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latitude. Good whisky is a blessing
here when it is needed. It's like carry
ing a gun in Texas. You may live here
all your life and never need it, but
when you do need 1t, you need it
mighty sudden" What is running the
Alaskan natives is not good whisky,
but bad rum-red-hot tanglefoot, that
burns and bites like vitriol
Doesn't Like the Native.
I have met the Alaskan native in all
his phases, from grave to gay, from
lively to severe, and am free to con-
fess that am not yet prepared to hail
him as a man and brother. AS a man,
he is at best rude apology; as q
brother, he would be a disgrace to the
est. dirtiest, meanest coyote to be
found anywhere on the North Ameri-
can continent, Philadelphia lawyers
and Coney Island photographers not
excepted, and, so far as the present
generation is concerned, is, in my opin-
lon, utterly hopeless. Something may
be done by the Government teachers
youthful Thlingits, Eskirnos and Aleuts
from their racial stupidity, but the
Alaskan Indian Of to-day IS a pernic-
ious and persistent barbarian, with all
modern Improvements in the line of
savagery.
Since I undertook to prospect this
country for news specials, I have fallen
that are vain. I have been in Sitka
just four days. after an extended tour
of Alaska, and have taken two baths
every day. This is Just double my
usual number. but for three months
previous every square inch Of me, ex-
cept my face and hands, has been q
stranger to water. You can't battle in
the open air in Alaska, save in the
Summer season. ana the Russians who
preceded the American pioneers. neg
lected to build Russian baths. You see
1t was part Of the Cars policy to
truckle to the prejudices Of the natives.
The Alaskan Indians have bathhousea
OF their own, but, although some OF
the most fearless desperadoes OF the
Pacific slope have come hither, no white
man has yet been found with sufacient
nerve to enter one Of them. BY tho time
I get back to the States I hope to be
clean enough to enable my friends to
! recognize me-but It's an even chance
For three months have foregathered
with Thlingits and Eskimos and Aleuts
in every accessible part Of the great
Northwest. I have slept in the igloo OF
the kolosh. with sledge dogs lying or
my chest and greasy Eskimo babies
sticking their pudgy feet In my face
| half suffocated by the pot-pourri Of
perfumes emanating from q dozer
human and canine forms, and have
huddled under the inverted kayak OF
bidarka Of the Thlingit, with the rair
beating upon every part Of me excep
my head and a bitter east wind chill
dained, I have made a meagre meal o
ulikan and seaweed cakes, or hav'
gorged myself on seal blubber ant
moose steaks. I have discussed yukal;
hamiut and have shared shellhsh Will
the Aleut. To my discredit be it said
/ have tried to drink-fusei oil ana all
4 the fearful liquor which the Eskimo
! distills from flour paste, sugar, driet
fruit berries. etc. I am happy to sa.
/ that 1 have been wholly unable to d.
SO. That vile | decoction would over
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SHORT LENGTHS.

There are 10000 camels at work in
Australia.
The life Of tradesman is about two
thirds that of farmer.
In New Zealand two persons working
together constitute factory.
China is purchasing pig-iron from
pennsylvania manufacturers.
Alcohol is being used with mantel
lamps to illuminate parts of Berlin's
park, the Thiergarten.
Austria is the only empire in the
world which has never had colonies or
even trans-marine possessions.
The cost of fuel on steam railroads is
about 10 per cent. Of the operating ex-
penses and on electric roads is about s
per cent
The Japanese foot has been praised
for its strength and beauty. Japanese
can walk incredible distances without
feeling weary
"A curious fact has been noted nv
Arctic travelers-snow, when at a very
low temperature, absorbs moisture and
dries garments.
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HIGH LIGHTS

1t is only during the honey-moon
that married people tolerate each 9TH
er's pet dogs.
The snake had his faults. bur ha
didn't try to make Eve think that he
was fur boa.
True friends are people We know
who don't ask US to write to them
when We go away.
Other peoples circumstances ara
most distasteful when we are short Of
cash ourselves
A cynic is either a young man trv-.
ing to act old or an old man who is,
mad because he isn't young.
The woman who can speak French
nearly always has husband who nro-
nounces 1t as spelled.
Sooner or later men quit crying for
the moon and are thankful for a lamn
that doesn't run out of oil.
1t is better to be fooled once in a.
while than to live in a world in which
You are the only respectable person
Half the sorrows of women would he.
averted If men would only listen to-
them when they want to talk,
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NEOO EDUCATION AND TAXATION

