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Advertising Brings Success. That it payw to advertise in tbe Gold 0 Leak, is shown by its well Air fillclaivrtisinsfiolumns AV SENSIBLE BUSINESS MEN honor continue to spend L. money where no appreciable returns are in. That is Proof that it pays Them. As an Advertising Medium The Gold Leaf stands at the head o! ft newspapers in this section of the famous V" BRIGHT TOBACCO DISTRICT R The most wide-awake and puceetitdul butuuciMi men use itt colutuus with the highest Satlsfuttoo ud dolt to TbtastliesJ THAD R.MANNIKG, Publisher. Oaboijna, Carolina, Heaven's Blesshstqs -A-tteistid HCeh." SDBSCRIPTIOI S1C0 Cltb. VOL. XVIII. HENDERSON, X. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1899. NO. 8. 1 n autiful: 9 ! Women j There fire fe'.v women a3 beau- tiful 3 they might he. Powder J a-1 pai: t and cosmetics don't makn g; (A looks. 1'eauty i3 himp'y v.'i irr.po.-.sihiiity without 2 heal.h. L'-.viutiful women are few because healthy women are few. 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'.-r'l-fc utz.-, roiM r aiM ftn!i l:tic r.htM-i. 7 i:kc mvhd tirunU ii. lirtl anil f- . mtilu .nil o'ht-Tw lie'tm danacrfrttB vttbsttttf in statute t- i yirticuir, t- stimooiaij mi.-i "llrlicf fir 1 niilr," tn htur, hv return PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Clcuinea and biutif.es the hair. lnmujte a Inxurmnt prewth. Wever Fails to Bestore Gray Hair to ita Youthful Color. Cutis wa p di vases 8t hair faliing. Notice of Sale. Lf NDKU AND 11Y YlKTl'K OF THE ' jxmer of Kale Conferred nn the un derttigned. Trustee, ;tnd eiutaine in a Deed of Trust executed by Jaw. K. White and wife l'attie.Jolin F. White and wife Eturin. ami V. n. White and wife Marv J. White, on the 2'.l!i day of Oi toher, isit.1, and recorded in Look No. 22, I'age 41"!, Ae., in the olliee of the Register of Iee.!s of Vance county, tor the purpose of secur ing the payment of the indebtedness therein mentioned, default having been made in the 1. 1 y men I of the same, at the request of the older of the same, will sell " at the Court House door in Henderson, N. ('., at public netion to the highest bidder for cash, on ?loiidar, &'elruar vIOili, 1S9!, the jiroperty eonveved bv s-iid Deed of I'rust . lo- it: Certain tracts or parcels of laud in Henderson and Kiltie!! township, hounded as follows, vi.: One tract adjoin ing lands of T. A . Stewart, dee'd, F. Cog bill, ami otlieis, beginning at the fork of ('amping branch, Freeborn's corner, run tln nceS. E. 120 poles to a Stone in Stew urt's line; them e V, 1.11 p .'es t i , Muni; in Cogliill's line; thence N. E -11 poles to a loii'i hollow White Sunups thence S. E. t'.tl j olts to Coghili's corner (n Camping branch, then up said branch to t'le beginning, con taining 1(:; acres. AN one other tract ad joining tbe above and containing H7' acres, bounded as follows, viz: Adjoining lands ot Mary .1. White. Thomas Stewart, deceased; J unes Fuller and others, it being the land formerly owned by . W. Ellis ami deeded bv him ami wilt M. S. Ellis. .1 inuarv :ird IxtO, to M. .1. or W. II. White, to 'which Demi, on record in the Register of Deeds' otliiv for Vance eo'Mity, llo..k No. 7, Page li'7, retcreme is hereby had for more definite boundaries. .U-o one- other hit near the Southern limits of the town of Henderson, Coiiiaiuiiiif one acre, bought of Thomas W.' I.ovesav and wife Marv (J. Livesav, by Dce.l dated March oNt, lSS."., which Deed', on record in the Register s otlice for Vance county, in I took (!, l'ae t.10-041; is taken as a part hereof for definite bound iries. Also one lot containing ,u--!i;ilf -re near Southern limits of the corporation of the town of Henderson, bought of Elizabeth A. Paul by Deed dated ith day of August. 1SS7, which Deed is ou record in the Itegister of l)et-.ls otflce for Vance eountv, in Rook No. . . l' lgelsu. Also one lot bounded on the Last by Miss I'tsv Paul, West bv W. II hitt. South by X. H. Ch ivasse. North by Charles Peace. See Deed from T. W Love say, dated August 2nd, 1830. , ' : H. HARRIS. Trusteee. Henderson, X. (' , Jannarv 17th, 1S9. Mortgage Sale. USDEU AXDSy VIRTUE OF A deed o, trust executed by Rial T Edwards and wife Pattie J. Edwards to the undei signed and registered in the office of Register of Deeds of Vance county X C., . in Ro.k It, page 47., the undersigned will exp..e to public sale, to the highest bidder lor cash, at the court house door in Henderson, on .Monday, tVbruarjr I.lih, tM!, at 12 o'clock M . a certain lot of land described in said Deed nf Trust and hing on Latham street and part of lot Xo. 5 of t ie Lurwell lots. as plotted and sold in nil o"f ,h'' ttnvn of the estate of It. U. Lurwell, deceased. tor further particulars apply to J. R. Yung. Insurance and Real Estate Agent, Henderson, X. C. A. B. ANDREWS. Jr.. Trustee. I L 'AJ THE LOST CHORD. A TENDER AND TOUCHING STORY OF A FAfllLIAR HYMN And its Effect Upon One Who Silently Sorrowed and Suffered "Nearer My God, to; Thee" We Cannot Always Tell What Hearts Are Being Comforted When We Are Lovingly Doing OurTJuty Power"in a Song, a Kindly Word, a Warm Handclasp. (William Stanton, in Chiistian Standard.) The poet was weary. A week before his lovely wife had passed away. In a juiet spot on the mountain side, w here the many-tinted