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1 "a BUSINESS Be Sure You Are Right ADVERTISING jlf Too Wut to ReKU I . y nisi wining ;tn ' " x 1 nlvt rti.-; iii-iil s'ltim IS THfc Fonndation OF Success IN ANY BUSINESS. j The people if Ilen idersoii and tin mir roundin countiy. let them know what Wortli Having I'-"111 ,,;u-:i"s i Ml Uil " mh-i riml insiTl it iii tin .-nh Advertising .: (l l u:A1- Th"; . ji.ir. i! f'"i' lni.il t i i;' '' v ' yoll e:lll is thh YEAR. : Then Go Ahead. inducements vou hold nut to jj t their trail' hy ti well displnyeti advertisement n The Gold Leaf. XHAD R. MANNING, Pahlisher. (Dajrotjtnj, OakoliIna, HHEe-vtehxt's Blessings .A-tteistd 3E3Qe:r." I SUBSCRIPTION $1.60 Cash. VOL. XII. HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1893. NO. If). DYSPEPSIA j 3 that misery experienced when radiciily made aware that you a diabolical arrangement tulied stomach. No two dyspep xl s have the game predominant jrvuipi'jm?, Lut whatever form Urptpiia takes The underlying cause i in the LIVER, and one thing ia certain no one v ill remain a dyspeptic who will yfTjU It will correct Acidity of the Stoma) li. ETpiI foul gases. Allay Irritation, Attaint Digestion 'and at the same. tlm-i .Wait the lAver working and all bodily ailments Will ttisappeur. "f.-.r mcrr thin three years I snffere.l with i tried several -,. t,;it t'irv ..lTideJ no relief. At l ist 1 trie.l r...i.iiii,Li l.ivrl Kculator. wlii ll Illicit we in .1 r.:i i It i- j vil iueii I woutil no tt .al.LMi it " -J ames A. KoAnk, Pa. SVe that you get the iienuine, t iih it J J2 cu front of wrapper. . IKf rAKEI) ONLY LV J. li.y n.iLiN x t o.. I tiiU.lfeliiiiiii. " ELECTRICITY Ifl LIFE." I'ii It-cl ion li.-i-ii : 1 1 1 : i i 1 1 1 -1 1 in tli i. ll.. II lit our KeCeiitly I III H OVt'll pi it i;ij:otro-ualvam, eodybattery ELECTRIC BELT and APPLIANCES. IIk :nr iiM-tiin In an thing of Hu : i i.l in vt'iil ii-gi'iiiii ; h:i-; et discovered, I I, mi :ilnlot n'i son , vln have lived 1 11 ' It I l.l.li:i KIIIS and A I'I'I.I A NCKS, ' !itv tint they will ceitilillly cure i:ii i:s M tism. i:ri: ai.i.ia, M'KI'M , i.ii;i; ash mim; imm:ask, i i i a i.i-: u i;a k n i nn ami MM: M.r-. ui' W'u.MKN. i ! A I: l: 1 1 riu ill illi our Klii'ti ic ( 'a .1 : i hi I I a . I ti e:i e . 1 nun pe I 'in a hen I - ; . i nn d l tli'- eon I. mt cm lent oi Kleo- i;i'it in..lupr, hy our :H IIA'I'- I .: . Live lni'.tl avelit wanted. Send : ..I pi n'e I i t a ud te I nnonia I JOHN A. CRISP F.LFXTRIC BELT CO, .11.1 ri.KSON , oil in. 1 9 3rq 2 " Cures fill 1' e!ii:;!e ' .uontniy "idles, Pain in I'.-e'nlc, builds !'.-l !l:ousund3 irregularity. Ivui Jiiu-k or Sidfs. rtr un the whole m , 1 :1ft ne:;.- t !: ..' It I::ts l hud will cure yd:. Llrujiruts have if- Scud titan ii for hook. Uli. J. I. DKOMtJOOS.K .t CO .culsville, Ky. AVERILL PAINT vts i.i:. in the end. than nny er paint at any price (high or low) ill lieeauve ' it a iitirt.ir nil otifrs. ll lavied 12 m ai s on the hoiive of Mr. iV. A. nine, Athene, Ala. Would ton like to see onr buildings shine lil.e polivin d maibh-V I hen you haw "iih to paint tiH iii Willi Averill Paint. It has a beautiful lutre. The " A ei ill" has been on I lit market over ears. It lias leei tested by '1 I tu.- the li lie leM -l the worth of 1..U11I . N i 1 ";i no 1 ivk ; every gal lon of " Am i ill" is i;i;nr.iiit.,;il. He-caiiM-t!,e piotti is laii:ei some ital- eiswillll', in v.-.ii o novi 11 i,ies 111 imitation but m -i I on iia iu. Averill Paint. S, & C. WATKINS, lll-'.MKKH), N . r. .M.inutaetiiiers SMKhKV men 1 11 1-us, o New 01 U itv. 1'itiiliiig Slip, H lime !i.J HUMPHREYS' This Prfcious Ointment is the triumph of Scientific Medicine. Nothing has ever been produced to t quid -r c iinpare wiih it as a t tkativb and 11 k. a 1.1 Nii a it 1. ic at 1 on. Ithasleen UM-d 40 years and always allonls. rchof and always gives satisfaction. Cures Th i s or 1 IkmokkuoIiis - External i r Internal, Blind r liU i-dine Itching and I'.ui 1 . i 1 1 -; l 'r.u ks or Ensures; Eistula in Ano; Worms' ..I" the U' Mm, The reiki" is imme diate the 1 in e n rtain. WITCH HAZEL OIL I 'nrt s Hi i n-;, Sralds and Jjlivrati.m and Conn ,u lion 11 fin limns. The n liet'isinstant. Cun s liou.s, Jl.it 'I llinois, I 'kers. Fis tulas, (Hd Sues Itching Eruptions, Scurfy or Si aid Head. It is int.illil.k. nit s Inu.amkdoi- Ckki Hk easts and vol f Nil. pies. It i s 111valn.il 1'iice, 50 Cents. Tii.d sie, 25 Cents. f?ol4 by Diuisgieis, t c-nt o.i 1 i.t hu iec!it ol prira. Ml .rllltKtS' M K It. ., 1 1 1 1 1 3 UHKam St., SEW Y0B8. THE PILE OINTMENT Potter's Field Is populated by men who scoff at Printer's Ink. HE DOESN'T 11 GRUMBLE" BY JAMES XOEL JOHNSON. ! I never fret; it ain't no use I Although bail luck keeps in niv way, ; An' punches at me day by day", ' An' only gives me life's refuse An' makes me work at Dauner's nav I never fret, for this I say, It