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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-24

NNANTED:-rhre watchmen or steamers,
w $50. Five young men for street cars So
TO start TWO collectors. Four grocery clerks
open April 18th. steady position assured.
Write Mr.. Bays. ls5 ; Clark-st., Chicago.
1O-llpd
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-24

WANTED Good boy 70 learn the barber
w trade. 7-tf EARL CLARK.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-24

WANTED-A few moro head OF stock To pss.
w ture. run OF so acres for cattle aud 70
acres Tor sheep living water all summer For
terms call on OF address John Greg or W d.
omlth' Alma II pd
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-24

WANTED-One hundred stocker, and feeder,
from one 10 two years old. Enqu r. OF n.
MCNAMARA I25Stf
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-24

FOR SALE-A good four year-old mare weight
about 100 pounds. Esquire OH. NJ. MONTtGEL.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-24

| OST.-About April 1, nickel plated. silver
Ia top lead pencil. viii pay more reward for
is return TO this office than the value OF tn
pencil. la5s-2wpd
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-24

THIS is Arbor Day.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
A Mammoth Holiday Issue.

The December Delineator Christmas Num-
ber) represents the hlgh-water mark of beauty
and utility, and possibly OF circulation also.
IN a womans magazine. having a first edi-
tlcn OF more than n million copies. 1t con-
talns 24O pages. To produce this mammoth
edition rs tons of paper and 40 presses
working 20 days were required. In addition
to exquisite color work, clever fiction and
strikingly illustrated articles the number in
cludes display OF charming winter fashions
covering forty-two pages, letters from the
foreign fashion centres and Illustrated articles
on the fashionable fabrics and trimmings
millinery, etc. Among the notable contrihu-
tors are Richard lie Gallenne. with deli
cate romance. i Wedding Ring in the Garden
containing lyrics in the authors best vein:
W. 4. Frazer, with an Indian tale. the Net of
Leo, Albert Bigelow Paine with a delightful
sketch founded on the foibies of the collector;
Harriet Prescott Spofford with a love story
OF unusual interest; Andrew Lang with a
clever travesty on the usual fairy tale and
Gustay hobba. with an interesting paper de-
scrlblng the life of Mime. Emma Eames in her
ltahan home, with her portrait in colors
Ihere Is also the third iustallment of the
Evolution of Club Woman the piquant
narrative OF clubdom by Agnes Surbridge
ana remarkable Photographic article by J.
u Hemment. There are many beautiful art
features, among them four pages in cOlors
representing Babyhood. Childhood GirIhood
and Motherhood-the work of Bernard I
Rosenmeyer. For the children there are en-
PERTAINING games and stories. and for the
housewife many practical suggestions in
cookery and other departments of the home
for the Christmas season
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
North Carolina Youth and Ability in
Congress.
W ashingtOn Post.

NaSIluSlOH L OSt--
In the Old North State young men
are at the front beyond Il doubt, and
Judging from the good appearance
and bearing OF a couple OF young con-
gressmen seen in the Riggs lobby
that old Commonwealth has Just sent
to the national capitol, the voters
have wisely determined that youth
accompanied by ability is worthy of
honor
They were Messrs f. Y. Webb, Of
the Ninth District, and Robert New
ton Page, OF the Seventh. Mr.. Webb
is Il talented young lawyer, whose
services i'll the State Legislature were
so satisfactory that his constituents
were glad to promote him. He rep
resents a district as famous in history
as any in America-the glorious old
Mecklenburg district. where sturdy
patriots met and adopted, Oh the
goth OF May. 1915. resolutions of
independence more than a year in adj
vance OF the adoption of that great
ton.
Mr.. Page laughlngly remarked that
he occupied a lonesome position in his
delegation, inasmuch as he was the
only business member of it-all the
rest but him being lawyers. Mr.. Page
is identified with the lumber industry
and with the building of railroads
He is a type OF the progressive spirit
OF the New South, and occupies 8
leading position among the solid anG
influential men OF North Carolina.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
THE TURKS SOLlLOQUY.
VIVA; the Luckiess Bird Thinks OF
the Annual tSiIiinG Carnival.

