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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-11-28

and custodian is thankful that they are
there, and the rest of the folks will
have cause to be before the winter is
over. In the cellar are casks of apple
juice in varying stages of treatment.
and perhaps the cider mill is still LEAH
ing from the grinding of pulp which
only stopped at noon out of respect tn
the holiday.
Even the cattle and horses. the swine
and fowls on the farm, are thankful
when the end of November closes in,
although second joints and wishhones
have no special charms for them. The
horses and oxen know that the seasons
work is over, and they see the mows
and stacks of fodder gathered in for
their benefit. The COWS may chew
their cudS contentedly in the stall all
winter long and have rest from the
ordeal of milking time. The hens are
happy. for they behold food for weeks
TO come lying around the barnyard and
on the thrash.ng floor and the towering
stacks Of grain tell them there is more
where the last came from, without raid
ing the fields ut the risk of meeting
dogs and shotguns.
And in the woods, too, the squirrel
laughs joyous laugh on rhanksgiv
ing day-laUghs because his stores Of
nuts are gathered in, laughs, too, be
cause the farmers boy is too full of
turkey and pumpkin pie to shoot quick
or with steady aim. Yes. all nature re
joices in the golden days of autumn.
Her labors are ended; ler hidden
springs are filing with fruitful nectar
for another years work. Thanksgiving
would be celebrated anyway, even
without proclamations and the conven-
tional turkey and cranberry sauce. 1t
is in the air and in the earth and in the
heart of man. be he Christian or hea-
then, to echo the benediction Of the Gre
ator when he looked upon his hand
work and called it good
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-11-28

If you are going to buy a type
writer. get the best; it is the cheapest
in the end. Buy the ''Fay-Sho" Type
writer and you will get the best.
Thad R. Manning will tell you about
it or, better still, show you the ma
chine.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-11-28

The silent woods are bronze and gold.
On banks Of haze they beam.
No wild rose fiutters in the void;
No lily decks the stream.
Upon the hill
The wind is still.
'Ts like q tide Of sleep,
Though softly sweis
The sourd Of bells
AS hon7eward come the sheep,
And while this magic holds full sway
| know it is Thanksgiving day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
HEADQUARTERS FOR ICE.
Norway Is the source Of supply for
the Whole of
Europe

Few perhaps among the tourists
who visit Norway for the pleasures
of its scenery are aware that here
they are at the headquarters Of Eu-
ropes ice supply. To the mountain
lakes of that country the continent
looks for its ice. The ice is of the
finest quality, for the lakes are of
crystal-clear water, high up in the
mountains, and are surrounded by
very tall pines. The ice supply is con-
trolled by syndicates, says Youths
Companion.
After having been cut into great
squares by plows, the blocks OF ice
are sent down the mountainside on
slides. On the way they acquire amaz-
ing velocity, and plunge into an in
closed pond beyond which are the ice
ships awaiting their frozen cargo.
II sometimes happens that through
delay in the starting Of the vessels,
or the cutting Of unusual quantities
from the lakes TO supply exception
al demands, the supply runs short.
Then il is that ice becomes dear. and
even in winter-time is a luxury that
must be INDUCED in sparingly. But
ice is used in Europe far less com
monty than in America, and a de-
icient supply does not occasion the
sense of loss that ii would in this
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
THE HORSE IS UNFRAMED.
Trolley Cars and Automobiles Have
Only Bettcred Its Com
dition.

Ten years ago, when electric trolley
cars began TO be generally introduced
into the cities, so many draught horses
that had been used in the street car
service were put on the market that
the price of horses fell to a figure that
left no profit to horse breeders. Many
stopped breeding horses altogether.
Others, more far seeing, began to
breed better ones, believing that only
the common plug horse was to dis
appear from the market. This has
proved true. says well posted author
ity. The electric elevated railroad
has been introduced since that time,
and the automobile, both doing much
of the work that used to be done by
horses. Yet the price of horses is
higher now than it was ten years ago,
because only good ones are in demand
and there are not enough of high
grade offered for sale.
The plug" that used TO sell for sos.
has largely disappeared from the mar
ket, and with it has gone the cruelty
OF drivers. A mans pocketbook usual |
ly appeals to him more strongly than
a humane society, and when he has
paid $3.50 for horse he has a personal |
interest in seeing that it is not abused. |
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
TEARS ARE HER FORTUNE.
Woman In BLACK Who Can Weep and
Excite sympathy at
VIII.

