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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-29
Six O'clock Dinnrr

DR.. and Mrs. a. F. Ruble very
charmingly entertained with a six.
O'Clock dinner at their home in Keys
lane. Monday evening. complimentary
TO Professor and Mrs. Curtiss. who
leave next week for Sherrard. where
they will make their future home.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-29

diversions. and dainty refreshments
were served.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-29
Engagement Announced.

The following invitations have been
issued:
Mr.. William Frank
requests the pleasure OF your company
at the marriage 81 his daughter.
Marie Blauch.
to
Nr. Sylvan Blum
on Nandav VeninC. September the
eleventh. one thousand nine
hundred and eleven.
~ . % clock
StratfOrd Hotel
Wheeling. West Virginia.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
You'll Find These In the Shops.

Christmas shoppers are fortunate
offered in the shops. There are sets
Of hat stands that come incaSed in
leather and make useful presents for a
man or ii woman. OF more doubtful
practically is 4 new shOehOrn with
a handle thirty inches in length. 1t
must appeal to the stout woman and
maybe to the lazy.
For the woman who travels in out
Of the way places there is a compact
leather case inclosing an alcohol fat
iron. While it costs more than an
electric iron, it will be found valuable
for summer travel, especially when
going TO the wilds where electricity is
not known.
What to do with hatpins is always a
question. The small bottles with Gro
cheted cover and ribbon hangers that
some women have given their d Ids
are pronounced worse than useless
Doubtless i was woman who i'll
vented the substantial leather tumbler
shaped holders which are heavy
enough to keep from tipping over and
high enough to hold the pins.
A useful thing is a matchbox with a
phOsphorescent top that can be seer
in the dark. Some curious pencil hold
ers may have their admirers. A
heavy glass stand has set into it q
post of spiral wire on the end OF
which is q short chain to which lead
pencil is attached.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
Christmas In the Colonies.

Twas the merry Christmas season. anS
the palms swung in the breeze
OF the lovely hot December in island
over seas.
And a meditative maiden of the kind
called Philippine
Sat and gaZed. with pensive visage. on
the sultry winter scene.
Well she knew that on the morrow all her
folks would celebrate.
Place a palm tree in the parlvr, hang
their anklets DER the crate.
On the heaped up Christmas table. groan-
Ing with its load. there d be
Appetizing birds nest truffies and ba-
mana fricassee.
LET me see. she murmured softly: fla
Their II get his string of beads,
Blue and yellow. / am certain they're the
very kind he needs.
For his old ones looked quite shocking.
though he never seemed TO care.
And his new sets quite the SWEETEST thing
a gentleman can wear.
And for mamma there's the nose ring
that | bought on Thursday week.
With the handsome whalebone stickpin
for insertion in the cheek.
And little brothers boomerang, He'll be
immensely pleased.
That or a bamboo jumping jack are the
things for which he's leased.
And as for me- / only hope they've got
the things | need
Just one or two nice costumes made OF
genuine coral bead.
A toe ring would be lovely, and piece
of copper wire
To wear around the tnstep make up all
that ! desire.
Except. of course, some other things that
every girl receives.
Such as various kinds of dresses made OF
nicely ripened leaves.
For surely" said the maiden she
smiled a scornful smile.
I'm not like those American girls who
always think of style.
Chicago Record Herald.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
The Jury's Sympathy.
Statesville Landmark.


