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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-28
PIANOS
FOR RENT

Several upright pianos. also few or
eane have Just cone in and on account
NJ lack Of room must he disposed of at
.nc-. Rents allowed on purchase.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-28
Sultan Is Active.

Paris. Feb. IA dispatch to the Temps
from ConstaG.inopie says the Sultan OF
Turkey has directed that ~ stinhoats be
ordered at various European shipyards.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-28
NOT DECISIVE
Battle Has Been Fought Between Japs
ard Russians.

st. Petersburg, Feb. o7.-Gen. Kurn-
E1tkin. in dispatch dated Feb 90. an
n"unres that the japanese have COM
menced cannonading in the direction
Of Gauto and Wafun passes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-28

Cold and Showing.
Toxic. Feb. Eff =. M.--Thc only
Continued on Page Three.)
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C. s. DOWNING & SOW

2G Water St. Augusta.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
MURDERER A
HAUNTED MAN
The Face Of Friend He Killed Always
Before Him.
WANTS TO PAY THE PENALTY

woodbury., N. j., Aug. 28.-"I killed
. man 'and want to pay the penalty"
said strange man as he stood in tho
office OF Sheriff Jones In this city. The
sheriff looked upon the man in aston
ishment, believing him to be maniac,
but as the stranger was accompanied
by John RambO, a farmer. by whom
he had been employed and who seem
| ed to feel that his story was true. the
ofiicial paid closer attention and gave
credence to 1t. The story was verified
be held to await removal to Virginia.
| where the murder was committed last
winter.
The self-confessed slayer is Carl
Verbele, a bright, able-bodied German,
OF about 21 years of age. He came to
work for Rambo, whose farm is in
Woolwich township, in February last
and his work was entirely satisfac-
tory. At times, though, he seemed to
be suffering from attacks of deepest
melancholy and sometimes in the
night he would cry out and groan in
greatest agony. The man went to his
employer and with tears In his eyes,
said:
"Mr. Rambo. this thing has gone far
enough: l am a murderer and want
to give myself up to the authorities.
eyes every minute since l committed
the crime and l can't stand it any
| longer; l want you to take me to
Jail"
Rambo said he tried to put the man
off, believing that he was laboring un.
| der a hallucination, but Verbele was
so insistent that he finally decided to
| take him to the sheriff.
The story was to the effect that on
| the night of January 19 last Verbele
had gotten into a quarrel over a sma 4
| amount of money in a game Of cards
with one Joseph Gentry, in barn al
| Gate City, Scott county, Virginia, and
| telling his antagonist with a heavy
club, was stricken with horror to FIND
that he had killed him. He ded Al
once and made his way to New Jersey
and after a time secured employment
on Rambo's farm, where he was known
as Pearl Barble" Several times, hi
said, he was on the point of giving
himself up. but visions of the gallow!
always came to him, and he did no
know which was the worst, to suffer
from these visions or those of the mar
he had slain.
AS soon as the story was completed
Sheriff Jones wired the authorities o
Gate City and locked the man in .
cell of the county Jail, where he seem
ed to find great comfort. Later tn
sheriff received dispatch from
Virginia. stating that the mans stor.
is entirely true, and that large re
ward had been offered for his arrest
search for him having been kept VI
for months. Verbele will be held t
await the arrival of officers from Vii
ginia.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
COURTS INVESTIGATION

Equitable Directors Answer Charges
Made Against Them.
New York, Aug. 26.-The Equitable
Life Assurance Society Joined with
the state OF New York In asking for
a full investigation In court OF its
directors and officers and their alleged
wrongdoings in managing the moneys
of the society The document which
announced this determination was the
answer of the 49 Equitable directors to
charges made against them In con-
nection with a suit brought against
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
by the state.
Admission is made that some Off
cials of the Equitable have been
guilty of improper and illegal acts. In
all II charges are answered by the
directors Among these answers they
admit the $250.000 loan to the Depew
Improvement company. They admit
the $685.. coo loan of the Mercantile
Trust company. but waive responsl
bili.y in this loan so far as the board
OF directors is concerned. and lnd1
cate Messrs. Alexander. Jordan and
neming as the persons having the
most intimate knowledge of these
transactions.
The charge that excessive salaries
were paid to officers of the Equitable
is not directly answered. but admis
sion is made. that under guise OF sal
| aries, excessive fees were given tt
| certain Equitable officials. who wer'
also directors in other companies.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31

