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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-03-31

As was expected, japan has won
the preliminary naval battles. Ii its
troops ever abandon the sea and
nursue the Russians far into the IN
land of Manchuria, goodbye to the
Japs! But they'll probably be too
wise to get into the great NAV OF the
hoar-News and Observer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-03-31
MR.. j. M. ALLEN.

100 &. Jacob Street, Louisville, KY, says:
my wife has for some time been troubled
with rough hands and letter. After using
about one-half bottle of Paracamph the
trouble has disappeared, much to her salts
faction. 1 used it also on my sore foot,
tender from much walking, and it gave me
great relief" Paracamph makes the skin
soft, smooth and healthy. For sale by The
Eagle Pharmacy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-03-31
TraoedV AVorted.

Just in the nick OF time our little boy was
saved" writes Mrs ". Watkins, Of Pleasant
City, O. Pneumonia had played sad havoc
with him and terrible cough set in besides.
Doctors treated him, but he grew worse
every day. At length we tried DIR. King Is
New Discovery for Consumption. and our
darling was saved. He's now sound and
WELL" Everybody ought to know it's the
only sure cure for Coughs, Colds and all Lung
diseases. Guaranteed by Melville Dorsey,
druggist. Price SOC and $1.0O. Trial bottles
free.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-03-31
Working Overtime.

Eight hour laws are ignored by those tire
less little workers-Dr. Kings New Life Pills
Millions are always at work, night and day,
curing Indigestion, Biliousness, Constipation
Sick Headache and all Stomach, Liver and
Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure
ONLY Csc at Melville Dorsey's drug store.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-03-31

JAPAN is fighting on the water with
her navy yards and repair stations
close at hand; those OF Russia that
amount to much are far distant.
Japan has accumulated a large store
of first-class coal for her ships; Rus
sia's coal piles in the Far East are
rather small and of ordinary quality.
Japan has an excellent transport
service; Russia's transport service is
poorly equipped. In the engine rooms
of nearly all the japanese ships are
English or Scotch engineers, with a
liberal sprinkling of Germans; in the
Russian ships there are Russian en-
gineers mostly, with a few French
men.-Savannah News.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-03-31
It Saved His Leg,

P. A. Danforth, of LaGrange, Ca. suffered
for six, months with a frightful running sore
on his leg; but writes that Bucklen's Arnica
Salve wholly cured it in days. For Ulcers,
Wounds, Piles, it's the best salve in the world.
Cure guaranteed. Only Csc. Sold by Melville
Dorsey DRUGGIST
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-03-31

Special bargains in shoes and hats at
Fl. THOMASON'S.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-03-31
HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY.

A good liniment is a household neeess''y'
Ei,;o,,,s EmuIsificd Oil L'"'he"'
meets every requirement OF the houSeho''i
and barn-yarlin most SATISFACTORY h'a".
ner, Full "a pint bottles Zoe. EA1Ah
PHARMACY.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-03-31
A GOOD THING

Is to get just what you ask for in the drug
store; so insist on having Paraeamph for
Catarrh or Cold in the Head. Paracamph
contains no cocaine as many so-called Ca
tarrh remedies do, but it relieves You instant
ly by soothing the infamed parts and de-
stroying the germs which cause the trouble.
So don't suffer. Try it to-day.
Every bottle guaranteed by The Eagle
Pharmacy.
CIRCULATION is being given to the
advice OF a leading Southern paper
that the farmers plant this year fol
II. 900, 900 bales of cotton. There
is no need for anybody to poster
about the farmers. They take the
papers, watch the market, note thu
war news, observe the weather anc
know their business about as we'll al
the balance of us know ours.-Char
| lOtte Observer.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09

white jacket trimmed with gilt braid.
with round, red cap surrounding tho
head, with white CATERS over black
boots, and long supple stick carried
in the hand the bus drivers with
their two-seated buggy, each one on
the alert to secure a passenger; the
large shops on King street and Har-
Dor street, with show windows and
counters that are quite American, and
the tiny shops without show windows
and counters, where one enters the
little barn-like establishment through
big wooden doors thrown back from
the street, making the entire store
wide open to the passers-by, and re-
vealing it's one narrow high counter
and the wares piled on shelves or in
wooden trays back of the counter.
There is no attempt to make the shops
attractive to the buyer. The articles
are heaped in sight of the purchaser
with no eye to an artistic arrangement
Of the goods.
But there is no place Of greater in
terest in the city than the markets.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
TROUSSEAU A THING or ENVY
Wonderful Costumes in the Posses
sion of Nine. Wong.

