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The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

Hiram had returned home from col.
Iese. where he had won high honors as
student Of the ancient languages, but
he fell down" one day when his sister,
demure young girl in her teens, ask.
ed him to translate sign she had seen
IN front Of an opticians office which
read thus:
CON sULrU sABo UTYo UREY Es
Hiram struggled manfully with it for
several minutes and gave 1t up.
1t isn't good Latin" he said. There
are some words in it that are Latin,
but the others are either wrong in ter.
mination or are barbarisms from other
languages. and. taken as q whole, II
doesn't make sense"
That is what l said" rejoined his
sister. but Keturah, out In the kitch-
en-. translates it without any trouble.
She says it means. Consult US about
your eyes"
Whereupon Hiram collapsed.-Youth's
Companion
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
NORTH CAROLINA jill BOYD.

Personally Jim Boyd, the new Re-
publican Judge for Western North
Carolina, is a clever sort of fellow.
But we cannot forget his caperings
about 1869. in the Ku-Klux time.
Jim deserted his companions then.
That is if he is the one we then heard
Of with that name, who operated
about Graham-or that section. We
used to hear in the long ago that
somebody of that name turned state 5
evidence against his Ku Klux friends.
We hope it was not the newly-made
judge.-Wilmington On. C.) Msssen-
ger.
1t is q shame on those few Demo-
cratic papers of North Carolina-we
are glad they are very few-that they
have lauded Jim Boyd to the skies,
because of his appointment to high
position over them. He is the same
Jim Boyd who signed the Ku-Klux
compact with blood drawn from his
own veins, and then BETRAYED his
companions-those brave. desperate
men who saved North Carolina virtue
from q fate worse than death.-Dan-
vile va, ,)CRegister.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
ECHOES FROM THE ELECTION.
Comments of the Press In and Out OF
the State on the Result and its True
Significance and Effect.

The adoption OF the constitutional
amendment solves, as far as the ballot
box can solve it. the race problem and
| puts an end to the friction and inces-
SAINT conflicts that marked every one
Of our political campaigns. This OF
itself is such an achievement that
every true white man and woman in
the State should rejoice over it, as
should every negro who has sense
enough to appreciate the benefit 1t
will be to him.
The election OF the Democratic
State ticket takes the State govern
ment out OF the hands OF incompetent
timc-servers and puts it in the hands
OF true men whom the people OF this
State, whether they agree with them
politically or not, can and do respect.
And, last but not least, it means
consigning to merited and perpetual
oblivion the wretched gang OF con-
spirators who to promote their own
petty ambitions and feather their
own nests, have done all they could
to drag North Carolina down, and
make it political hell, in every cleo
ton when their ambition or pockets
might be affected. Wilmington Star.
The Democrats of North Carolina
| yesterday elected their ticket by a
| decisive majority, and disfranchised
large part Of the colored people of
| the State. The determination to do
| this was reached at the time Of the
race riots in Wilmington. years ago,
and nothing could stop the Democrats
from carrying out their purpose. A
| legislature under their control gave
willing consent to the submission to
| the people OF an amendment that
would bar out the colored illitcrates,
while it protected nine-tenths Of the
white illiterates. and retained for
them the same rights Of franchise that
they possessed under the old law. The
| colored men saw that it would be
useless, il not dangerous, for them to
make much of an effort to defeat the
scheme, and wisely refrained from
taking prominent part in the CAM
paign Baltimore american. Republi-
can.
| North Carolina stands redeemed.
regenerated and disintralled." Let
all the people rejoice. Let praise and
thanksgiving and glory and honor be
given the Almighty Father, the giver
of every good and perfect gift, and
the All-wise ruler Of nations for the
splendid victory in behalf of civiliza-
tion and good and just and honest
and economical government! The
dark night is gone. The sun of peace
and Joy and satisfaction and content
mcnt rises once more to drive away
the gloom and blackness, and
bring in the light of glorious day.
| The permanence Of free institutions
in grand old North Carolina is as
sured The maintenance OF law and
order. with all their attendant bless
ings, is guaranteed. Let all rejoice.
Wilmington Messenger.
North Carolina and the country at
large NAV now with reason hope to
see worthy successors of Vance and
| Ransom in the Federal Senate
| Richmond Dispatch.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
NAVEL ORANGES.
How They Were Introduced Into
This Country From Brazil.