DO you see that woman in black
sitting there?" said railroad do.
tective, according TO the Chicago In
ter Ocean. We'll, she possesses the
rare gift of being able to cry natural
ly and at will"
III she sees group OF well-dressed
men in station waiting for a train
she'll sit or stand very near them and
burst out crying. OF course, her mis-
cry will attract attention and some
man will suerly come TO her relief.
The story is that she has no money
to buy ticket to get TO her dying
daughter in the next town. 1t is a
common thing for men to give her a
few dollars promptly and never ask
any questions. She has variety of
stories 10 tell. | think she is the
most successful beggar / know.
Crying at will is something | don't
understand. | have seen counterfeit
cries galore on the stage, but this
woman's cry is much nearer the real
thing. No, she does not hold a hand
kerchief to her eyes at all She Just
keeps her face well up, and sobs free
ly, her tears rolling down her cheeks
that all may see them. She can cry
anywhere
1--WE seen that woman stop on the
sidewalk near where three men were
standing and sob as if her heart
would break. When one of the men
asked what the matter was, she re-
piled she lived 20 miles away and had /
lost her purse. The three men gave
her $50 in .iitfy and asked no ques-
tons. How often in day she does
turn like that don't know
"She does her turn so artisticaIly
that we hate TO turn the fraud down.
One time I did interfere i'm the front
Of a hotel, but the five men she had
cried TO simply gave me a stony stare
and waved me off, as they handed her
a few small bills. They wouldn't hear
my story and swallowed her tears of
woe as trout jumps at fly. | guess
those men would rather feel they'd
lelped a poor woman than believe
here was such fraud. That's why
let her go.
mo, / am sure she uses no onion. OF
'ther pungent odors to cause her
ears. Her tear glands are ever ready
IN tap and never appear to be empty
some days ago / asked a doctor about 6
and he couldn't explain lit more S
han to say that practice makes per. /
ect, and that the tear glands could c
e developed the same as any other s
ortion of the human body. l have
romised 10 show him the woman d
ONE time" o
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
0RDER oF HEARlNG FoR crNrn,1

ORDER OF HEARING FOR GENERAL.
" FUkPOSE S:-State OF Michigan. Countv
OF Irallot S.. AT a session Of the. Probats
court Tor said county, held al the Probate ONO
IN the Nllage of Ithaca, on the second
day ot July in the year one thousand nine
hundred and one. Present Isaac = Seaver
judge OF Probate, In the matter OF the estate
OF Geo. e. Boughton, deceased, on reading and
ming the petition duly verified. of Anna NJ
Boughton, widow Of the said deceased pTavipa
mat thls court adjudicate and determine uhnn
are or we're al the time Of bis death the local
neiIs OF sad deceased and entitled 10 Inherit
Thereupon il is ordered that Tuesday tho eotb
aay OF July next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon
Dc assigned for the hearing OF said petition
ana ihat the heirs at-aw OF said deceased ana
an ot'I persons interested in said estate are re
iuIeu 10 appear at a session of aid Cont
men 10 DC holden in the Probate once
IN the village of Ithaca, and show cause
u any there be, Why the prayer of the neti,
Ioher should not be granted: And n "a
y, % ordered that said petitioner give notice
10 inc persons interested in said estate NJ the
tendency OF said petition and the hearing
tnereoi, Dy causing copy OF this order 70 he
PuDhshed IN the ALMA RECON- newsnsper
printed and circulated in said county. for three
ing. u"S VI near
"a true copyJ Isaac s sr.rvp
'o-t" Judge OF Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
INTELLIGENCE OF FISHES.
curious Indications OF IL Noted nv
IN Old Eastern Fisher
man

Here is curious thing that hshe,
DO, and one that seems clearly n
show great intelligence" said an old
fisherman, according TO the New York
Sun. ut might be that two fishes
some feet apart saw the same oh
Ject OF prey, maybe a smaller fish. az
the same instant, and they miobt
both dart for 1t at once and come
violently into collision while their
prey escaped. Now that would be
when they had each the same chance
OF capturing what they wanted; thew
would both make a dash for il. But
OFTEN / have seen something very
different happen. or two larger fishes
FOLLOWING along side by side and
pretty well closed up together pur-
suing a minnow, I have seen the
rearmost sheer off and let the other
Fellow have 1t; apparently, either be-
cause he knew he couldn't reach IL
and there was no use of his irving
any more, or because he knew thai
IL he kept on and mixed in he would
make the fish ahead lose the game.
a. well as himself. This last Womb
seem to indicate, besides intelligence.
unselhshness on the part of fish No. /
y; but the action Of steering off
when he saw he couldn't get n.
showed intelligence, anyhow"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
LESSON WAS NOT NEEDED.
-. Incident In stock specuIstins
FURRY That Henry CIews
Does Not Tell

