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gleveIana's Fair Flower.

During Mr GIe4eland's tour of the south shortly after his marriage, Mrs. Cleveland and he were driving one day through the streets of one of the larger towns, escorted by two of it's citizens. Some one threw a bunch of Yiolets to Mrs. Cleveland, and Mr. Cleveland bent forward to catch it. remarking as he presented il: T won der why no one gives me flowers?'
 One Of the gentlemen present gal lal.sy replied: We think you have won the fatrest flower in the land P
 sAh yes, returned the president, but, you see. can't keep her in water
 Tt is not necessary. since you keep her in such excellent spirits, was the reply
 Here Mrs. Cleveland interposed say ing. ana afraid yon are guilty of flattery, 2 Whereupon came the reply:
 No. madam. GaJlery is fulsome compliment and in this instance DO compliment could be either too frank CT too fulsomel" The charm Of this response lies in the last and fourth from the last words, Mrs. Cleyeland's s maiden name being Frances Folsom Ladies Home Journal.
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vitrtoIizlne Seed Wheat.

For small quantities Of seed, yttrfo- lizing on a floor, in sacks, tubs, etc, does very well, but for large quantf- ties it is too slow, writes c. H. Lester in Dakota Farmer. Heretofore I have used wagon tank with the top re- moved, sea oa two benches so placed that lift'of hundred pounds at the front will raise that end ten or twelve inches to secure drainage. Place tank convenient to seed bin. Nail double tlficbness of wire screen on inside over plug hole at back end of tank. Place three barrels at back of tank into which put your vitriol solution. and also place large wash tub under the drainage vent. The yitriol solution will have to be constantly rep1enished as well I would here suggest that when you buy your vitriol, you have it finely ground when it will readily dissolve in cold water, and don't use tin pals to ha 1le it with as the ac- ton of -He yitriol will ruin them. Hay- ing thus made preparations. fill the tank nearly full Of wheat and level it. then dip solution from barrels into tank until the grain is entirely sub merged Let stand two minutes. No skimmipo or stirring is needed as the soakingf sufficient to kill vitality of smut ba1s. Knock out drainage plug and let firAd flew into washtub, from which dip it back into barrels to be used again When the flow becomes slnggis1 raise front of tank and allow to drain. The action of the Yitriol water generates a slight heat and q tendency of the grain to bake Usually in about an hour after draining, the wheat can be scooped into a wagon box or sacked If sacked. fill sacks only two-tbirds full and in a few hours enanee their position in order ta move the grain in the sacls to facilitate dry- ing. Handled in this way the seed dries very fast and in from three to four hours should be in good condi- fioa to saw. For large quantities. 7,500 bushels. or over. l would use 3 grain tank, well battoned, and hold ipg about one hundred busho}s in plaee 0f E9se wagon tank
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HEARD WHEN YOU sNEEzE.
ations in Many Languages to ward
 or Coming nanrer-


 In many a family, particularly In New England, sneeze is generally fol lowed by a hearty God bless us, though little thought Is ever paid to the meaning of the phrase or why 1t Is used A curious explanation of the origin of the phrase is given. It seems that several centuries ago an epidemic like our present influenza became rife all over Europe, the first symptom Of which was violent sneeztng. The pope at that time prescribed prayers against the epidemic and recommended cer- tain short ejaculations, to be made when anyone sneezed in such a way as 10 show signs of having contracted the malady. Hence all over Europe we have these ejaculations. practically of the same character. Italy. bio VI benedieaH in Germany. "Gott segne dich!' (a1so 'Gesundheitif) in France. ''Dieu yous benissei" among the Span ish speaking people of New Mexico. Jesus te favorescal,9 in Arizona, "Je= sus to oyude!' The English, God bless you. or God bless Us, eorre- spends to the Gaelic 'Dja linn. God with us!' Sometimes the response "Agus I5uire.n and Mary is added. and in violent attacks. "agus Eoiu Baiste. and John Baptist" in New Mexico they say to children sneezing: "Dios te haga crecer." God make thee growH' An equivalent expression is used in Gaelic as q thank phrase, and have heaHe people say in Ireland to a child sneezing. God bless you, child. you're no fairy" 8 semi-serious allu- aion to the possibility of children be- ing changed by fairies. as the old leg end had it.-Donahoes Magazine.
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SERVANT TO SEW zRD.
Aeed Retainer of Che Famous secretary
 Leaves d Fortune.

