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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
THE HUCKLEBERR BILL.

We give belnE the full text
of DR.. Murphy's bill with re-
gard the huckleberry and other
wild fruits as passed by the Leg
islature.
The General Assembly Of North
CaroIina do Enact:
SECTION J.. That it shall be
unlawful for any person to en-
ter upon the lands Of another
for the purpose Of gathering and
removing therefrom any whor-
tleberries, dog tongue vanilla
plant) or any other fruits or
marketable products of the soil
without first obtaining the con-
sent of the land owner.
SECTION 2. That any person
violating section l of this Act
shall upon conviction be fined
not less than five dollars mol
more than fifty dollars nor iu-
prisoned more than thirty days
SECTION 3. This Actshall ap-
ply only to the counties of Samp
son and DupliD.
SECTION 4. This Act shall be
in force from and after its rati
ficatiOn.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

cultural Department have pre-
ex-Secretary Coleman
with a handsome antique oak
hall clock, eight feet high, as a
token of the esteem in which
he is held by them.
Harrison and Blaine are. in
the language of the street ur-
chin, ain tho soup" The trouble
came through the nomination
of Eugene Schuyler to the AS
sistant Secretary of State. A
more Objectionable man to the
Senate it would be hard to find,
add it is surprising that the
President and Mr.. Blaine should
not have known this Schuyler's
principal offense was a book
called american Diplomacy"
written by him some years ago,
in which he took occasion to
criticize Gen. Grant then Presi-
dent, in a very severe manner.
also Mr. Washburne, at that time
Minister to France, and also the
Senate of the United States
The President was informed
that the nomination would be
rejected unless withdrawn
Blaine ca.hled the fact to Schuy,
ler who is in Europe, and the
latter declined the nomination
The u. S. Supreme Court i:
in mourning over the death OF
Justice Stanley Matthews. Judge
Gresham or Secretary Miller viii
probably be appointed to FL
the vacancy.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
OUR FARMERS COLUMN.
SOMETHING INTERESTING
TO THOSE WHO TILL.
THE SOIL.

@rSo many agricultural pa
pers are published and articles
written by men, who have little
or no practical experience as
farmers, that informat tion and
suggestions through such medi.
ums have fallen into disrepute,
and does but little good. In
view Of thissfact, we wish TO get
the views and tested plans of
practical farmers forttiAcolamn
each week. So farmers, send in
an account of your success in
any branch of Agriculture, for
the benefit of the fraternity. ~Ga
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
DETERMINED TO MARRY.
A Rich and Racy Marriage I'm
Halifax County.

The Scotland Neck Democrat
tells of a romantic story that
shows "what fools these mortals
be-" One day last week a young
man came to that place witt
"sweet sixteen" yeung, ils3,. 1t
was n runaway couple. The
young man had to send back to
Warren county for q certificate
from the girls parents. Soon
another fellow appeared on the
scene. lie said that the girl
had promised to marry him and
the other fellow elnped with
her while he had gone for Ii
cense to marry. Now here was
a pretty howdy do. Two lovers
both trying to marry the same
girl. They all three sat down
on a sofa-the girl iB the mid
1de. Each lover caressed the
girl, each one holding with de-
termined grasp the girls hand
and throwing his other arm
around her neck. All three
seemed to enjoy this hugging,
for they kept it up some time,
each of the fellows begging the
girl tn marry him. This thing
kept up all day and until Sum-
day evening, when the girls
father arrived and put an end
to the nauseating scene by de-
Gliding in favor of the fellow
whose name was Jenkins. When
the gil signified her willingness
to marry Jenkins the other fell
low embraced the girl, kissed
her passionately, and said that
he still loved her. The tom
foolery came to an end or a be
ginning (wbich?) by the mar.
riage. The girl was evidently
. anxious to get married and was
like the old maid in the story
who said, "ALybody, Lord, SO II
: is man" State Chronicle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
AS TO BREATHING.
youths Companion.)