Where is the American heiress who
can boast q trousseau of 800 cos
tunes, in which every stitch has a
poetic and symbolic significance?
wardrobe of this kind is the posses
sion of Nine. Wong, the wife OF the
vice-commissioner from China to the
st. Louis worlds fair. These wonder
full dresses were uEpGcked the osher
day at the Wong residence in st.
Louis. No two of the gowns are alike
and many OF them are woven in en-
entire piece. The exquisite workman
ship on the robes is beyond the power
of description. All are embroidered
in SO delicate fashion that an artists
brush could not have delineated them
more perfectly. Each flower and en-
blem worked on the gown of Chi
nese woman of rank signifies some
beautiful sentiment. A robe embrcid-
ered with plum blossoms speaks the
poeTy Of lie. The phoenix, with its
yutstrctched wings, denotes welded
happiness. To the uninitiated eye
this wealth of embroidery is the per-
lection of the artists skill, but to the
Chinese husband each sprig and bios
som, bird and butterfly, carries it's
own message of love.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09

choose as he likes his climate. In
the country parts the summer is ideal.
On every side one rests the eye upon
TIE undulating hills, studded with YER
dure OF palest green, that gradually
rise one above the other until they
lose themselves in the deep blue of the
mountains that stand silhouetted
against the paler blue of the sky.
A Jamaica house, like most CT the
houses built in tropical countries, has
the appearance of being all windows
and doors, or else all blinds and doors,
and it is not uncommon to find the
main room Of large house having as
many as a dozen windows, with a
door leading into the front garden and
another leading into the rear garden.
for Jamaica house does not stop at
one, there are often several surround
ing the house. And the windows are
never closed.
It is in the city Of Kingston that one
gets the best idea OF what Jamaican
is like, for it is here that he meets all
classes. There is a pronounced class
ulSIlNCIlOu III the lSlaUu, Inc upper
classes having nothing whatever to
do with the servant class socially.
There is jamaican aristocracy
composed Of the most refined and in
telligent element and OF those who
can trace their ancestry back to Eng
lish and Scottish artistocracy. They
are the landed proprietors of large es-
tates, the merchants. or they are the
men in cfices OF trust or those who
occupy the most influential positions.
The middle-class Jamaican is a
good-natured, sunny dispositioned
happy creature. They include, among
others, conductors, motormen, bus
drivers, tailors, shoemakers, keepers
of tiny shops, policemen and peasant
proprietors of small holdings. The
middle class is always well dressed
well behaved and without doubt takes
life easy.
The peasant class are the pure
blacks who live in the country parts
CT the island in small huts, in the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
Laughter Reveals Character.

'f," said a gentleman whose forte
is the delineation Of character, "if
could not gain clue to the true ma
ture OF q man in any other way, /
should wait until l heard him laugh.
HE might alter his expression, his
voice, and his manner, but his laugh
would infallibly betray his inner self.
Laughter, in fact, gives marvellous
insight into character. If there is
anything false, weak or malicious in
a man it always discloses itself in this
direction, and we have the inane tee
hee' of the Predetermined, the harsh,
grating laugh of the coarse, sordid ma
ture, and the half-suppressed chuckle
OF the plotter.
"It is the more curious, because
crafty people often laugh to cover
their real feelings, but to the acute
ear the false note is readily apparent
whether the laugh be real or assumed
Frank, honest laughter is sign OF
sterling character, and can be conf
IDENTIFY relied upon."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
School in the Country.