Leaves Fortune.
 WiTKam F. Butler, who served Will liam II. Seward for more than forty years in the capacity of body. servant. has died in Brooklyn, worth some $75.- poo. He was a slave in his early lie, but managed to buy his freedom. Com ing to Washington he took cool1ship in a restaurant, where he was when the secretary came across him. There . was 8 certain quaint philosophy about the black man which was charming to the white. Butler was Wi6h Seward during the greater part of his public career, and on his death had saved Sufficient to retire. The tips he had ! #receiVed from his master have been well followed He purchased land in that part Of the capital which Seward $ knowledge ef the ely led him to be- lieve would soon be valuable. lis small investment grew until the sum mentioned above is easily procuraDt2' The fortune is left entirely to Mss Eyangelina Z Walker, of Brooklyn Alis1 Walker is q young negroes of l9, described as being of a light color, as straight as a poplar. and of Gauca- sian cast of countennce. She was 2 godchild of Buffers, and having lived in the house with him since babyhood. regarded him as a second father. She nursed him tenderly through the last two years of his life, in view of which those immediately interested are prone to believe that she is justly entitled to the beQuest. Butler was not mar ried, but has several sisters, who may contest the will. Miss Walker Is well educated.
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4 Thousand MIIes.

The medical men at Wichita Kas.. are discussing remarkable case of long-distance hypnottzing. William Mack, harnessmaker, was appre- hended several weeks ago on a charge of insanity. On coming before the municipal examiners he insisted. in coherent language, that he was not crazy, but hypnotized It Is his state- ment that the owner of the evil eye was then at Portland, Ore, that con yineed the physicians of his mental in- equalities He testified that he had met at 8 San Francisco hotel in 1891 a certain Gertie Andrews, who claimed to he from Portland Being very fascinating woman, they, or he, had speedily fallen in love, with, on his part, conse- quent promise of marriage. He re- turned to Wichita, expecting to wed in short time, but his business dWin- died, so that when, on the appointed day, she alighted from an East-bound train he was obliged to confess that he could not keep his word. The woman thereupon flew into q great rage, although until after supper, which they took alone in a little res taurant near the Santa Fe depot, she made no open demonstration She had in San Francisco, during the first days of their engagement, amused people in the hotel by hypnotizing. of which she had powerful knack. She now told him that she meant to hypnotize hir9. This was the last Mack knew until, several days after, he found himself in tue cell of police station at Denver. The woman has skipped, presumably. To his astonishment and terror, how ever, she came to the cell soon after he had come to- and, securing his re. lease took h:a to a room. Here she again tbrew nm under spell forcing him to telegraph 10 Wichita and sell ont his business at a great sacrifice. Having taken all he had she allowed him to come hack, giving him to un- derstand. however that she should still no matter how far off he might be, exercise a balelul influence over him. It was this threat that drove him wild He tried continually to kill himself, and when locked up in q cell performed the most demoniae actions, tearing Up tbe bed clothes. pulling his hair and putting his head against the Wall When committed to the asylum at OssaWatomie he still imagined that the Oregon woman was tormenting him and called aloud 10 her in heart- rendine terms to have mercy The profession are pretty evenly divided as to the cause of his insanity II is thought by the more conservative that the woman may while in his company have 50 repeatedly hgpnotized him that his brain gave way Others main tain that q great discovery in mental telasrap ay lies beneath the case. The Oregon authorities have been unable to locate the woman
 Count Doing rlms.
 For d couple of years Count Fried
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ow STURGEON Is CAPTURED.
russian Cossacks Fish Through the Ice
 of swift Rivers.