The following heretofore un
heard of information in regaI d
to the breath and breathing was
made public in Kentucky re-
Gently by school boy of twelve
years, who wrote an essay On
the subject.
We breathe with our lungs,
our lights our kidneys and
our liver. If it wasn't for our
breath we would die when we
slept. Our breath keeps the
life a-going through the nose
when we are asleep.
Boys who stay in a room all
day should not breathe. They
should wait until they get out
in the fresh air. Boys in a room
make bad air called carbonicide,
Corbonicide is a poison as mad
dogs. A lot of soldiers were
once in a black hole in Calcutta
and carbonicide got in there
and killed them.
Girls sometimes ruin The
breath with corsets that sauee
zes the diagram. A big diagram
is the best for the right Kind o.
breathing.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

Hon. w. r. Roardman Of Gal
weston, Texas, while talking to
a New York reporter the other
day about the abundance Of
game and fish along the coast Of
Texas, said:
Heretofore we caught them and
sold them in our own market, but it
occurred one day to a shrewd fellow
that great deal Of money lay in
canning them the same as the Chica-
90 cattle princes can meat. The new
industry has been remarkably sue
eessiul, and now does q trade close
on 70 a million of dollars a year.
we sent turtle steaks, turtle soup,
turtle eggs, canned turtle and many
olher kinds of canned goods to all
parts OF the United States, Mexico
ahd Central America, South Ameri-
Ca and Europe"
AWord to the wise Is sufficient.
is all tie stock for our Clinton
canning Factory subscribed
Ss'
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
TWO NON PROGRESSIVE
BERRIES.

The hucklekerry and blue
berry are the only ones Of the
popular berries, says a contem-
porary, that have not been i'm
proved by cultivation. Middle
aged men can recall the time
when the strawberry and blue
berry were rather poor, COM
mon-place fruit, but they have
been cultivated, grown from
seed, and the result is the tooth
some berries which now adOrn
our tables. But the buckle
berry we eat now is the same
which tickled the palates of
our great grandfathers. Word
has gone forth to improve this
berry, to grow it in gardens
from seed, seed, and select the
variety which gives the best
result. 1t is not generally
known, but nearly all our edi-
BILE plants aud fruits were origi-
ually weeds, o. of so inferior
kind as to be scarcely fit for
human use. But for countless
generations man has been i'm
proving his environment, but
more especially the grains and
fruits upon which he now lives
The human palate itself must
have been greatly improved in
sensibility, owing to the differ
ence between what fruits and
vegetables were and what they
are. There are those who thinl
that this process is to go on, and
that other weeds will be turned
into useful plants, and that BY
scientific methods the quantit!
of TODD will be at length 81
great that no human being will
eyer die of starvation.-Scienti
fic American.
When writing the above tn
Scientific American must hay
( had in mind the little har
, seedy New Jersey Huckleberr!
, The written has evidently neve
. tasted the large tender lusciou
g "Sampson blue" which is no.
b so delicious that science ca
: probably do nothing for it bt
: to preserve indefinitely by cal
. ming The New Jersey beri
might be scientifically improve
for a thousand years and sti
e e not approach in flavor the aIi
tocratic berry of Sampson.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28


We heard the question asked,
q few days since: "Why do girls
wear bangs7' 7' This is a ques-
tion that has often suggested i =
self to us, and We dislike the
unbecoming adornmentG) so
much that we are constrained
to "speak ont in meeting" and
give what we believe to be the
answer. The great majority of
Eyes daughters are not blessed
with a beautiful brow, indeed
ii is rare possession. Hence
the "bangs." But there are not
many with very ugly foreheads,
Then let US have the bang only
as q veil to a defect, as a screer
to ugliness. Those with pretty
foreheads, who wear them, We
suppose do it out Of compassion
for their less fortunate sisters
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

King Milan, of Servia, has alb
dicated his throne. This fact
within Itself is of no importance,
but the result may be tremend-
Gus. The great question of who
shall control the Balkan penin-
sula, which has disturbed all
kurope for two decades, is vir.
tually reopened. and it may re-
quire a gigantic war, into which
all the European nations will
be drawn Oh one side or the 9th.
er to settle the matter. Russia
is greedy for control, England
Germany and Austria are jeal
Gus of the growing and encroach
ing power of Russia, while
France would probably joir
Russia out of spite to her neigh
bors.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
THE COMING CENTENNIAL.