Rev. DR.. J. J. Lafferty in Richmond

KeV. Dr. J j. Lanerty IN hIchmOnd A0VOcate.
The South contains a conservative,
orthodox, solid type of civilization.
The 'isms" never rooted in our soil.
The Northern "philanthropist," u.s.
ually a conceited person, with an
ism" to propagate and infected with
a pharisaic pity for our manner Of
life, harps upon "the poor mountain
whites, forgetting the weltering vile
ness at home" This hardy race,
each owning his home, tending the
level "henches" and rich holloWs Of
our ranges, are not an ignorant, lazy,
degraded people. It il. true they have
not read Emerson. Nor do they care
a tuppence for this kind. They have
mothers with home-spun sense, and
royal scorn for the sneaking smart
ness, 80 admired by the inventors of
wooded nutmegs and cow-heel fints
and captains of the ''infant indus
tries" that flourish in their manufac-
ture. They are true to "old time re-
ligion"-brave, hospitable, self-re-
specting. Contrast them with the
motley and mongrel multitude that
swarm from the filthy and ferment-
ing pools OF rotting humanity under
the despotism of Europe to herd in
northern cities!
The South should shun the civiliza-
tion that matches Mormonism, Dow
ieism, Eddyism, Anarchism, and it's
dire and unclean brood. There is an
element in a "social compact" that
forebodes ruin. The late Bishop New
man, once fevered, while ignorant Of
the South, with fanaticism, lived to
study on the ground OF our system
and society which purged his vision.
Like the Beecher of Elmira, he bore
witness to the value of the safe, bal
anced buttressed civilization of the
South. Beecher gave opinion that
the insanity that uprooted such a
breakwater to the wild waves OF
native and imported madness was
the crime of the centuries. Newman
predicted that the conservative South
would be called upon to protect the
North from the anarchy destined to
riot and dominate that section. The
serfs of the robber baron will throttle
his throat. 1t needs only few more
millions OF the scum and scoundrels
of Europe, poured in sluices through
the ship sewers into America-the
cesspool for the refuse from oversee
kingdoms. The safety OF this Repub-
lie is committed to the South. Con
serve our old time customs and
character, or chaos will come.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
MINERS DEMANDS
John Mitchell Says They VIII Be
o>..ani<;on and Einht-Hour Dav

John Mitchell Says They VIII Be
Recognition and Eight-Hour Day.
Tamaqua. Aug. 2S.-John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers
OF America, in a speech at Manila Park.
made an unequivocal declaration that
hta organization will at the expiration
of the present wage agreement IN April
next demand recognition OF the union
and an eight-hour day. President
Mitchell said that he hoped by that
time he would be able to 60 before
George F. Baer, president Of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway company,
and, pointing to 10000 men and boys
who are employed in and about the
mines, say: I'VE have fixed the price
for our labor. You can take 1t OF
have Il"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
A Tramp's Lecture.

A tramp asked for drink in a sa-
loon. The request was granted, and
when in the act of drinking the prof.
fered beverage one of the young men
present exclaimed:
'Stop! make us a speech. 1t is
poor liquor that doesn't unloosen a
mans tongue"
The tramp hastily swallowed down
the drink, and as the rich liquor
coursed through his blood, straight
ening himself he stood before them
with a grace and dignity that all his
rags and dirt could not obscure.
"Gentlemen." he said, 81 look to-
night at you and myself, and it seems
to me that l look upon the picture oi
my blighted manhood. This bloated
face was once as handsome as yours.
This shambling figure once walked
as proudly as yours, for am a man
in the world of men. I, too, once had
a home and friends and q position.
had wife as beautiful as an artist
dream, but I dropped the priceless
pearl of her honor and respect into a
cup of wine, and like Cleopatra, say
it dissolve then quaffed it down ir
the brimming draught. l had chill
dren sweet and pure as the flowers o
spring, and saw them fade and di'
under the blighting curse of drunk
en- father. | had a home where low,
lit its fame upon the altar and min
istered before it, but l put out th'
holy fire and darkness and desolatiol
reigned in it's stead.
had aspirations and ambition
that scared as high as the morning
star, but l broke and bruised thos
beautiful forms and tangled then
that might hear their cries no more
Today / am a husband without {
wife, a father without a hone and I
man in whom every good impulse
dead. All has been swallowed up i
the maelstrom of drink"
The tramp ceased speaking. Th
glass fell from his nervous fingers an
was shattered into q thousand fraf
ments on the floor. The swingin
doors were pushed open and shu
again and when the group looked u
the tramp was gone.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
Dau9erous and Uncertain.

