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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

DUM-DUM bullets. lyddite shells
and weapons of extraordinary range
and precision confer upon the con-
tending forces in South Africa fearful
powers of destructiveness In that
far-off corner of the globe the des-
troyer. man, may experiment on his
fellow-man without much regard to
the provisions of The Hague con-
ference agreement, under the terms
of which barbarous devices to intlict
undue suffering in war were put
under the ban of civilization.-Phil-
i nlnhia PEcnr1
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

a-. a'-urb~d ITO the blood, and that new,
E,-!cEy tissue are built up in the breath
H. ar2.u~. Ii prevents consumption by
custus al the abnormal conditions which,
II neglected lead up to consumption.
l'r~ josie L: Clark of Enterprise. Shelby Co.,
Il E.-I'r-- Il had dcspaircd of ever getting
,,.t hat been III bad health for twelve, wears
Ud tthe- all through ms numb hands cold
feet and Gveryti:in" ate distressed me: bowels
r.r-rl.Atrd. was very nervous. depressed and
deep u..rut- ! have taken six bottles of Dr.
rlw-s Golden Me'.ical Discovery, and my
health j. 2'pt!~
Constipation disappears while you sleep
when YOU take Dr, Pierce's Pellets.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

Pirrcs's & oil d c Il
Medical Discovery
-uakrs a man hum
ny. and really hum
gry men are usually
healthy. But that
isn't the whole bat
tie you may Eli a
stove with fuel, and
if the crate is clog
gcI with clinkers
and the chimney
with SCOT. YOU will
lave no f;c. The
Golden Medical
Discovery !" Sc e s
tia, fuel burns -
tiist the lifr giving
,r,-r.rttl nfttI. food
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

Dorsey Drug Go. guarantees every bottle
Of Chamberlain 5 Cough Remedy and will
refund the money to anyone who is not
satisfied after using two-thirds OF the con-
terts. This is the best remedy in the
world for Ia grippe, coughs, colds, Group
AMI whooping cough and is pleasant and
safe to take. 1t prevents any tendendy OF
4 cold to result in pneumonia
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave you, if you used
DIR. Kings New Life Pills Thousands oI
sufferers have proved their matchless merit
for Sick and Nervous Headache They
make pure blood ard strong nerves and
build up your health. Easy 10 take. Try
them. Only % cents Money back if not
cured. Sold by the Dorsey Drug Co.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

dust and the woman whose household
ducl-s constantly restrict her to the close.
heated atmosphere of her home, all live
uulrr the blighting shadow of consunp-
ton. There is but one sure protection
against this wholesale murderer of fnen-a
sound healthy body; pure rich red blood:
arL clean, clear breathing organs. DR..
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

HERE can be no discount on the
bravery of military commander
who voluntarily admits his blunders.
Washington Post,
But this doesn't cntice Gen. Otis
to admit anything.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

The Raleigh Morning Post says that
North Carolina. as well as South
Carolina, has cotton mills of capacity
nearly sufficient to spin all the cotton
grown in their respective States.
The Post adds that the normal crop
of North Carolina is $50. 900 bales.
The mills require 1900 bales. This
may be called a symmetrical and
properly balanced business situation.
The more mills the better-Phila-
delphia Record.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16
The Death Sentence. The wrctched

prisoner who listens
to the reading Of
his death warrant is
not IN re surely
doomed than the
man who is threat
ened with dre ad
consumption and
fails to take tho
right method to re-
pulse its attack.
The child that is
born with a shallow,
narrow chest :; the
youth who daily
crouches over an
Office desk; the me-
chanic who tolls in
an atmosphere of
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16
fACEsgEE'S
Vine of Cardui

! It '-.ags health to the womanly
Z org1.:.s;ns and health there means
s vel! F,;5eI nerves, calnlness, strength.
/ 1t re5to-es ~o:na-ily vigor and power.
/ 1t tons up the nerves which suffer
ling a:ld di5casc have shattered. II is
. ths In>at -cr:ect remedy ever devised
I . rc--o-- weak women to perfect
i health, nd 70 make them attractive
ard haPDy. 500 at all druggists.
4 For aavice ii cases requiring spec
aiaf d:rections, address, giving syrnp-
tom, "The Ladies' Advisory De-
|, partrlcnt, The Chattanooga Medi-
sciEc Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn.
( I.EV. j. ". Smith, Camden, 8. c.,
says:-"Aty vie used Wine of Carifh at home
! for fsiling O: the womb aaa entirely cured
her"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