This Country From Brazil.
Only quarter OF a century ago near
IL all the oranges of commerce We're
raised on the shores Of the Mediter-
ranean sea, and they were SO expen-
siye that most OF the boys and girls of
America thought a gift Of an orange
something to be remembered for long
time 4 few oranges We're grown in
Florida, and perhaps five carloads
year came from California. OF these
oranges none was seedless, SO the deli
cious navel oranges that we may see
for sale any day now We're unknown.
In 1872, however, United States Con-
sui W. F. Judson Of Bahia, Brazil, was
told by the natives that some 20 miles
inland up the Amazon were native or
ange trees bearing fruit without seeds.
Accordingly lie sent natives after tree
shoots and some Of the fruit. The
shoots were packed in moss and clay
and sent to Washington. They were
set out by the agricultural department,
but attracted little attention until the
next year, when UoratiO Tibbetts of
Riverside Cal, took the surviving four
shoots to his home and planted them.
There they had hard luck, for one died
and another was eaten up by cow.
At the end Of five years the two trees
surviving bore 16 handsome seedless
oranges. Next year the oranges were
even better, and the trees bore about
box Of the fruit.
From that time on the cultivation OF
seedless, or navel, oranges about Riv-
erside progressed rapidly. AS there
were no seeds to raise trees from, 1t
was found necessary to graft buds OF
the seedless trees into Seeding trees.
AS soon as the seedless branches be-
gan to bear the Seeding branches were
cut from the trees. AS late as 1883 the
best seedless buds sold for as much as
81 each, but within a couple Of years
there were thousands Of buds on the
grated branches. Now tens Of thou
sands of Seeding trees have been bud
ded into navel orange trees. Riverside
has grown from small village to
town Of $4,000 people and has 10000
acres devoted to the cultivation Of ma
vel oranges. 1t is the greatest orange
producing locality in the world and
ships 5000 boxes Of navels year.
The original trees are fenced about
and carefully guarded lest harm should
come to them, and they are enjoying a
green old age.-EXchange.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
Ants Alarmed by Sounds.

Recent observations tending to show
that ants possess a sense Of hearing
have been described in this column
Professor Metcalf Of the Woman's col
lege. Baltimore, adds some interesting
testimony on the subject in letter to
Science. One Of his students discover
ed that colony of black ants was
thrown into state Of great excitement
by sounds Of one particular pitch. 9th
er sounds did not affect them, but
when the peculiar note was struck,
either on a violin or with a whistle,
the ants would become excited and
If the sounds were continued would
grow frantic, some Of them falling into
4 water moat surrounding their nest.
Ants of other species paid no atten-
ton to the sounds.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
Din nmOnd Mining In Brazil.

While the diamond mines at Kimber-
ley have been producing about $751;
100000 worth of gems year the in
dustry in Brazil. formerly the most i'm
portant producing country in the
world. has fallen to a low ebb. 1t Is
now carried on only by individuals or
small associations working in a crude
manner. The yield was never much
over $1.ooo,Lo0 in any year, and the
product is now worth annually less
than 100000, and yet the quality of
the Brazil stones averages higher than
that Of the Kimberley ontput.-New
York Sun
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
NEWSPAPERS GET CAUGHT FOR
SUCKERS.
Nobody to Pay the Bills of the GIob<
Telegraph School, of Lexington.

Lexigton, Ky, July 26-Drafts re-
ceived here against the Globe Telegraph
School for advertising placed in news
papers i'll all parts of the country are
being returned unpaid, there being no
such school in existence here. There is
school called the Morse School of Tel
egraphy. of which f. G. Sphinx and B. B.
Jones. OF the Lexington Business College,
are officers, managed by J. H. Shulkey,
OF Oshkosh, Wis, which claims on its ad-
vertising matter to be the successor to
the Globe Telegraph School. Thousands
of dollars of this advertising has been
placed. The mail matter addressed to
the Globe Telegraph School has been re-
ceived by the Lexington Business Col
lege's new department, excepting the
newspapers, several hundred of which lay
at the post-office unclamed.-LouisriHe
Times
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
Sfnnn'S Nayv.

