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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-18
A PunctusI Pensloner.

A gentleman one day noticed hun.
gry-looking dog prowling round his
yard. and struck by the poor brute's
famished appearance. he fetched a
large bone and by no means a bare
one. which he threw TO the four-footed
vagabond 1t was caxctly twelve
o'clock when the bone was given and
carried of.
The giver thought no more OF the
matter. but evidently the dog did. for
on the following day at the same hour
he made his appearance. with an ex-
pectant look about him which told
that he hoped for a further contribu-
ton.
Amused at the effort TO establish
himself as an out-2ensioner. and de-
sirous OF finding out whether the dogs
arrival at this particular time was
mere chance, the gentleman gave him
second supply OF food.
Punctual TO time. the dog presented
himself on the third. cooking even
more confident than before. lie was
duly fed and for n great length OF
time this self-electcd pensioner made
his daily appearance at his patrons
door with notable punctuality.
One is led to wonder whether the
cog may have regulated his own move
merits by observing those OF some In
civ'Gual in going TO and from his
ruf<. and whether when the four
footed animal was a few minutes late
II might he because the hiDed Was nm
punctual or his clock slow.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-18
NORMAN PEASANTS.
Their Bread Is Made In the Stables by
the Men.

A farmers wife In the North of
France mas do a g.@,d part of the heavy
work about the farm. but sh. saver
thinks of u,akias tue bread fhai IL
mans wnrk. and IL is carried an not
In The kitchen. but In the stable.
The Norniau peasant eats au aston
ishing quantity of bread He has lit
tie else-except cider-for his break
fast aud supper. aud il Is very i'm
portant part of his MONDAY meal as
we'll
And such queer looking bread as IL
Is. The "ioayes" are as round and as
palely yellow as the full moon. They
are often three feet In circumference
and eight or ten INCHES thick Seem.
one of them for the first time, you
would be likely to take it for huge
cheese.
Breadmaking being only Il monthly
occurrence In Norman household. the
operations must be on scale of con-
siderable magnitude If the family sup
ply is to be sufficient to last for four
weeks. The dough is always mixed
In certain inciosed space upon the
door Of the barn.
At other times cats. dogs and pout
try enjoy the freedom of this space,
but when breadmakinG time comes
these are evicted and the floor is
swept-let us hope very thoroughly.
There is no dough pan or trough.
The -four and water are poured to-
gether upon the floor and the olrmer
and his sons or hired laborers beat the
mass into the proper consistency with
heavy clubs widely f1attened at the
ends until they look something like
roughly shaped snow shovcls Then
lump of Ieaven is added. and the
MASS is given ten or twelve hours to
rise
Next it must be kneaded. Il process
which is accomplished with the feet.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-18
Famous Woman Explorer.

Mrs. Marie Robinson Wright Of
Georgia Is believed TO hold the record
for having accomplished more in the
way OF penetrating countries hitherto
unknown than any other living wom-
an. with the possible exception OF Mrs.
Fanny Bullock Workman. She is
called by some the Columbus OF
South America" from the fact that
she, undaunted by hardships and per-
lis I'm the countries she has visited,
has opened TO the pioneers of trade
and commerce a new paradise that
blooms south OF the equator. where
untold wealth awaits development It
the hands OF civilized man. She es-
Inmates that she has travelled zoe. 900
miles In pursuit OF her work
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-18
The Jury'a Verdict.

A south Missouri man recently was
tried on a charge OF assault The
State brought int court as the weap-
ons used a rail, an axe. pair OF tongs,
q saw and rife The defendants
counsel exhibited as the other man
weapons a scythe blade. a pitchfork.
4 pistol and a hoe. The jury's verdict
"a said to have been:
Resolved. That We the jury would
have Given 81 to have seen the nght
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-18
Told the Truth.

why are you sore at Miss Skreach-
er?'
When she was urged to sing some
thing at the party last night she said.
oh. I can't siug!"
"Well?"
- well, she went ahead and proved
it."-Cieveiand Leader.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-18
DIAGNOSIS.