russian CossacIs Fish Through the Ice
 of Swift Rivers.
 To fish while mounted on the back f. a horse kgobably would be beyond he capacity of gentle Izaak Walton of delightful memory, yet that is the way surgeon is captured in the frozen iyers of the Ural mountains. Rus ian Cossaeks fish in large bands. They gall0p along until they reach the point n the river where the current has it's swiftest flight. There they dismount and cut into the ice unti! they have cleared a small pool of water which extends across the rapid current al most from one bank of the river to the other. A net is then sunk to the bottom of the stream and stretched across it at the open pool, so that not s single fish can swim beyond it's meshes. Then the horses are mount ed and the Cossacks turn back and ride along the edge of the river for about foRe or five miles. Then the band wheees about and galiops rapidly along the ice covered stream, making a picture that would delight q sehreyer or a Fromentin. The loud eannonade caused by the beating of the horses hoofs on the surface of the ice terri des the sturgeon and they swim quick ly in advance of their pursuers. tum- bling finally in swarms into tbs net that waits their capture
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4 Count Doing Tme.

For couple of year Count Fried rich Hohenrha has been playing hide and seek with the police who were after nim 10 make him fatalt two months sen ence of prison for hav- ing grossly insalted a station official in the station of GEunewald The count had tried to escape his sen tenee by flight to the island of Rugen. but he has heen captured. and is do- ing his TWO months in prison at Stral- sund. His case may be a warning to foreigners visiting Germany not 10 in- suit any one wearing uniform, for such are sacred. and carefully protect cd by the law.
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1 oauzutvts. auu npctor Williams.
 and his physician, Dr Hudspeth
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admirers, who greatly envy Sic whila nnder bis lucky star.
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From a tecent visitor to Dermott we learn thas Bart Bottorf. the Iron
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--.lz ya i sw. 23-5-11.
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s~.s <. sEJrls an that is requisite is % falk and get an ans wer than and
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-08-10
What the Best Negroes Will Do.
(NeWS and Observer.)

The following article appeared in
the Laurinburg Erchan9e of recent
date:
If the negro will practice moral
ity, industry, enterprise, economy,
self-help, self-respect, race pride and
business cooperation, with the same
persistency and earnestnoss for the
next ten years as he has the practice
of politics for the past thirty years,
/ warrant you, the race question will
be a back number. The Amendment
will regulate itself and this great
South of ours will be an earthly 7
sanctuary; yea, more, it will be truly
the home of the free, the land of the
brave, and the paradise of the negro.
The colOred men of Scotland county
propose to try this new way.
..W. P. EVANS.n
We are reliably informed that the
author of the above article is one of
the most intelligent men of his race
in the county OF Scotland. He is
well educated. has been Industrious,
has accumulated 4 good estate, is
educating his children, is man of
sobriety and the most prominent and
influential man of his race in that
section of North Carolina. His posi-
ton is SO prominent that he was
endorsed by Senator Pritchard, GOV.
Russell, and Col. O. II. Dockerv for
the post office at I.aurinburg. Thus
it will be seen the leaders OF re-
spectability among the negroes will
not iipht the Amendment
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-08-10
Pointed Paragraphs.
(ChicagO NeWS.)

The best remedy for an injury is
foryetfulness.
A Temperance lecture is naturally
dry discourse.
Wise men are wrong much oftcner
than fools are right.
Competitors in a bicycle race should
wear fast-colored hose.
The fashionable lawns are now
being worn a la moved.
The muffled drum might be appro-
priatelv called dead beat.
A man of letters has but little show
in breach of promise case.
Never run a policeman down when
out for spin on your wheel.
No amount of culture will make a
man stop snoring in his sleep.
No man who paints his nose ought
to kick if his wife paints her cheeks
The worst that can be said of little
vices is that they won't stay little
When two women have differen,
views they consider each other pecu
liar.
The safest way to pass counterfeit
money is on the opposite side of the
street.
The man who never tries to do any
thing and the man who tries to &c
everything are both foolish.
The girl who can speak seven Ian
guages is less sought after than thu
girl who can hold her tongue in one
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-08-10
A Just Tribute to the Genius of q
Great Soldier, Yet a Terrible Ar.
rignment of Him by the Eloquent
IngerSoll.