The little country schoolhouse-ycu
Remember it; of course you do!
Within the angle snugly set.
Where two long yellow highways met,
And saplings planted here and there
About the yard. and boxed with care
AS il to typify, in turn,
The youngsters caught and Gagged &c
learn.
Around the rolling pastures spread
With woodland patches garlanded,
From which the breezes gladly bore
Sly invitations to the door
Across the stills the bees soft hum
Was mingled with the muttered sum,
And from their covert in the vale
In plantive pleading piped the quail.
With basket and with pail equipped,
CIear-eyed tan-cheeked and ry-lipped,
They trudged TO learnings poor abode.
The pink sunbonnet, broad-brimneG
straw:
OF fashions last; the bundled forms
That laughed aloud at cold and storms.
What tales the SCARED desks might re-
late
OF trlumphs gained with book and slate!
What lore the clapboards loose possess
OF feats at noontme and recess!
And doomed how oft the panes to see.
Back UP the road, and O err the lea.
Haste boy and girl new worlds to find,
The little schoolhouse left behind.
o little country school! In vain
May critics hold you in disdain.
The greatest lessons that YOU taught
Were not by chalk and pencil wrought.
As open your door on fields and sky,
So likewise just as wide and high,
You opened to the eyes of youth
The principles of love and truth
Youths Companion.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
A Colcred Hihernian.

Private" John Allen says that an
old darby preacher in Mississippi was
recently approached by deacon in
the church, who desired to gain the
reverend gentlemans consent to his
daughters marriage with him, the
deacon.
Il doan know bout dis" said the
preacher, obviously. You amt sech
a young man, deacon. | amt shore
dat you kin support NAH chile!"
The deacon bridled. Deere won't be
no trouble bout dat, sah!" he assert
ed, warmly. Il kin suppoht her all
right"
The minister reflected for a mo-
ment. Has you ever seen my Chloe
eat?" he finally asked
II has, sah!" came from the sutton.
"But, sah," exclaimed the old
preacher, impressively, has you eber
seen her eat when nobody was
a-watchin' her?'-Woman's Home
Companion.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09

OF these there are two. One, the Vic
toria market, overlooks the waters
edge. The hollow square, bounded by
iron fences, has its stalls heaped with
all manner and kinds of produce.
The fruits of the island are lavishly
displayed These include the young
green cocoanut, whose cool, refresh
ing water makes a delicious drink;
the large green mango, called the
"black mango" and the handsome
yellow mango superior fruit called
mo. H.; the bright red ackie, with
its bursting yellow center and black
seeds; fresh, ripe, sweet pines, sweet.
scented guavas, shining green lines,
and, at this season of the year, when
the oranges are just getting ripe.
large, greenish yellow ones are no.
ticed in the display; also the big,
tempting grenadilla, golden yellow
plIms, big, heavy punches Of yellow
bananas. the dull, green bread fruit,
sweet sops and sour sops, and an
endless number cf other delicious
fruits.
gar sellers with tins Of new sugar,
brown sugar or dried sugar, the for.
mer being sold at cents per quart
Opposite them is a haberdasher stall,
where bright bandannas are the most
conspicuous objects. At one counter
little troughs of meal, -four and rice
are displayed; and here and there and
almost everywhere fruits and vege.
tables are heaped in view; in fact,
needles. pins, knives, forks, glasses
and calico dress goods are as much a
part Of public wares as meats and fish
and fruit.
BY or o'clock in the afternoon
the place is quite thinned out, and
one meets on almost every road WON
en- riding their donkeys back to their
country homes. At night what is left
is sold out for whatever the seller
can get, and so the poorer people wait
until night to buy their provisions at
their own price.
At the foot of Victoria market the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
Futility of Corporal Punishment.

Flogging is still allowed in English
prisons as a punishment for mutiny
or violence, but recently published
statistics make it doubtful whether
even in these extreme cases corporal
punishment serves the purpose for
which it is intended. 1t is shown that
since the number of prison offenses
for which flogging was allowed was
reduced in 1898, the number OF Of
lenses against prison discipline has
decreased from LAT to 1S1 per 1000
prisoners, while there has been an in.
crease in the number of those offenses
for which the cat is still the pen,
atty.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
NOVEL THEORY ABOUT STONES.
Newsboy's Explanation as to Why
They Had Stopped Growing.