fpto general store of a town in
Arkansas there recently came a darby
complaining that a ham which he had
purchased there was not good
The ham Is all right. Zeph," In
sisted the storekeeper.
NO. 10 Amt, boss" insisted the ne
gro. Dat hams shore bad"
How can that be-" continued the
storskeeper. when II was cured only
last week."
The darby scratched his head 70
hectively. and finally suggested:
Den mebbe it's had a relapse"
Shell Window-Psnes.
When the English first occupied In
dia. The rough circular plates Of a
species Of oyster. which plates are
about six inches IN. diameter and are
thin and white. were used for window
panes. and had the effect Of frosted
glass. The panes Of Bombay Cathe-
dral were of these shells. and they
are still used In some parts OF India
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-18

Her View of II.
There was Il time" said the old in
habitant, when that piece of property
sold for song
Really" replied the grand opera
prima donna. "How very eSpensive!
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-18

Man at 'phone-Hello, Hello. Who
Is this!
Voice from other end OF line-How
do | know. Look yourself up and
see.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-25
CASTRO WILL
+. PREC|P|IA1E
A REVOLUTION
Will Reestablish His Power in
Venezuela Even by Force
If Necessary
BELIEVES he IS SECOND
NAPOLEON BACK FROM ElbA
Says God and Destiny Call Him Back
and He Means to Accomplish His
MissiOn-Bitter Against Gomez Who
Betrayed CastrO's Trust

Paris, March 25.-Cipriano Castro,
the former president of Venezuela,
and his party left this city this morn
ing for Bordeaux. At the railroad
station Senor Castro confided to a
small group of Venezuelan adherents
and admirers his intention of re-
establishing his power in Venezuela
by revolution, should this be neces-
sary. After, entering the car, where
he donned the celebrated gold en-
broidered skull cap that has figured
in every description of Castro when
he was an occupant Of the yellow
house at Caracas, the deposed presi-
dent of Venezuela leaned from the
window and spoke to his countrymen
with an earnestness and passion which
left no doubt in their minds that he
was convinced he was another Napo.
leon returning from Elba to recon-
quer his country. Like Francis I, all
Is lost save honor" Castro declared.
II am going back to Venezuela. My
country needs me and my mission Is
there" Continuing Senor Castro de-
clared his trip to Europe had been
misunderstood both at home and
abroad. He spoke bitterly Of the
treachery of Juan Vicente Gomez
whom he left as vice president and
who has since been made president
of Venezuela. AS the train pulled out
Castro's parting words were, Il be-
lieve that God and destiny call me
back to Venezuela. l intend to &C.
complish my mission there, even
though it involves a revolution"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-25
TEACH MODERN
VIEWS Of BIBLE
Board of Regents Of Victoria
College Adopts Important
Resolution

Toronto. March 25.-The board of
regents of Victoria college, Toronto,
federated with the University of To-
ronto, last night unanimously adopt
ed a resolution permitting the teach
ing of modern critical views of the
bible promulgated by the Rev. George
Jackson of the Sherbourne street
Methodist church. thus confirming
Mr.. Jackson's appointment to the new
chair of English bible study. Mr..
Jackson who came here from Edin-
burg. Scotland. was sharply criti-
cized by the Rev. DR.. Carman, SUPER
intendent of the Methodist church,
and chairman of the Victoria college
regents because of a recent lecture
on the first eleven chapters of Gene
sis. A heated controversy followed
in which, however, Mr.. Jackson de-
clined to take part. That 1t cleared
the air was apparent last night when
Mr.. Carman himself signed the reso-
luton mentioned. Mr.. Jackson will
now remain in Toronto:
The resolution was: ''Inasmuch as
perfect honesty in an investigation of
the truth and perfect candor in state
ment are essential parts of our re-
ligion and especially inherited in our
schools of theology. standing as they
do. side by side with the great in
stitutions of learning in the country.
so long as our theological professors
maintain their personal vital relation
to Christ and the holy scripture. and
adhere to the doctrinal standard of
our church. Victoria college recog-
niZes that they must be left free to do
their own work in order that in an
atmosphere of perfect Christian can
dor and true intellectual liberty. they
must conserve the faith of our church
in the minds of those who III the days
to come shall minister in our pulpits.
Our experience is. that only as the
young men of a great university have
full confidence that their instructors
give them honest convictions reached
by perfectly candid and scientific
methods. will they retain their faith
in Christianity itself. We recommend
that our public utterances on this
question in the pulpit. on the plat
form or i'll the press should so pre-
sent modern view of the bible in
terpretations as only to manifest more
fully the spiritual power and divine
truth Of the holy scriptures.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-25
GREAT CHANGE
FOR BIG GRAFT
Bingham Says a Man Can be
Millionaire From Illicit =.
Revenues

