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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

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This writer, one Of the fraveiin.
agents Of TIE Cate As1As, had the
pleasure Of taking trip through
the sections around White Oak and
Ammon and Was struck with the ex-
celieni crops he saw along the route.
The farmers OF Bladcu are insius:ri-
Gus and progressive, a. their crops
viii show.
We noticed cutton in some places
six and seven feet high, ..and corn
looked well everywhere. Some of
the farmers expect TO get a bale and
half OF cotton To the acre-an ex-
eellent yield.
We never were among more
kind and hospitab!e people than the
people of Bladen, and shall always
cherish tender spot in our memory
for them and their kind treatmen,
while among them.
Your correspondent Also took q
trip through part of Eastern Cum
berland around Cedar Creek and
found the farmers in good cheer ovel
the prospect of ii fairly good average
crop.
| We saw some extra good cottor
and think some of ii will make /
bale and a half to the acre. This
fruit crop is good, but wet weather
causes II good deal TO rot premature
| ~.
The section around Cedar Greek il
II prosperous one, settled BY a cleve
and energetic people, whom we viii
long remember for kindness shown
us. W.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
Clinton Loan Association.

At the annual meeting of the Glin-
ton Loan Association on last Tues
day the following officers and Board
of Directors were elected for the en-
suing year:
Rev. j. l.. Stewart, President.
J. r. Beaman, Vice-President,
w. l.. Faison, Cashier.
Board of Directors-Col. l.. A j..
Powell, Bryant Merritt, ]. A. Fer
rell, II. B. Giddens, f. T. Atkins,
Henry Z. FaisOn, DR.. A. NJ. Lee, A.
f. johnson, Warren Johnson.
The following Office hours were es-
tablished:
From 9 A. NJ. to 1 Z. Nj.
From 2 Z. NJ. to 2. NJ.
These hours will be observed at.
ter the 10th instant.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

.Drizzle-te-drizzlc from March to Septem-
her,"
Jack says to Jill as they meet in the lanes,
sEThs is summer we both shall remembern'
Then--it--r
pleasant at last - shouts the farmer; ''now
hustle!''
Quick flies the reaper The wheat strews
the plains;
Toward the stack it's beginning to rustic
.'Look at the sun!' cries the girl to her low.
err"
'.Hurry! the picnic make haste for tht
trains
Glad that the hateful old weather is over y
Then-it--rai
Rains till the river has Noah's deluge in it !;
Till the dam bursts with the flood it con
tains,
And flashes are drowned 1t Stacks up
minute
[Courier-Journai.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
Competitive Examination.

On Friday, September 18th, 1889,
there will be a competitive examin-
alton in the Courthouse, at Clinton,
of applicants for free tuition
to the North Carolina College of Ag-
riculture and Mechanic Arts. The
applicants must send a satisfactory
evidence Of good moral character,
and be not under fourteen years of
age. IsHAM ROYAL,
County Superintendent
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
Duplin's Veterans.

Saturday, the 14th instant, will be
big pay in Kenansville. The Con-
federate Veterans Association of
Duplin county will hold Basket
Picnic on that occasion and pleasant
time is expected. Addresses will be
delivered by Capt. Swift Galloway
and c. B. Aycock, Esq, of Colds
bor). Both these gentlemen are able
and interesting speakers ana all who
hear them will enjoy rare treat.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

Especial Cor. Caucasian.l

Especial Cor. Caucasian.)
Mr.. Editor: was raised in Bladen
county and have been absent ssfrom
that section for ten years, and / beg
leave to speak Of the improvements
of that county in that time. Green's
Bridge road has been raised above
high water. The farmers are culti-
waiting chufas by ten-acre fields.
They take the waste lands that have
been turned out, and improved them.
The bee business is much improved
by patent hives and extractors. The
roads and creeks are made passable
by good bridges. The swamp land
in the section of White Oak church
has been greatly improved by pro.
per draining. 1t is now one Of the
finest cotton and corn growing Sec
tions of the State. The.bushy Lake
has been drained, and about 1900
acres of fine swamp land is thereby
| brought into usefulness. There is
| push and thrift in that section of the
county.
Rev. Mr.. Brunt is in charge OF
White Oak Academy and has nne
school. Bladen is in the lead for big
blues, but no chance to strip them
While there j got some idea of the
cultivation Of the huckleberry
There is huckleberry pond that was
cleared about 60 years ago and has
not been cultivated in IS years. II
is now dense forest of huckleberry
bushes. / examined them closely
and found very heavy crop of Der
ries, but they were small and of
dwarfed appearance. Many Of th'
bushes had dropped their leaves, leav
ing ON the bushes a full crop of Der
ries. There are about 80 acres o
land in that pond. l think Their
could have been 100 bushels of Der
ries gathered in it the last week il
June. GEO. w. CAIN:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
LISBON.