Are you enjoying perfect health? If
~ W'S lie trouble may be due to impure
o,ooi- Take VKr>- Joe Persons I.em-
e"y. Ii IS specific for all Blood dis
THSSes. Sold in Henderson by the Dorsey
Diug Co, Phil II. Thomas, w. w. Parker
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

MAYHEM YOU are feeling tired and
w out OF sorts you will find Hoods
Sarsaparllla will do you wonderful
good. Be sure to GET HOODS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

Powder and shot, loaded shells, etc, at
H. THOMAsON's.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16
Davis Memorials Unveiled.
ElPOSlNG AND IMPRESSIVE OC-
CASION IN RICHMOND,

ihe Vast Procession led by Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lection. 3. B. Munford,
Principal Orator-Eloquent Tribute
by Judge Reagan, of President
Davis Cabinet-Gen. Lees Touch
ing Address-Fioral Offering by the
North Carolina Daughter ofthe Con-
federacy Jefferson Davis Hayes
Draws Veil From the Statues.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16
"Swcet Bells tangled
Out Of Tune and Harsh. -

Gncites pec7c's description fits thou
Bands "i FT"n'cn. They are cross, des-
rpI-eat. FIcEiy, nervous-a burden to
, tEe-..- vs. ara their families Their
sacc. 'isp"sitions are gone, and they. like
tn .-t's, seem sadly ont of tune. But
, t.-e-s - = remedy. They can usc
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

Act we'll thy part wher'er duty lies
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16
Admiral Dewey Married.
| A SIMPLE CEREMONY AND CTlET
AFFAIR.

The Hero of Manila Surprises Wash
ington Society us He Did the Span
iards-Stole a rlarch on Them and
Was Married Before They Knew II
No Pomp or Display, No Throng.
ing Crowds to Witness the In.
teresting Event-The Bride Charm.
ing and Accomplished Woman-Ofi
on a Bridal Tour.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-11-16

RICHMOND, VA. Nov. 9.-This was
another great Confederate day in
Richmond, the occasion being the
unveiling in Hollywood Cemetery,
under the auspices OF the United
Daughters Of the Confederacv, now
Ill convention here, Of the memorials
III Hollywood to President Jefferson
Davis and Miss Winnie Davis.
,Ihl Dan1ch hu.la L.;
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14

wealthy, they have more than enough
in the winter, and for which, il they are
poor but ambitious, they have no time
at any season.
All this the summer girl knows. and
even If an agreeable summer proposal
should come her way she would he like
y TO defer a definite answer until win
ter. when. she would have had an OPP
portunity to weigh the mans desirable
ity. Women are doing more or less
serious thinking today before accepting
even man they like.
Except among IL certain class of peo-
pie. the chances are that the summer
girls list of acouaintances is not en-
larged by her stay away from home.
People are very careful of taking up
with the strangers whom they meet at
the summer hotel or boarding house.
In fact. the old story that the summer
girl counts her summer a failure unless
she can boast of a long list of engage
ments never had any foundation in
fact, unless among small class of per-
sons so vulgar as not to be worth con-
siderins. The summer girl is healthy,
intelligent. self respecting being, and
such folly would never occur to her
LAURA FIELD.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
COST OF COURT GOWNS.

1t is absurd to dream of going to court
unless you are we'll dressed but it is
the Americans to whom apparently
money is no object. They seem to I'M
derstand says an English writer, the
sort of gown that suits their own per-
sonality. Lily, duchess of Marlborough.
has hardly ever been to the drawing
room without wearing one of the most
notably beautiful dresses at court. She
has very fine diamonds, and the en-
broideries which have appeared on her
white velvet trains and her black satin
ones have often been interspersed witt
real gems in the design American wo-
men have great prediction for white
court gowns. Mrs. Goelet and Miss Goe-
let both wore white when they We're
presented last season. The present
Duchess of Marlborough very often APP
pears in white, and Lady Naylor Ley
land. recent widow, has never been
seen in colored gown at court. Very
few English people realize that goud
many of the beautiful dresses worn by
Americans at the drawing room are
made in New York. One of these, now,
ready, is primrose satin with an over
skirt of old rose pink tulle. worked with
an Egyptian scroll design in silver
thread. diamonds and emeralds, ruffie
of crimson and pink at the foot mingled
with clusters of yellow roses and To-
liage. The pale pink train was emboss-
ed with silver and trimmed with cas-
cades of old point lace and lined with
rose pink satin. The bodice was prim-
rose chiffon, trimmed with jeweled net,
the epaulets feathers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
HAPPINESS A nurY