A Statesvile man has for years in
sisted that If the wife, children,
mother and other female relatives of
dendants on murder trials are allow
ed to sit by the prisoners during trial
and enlist sympathy by sorrowful
cOuntenances and tears, then in all
fairness the body OF the victim should
be brought in court and the relatives
of the deceased. permitted to make
exhibition of their grief. The ex
pOnent of this idea will be pleased to
note that it is gaining ground; at
least an attempt was made in that
direction in a Mississippi court the
other day when the prosecuting at
tOrney had the body of the dead man
evidence. The Judge ruled the evil
| dence out OF court, as might have
been expected, but who will contend
| that it isn't as fair to work the SYM
pathy game on one side as the other?
But it always has been so, and prob
ably always will be that a dog alive
| is better than q lion dead. A de-
| PRAYED, hardened wretch, worthless
| as citizen, menace to the COM
munity in which he lives, may want
only slay a valuable citizen, and vet
more sympathy will be given him
and more effort made to save him a
just punishment, than will be given
the family or dependents of TIC lad
man, whose blood cr'h from tire
| ground. We boast Of CIV; zation in
America, and v"t with respect to
Furnishing cEiur .-n"rially homicide
We are about tie most unciyilized Of
the civilized people of the world.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
Julia Jackson Christian.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
The memorial of Julia Jackson
Christian written by her mother,
which is to be issued within the next
few days by the Stone & Barringer
Company, will touch a responsive
chord in hundreds of hearts through
out the South. For many years Mrs.
Christians friends and indeed the
whole body of Confederate veterans,
whether they enjoyed the personal
acquaintance of their heros daugh-
ter or not, have felt that Mrs. Jack
son should put upon permanent rec
ord the facts Of this short life and
the impression it left. Just this has
been done, and in such a way as to
make amost acceptable contribution
to Southern history.
or very necessity StOnewall Jack
sons only child stood in the eyes OF
the world as a representative of
Southern womanhood, and the entire
Southern people loved her in life and
now reverence her memory for the
genuinely noble way in which she
played the part. Universal public
attention was hers from her infancy
without ever turning her head. When
the veterans would crowd around
her seeking to shake the hand OF
Jackson's daughter her girlish SIM
plicity evidenced that she had in
herited many of the qualities of mind
and heart which had distinguished
her father. AS she grew to woman
hood her character reproduced his in
many sterling traits and her early
death came with a shock of personal
loss not only to those who knew her
intimately but to the thousands as
we'll who knew only that JacksOn's
daughter was in every way worthy
of the great name she bore.
In a peculiar sense North Carolina
is interested in this little volume. 1t
was here that Julia Jackson was
born. 1t was here that she spent the
larger portion of her short life. 1t
was here that she responded to the
summons which called her across the
river to rest under the shade of the
trees. We are the people who knew
her and loved her best. Many an eye
in the Old North State will moist en-
as it ppruses this simple yet exquisite
memorial Of one whose memory
North Carolina will hold sacred for
| ever.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
Christmas With Stevenson.

Passengers aboard the steamship
Lubbock unexpectedly spent Christmas
at sea in The YER 1890. but the fact
that Robert Louis Stevenson. the IA
nous story writer. was among them
made that Il most memorable holiday.
The Lubbock was en- route from Austria
liza TO Samoa She broke shaft and
imped along several days under sail.
MIR. Stevenson" says the captain in
relating the incident, "cheered every
body up By telling funny stories that
were better. coming offhand from his
lips. than most literary men couII
write II they worked over them for
weeks. He knew. too. that it was only
a question Of short time before he
would die Of consumption and that he
could never again go home for more
than IL brief visit. 1t was simply Won
derfuI what a difference that one man
made among the passengers. and
CUES almost all OF US would gladly
spend the time to Lake port under
sail, with machinery disabled, IL we
could have Stevenson aboard"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
New Year. ON the GanEe..

To know whether one will outlive the
year is almost universally regarded as
very desirable piece of knowledge,
and TO acquire it the men and women
of different nations resort TO various
stratagems to compel fate to stand and
deliver. The dweller by the Ganges
lights tiny rush candle and fixes 1t
upright on bit of board, which he
launches on the waters OF the sacred
stream. II 1t remains alight until he
can count III, the perfect number, he
regards his prospects as good for the
year. If it goes out the omen is unfa-
vorable. He gives himself the benefit
of expedition. too, for instead OF count
ing in proSaic fashion-one two, three
fOur-in the old slow style, he counts by
leaps and bounds-fve ten, fifteen,
twenty, twenty-five, thirty-and thus
takes advantage of the Pickering can
die and fluctuating wave and increases
his length of days by the glibness Of
his tongue.-Pittsburg Press.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
Altar Christmas.
HTICT OTITISIIIIdos
Said the Christmas tree by the old back