autumn leaves formed a covering, and the waving pines sang her requiem, there they laid her. And to-day the poet had returned. All day long he sat in his study, but the fancies would not come as in the days when she he loved was at his side. The imagery of the mind seemed commonplace. He delved deep into the mystic legends and folk-lore of the ancients, but it did not satisfy him. He tried to recall visions of the sunrise upon the hills, and the shimmering moon in the silvery lake, or the majestic booming of Heaven's artillery, when the lightning Hashes and the thunder god strikes forth upon the inky clouds but all in vain. At last, after the sun had gone to rest in his Western couch of red and gold, and the star-spangled curtain of the night silently covered the busy earth, he went forth to find relief and rest. Along the busy marts of trade, through shady ave nues and where the river flowed black and still, he wandered. The hours rolled by. and he found himself at length before a music hall. The sounds of applause from within attracted his attention and glancing at the bill board, he read that a celebrated violinist was to appear that night. He entered and found that the player had just re-appeared in response to the plaudit of the audience. lie stood before them a moment, his lingers lovingly caressing the strings of his instrument. At lirst low anil sweet the strains came, like the distant murmuring of silvery cataracts, or the notes of the nightingale borne on summer's evening air: "Nearer my tjou, to Thee." It seemed as thouirh the in strument, under the master's hand, was really speaking the words, but in a voice so sweet and strange, that the soul of the poet seemed to rise and fall with the swelling of the music. "Nearer my (Jod, to Thee;" words that he had known long ago. Strange that he should have forgotten them. Visions of childhood and mother; the old cottage with the honeysuckle about the porch; the river gliding by. Ah! yes, the fancies came swifter now. For the time he almost forgot his sorrow. He almost forgot the music. But the tones have swelled to a joyous key. "Still all my song," it seemed to say, and the music flows forth like the wild, glad strains of the birds when springtime comes and the sleeping flowers come forth. The instrument alive, so joyous and glad and free did the melody come. Tho poet sat entranced. He did not see the player; he did not see him bending near his instrument, and see his lingers sweep over the strings; he did not see that the master himself was lost in the joyous burst of song. Only the music he heard, and as the blood danced through his veins, and all his being thrilled and tingled with the magic ecstacv of the sweet re frain, he was borne upward and away from himself. "Nearer mv Qod, to Thee." But the song has changed. Soft and low the violin speaks again, but now it is like the rich trembling of a harp-string a sweet.soothing strain, as though it were a note of sadness tempered by a sublime trust in a higher power, "(lo bury thy sor row," the instrument seemed now to say. The poet was himself once more, and though he felt sad as he thought of her ho loved, yet this sadness seemed something that could be borne, since he felt, "Nearer my (od, to Thee," even though it had been a "cross" that had raised him. The melody rose and fell like the billows of the sea. He fancied he could hear the pines singing their requiem on the mountain-side. And then, as the player seemed to throw his whole soul into tho music, it sounded like tho tinkling of silvery bells, or the splashing of crystal waters over pebbles of gold, blend ing the music of man and bird, the beauty of every flower and tree, the glory of the moonlight, starlight and sunlight, the whispers of all the fairy zephyrs of the South as the closing strain of the instrument seemed to say: "Go tell it to Jesus, all will be right." He wished to sit there and feast upon the melody to which he had just listened. He went out into the night again, and as he looked at the stars, ho thought they were brighter; the low, descending moon seemed to be shedding a softer radiance as if in sympathy. He had found relief and rest. The player had fulfilled his mission. His master-hand had called forth strains which had soothed a troubled spirit and healed a wounded heart. He did not know? Ah, no; we may not always tell what hearts are being comforted when we are earnestly and lovingly doing our duty. Would Have Saved Money. (Enquirer-Sun.) If the money spent in repairing our vehicles, in keeping up our horses and the value of tbe time lost in the South during the last twenty years caused by our poor highways had been placed upon the roads the South would to-day have highways that would rival those of Europe, and that, too, without one dollar's expense more than she has already had to bear. AN OLD-TIME TASK. (Fred G. Shafter, in Denver Time.) I re uember well the lessons that I learned in younger day, When the poies on the prarie were my friend?. When I rambled "mong tbe rose on a bright and sbinv day. On the creek, a little ways around the len1. Thos-e were dav of fleeting fancies that 1 never shall forget Then my mother ued losing me sound asleen, And I used to dream of futures that I never dream of now. When I prayei