New York, March 25.-A dishonest
man holding the position of police
commissioner in New York City easily
might become a millionaire in few
months, so great are the opportuni-
ties Of Illicit gains, according to a
statement made today by Commits
sioner Bingham.
During Mr.. Bingham's first year in
the office, he said, single bribe of
100000 year as offered him if he
would protect certain criminal inter-
ests. Compliance with the condi-
tions Of the cffer," he added, would
have been entirely of negative mat
ter-all they wanted was to be let
alone"
Commissioner Bingham was work.
ed up over the refusal of the city
aldermen to vote him en- appropria-
tion of 100000 for secret service
to investigate black hand crimes and
other matters.
This job of police commissioner, -
he said, "for example. would be a
regular gold mine to dishonest Of
fetal. If it were put up at auction
to the highest bidder, man could
we'll afford to pay $1,O00,000 for a
years opportunity to accept what the
criminal classes would be only too
glad to offer him.
Then he referred to the 100000
bribe offer which he had received
when he first took up the office.
'The offer was of course carefully
guarded" he said. "It came from a
suave gentleman, who knew how to
handle words to perfection and was
able to make his hearer understand
what was meant laying himself open
to any unpleasant after effects.
~ listened until I understood what
the fellow was about. Then l gave
him such talking to that he will
never forget his visit here as long as
he lives. l have not heard from him
since"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-25
MRS. BAILEY Tells
Of THE SHOOTING
Mowers Attempted Murder
Case Is Opened at Assize
Court

Winnipeg, March 25-The case in
which John Henry Mowers is charg-
ed with attempting to murder Mrs.
Mabel Bailey on the veranda OF her
house on Langside street, Winnipeg.
opened at the assizes yesterday be-
fore Judge Perdue. Mrs. Bailey Is a
tall young woman, handsome and
fashionably dressed and the case has
excited some interest. The facts
were briefly outlined by the deputy
attorney general and Mrs. Bailey was
then called upon for her testimony,
Mrs. Bailey's Evidence
Mrs. Bailey said that on December
10 last her brother Fred Ellis, came
to her house and said Mowers was
outside in the sleigh and wanted to
speak to her She put on her coat and
went out. She asked Mowers what he
wanted and he said he wanted to go
into the house. She told him he could
not do so and he repeated the request
several times, but still she refused.
She went indoors and in few mo-
ments her brother came to the door
again and said Mowers would not go
Mowers again asked her to let him
~ lulO CAC louoC ellVl lu4A0 llkAAC OlAC
added to her refusal suggestion
that he should go home and get sober.
He then asked for drink of water
and an apple and she brought him an
apple and glass cf cold tea. When
she brought these he was standing on
the veranda by the door and after
drinking the tea. he again. asked her
to let him into the house.
II refused again. said the witness,
'and he pulled revolver from his
pocket and pointed it at my heart.
With that dropped on one knee and
threw up my arm. He fred, but did
not hit me and l then ran into the
street. AS ] reached the sidewalk
heard a second shot and when / got
to the door Of the livery stable next
door he fired tho third time / was
not hurt but there is mark on the
sleeve of my coat, which j. believe was
caused by the first shot"
Jury Examines Coat
The coat was examined by the jury
and the witness, continuing, said she
went into the office of the livery sta
BILE and stayed there until police
man came. Mowers tried to get into
the office, but was stopped by the
stablemen. She went into the house
with the policeman and Mowers also
went in. She told the policeman
Mowers shot at her three times. Now
ers said: II never had a gun, did II"
making face at her. but she said:
"Yes, you did" Mowers took his coat
off and wanted to fight the policeman.
but was persuaded not TO. The police
man asked her brother to look for the
revolver but he was unable to find 1t.
Replying to Mr.. Patterson the wit
ness said she had known the prisoner
between eighteen months and two
years. She and her husband worked
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-25
YOUNG SUICIDE
Italian Boy Takes Life When Misjudg.
cd by Parents and Sweetheart.