Be happy! Be happy in spite of
everything! When a person is not hap
py, he is failure in life. To be happy
is to be9nermal, and the normal people
are those who come out on top in the
long run. Nature and human nature
detest abnormal things, and unhappy
people are certainly abnormal people.
1t is said that nothing makes happiness
like happiness. and, from observation,
one sees that it is true. Happiness is
two things-a good habit and spir-
itual state. Many women, you think,
are born unhappy. Is there any one
such weakmindedl creature that she
cannot cultivate the good habit of
being happy?
The trouble with the average woman
who faneies herself unhappy is only an
unwholesome fancy She earesses and
nourishcs unhappiness. In other words,
she hugs trouble She luNuriatcs in
being melancholy, in looking On the
WRONG Side Of things II she only knew
how tIisagreeabc this nude her in the
sight OF men. she wonld very soon
change her tactics. for it has come 10
be q recognized fact in modern civiliza-
ton that happiness is necessity Of
life.
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the many beautiful ones. She wore
white camel's hair stitched in pea
green blue and red, the top thread
coarse white, the shuttle thread one
of the three colors which showed tiny
points where the stitches locked. All
the men praised this clever compliment
paid challenger and defender, and the
women debated on whether, 1t were
better to be born diplomat or a beau
ty.'' "Tact," says Aunt Hetty. .'is the
virtue least cultivated and most needed
in the social Kingdom" and, as usual,
she's correct.
Annals coat, semi Elton, was strap
ped and stitched in N. Y. VIC. with
Shamrock buttons on parade. The
skirt was of the double kind, pointed
back and front. Across deep incisions
in the front of her jacket We're straps,
showing underneath tucks and lace of
q dainty sailor blouse. The hat, worn
in her lap most of the time, fulfilled my
autumn prediction as to shape being
OF the rough rider kind in point of
modishness she again sustained her
reputation, and Wore the only. beaver
felt seen. The new differs from the old
in use some years ago. Those of TODAY
are not quite so furry, and resemble
more the surface of heavy piece of
camels hair cloth slightly stiffened.
They are wieldy and vastly becoming,
and may be bent into shape to suit the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
Newport. R. l.
HER USUAL SIGNATURE.

A short time since the daughter of a
millionaire drove up to the door of a
jewelers. shop, went in. and selected
a turquoise and diamond ring valued
at $3.50. She made out her check for
that sum and passed it to the assist
ant.
The alert young man glanced at it
and then looked inquiringly up at the
young woman and said, There is
some mistake here, think"
The young woman flushed, and asked
if the check was not for the right
amount
She was told it was, but
But WHAT" she exclaimed frigidly.
do you mean that my check is not
acceptable?"
The assistant acknowledged that he
knew who the young woman was, but
explained that the check was not made
out just as it should be, and he hand
ed it back.
The girl ran her eye over it and then
turned a deep crimson. "Oh!" she ex-
claimed, II see!"
And then she proceeded to make out
another check. She had signed the
first one your own sweetheart, Jes-
Sien
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14

for theater bodices are the rule. A
few I've seen do service as we'll at
restaurant dinner, with the addition of
stock in velvet or lace, showing line
of pinlSy skin between bodice and col
lar.
A new mode of arranging the hair has
come my way and as a relief from the
ubiquitous pompadour l welcomed it.
Part the hair at one side and curtain
it over the brow guiltless Of crinkle or
curl. With broad brimmed hats or those
turning directly up in front the style is
impudently attractive.
I looked up travelling wraps for you,
and to be sure they've undergone
drastic change since last year Instead
of the convenient golf cape or Come
mara cloak. there has arrived long
triple cape, sweeping away from the
figure after the waist is passed in
rounded corners. 1t is only sparingly
full at back and is burdensome. Know
ing your liking for the odd is my only
reason for describing 1t, while withhold
ing my recommendation A series of
closely arranged little capes falling
from the throat to three-quarter length
compose another wrap; but the fine
cloth redingotes are still smarter, and
are beautifully made, with waist belts
and trimmings of plated cloth and ma
chine stitching defining the seams and
borders. These belong to the empire
class now planting its foot in the door
way of autumn fashions.
AS close Henriette brings in bunch
of tulips in a tulip shaped crystal bowl,
accompanied by a note from Ruth
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
HE summer girl and her numerous |
engagements have afforded ma