the Lord my soul forever keep. There were sorrows little baubles that were eav blown awav, And with little bothers 1 would often meet: i-in it: s imh mat x iciiiruiii iimb x never can forget When my mother said I had to wash my feet. Oh, the agonies of moments that I used to spend in praver, With the hope of some direct reform in this: And I used to tell my mother what a bet-j ter noy I d be If there only came a night that 1 could miss. How 1 wish that 1 might go back again to that old home of mine, Where mother and the roe are so sweet, And sit there on the doorstep, like I always u-ed to do. And puddle in the water with my feet. Now I know that I would like it, and it wouldn't be a tak, And I wouldn't growl at mother all the while But I'd go and get the bucket, and the bar i f laundry soap. And wash 'em with a ten by-twenty smile. Iearn to say '"No" when a dealer offers you something "just as good" in place of Hood's Sarsaparilla. There can be no substitute for America's Greatest Medi cine. Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick headache, biliousness and all liver ills. Prica 52 cents. THE DYINQ PARSON. Last message to His Unfaithful Flock A Pathetic and Satirical Story as Told bv Bob Burdette. The pastor of a struggling church was lying in bed; three months ar rears of salary was pillowing his head; his couch was strewn with tradesmen's bills that pricked his heart like thorns, and nearly all life's common ills were goading him like horns. The deacon sat beside him as the moments ticked away, and bent his head to catch the words the parson had to say. "If I nover shall arise from this hard bed on which I lie; if my war fare is accomplished and it's time for me to die; take a message to the jani tor before I pass away tell him fires are for December and the windows are for May. Tell him when he lays the notices upon the pulpit's height, to shove them "neath the cushion, far out of reach and sight. And when he hears the preacher's voice, in whis pers soft expire, that is the time to slam the doors and rattle at the fire. "And now the deacons tell the deacons, too, through all the busy week, to hang their boots up in the sun to hatch a Sunday squeak; with steel shod canes to poke the man who comes to church 'to snore, and use the boys who laugh in church to mop the vestry floor. "There's another, too the woman who talks the sermon through; tell her I do not mind her buzz my listening days are few. Tell her to leave her mouth at home Sunday, for a minute, and listen to a text, at least without a whisper in it. "And tell the board of trustees not to weep with bitter tears, for I can't be any deader than they have been for years. And tell half my congre gation that I'm glad salvation's free; for thafs the only chance for them between the desk and me. "And a farewell to the choir. How the name my memory racks! If they could get up their voices as they do get up their backs! Why, the 9tars would join their music and the wel kin would rejoice, while the happy congregation could not hear a single voice. But tell them I forgive them, and oh tell them that I said I wanted them to come and sing above me when I'm dead." His voice grew faint and hoarse, but it gave a laughing break, a kind of gurgling chuckle as a minister might make. But the deacon rose up slow ly and sternly he looked down upon the parson's twinkling eyes with the most portentious frown. And he stiffly said, "Good-morning," as he walked out in his ire, for the deacon was the leader of that amiable choir. La Grippe is again epidemic. Every pre caution should be taken to avoid it. Its specific cure is One Minute Cough Cure. A. J. Sheperd, publisher Agricultural Journal and Advertiser, Elden, Mo., says: "No one will be disappointed in using One Minute Cough Cure for La Grippe." Pleasant to take, quick to act. Phil II. Thomas, Perhaps no measure introduced in the Legislature will receive more hearty commendation at the hands of patriotic people than that introduced by Mr. H. C. Wall, of Richmond Co., which provides for the publication by the tate, of a history of North Car olina soldiers in the civil war. Mr. Wall supported his measure by one of the most eloquent speeches ever heard on the floor of the House. It is right that this be done, and being right the Legislature will order it done. Greensboro Telegram. The popular notion concerning j clergymen is that they are too digni j lied to enjoy a joke, not to speak of j perpetrating one. This is a mistake. ! Many members of the ministerial profession can enjoy an innocent bit of pleasantry just as well as the rest of mankind. A clergyman out in Iowa, for example, recently filled his ! church by announcing that he would, ' on the following Sunday, preach, on : "A Family Scandal," and then gave them the moral lessons on the do mestic life of Adam and Eve. STONEWALL JACKSON. MILITARY CARRIER AND CHARAC TERISTICS Of the Immortalfconfederate Leader Delineated by His Army Companion and Friend, Dr. HnuterMcOuire, in a Lecture DeliveredMn Charlotte Reminiscences of the Camp Fire and Rattle Field Tribute to Gen. Lee. (Charlotte Observer, 19tli.) The hall of the Young Men's Chris tian Association was well filled last night to hear Dr. Hunter McGuire's lecture on Stonewall Jackson. The old soldiers