The approaching commemo-
ration of Washington's inaugu-
ration promises to offer one of
the most imposing spectacles
ever beheld in New York. It is
said that all Of the original
thirte States, together with
most of those admitted since the
adoption of the Constitution,
have agreed to take part in the
parade According to the esti-
mate of the committee having
charge of this feature of the
celebration, there will be up
wards of fifty thousand citizen
soldiers IN line, or about thrice
as many as Washington ever
marshaled in one body during
the Revolutionary war. A still
more impressive contrast to the
state of things a hundred years
ago, will be presented by the in
dustrial procession. When New
York was made the first seat of
the new Federal Government, it
was but an insignificant town,
without much foreign COM
merce, and with scarcely any
native manufactures. Now, as a
commercial centre, it is second
only to the British metropolis
while, whether we look to the
volume, variety or value Of its
products, it is one of the fore
most manufacturing cities OF
the world. If we consider pop.
ulation. the thirteen colonie.
had in 1889 fewer inhabitant'
than are now concentrated with
. in the circuit of a hundred miles
radius around the New Yorl
City Hall. To appreciate tn
magnitude of the change
wrought in the space of a singl
century, everybody who expect
I to witness the commemoratiy
ceremonies would do well t
read the first chapters of Me-
$ Masters history of the Amer
I can people, and the relevant sec
tions of Mrs. Lambs history @
lNew York.-Once a Week.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

President Harrison, like Cleve-
land in 'S4 is taking his time in
removing Office e-holders of the
opposite party and replacing
them with men of his own par
ty, and certain Republicans have
begun to call him a "mugwump"
as certain Democrats did Cleve-
land, i'll the early part of his
administration. We have only
to hope he will be such a mug
wump as Cleveland.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

The business men of Sails
bury havs rails ed a large sum of
money to be used in advertising
their town. In the meantime
The CAUCASIAN is doing all it
can to let the world know what
we are and what we are doing
In Sampson. Let every one as
sist us by subscribing for the
paper and advertising his bust
ness.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
WILMINGTON DISTRICT.

Methodist E. Church South,
second found of Quartz 'ly Meet
ingf:
Fifth st t-eet, March 30and 81.
Whiteville, at Fair Bluff,
March 80 and 81.
Grace Church, April 6 and Z.
Carver's Creek, Smith Chapel,
April 6 and z.
Bladen st eet, April 8 and 10.
New River Mission, April 10
and IA.
Bladen, at Bethel, April 19
and 81.
Elizabeth, Singletary's, April
90 and 81.
Sampson. at Hall, April 26 and
%.
Cokesbu y, at Salem, April
27 and %.
Rev. r. G. Beaman will attend
at Fair Bluff, and Rev. w. s.
Greasy at Smiths Chapel.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

Two battle flags of the Fifth
Pennsylvania Calvary came into
the possession of Senator Wade
Hampton during the Civil War,
and he has just returned them
to their original owners. 1t was
a very un-Foraker-like act
Y. Y. Star.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

Newspapers indicate very
clearly the condition of society.
Mrs. Spencer in First Steps i'll
North Carolina History.
Then The CAUCASIAN indicates
the condition of society in
Sampson, so rally to its support
and let us make a creditable
showing to the outside world.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

Now can't some OF our Samp-
son farmers give some practical
methods which they have tried?
You should be willing to give
each other the benefit Of your
experience.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
FASHION NOTES.

Recently made pocket hand
kerchiefs are very pretty and
highly ornamented.
Morning dresses and tea -owns
are now made with a band OF
fur down the front.
New muslin underwear is re-
markable for the profusion of
rich laces and tucks which dec
crate it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
THE EDITORS CHAIR.
HOW THINGS LOOK FROM
OUR STAND POINT.
The Opinion OF The Causasian and
the Opinion Of others which we
Can Endorse on the Various
Topics of the Day.