We are glad to hear that Mr.. Hay
wood Boykin, who has been quite
sick for the past few days is much
better.
Several deaths have recently &C.
cured among the colored population.
Business has been lively in the
Magistrates circles for the past few
weeks, one prisoner gave our esteem
ed officer an approved leg bail last
Friday evening
Prof w. A. Hobbs has quite a
promising school at Ingold, Is pu-
pills enrolled and Others expected,
timbers for the new school building
are being put in place.
The Little Coharie Planter, who
has been suffering with badly bruis-
ed and mangled hand, wishes to
know if there is no better way OF
catching muskrats than with a steel
trap.
Crop report, cotton so per cent
corn so rice go, COW peas 10, potatoes
so sugar cane 80, chufas 100, fod
der 100 Hay 100. Citizen.
AT special term of the BLADDER
acomt"-(ing) held at White LAX
iu the month of June protracte
| suit was decided in favor of tn
plaintiff. We understand that
public eclaraiion of the result c
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
The Poor Heuse a M0del---The Jail Any
thing Else.

DR.. j. A. Stevens, County Super
intendent of Health, reporting for
Sampson in the n. G.. Bulletin of
Health says:
"The sanitary condition of Jail is very bad;
it is built in a low flat, not properly drained;
the weeds cover the entire enclosure around
the Jail; some are five feet high. We are
greatly in need of new Jail. Our poor
house is model, its sanitary condition be-
ing all could wish for"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
BlOckers Items.

Mr.. VIM. Riley has an excellent
corn crop, and cotton six and seven
feet high.
Mr.. Kelly Seasons has stalk of
cotton with hundred limbs and
nearly as many bolls to the limb.
The Sabbath School at Concord
Baptist Church closed on the fourth
Sunday in August. G. G. H.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
Sunday-Seh0ol Conference.

The Sunday-School Conference OF
the Clinton Circuit will convene at
Keener's Chapel, commencing on
Friday before the fifth Sunday in
Septem Der.
d. A. CULBRETH, Pres't.
A. NJ. BARBREY, See'y.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
All Through the County.
What SampseaiaHx srv being ana
SaJi2g.

D0 Send us the news from your
township fer this column. Every
subscriber to THE CAUCASIAN has
right and is requested to contri-
butte items of news in his or her
neighborheod for this column. We
will not publish your name unless
you desire il ga
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
Index 10 New Advertisements.

,,.a.,-J. :. EizzcIl, &. :. &.
Union Harness Establishment-W.
u Ffr,t Glass GrocerY-Matthi- II
''', ,,.r,.nl-tratnr'> Noticc--h. +. King.
r,.,,rr, and CioCkg-G. L. Rawls.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
BUSINESS LOCALS.

~ ''Wants" and Business Notices can be
inserted in this column at ten cents line.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05


For reliable goods at low prices go
to B. +. POWELL. Good Flour 40
barrel. The best .Granulated SUI
gar 10 cents pound. A large Sc
lection of Spectacles and the very
best Of Scissors. Give me call.
A large stock of new goods will
arrive at the Racket Store next week.
They will be sold unusually cheap.
See Business Local next week.
Mrs. MARY f. PETERSON.
That cent Tobacco at T. NJ. Fer
rell's is still the rage.
SPECIAL BARGAINS at the Cheap
Store for the next 30 days, &. F..
| ALPHIN, Proprietor.
A neat line OF Prints, Dress Goods,
Dcmestics, Tickings, Bleachings,
Ginghams, &c. &c, at prices to cor
respond with the present cotton crop,
at L. NJ. FERRELL'S.
School Crayons, at
Il. NJ. FERRELL's
| Would you like set of nice COB
lets for NOTHING? Call at L. NJ.
Ferrell's and learn how to get them.
STILL AHEAD! A gentleman tells
Us that his wife had not kissed him in
several years on account OF his often
/ sive breath, but alter using HOBBS x
; BROS FIVE CENT TOBACCO fol
two weeks his breath wa. so much i'm
proved that she returned to her old habit
Try 1t, boys!
Old newspapers for sale at TIL
caucasian Office at IS cents pc
hundred.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