and their families occu pied the middle tier of seats. On th stage were Captain Jno. 11. Erwin, Major J. G. Harris, commander of the Mecklenburg Veterans' camp, Dr. Cobb, ot Goldsboro, and Messrs. L. Leon and A. N. Turnbull. Many vis itors and veterans from a distance were in the audience. Dr. McGuire was introduced by Captain John It. Erwin, who congrat ulated the audience and especially the veterans, on the fact that it was their pleasure to hear one among them so competent to speak of the immortal Jackson. Dr. McGuire said: "It is an inspiration to me to stand before an adience in that State whose Cape Fear sons offered the lirst arnied resistance to the stamp act; to speak to an audience in a State which offered the first armed resist ance to British oppression in the shape of unjust taxation; to speak in a State where the first battle of the Revolution was fought, and particu larly to speak to an audience in the town where the first declaration of independence was declared. "I am a Virginian and an Amer ican, but for a short time to-night I desire to be only an old Con federate." Continuing, the speaker referred in words of praise to the part North Carolina bore in the civil war and said that the record of this State was unsurpassed by any other nation in any other war in all history. He said that the conduct of North Caro lina was an inspiration to patriots everywhere. "I love to speak to those who are interested in preserving the memo ries of the past, the brave men who took part in the cause now lost. These men fought not in vain, they died not in vain. Their record is our dearest heritage. I shall ever cherish the fact that Stonewall Jackson treated me as his friend; that I knew him that silent man who was known to most men only on the field of battle. "Jackson was a king who was as worthy of having royal honors paid him as any who ever sat on a throne. He was great; the unbiased tribunal of the world has rendered the verdict. Some time ago I had the pleasure of hearing a distinguished English mili tary authority say that the world had produced only five military geniuses of the lir9t order: Marlborough, Washington. Wellington, Lee and Jackson- Some time ago I heard an other distinguished Englishman say that Jackson's valley campaign was superior to those made by Napoleon in Italy. Another distinguished Brit ish soldier thought Jackson was in spired. Such opinions of Jackson I have heard with elation, and I tell you of them that you may know them aud that your children may learn them. "Lord Wolsely says that a great commander must have the power to divine the purposes of the enemy, the acumen to devise strategy to de feat those purposes, the force to carry out his plans, the cool judgment that is unshaken by emergency, and the personal magnetism and courage that inspires men on the battlefield. Jack son had all these qualities, and it will be my purpose to show you he dis played them. "It was at the first battle of Mau assas while I was dressing his wound ed hand that Mr. Davis rode on the field and called to the men, sitting in his stirrups and telling them who he was, lo follow him and charge the enemy. Jackson did not hear the command and when I told him what Mr. Davis had said, he turned to the President and said: 'We have whip ped them, they are running away! Give me 10,000 men and I'll take Washington to-morrow!' And who is it that now doubts that he would have done it? "By the aid of Ashbey and Stuart, Jackson was always able to know where the enemy was, his condition and his numbers. I asked him on the day of the battle of Cedar Run whether he thought there would be a battle that day. Jackson replied: 'Banks is in front of us and he is gen erally willing to fight,' and then turn ing about he said as if to himself: 'And usually gets whipped.' "That Jackson had the genius to de vise means to disconcert his foe is proved by the fact that in his valley campaign he had only 17,000 men with which to keep at bay an army of more than 100,000, and that he often with so small a force soundly thrash ed his opponent. "Jackson took counsel with him self and with his God. He never held but one council of war; that was at Winchester, and resulted in the evac uation of the place. He said of it, his face lighting up and in tones al most savage: 'That is the last coun cil of war I will ever hold.' "Jackson never lost his presence of mind; he was always cool and self possessed. It was at Chantilly, in the midst of a terrific thunder storm that he received word from A. P. Hill that his ammunition was wet and therefore asked to retire. To the courier Jackson said: 'Give A. P. Hill my compliments and tell him that the Yankee's powder is just as wet as his.' "It was Jackson's policy never to be content with whipping the enemy; not to be content with defending his own position, but to take the offen sive. He made up by consummate daring and skill what he lacked in numbers. But he was always careful of the lives of his soldiers, and in the care which he took of his men far the superior of Napoleon in his cele brated Italian campaigns. "And-did he have the personal cour age to arouse and inspire his soldiers? What great general ever had the con fidence of his men to the extent that Jackson had? Under fire he was al