What the Lucklcss Bird Thinks OF
the Annua.i KILLING Carnival.
This Thanksgiv ng business. 1t makes
NE wish | had never been hatch
cd. | wonder W'IO started 1t, any
way? And how in common sense did
turkeys get into it: In my mind
Thanksgiving means giving thanks for
something ana what thanks are there
in catiu; turkey: suppose the peO-
pie who starred it must have declared
that hcnCcforth once year everybody
Shall assemble and eat turkey until
they can eat no more. That's what they
do. for saw oar folks last year. How
happy our race would be If we didn't
have To be thinking of the time when
W" should be killed and stripped of our
feathers IGl, What CHASTITY sight
n roast turkey is.
Th.S business must be stopped. l
declare il tI':s:. have an idea too.
I'll til rny children TO instruct all tur-
keys from H"uc"foTth TO lay away all
tt" corn tl!ry can in TIE summer and
as soon as tie frost comes to 20 under
the ground and stay until the ground
ho. cents CIT Twill be hard living,
! know. hUt aiy kind of living is better
than dying II We're as spry rs used
to h". they'd not catch me today. Don't
| rclnrn.'l'' Tow | fooled them last
year ! just waited until they thought
tie! El,: M. and then. Whit. | was in
Il tree. III"z DID clsasc me from tree to
shed. to i:,Irn. 10 the woods. aud there
| st I'D for three days. I've Il notion
to 20 - In" woods now, although my
lir.'':: are stiff. and know I'll catch
cold Bat IoIhle. gobblc. gobble. Here
is N:!rtEy. Gertrude jefferson In How
ari Spectator.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Go Through Bit CT Red Tape in Draw
log Their Sea:s-McCieiiau, Hearst
and Others Receive Ovation.

Charles A. Edwards Washington Cores
pondence-
There is one little piece of red tape
that each new House goes through
with that gives the spectators in the
gallery and the members on the floor
an opportunity to give vent to their
enthusiasm for any particular man
they believe in or whom they think a
popular hero That is the time-hon-
ored function OF drawing seats for the
session. 4 page is blindfolded and
he pulls out of a box a marble with Il
number on it, and there is a members
name opposite this number! Both
are called out, and the member then
goes down and selects his seat. There,
was much applause when certain men
were called out For instance, there
was resolution adopted that gave
the aoor leader Of the Republican
side, the Hon. Serene Payne, of New
York, and the Oldest member on that
side of the House, the Hon Harry
Bingham. OF Pennsylvania, the floor
leader OF the Democratic side, the
Hon. John Sharp Williams, OF Ten
nessee, right to choose their seats
without drawing for them. There
was much applause when they went
forward and chose their seats. Then
the names of prominent men on both
sides of the House were called out,
and as they went down the aisles to
get their seats there went up the
plaudits of their friends Among the
number OH the Democratic side who
were recognized in this manner were
Hon Geo. B. Mcclellan, lately elected
theDemocratic Mayor of Greater New
York, and the Hon. William Ran
dolph Hearst, OF New York, who has
done SO much 10" the, cause OF Dem
Ocracy and the common people of the
country. He received an ovation
that must have warmed the cookies
in his heart, for it is the universal
opinion here that he and his papers,
with himself as the directing Demo-
cratic head, won the recent election
in the city of New York The Demo-
Gratis all feel very kindly to him for
his work for the party. and they i'm
proved the opportunity to show him
their marked appreciation OF his bril-
liant work in behalf OF Democracy.
He has received marked attention
from Democrats here since the assem-
bling of Congress. Some of theparty
leaders here are beginning to find out
that he is much bigger man than
they thought; that he was not merely
IL newspaper man who had made
phenomenal success of the business,
but that the reason he made the sue
cess was because he was an able exec
utive, Il single-minded patriot, and a
lover OF the common people. AS Il
consequence. his stock as the nominee
OF the Democracy for the Presidency
has gone up several points.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
The WtiITE HOUSE TURKEY
Ii Is Sent Every Thanksgiving From
l: EnIs.. LIN LII

liz Is Sent Every Thanksgiving From
Rhode Island Turkey Farm.
Two days before Thanksgiving. for
IL" last thirty years. neat wooden
box las been placed on board the train
at the Westerly Ok. ID station bearing
the printed direction. To the Presi-
dent. Washington. ID. c." In the up
per left hand corner is more printed
information to the effect that the box
is sent by Horace Eose. Dealer In
Horses. Hogs and Poultry"
In November. 1873 when the first
box was sent on its way from the
Westerly station. Ulysses S Grant was
in the White House, and that box con
tanned the turkey which graced the
presidential table at the Thanksgiving
feast. 4 big fellow 1t was too, dress
Ing thirty six pounds. fact of which
the sender WAS justly proud
President Grant acknow lodged the
receipt of the big bird in courteous
note Of thanks. and ever since then
each succeeding year has seen Il SINH
lar box containing a turkey as like in
quality and size as possible sent on its
way TO the nations capital. and a few
days later every year similar note Of
thanks is received by Mr.. Nose. signed
either by the president himself or by
his private secretary.-Boston Herald.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
Paine's Celery
Compound
Cures
DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION,
AND STOMACH TROUBLES.