Said the Christmas tree by the old back
fence
To che one just over the way:
1T seems to me it is hard to be
Out here in the cold today.
Last week | stood in a brilliant room.
With children dancing by.
And beautiful candles warmed me
through"
Said the other tree SO did l."
Said the Christmas tree by the old back
fence
To the one just over the way:
u wish out there on the mountain SIDE
They only had let me stay.
My roots were strong. ! was warm and
green.
While the merry snow flew by.
But now ] am trembling. old and weak.
Said the ether Tree. SO am /.
Said the Christmas tree by the old bach
fence
To the one Just Ner the way:
"A little boy threW a rock at me
as he passed along today.
And last week. up by a beautiful DOLL
A sled was hanging high
For that bad little boy. I'm tired Z
death"
Said the other tree. so am l."
GaId the Christmas tree by the old bach
Fence
To the one just over the way:
"a little girl that / gave ring
Came by. and heard her say,
You ugly old tree who cares for your
And she made up face 80 wry
] wouldn't believe folks could so forget.
Said the other tree. Nor would l."
Said the Christmas tree by the old back
fence
To the one Just over the way:
ITS hard 10 die 50 far from home
But | guess we We had our day,
And the children maybe In years TO come
VIII think Of US with sigh
And the Joy IL gave. ! am reconciled.
Said the other tree. so am l..
May X. McNabb in Pittsburg Dispatch.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
Making Appropriate Gifts.


The year just closing has been so
prosperous that the spirit of philan
thropy will find very large expression in
the giving of Christmas cheer at home
and abroad. writes Cyrus p. Jones in
Success. The transatlantic mails are
already burdened with the money let
tiers sent from America to 1.-The old
folks at home"
Next to the gifts which brighten the
home of the American citizen. those
given TO worthy charity are important
to consider. Too many people give in
Discriminatory. They mean well, but
so did the committee which sent
$4,000 worth OF fireworks to the Irish
famine sufferers.
Still others give something Of no
value whatever. An instance Of this
was made manifest at 4 public gath
ering in New York, where one of the
speakers called attention to the suffer
ers from a prolonged strike and sug-
gested the ACCESSIBILITY of giving them
something. One in the sympathetic au
dience got up and said, Il move that
we give them three cheers" Let us Sc
lect our gifts with reference to their
appropriateness and utility.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
THE NEW YEAR IN JAPAN.
The Day When the AIilxadO Has to
Get Up at 8 O'clock

The Day When the MIkadO Has to
Get Up at O'Clock.
Quaint and curious New Year GUS
toms exist in Japan, where the list Of
January commences with a religious
festival celebrated at in the morn
ing. AT this time the mikado, dressed
In Japanese costume, proceeds from
the palace, followed by his deputies ar
rayed in ancient style and the foreign
diplomats in regalia dress. He enters
a small building or temple, prostrates
himself to the east, west, north and
south, and all present pray for the
prosperity of the nation.
Later ut ceremonial breakfast the
emperor and empress receive their
family and court for three hours, the
rooms being thronged. At the expira-
and formal luncheon is served from
which each guest is expected to take
cup and saucer as a souvenir
Among the people the earth and
heaven are propItiated by offerings Of
rice and vegetables, and strips of
red paper are pasted on the doors as
q sign Of good luck This color is used
exclusively save in cases where a
death ha occurred within year,
when blue paper Is used instead of
red. The day ends with people still
saluting each other and attending the
plays at the theaters. where gorgeous
robes and monOtonous voices are the
distinguishing features. - New York
World
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
The Judicial Appointments.
Statesville Landmark.