ain't no use. I never fret, no not a hit. Although I have the hardest time, It seems no further can I climb. My feet git blistered as I go Along the road o' toil an' woe .les' have ter dig an' plow an' hoe, While weeds keep springm' in the row, Although I suffer such abuse I never grumble no, no, no, For tain't no use. I never fret, no, not erUd, Although each second step I fall, An skin my shins an bruise mv head. While blood is left where e'er I tread j hil; fate s made furies at ine squall An' mockery does at me bawl, i An' cloud's big hailstones on ine shed, j An' persecution hurls abuse, ', Vet 1 don't fret, as I have sed. For tain't no use. 1 never fret, although my wife Is just the nightmare of my life. Hie has a Jaw that's wide and long : '1 hat sticks ine like a sharpened prong ; Mie has a fist whose frequent close nrings uiooii reii rrouuie to my nose. I've got some brats that should be dear, Hut, heaver.s' they are just like her, An' l.ordy! when they all turn loose, I feel that satan must be near. I'ut while I these misfortunes bear, To say a word 1 never choose, 1'ecaiive. as I have said, 1 swear It ain't no use. Vuttkee Jlliule. - STATE BANKS OP ISSUE. The New York Journal of Com mene, the highest authority on finan- ial questions in the United States, has in its issue of March 15, 1893, the following to say editorially ol the State Banking Act passed by the Jast North Carolina Legislature: " ll is well known that only by a very strained interpretation of the Federal Constitution can the right to prohibit the issue ol notes from the State bank be upheld and the 10 per tent, tax justified. An act of Con gress forbidding State banks to issue circulating nolo:; would lie negatory, tlie Federal government having no power in the premises. The tax in question was not laid for revenue, but designed solely to prohibit the issue of these notes. May Congress solely for the one purpose levy a prohibitory tax when the prohibition itself is not ! within its power? The tax ought to be repealed and that without any con ditions. But some people aie so apprehensive that "wildcat banking" would follow the renewed liberty that they hesitate to indorse the demand for this repeal. We noticed in our former article the project to tlo away with the tax on condition that the notes shall be issued under a statue precisely similar to the Federal Bank- ing act. " The new proposition is to remove the prohibition for all State bank issue, the par redemption of which shall be guaranteed by the State in which the bank is located. When this was sent to us last week by a member ol Congress tor our opinion we replied that we knew of no State likely to furnish such a. guaranty. At the very moment, but without our 1 1 . ,1 . t 1 1 3 1 I Kiiuwieuge, anuci nau ucen passeu uy i the State of North Carolina embody i ing this peculiar feature. We have a copy on our desk covering forty printed pages and too long for descrip tion here. But it proposes a banking system which furnishes the most ample security for the note-holder. The State is to have the right to subscribe for one-third of the capital stock of each institution, and to name one third of the directors. The per cent, bonds of the State to pay the subscrip tion are to lie heli as security. The State is to guarantee every note and to see its redemption. This act has been passed by the General Assembly and is now the law of the State. It makes provision for a vote of the peo ple to change the Constitution, by which the statue shall become legally effective. The system, if thusapproved, is to be inaugurated within ninety days after the repeal by Congress of the tax on State bank issues. It is sufficient to say that no loss could come to a note-holder thus protected. It is an illustration of a statement we made some years ago that if State banks were permitted to issue the flexible currency so much needed in this country, the States would, see to it, by appropriate legislation, that no loss fell upon the holders of the desired circulation. Lincoln's Mother's Grave. tKroni a Henderson (Ky.) Letter. Not a great distance from this place, near the town of Lincoln, on the In diana side, rest the mortal remains of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of the martyred President. This grave is situated on what is now an isolated knoll in a dense forest, ami marked only by an iron fence and a common slab bearing the plain inscription : Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of President Lincoln, died Oct. 5, 1S1S, aged 35 years." Near this grave is the site on which the cabin stood that served as the home of young Abe dur ing his boyhood days and where, in his rural simplicity, he little dreamed of the great dramatic future in which he was destined to play such an 1m nortant part. Nothing remains at nresent to mark the historic spot but