Philadelphia. March 25.-Troublea
at school and disappointment in his
first love affair. combined yesterday
to make the world look so dreary to
l4-year-old Otello Galegano, of 1916
South Tenth street. that he committed
suicide by swallowing dose Of
strychnine, obtained at a drug store.
where. in the evening. he studied
pharmacy.
In spite of intense suffering, the
poor, foolish boy resisted every effort
made by the doctors to save his life.
saying that he wanted to be left alone
to die.
Oteilo had been attending the Jack
son school. at Twelfth and Federal
streets. In the evening when his
school work was over. he was in tho
habit of going to drug store at the
corner OF Eighth and Carpenter street.
where. under the tutelage of the pro-
prietor. he worked to learn the busi-
ness of pharmacy running errands
and delivering packages in return for
his instruction. But chemistry and
pharmacy did not help Otello with his
reading and arithmetic. His lessons
at school were neglected.
The teachers. not knowing about the
night work at the drug store, thought
him stupid and after several warnings
decided to send him to a special
school,
Yesterday morning Otello's parents
heard the decision. The teachers,
they We're told had said that their
boy. an only son. was not able to
keep up with his studies with the 9TH
er boys and girls of the neighborhood
and would have to be placed in q
special school provided for backward
and incorrigiblc children.
The parents knew little moro than
the teachers about the work in the
pharmacy .or OF the big books on
pharmacy, written in Italian, which
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-25
Otello knew almost by heart. They
were diSapnointed and said SO.