Would you like a set of nice COB
lets for NOTHING? Call at L. NJ
Ferrell's and learn how to get them
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

Rev. d. B. Clayton will preach at
Red Hill on the End Sunday in this
month.
Mr.. J. S. Parrish, one of the oldest
citizens of this community, died on
the 18th ult. He was about Is years
of age,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

School Crayons, at
Il. NJ. FERRELL's.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17
The Mechanical Arts

We have seen how the literary edu-
cation which we now consider so es-
sential was regarded in England-as
ungentlemanly. 1t is not so long since
the physician or leech was, as Hallam
says, IAN inexhaustible theme of pop
ular ridicule." The BARRIERS pole. so
common in our streets, recalls a time,
lot SO long past. when the barber prac-
ticed blood-letting and other medical
arts. 1t is within our own memory that
tn g dentist stood on level with the
barber; indeed, the two were often the
same person. How is it that all this is
changed, that literature, medicine and
dentistry have become gentlemanly oc-
cupations? Simply, l think, because
they are now thought scientifically and
institutions have been established for
that purpose. 1t may be laid down as
a general rule that whatever is taught
in school will soon become respectable
and gentlemany, while that which is
picked up in the house or the work.
shop will always be regarded as mental.
Prof. Thomas Davidson, in Forum.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17
How to Destroy Ants.

Prof. Cook, of the Michigan Agri.
cultural College, says: II tried bisul-
phide of carbon, and with marked
success. To use this we have to find
the ant hills or mounds which harbor
the ants. This is rarely difficult. We
now use q crowbar, with which we
make hole in the center of the mound
which should reach down to the level
of the lowest gallery of the ants nest.
We now turn in about half gill OF
bisulphide of carbon. after which we
throw on Immediately shovelful Of
clay, which should be at once COM
pactly trodden down. This holds the
liquid in the nest, and its very volatile
nature, together with its poisonous
fumes, soon destroys the last ant OF
the nest have destroyed a nest ut
terly with one application. Sometimes
the remedy would have to be repeated
to become effective"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17
The Plot Misearried.

Winks (cheerilly)-Hello. Jinks.
how did that little plot Of yours work
yesterday?
Jinks (savagely)-What little plotl
''Why, old fellow, you know you
suspected Mrs. J. rather liked Mr..
Dashaway's society. and to satisfy
yourself you had arranged for them to
60 to the theater together, and then
you intended to slip in unobserved and
zee whether she gave attention to tho
play or to him"
yes, remember"
well, did you do itl"
''N-o; she let the nurse 60 "a, and I
had to stay homo and mind the baby
-G r Weeks.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17
THIN-SKINNED PEOPLE.

Poor Mortals Whose Moral Cutfclc Il Al
together Too Sensitive.
Occasionally one meets with indi.
viduals whose moral cuticle is as SEN
sitive as the leaf of the mimosa- Ev-
cry random conversational shaft is, in
their estimation. as palpably intended
for them as was the arrow labeled
..for the right eye of Philip for that
monarch's dexter optic.
1t is painful to be in the society OF
such people. One is afraid to speak,
lest he should hurt feelings that are al
ways on the qui rire to be hurt Cen
sure fault common to the race, and
your thin-skinned acquaintance at once
appropriates the structure. In vain
you generalize-he focalizes; the foca.
point being self.
Conscience has in cases its share in
bringing home q casual expression to
the business and bosom of an indi-
vidual; but egotism and couceit are.
we believe, at the bottom of a good
deal of the morbid sensitiveness one
encounters. A man must be very vain
who imagihes that his particular weak
ness is q matter of sufficient interest to
society to provoke its continual ridi-
c:1se.
he assured. ye Of the tender moral
epidermis, that most Of the express
sions A. which YOU take umbrage
would have been uttered though you
had never been born. The world has
something else to do than make caps
to your measure. and if. by chance.
you come across one about your size,
don't suppose Il was got up specially
for your caput-there are plenty OF
heads that e viii At besides yours
The best way = not - put Il on.-6
Il Ledger.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17
MUSIC IN BATTLE.