Following is an extract from one
| of the late Col. Robert q. Ingersolls
lectures entitled Skull and Replies. :"
In it he pays a just tribute to the
genius of the first Napoleon. while it
is at the same time n terrible arraimn-
ment of the great soldier:
"A little while ago | stood by the
grave of the first Napoleon-a mag
nilicent tomb of gilt and gold, iii
almost for dead diety-and gazed
upon the sarcophagus of black Egyp-
tian marble, where rest at last the
ashes Of this restless man. leaned
over the balustradc and thought
about the career of the greatest
soldier of the modern world | saw
him walk on the Seine, coatemplat-
ing suicide-I saw him at Toulon-I
saw him putting down the mobs in
the streets of Paris-I saw him at
the head of the army of Italy-I saw
him crossing the bridge of Lodi
saw him in Egypt in the shadows of
the Pyramids / saw him conquer
the Alps and mingle the eagle of
France with the eagles of the crags-
| saw him at Marengo-at Ulm and
Austerlitz. | saw him in Russia.
where the infantry Of the snow and
cavalry Of the wild plat scattered his
lcgions like winters withered leaves.
! saw him at Leipzig in defeat and
disaster, driven by million bayo-
nets back upon Pars-clutched like
a wild beast-banished to Elba. saw
him escape and retake an empire by
the force of his genius. saw him
upon the frightful field of Waterloo,
where chance and fate combined to
wreck the fortune of their former
King. And | saw him at St. Helena,
with his hands crossed behind him,
gazing out upon the sad and solemn
sea.
Il thought of the orphans and
widows he had made-the tears that
had been shed for his glory, and Of
the only woman who ever loved him,
pushed from his heart by the cold
hands OF ambition. And | said |
would rather have been French
peasant and have worn wooden shoes.
| would rather have lived in hut
with vine growing over the door,
and the grapes growing purple in the
| kisses of the autumn sun; would
rather have been the poor peasant
with my loving wife by my side. knit
ting as the day dies out Of the sky,
with my children upon my knees and
| their arms about me. ! would rather
| have been that man and gone to the
tongueless silence OF the dreamless
dust than to have been that imperial
| impersonatiOn of force and murder,
| known as Napoleon the Great"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-08-10
PROF. j. A. HOLMES.
A Worker for North CarOlina-WOuId
That We Had More nen Like Him.
New Bern ,Journal.)

The Southern Farm Magazine for
August, has upon the front page of
its cover an excellen, picture of Prof.
Joseph A. Holmes. of North Carolina,
and in its leading article, "Workers
for the South" it gives a sketch OF
the life of Prof. Holmes, with some
notes of his work, to which reference
below is made.
If the entire State should be gone
over it would be difficult to find
another North Carolinian in the same
class .as Prof. Holmes, namely. one
who was so indefatigable in his ef-
forts to advance the material inter
ests of the State, and who was
actually accomplishing SO much, and
with it all, without ostentation.
While just now Prof. Holmes is
specially identified with the good
roads movement, this is only one in
terest, most important one, in
which he has given his best talents
and time
In geological matters pertaining to
the State, Prof. Holmes has been a
lC1NCi, dh" III lhC llttttCi VI Sooo
water, notably for Eastern Carolina,
he has worked splendid results by
his study of soil conditions, and
then by his advice on the matter of
wells.
The Southern F'urm Magazine has
the following on Prof. Holmes road
work:
''His latest product for the en-
couragement of the practical cam
paign was a road-builders' institute
held for several days last month at
Charlotte. This institute was the
outcome of the conviction that the
inclination of the people to pay taxes
for road building will be greatly en-
HANGED by their knowledge that the
money so paid will be expended judi
ciously. Accordingly, under the di-
rection Of Prof. Holmes, assisted by
Gen. Roy Stone, director of the gov
ernment office of road engineering
Mr.. ID. p. Hutcheson, manager Of the
Charlotte township road work; Mr..
c. a. Spratt, engineer for the city
and county road work, road super.
NlsofS anu oIHcI pei SoHS lhIclosIoo
in good roads were given practical
instruction in methods of construct
ing highways on basis suited tc
the conditions of the two Carolinas.
While not a native of this State
being born in South Carolina, it is 8
matter of State congratulation thai
such man as Prof. j. A. Holmes has
become a citizen of this common
wealth, and the honors which have
been shown him, by appointments
indicate in some degree the higl
! esteem in which he is held by oul
people.
Ii there were more such workers
/ North Carolina would indeed b.
, blessed
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-08-10
WHEN A GIRL is SWEETEST.
1t IS as Your Mother, of Course, Eut
She is all Right as Your Sweet
heart.