1t is the pcvailing sentiment
among North Carolina Democrats
that the negroes must share equally
in the public school fund OF course
there are thousands who do not agree
as to this plan-that it is fair and
right to tax them to educate negroes
But a large. overwhelming majority
think the old course is the proper
one. and so it is continued. Northern
writer's and newspapers have had
perhaps no little influence in shaping
this sentiment among the Democrats
of this State. Mr.. Craig thought it
would ''be grossly wrong in morals"
to give only negro money to negro
schools. 1t would take master of
casuistry to make that appear. If
men should think that they are not
bound to vote to tax themselves as
much 10 educate the children of ne
groeS As TO educate their own chill
dren we do not see where the moral
wrong comes in. If it is urged that
a sense of duty to the State. or a con-
riction of policy. feeling of sympathy.
or movement of benevolence. cause
white men to tax themselves for
negro education it is all right to
follow such impulses, convictions.
benevolent movement. But we do
not believe it is immoral to fail to
see it from this practical standing
point great many sensible. liberal
people share with Bill Apps view as
to negro education.-Wi gton
Messenger.
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A FEW PLAIN TRUTHS.

AS an ear trumpet the average wom-
an is not success
When a girl is up in arms the young
man in the case seems to enjoy it.
Happy are they who look before they
marry and overlook afterward
Nothing so enhances the value of a
thing as the difficulty in obtaining it.
Some men stand on principle and
some others probably would if they
had it to stand on
Every woman knows that she talks
too much, but what she doesn't know
is a remedy for 1t.
Sharper than the tooth Of a serpent
is the sarcasm of one who has no SYM
pathy with human vanity.
When a man is under cloud of debt
it's rather difficult for his creditors to
see the silver lining.
The clock invariably strikes the half
hour when you wake up in the night
and want to know what time it is.
Life is full of ups and downs at a
boarding house; you have to put up
with what they give you and come
down for it in advance
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AMONG THE POULTRY.
Many Points Which Will he Found Q
Benefit to the Poultry Raiser.

Many Points Which Will BE Found Of
Benefit to the Poultry Raiser.
Paralysis is caused by overlooking
ard lack of exercise,
Never feed sulphur in cold, damp
weather.
Wheat and buckwheat whiten the
flesh Of fowls.
A hen that lays a large number OF
eggs is never sleepy or droopy.
Reduce the winter stock Of poultry
as much as possible to layers.
In dressing fowls for market. care
must be taken rot to break the skin.
In dressing fowls remove every
feather and pin feather before the
fowls get cold.
The man who economies on the feed
of the fowls never gets eggs in winter.
In feeding scatter the grain widely,
so that all the fowls may have an equal
chance
Trying to stimulate egg production
with condiments does more harm than
good.
iAchS VIII AoL lay "uSu tucll COulO
are frosted. Prevent this by giving
them warm quarters.
While fowls need to be kept warm
and dry, they also need exercise and
fresh air
Dry-picked turkeys command much
better prices than scalded ones. Medi-
UNI weights are the best
To fatten fowls feed corn.
To keep a hen in good condition for
laying she should exercise for a part
Of her food. Slow feeding promotes
digestion.
One advantage with poultry on the
farm Is that they pick up much that
would otherwise go to waste.
Keep the quarters clean and we'll
ventilated. The fowls cannot be
healthy il the quarters are unclean.
In nearly all cases il the hens get
sore feet or humble foot, it Is because
the roosts are too high.
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strain the bibulous endurance OF
Rowery lush