The Secret Of Leonidas' Famous Victory
at ThermopylR.
The favorite problem of thinkers
and teachers. since thought began, has
been to find some engine of education
which should reach the character as
effectually as the ordinary means oil
training touch the understanding; and
in the opinion of many, not men alone
but nations, music was such an engine.
ut is music" said the Spartans,
(which distinguishes the brave man
from the coward" "a mans music
is the source of his courage" It was
their music which enabled Leonidas
and his three hundred to conquer at
Thermopyle. 1t was music which
taught the the Spartan youths how to
die in the wrestling ring or on the
field OF battle. These claims are
audacious surely. Yet, when we con-
slider how the rhythmical tread OF
the brave man differs from the
agitated shamble of the coward.
how music is the art of human joy,
and how joy and repose of mind are
the main elements of manly fortitude,
we shall at any rate admit that there
is q strong affinity somewhere; our
only difficulty will be to acknowledge
that music. deliberately applied. could
ever be the direct cause of these
reputed results. 70 achieve the end
desired Spartan boys passed their
youth in learning tunes, hymns and
songs-this was their sole mental
culture. They were taught to dance
and keep step to the measure of the
songs as they sang them And, grown
TO manhood. now perfect warriors,
marched into battle with smiling faces,
crowned with. flowers, calm, joyful.
and serene, and. informing their songs.
moved steadily thus into the thickest
Of the fight. undisturbed and irresist-
ible. The band that leads our armies
to the field Of battle nowadays Il .
scant survival Of Spartan practice;
Jet even m this music By proxy. there
arc many elements Of incitement q
eourage.-Najossy ReuieU.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17
QUEER CREATURES.
How Fish Are Caught in the Western
Rivers of China


A Chinese journal gives the follow
Ing curious facts respecting some of
the western rivers of that country:
The waters are perfectly clear, and the
people do not use nets in fishing, but
in the winter season construct RATS,
and from these throw on the water a
mixture of wheat and the seeds of
species of fern pounded together,
which being eaten by the fish, they
appear to be killed, and rise to the
surface, but in short time come to life
again. This they call making the fish
drunk.
In Eastern Turkestan fish are OBJ
tanned in similar manner: In the
spring, when the melted snow has
swollen the rivers, the fish are seen
swimming about in all quarters; the
fishermen Immediately make a solu-
ton of herbs and sprinkle it on the
water. by which the fish become per-
fectly stupid and are easily caught.
Mohammedans do not eat them to
any great extent, except when null
berries are ripe, which are Away eaten
with them.
BY the same authority curious &C
count is also given of a poisonous spe-
cies of lizard. 1t is amphibious. liv-
ing in mountain creeks Its forefeet
are like those Of monkey, the hind
ones resembling those of dog; it has
q long tail. is seven or eight feet long.
and has the cry of child. which is in
dicated by one of its names. 1t climbs
trees. and in times of drought fills its
mouth with water. and, conceali- it
self in the jungle. covers its body with
leaves and grass and expands its jaws.
Birds seeking the water therein sus-
tanned attempt to Stake their thirst in
the trap. when they are soon gulped
down. The poison that it contains is
removed by suspending it from a tree
and beating it until all flows out in the
form of q white fluid.
Travellers in Mexico, however. dc.
scribe still more awkward customer
of this species-a lizard which. as the
natives declare, will bite the shadow
of person passing by, with the result
that he or she Is afflicted for some time
after with severe pains in the head
OeUslaad Leader.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17
EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES.