For sunburn, letter and all skin and scalp
diseases, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has no
equal. 1t is a certain cure for blind, bleeding,
itching and protruding piles. 1t will draw
the fire out OF a burn and heal without leav
ing scar Boils, old sores, carbuncles, etc
are quickly cured by the use OF the genuine
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Accept no sub
stitute as they are often dangerous and un
certain. Sold at Parker's Two Drng Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
president ON
SUBMARINE BOAT
Made Descent on the Plunger In
Long Island Sound.
DELIGHTED WITH EXPERIENCE

Oyster Bay. n. Y. Aug. 26.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt made q descent In Long
Island Sound ON board the submarine
torpedo boat Plunger. He was aboard
the vessel about three hours. At ono
time the little boat was submerged for
so minutes, and in that time was put
through all of the submarine feats OF
which she is capable. The president
expressed his delight at the novel ex-
perience and said that he was i'm
mensely impressed with the boat and
with the manner in which she was
handled. In thus Drawing the dangers
Of submarine manoeuvering the presi-
dent has endeared himself to naval
officers and men the world over and
made Lieutenant Charles H. Nelson.
commander of the Plunger. the proud
est and happiest man In the United
States navy.
AS soon as the president had de-
scended into the boat the manholes
were closed and. conveyed by the
naval tender Apache. the Plunger
started for the sound. No manoeuvres
were attempted until the vessel was
we'll beyond the entrance to the bay.
The water where the trial took place
is about 40 feet deep, too shallow In
the opinion of Lieutenant Nelson and
his experts to enable the vessel to do
her best work. Soon after the vessel
reached the necessary depth Of water
she was directed downward, until she
hot af kn
Then the mechanism Of the craft was
explained minutely to the president by
Lieutenant Nelson, so that he after
ward experienced no difficulty In un,
derstanding the manoeuvers which
were performed.
While the president thus was resting
on the bottom of the sound in a sub
marine boat, a storm 40 feet above him
was raging unnoticed. The rain de-
scended in torrents and the northeastel
whipped the surface of <he water int
big rollers, but it was as quiet ant
peaceful where the president sat as al
easy parlor would be.
Explanations of the working Of th'
vessel having been completed. Lieu
tenant Nelson began to put her through
her PAGES. From the bottom. porpois
diving was tried, that Is, the boa
would ascend to the surface OF tn
sound for several seconds, long enOug
to enable her commander to sight an
war ship that might be within view
| and then dive again Immediately. Afte
| this manoeuvre had been repeated
| few times, the Plunger was sent dow
| a distance of 20 feet below the surfac
| and her engines stopped. Then tn
| engines were reversed and the boat as
| cended to the surface backwards. Lieu
! tenant Nelson made his boat perfOrI
the remarkable feat of diving to
depth Of 20 feet and while going at fu
speed at that depth reversing he
course. The complete turn occupie
only one minute. Subsequently, tn
encines were stopped and the vess
was submerged to a depth OF 20 fee
There she was kept motionless, a den
onstlation Of her ability to remain
that position for hours while awaitin
an o: o:portunity to launch one of HI
to:pe ..ncs ;t vessel OF blockadir
su.o: I ON which might be passing I
rcra&sing given point.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
Sunday Trains.
Wilmington Messenger

