposed te
all progress; and what our farmers
should do in the absence of any mar
ket save for cotton, is to create ont
Immediately. Let them go to worl
and put themselves in correspondence
with business men and merchants II
the larger towns and cities Of The
country. In this way they can ascer
tain exactly what is needed; ant
knowing the character of the sol
which they cultivate they can tell a.
once whether or not they can produc'
the desired article of food. Our far
merS need to be educated out of III
rut into which they have fallen, ane
the sooner this dellveranCe from mar
row ideas is accomplished the bette
it will be, not only for themselves, bu
for the country at large.-A1Iant
Constitution
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-03
SUBSCRIPTION $3.50 Cash
NO. 8.

help poor simple woman find her son,
when She only knew that this son was
IN Jackson S company There is no
measuring the intensity with which
the very soul OF Jackson burned in bat
tie. Out of II he was very gentle.
After the battle of the Second Manas-
sas we were sitting b. the fire drinking
coffee out of our tin cups when said:
I'VE have won this battle by the hard
est kind OF fighting and he answer
ed me gently and softly. No. no: We
have won il by the blessing of Al
mighty God
The story Of Jackson's death is 50
familiar 10 you although Intimately
associated with lis scenes, will not
narrate II. will only declare that he
met this great enemy as he had me,
all Others, calmly and steadily expect
ing, as always, 10 conquer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-03
SEED SOWING.
Virgil =. Pinkley, in Brooklyn Eagle }

SOW the seed of soothing kindness,
TO dispel the gloom and pain;
Sow bright words Of warmth and welcon
That DER earth good will may reign;
Sow upon soil prolific,
That shall bear an hundredfold,
Choking out the thornS and briarS,
Turning weeds to stalks Of gold
ScOrn thou cOt to SOW, moreover,
On the fields less rich in loan;
Should it bear not many measures
1t will have its harvest home.
If the sOwer will but harken.
He will hear what God will keep
Whether good or whether evil
What ye SOW that shall ye reap.
Though the soil be scant and sandy,
And the rocks be thick and keen,
With the hand of faith sow broadly
Some stray soil may lie unseen;
This may nOurish seed sufficient
TO bring harvest time around;
And the hand of thrift may garner
From the uninviting ground.
What though wayside fowls fly over,
You can cover we'll the seed;
What though tares by satan scatt cred
Should arise in evil greed;
| Wait, if must be, till the harvest
RipenS grain and tareS i'll turn;
Then the grain thou mayest gather,
And the tares may st bind and burn.
Sow the SeedI of love and mercy,
Worthy work for angel hands.
Sympathy and truth and Justice
Fitting them for heavenly bands!
Sow good will among thy neighbors,
Reap reward for thee in store;
On the SOWer that is faithful
Blessings be forever more
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-03

Two years ago r, j. Warren, a drug
gist at Pleasant Brook, y. Y, bought q
supply of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
He sums up the result as follows: "At
that time the goods were unknown in
this section; to-day Thamberlain's 8
Cough Remedy is a household word -
1t is the same in hundreds Of com
munties. Where ever the good quail.
ties of Chamberlain s Cough Remedy be-
come known the people will have
nothing else. For sale by the Dorsey
DrnU Co
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-02-03
In Our Great Grandfather Time

big bulky pills were in general use. Like
the .blunde rbuss" of that decade they
we're big and clumsy but ineffective. In
this this century Of enlightenment, we have
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, which cure
all liver, stomach and bowel dera nge-
ments in the most effective way. II peo-
pie would pay more attention to properly
regulating the action of their bowels by
the use of these little "Pellets' they
would have less frequent occasion to call
for their doctors services to subdue at
tacks of dangerous diseases. The pei
lets" cure sick and bilious headache. con
stipation indigestion. bilious attacks
and kindred arrangements of liver, stom'
ach and bowels