The SiameSe navy consists Of be-
tween 40 and 30 vessels. the largest of
which is Il well armored and capable
vessel Of 1000 tons, named the Ma
hachakri. Nearly all the vessels are
armed with quick firing, modern guns
and are manned by native crews who
are strictly disciplined and have shown
considerable adaptability as sailors.
There are three or four English, Dan
ish or German officers OH each of the
vessels Of the fleet. the only American
being Dr. Hayes of Baltimore, who is
surgeon on the staff of Admiral de
Richelieu.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
important to the Public.

The Seaboard Air Line Railway. Flor,
ida and West India Short Line" begs to
announce that in addition to the through
vestibuled trains heretofore operated De-
tween Atlanta and Washington, it now
operates through sleeping cars between
Atlanta. Richmond, Washington. Balti-
more, Philadelphia and New York.
For full particulars in regard to this
magnificent service please refer to Ticket
Agents OF connecting lines. to any Sea-
board Air Line Railway representative,
or to l.. S. Allen, General Passenger
Agent, Portsmouth. Va.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

1t is said Of a certain learned man
that he spent half his lifetime acquir-
ing fluency in ten different languages,
and then went and married a wife who
never gives him a chance to get q
word in edgewayS.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

A little girl wanted more buttered
toast, but was told that she'd had
enough, and that more would make
her ill.
We'll" said she, give me anuZzer
piece, and send for the Doctor"
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

She Tell me. George, do you love
me?
IIe-Of course | do. Didn't | tell
you so five minutes ago!
She-Yes, George; but then men
are so changeable, you know.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

1t Is unfortunate that every ones
memory is best in retaining things it
would be more genteel to torget.-Atch.
lson Globe.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

Naughty Lady (who has purchased
a stamp)-Must put it on MYSELF
Post Office Assistant very politely
Not necessarily. ma'am; it will
probably accomplish more if you put
it on the letter.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

An embarrassed young man, who
had just been married by clergy
man. not knowing how to express his
gratitude. in handing over small
fee said:
Il hope to give you more next
time"
Little Boy (writiug to his school
mastery Everybody at home is de-
lighted with the progress have made
at your school. Why, when | came
to you | knew nothing. and now. even
in this short time. know ten times
as much.
Traveller waiter. take this
steak away and give it to the poor.
It's as though AS
Waiter (blandly)-We never 'ad no
complaints. sir.
Traveler-NO; because that wretch
ed old COW had em all.
What did Neighbob say when you
told him you wanted to marry his
daughter?"
"He didn't absolutely refuse, but
he imposed very serious condition"
What was it?"
..He said he would see me hanged
irst."
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

Bessie don't believe that scandal
about Mrs. Gayleigh.
Flora Then why did you tell me
about it?
Bessie was in hopes that you
could confirm it.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

Remember the Best Patent FLOUR
ever offered for the money is being sold
by II. THOMASON.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

Wigwag Had you any knowledge
Of music before you joined the choir?'
Watson Not the slightest" "Ah
then you picked it up by chants. as it
were"
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

NOTE.-tDaily except Sunday. ten
trail time. eastern time.
Dining Cars between New York and
Richmond. and Hamlet and Savannah OF
trains Nos. 81 and ~.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
KEEPING HIS CREDIT GOOD.

There Is nothing nelps ioiio" ""' '
As keeping his credit good.
He need not be looking for some one 10
touch
If only his credit is good.
He NAV even be busted; possess not red
But he is sure Of supper and also oed'
And some sort Of shelter over his head.
IL only his credit is good.
He may even mix up In social affairs.
IL only his credit is good;
He may patronize theaters. lectures and
II only his credit is good
He may dress like dude, in the thest OF
clothes.
And wear patent feathers ana STRIPE"
silken hose
And exhale odorous perfumes wherever
he goes.
IL only his credit is good.
The butcher and baker will wait for their
From The fellow whose credit is good.
And the grocer will furnish provisions all
day
The landlord Is never in need OF MS rent
And the tailor will trust him to any extent,
And for him new fashions ard patterns
invent,
If ONLY his credit Is good.
But somewhere have learned that there s
only one way
or keeping his credit good,
And that is by strolling in some day
And paying those TO whom his credit Is
good
| notice that hard cash and nothing else
goes,
With those who provide shelter, victuals
and clothes,
And bottles whose contents | need not dis
close,
To you fellows whose credit Is good.
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
Mercury
pdaSI la
Make
wrecks,
Not Cures