The torturcs and evils of dyspepsia and
indigestion are experienced by thousands at
this time. The dyspeptic's train OF evils
NAV be enumerated as follows: feelings OF
dizziness, languor, nervousness, sleePlessness,
headache, distension of the stomach, loss OF
flesh, difficult breathing, and the action OF the
heart is seriously affected.
All forms of dyspepsia are quickly banished
by the use of Paine's Celery Compound.
The use of this marvellous medicine allays the
inflammation Of the nerves centred about the
stomach; it opens up the sewers OF the body
and removes all waste matter; 1t cleanses the
blood: it makes new nerve fibre; it restores
digestive power, and promotes bodily strength
and activity. Mr.. Fred. Ross, Clarendon,
Iowa, briefly writes about his happy exPen-
ence with Paine's Celery Compound as
follows:-
at gives me great pleasure to testify to the
merits Of Paine's Celery Compound. l can
canddly and honestly say it is the best medi-
cine in the world. Two years ago was sui,
fering from indigestion and nervousness, and
was 50 run down that l could hardly walk
without help. used two bottles of Palne's
Celery Compound and got better almost from
the first dose, and have had no use fer medi-
zine since. was completely cured"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
FEASTING AND FASTING.
Pr5sperous Americana Draw the
Line at Keeping Fast Day.

Prbsperous Americana Draw the
Line at Keeping Fast Day.
The changing attitude Of the Amer
lean is shown In his Increasing will
ingness to have Thanksgiving come
around every few weeks and his re-
luctance TO have a fast day. Up in
New England even, where fast day
was as regular as feed day, it became
in the last few years an occasion for
military reviews and Gremen's parades
and picnics and doings like that rather
than for prayer and modification of
the flesh and the devil. It's long
time since the church bells have rung
the people together TO sustain one an
other through a day of short rations.
Why, do you know. there are Amer
leans who can eat at DelmonicO's ev-
cry day in the year except Sunday and
have turkey at every meal. Compare
our condition. then, with that of the
Frcnchman who breakfasts Oh water
and wine and bread. has turnip for
lunch and bouillaDaisc or some such
mess for dinner, or with the Scotch
man existing on oatmeal whisky,
onions and pipes. or with the poor Eng
!ishman. who finds nothing on his ia
bic but Montana beef. Canada mutton,
Massachusetts plum pudding. Califor-
MIA oranges. Connecticut tobacco and
Michigan celery. or the sad German,
who must sit down to Philadelphia
saucrkraUt. Hoboken franhfurters,
Brooklyn beer and bretZels made OF
Minnesota -four.
And so. comparing our lot with lot
of other peoples lots. we take pride to
ourselves ant satisfaction and eat our
annual bird with light heart and a
gravid stomach and are al peace with
all the woriL. for we are feeding a
good deal Of that world as we'll as our
selves and therefore ought to have its
friendship a:d its money. If there IS
any money left outside Of the United
States Brooky Eagle.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
An Unfortunate Attitude.
Baltimore Manufacturers Record.