Henry Clews, the New York stock
broker, is a very kindly man and de.
lights in doing good. Naturally he
inquired to some extent in the recent
wall street operations, and a story
Is told of him that he has yainly
tried to sidetrack, says a New York
exchange.
An army officer stationed in the
Philippines has been sending home
his salary for his wife to save. She
sought to add to it by taking a flyer
IN Wall street. She had invested
every dollar Of her husbands savings.
and in the recent panic all were
swept away. She appealed to Henry
Clews, with whose firm she had dealt.
IF / show you the way to get
your money back will you promise
me that you will not speculate
again?" asked the broker.
Indeed | WILL" tearfully assented
the woman.
"Well, here's your money; now keep
out OF the market"
Clews said afterward that he had
not invested the money.
A broker in the Waldorf-Astoria
cafe who listened to the story
laughed.
"Well, that's one on Clews. That
woman brought the money right to
my Office and asked me to buy Della /
ware & Hudson for it, / did so, and
she made s.. 400"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE STATE
~ OF Michigan, County of Gratiot. $ In the
matter or the Estate OF Ira II. Adams deceos-
! "a. Nouce /, hereby given. that m pursuance
on an order granted To the undersigned. admin.
iSIIator on tn estate of said dcceast by the
non udgeoi Probate for the County OF Grafton
on me let day OF July, A. d 1901 there viii be
sold at pubic vendue, 10 the highest bidder AT
tne premises, M the Village Of Alma in the
county OF Gratiot. in said state
on Monday the 18th day Of August A ID
WI AT ten o clock IN the forenoon OF that dsv
ls4oJect 70 all encumbrances by mortgage or
otneI wise existing at the time of the deafh nj
'ald deceased, or at the time OF said sale. and
dl9o SUBJECT 10 the right of dover and the home-
stead rights OF the widow OF said deceased tbere-
HlJ the lOH0Wing described Teal estate to-wif,
piece OF land commencing thirteen rt2i rC,is
west OF the south east corner of the eoufh west
ohel ourlh go OF the south west one fourth 80
OF section thirty. fOUrGD ia township twelve 81
norm or range three 80 west IN Grafton Countv
running thence north ten Q0I rods Thence yvestt
NJ ly-iour aud one half $50 feet. thence smith
ttH tul rods, thence east finy-four aud one
nan 0of'2. icet % place OF bcginnilp
Also piece of land described as follows tn
VII; Al! or that part OF lots Ave ~ and six rs, in
D'ocN -FOUR i) Elytons Iu the Village If Alma
u. sdid county lying west of the right OF wa 81
the Detroit, Lansing q Northern Railroad
terms OF sale Will be made known Ar time NJ
sale. FREDERIcK " Ho0pVp 'NiS VI
Administrator OF the estate
r..-,r., Ira II. Adams, deceased
Dated at Ithaca, July 3D. 1901. 7S7w
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
woMEN's WORK IN CHINA.
Missionaries with n Medical Educa.
tiOn Have Accomplished
Great Coed

Whatever may be said of the efforts
OF Christian missionaries in China tC
convert the Mongolians to Christian
ity, there can be but one opinion a.
to the work Of those women with a
knowledge of medicine who have de.
voted their lives to the work there. In
the year 1900 there were no fewer than
1O5 hospitals, largely stated by med.
zeal women, and they attended in that
year actually 34S,439 Chinese patients,
both giving medical treatment and
performing the operations that re-
store ease to the tortured, give sight
to the blind and open new life TO the
dying. So highly was this secular
work appreciated that many wealth,
Chinese had made large donations to
the hospitals of the missions. The mis-
sionaries, too, were the originators OF
the anti-footbinding movement; vet
there again the society founded for
the same end, on a purely secular
basis, by Mrs. Archibald Little had re.
ceived influential Chinese support.
The missionaries first started
schools for teaching, reading, writing
and general knowledge to the girls,
but the Chinese were following suit
there have been established in Caa- |
ton alone during the last ten years
no fewer than Is schools for girls up |
der Chinese management, and quite re. |
Gently very important onward stef
had been taken by the governments
permission being given to some edu.
Gated young Chinese women to teach
the rudiments of learning to classes of
the smaller boys of their own nation
All this good work-European sur.
gerry, education and movement
against the cruelty of footbinding-
had been begun by missions; so tina.
1t seems as if the sacrifice of some no,
Die English and American Christian
women was not in vain, but then, On
The other hand, the antagonism that
the missions rouse is bitter and in.
tense, and 1t appears as if now all that
las oeen done by them is swept away.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12