They Had Stopped Growing.
Henry w. Oliver, the Pittsburg cap
italist, who died recently, took a pro-
found interest in the children OF the
poor Hence his gift to Pittsburg OF
a magnificent public bath, and hence
his frequent and friendly conversa-
tons with newsboys, bootblacks and
messenger boys.
1t is said of Mr.. Oliver that one day,
after buying a paper from very lit
tie chap, he thought he would test the
lads intelligence by putting few
questions to him. Accordingly he
pointed to pile of paving stones and
said:
How were thees stones made, son?''
"They wasn't made; they growed,
replied the boy.
"'Growed'? How do you mean
'growed'?" said Mr.. oliver.
"They growed the same as potatoes
grow" the boy explained.
Mr.. Oliver shook his head. ''No, my
lad, you are wrong" he said. "Stones
can't grow. If you were to come
back to these stones five years, or ten
years, or twenty years from now. they
would still be the same size"
"Of course" said the little newsboy
sneering. They've been taken out o
the ground now and have stopped
CROWN, same as potatoes would
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
7 He C. @ MI p Oslo e
by
" copyrighted By Publishing

John Patterson was in love. No I'M
usual thing in the case Of a cookbook
ing young fellow of five and twenty.
But strangely enough he had never
yet seen the lady Of his heart.
One evening he was carelessly turn
ing the leaves of his sisters photo
graph album, scanning each face with
the glance of a connoisseur. He
stopped and gave his undivided atten-
ton to page from which a pair Of
eyes looked straight into his own.
The picture was finished in style
unfamiliar to him. A soft, dreamy
haze surrounded the features, making
them doubly alluring; but what at
tracted him most was the clear eyes.
They were not quite like any others
he had seen before.
1t was love at first sight, or, tC be
more exact, before first sight.
Naturally he wanted TO learn all
about the unknown girl without arous-
ing suspicion. His sister, to whom
his affectedly careless inquiries were
addressed, with woman's intuition in
such matters, and with an equally
feminine delight in tantalizing n man
suspected of being in love, was mos
provokingly obtuse to his clumsy sub
terfuges and strategems And when
at last, in sheer desperation, he open.
ly asked the lady's name, she dis
played an innocent surprise, and, after
batting him to her hearts content, left
him with no better satisfaction than a
vague promise of an introduction at
some future time.
This was poor consolation to John,
but it was the best he could get And
so, consumed with love and curiosity
he passed his days in suspense.
One thing, however, he secured, that
was at the same time Joy and vexa-
ton to him, namely the picture
itself.
It was given the place Of honor
among his most cherished posses
sions, and She became at once the
/ goal and the center of his thoughts.
And now began season OF misery
for John Patterson.
He had confded his secret to his
most intimate associate, Harry Fol
lansbee. Harry prided himself on be
ing a second Sherlock Holmes, and
many were the plans that he laid will
his friend to discover Her identity
but all came to naught At the end o.
three months the unknown still re
NAMED obstinately unknown. They
had not even been able to find ou
whether or not She was a resident O.
the city.
The strain began to tell on John
He lost his appetite and grew hollow
eyed, and when in Mans presence hi
threw out hints of declining health.
Whether or not these tactics were
instrumental in bringing matters to ;
crisis he could not tell; but one after
noon just as Harry Follansbee wa
leaving his bank, he met John in ;
high state Of excitement. His siste
had at last relented. She was to Civ
a whist party that evening, at which
to his inexpressible JOY, she assured
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
"'That is not So, ! said, 'and you
know iti'"