StatesYiIIe LanQmaFk-
President Taft's promotion OF As
sociate Justice White to the position
OF Chief Justice of the United States
Supreme Court was surprise to the
country. but it seems to have been
an agreeable one, especially to South
erners. Justice White is from Loulsl-
ana. was a Confederate soldier and
was in the United Stntes Senate when
President Cleveland appointed him
to the Supreme Court bench. 1t mad
been generally supposed that the
President would appoint member
of his own party Chief Justice ana
report had been insistent that Asso-
ciate Justice Hughes recently ap-
pointed to the bench from New ork,
would be the fortunate one. In pro-
noting an Associate Justice to the
position of Chief Justice the President
did not follow custom, but it would
seem that such promotion is proper.
Considered from this standpoint,
however, it is surprising that the
honor did not fall to the Oldest JUS
tice in point Of service-in this case
Justice Harlan-bu but the President
decided otherwise. 1t is probable
that Justice Harlan was passed on
account of his advanced age.
In addition to promoting a Demo
crat to the position OF Chief Justice
the President also appointed Demo
crat-Mr. Lamar, of GeOrgia-Asso-
ciate Justice, the second Democrat
he has appointed to that position,
the other being Justice Lurton,
OF Tennessee. While the President
would seem to be favoring the Demo
Gratis, this is not the case except IN
his promotion of Justice White, for
it is custom to keep on the Supreme
Court bench at least three men OF op-
posite political faith to the admins
tration, and, following that custom,
the Democrats now have three mem
bers of the court. Chief Justice
White is admittedly very able law
yer. In religion he is Catholic and is
the second of that faith to occupy
the exalted position, the other being
Chief Justice fancy.
The President appointed one DEM
ocrat-and only one, we believe-to
the new Court of Commerce. He is
Julian W. Mack, OF Chicago, a He
brew, and the Richmond Times-Dis-
patch says he is recognized by law
yers the country over as one of the
ablest in the profession. He has
served as Circuit Court Judge in
Cook county, Ill, as Judge OF the Ju.
venile Court in Chicago, as justice OF
Appellate Court and also as professor
of law in the Northwestern University
and the University OF Chicago.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
ON NEW Works. EAST SIDE.
How New Years Day Is Celebrated In
Ihc Italian Colony.

How New Years Day Is Celebrated In
the Italian Colony.
The little boys and girls Of Mulberry
street, GA New YOrk's queer east side,
keep their pockets, purses and savings
banks ready for New Years. This is
their great day Whether or not the
American Santa Claus put anything In
their stockings on Christmas, their own
uncles and aunts cannot get off without
strruna de capO d'annO (New Years
C.fu. The strenna is confined to the
children and to cash. 1t is to be dis
tributed by the relatives and friends Of
the hous hold on New Years day, when
calls and congratulations are in order.
''Buon capo d'annO!" CA good head Of
the Year,
40 stcssO Vol per cento amir
C'The same to you for a hundred
years.
When the greetings are over the
guests will be treated to vermicelli
served with special sort of sauce and
salad and ''nIerluZZo" prepared with oil
and lemon juice The thought of the
New Years Viands makes the black
eyed children smack their red lips, and
their time is taken up with discussing
it as well as with making forecasts as
10 how much of strenna Uncle So
and-sO and Cousin SO-and-sO will put in
his or her little hand before leaving
The old folks in Italy, too, are think
ing gratefully of the great land beyond
the seas over the wine and yermicelli
which they have bought with American
money. If strenna is here only given
to children an exception is made for
the old people at home, to whom q
New Years gift is sent three or four
weeks in advance so as to reach It's des-
tination In time for the great religious
and civil holiday. The Mulberry street
bankers do n rushing business in capo
d'annO remittances.-New York Herald
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
A Christmas Game.

The "chest" may be arranged in any
way that will hide one Of the playe rs
The game is based on the old poem.
"Mistletoe Bough:"
The mistletoe hung in the castle hall.
The holly branch shone on the old oak
wall.
The baron's retainers were blithe and
gay
A-keeping the Christmas holiday.
The 'retainers" all form Il ring about
the "lover," who is blindfolded. The
retainers sing:
Here we are so blithe and gay.
Keeping our Christmas holiday.
One will hide in the chest hereby.
To guess who 1t Is you must surely try.
With that one of the ''retainers" runs
and hides in the improvised chest.
The lover" is led to it, and he may
ask questions of the hidden one, who
may reply by Yes" or NO" disguis-
ing the voice. By these answers the
lover" must tel! who the retainer is
If be fails Ea must try again When
be succeeds. ghe hidden person becomes
the lover
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
DUKE OWNS TINY RAILWAY.
Four Ton Engine and One Car SUM-
Gent For Westminster.

Four Ton Engine and One Car SUM
cient For Westminster.
One of the smallest railways in the
world, aside from the miniature sys-
TENS in the summer parks. is q pri-
vate line in England which runs from
8alderton to Eaton Hall. The hall as
well as the railway belongs to the
Duke of Westminster.
There are two engines on the Eaton
Hall railway, the largest weighing
about four tons, with tank capacity
of seventy gallons.
The single passenger car IS twenty
feet long and has a seating capacity
Of sixteen passengers There are a
number Of freight cars used in hauling
coal and other supplies. The little
trains make regular runs. connecting
with the trains on the Great Western
railway.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
RENO'S LAWYERS REPENTENT
Deery Motoring and Dining Prospective
Divorce Clients.

