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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-09-30
Cooks Own Story.

We have completed arrangements
by which we are enabled to print IN
full DR.. Frederick A. Cooks own
story of the discovery of the North
Pole. This matter is copyrighted by
the New York Herald Company, in
the United States, Mexico and Cana
da, and a good big sum OF money
being demanded of those papers that
wished to publish this narrative, it
looked like the little fellows-the
weekly papers-would be left out OF
the running altogether and not be
able to give their readers the benefit
of DIR. Cooks own story OF bis trav-
els and experiences in the Arctic
regions and his conquest OF the pole.
But thanks to the foresight and en-
terprise OF the American Press Asso-
citation, whose news service puts the
small daily within reasonable reach
OF their Offices and the country
weekly on practically the same foot
ing as the big metropolitan papers
with the exception OF their private
and exclusive service, the GOLD LEAF
is enabled to give it's readers the full
story OF DR.. Cooks discovery OF the
North Pole, as written by him. 1t is
q story OF wonderful interest and we
count ourself fortunate in being able
to print it first hand, and We know
our readers will enjoy it and thank
us for giving them an opportunity
to read it.
CDR. Cook, following the plans that
were original with him, and with a
daring that has never been surpass-
ed, accomplished the greatest feat OF
modern times. He made it possible
for Peary to succeed when that ex-
plorer had failed for so many years.
"From the standpoint OF science,
human interest and realism, this is
the greatest story that has ever been
written"
This story of DIR. Cook was written
while he was in winter quarters be-
yond the reach OF civilization await
ing an opportunity to get away and
back to Gods cOuntry-the civilized
world-again. He wrote while the
Incidents were fresh in his memory
and his descriptive powers are given
full play-greater, necessarily, than
il he had written or dictated hurriedly
to comply with a contract with GER
tain publishers or to give the world
an account of what he had been do
ing.
Again we say the GOLD LEAF
counts itself fortunate in being able
to lay before it's readers such a treat
as this. DR.. Cook alone can tell the
story of the discovery OF the North
Pole. This great story was written
last winter in the solitude of the far
North-and no such intensely inter
esting and absorbing story has been
printed before this was given to the
public.
The first installment of DR.. Cooks
story will appear next week.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-09-30
THE GREAT JOHN ROBINSON
SHOWS.
SINE Opinions Of the Press Of the Big
Tented Amusement Exhibition to
be Given Here Friday, October 8th.

SINE Opinions OF the Press OF the Big
Tinted Amusement Exhibition to
be diven Here Friday. October 8th.
From columns of notices which
vary in size from one-half column to
two columns, appearing in each of
the following named journals, this
paper reprints the following excerpts,
go that the readers OF the GOLD LEAF
may learn something OF the great
John Robinson Shows, which will
exhibit i'm Henderson on Friday,
DC! ober 9Th.
indianapolis Qnd.) News.
TT is really a great show
Larger shows may have visited Indian
apolis, as far as quantity is concerned;
Yet in quality and merit it is the superior
OF any show here in the past.
Cincinnati Times.
"a wonderful series of daring ieats
follow each other in rapid succession.
The act OF the equestrian seals is mar
velous. There are many other new iea-
lures never heretofore presented to pat
rons OF tented shows. The Robinson
show is Cincinnati Institution and our
citizens are justly proud OF it. for the
entertainment it gives is exceptionally
good; in fact, the best circus perform
ance ever in the Queen City,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"A great show, is the John Robinson
Shows, and the public of Louisville
know that fact. Unusual interest was
aroused by the fulsome promises made;
yet the performances last night more
than ouua allied tho pro,u mos - sg@
Philadelphia Record.
;Tbe John Robinson Show is replete
I with merit. Every act introduced in the
arena was a revelation to old-time cir
Gus goers. The act of Warren Travis,
surnamed the American Hercules was
wonderful beyond expression, and is
alone worth the price OF admission"
Pittsburg Dispatch.
"Never in the history of the tented
shows have the people been so greatly
pleased as were those who were fortu-
nate enough to see the great Robinson
Show. At the night exhibition thou
sands were unable to gain admission, so
great had been the features presented at
the afternoon entertainment. Sensa-
tional features and startling surprises
greeted the vast audience as each act
was presented"
State Journal, Columbus. o
''It was a great show and gave un-
bounded satisfaction. The riding seals,
the dancing elephants, the trained horses,
where only few of the many features
which the John Robinson Show pre-
: sents to its many patrons. 1t was yes
terday that our citizens saw the best
show ever in Columbus"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-09-30