ways grand and inspiring. To a ques tion of mine a3 to how he felt under fire the first time, he replied: 'I was only afraid the fire would not be hot enough for me to distinguish myself.' "Jackson did not favor the black flag, though he did say, in speaking of the horrors and sufferings of war, that he sometimes wondered whether it might not be the surest way to end them. But he never advocated that policy. However, in reply to my query as to what to do since the North had invaded our soil and in sulted our women and hanged our men. he said: 'Do? Do? Why shoot them of course!' "Jackson often laughed, catching his knee with both hands and leaning back his body, convulsed with much mirth, but there was no sound. Off the battle field he impressed me al most more than on it. "His career was wonderful in many respects; it took him only two years to place himself among the great commanders of all ages. It took Casar eight years to win his fame; it took Napoleon twenty years to win his laurels; Hannibal's career ex tended over a period of more than fif teen years. No other great command er in history won fame in so short a time as Jackson. "Before Chancellorsville Jackson wrote the message which said that the enemy had made a stand- at Chan cellorsville and that, trusting in God, he hoped to win a victory. Hooker telegraphed to Washington that the enemy would have to come out and fight him or fly. The difference in the messages these men sent tells plainly the different characters of the men. Jackson's was characteristic of him and showed him as he was. 'I have told you, perhaps, much that you already know. But love does not seek new stories to tell; she tenderly tells the old ones again and again." In closing the speaker paid an elo quent and touching tribute to Lee, and spoke of the noble friendship the two great leaders of the Confederacy bore each other. The whole addiess was magnificent and invoked hearty applause at times, as well as tears at other times. To Insure a happy new year, keep the liver clear and the body vigorous by using De Witt's Little Early'Risers, the famous little pills for constipation and lives troubles. Phil U. Thomas. Winnie Davis. The affection given by the Southern States to Miss Winnie Davis was something very beautiful. A writer in the Washington Post describes the enthusiasm with which she was re ceived when she attended the Con federate re-union at Atlanta, the larg est and most complete gathering of the sort ever held in the South. "Winnie Davis is coming to-day," was the word circulated among the crowd, and the faces of the old sol diers grew bright, while women loud ly expressed their joy in seeing her once more. "Miss Winnie is coming to-day!" "So they say. Well, 1 can shake hands with her once more before I am gone." "Who's coming? Winnie Davis? God bless her! She doesn't ever for get us." "She's the sweetest woman on God's earth." "Let me see Miss Winnie Davis just once more before I die," said many and many an old soldier, "and I shall die happy," "Three cheers for Miss Winnie!" She reached the platform where the leaders of the men were gathered, Gordon, Hooker, Lee, Cabell and the rest. As she stepped to the front the music grew louder, more triumphal, cheers rent the air, and old General Gordon turned and gave her the kiss of welcome. "Our daughter," he said, quietly. In another moment the little white clad figure stood under the big wood en framework of the gallery; her eyes were shining with tears, and her face was wonderfully bright and glad. Cheers broke out. A path was open ed, and she passed slowly toward the platform through a maze of out stretched hands, bony and wrinkled hands, many of them maimed or dis torted. She look them, one by one, in her strong, young grasp. "How do you do, sir? How do you do?" she cried, with such force of welcome in her tones that some old soldiers bent down and sobbed. "I am glad to see you, sir."1 And so she passed on, bearing kindliness and good cheer. These are dangerous times for the health. Croup, colds and throat troubles lead rapidly to Consumption. A bottle of One Minute Cough Cure used at the right time will preserve life, health and a large amount of money. Pleasant to take; chil dren like it. Phil U. Thomas. Have Sheep Any Friends? Have the sheep any friends in the Legislature? Is there not one mem ber in each house who has the grit and mercy to speak a word in behalf of the helpless, harmless sheep that are such a great source of blessing and comfort in those sections in which carniverous dogs are not allow ed to roam and ravage at their will? The sheep industry deserves richly to be fostered in North Carolina. There is no cause but devouring dogs why the sheep product is not five times or ten times greater than it is. Brave legislators could raise $100,000 from the dogs by taxation. They prefer to raise it oat of honest, hard pushed toilers. Wilmington Messen ger. THINK about your health. Do not allow scrofula taints to develop in your blood. Take Hood's Sarsapa rilla now and keep yourself WELL NOT AN ENDLESS JOY IS THE LIFE OF A POLITICIAN AND OFFICE HOLDER. . So Declares Hon. Robert L. Taylor, Three Times Governor of Tennessee His Farewell Address in Surren dering: the Reins of Government to Hon. Benton McMillin, His