4 lhDkt OF HEARING. for general PURPOSES
" state OF Michigan. County OF Gratiot ss.-At
2 session OF the Probate Court for said County
neld al The Probate ONCE I'M the Village ~
Ithaca on the first day OF July in the
y ear one thousand nine hundred and one
Present, Isaac $. SeaYtr. judge of prohate
IN the matter Of the estate OF ira n
Adams. deceased ~
Oh reading aud fling tho petition duly veri-
a'u' OBJ Deios ". Adams an heir al law of slid
1eC'd'ed praying that thi, court adiudicate and
determine who arr or were Al the time az his
utalh the lawful heir, of said estate
hettupon 70 ls ordered, that Monday tho
-'lh da} OF July. next. az ten o'clock In mo
forenoon, De assigned for the hearing of said
peiton, dhd mat the heirs law of said Ce
,'as'"' ann All other persons Interested in said
slal,' are required 20 appear at session 0f said
our th'u to oe holden iu thn Probate OHlre in
the mage of Ithaca and show cause. In INV
not boz granted '"""'U
ana IL i- further ordered. that said petitioner
Wv uoutr 20 thr persons interested In said es
saie, oi me tendency of said petition aud the
nearing thereof 10y causing copy ofthis order
20 ne punished n the ALMA RECORD. "A news
Paper printed and circulated in said c0uutv
surtr successive weeks praviou, 20 said day of
"a true COPY Isaac 8 SEAyER
''HNi"I ''-iW Judge OF Probate
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
AGUINALDO AND MACAROONS.
Pigsishness Of Youthful Name.aRe
OF the Famous Fill
pino.

1T was in London" said the girl.
Tossing down the little book, writes
Caroline Lockhart in New Lippin-
oott, that | made my last soulful en-
Try Al the table next TO us at q
London restaurant sat female mis-
sionary from Manila, bringing home
with her a boy Filipino, evidently as
an awful example of the table man.
ners OF that country. The mission
AIRY was short-haired lady, who
wore, among other remarkable
things, a sailor hat and big spec
taeles. Her cloth CATERS persistently
toed IN; but she beamed with pride
as she gazed upon her convert. AS
Tor the convert, he looked like a
miniature edition of Aguinaldo. and
ne ate like a pet coon. That NIGHT
we had macaroons. Now, little Agui-
naldo reasoned that he wasted valu-
able time chewing his food, so he
bolted the macaroons as he had sue
ssssfully gobbled the fore part of his
fnner. Whether he did not pet the
right twist, or whether the maca-
Rooms were not boys size / shall
never know. l only know that he
suddenly stopped, gasped distressing
" and rapidly grew black i'm the face.
The missionary lady leaped to her
feet and pounded the back of her re-
deemed heather till she herself be-
came hatless and bereft of her speo-
facles. The head waiter pranced over
and banged the Filipino's hunched
shoulders till it sounded like a drum
corps. But his beady eyes only
bulged the more. Then they carried
the boy and his macaroon out into
the hall, where the head waiter
swung him by his heels until a yell
popped from him that treasured us.
But the missionary lady never for
gave me for the grin she saw on my
lace when it looked as if little Apui-
naldo's sweet young life was about
10 be cut short by macaroon."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
ORDER oFHEARING for Gqner,I p,,rno-o.

! ( lFDEk OF HEARING for General PURPOSES.
] - STATE OF Michigan County OF Gratiot So
/ AZ session ~ the Probate Court orsajd Conn.
! ~ hcld al the Probate once in the VII
iaRe 'I ithaca on the 18th day OF June
III lht year one thousand nine hundred
4 49 one. Present Isaac l. Seaver
judge OF Probate. In the matter OF the estate
OF arollnr Lamb deceased ON reading
a a,hIu uilue me petition, duly verified Of Lew W
houBerr brother and hcir at-law OF said de-
c'ased praying that administration Of said es
late ne granted TO a. q. Shepard O ovid Nichi
gan or some other suitable person
hereAp on 10 is ordered That Monday tho
t2ln day OF July next, at one O'Clock I'm fhe M
teInD"h' o. assigned for the hearing Of said
peuuon, and that The heirs at law ~
salu deceased. and am other persons
interested ~ said estate are required no
appear al session OF said Court then 10 he
modem In the Probate ONCE I'm the village Of
~ a'a ana show cause ii any there be, why the
prayer OF the petitioner should not be- Granted.
Aud us further ordered thar said pctftioner
-lIc hou'' 10 the persons interested I'm said
Tel',t' o. the tendency of said petition and tho
.eatiug thereof by causing a copy OF this order
to pc puulshed tn the ALMA RECoED a news
paper published and circulated in said Comfy
hearing LAY 10
ISAAC 5. SEAvER,
- rue copy Judge Of Probate.
-''Hll 6.2l-i2
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
Captain Evans Sense ofAppr.c,o,,o,