''At what age is girl the sweet
est?" is question being asked. The
Obserrer will endeavor to answer the
absorbing problem, as follows: At
sixteen. in white null and silk rib
bon, sounding. in her graduating
essay, the depths of PHILOSOPHERS that
have puzzled the Sages of ancient
and modern times, she sweet, very
sweet. In fact. there is suggestion
of the caromel and cream in every
lineament, At twenty. in shirt
waist and pique skirt, with just the
faintest suggestion of wild violets in
the perfume she uses, the saccharine
matter is much more pronounced.
You look for ;:n instant, and through
your tangled dreams come floating
visions-red roses, soft winds, the
dusk hour, and many declarations
YOU might easily make-if given the
opportunity. This is very danger
Gus age, At twentyfour you meet
her under the white light of the ball
room with delicate organdy and a
cluster of carnations making a dainty
effort to hide a bare shoulder: they
are playing some of those languid
exquisite waltZes OF Strauss, and YOU
fall in with the mood. 90 outside,
whole category of gods she is the
sweetest thing in the solar system.
You are very foolish, but you don't
realize it until year afterwards,
when vou find IL faded carnation in
your dress coat pocket. AT thirty
you pass by and hear her singing a
lullaby-or perhaps you. and not the
other fellow, are looking wildly
about for the Castoria bottle as she
sings. There is halo from heaven
above her head then, and you would
die there on the doorstep, punching
the face of any man who dared
declare you did not have the sweet
est wife and baby in this or any other
town. At forty she has few wrin-
kles, but you can't see them. She is
still the sweetest woman in the world
teaching you resignation-how to
wear patches and build up family.
At fifty she is telling her grandchil-
dren the very quaintest little stories
about Mr.. Nod and old man Blinkin'.
She is the essence of all the sweetest
then. At sixty, with white hair and
placid brow, she implants mellowed
kiss on your check when she thinks
you asleep. Memory goes racing
back over the summer hills; you are
tired, foot worn little boy again.
lying there in the open doorway of an
old home. The locust blossoms are
dropping, the petals are falling from
the yellow roses on the bush at the
corner of the house; it is almost dusk
and your languid eyes are watching
the swallows gracefully circle over
the white houses of the little town.
Heart-aches, and all the bitterness of
years are forgotten-and you awaken.
And it is really her, the angel and
comforter of your boyhood. When
is girl sweetest? When she is your
mother, to be sure.-Orange (Na.)
Observer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-08-10
Corporation Necessary
(WiI>on News }

The way to make your city grow
and prosper is for the people. as far
as possible, to patronize the men
who are in business in that city.
These men pay taxes to support the
Government, they contribute TO the
various institutions which from time
to time ask for aid; they extend credit
to parties who must have it at
different times. and they are entitled
to far more consideration than
foreign merchants who never add
one cent to the city's revenue.
and who are lacking when there is
a call for donations for any purpose.
Money which leaves here for other
centres of trade is gone forever,
but the money put in circulation here
oftimes comes back TO first hands.
and again begins its rounds.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-08-10
Robbed The Grave.

A startling incident, Of which Mr.. John
Oliver of Philadelphia was the subject, is
narrated by him as follows: .! was in
a most dreadful condition. NJ skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated,
pain continually in back and sides. no
appetite-gradualiv growing weaker day
by day, Three phyicians had given rne
up. Fortunately, a friend advised trying
Electric Bitters;' and to my great joy and
surprise, the first bottle made decided ini-
provement | continued their use for
three weeks, and am now 4 well man. |
know they saved my life and robbed the
grave of another victim No one should
fail to try them. Only 5octs guaranteed
at the Dorsey Drug Cos.