HE summer girl and her numerous
engagements have afforded ma
terial for the humorists' jests for
SO many years that people who ought
to know better have come to believe
them.
The influence of rowing and boating
and golfing is not such as incline the
heart TO thoughts of romance. 1t is a
serious mistake to imagine that two
beings who have golfed. boated or row
ed together for season could be ro-,
mantle, for the summer girl is not
even at her best in the summer. There
is then tan and there are freclles and
streaming perspiration upon her coun-
tenance to detract from the beauty of
the damsel who would enthrail. The
real fact of the matter is that fewer
engagements are made as the result
of the summer away from home than
at any other time
For one reason the summer girl has
less opportunity to spoon" than in
town-if she is even ordinarily pop
ular, all her time is filled with engage
ments to ride, go boating, yachting or
walking, not with lone young man,
but in a party which includes both men
and women. The tender passion does
NOT IOuriSil IN IL cfOWQ.
Moreover. the modern woman is not
the type to encourage any nonsense.
She is either the fair graduate or the
college alumna, to whom life is yet too
serious for thoughts of tiirtations. or
the business or professional woman,
who regards man with tolerance If she
regards him at ALL Sentiment went
! out of fashion some years ago. 1t is
f,.t..
| to reduce conversation to such topics
is speedily denominated "mushy," and
all other young women who hear of
her title are afraid of giving cause
for being themselves designated by the
opprobrious epithet.
The summer young woman has so
many other interests that the callow
youth who haunts the vacation places
has few attractions for her. If her
mother is with her. she is carefully
guarded from all opportunities to fiirt
with new acquaintance. That shrewd
old campaigner knows that the summer
man is. in nine cases out of ten, hum
bug. He pretends o>an Importance to
which neither his circumstances nor his
social position entities him. Any in
timacies with strangers are guarded
against by the mother for the reason
that on returning to town there may be
good grounds for wishing to drop the
acquaintance.
Some married men are in the habit of
spending a week or several weeks at
the summer resorts to have good
time" instead of taking their vacation
in the company of their family. These
same giddy benedicts frequently pose
as bachelors. This is another reason
why well brought UP young women dis
courage the attentions. of the summer
idlers.
Moreover, it is wei known that the
best young men are not to be found at
the seashore or mountain resorts. They
have their fishing and hunting and
camping clubs, and instead of dawdling
at fashionable resort the bright. am
bilious, manly young fellows shoulder
their guns or fishing rods or mount
their bicycles and in rough attire
plunge into the wilderness to spend
their period of leisure far from society,
of whose conventions, if they are
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
DON'T Talk roo MUCH.

A very clever woman-clever because
she knew how to hold her tongue-was
once heard telling q friend in confidence
when asked why she had not taken part
in conversation of the previous even
ing in which nearly every one had join
ed, that she had kept quiet because she
was ignorant of the subject under dis
cussion. Whenever am not thor
oughly informed on a subject and feel
Incapable of talking inteiligently, why.
just hold my tongue. / believe I
have the reputation OF being. . good
talker, but if l talked about what did
not understand / should soon lose it"
But. then, one appears SO stupid 10 sit
still and say nothing when every one
else is talking" was the reply. II do
not mind that in the least" s,e an
swered; Il am willing to run the risis.''
This establishes an excellent prece-
dent in the art of conversation. If one
finds oneself suddenly and without
warning surrounded by p lot of people
who know il ALL" it is far better "a
keep silent than to launch fortl. into
the discussion Of ar unexDlored subject,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14