I' - the debris of some crumbled brick and a native cedar that once cast its charms and shadows upon this forest home. Lore. Love's best language is unspoken, Yet how simply known; Eloquent in every token. Look ami touch aiHltone. BLUE AND GRAY. A FOEMAN'S TRIBUTE LANE'S BRIGADE. TO A Gallant Federal Officer Testi fies to the Valor of Lane's Brig ade of North Carolina Troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville. f News and Observer.! It is so seldom that words of praise or credit are given by Northern writers relative to the bearing and action of Southern troops during the war, that it is with peculiar pleasure that we quote from the report of Colonel Aug. A. Hamlin, of Bangor, Maine, an officer of the Eleventh Army Corps, U. S. A., concerning the battle of Chancellorsville, in which, referring to Lane's North Carolina Brigade of Confederates, he uses language so honorable and worthy of a true man and brave soldier, and so well deserved by the brave men whose fidelity and valor he commemorates, that in simple justice to him and them, we copy his words, as they appear in his report published in the National Tribune. Col. Hamlin says: Fane's Brigade was severely de nounced for the desultory firing which wounded Jackson and perhaps A. P. Hill, but, neither of these officers ever blamed the men ol the 18th North Carolina for firing as they did, as neither Hill nor Jackson informed Maj. Barry, in command, of their in tention to pass in front of his line, and both Hill and Lane had warned the troops that they were in the most advanced position, and must be keenly on the alert. It is proper at this time to say a few words concerning Lane's Brigade and consider the charges of a want of firm ness brought against it. Investigation shows that the Brigade was composed of young men, of the best stock the Old North State contained, and sent to represent it in the bulwark of Secession the Army ol Northern Virginia. The records of the war show that it was in all the principal battles of the Army of Northern Virginia ; that its blows were severe and its losses were frightful. In the battles around Richmond in 1862, the Brigade lost 800 men killed and wounded. At Chancellorsville it also lost nearly 800 men killed and wounded, and of its thirteen field officers all but one were struck down. At Gettysburg it formed the left of Longstreet's charge and although it had lost about fifty per cent in its three days' fighting, it marched off the field in order and took position in j support of the batteries, which some of the other brigades did not do. And they were the last soldiers of Lee's retreating army to recross the Potomac River, both after Antietam and Get tysburg. It may be said briefly, and without ! eivinsr offense to deserviner soldiers on either side, that so long as examples of American valor are honored so long will the name of Lane's Brigade of Carolinians be held in high respect. This Brigade was alone from 8 p. ni. to 10 p. m., in front of the Federal army, and although it had been three times raked by the terrible artillery fire from the Federal guns at Fairview, and attacked in flank by some of Sickles' regiments, it did not waver nor call for aid. A FLOATING BOTTLE. With a. Message Prom One of the Narpnio's Crew. A special from Norfolk, Va , says : William Johnson the winter watchman at Ocean View, Va., a summer resort near the mouth of Chesapeake bay, this afternoon picked up on the beach at that place a champagne bottle with several corks tied about its neck and with a letter enclosed giving alleged information from one of the crew of the sinking White Star line steamer Naronic. The letter was : 3:10 a. m., February 19. Steamship Naronic, White Star Line, at Sea. To who Picks This Up : Report when you find this to our agents if not heard of before, that our ship is fast sinking eneath the waves, and it is such a storm that we can never live in tne small boats. One boat has already gone with her human cargo below. God let us live through this. We were struck by an iceberg in a blinding snowstorm and floated two hours. Now it it 3:20 a. m., by watch and the great snip deck level with the sea. Report to the agents at Broadway, Yew York, M. Kersey & Co. Good bye all. John Alsev, Cattleman. II. Thoinason has just opened a beau tiful line 01 ladies dress goods. 1 he- latest styles in all shades for spring and summer wear. Full line of silks and trim mings, buttons, &e., to mateh. ery cheap. We've heard of a woman who said she'd walk five miles to get a bottle of Dr. Pierce's favorite Prescription if she couldn't get it without. That woman had tried it. And it's a medicine which makes itself felt in toning up the system ami cor recting irregularities as soon as its use is begun. 