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y ee If has ph
O. loo kn
E3a&4& a4M4X Ts:HsSg
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for Hon
EAxa&&S Incomplete
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

Gov. Tay!or's iI3 Love Letters. are considered
the best work from his gifted pen. Full of wit
and humor, sentiment and pathos; instructive
and amusing. They prod uce laughter a nd tears
Addressed 20: Uncle sam, Politicians, Bows
diris. Bachelors. DrUn-ne.s, Fiddlers, FiSher.
men. Mothcrs-sn-ia&, Candidates, Swesthearts
Sportsmen. and Teachers. THE BOOK also
contains several Gov. Tay.or's noted speeches.
Special Offer: Send 70 cents at once to
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Illustrated monthly magazine, 50 to s. pages
Established 1870. Special Departments: Won.
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inela,y maSaz'ne OF national circulation. pub
ished IN the South; strongly endorsed by State
and County officials, Teachers aud the Pres.:
'iesa'ng ir Character and moral il .ors
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16

What difference does it make WIZ. 20
this is the 10Th or 20th century q
you can buy farms, town lots s'
J. l.. Currin, real estate broker
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
BLOOD POISON.

the
swollen glands patches the mouth scalp tongue
The gold leaf., 1900-08-16
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
COLD BAY Line
BEST ROUTE NORTH OR SOUTH
Baltimore, Norfolk, Portsmouth
and Old Point Comfort.
VIA MONUMENTAL CITY.

Steamers will leave Light Street fri'
at 6:30 +. NJ, direct for Old Point Con.
fort, Norfolk and Portsmouth, wiihoI'
stopping at Canton Wharf
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-18
HOG CHOLERA RACES IN IOWA.
Unusual Number of Young Hogs Being
Hurried to Market.

Des Moines, Oct. 1.-THE unusual
number of young hogs forwarded to
market from Iowa during the past
ten days has led to an investigation
of the cause by the companies, and
has developed the existence of hog
cholera in many portions of the state.
For nearly three weeks the disease
has been prevalent in the vicinities
of Grimes, Storm Lake, Sac City and
score of other points on the Mil
waukee, as also in the country about
Van Meter and Stuart on the line OF
the Rock Island. When it first APP
peared the cholera did not assume a
malignant form, but during the past
week the mortality among the hogs
attacked has been very great. Soma
herds numbering one hundred hogs
have been depleted to twenty, and
the disease continuing to spread,
farmers became alarmed and began
shipping to market. The presence
of hundreds of shoats among the
shipments attracted the attention of
the railroad companies and culmin-
ated in an order to division freight
agents to instruct station agents 10
make inquiry of farmers in the vi
cinity of each of the stations on the
lines in Iowa. The disease is said
to be spreading alarmingly among
herds in western and northwestern
Iowa
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-18
MUST PAY TAXES.
Cattle shipped to Iowa to Feed and
Reship are Subject to Taxation.

Cattle shipped to Iowa to Feed and
Reship are Subject to Taxation.
Des Moines, Oct. 1.-THE supreme
court in a decision lust handed down.
beId that c.ttla brought into this
state kent here for Feeding purposes.
and then returned IN the west whence
tbey came we're rightly taxable in
Iowa The decision was in the case
Of 6 FennelI anneIlant VS. a r. Pan,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-18
POLICY TOO ERRATIC.
Powers Themselves Have Hindered
Negotiations.