strain the bibulous endurance OF
Bowery lush.
Long before I returned to this. the
capital of Alaska, I learned to appre-
ciate even the poor heat Of a chiksha
Gre rade 81 the dry vines of the berry
Of that name. Now I am luxuriatins
in the delightful warmth Of a real coal
blaze
The Various Tribes.
OF the Alaskan Indians, the Sitkas
have been proba bly, less injured by civ
liking influences than any other tribe.
The Takus are more self-assertive and
taller. and have better features than
the average, excepting the Chilkats.
who are much like them. The most
primitive are the Yakutats, who have
the darkest skins. The largest men are
found among the Hutznahu. The Auks
are the least intelligent and have very
bad figures. The Thlingits are very
initiative. and extremely shrewd. These
last are guilty Of all kinds Of offenses
against the moral code, and would
rather lie than tell the truth any day.
I have known Thlingits to lie when it
would have been distinctly to their ad-
vantage not to do so. They relish
good lie as does an American bright
joke.
Gratitude is unknown among them,
and theft is second nature. All the
men are born gamblers and both sexes
are addicted to the excessive use OF
tobacco and rum. They are confirmed
skeptics and laugh in their sleeves at
their chief idol, Yehl, even while they
are sacrificing to him. Even their be-
lief in shamanism and witchcraft Is
dead letter. and, as Christianity has
not yet taken its place. they have nc
faith Polygamy Is as popular among
them as it is with the Mormons.
The Cheerful Kolosh.
One thing may be said in favor OF
the Eskimo-he is the most persistent
ly good-natured chap in America. With
everything under the midnight sun to
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-03-16
The Hired Man

A good hired man is a jewel II he II
not OF great price. and should be kep.
as long as possible. The great trouble
In this country is that the good hired
man soon starts out for himself and
has hired men Of his own. and farmer.
a. a rule. must be content with much
inefacient helm.
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ECHO ANSWERS.

During political campaigns the
newspaper yells for the politician
until it gets red in the face; but
when does the politician ever whoop
it up for the newspaper? a long,
lingering and lonesome echo with Il
guttered sound, answers 'Whcn?'
Where does the newspaper man reap
any reward this side of the ever
green shores. anyhow? He enters a
campaign with gloves off and makes
the bark and fur fly right and left
In his burning zeal for his party and
his favoritc candidate he takes the
chances Of getting in Jail for libel.
A street ruilan can stand on the
corner and cuss n newspaper .'black
and blue and apply to ii all sorts of
vile. vicious and slanderouS epithets.
Yet the newspaper must be mighty
careful what it says of Il man in its
columns.
What has the present legislature
which the white supremacy news
papers of North Carolina undoubtedly
elected-done in the matter of libel?
A bill was introduced to give news
papers fair showing; but what be-
came Of it?- Greensboro Telegram.
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He Filled The Bill.
{ Atlanta Constitution.

NhtT"iitH VUIIoVIlUtIUII.J
If the average Georgian cant live
on 3 cent cotton, he certainly makes
it up in other ways, as the follow
ing. from sign on rural establish
mcnt. will attest:
JOhnathan wilkins,
lee Cream in Season,
and Embalming
On Reasonably Cash Terms;
Also Millinery and
Tooth Pulling,
Boots, Shoes, Books
and Bacon.
Collins on the Installment Plan.
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A fowl weighing six pounds, II of
large frame, can be made to weigh
eight pounds IL made very fat. The
gain Of two pounds is equivalent to the
gain Of an extra fowl in four. The fat
fowls will also bring at least three
cents pound more in market, which
value Of the extra food required to gain
means twenty-four cents gain, The
two pounds will no. exceed eigh.
teen cents fowl. which will be quite
a sum for large flock which otherwi
would have to be sacrificed il market
ed in inferior conditions.
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For Quick killinR.

Poultry and small animals are quick.
ly slaughtered for market by a new de-
vice consisting of curved bar fitted
with two adjustable prongs, the neck
Of the bird or animal being placed be-
tween the prongs and the bar bent I'd.
ward to break the spinal cord.
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POOR 10 ON ice.
THE ALASKAN INDIAN IS SLOWLY
BECOMING A TRADITION.

EskimOs, Thlingits and Aleuts Are
Being Degraded by CivilixinE In
huences and Are Embracing the
White Mans Vices Instead of His
Virtues They Are Gradually
Abandoning Their Ancient Co.'S
tunes and Customs and Sinking
Into Savaxery with All Modern
ImprOv ements Mark FallOn
Writes of His Experiences Among
the Peoples of Uncle Sans Terri
tory In the Great Northwest.
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Remedy for Ganea-

A "sure remedy" for gapes is to paint
a box well inside with kerosene oil and
house the affected chickens with their
mother hen in it for a night or two.
In the mornings, it is said, the worms
that cause the disorder will be found
dead upon the floor. A remedy that
never fails" for roup is given a. five
drops carbolic in spoonful OF olive;
Inject into the nostriis of the fowl with
sewing machine oiler or a fountain
Den filler
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Willing.