Charlotte Chronicle.

tHariOJtt tUTOnfcle-
1t was very fitting that the South
ern people should have celebrated the
one hundredth anniversary OF the
birth OF Admiral Raphael Semmes.
He was a naval hero born OF the
South's necessities in war, and his
record on the high seas is unmatched
for dash, bravery and daring. He WAS
a fighter to the last. When he finally
had to abandon his gunboats in the
James river, he made his way to Rich
mond with his marines and set out to
join the fleeing Confederates at DAN
Vile. If he had had a chance to give
land battle he would have added to
his fame. There was but one Ra-
phael Semmes, but in John Matfitt, OF
Wilmington, the Confederate navy
had a commander to match him in
courage and daring.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-09-30
Night on Bald Mountain.

On a lonely night Alex. Benton, of Fort
Edward, n. Y, climbed Bald Mountain to
the home OF a neighbor. tortued by Asthma
bent on curing him with DIR. Kings New
Discovery, that had cured himself of asthma.
This wonderful medicine soon relieved and
quickly cured his neighbor. Later it cured
his sons wife Of a severe lung trouble Mil
lions believe it the greatest Throat and Lung
cure on Earth. Coughs, Colds, Group. Hem
orrhages and sore lungs are surely cured by
it. Best for Hay Fever, Grippe and Whoop-
ing Cough. SOC and 81 90. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by Melville Dorsey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-09-30
Farm for Rent.

T SHALL ON MONDAY, THE FOURTH
l. day of October, 1909, offer for rnl at
public auction at the court house door IN
Vance county, for the year 1910 a tract Of
land situated i'm Vance county. adjoining th.
lands OF A. J. Harris, Mrs Marston and
A. Grissom and containing 10 arrc- mon
or less, the land being known ~ the "uzs
Satterwhite" land.
This is a good tobacco and cotton ias
and those interested are requested 10 afias
this renting.
This Sept. 18th, 1909.
HENRY PERRY
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-09-30

The New York Herald, referring to
the grilling by DR.. Cook OF the news
paper correspondents, says CDR.
Cooks replies convince skeptics.
Army of correspondents fire volleys
OF expert questions at him and his
doubtful. News and Observer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-09-30
Whipping Post the Thing.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
Speaking of that class Of criminals
in several cities of the State who are
repeatedly sentenced to the chain
gangs the Henderson GOLD LEAF re-
marks that "if it was the whipping
post instead Of term on the roads
they would not be so likely to come
up the second time for the same Of
tense" The GOLD LEAF is correct.
The re-estnblishment of the whipping
post would do more to suppress
crime below the grade of capital felo-
MES than anything that could be
done. Neither the chaingang nor the
penitentiary is rs much feared rs
would be that mode of corporal pun
ishment, and immense sums would
be saved to the counties.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-09-30
SALE OF LAND.

pURSUANT. To THE POWER OF S.Ig
l. conferred upon me in Deed Of 1rp.,
executed to me by Charles Taylor and MA.
on the 1st day of February. 1905. and 8vs,
recorded in Book 80, pages l3I. .tc.. Of h.
Office of the Register of Deeds Of Van.
County, shali on
Monday, November LIST, 1909,
sell to the highest bidder, for cnsh hy pub5r
auction, at the Court House door in Hsndp,
con, the tract of land referred Ia in said nesl
OF Trust as Third tract. which l. described
as follows:
The Home tract of Charles TAYLOR. adjob
ing the lands of w. l.. Taylor aud othprs
containing 60acres, more or less, aud beng
the land bought by said Charles Taylor q
Col. William l.. Taylor.
Time of sale l o'clock + NJ
This September 2Sth, 1909.
h. :. ROlSTER
Trust
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-09-30