Wilmington Messenger
We did not know until We glanced
over Rev. P. R. Laws department in
the Robesonian of the 10Th, that
there was a crusade ON against run
ming passenger trains on Sunday. 1t
seems that we were behind the times.
Brother Law makes no distinction
as to trains. All must be stopped on
Sundays. He does not even grant
to take the Sabbath days journey"
that the strict rules for observance of
the Sabbath by the Jews permitted.
What he seems to deplore as much as
"bowling by" of these Sunday trains
is the fact that people will stop to
look at them as they "bowl by" and
in the towns they will collect at the
depots to see them arrive and depart.
Now it strikes us that as innocent
amusement as a Christian man can
find of a Sunday is to walk down to
the depot and have quiet chat with
| a friend or two while he is satisfying
his curiosity as to who comes to town
Or who goes away; provided, OF
| course, that the arrival or departure
of the train does not occur at a time
when he should be attending divine
service in his church. Brother Law
saws as an argument against Sun
day trains:
1--WE deplore the reports that
crowds gather at these stations in all
our smaller towns. 1t is not credit
able. How a religious man can do it
is an insoluble problem.
Just suppose that Brother Laws
idea should be carried out and on
the stroke of 12 midnight on each
Saturday every freight train loaded
with perishable goods and every
passenger train should stop and not
turn a wheel for twenty-four hours
what would become of the commerce
of the country? How many people
rushing to the beside OF dying friene
or relative would be too late? How
often would disaster and death COM
as the result OF delayed succor? 1t il
out OF the question to talk abou
running no trains on Sunday. Th'
commerce of the country is too vas
and time of too much Importance t
think of such a thing. Nor DO W
believe that proper observance of th
Sabbath calls for it.
There should be as little work don
on this day aspossible. Every week
Z day undertaking which can be shoul
:; be laid aside. No more trains shOul
be run on Sunday than can possibl
be helped. Travelling for pleasure o
that day should be discountenancet
but it is absurd to talk about "n
p cessation of effort to arrest" the rul
o ming of any and all kinds OF trains o
:, Sunday.
v The railway officials would be gla
= te. stop all trains On Sunday if the
:, could. They would like to rest the
e employees and their locomotives an
D other machinery also, but they kno
l. such a thing to be impossible. The
g. run their Sunday trains at the d
mand of the public, which public
!" made up OF Christians as we'll as 81
!" ners.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31

Washington Correspondence Richmond
Times Dispatch.

Warrington Correspondence Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The consular reports of today con-
tail an interesting account of a dis
covery recently made by a Hungar-
ian chemist named Brunn, which will
attract attention all over the world
and probably work a revolution in
the use of steel, stone and other ma
terial used in construction of build
ings, bridges and roads. The discov-
cry consists OF liquid chemical com
pound, which imparts to all metals
qualities which defy oxygen and rust.
The chemist asserts that it doubles
the density of nearly every kind ol
stone, and renders it waterproof. AZ
a germicide it possesses hitherto un-
equalled powers.
The discovery of the compound is
romantic. About twenty-five years
ago Prof. Brunn was travelling in
Greece and observed that the mortar
between stones of ruins which were
known to be over 1000 years old
was as hard and tenacious as if it had
been made but a year. He secured a
piece of the mortar, and ever since
has been working on it for the pur.
pose OF learning the secret of it's dur.
ability. He claims to have discover
ed it. The compound is a yellow
liquid, which the professor has chris
tened zorene.
A piece of ordinary and easily
breakable Stag, after immersion in
zorene, defied the full blow of a ham
mer. There was the same effect or
ordinary brick and block of jarraf
wood. All three were then immersed
in water for a considerable period
When taken out and weighed with
delicate scales, the preseace OF asinglt
drop OF added moisture could not bt
detected. Two pieces of steel, sub
five years exposure to the air, emerg
ed from the bath without singl.
particle of rust upon them. An ordi
nary table knife, submitted to tn,
liquid, lay open for five months ant
did not show a single stain of rust.
Prof. Brunn asserts it is dust, germ
and waterproof, and thus gives {
| commercial value to hundreds of mil
lions of tons of Stag which are nov
useless in the mining and smelling
districts. His discovery will, at tn
very least, double the life of metal
exposed to the air, as in bridges, rail
roads, ships and tanks.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
The Only Wsy.

There is no way to maintain the health and
strength OF mind and body except by nour-
ishment. There is no way to nourish except
through the stomach. ThestOmaeh must be
kept healthy pure and sweet or the strength
will let down and disease will set up. No ap-
petite, loss of strength, nervousness, head
ache, constipation, bad breath, sour risingr,
r:fting, indigestion, dyspepsia and all stom-
aeh troubles that are durable are quickly
by the use Of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Kodol
digests what you eat and strengthens the
whole digestive apparatus. Sold at Parker''
Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
Soothing and Cooling.