Inportant Facts Establlshod By . Reesn1
Medical Report
DR.. w. D. Hodges read, some months
ago, before the Suffolk Medical So.
ciety a paper on an epidemic Of
measles in an institution for children
over which he presides
A child who was supposed to be suf-
fering merely from severe cold was
brought to the institution, and imme-
diately placed in the sick ward. With.
in twenty-four hours an eruption ap-
peared, which proved to be measles.
Three children, who were that day
discharged from the sick ward, devel-
oped the disease, the one in nine days,
the others in eleven days. It"spread
among the inmates until of sixty-five
all but twenty took it. and Of the ex-
ceptions ten were sent away, and eight
had already had it. In the case, of the
other two. no information on this
point could be obtained. OF the
forty-five patients. five died. The erup-
ton was at its height on the fifth and
sixth days, and lasted from twelve to
fourteen days. In over one-half of the
cases there was Inflammation of the
ear. In only one case was there con-
vulsions. which came three days before
the eruption. This child made rapid
recovery. The treatment consisted
mainly in cleanliness and the regula-
ton of the diet.
The following facts seem to be es-
tablished:
l. The wonderful contagiousness of
measels.
2. The tendency to communicate it.
self from, at least, the earliest visible
stage.
3. The interval between the exposure
and the eruption is from nine to twelve
days.
4. Its fatality is mainly from its COM
plication with other diseases, develop
ed by it.
5. In a majority of cases, there is a
tendency to produce more or less in
fammation of the ear-an important
fact for parents to bear in mind.
6. The tendency to cause commissions
is very slight
z. There is generally a tendency to
Inflammation of the eyes. DR.. Hodges
treatment for this was to apply solu-
ton of borax, glycerine and water.
In the discussion of the paper, DIR.
Durgin, of the Board of Health, af-
firmed that there was prevalent mis-
taken feeling of security in the case of
measles. Since 1865 there had been
in Boston eleven hundred and seven.
teen deaths from this disease-an aver
age OF forty-eight year. Such a
yearly average from smallpox would
startle the community. In one year
there were one hundred and ffty-two
fatal cases.
1t was voted by the society that the
Board of Health should care for cases
of measles, as is done in smallpox and
scarlet fever. 1t was intended that this
vote should authorize the board to go
to the house, give advice in respect to
isolation and distinction, and see that
the advice was followed Youths Com
panton.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

II q man is in love with a woman, let
him take her to see "Romeo and Juliet, "
and if she laughs 1t the balcony scene he
will abandon her s;raightw4y if he has
any sense
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

ALTHOUGH skilled W workmanship may be
required in the manufacture of the higher
grades Of cigars, almost any Cabbage head
can make an ordinary cigar
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

some one asks why u watch always run
faster in the theater than in church.
doesn't-that is one reason.-Jcmelers
Weealy.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

A GIRL always wants a fellow to tie {
true-lover's knot when she gets HIM OF
the STANDARDIZATION Gazette.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

GOVERNMENT may be better than riches
but most people would say of hand tina
they would prefer to have riches because
ricaes bring so much contentment.-JOur
sdl of Education.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

my friends laughed ct the idea Of 500
bone mill, but since got one Of Wilson's,
advertised in this paper, the laugh 10 all on
my side. Every one that sees it has to %
knowledge it IS q perfect success. I car
crack enough shells for 80 fowls ms min.
utes; and the same amount will 20 i've
times farther than if cracked with . ham.
mer. There is no waste, and q child car
crack them. Bones take . little more
strength It also cracks corn easily and
well"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

FIRST impressions are every thing, par
ticularlv when one is collecting engrav
ings.-Hdrper's BdzIr.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

EVERY clou1 may have q silver lining
but it never shines with the lustrOHs e6ui
gence Of an old diagonal coat.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

WHY should cO0blers Dc eligible for med
ical diplomasi Because they are skilled
in the art Of heeling
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

A PRoxPr Way Of Easing Asthma. Us<
Hale's Honey Of Horehouud and Tar.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

Dox'T wait until you are sick before trying
Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get vial ct
once. You can't take them without benefit
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

ALL ships have var Is, though none O
them ever have a garden.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

If colors could talk many a woman woult
be a walking Bedlam -HO'eI Mil
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

For Throat Diseases and Coughs ~
BROwN's BRONCHIAL TROCHEs. Like al
real good things, they are initiated. IN
genuine are s0ld only IN b01es.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

A PROMINENT band-the engagemeu
11ng.-DetrUt Free Pres&
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

HARSH purgative remedies are fast giving
way to the gentle action and mild effects O.
Carter's Little Liver Pills. II you try them
they will certainly please you.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

LOVE in a cottage Is not nearly 30 suih
as love in fat
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

49, n1euEo heams ~ bGiGAEest- IN -
e01e0o south, - oaP sistoR ountinmt -
q ne sEoPtcs Of TIE CaEiboean 0earaFo -
oteco t0e hone o8 malaria, tAe vertical sun,
also cooperating % breed viruient disns..
oers OF the stomach, liver and bowels. II
= IN such regions that HoGtetterss 0tomacA
bltters gets in some Of it, most beneAoen1
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-17

'WEr wether," as the sheep said when
it fell into the creek