She-Although my father is rich, |
have never cared for wealth but as Il
means to an end
He-Wcll, I'm ready to 90 As end
hclCS
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Come, cheer up said the OPP
timist, lit is all for the best, remem-
ber.n
$50 it seems replied the pessim
list. AT all events, we second best
ones don't seem to get any"
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Brahma. EasiIx Handled

Brahmas need but little range.
While they like tho open air they are
coptented in a small space.
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Mother Quitting the boy out of the
pantry How many more times will
l have to tell you to keep away from
the preserve jar?
Small Boy (sobbing)-No more,
mamma; they're all gone.
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WOman's Rights In Alaska
Women occupy an eQuivocal position
among the Alaskan natives. Their legal
rights are many. but until they become
mothers-in-law, their actual privileges
ara few. A mother is practically the
slave Of her eldest son. although he
ard the rest Of her children take their
surname and tribal pedigree from her.
instead Of from their father When
her daughters marry, however.
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Young anA Old Gees

Young geese are best to fatten for
market; old geese are best to keen for
laying and for feataers.
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you MUST have pure blood for
good health. Hoods SarsapariIla
puriiies the blood. Take Hoods Sar-
saparila if you would BE WELL.
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j. Sheer, Sedalia. Mo, conductor on
electric street car line writes that his liz
tie daughter was very low with Group and
her life saved after all physicians had
failed, only by using One Minute Cough
Cure. Phil ii. Thomas.
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ANY YOUNG LADY who expects to
go off to school during the present year
may find it to her interest to write at
once to Rev J. NJ Rhodes. Lttleton, n
C., who can give few young ladies some
special work now
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mo, can't afford to call at the
Utah Congressman
why not?"
at takes so many cards -Cleve-
land Plum Dcnier.
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sons-tn-law become her serfs, and
thenceforward she enjoys sweet re-
venge upon the male sex. The large,
ferocious- looking females in the pho
tograph of a group of Alaskan women
I sent you a couple Of weeks ago may
easily be distinguished as mothers-in +.
law.
With that photograph I also for
warded tintype Of Thlingit girl, the
belle Of the village of Kanakanak, and
a snapshot of an Alaskan Indian in the
act of happening a seal. Poor Lo,
when I caught him with my camera,
was standing on the prov Of the bara-
bara, his harpoon poised for the lunge
at the frightened seal, an expression of
fiendish glee on his swart features and
his whole body bristling with the Joy
Of slaughter. His companion in the
stern of the boat was padding swiftly
but silently, in order not to disturb a
family party of seals a few rods away.
on which the hunters also had designs.
It was fierce and exciting chase, and
though felt sorry for the seal, could
not but admire the skill and strength
with which the harpooner sent his slen
der steel plunging through tie body of
the animal. This is primitive method
Of killing seals, but it is still popular
among the Thlingits.
When I get more used to writing
with pen and ink on real paper once
more, and when the genial warmth of
the modest hotel at which 1 am stop
ping shall have thawed the ice in my
veins, will tell you more about the
peculiar and picturesque peoples among
which I have lived these many weeks
At present it is an effort to think. and
my fountain pen is still frozen.
MARK FALLOE.
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HIGHEST Market Prices Guaranteed the Seller,

Whether
welar of all
ct
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THE GOLD LEAF.
HENDERSON. n. c.
THURSDAY, MARCH rs. 1899
THE KANSAS HEN.