00 to your drug store, pay a dollar, get a bottle and try it try a second, a third if necessary. Before the third one s been taicen you ll Know mat there's a remedy to help yon. Then you'll keep on and a cure '11 come. But if you shouldn't feel the help, should be disap pointed in the results you U hna a guarantee printed on the bottle-wrapper that'll get your money back for you. llow many women are there who'd rather have the money than health ? And " Favorite Prescription" produces health. Wonder is that there's a woman willing to suffer when there's a guaranteed remedy in the nearest drug store. . -n 1 A 1 X - A IDr Pierce s x-eiieia regutate ine Stomach, Li"er and Bowels, Mild and effective. NEWSPAPER REPORTERS. One Who Has Had. Experience Tells of Their Hardships. f Correspondence of the Winston Sentinel. J I would just as soon think of going to a merchant in this city and asking him very cooly to make me a gift of some goods in his store that I might want, or to a lawyer and request him to write me a chattle mortgage gratis, or to a person in any other vocation and asking his services or goods or time free, as to go to a re porter or any one who makes writing a profession and ask that he expend his time, energy and brain-power for my pleasure or benefit, and then not to give him value received, principle is the very same, and sooner those who disregard or do know this, are educated up to it, The the not the better it will be for the reporter any way. I can assure you there are very few people who write for the fun of the thing, certainly no one with whom I am acquainted. It is purely a matter of business with which they are strug gling to earn an honest living. , I happen to le very well posted along this line, so can make statements from memory. Writing complimentary, sometime gorgeous puffs about people or their calling, whatever it may be, and which largely enhances that per son's interests is certainly no profit to the reporter,,unless he is properly remunerated for his services, and if you should fail to do that, it is such a very little thing on your part to do, but nevertheless the proper thing to at least thank him for the favor he has conferred. It is a remark so often made that anybody can write." It looks so easy. The truth is, everyone, no matter what his occupation may be, ought to be able "to write sensible and grammatic letters, either to a newspaper or to a friend, but unfor tunately there are those who have no natural or acquired fitness forwritting, and who are so stricken with a poverty, of language that, ,fthe less they would have had to say the better." He who thinks writing for the press such an easy thing let him try it. It happens that, of all vocations, professional or mechanical, this is one of the most difficult to master. Only long years of experience, and patient, unwearying application, backed by a natural fund of common sense and sound judgment and a taste for the work can ever make a proficient writer. If there is anything in the world that onght to raise one man above another, as a man, it would seem to be intellectual power, rather than wealth, s. proud ancestry, physical strength or a fine personal appearance, for cer tainly it is through great and sore tribulation that a man reaches the highest intellectual eminence. But just here I want to say a few words about reporters, particularly, then I am done. I want to tell those of you, who don't know, that their life is by no means an easy one. There could be no greater miscon ception of it than a belief that its duties are light. The reporter has much hard and irksome labor to do ; he must often work beyond the time at which he sadly needs rest or refresh ment ; he must do mental tvork re quiring careful attention in noisy assemblages, often through the long hours of the night, and nearly always so hurried and pressed for every minute of his time that it is not strange it the brain is thrown into a state of confusion that wastes it too rapidly away. Oh, you dear brethern who sit back and abuse editors in general and reporters in particular, for pity's sake forbear, and out of the sweet charity of your heart, do some times say, " I thank you for serving me so well." E. The llest Yet. The Hew Peterson for May is ahead of its predecessors, excellent as they were. The number opens with a beautifully illus trated article by Julian Hawthorne, called "A City Within a City: Chicago To-l)ay." Another capital paper, with profuse illustrations, is Miss Elizabeth Robinson's " Day in Marken," one of the quaintest and least-known spots in Hol land. Louise Chandler Moulton contrib utes an appreciative criticism on Arlo Bates, the Boston novelist. "'Absent Love," by Philip Bourke Marston, is one of the loveliest of the regretted poet's posthumous Ivrics. The two serials, " A College (lii l,"'by Ellen Olney Yirk, and "A Border I eaiider," by Howard Seely, are worthy the reputations of their pop ular authors. "The .Mortgage on the Farm," by Agnes Uepplier, is in that gifted writer's most brilliant vein. "School Keeps," by Minot J. Savage, gives some delightfully told reminiscences of boy life in Maine forty-five years ago. The rest of the contents are of unusual merit, and there is a freshness and nov elty about Hip number which is immensely attractive. The New Peterson lias already proved itself the model family magazine, and its success is an established fact. Terms, two dollars a year. Address, 112 -114 South Third Street. Philadelphia. Unselfish Journalism in South. "he I Houston Press. I Persons in search of proof of tenacity in the South are respectfully referred to the many little newspaper offices, through the South where the owners are working year in and year out for glory and the benefit of the territory they represent, at a sacrifice of luxuries, comfort, yes, in many instances with 1 out the neccessaries of life even. It is this class of pioneers who have fought hard battles for civilization, and the press hopes they will get their reward in heaven. Three-fourths of your ailments arise from liver troubles which Simmons Liver Regulator cures. FASHIONS F0R MALES. .SOMETHING ABOUT HATS AND DRESSES. Pretty Conceits that are Becoming: and Popular for Ladies' Wear Our Correspondent Writes in Her Usu ally Intertaiuinr Jlaiiner This Week. It was inevitable that the sudden fancy for the fashions of 1830 should produce a reaction in the millinery styles, and an attempt be made to bring in bonnets of a larger size, more appropriate to the new toilets than Lhosc Already prepared for the spring season. Whether those new shapes are destined to become really popular, however, is a question which the future must decide. A few weeks ago the introduction of bonnets with ears and curtains seemed merely a passing vagary of fashion, b'U the radical transformation brought about in skirts may keep them some time in vogue. So far, however, the enlarged shapes are in a decided minority. One of them covers the head down to the ears antl has an open brim and is worn sloping backwards, so that the crown incloses the coil of hair at the back. Another is lormed like a diminutive night cap, and has a lace curtain put on at the back. I have seen the former - v. v - . -. v. ?; ' or- ( v f ' . T V , J- 1 I A YOUTHFUL MODEL. in rice straw and crinoline. The model in rice straw black is trim med with wide satin ribbon, shaded from crimson to moss-green, draped about the crown and arranged in bows front and back ; on each side of the front bow is placed a stiff bunch of variegated crocuses, tied up with a cluster of leaves in the centre. The principal decoration of the white crinoline bonnet consists of the two halves of a white Brussels lace veil, each fluted like an open fan and form ing spreading wings on each side of the low crown. Very fine wire is sewn to the edge of the lace to give it the required stiffness. A small bow of lace, with a large amethyst cabochon in the centre, is placed in front of the hcrown, ana at the Pack a Dow ol pale peach blossom satin, with strings of the same. The best specimen of a bonnet with a curtain is in nut-colored straw, the obnormal addition be ing made of lace of the same color, worked with gold thread. It is mount ed in a few gathers and has a little knot of moss-green velvet on the top. A bow shaped arrangement of the lace is placed in front of the brim and juts out on either side in flutes ; two gold headed pins are fixed in this bow. The little girl's hat above is of gath ered rose colored surah with a bow of satin ribbon to match, and strings of the same. What used to be party colors are all right for out of door r dresses this sum mer. A very pretty costume is made of a lovely clear rose pink silk, the skirt flaring as the accompanying sketch indicates, and is distinctly a graceful compromise between the clinging and the spreading kinds. About the foot are two little double ruffles of pink, the top one finished under a cord, and with bits of satin bows at intervals. The bodice is a round one. It has a yoke let in of cuinure lace, either over the silk, or A TRICK BODICE. showing the neck through. There is a round collar of the silk, and the bodice around the yoke has a finish of the lace and a pretty knotting of satin ribbon A broad bodice belt of satin is about the waist, reaching half way to the bust line. The sleeves have big puffs extending nearly to the elbow and from under them comes a smooth fit ting sleeve. Such a dress is worn with a cream straw or chip hat, trimmed with pink and cream shaded ribbon, and a tuft or so of pink aigrettes. Bronze low shoes and bronze and pink stockings V.V ft m? 111; 1 j - would be consistent. The skirt just barely escapes the ground. I wonder if you have guessed the secret of this gown. The yoke comes out, so does the lower part of each