They drive away the blues They make
you feel better and Representatives, Little
Early Rsers, safe, sure, easy, little liver pills.
Sold by all Druggists
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-09-30

Don't suffer with SpraiEs, Strains, Bruises
or Pains, but use BLOODINE RHEUMATIC
LlNIMENT and you will be relieved in a
minute. 25c and soc bottle, The Bloodine
Co, Inc.. Boston, Mass. Sold by ". W.
Parker, Special Agent.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

AS the Spokane express was outbound
from Portland, a few days ago, a bay
horse about sixteen hands high, and d
most beautiful specimen, according to those
who saw him, took fright at the approach
ing train, while feeding in a pasture along
side the track about one mile from
Fairview, and, starting down the track,
ran for seven miles at almost top speed
down the center Of the track in front OF
the train
In that seven miles, the horse jumped
sixteen cattle guards, and ran at a good
rate across a common railroad bridge
about sixty feet in length. without a slip.
He was only scared off the track when
the train entered Troutdale, and when, a.
the call Of the whistle of the locomotive
the station agent there and employees OF
a near by livery stable, cornered and
caught him with a lariat.
Most remarkable of the whole thing wa'
the speed which the horse kept up in tn,
distance The only time that the trair
slowed down perceptibly was at the bridg
outside OF Troutdale, where it was feareC
the horse might slip through the ties anC
be caught. He skipped across the ties lik'
the most experienced tie walker.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Fine Looking Manchu Maidens.

The Mukden women are especially fine.
They are big-framed and broad-hipped, and
they stand straight as they walk along the
streets with a swing. Their feet are not
bound like those of the Chinese women,
nor do they fear TO look a man in the face.
Indeed they seem to dress for the streets.
And such dressing, They wear pantaloons,
but over them long coats coming down to
the ankles. The coats are often OF silk
lined with fur. Every girl paints her
cheeks and eyelids with rogue, and her
head is more gorgeously dressed than those
of any other women of Asia. She has a
silver framework, which rises over her
crown like the comb of a rooster, and
about this she twists her black locks in a
gorgeous creation. The marcel wave or
the pompadour would be P~uritan-llke IN
Mukden
Some of the women have plates OF silver,
gold or other metal, ten inches long and
two or three inches wide, which they
fasten on the back OF the head. They wrar
their hair round It so that 1t stands out
like great wings on each side. They go out
upon the streets without hats and seen
proud Of their clothes.
These women have shoes Of various kinds
Some wear f~ootgear OF silk and satin with
thick, flat soles, like those OF the men
Others have beautiful shoes built upor
soles three times as high as the spool
heels used by our ladies, and such shoes
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Cat Gets string of Fish.

Juno. the diving and fishing cat belong
ing to Charles La Croix, who lives in
Seaside Place, Conn, came home with a
fish hook fastened in her throat and a
string of fish trailing behind her. There
were weakfish, dogfish, cells, skate and
flatfish. Her catch broke all records for a
cat, but Juno did not seem TO me espe-
cially proud Of 1t. The big hook was stick
ing too deep into her throat for her to
find any Joy in anything.
The cat left home in the morning to go
to the water front TO dive for fish. Wnen
she got there she saw a nice fat mummy
a few inches beneath the surface of the
water and dived, seized and swallowed it.
Then she started for shore. To her sur
prise, she felt a sharp pain in her throat
and discovered she was being held by
something. She began to struggle vio-
lently. Finally something gave way, She
headed for shore and made it. Behind
her trailed twenty-five feet of a set line
which fishermen had baited with mum
mics and placed in the water to catch
larger fish. juno had swallowed part of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Mukden a Tartar City.