vesant Fish superintendent the invita-
tons and Mrs. Oliver Belmont is the
executive head with the controlling
vote.
A pretty little pink and white Phila-
delphia belle is central figure at polo
grounds and golf links. Willie X"
left her side at the Casino this morn
ing to welcome Aunt Hetty 1 can
think of no term SO BETTING as tidy
that would describe "Willie's" looks. He
has no style, is no SLOUGH, just tidy; OF,
if you choose, neat and regular Aunt
Hetty says he's the most comfortable
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14

ed, In bending over the blood is inn
perfectly decarbonized.
In placing the foot upon the stairs
do not let the entire weight fall on
the ball of the foot, but by putting 1t
firmly and squarely on the step let
all the muscles have their proper
share of work. Not alone the ball,
but the heel Should be on the step. In.
this way there. is no straining of any
particular muscle.
The ascent should be made slowly,
and fun. deep inhaIations of air must
be drawn into the lungs. The hands
shoald lie fnrrird at the side To bal
ance the rest of the body, and tha
eyes should be ON the stairway. well
ahead of tho foot, 20 that the head
may be thrown well back on tile
spinal column,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14

fellow of all to have around and is
not close listed like his brother. 1t
looks very much as if he were aiming
blow at automobiles, for he's taken to
tandem driving with a vengeance, and
may be seen in the Alto, 6 parade every
day adeptly managing the lines above
the heads of duplicate sorrels. If 1t be
true, down goes his name on my black
list, unless Aunt Hetty administer the
ounce of, prevention. Jack says the
fad must keep up the year, else there be
no "Lohengrin" for us in March.
We all made fete day of the trial
races, putting on our second best bib
and tucker. Had it not been for ac-
casional glimpses of girls in short skirt
ed linens and crash as traps were emp
tied at the New York Yacht club sta
ton, there would have been no sus-
picion of the intent to go a-sailing.
Picturesque gowns We're the rule. For
the most part they were blue serge or
white camel's hair, with ultra smart
touches bespeaking Partisan origin. 1
noticed many of them displayed the
novel stitching which decorates tailored
frocks for fall. An exceptionally pretty
one of soft green camels hair had al
ternate rows or white and scarlet
stitching very closely done to give the
appearance of an embroidered band,
To obtain tridescent effects in stitch
ing, which is the approved decoration
for cloth, very coarse silk of two colors
is used For instance, fill the bobbin
with pale blue and thread the machine
with olive green. Ivory white and scar
let stitchings on bronze face cloth, or
black and blue on gray, or white and
black on red are altogether salts
factory.
Anna S. was charming example of
outdoor life-brown as a biscuit, dis
cussing her recent handicaps and scores
with ten men at once She is the most
capable woman J know-always going
the smartest one better. Apropos of
this, hers was The best gown among
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14

the core should indulge my betting in
clination. favoring the Shamrock
There is no analysis of this conviction
can offer, but somehow think she'll
win. It's rank heresy to dare express
such an opinion, particularly since my
belief is founded on no specific knowl-
edge or inside information, although
I've hobnobbed with Sir Thomas Lip
ton, the eligible. Maybe it's because 1
admire this man a lot that think no
undertaking of his can miscarry. jack
going into trade makes me look upon
trades people leniently and differently;
their every deed has added Significance.
applaud Sir Thomas to the echo when
suitable opportunity arises. Who could
have invented finer scheme for adj
veftising? Fancy brand of tea and
Its maker being shot into international
popularity from the bow Of a yacht
AN equal amount of money expended
In printers ink could scarce have so
giorified the man, though extolling the
virtues of his famous tea-a woman's
summing up only, for understand he's
dead game sport.
September's the climax of Newptrt,s
Social season. To greater extent than
usual is this now true. I've attended
two OF, three yarmouth rehearsals.''
While the lean, lanky earl comes up
10 nobody's expectations of nobility
properly represented, he does know how
TO stage a play effectively. In Gilbert's
creatures of Impulse" he has chosen
women and costumes equally well. The
more absorbing topic Of conversation
. for the past fortnight has been the Bel
mont-Fish ball. It is to be fancy
dress affair costing as much as and on
scale of magnificence not excelled by
the Bradley-Martin ball and banquet
of splendor. 1t has been decided for
the sixth time the costumes shall indi-
cate the Louis Seize period Before the
event transpires it may again be obi
1Gyectoire." Mrs. Herman Oelrichs is to
be mistress of ceremonies. Mrs. Stuy-