sleeve. And thereby the dress is turned into a very dainty evening, reception or dinner gown. If this possibility in ihc model is to be taken advantage of, I would suggest cream white as the color for the dress ; the fact that the gown is a doubling one will not be so noticeable then. That would be better if you are foolish enough to care about what people think of such tricks of dress. As a matter of fact, the real thing 10 remember is that you have two chances to look pretty in the one dress. ES I fcLLE. New York, May 1, 1S93. North Carolina Oems. It has been said that every gem known to the lapidary has been found in the United States. Certain it is that by far the largest variety tit the gems found in this country are found in North Carolina. The discovery of emerald and hiddenite in Alexander county several years ago has given rise to a new industry of in ealcu'able value to the State, and the search for gems, though limited by lack of facilities, has already attained con siderable proportions. A list of the more important gems in cludes diamond, hidden ite, emerald, aquamarine, ruby, sapphire, kyanite, rock crystal, opal, agate, garnet, zircon, amethyst and topaz. Hiddeuite is un emerald, green variety of spodumene, found at Stony Point, Alexandercounty, where it occurs in the soil and in cavities in gneissoid rock. It was named after Mr. Win. E. Hidden, of New Jersey, by Prof. J. Laurence Smith, who identified the mineral. To the energy of Mr. Hid den is due its introduction as a gem of commercial value. Specimens of the native crystal were, however, in the pos session of Mr. .1. A. D. Stevenson, of Statesville, N. C, for several yearn prior to this tune, (1881). Thirteen small diamonds have been found in the gold bearing gravel beds of the State. The ruby, sapphire, topaz, amet hyst, and aquamarine, are all corundums of different colors. Amethyst quartz varies 111 color irorn very iignt blue to verytiarK purple. When heated, it turns yellow and much of the yellow quartz or topaz s manufactured by heating amethysts. r ine ueryls of varied colors and great beauty are abundant and lovely rock crystals of enormous size are found in Ashe county. Tiffanv fc Co. utilize many North Carolina aquamarines and beryls, and n their Blue Book for 18i).3 is tnven a list of useful and ornamental articles which they make from rock crystal. Among these are jewel cases, banbon- nieries, vinaigretts, hand mirrors, clock ases, and various small objects of art. They also use gems of lesser value for elt buckles and parasol handles. Kings set with birth month stones maintain their popularity, and, strange enough, ten out of the twelve gems super stitiously ascribed to the months of the year are found in this State. Another pretty conceit is that of having names, mottoes, and initials spelled in precious stones. It is perhaps not generally known that the carat used in estimating the weight of gems is a grain of Indian wheat, and that the people of India prefer the gem to any other form of investment. From their great beauty and intrinsic worth gems have been in all ages and times a great weakness of the human race. Beech er s passion for amethysts is well known. Pope Julius If. wore in histiara an exquisite aquamarine two inches in diameter. The tomb of Mohammed is crusted with jewels to the value of $10, 000,000. It is recorded that Sultan Mahinond selfishly exhausted the famous mines of (Jolconda to enrich his own treasury; but t will be many years before the wealth of the mines of North Carolina, the (Jol conda of the South, will be appreciably lessened, and then notasingleindividual, but the whole country will profit by their despoilment. Light in the House. rFrom the Mauch Chunk ilazette. The papers are all clamoring for cleanliness in view of the cholera scourge. That is all right and proper. Every house and every town should have a thorough cleansing, but there is also one other elementantagonistic to cholera wnich should not lie forgotten -light. Light will kill disease germs. Let light into your houses; turn out the dark nooks and corners; let the light jienetrate every place. Disease germs breed and multiply in the dark; they die in the light. The lower the kind of life, the more it is attached to darkness. Grubs cannot live in the liidit, while human beings cannot live in the darkness. The sun's rays are medicinal. Don't lie afraid of them. Don't worry for fear your carpets and furniture will fade. Better let them fade a little than liave a house full of tlisease germs. Throw back your blinds, pull up your curtains, let in the light. Ilope'a llelpn. Ill hope the plowman sows his seed; Thus hope helps thousands at their need. Then faint not, heart, among the rest; Whatever chance, hope thou the liest. llirfmrd AUnon. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for May. The idyllic and historic Bronx Valley, sympathetically described by one of its residents, Ir. 1'eter MacQueen, and illus trated with a score of charming views, occupies with vernal seasonability the front place in Frank Le-die ' Popular Monlluy for May. Another timely paper, learing as it does upon thequestion of a National Quarantine for the United .States, is the graphic sketch of "Caribbean Quaran tine"' experience, by Henry Arthur Her bert, of Muckrosri. An exciting narrative of the accent of Mt. Etna is accompanied by numerous views of th great Sicilian volcano and its recent eruption. Among the other illustrated articles are "The World's Fair Fisheries Exhibit' by Chan. Bradford Hudson; an entertaining ac- tuuut. jl i.iiiuw: tumult uuu mtauiaui loo in fntf SHr Voir Yr.rlr flfr I,r AAUnt 1 f I 111 Tl .i" 1 1 r.1.l.'1.w. . 1 . . I v.4l.1..!.t that vivacious journalist, Don siitz"; " Persian Pottery,"' by James liawwett, the eminent Orientalist ; and "tarniver - ous Plants," by Colonel Nicholas Pike. The department of fiction includes an ex - quisneBiur.v uy raui oourget, uie uu thor of losmopohs, entitled "Dom friffi SUCCESS ANDFAILURE. WHY SOME SUCCEED AND OTHERS FAIL. Two Lessons for the Consider ation of the Farmer and Manu facturer New Methods Needed in Our Agricultural System. Warren ton (.azettc.J During the past ten years, the South has made wonderful strides in material progress. Her mining and manufac turing interests have grown with astonishing rapidity. Men and money have been attracted form the North and Europe by the extent of our wonderful resources, and the move ment gathers force as it goes on, promising a future in the development of these lines of industry and in the growth of our towns, exceeding any thing the world has ever witnessed before. All this is gratifying to every Southerner who feels a pride in his section, but there is one line of in dustry which we are sorry to say, has not experienced the same degree of prosperity, and that is, our great agri cultural interest. While the manu facturer, miner and town builder has prospered and grown rich, the great mass of the farmers have grown poorer. It is true that some large fortunes have been made farming, and thousands have been thrifty and become inde lendent, but this is not true of the great, majority, and on this account the merchants and professional men have not been prosperous, and the towns, dependent upon agriculture, have languished. For this slate of affairs there must be a cauje and it is the part of wisdom, for those engaged in this industry, to try to find out the cause and remove it. One way to get at this matter is, to examine into the methods of those who have succeeded and compare them with those practiced by those who have failed, and in this way we may, to a considerable extent, be able to determine the cause of failure. So tar as our observation has extended, and the observation of others thoroughly accords with ours, the men who have succeeded at farming, have been the men who have made what are known as market crops, subordinate to food crops. To this rule there has scarcely been an exception, and it applies not only to North Carolina, but the entire South. There is no use figuring on this matter because facts are worth more than figures, and actual results count for more than theories. If it be true that those farmers who have suc ceeded have been those who have made their food supplies at home, ought not this to be taken as one of the secrets of their success, and indeed, the chief cause ? Another cause of failure is the culti vation of poor land lands run down uy neavy croping. me lauiicia unuc South have never given proper atten tion to raising manure at home and have depended entirely too much upon " bought fertilizers." It is not only bad farming but the extreme of lolly to cultivate land which is too'poor to make a good yield, and yet this is what our farmers have been doing, and are continuing to do. It is a fact which no intelligent farmer will deny, that the intensive system of farming must be adopted. In order to do this, great attention must be given to rais t 1 'ri r i ing manure, and the improvement of the soil by peas and other crops adapted to that purpose. The manure question lies at the root of the matter. Its neglect means failure and poverty. When we say there are not a dozen farmers in the county who make one half, if one fourth, the manure they might make, with a proper effort, we do not think we transcend the bounds of truth. Ten acres of land as fertile as our vegetable gardens, would yield more than a hundred acres of such as is nsuallv cultivated, and the cost of j culiivation would only lie one-tenth This is comtnon sense and everybody knows it. In the cultivation of the one there would be a handsome profit, and in the other, certain loss. Makintr manure, imirovini our lands and