"a canning factory could be
started in Wilson for 81 800 and
it will do a good business. Oh!
for better spirit o: enterprise
that will strike out in a new
place. Wilson Advance.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

for the Governor and his staff
Mt the Metropolital hotel, New
York, for the Inauguration CEN
tennial.--Wil. Messenger.
Why We Are Peer.
charlotte people" as Is learn
ed by the News, "sre eating beet
that was killed snd dressed in
Kansas City, Me-" II comes
Packed in refrigerator cars "and
all the butchers are selling It."
And this in State where grass
grows in the greatest luxuriance.
We ship q little cotton, then buy
cotton goods from Massachu-
sets, buy beef from Kansas
City, bacon from Cincinnati,
corn from Illinois, -four from
Minnesota and then sit down
and wonder why il is that We
are so poor.-Statesville Land
mark.
Tax Bachelors.
Tie Chronicle cannot COM
mend the Legislature for in
creasing the price of marriage
license. 1t ought rather To have
decreased the tax. Every In
ducement to marriage ought TO
be offered by the Leg slators. IL
the State needs the revenue We
favor n law that will tax bacha-
lors-taX them 50 heavy that
they will be glad to &c :married
to escape the tax. The tax Is
now S3.00.-State Chronicle.
THE Chronicle is a married
man.-ED. CAUCASIAN.
Energy and Good Sense.
The Legislature has adjourn
ed. Little was accomplished
there was little that we needed.
What North Carolina needs she
must expect and lanor to secure
by the energy and good sep.
of her sous and daughter
| Wilson Advance. "
| The ship canal which is TO
connect Manchester, England,
with Liverpool, is being rapidly
constructed, ten thousand men
and a great number Of steam
excavators being engaged upon
it. The canal will be thirty-fivt
miles long, 26 feet deep and l2(
feet wide at tha bottom.-Wil
mington Review.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

The following, from the Pro-
gressive Farmer, is somewhat
on the very line we have been
writ 1g. We copy it to endorse
81.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

Give US 5000 subscribers and we
will give yeu paper Of which you
viii be more proud.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
THE DIFFERENCE.

TWO FARMERS LIVE UN-
DER THE SAME COSDI-
TIONS,ONE SEES HARD
TIMES, THE OTHER
DOES NOT
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
STRAY BITS OF LIFE,
As Pictured by the Press.


that is the woman you're going
.a marry, is il, Uncle Rastus ?"
Uncle Rastus.-"Yes. sab, dat
am de lady. She yaint much ID
look at"
"Citizen.-"Well, no, not very
much: Uncle Rastus."
Uncle Rastus.-"Bat she hab
got forty-seben dollahs in de
bank, boss, an she hab prolnis-
ed TO glib me de power OBJ aItoe-
ney y-generalship." ."-Harper's Ba-
Ear.
I.-BEFoRE MARRIAGE.
His heart o'erfows with happiness
And an ecstatic thrill
Runs through his very being, as
He hears her sweet, Il WILL"
H.-AFTER MARRIAGE.
Alas his heart is heavy now,
The world seems dark. and chill;
The second time in life he's met
A fragile woman's will.
-Somerville Journal.
She (tremulously)-G pa
threatens to turn of the gas il
you stay after 10 o'clock to-
night.
He (delightedly)-Let him, let
him Boston Courier.
'Tis evidence quite certain,
OF a wooing rather rash,
When you see tinge Of powder
On young mans dark mustache.
-Mer. TRAY.
Miss Travis.-Don't you think
my dress is too sweet for any
thing?
Miss DeSmith. Oh, lovely
exquisite! I do believe your
dressmaker could make a bean
pole look Observation-Disclosures
Free Press.
Robbie (returning from school
after history son)-"Mam-
ma was Charles II. an Episco-
palian?" "No, my son. Why did
you ask that?" "Well, the
history says he did things 1t
ought not to have done, and
left undone things he ought tr
have done, and SO I supposed
he must be-" Christian Regis
ter.
NOT IN THIS GENERATION.
Blotterwick i see that th'
hustle is no longer worn.
His wife--Where did you SET
that, my dear.
Blotterwick (lneekly)-Well
when you see it in the street
let me know.
-'--- DIFFICULT TO TELL.
Passenger train just passinI
out of tunneD-What a pecu
liarly sour expression tha
young lady ahead has!
Companion-Yes; she's evi
IDENTIFY mad because the youn
man with her kissed her com
ing through the tunnel, or ma
be she is mad because be didn
kiss her.-Epoch.
A DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT.
Mr.. Fickleby--Do knew, Mis-
Dewitt, you looked charming
the ball the other right?
J Miss Dewitt-Nonsense;I don
. believe it.
i, Mr.. Fickleby-Oh, but yo
did. Actually, 1 didn't recognii
, YOU at first Buffalo Courier.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

Let us make THE CAUCASIAN one
of the best weeklies in North Caro-
lima. With help it can be SO.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28


A raper-Cussev, a Padding Machine
and New Job Type have been added
TO our Job ofhee, and we can now
do work 10 suit even the most fas-
tideous. Call In and SEE samples OF
the work we have done In tho last
few days.
naS Advertising rates made known
on application.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28
FERTILIZERS CONTINUED.