Baltimore Manufacturers Record.
In manly acknowledgement of its
mistaken allusion to Gen. NJ W. Ran
som, to which the Manufacturers
Record called attention, the Progress
siTe Farmer, of Raleigh, n. C., says:
Re-reading our rather hastily prepared
account OF the Greensboro reunion we
are convinced that one reference to an
aged and distinguished North Carolinian
should not have been made, because it
was unnecessary and because it was so
unfortunately wOrded as to suggest lacl.
OF respect for man full of years and OF
hOnOrs. No one, we are sure. is further
from such a feeling than we are. and our
only object was to question the wisdom
OF trading on the reputation of aged vet
Grams when the effect OF bringing them
forward is merely to give a pitiful con-
trast to their old-time strength and elo-
quence.
SO, as was suggested at the time,
men from far and near who accepted
invitations to the Greensboro confer
ence are likely to ask what could have
been the purpose "of trading on the
reputation of aged veterans?" Who
was to be benefited thereby?
Be that what it may, the Manufac-
turers' Record takes pleasure in re-
producing the followingfrom letter
it has written to the editor of the
Progressive Farmer:
Our protest against your editorial.
which we criticised, was inspired by our
conviction that it refected-and we are
convinced without intent on your part
the attitude which half-dozen of the
rising generation of North Carolinians
have assumed toward North CarOlinians
OF the Immediate or remote past. Our
belief is that this attitude is due in some
cases to ignorance, in others to imperti-
nence, and in Others to combination OF
both. This attitude is not mOnOpOlized
by these few young North Carolinians.
though they seem at present to be most
strenuous in maintaining it, Because
artificial and ephemeral circumstances
have given these young men standing
as authorities in some quarters which is
hardly justified by their qualifications as
self manifested we have felt obliged, for
their own good and for a correction of
impressions I'M furious to the South which
their utterances might create, to admin
lister at every opportunity a fatherly cor
rection, in the hope that they may turn
from the error of their way. We wish
that all of them could possess your
spirit.
|
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
SeabOard Airline Railway
Readiustment OF Its Affairs Satisfactory
70 All Parties Concerned.

Thomas r. Ryan, Blair & Co., and
Others Concerned-Consummafion
of Plans Which Mean Much fer the
Great Railway System and the Ter
ritory it Penetrates-Old Manage
ment, Rock Island and Ryan Inter-
ests Combine-BOard of Directors
Chosen.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
Thanks.

sa5@" Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer. "a:
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26

How can Count thy mercies up?
What boigterous seas hast thou made
calm?
What sad signs changed to joyous
psalm.
And what rich wine has filled my cup!
Ny day and night, my work and rest,
Even My sorrows. thou hast blessed.
Thou gavest, and l took my share
OF pain and trouble. grief and tears
But ever through the stormest years
Ny peace was greater than my care.
Unworthy I, And yet l pray,
o Lord. accept my thanks today.
Mariana Farringham.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26

Uncle RaStuS-I'Ze afeard | amt 60
in ter hab no turkey fer nah Thanks
:.frin' dis year
Iieoiis-W'hE not, Uncle nastus: Are
the prices too high for YOU?
tnr'" tastus-No, sab. but de fences
il life.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
The GOLD LEAF.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1903
ceremony.

Tnan:..ci~InR ceremony.
It's a very formal matter,
Eatin' turkey out our way,
Cause graH'paw allus rises
with a wo.d or two to say
After gran'Iraw asks the blessin,
Jest before he starts to carve.
It's Joke We think It's funny.
If We didn't We might starve.
It's something about Turkey
Gettin all mixed up with Greece,
An how the combination
Means disturbance of the peace.
Every year we're all attention;
Not another word is spoke.
An we nearly die a-laughin'
When our gran'paw tells his joke.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26

Note-t Daily except Sunday
4Central Time. Eastern Time
u. p. SMITH. q. p. A., f. b. BRADY. AgcHi|
Raleigh, n. c. Henderson. y, G.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-26
Knew His Geography Lesson,

Freddy-We had one of the famous
Rhode Island turkeys for cur Thanks
irwin dinner.
Teddy-Huh. So did We heard
grandpa thank Providence fer it,
Puck.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-08-27
A aerman Earmer,s Gao.

Rich Fountain, Mo-, Aug. 17th.-
Rev. Joseph Pope of this place is
widely and favorably known as a
clergyman who has done and is doing
much for his people. He is very much
beloved by everyone for the faithful
ness of his pastoral work.
Rev. Mr.. Pope has given for publica-
ton statement made to him by a
German farmer who is a member of
his congregation. The mans name is
George Hoellerer, and he has given
Rev. Mr.. Pope this letter:
Last winter l suffered very much
with Rheumatism. / could neither
walk nor ride on horseback nor do
any farm work.
Il took medicine from different doc
tors but they did not do me any good.
Then | tried Dodd's Kidney Pills pro-
cured for me by a good friend. After
II had taken the.first box felt already
a heap better; | was relieved of the
pain and could walk and chop wood /;
and the contraction Of my fingers be
gan to resolve.
Now since / have taken six more
boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills | feel
well again and am able to do ell the
work on the farm"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-08-27
WHEN COWS ARE BRAVE.
Animals Seem to Have No Fear Of
the Flames.