Suc cessorSays He Retires Permanent- ! ' ly to Walks of Private Life." j Gov. R. L. Taylor, of Tennessee, ; who has thrice been Governor of that i State, on retiring from office, before ; surrendering to his successor, Hon. Benton McMillin, delivered the fol ! lowing farewell address: "I am about to shuffle off this mor tal coil of politics and liv away to the heaven of my native mountains, where I may think and dream in peace, safe from the sickening sting of unjust criticism; safe from the talons of some old political vulture; safe from the slimy kiss and the keen dagger of ingratitude. "I do not mean to say that all poli ticians are vultures or that they are all hypocrites or assassins; for the great majority of our public men are upright and honest, and worthy of the confidence reposed in them by the people; yet there are black wings in the political firmament, and reptiles crawl and hiss in every eapitol. But, thank God, the live thunders of eter nal truth always clear the atmos phere, and the heel of justice will surely bruise the serpent's head. "I do not retire from this office with the rankling of disappointment and chagrin in my bosom, but rather as one who retires from labor to rest; from war to peace; from trouble to happiness. "I do not retire, the somnambulist of a shattered dream, but with all the buds of hope bursting into bloom and all the bowers of the future ringing with melody. I am contented with my lot in life. Three times I have won the laurel wreath of honor, twined by the people of my native State, and that is glory enough for me. "While I believe that the good in politics outweighs the bail, yet how thorny is the path and how unhappy the pilgrimage to him who dares to do his duty! There are no flowers except a few bouquets snatched from the graves of fallen foes; there is no happiness except the transient thrill of cruel triumph, which passes like a shadow across the heart, "Every honest man who runs for office is a candidate for trouble; for the fruits of political victory turn to ashes on the lips. "To me there is nothing in this world so pathetic as a candidate. He is like a mariner without a compass, drifting on the tempest-tossed waves of uncertainty, between the smiling cliffs of hope and the frowning crags of fear. He is a walking petition and a living prayer; he is the pack horse of public sentiment; he'is the dromedary of politics. And even if he reaches the goal of his ambition, he will soon feel tbe beak of the vul ture in his heart and the fangs of tbe serpent in his soul. "I am no longer a candidate. Never again will I be inaugurated into pub lic office. The ark of my humble public career now rests on the Ararat of private life, and I stand on its peaceful summit anil look down on the receding waves of politics. The dove of my destiny has brought me an olive branch from happier fields, and I go hence to live and to love. "I take with me a heart full of gratitude and a soul full of precious memories; gratitude to the people for their unwavering confidence in me; precious memories of my friends who have been tried and true. "The record that I have made is an open book to all. I am willing to live by that record: I am willing to die by it. For whatever mistakes I may have committed, I have kept steadily in view the honor of the State and the happiness of the peo ple. "As I have already presented my views on public questions in my re cent message to the General Assem bly, I deem it unnecessary to further discuss them on this happy occasion; happy to our new Governor; happy to you; happy to me; happy to us all. "It only remains for me to bid you all an affectiouate and final farewell, and to express the prayer that the Christ who died for love and mercy's sake will guide our chief executive and all who shall follow him in the paths of peace and love, and baptize them with the spirit of mercy. Fare well, farewell. "I now have the distinguished hon or to close the scene, so far as I am concerned. Benton McMillin has given his heart and band to Tennes see. I now pronounce them husband and wife and may the Lord have mercv on their souls." Smarty Know-Alls. We want, says a writer in a West ern paper, to hear just one sermon from the man who can beat the preacher preaching. We want to witness one day's teaching by the same fellow who" can beat the teacher teaching. We want to watch the fellow do a day's plowing that can beat the farmer plowing. And there's the fellow who knows more about medicine than all the doctors in the universe; we want to see him practice his art on himself just for one day. And then there is the fellow who can beat the editor ten to one getting out a paper. We want to see what kind of a sheet he will issue from the press. The trouble with such characters is that they cannot attend to their own business, and therefore they know all about that of other people. Mr. S. A. Fackler, editor of the Mica S nopy (Fla.) Hustler, with bis wife and ! children, suffered terribly Irotn La Grippe, i One Minute Cough Cure was the only ! remedy that helped them. It acted quiek ly. Thousands of others use this remedy , as a specific lor L Grippe, and its exhaust ing after effects. Phil IL Thomas. THE DEATH OF EflflA ABBOTT. How the Queen of the Lyric Stage Sane the Consumptive's