(From the Kansas Board of Agriculture
Report)
We have read Of Maud on summer day,
Who raked, barefOot-d, the new mo"n
hay,
We have read of the maid in the early
Who MIXED the COW with the crumpIed
horn,
And we've read Of the lays that til" poets
sing
OF the rustling corn and the flowers Of
spring,
But of all the lays of tongue or pen
There's naught like the lay Of the Kansas
hen.
Long, long before Maud rake5 her hay,
The Kansas hen has begun 10 lay,
And ere the milkmaid stirs peg.
The hen is up and has dropped her egg;
The corn must rustic and fio"erS spring
Ii they hold their own with the barnyard
ring.
IL Maud j. needing hat and gown
She doesn't hustle her hay 10 town,
But goes to the store and obtains her suit
With a basketball of her fresh hen fruit;
II the milkmaid's beau makes a Sunday
call
She doesn't feed him Oh milk at all,
But works up eggs in custard pie
And stufs him full Of chicken fry
And when the old man wants horn
Does he take the druggist load Of corn
Not much He simply robs nest
And to town LIE gOeS-yOu know the rest,
He hangs around with the clique3 and
rings,
And talks Of politics and things,
While hi, poor wife stays at home and
scOwls.
But is saved from want by those self same
fowls;
For, while her husband fingers there,
She watches the cackling hens with care,
And gathers eggs. and the eggs she ii hide
Till she saves enough to stem the tide.
Then hail, all hail, the Kansas hen,
The greatest Die sing of all to men,
Throw up your hats and emit howl
For the perseverng barnyard fowl
Corn may DC king. but it's plainly seen
The Kansas hen is the Kansas queen.
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"It's wise thing never to go into
n bath after meal
why not?"
ooh, you'd hardly find it there
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Chollv-Yaas. sevewal veaws ago
fell deeply in love with girl. but
she wejected me-made wegular
idiot of me.
Dolly-And you never got over it !!
-TW-Bits.
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Sell your Tobacco at the House and Market which Pays You the Most Clear Money!

best equipped warehouse this other bright
We facility conducting
good stalls record of Cooper Warehouse
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There are two sides to story
when men quarrel; when women
quarrel there are dozen.
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(From the Kansas Board of Agriculture
Report
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-10-30
I III UL AIITztD OF HIM
TIME.

| girl to take" hazarded Glenn.
Peter coughed Significantly He re-
membered a special girl he had taken
the night before. We'll, | don't
know" he said, slowly; 'it's a big pull
with heavy wagon. Whom are you
going to ask?'
ooh, our set, you know, and Miss
King
Now Peter thought he understood
The boys were anxious to have Miss
King go with them, and his horse was
being invited to help it along. Clem's
reference to fellows with no special
girls to take ranked and he grew mo-
mentarily more anxious to prevent
them taking the girl. yet he dared not
refuse outright, for if Kittie had al
ready promised them he would wish to
make one of the party
LET us know first thing in the morn
ing. old fellow" said Glen, and they
drove off, leaving Peter to do just as
they hoped and expected he would,
make hasty toilet and call on Miss
King.
He gave his refusal to the boys in
the morning with the air of man who
had come out ahead.
Even after the fair it was fun to urge
Peter along, and so they kept it up,
talking continually in praise of Kit
tie, and by way of hints taking him
into their confidence about little at
tentions they intended to bestow on
Name and Lottie, suggestions that the
young man was not slow in acting
upon. They even included him and
Kittie in the special good times which
they were clever in planning and car
rying out, and of which Peter would
never have thought, and before they
realized it he was madly in love.
When the affair had reached that
crisis it was simply their duty, so Glenn
said, to see that it came out all right;
SO gently, tactfully, the urging went
on, and by the next fair Peter and Miss |
King were engaged. "He came to tell |
me the day was set" Glenn reported. |
"and he wonders if you and 1 will
assist at his marriage
"Will we? Well, | should say So"
said Tel. 1--WE haven't assisted all
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-10-30

Capt. Slocum, who is telling in the
Century OF his voyage around the
world alone in little sloop, the Spray,
was familiar with most of the ports
in which he found himself on his jour-
ney of 46, 600 miles. One of these was
Buenos Aires There he looked in vain
for the man who once sold whisky
and collins in Buenos Aires; the march
of civilization had crushed him-mem-
DRY only chung to his name. Enter
prising man that he was, l fain would
have looked him up. / remember the
tiers of whisky barrels ranged on end,
one one side of the store, while on the
other side, "sd divided by thin par
tition, were the collins in the same
order. of all sizes and in great num-
bers The unique arrangement seemed
in order, for as cask was emptied, a
coffin might be filed. Besides cheap
whisky and many other liquors, ~
sold cider which he manufactured
from damaged Malaga raisins. Within
the scope of his enterprise was also
the sale of mineral waters, not entire
" blameless of the germs of disease.
This man surely catered to all the
tastes, wants, and conditions of his
customers"