Animals Seem to Have No Fear Of
the Flames.
Most animals are afraid of fire, and
will fly from it in terror To others
there is a fascination about a flame.
Some firemen were talking the other
day about the conduct of animals
during a fire. A horse in a burning
stable, they agreed, was wild with
fear but a dog was as cool in a fire
as at any other time. A dog, they
said, keeps his nose down to the
floor, where the air is purest, and sets
himself calmly to finding his way out.
Cats in fires howl piteously. They
hide their faces from the light and
crouch in corners. When their res
cuer lifts them they are, as a rule,
quite docile and subdued, never biting
or scratching. Birds seem to be hyp-
Noticed by fire and keep perfectly
still; even the loquacious parrot in a
fire has nothing to say. Cows, like
dogs, do not show alarm. They are
easy to lead forth, and often find
their way out themselves. Rodents
seem never to have any difficulty in
escaping from fires. The men said
that in all their experience they had
never come upon the burned skeleton
of rat or a mouse.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-08-27
VARYING WhIms Of Fashion.

The Princess Chinquilla, daughter of
the late Lone Star, Chief of the Chey-
ennes, attended a reception not long
ago attired in the native costume of
her rank. The Princess is a Carlisle
graduate, and an unusually bright and
interesting woman, quick to think and
to speak. Her costume was rather
conspicuous, and presently it became
the subject of conversation among a
little party about her.
DO you wear it on the streets of
New York, Princess?" inquired a man.
Not now" she replied, 81 did when
I first came to the East, but the people
laughed at me so l changed it to
your native style. l laughed, too
at the hats your women wore, and
thought how delighted our wild chiefs
would be if they could have head
dresses like those."-New York
Times.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-08-27

The following announcement ap-
peared the other day in a Bucking-
hamshire, England, paper: THE vicar
regrets to have to inform his parish
toner's thaG in consequence Of his ad-
vanced age, it will not be possible for
him to visit the residents on the hill
tops. He will still be able to perform
all the Sunday church duty. II at
any time it should please God to send
him a pony and carriage it will give
him great pleasure to resume his for
mer course of visiting"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-08-27
WAY b DIDN'T WORK.
Bvllheadedness Of Millionaire Backer
Spoiled Good Thing.


Spoiled Good Thing.
''when l was young" remarked the
seedy man, Il was an inventor. And
one day when / had the disease badly
l invented a machine which / called
Mother, dear, because It would call
you early. It was a clockwork ar
rangement which was meant to stand
by your bedside, and at whatever
time in the morning It was fixed for
it would drag you out of bed and force
you into your clothes. There were a
lot of other things attached to It as
well, such as a machine which would
black your boots and an arrangement
for making a cup of coffee and frying
bacon, ard so on. Well / got It all
completed at last, and It worked beau
tifully; and then l got a millionaire
to come and look at it, so that he
might find the capital to put 1t on the
market"
Well" said the listener, breaking
in upon the silence; didn't it work?"
YES" replied the inventor sadly;
ut worked very well. But that idiot
of millionaire insisted on trying it
himself; and he laid down on the
bed the wrong way for the machine,
so that it dragged him out the wrong
way up, and the boot-brushing appar-
atus got to work on the top Of his
head, while the other end poured hot
coffee down the leg of his trousers
and when he finally got free, he broke
up my humble little home with the
patent. That discouraged me, and
haven't invented anything since
Ah-hl"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-08-27
She Wanted to Know.

Among the fads of the Hon. Benja-
min F. Tracy at his fine farm in
Tioga county was the breeding of
pigs which had something more than
a local reputation as pork producers,
so that fancy prices were paid for
hams and bacon from ''the Tracy
hogs" One day a party of young
people were shown around the place.
a fair bud being the ex-secretary's
companion. She seemed intensely in
terested in the animals, so much so
that Mr.. Tracy asked her about it.
well, I'm very curious you know,
and I'm eager to find out which one Of
the famous Tracy hogs it is that fur
nishes the homeless bacon!"-New
York Times.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-08-27
PLAYING at Getting Married.

One hundred couples played at get
ting married in Yonkers, N. Y, the
other day, and now they find that
they are really married. This joke
has been played with serious results
hundreds of times before, and yet there
are still plenty Of persons foolish
enough to continue playing it. Mar
riage is too serious a matter to be
made sport of, yet how many enter
into its relations in little more than
a spirit of fun?