waste hours on the spots and pictures
on ffty-two gaudy squares of paste
board, is a mystery to me. The game
is well enough for sick persons, child
rem and idiots, but l don't see how
anybody, whom nature has endowed
with brains can waste him time over
it.
well, played like a dummy. My
eyes were studying the faces OF my
partners, and my thoughts were trying
to solve the riddle of that photo
graph. l led from sneak, trumped
my partners ace played second hand
high and third hand low, and in short,
l broke every rule of the game.
"At last the intermission gave me
a respite. | took my sister aside,
while the others were busy with the
refreshments.
"'See here, Nan, said, this non
sense has gone far enough. The chase
you've led me for the past three
months convinces me of that. pity
the man who marries you if you treat
him as you've treated me. You pledged
your word that a certain young lady
would be here tonight. Now, unless
you can give me some good reason for
the way you've deceived me, l shall
quit the house at once, and l sha'nt
be in hurry to come back
Il saw that what l said about de.
ception had nettled her a bit, as | in
tended it should; for il you can get a
woman to lose her temper, the truth
is coming out.
John she said, looking me
straight in the eyes, what were the
exact words of my promise to your
"'You told me that the original of
that picture would be here tonight.
And she isn't bere!'
John she said again, and her
eyes snapped a little, the original of
that picture is in the room this min
ute.
"Now. I've studied that photograph
so carefully for the last twelve weeks
that every feature is printed on my
memory, and I'm sorry to say J los,
my own temper, and contradicted her
fatty.
, That is not so, | said, and you
know IL
This was, of course. extremely i'm
! polite, even considering the plain
speech our customs allow among mem
bers Of the same family. But instead
of being very angry, as | expected she
would, and while | was feeling sorry
for my rudeness, Nan began to laugh
John she said, L presume you've
looked at that picture once or twice
since | let you take II. Didn't yol
ever notice anything peculiar about
the finish? | told you I'd INTRODUCES
you to its original tonight, and w,
kept my word That is photograph
of the oilers Whist Club; it's COM
POSITE!'
"Well, you might have knocked m,
down with a feather. | was in daz
the rest of the evening, and as soon a
could get away, came here.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
Rush Lights on Dinner Tables.

Fashionable hostesses are wearying
or the brilliant electric bulbs and are
going so far to the other extreme that
even the homely and olG-fashioned
rush light is coming back in favor.
Fitted into cunningly devised stan
dards of silver or glass and with tint
ed silk shades, these lights are a de-
cided attraction to diner table. Be
sides being ornamental they shed a
soft and most becoming glow OH
pretty faces and handsome jewels. 1t
is said by a London paper that the
Princess of Wales prefers rush lights
to any other, apd has collection that
is worth many thousands OF dollars.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09

snow, what in the name OF common
uense am | to do?"
WELL" said Harry, II see just two
ways out of it tor you. Marry them
all, and emigrate to some Oriental
country"
"Bosh!" exclaimed John.
"Or," continued his mentor, "you
might pick out the girl who comes
nearest to the picture. and see IL you
can't get her to look at the matter in
the same light that you do"
by Jove!" shouted John, "I'll do
it."
And he did.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
Schools in Russia.

According to the latest statistics
there are S4,544 public schools in the
empire of Russia, out of which mum
Der 40,131 are under the jurisdiction
of the Ministry of Public Education
42,5S8 under the jurisdiction of the
holy synod, and the remainder under
other departments. OF the pupils, 73,
167 were adults. 1921 ,694 boys and
1,203,902 girls. The teachers number
$4,000. The maintenance of all these
schools costs more than $25,000,000
The average school tax for city
schools is $3.50 and for village schools
So a pupil.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
DUTIES OF FELLOW MEN,"
Prompt Presiding Officers of the
House and Senate.

Mr.. Frye likes his duties as presid-
ing officer Of the senate, but he likes
them much better when his "elbow
man" is present. Both the presiding
officers of congress have "elbow men"
who are experts in handling the de-
tails of legislative proceedings. 1t
takes years Of experience to be able
in an undertone to coach a presiding
officer intelligentiy SO that he can
speed the senate or the house in its
work. Chief Clerk Henry NJ. Rose.
the senate elbow man" went away
last week to Michigan, and Mr.. Frye
undertook to go it alone. After hav-
ing narrowly escaped parliamentary
tangles and steered clear of several
troublesome matters about the dispo-
sition Of papers, he is now glad to
have a mentor again within call
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-04-09
The Niqht VOYAGE.

Silent we sailed the phosphorescent seas
our ship craft with shadowy mast:
and spars,
While gloomed above, in glorious gal
aXies,
The phosphorescent stars.
The breeze that breathed about us Dor,
the balm
OF coral cove and long land-lockeC
lagoon,
While glistencd DER the tall, lianaet
palm
The Caribbean moon.
A distant pharos from its hidden heigh
Across the waters flung its beckonin:
beam,
And so we glided through the viole
night.
Bound for the bourn of dream.
Clinton Scolard, in New Orlean Times
Democrat