Compost.
We give you this week four
formulas for making compost,
suitable for corn and cotton,
which have proven successful.
J. w. Powell, Of Nash county,
used the following:
Ditch bank, 75 loads
Stable manure, 40 bushels.
Cotton seed, 26 bushels.
Uses the above amount oD about
10 acres. Intends putting cotton
seed and lime on 40 acres that had
cow peas on. Is increasing his stock
as rapidly as possible so as to make
all manure at home.
The Experimental Farm uses
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-03-28

Gov. Ys ale at the Centennial.

tloy. Ke ale at The Centennial.
Quarters have been engaged
for the Governor and his staff
at the Metropolital hotel, New
York, for the Inauguration CEN
tennial.--Wil. Messenger.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-01-12
TAKEN UP.

At my place. on Angugt 16, 2 mare
mules; sorrel; l dark brown.
W. A. EPPLER.
494-tf miles north of Ellis, Kan.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-01-12
Fort Wallace Reservation.

The following in refeI ence to the
opening Of the T 1T v taCe reseiva-
ton for settlement may be OF iii crest
to some If rur readers. 1t is dated
Washing on, December 22nd, anil is a,
follows commissioner Stockslager, of
the general land Office, has issued in
structiOrs to the register and rereiver
OF the Wa-KeeHey, Kan, land Office to
disp. Sc of tie Fort Wallace reservation
unier provisions of the bill passpd tor
he survey of The traci, at once, and it
is proposed to locate he lands as spec
flied in the act. According to act GAO
acres are to be reserved to the tpwm
site of Wallace, The price being $3.50
pr acre, The land being double mini
mum land. The Union Pacific railroad
company is granted the right for per-
iud of three months from Oct l9, 1888,
within which to purchase the northeast
quar- er of section "A, 'ownship Ii south,
rarge SO west. This tract of 40 acres is
t. be selected so as not to Interfere
with any a, tual settlers and the price is
fixed al $50 par acre. A similar prefer
ance right is granted the Wall zee
water works to purchase 40 acres and
the right of way. not exceeding % feet
in width. connecting the tract of land
with the city Of Wallace. The price to
be paid for this tract viii be fixed 10y
the secretary Of the interior after re-
port has been received from the board
of appraisers appinted for that purpose.
Another tract of forty acres lying in
section O, township l3-sou,h, range 80
west, is to be granted to the city of
Wallace for cemetery purposes. No
entry of any kind is to be allowed for
this tract,th grant being merely that
of use, with revision 10 the govern-
ment upon the failure of the condi ions
The site of the old fort, containing 10
acres. VIII be appraised by the board
and sold at public sale. The remainder
of.the reservation. about S,O00 acres,
will be thrown open to settlement un-
der the homestead law. Tie right of
Communication TO cash entry does not
obtain, and the full five wears residence
will be required in each before final
proof is allowed, except in cases in
which the claimant is entitled to credit
on his period of residence. They are
to be allowed each entry within one
mile of the city of Wallace will be re-
stricted to forty acres.
Register Beard informs % thAe as
soon as they receive the platts and
surveys of said land that due notice
win be given Of date uheA entries vlll
be received
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-01-12
A BARGAIN.

just one Refrigerator left, which vail
be sold at cost
KELLY HARDWARE Co.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-01-12
MUST BUY TICKETS
BEFORE ENTERING FREIGHT
TRAINS

instructions have been issued by the
general superintendent to conductors OF
freight trains that are authorized to carry
passengers, prohibiting them from allow,
ing passengers to enter trains at stations
where we have agents furnished with
regular stock of tickets unless passengers
have previously provided themselves with
tickets reading to their proper destina
ton. See time table in another column
for the arrival and departure OF all trains
allowed to carry passengers from this
station.
513-14 J. L. MORTON. ACT.