OtellO Knew almost by neart. Iney
were disappointed and said SO.
Their son, in their opinion, had dis
graced them and they told him so in
a stormy interview. it is said.
That was unjust, Ottello thought.
But these troubles. grave as they
were to fourteen-year-old boy,
might have been endured II certain
young lady had helped to tide over
the black day with little sympathy.
She was the Youngest daughter Of
a family who lived on the floor be-
low Otello. Her hair is black and
wavv.
Her eyes are dark and large and if
she had consented to go tc Sunday
morning church services with Otello
the world might have looked much
brighte:
But the young lady decided tc 60 to
church with another boy. g boy the
teachers at the school were proud of
and OF whom both parents and teach
ers prophesied great things. Every
other boy was honoltng the advent Of
the first day Of spring by strolling out
OF doors wearing his Sunday bes:
clothes and with the girl of his choice.
But Otello found himself very much
unjustly turned against him and the
world looked very black indeed.
So he resolved to be revenged upon
the wordl, planned to make everybody
sorry they had misjudged him. par
ticularly the Indifferent young lady
who lived On the floor below.
He spoke to his friend the proprie-
tor as usual, then went back into the
prescription department, saying that
he was going to dc some reading.
There was nothing unusual about his
course and he was allowed to have
his way unquestioned.
The boy even got out big book
to allay suspicion. anG when the pro-
prietor walked behind the partition
he saw him sitting there deep in
study.
Weighed Out Poison.
But when the proprietor had gone
Otello took the strychnine bottle from
its place at the top of the high shelves.
He knew from his books just how
much was fatal dose, and weighing
cut the required amount. not too
much nor too little, he returned tho
bottle to it's place.
Hastily swallowing the durg Otello
walked into rear room of the drug
store and lay down on sofa to die.
But as the pain of the poison gripped
him his determination relaxed and he
cried for help.
The proprietor. responding to the
call. found the boy lying on the sofa,
his face drawn with agony.
II took poison" he gasped, II want
to die"
Too Mortified to try to assist the
boy himself. the proprietor rushed to
the Office of DR.. Monticello, at Ninth
and Carpenter streets, and brought
the physician back with him.
An injection Of morphine was given
though the boy struggled against it
saying to the last that he wanted
to die. A message for an ambulance
was then sent to the Pennsylvania
hospital. but none was to he had and
before the patrol from the Seventh
and Carpenter streets police station
could make the trip the boy was be-
yond the reach OF assistance. He
died few minutes after the hospital
had been reached.
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in hotel of which Mowers was pro-
prietor at Lariviere for three months
and since they returned to the city ON
July last they had met frequently
and were on very friendly terms.
The day before the shooting he
came to the house and wanted to come
In. She said she could not let him
in and shut the door and went up
stairs. but when she came down few
minutes afterwards he was in the
kitchen, having entered by the back
door. She asked what he wanted and
he abused her In very violent Ian
guage and said he was going to choke
her. With that he caught her by the
throat and pushed her back ON a
chair. She screamed and her two lit
tie girls came in and he then released
her. He afterwards threatened to
blow her brains out He had made
threats to her before, mostly when
he was drunk and at Larivere on one
occasion tried to choke her. Mowers
was supposed to be married she said,
and she knew his wife, but she was
living with another man at that time.
No Reason For Act
Mr.. Bonnar for the defense. opened
his cross-examlnat3on with the aues-
ton: There was 10 reason why this
man should want: to shoot you. was
there?" =.
The witness: sNu that 1 know
Of"
you and he were good friends?"
"Yes."
"The only trouble is that sometimes
he will get drunk and you will chas-
tise him little, suppose?" "Yes. -
when he tried to choke you. 1t
was just naughtiness. was it, net?" II
don't. know"
"You have always been kind to
Mowers?" "Not always"
"You have sobered him up when he
was drunk?" "Yes."
"And even given him your bed
room to use?" II have not,
| Mrs. Bailey said Mowers used to
take her for drives some times and
her husband did not mot like it and
said he would blow Mowers brains
out If he caught him Interfering with
her. She told Mowers but continued
to go out with him, sometimes two
or three times a. week. She did not
know whether herr husband knew or
not and did not. care. The witness
said quite. frankly that she used to
think lot of Mowers Mr.. Bonnar
called attention tG discrepancies be-
tween her evidencesat the police court
and that now giveA
At the time the ahooting took place
she said she was S',ne at the house
but when her brother first came to
the door she had a visitor, a young
commercial traveller named Smith.
She let Mr.. Smith out by the back
door after. she had been out to the
sleigh the first time. He was a very
nice young man and she met him on
Portage avenue that night after her
husband came home from business
and went to the theater with him.
Mr.. Bonnar asked if Mrs. Bailey did
not: afterwards ship Mr.. Smith back
east, and suggested that she supplied
him with money for his ticket three
times, but he spent the money on
drink. This the witness denied.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-25
ISSUE JOINED
Disagreement Will, Nicaragua
duccd to Single Question,

Washington. March 25.-Predic-
tions in responsible quarters today in
dicated that the controversy with
Nicaragua over the Emery claim
would within short time resolve it,
self into single question.
Just what this was was not dis
closed, but it is believed to have ref
erence to the manner and by whom
the amount of damages to be awarded
the company resulting from the an
nulment of its concession by Nicara-
qua would DO determined.
Sc far as the belligerent attitude of
President Zelaya is concerned. no
serious fear is felt in Washington
that there will be developments that
will seriously change this situation
in Central America. The presence of
American war vessels in the Gulf of
Fonsoca is regarded rs an assurance
that there Is not apt.to be any hostile
demonstration against Salvador or
others Of Nicarasua's neighbors.
Nicaragua's military activity con-
tinues in the Gulf OF Fonsoca, where
she has a gunboat.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-25
TO CONTINUE THE
INVESTIGATIONS
Stephenson Inquisition to be
Perpetuated by Wiscon-
sin Legislature

Madison, March ga resolution
was introduced in the senate today
providing for the appointment of a
committee of senators to continue the
investigation of the senatorial CAM
paign of Isaac Stephenson and to in
quire into the election OF his support
ers as members OF the legislature. The
resolution provides that this investi-
cation shall take up the work where
the committee leaves off April TO- The
resolution went over until tomorrow.