The salve that heals without q scar is De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. No remedy effects
such speedy relief 1t draws out Inflammation
and soothes, cools and heals all cuts, burns
and bruises. A sure cure for Piles and skin
diseases DeWitt's is the only genuine Witch
Hazel Salve. Beware Of counterfeits, they
are dangerous Sold at Park RS Two Drug
Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31

We believe in economy in all things
but economy does not always mean
necessarily the expenditure of a small
amount of money. It is sometimes
economical in the end to spend money
on what seems q large scale. Too
often we think that the best city,
county or state government is the
one that spends the least money.
The best government is the one that
gives the people most in return for
the money spent.-WinstOn Sentinel.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
WEALTHY HERMIT A SUICIDE
Edward Pond Found Dead In Home
With Cas- Turned On.

With Cas- Turned On.
p&iladc.. ..ia. Aug 28.-Edward F.
Pun! aged G5 years, who for nearly a
year has lived a hermit's life, was
fcrnd Gea! n his home, with the gas
t"r...i cn. The police say he com
nittc,i s"is ide. The body was fully
cic;leI. cn.: - the pockets were found
an cnvclope containing $500 in money
three b.n. checks and a nember OF
shares OF the Chesapeake & Ohio rail
road and OF the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad an, three building association
certifc at.s.
Pond was formerly a merchant. He
owned real estate in Southern New
Jersey lis daughter Annie. resides
ia Hcl.istCu. Mass. She Is said to have
been compelled to leave her father te
cause of his eccentricities.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
EiendiSh Suffering

is often caused by sores, ulcers and cancers
that eat away your skin. VIM. Bedell, oi
Flat Rock, Mich, says: Il have used Buck.
lens Arnica Saive for Ulcers, Sores and Can
GERS. 1t is the best healing dressing evel
found" Soothes and heals cuts, burns and
scalds. 25c at Melville Dorsey's drug store
guaranteed
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
1t will W ash and not rub OF
This complexion all envy me-
It's no secret SO Ill tell
Take thou Rocky Mountain Tea.
Parker's Two Drug Stores

The Asbury Park On. j. roller
chair man who refused to push DR..
Crum, the negro collector OF customs
at Charleston, S. C., seems to possess
the discriminating sense in higher
degree than do some Republican poll
ticians.- Norfolk Tirginian-PHOf.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
"Dead soldiers draw no p.

"Dead soldiers draw no pensions.
is one OF the pointed paragraphs
appearing in the Chicago News.
There must be some mistake in this
or how could the pension roll OF a
war forty years ago keep on increas-
ing rather than decrease? That pen
sion roll creates the impression that
a name once on it stays there forever.
-Greenyile Reflector.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
SEVEN LOCOMOTIVES A DAY
New Record Will Be Established Oy
BaldWins.

BaldWtno.
Philadelphia, Aug. IS. All records
for locomotive obstruction at Baldwin p
Locomotive Works will be broken dur
Ing the year 1905.
This was assured by a statement
made by John H. Converse, head OF the
company II is virtually assured that
the year will close with a record ol
2l00 locomotives. an average OF ~ a
week. or seven a day for every work
ing day in the year.
The yesr 1903" said Mr.. Converse,
was out banner year. We turned Out
In the IL months 2047 locomotives
During the first six months OF the
present year we turned out 1000 loco
motives. and while do not like to pre-.
dict, / expect that the production fol
| the year will be z100."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
Take KOdOl After Eating.

After hearty meal dose of Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure will prevent an attack OF Indi-
gestion. kodol is thorough digestant and
a guaranteed cure for Indigestion, Dyspep-
sia, Gas on the Stomach, Weak Heart Sour
Risings, Bad Breath and all Stomach trou
bles Sold at Parker's Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31

DEAR GUs:-I have solved the mother-in-
law problem, just give her regularly Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea. 1t will make her
healthy, happy and docile as a lamb. 35
cents, Tea or Tablets. PaTker's Two Drug
Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-31
c-u.hed to Pulp In Coal Pocket.

Buffalo, Aug 2s.-George Beueii, OF
Detroit. Mich, fell from the Erie coal
%restle and his body was mashed TO 3
pulp. He came here some time ago 70
boss strike breakers. Beuell 1eii lnto
4 coal pocket and was carried through
NTH tho coal