Mukden is emphatiCally a Manchu town.
1t makes one think Of the Tartar section
Of Picking, except that it is better laid out
and its streets are smoother and cleaner.
The city has two great walls about 1t.
The outer one is of mud and is thirteen
miles long. The inner is about four miles
in length, and it incloses a circle Of
houses a mile or so wide. comprising the
old Tartar camp Of the past,
The inner walls are of brick. They are
forty feet high and 80 wide that two two
horse wagons could be driven abreast
upon them. They run in an almost perfect
circle around the inner city, being entered
by eight gates, each Of which has walled
Enclosures about it, so that you wind in
and out going through. The Manchus do
not believe in straight roads, for they
think. that evil spirits may be lost or
turned back by the windings.
The most important part of Mukden Is
the inner city. This contains the palaces
Of the emperor of China, in which are
stored fortune in jewels and precious
stones, wonderful carvings in silver and
porcelain, worth their weight in gold.
The palaces rise high above the rest OF
the city. They are great tempIe-like build
ings, with curved roofs of the imperial
yellow. Their woodwork is painted in
bright red and green, and is wonderfully
carved. The roofs are OF porcelain, and
the yellow tiles shine like gold under the
sun. For months last year the palaces
were filled with walling officials, who went
there day after day to weep for the EN-.
peror and the old empress dowager.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

or another, The coolies have suits Of
sheepskins and goatskins, while the ma
hobs wear foxskins, mink and sable. The
Manchu houses are poorly heated, and
fur-lined clothes are worn indoors and out.
AS a rule the best furs are. exported. l had
thought to have bought an overcoat here,
but am told that l can purchase one at d
much lower price in Picking.
As to the extent of the fur trade, 1t Is
In addition to the vast guam
tlty used by the natives several hundred
thousand skins are annually exported. A
large part OF the product goes to America.
and among the things sent there are thou
sands Of dogslSin mats and dogskin rugs,
as we'll as bales of squirrel tails and fox
tails for muffs and hat decoration.
Some of the furs are fine. There are
tiger skins, which bring as high as SCO.
and leopard skins at from $50 to $50 apiece.
Something like 5000 sables are annually
exported, the best Of them yielding $5 a
skin. Last year about 1000 silver foxes
we're sold, some of which netted $50 a skin.
over 10000 red fox furs brought from $40
to $50 each, and as to the skins OF wolves,
badgers, goats and lambs, they were sold
by the tens of thousands.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

The discipline Of an army reigns supreme
in circus life, says Popular Mechanics,
and 1t is always interesting to watch how
the thousand or more people of such an
organization are fed three meals a day
without a hitch, and as silently as a big
hotel. The grass serves as a carpet, and
the forty or more walters move quickly
in and out. The kitchen tent is completely
equipped with pastry ovens, warming
tables, steam watts for stewing, steam uTns
for coffee and tea, boiling ovens and
numberless other cooking utensils. The
force Of cooks numbers sixteen, includ-
ing the three which tend the camp fire,
at which nothing but soup is prepared.
The ranges fold up, and are carried in
wagons, and the tents are lighted with
electricity at night. 1t is not unusual to
serve as many as 5000 pancakes for break
fast, and 600 caves OF bread are used
each day, in addition to crackers and bis.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

and mules, single or double or three or four
tandem, there are many pleasure vehicles,
great two-wheeled cabs without springs,
covered with blue cotton, drawn by superb
mules, which 30 on the trot. Some Of the
cabs have outriders wearing white hats
and red plumes; and now and then there
is a foreign carriage with coachman and
footman in livery. The town has some
droschkies left by the Russians, the horses
Of which have great hoops over their
shoulders. There are numerous jim
rikishas brought In by the Japanese.
There are also huge wheelbarrows pushed
by sweating Chinese, and last but not
least, l must mention the long three
seated blackboard of the Astor hotel. This
was brought to Mukden by an American
patent medicine man, and for a long time
II had the name of President Roosevelt
painted upon one of its sides. 1t is now the
hotel bus, and it makes daily trips to the
railroad station four miles away.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25

tions OF all sorts in silk, satin and fine
leather for women, The felt shoes have
soles an inch or more thick, with uppers
whose thickness will average a quarter or
an inch. They look clumsy and heavy,
but are wonderfully light and remarkably
cheap. The coolies wear shoes of leather
much like moccasins and the officials
have boots of black silk and velvet.
The shoe merchants display their wares
on the sidewalks, and there the cobbler
sits and mends your boots while you wait.
Near my hotel a wooden boot is hung
out as a sign. 1t is painted white, green
and red and is quite as big as the shoe
in which the old woman lived with all Of
her children.
And the caps of Mukden! They are of
all kinds and can be seen by the hum
dreds on any main street. They are stacked
up outside upon shelves, which are laid
up along the walls of the buildings. They
are made of fur, silk and felt, with rolls
which can be turned down to cover the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Among the Tartars.