Requiem and Her Own Dirge. (II. C. Stevenson, of Dallas. Texas, In Atlanta Constitution.) There was a time, it was not many years ago, when every city in the South looked forward with "emotions of pleasure to the coming of Emma Abbott. Every admirer of grand opera regarded it as an epoch of the year. But aside from her extraor dinary talent and culture, our most aristocratic ladies loved her for her virtue her charity and her gentle disposition and when in town she was showered with invitation so din, to tea and to come and spend only a few moments iu the most palatial homes. Her rebuke to the Nashville preacher is still remembered and often spoken of when her name is mentioned. This pure .woman one Sunday morniug attended church in that city. Whether the minister knew she was there, and who she was, has been asserted and denied; anyhow, in the course of his sermon he denounced all women on the stage as fallen and wanting in chastity. Miss Abbott at once arose in the audience and, after challenging the truth of this monstrous assertion and slander, walked out of the house. It is, however, not with her life so much as with her death I am trying to deal. One night in the city of Denver, Col., locateded at the foot and in plain view of the Rocky Mountains, she was billed to appear in "Faust." In the same city a most attractive and beautiful 18-year-old girl, belonging to one of the wealth iest families, lay in tbe last stages oi that fell enemy of the human race consumption. Some weeks before the arrival of the company she said to those aroun d her: "Oh, I hope the sun will shine and tne weatner will be warm and genial so I can hear Miss Abbott sing once more. I think I could then pass away peace fully and without one single regret." But there came with the queen of the lvric stage a Northern hurricane with the very air charged with icicles which penetrated the lungs. Some one told Miss Abbott of the grievous disappointment of the dying girl. She went to the opera house and never sang more sweetly, and as soon as it was over and the audience dismissed, she called her carriage and directed it to drive to the beautiful home of the young lady. Of course she was at once admitted to her room, and told her she had come to gratify her wish. The scene which followed was worthy of the finest brush ever wieldc'd bv the "grand old masters. There lav the dying earth-angel with pallid lips, hectic cheeks and lustrous eves and the light of immortal beauty shining upon her face. Stand ing beside her in one of her richest robes (the one she had worn that night,) sparkling with pearls, rubies and diamonds, stood the almost di vine mistress of earthly melody. The first piece rendered was "The Old Folks at Home," and then follow ed "I Know My Redeemer Liveth." The finale of this weird scene was "Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me, Ix;t Me Hide Myself in Thee." And then Miss Abbott bent over the frail form and kissed her an eternal farewell. Soon after the spirit passed into the wild winds which rang through the mountains near by et tail for that haven from which the first homeward bound bark is yet to be seen the stainless heavens by the aweetcst music ever heard on earth into the melodies of paradise birds. Miss Abbott returned to her room at the hotel and retired. Some time during the night she awoke with a dreadful pain in the left lung. It rapidly grew worse a physician was summoned then another and an other, who applied every remedy they could command, all to no pur pose. It was typhoid pneumonia in its worst form. The black camel was kneeling at her door. Angela of the Heavenlv choir had that night listened to her voice in the sick room and sent for her to come home to them. In three days that voice which had ko often raised the souls of men and m.B 1 women to the noblest, the grandest heights in holy ecstacv, was forever stilled in death gone forth into the night. "So fades the summer cloud away. So sinks the gale when storma are o'er; So dies the wave along the shore." The Late Dr. Hose. We do not recall in the last half century that the death of any South ern minister of the gospel has been received with so many expressions of regret and so much elaborate notice at the hands of the public press as the death of Rev. Dr. Moses D. Hoge has received. Telegraphic messages, notices in Northern newspapers, ex tended and impressive addresses and other testimonials ot great respect, admiration and sorrow have dis tinguished the whole manifestations. The Richmond dailies occupied per haps in all three pages each in pub lishing these expressions of a common regret and admiration, and the preparations for burial and the funeral services. Dr.Hoge's character was so high, his abilities so com manding, his nobility of soul so conspicuous, his oratory so attrac tive, his usefulness so longcontinued and active, that it is well for a com mon South to sorrow over the passing away of so eminent, so richly en dowed, so admirable a Southron, so full of good works and Christian consecration. Like a full sheaf the good man ha fallen, and like Words worth's "warrior," the faithful servant of God has at last yielded to the inevitable. Faithful in all things death really "makes no con quest of this conqueror" for the good man never dies. Wilmington Messes ger. Hood' a PUIg Are prepared from Na ture's mild laxatives, and while jjentle are reliable and efficient They Rouce iho Hirer Cure Sick Headache, Bil iousness, Sour Stomach, and Constipation. Sold everywhere, 25c. per box. Prepared by CLJIood & Co. .LowelllUsa. Henry Perry, Insurance.