raising all our supplies at home, would in themselves, bring prosperity to the farming community An esteemed friend, engaged in farm ing, said to us recently, that what we said about fanning, figured out nicely on paper, but was difficult to put in practice. We think he is mistaken It is certainly not difficult to raise our rati- 1 I looti sudu nes. 10 urine our lanus 11 into a high slate of fertility requires time, but it should be done, and what is more, must be done, if we would make farming profitable, and there will never be a better tune to begin the work. To thoughtful minds North Caro lina is just now passing through one of the most critical periods in her ex istance. While business all over the world is lanquishing and while money matters in our own county are strin gent and unrest and suspense is pervad ing the overcrowded States of New England and a portion of the West, we think North Carolina has a golden opportunity to induce a large influx of oouulation and manufactories. Our a climate is unexcelled. Our possibili ties in the line of production and j supply of raw material such as cotton, t wnoi rajn timber and minerals are , ' D . i pfaCHCaiiy inexhaustable. Our rail- J road facilities are unsurpassed by any j other in the world. Bessemer City ! Messenger. , 1 ., MarWe mnstrel.s voiceless stone - , deathless song to tell. when many a vanished year hath flown. I The story how they fell . Hood's Cures Annie . Artier Of Augusta, Ky. More Than Pleased With Hood's Sarsaparllla-For Tet ter and Blood Impurltlos Stronger and Better in Eivri iry. " I liav lieen moro than I'li'a-ii'1! with Hood Sarsajiai ilia. I have Millriv.l v. ttli tt Iter liek liif out 011 my lace utxl all over my timly all my life. I never could liml anything l do It Kood until I began to t ike Hood's SarsHiiHi'llls. I have now used uhiint eiylit bottles, un.l Oli, It lms dono ine so intit'h iood that I havi Hid utmost Hood's Cures faith In it and rcooinint n J it to cveryouo. Besides puritying my Mood, 11 ha maita inn so much trouper and hettcr I do net loci likn tho :uii person at all." Annie Akm a. Augusta, Ky. Hood's Pill j act vastly, jfl raoiniilly and efficiently, on U10 liver auJ bowels. 2 ji'. Notice. As there i ; 110 'minly Nil veyor in Vance count y, 1 would mini in my li ji-inl -ainl lln public ireiMTAlly thai lain Mill pHpaud to do ,Siu v t- intf on short notice and mi reasonable terms. Thank itu; you all lor pa-d favors I solicit a thai. d your pal lOliaue. Voill's I esecll 11 1 1 v ;i:ni;t.K 1 1 H ; 1 1 1 1 .1 n ; , Nil veyor. Henderson, N.'. incli'i 1 1 liAicms, DF.NTI8T ll KMlf IISON, N. '. Tun' N'lroiiK Oxliln (us iiilmliiistiTeil for the painlcsH fit ruc tion of teeth. over E. (J. Davis' store, Main Jan. l a. Street. J. 11. isitiiui:icK, ATTORN KY AT LAW, HENI3KRSON, ri. c building near Office: In Harris' law court hou.-c. dec31-fii C. S. 11 O Y D . 1 M 1 m. 1 . Dental Surgeon, . 'mri8&P!ML'S' 'J-t vJO . --'.-r HKN DKKMON.PI. Satisfaction guaranteed as to work and puces. T. M. PITT.MAN. O ITT MAN W. II. HHAW. SHAW. A1TOIINKYH AT I,AW, HENDERSON, N. C. I'rom jt ai lent Ion to nil professional Mini ueNM. rraeliee In the Sute hikI h filer courts. Ofllce: ltoom N-2, llurwell I'.uil.lmt;. w. K. lll.NKV, AITOUNKV AT l,A.W IIKNT'KKSON, . (IFKU K IN Ill.ltWKM, r.TII.KIMi. t'oi'liTs Vniiei", Franklin. Warren, Gran- Alllf. Unite. I Ntati s I'ouit :t Ki.l. lh, iiimI Supreme. 'oil I t of Not I li t 'ai oil 11:1. t tlllee hours '.I a in. to .. p. in. men , .1 1 L. C. KIiWAKIW, it. WOlt l H s M, Henderson. . Oxford. N. O. JlWAltlH V WOKTIIAM, ATl'OUNKVH AT LAW. HENDERSON, N. C. Oirer their Kervieeit to I lie people of Vhiji h roil nlv. Col. Kilwai'ils wil 1 1 ml nil t, I'ourlHof V t lire county, hu will come li lie uilerMoii :it nny xiol nil ihih wlirn 11:1 RHHiHl-auce may he 10 e.l.-d b' IhpHrtlirr. ise! Keiiiember you can t'et as .imi.I woik, at ai reasonable pie.e-. Crow & Marston's Carriage Wagon Works II K.MIKUMiN, N. . As anywiieie. .No matter whether you want a vehicle made out and out, or want repairing done, we are prepaicd to accom modate you on short notice and in the most workmanlike and satisfactoiy manner. Having thoroughly fitted up our shops with all necesry tools and implements, and employing orlv the Irest workmen, we are better preparra man ever to suppiy car riages, UuKRies, Wagons, (-arts, ike, at lowest prices. We make a specialty of manufacturing the celebrated Alliance Wagon, one of the best wagons sold. It cannot be excelled. We are oreoared to do all kinds ..la. ... ... . I ,: . . m. . a. .4 OI worK wan neatness aim uisjoitn, aim make a specialty of carriage painting, REPAIRING AND HORSESHOEING. . Thankful for past patronage, we hope fcy go(l work and strict attention to business to merit a continuance of the same. erv Kespeciiuuj, CKOW & MAlibTON, Jan. 24-1 c. Henderson, X. C Enternr