The crowd on the streets is far different
from that Of the cities of China. These
Manchus are not like the small-boned.
sawed-off Celestials we have in America,
with yellow compilations. smut noses and
eyes which look out of button-hole Sits
in their faces. They all rave more or less
Manchu blood and many look like pure
Tartars. They remind one OF our Ameri-
can Indians. They are giants In COM
parison with the people OF Canton. I see
many men who are six feet tall, with big
frames, heavy bones and large heads,
fastened to broad full shoulders, Their
compleXlors are more like copper than
cream; their eyes seem wider apart and
their noses are often quite prominent.
They are not unfriendly looking; and as a
rule they do not run when we point our
cameras their way.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
stores of

No one can go through the streets of
Mukden and not be impressed by its bust
ness. There are miles of one-story booths,
back of which are warehouses filled with
fine goods. There are streets Of fur
stores and streets devoted to the making
and selling Of silver, copper and brass.
There are innumerable peddlers, who go
along crying the wares, and places
where the goods are put out in the open
during the day and taken in at night.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Fish Has BeSs Like Bird.

AA"S IVAN AA0S DAhNs
e. b. Rice, keeper of Eastlake park, Los
Angeles, has a fish that he expects may
sing like a hooking bird.
1t has the beak and throat of a bird all
right and half of its body is that of a carp,
the other half that of a goldfish.
Mr.. Rice was gathering a lot of fish from
the lake in a bucket as breakfast for fish
eating animals in the zoo, AS he dipped
up a mess of the fish, one struck a beak
up through the water and twittled a pro-
test. This interested Mr.. Rice and he took
the beakfish out and placed it in an impro-
Vised aquarium.
Either the fish is too young for feathers
or is noting, for no plumage has ap-
peared. But the beak and birdlike head
are much in evidence, as well as the mixed
parentage shown by the combined carp
and goldfish body.
DR.. David Starr Jordan probably is the
only man who can pedigree the ancestry
Of this fish, II it is a fish, or bird, If it is
a bird.
Mr.. Rice is still undecided as to whether
he should provide a cage of a jar for its
home.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Mnnchurin,s Dog Farms.

The biggest part OF the fur trade with
America is the dogskins. The country is
so cold that this animal grows a long, thick
coat, worth so much that dogs are raised
for their skins The best skins bring -
apiece, and h make beautiful rugs, 1
am told there are many dog farms be-
tween here and Siberia, where the animals
are bred for this purpose. They are killed
Just before spring, while their coats are
still long and warm. The killing is done
by strangulation, for the reason that a
knife might injure the fur. The dogs Of
the cities are treated in the same way.
/ see many in Mukden today which l doubt
not will be turned into American rugs
in the next year or so.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-25
Mukden,s piT Fur Trade.

This place is one Of the chief fur mar
kets Of Asia. The country above Mukden
swarms with wild animals and their raw
skins and furs are brought here for sale.
There are more than forty tanneries In
and about the city, and one sees leather
and fur stores everywhere. The fur shops
are all open. The skins are displayed just
as they come from the tannery and also
sewed together in the shape of the man
DARN coat. Such a coat is large and full,
the fur being afterward cut and fitted to
the shape of the wearer. Many such furs
are used for Innings, the outsides being Of
brocaded satin or silk, and some are worn
by the Chinese with the hair outward, the
lining being of silk or other materials.
There are also rugs Of various sizes and
furs for sale TO foreign dealers, such as
sable and fox. There are buyers who
come here from all parts of Asia, and
large shipments are made every winter
to Shanghai, Tientsln and Picking.
During the coolest weather the Tartars
in the northern part OF the empire wear
almost nothing else but furs OF one kind