- A strong;! I ne of both Life and Fire Com PrmIcb represented. Policies Issued and risks plaee" lo oest advantage. Office in Court House. J II. HltlHUKltS, ATTOKNRY AT LAW, HKMIKRNON, - - . C Office: Iu Harris law building rcr eourt house. FRANCIS A. MACON, Dental Surgeon, Parlors in Parker buiidingr, oppo Bite Doreey's drug store. Office hours 9 A. M. to 1 1 M. 3 to 6 P. M. residence Thone 88-office Phone 23. bsilnmtes furnished when deired. No cliaige for examination. Y)XK- F S "AKUIS, DENTIST. HENDERSON, - N. c. l"()fflce over K. U. Davis store. Main slr,,- lan.l-a. "DaveWlace," (Opposite S. A. L. Station) Oyster Saloon and Lunch Counter. Fnrnished Rooms, Comfortable Reds Everything strictly first-class. An orderly, well kept place. SALOON o Equal to any in tho SUte. stocked with nothing but the very Best and Purest goods nionev can buv. FINE CIUARS AND TOBACCOS. Pool rooms in connection. Trustee's Sale. UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE ower of sale conferred upon the un dersigned, Nathan I Strause, Trustee, and contained in a Deed of Trust executed liy 15. A. CH'liart and M. Artnistead Cape, hart his wife, on the 3rd day of April, A. 1) , 1890, and recorded in 'Book 1L Page 744, etc., in the Register's office for Vance county, for the purpose of securing the pay ment of the indebtedness therein mentioned, default having been made in the payment of the same, at the request of the holder and owner of the same, I will sell at the Court House door in Henderson, Vance county, N. C , at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, on Monday. February 20th, 1N9, the hinds conveyed by stud Deed of Trust, to-wit: That tract of land in Kittrell town ship, Vance county, bounded as follows: Beginning at a Spanish Oik. Bur well's cor ner, on the big branch; thence down the branch as it meanders to n '"ck Gum, Bur well's corner, on Hargroy ' ine; (hence by his line N. 88 East 174-, I es to a Pine, his corner; thence by his lo . '39 poles to a Red Oak, his corner; iln-i- by his line East 113 poles to a Stake, hi, corner; thence by his line 8. 5 E. 93 jh.Im to a Pine Stump, his corner: thence S. 4i E. Ort poles to aPine Stump, Jenkins' corner; thence by li t line N. 32 E. 40 poLi to a Hickory, his corner near a branch; tlience down the branch as it meanders to a Post Oak. Jen kins' corner; tlience by his line H. 58 K. 72 poles to a Red OA in O'Brien's line; thence by his line N. 30 E. 20 poles to a White Oak in the Mountain Branch; tlience down the branch as it meanders to a PopUr. O'Brien's corner; thence by his line 8. 86 E. 50 poles to n While Oak, his corner; tlience by his line N. 71 E. 3G polas to the center of two Walnut trees, his cor ner; thence by h inline N. E. 80 poles to a Walnut tree on Tabbs cretk; thence up raid creek as it meanders to a Stake on the West branch of said creek; thence across the creek N. Ci E. 8 pole to a White Oak, Mrs. Caroline Black nail's corner; thence by her line N. 10" W. VJ3 H,les to a Dogwood, DaviV corner; thence by his line W. 119 poles to a White Oak on the East bank of Tabbs creek; thence down aid creek as it mtauders tbe tooth of the Meadow Uranehjibence up said branch as it meanders to a Sassafras in Ration's line; theme by his line 8. l'Ji poles to a Red Oak, his corner; thence by his line N. 84' W. 17,2 poles to the corner of the Orchard Fence, his corner; thenee by bis line H. 75 W. 9S pole to a Pins, White's corner; thence by his line 8. 87V W. 02 Ktlfs tit the beginning, containing 1,170 acres, more or less. Also one other tract in aid township, county and Stale. In-ginning at a White Oak and Hickory, Blarknall's and O'llrien' corner; thence by his line S. 21 E. 8 point' to a Maple, his corner; thence by his line S. l.i E. 13 poles lo a Red Oak, Iih corner; thence by bis line 27 V. II poles to a Stake and pointers, his corner; thence by his lineS. 8C W. 23 pole to a Beach an the creek; thence up said creek as it mean ders to a Stake in Eaton's line; thence by his line G8" E. 4 poles to the beginning, con taining three and one-fourth (34) acres; all of which land was conveyed to the said IJ. A.Caiehart by Deed of Win. A Eaton, ilated Nov. 3rd, 1800, recorded in the Reg ister's office of.Uranville county, in Book 21, Page 4'JS, to which reference is hereby made for more certain identification. There is saved and accepted from said sale all that portion of the above described land lying on the West side of the Oxford road, con taining 279J arres, sold by said Capehart to W. T.Suttoo, January 1st, 1874. and now owned by 8pottswool Burwell; l ill that portion thereof lying Est of TbU creek and East of a line running ith from Tabbs creek where it strikes the Bluff below the plantation ford, lo the line between said Capehart and Irwin Woodliefs; also one fotirth of an acre condemned for public school purposes. " N. P. 8TKALSE, Trustee. Henderson, N. C, January 17, 1899. Handrtome line of Hi Iks for ahirt waist and trimming a-B.