In concluding his sailors log
Forty Years in the Navy'-Rear Ad
miral Evans says: 81 was attending ,
reception in the chamber of commerce
where many people had assembled to
greet me. A white haired old gen.
tleman stepped in front of me and
taking my hand, sAid captain. /
want to know how it feels when Won
are sure that there are 10000. 900 OF
people each Of whom would ike IN
look into your eyes and say: God
oiess YOU i could have told IN,
kindly old man that il made me feel
IKE lighting by day and watching bv
night that danger in storm and sui.
tering IN ttopic calm were but reason.
abe service to such a country. and
; uCn 'ello" countrymen as am bound
TO ~ every feeling Of my heart"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
PROFITS FROM WASTE.
financial Gain OF n Big City from
the Gathering of Trincs In
Public Buildings.

Very few people know what be-
comes of the waste which they scat
Ter over the floors of the city hall or
throw heedlessly into the baskets of
That mighty pile, says the Philadel-
phia Record. Yet the city makes
from $500 to 5000 and $500 on this
waste every year. The cleaning OF
the building has been intrusted to the
pubic buildings commission and to
the chief of the bureau of city prom
erty, the former having charge of the
Corridors the latter dominating over
the $50 odd rooms in the edifce.
Each, IN turn, employs a large force
of sweepers.
On each floor are four receptacIes
with great bronze doorways, situated
In the supporting walls and openino
into shaft that runs from the roof
TO the basement, where il enters a
large room called the waste basket "
These rooms are cleaned ont twico
week, and their contents carried
away-all except the paper. which is
always separated from the Other
waste matter and sold.
In amount of rubbish the city com
missioners hold first place. the sur
vey bureau second. the council cham
bers third and The buildings commits
SION fourth. From them come speci-
hcatons' ballots, old correspondence.
drawings and iron. copper and tin
waste which all sell at good prices.
All the profits from this source are
turned over by the various heads IN
the city treasurer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12
Poison In Tuber.

Potatoes contain the alkaloid solan.
=, although this fact is not generally
rseognized. New potatoes contain
comparatively little Of this poison.
unless they grow above the surface
OF the ground and have a green skin.
when they are generally known to be
poisonous. II is not, however. known
generally that old potatoes contain
much Of this poisonous principle. and
shat many cases of serious poisoning
have occurred in late summer when
cid potatoes were used.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-12

0hDER OF HEARING FOR GENERAL prrp.
y foSES -State ofMichigan Comfy of Grs.
uol, IS AT session OF the Probate Conn 20
saiu county, held at the Probate Office i'm the
Nlldse OF ithaca on the 2Hd day of 1ulv In TIC
year one thousand nine hundred and ono Wv
PRESENT, Isaac :. Seaver, Judge of prohofo
~ I'm me Matter OF the Estate OF Stanley Ward
bQughton aud Blanche Boughton, minors 'N
Oh reading and tiiinR the etition dnlv veri
ued OF Anna NJ BOuRhtOu, guardian ~ safd
ulnors praying that she may be licensed IN scii
certain real estate OF said minors for tho mr.
PCS oi paying debts, charges and expenses
.. hetcupon u ~ Ordered. That Tuesday tho
@0th day OF July next at ton o'clock In The
forenoon, De assigned for the hearing ~ sojd
psuuon ana that the heirs AZ IqySof said
mihois and all other persons Interested in
ssu estate, are required TO appear al a ses
In,oh OF saId OourI then 10 be holden i'm the
Irogate once ia the Village OF Ithaca and sholy
aus, lI any there be. why the PRAYER 80 tba
peutoner should rot be granted "a '"0
tAuu ~ II further Ordered. that said petitionsr
I've notice 10 the persons interested I'm ssid
,f.s, oI me tendency Of SAID petition and
, ns ne'srlng thereof by causing a COPY of this or
ger 20 Dc published in the ALMA RFcoRn a yo,,,s
paper printed and circulated I'm said County
shaee successive weeks previous 10 said dav ~
"a rue copy IsAAos sEAvgR.
90" Judge OF Probate