Washington, Oct. 1.-THE recent
happenings in China, especially in the
province of Chile, have so far set back
peace negotiations that it may be a
matter of weeks or even months be-
fore the peace commissioners will be
able to get to work. Ill considered
military operations in Chile and else
where in China are said to be re-
sponsible for the check which dip
lomacy has met in reaching a set
Element. Through the efforts of the
state department, seconded by more
moderate powers, steady and sys'
tematic pressure has been brought
to bear upon the Chinese emperor to
bring about his return to Pekin.
Representations from the great
southern viceroys to the emperor,
setting out the impossibility of sup.
plying the court with money and food
if it persists in retreating to Tsinan
Flu in Shensi, was but one OF the
means which have been resorted to at
the instance of this government to
secure the return of the court. All
efforts are neutralized. however, by
the spasmodic and unnecessary actiy-
ity of the allied military forces.
There is no necessity whatever for
the Pao Ting Flu expedition, in the
judgment of officials here, and that
venture was a straw which determin-
ed the imperial court to flee to the
western mountains. Ii Hung Chang
and the viceroys of the south had
pledged themselves to maintain or
der and guarantee protection for
foreigners and property in their re-
spective provinces.
This was made a condition pre-
cedent by the United States govern
ment to the establishment of relations
with them looking for the imitation
Of negotiations for final settlement
According to all reports that have
reached Washington the viceroys had
lived Loyalty up to their promises In
spite of irritating military expedi.
fions and movements of various kinds
set up against their protests and
therefore it is regarded as particular
Iy unfortunate the allied forces
should persist now in the expedition
against Pao Ting Flu.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-18
CHINA FULLY ABANDONED.
Admiral Remey viii Make His Head.
quarters at Cavite.

Washington, Oct. 13.-Admiral Re-
mey yesterday cabled the navy de-
partment of his departure from Chi
nese waters. He goes on his flagship,
the Brooklyn, from Taku to Che Foo.
thence to Nagasaki, Japan. Although
his dispatch does not announce his
movements from that point. it is thn
understan, -ng at the navy department.
that he will next go to Cayite. This
move will take the headquarters OF
the Asiatic station back to Manila,
leaving the squadron in Chinese wat
ers without an admiral in command,
unless Admiral Remey should deter
mine to have Admiral Kempff return
there. For the present, however.
there is no such determination. Ad.
miral Remey's dispatch is as follows:
Marines embarked on Brooklyn.
Zafiro and transport Indiana. Zafiro
carries the cavalry. Brooklyn goes to
Che Foo and Nagasaki. Indiana sails
shortly. Some sick sent to hospital at
Yokohama. Others be removed soon
as possible and hospital at Tien Tsin
closed. New Orleans remains at Taku.
Monoeacy winters in Pei-Ho river.
"Remey."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-18
yellow Fever in Haxana.

Havana, Oct, 15.-One hundred and
thirteen new cases of yellow fever
have been officially reported since DC,
tober /. There is no longer any doubt
that the disease has attacked Major
Peterson. chief commissary, and Mr..
Frank Hayes, general manager of
the North American Trust company
branch Office, who have taken i'll. Miss
Natalie Brown, a stenographer in the
employ of the trust company, is also
down with the disease. Four hun
dred and twenty-eight Spanish immi-
grants are in quarantine here owing
to the existence of smallpox in the
vessel on which they arrived. The
health department officials under Ma
ior Gorgias, are working night and
day in the house to house inspection.
and in other sanitary precautions.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-18
CREDITORS HOLD THE SACK.
Austin Christ Suddenly Disappears
From Knoxville.

Knoxville, Oct. 1.-THE Express,
published last evening, says:
''Austie Christ, well known
young Knoxville business man, got
a team ard buggy at Shive's livery
barn Thursday morning and started
for Pella. Since that time nothing
has been seen of him. He has, in
-act, absconded, leaving his business
and his creditors behind.
suspicion had been aroused the
day before by some transactions with
Pella bank, and when Christ left
town the storm soon broke. 1t was
soon found that he had been doing
a big business on no capital except
confidence, and that he had forged
notes right and left and had for a
long time eluded suspicion.
"Ghrist had an implement and car
riage house on West Main street, and
did big business in vehicles of all
kinds. He also had a large stable
on East Robinson street, which was
continuously filled with driving
horses and other stock in which he
dealt. He frequently shipped a car
load of horses, and had a good many
irons in the fire." The general i'm
preston was that he had great
genius for trading and was making
money. He had first rate credit at
the banks and was a heavy borrower
on collateral security. Since his
abrupt leave it has been found that
much of his collateral is merely
copies of notes that he still had in
his possession"
1t is probable that Ghrist's liabili-
ties will reach $4,000 with assets at
$4,000. He took considerable money
with him and left forged notes for
about $4,000 behind.