Deery Motoring and Dining Prospective
Divorce Clients.
The legal profession in Reno seems
to have grown pretty sensitive OF late.
At a recent meeting Of the Bar asso-
citation a committee of three was ap-
pointed to make an effort to remove
from the legal profession Of Reno the
odium attached by reason OF certain
lawyers advertising for divorce busi-
ness.
Among the practical recommended
tons suggested to the committee were:
That the practice of meeting trains con-
tanning divorces be frowned upon
That the use of automobiles for the pur-
pose of exhibiting divorces be abolished
That any lawyers adding dinners at the
restaurant and theater parties TO the list
Of inducements for the purpose OF gettins
trade be penalized.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
A.replanes to Explore Sudan.

The French government is seriously
considering a plan to explore Algiers
and the Sudan by means Of aeroplanes
for the purpose of ascertaining the
most desirable locations for airship
stations.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
EnqIand Eats Chinese Hogs

London now gets large supplies of
bacon and other hog products from
China, an American firm having or
gained this business on large scale
north of Shanghai The hogs are fat
tened in the rice fields.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05

There is no Quinine, nothing whatever
harsh or sickening in Preventics. These
little, Candy Cold Cure Tablets act as by
magic. A few hours-and your threaten
ing cold is broken. Candy-li in taste.
Preventics please the children-and they
break the feverishness. always. And least of
all is the economy. A large box-4S Pre-
ventics-25 cents. Ask your druggist He
knows! Sold by The Paragon, II. E.
Thrower. Proprietor.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05

The old, old story, told times without
number, repeated over and over again foI
the last SO years, but it is always a well
come story to those in search OF health
There Is nothing in the world that cures
coughs and colds as quickly as Chamber
laia's Cough Remedy. Sold by all dealers.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
Get the Genuine Always.

A substitute is a dangerous makeshift es-
pecially in medicine. The genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds quick
~ and is in yellow package. Ac cept no
su bstitutes. Sold by all druggists.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
Wholesale SANDER.
Mt. Olive Tribune.

MI OHNe tribune
In a lengthy editorial in last weeks
issue of the Clinton News-Dispatch
we find this very remarkable and sur
prlsing statement:
at seems that the people are get
ting meaner and we believe the
preachers are responsible for it, be-
cause they refuse to declare the whole
council of God, they refuse to preach
against vote stealing and ballot box
stutting and many other mean things
that the members of their church are
doing, they are moral towards who
prefer to remain silent on these
things in order that they may receive
the thirty pieces OF silver -
1t is bad enough in this age OF
progress and enlightenment to ad-
vance such a pessimistic view to the
effect that the people are getting
meaner," but to say that the preach
ers are wholly responsible for such a
condition is as contemplate as it is
untrue, and there is absolutely no
grounds upon which to justify such
an absurd statement. Like other
folks" the preachers are subject to
the weakness of the flesh" but as a
class they are the leaders for civic
righteousness in every community
We are minded to say that a man
who so deliberately and recklessly
ISLANDERS a class of men who are
known to be the salt of the earth, y
is himself sadly in need of that char.
acteristic which distinguishes these
men in every community in which
they "moye and have their being. >
But, then, We are told that you need
not expect more OF a hog than a
grunt.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05

Ii your Stomach, Heart or kidney are
weak, try at least. a few doses only of Dr.
Shops Restorative. In FIVE or ten DAYS
only, the result will surprise YOU A lew
cents will cover the cost. And here is why
help comes so quickly. DR.. Saoop doesn I
drug the Stomach, nor stimulate the Heart
or Kidneys. DR.. Shops Restorative goes
directly to the weak and failing nerves.
Each organ has its own controlling nerve.
When these nerves fail, the depending organs
must OF necessity falter. This plain, yet
vital truth, clearly tells why DR.. Shops
restorative Is so universally successful Its
success Is leading druggists everywhere to
| give it universal preference test will
surely tell. Sold by The Paragon. H. f.
| Thrower, Proprietor.