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

Family men should get into
the habit of inviting their un-
married friends to their homes.
There social and business ques-
tiOns, as we'll as politics, and all
other such topics, as are gener-
ally considered Of interest to
men alone, would be freely dis
cnssed in the family circle
mostly over the tea table. Then
our girls and women would get
to be thoroughly versed and in
terested in the most serious of
life's problems and therefore
would, when occasion occurred,
turn out splendid helpmeets to
men in all their undertakings.
We believe that such Il course
would greatly tend to make
married life more happy and
successful. Two illustrious ex-
amples Of how such intelligent
and well informed wives have
been of wonderful aid and in
spiration to their husbands is
to be found in the case of Thos
III. Hendricks, Vice-President oi
the United States, and VIM. E
Gladstone, Prime Minister OF
England.
Mrs Hendricks not only ad
vised her husband on all import
ant steps, but even assisted hin
in preparing his speeches. L
was her am5i.ion that made him
twice ice-President.
How much Mr.. Gladstone has
owed to his wife since that ses
sion of 1889, when he was en-
gagged in discussing the consti
tuition of Jamaca, no one but he
himself can know; and no one
else has the right to speak upor
such a theme. Antonio, insthe
"Duchass of Malfi," says round
ly that marriage must be either
heaven or hell.
The example of these two
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

THE AGRICULTURAL ASSO.
CITATION TO BE ORGAN
IIED AS A CORPO-
RATE BODY.
To Meet Again Next Saturday.

At q meeting of the Life
Members of the Sampson Coun-
ty Agricultural Association held
in Clinton on July 26th the fol-
lowing resolution was passed:
"Resolved by the Sampson Coun-
ty Agricultural Association that
there shall be Fair held in the Fall
of 1889, provided the citizens of the
town Of Clinton shall contribute the
sum of two hundred dollars to be
expended and used in improving the
Fair Ground property"
Acting upon the above, the
citizens of Clinton sent in a list
containing subscriptions to the
amount of $242.5O to the meet
ing of the Society which was
held in Atkins Hall IN last
Monday, September End, where
upon the Society unanimously
accepted the subscriptions ten
dered and resolved to take i'm
mediate step toward holding the
proposed Fair. Upon motion
the body adjourned to meet next
Saturday, September 7th, at 10
O'Clock a. NJ, to organize as a
corporate body under the char
ter which has been granted for
the purpose aforesaid. Every
life member of the original as
sociation is earnestly requested
to be present so as to facilitate
putting IN motion the machine
ry for holding large and sue
cessful Fair at this place during
the latter part of the ensuing
Fall.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
COSTS SOMETHING.

The Winston Sentinel makes
the following very timely re-
marks on the cost and value of
newspaper space:
"Every line in newspaper costs
something. If it is for the benefit
of an Individual OF firm it should be
paid for. IF grocer was asked to
donate groceries to persons abund-
antly able to pay for them, he would
refuse. The proprietor of a news
paper must pay for the free adver-
tising if the beneficiary does not,
and yet it is one of the tartiiest
things to be learned by many people
that a newspaper has space in its
columns to rent, and must rent to
live. TO give it away or rent it foI
anything less than living rates would
be as certainly fatal as for landlord
to furnish a house rent free"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
THE EDITORS CHAIR.
HOW THINGS LOOK FROM
OUR STAND POINT.
The Opinion of The Caucasian and
the opinion of others which we
Can Endorse on the Various
Topics OF the Day.

Newspapers ridicule farm ers
for their unexplainable folly in
buying Northern mat, hay and
corn instead Of buying the home
pr ducts if they should be unfor-
tnnate in not making enough.
# is the eternal longing for
something from q distance and
imagining that that something is
better than what we have at
home. This is ridiculous mod
csty? yet it exists in spite of
being often grinned at. But are
farmers the only persons addic-
ted to this fatality No. The
last meeting of the Trustees of
the Agricultural College she WIS
that Il majority of the members
of that bonrd are suffering from
the same disease. The names
of two worthy North CarOlini-
ana were offered for the positi on
of President, one of whom is
the peer of any and csrtainl ly
superior to- the majority of those
whose names were offered. But
alas, he was guilty Of being q
North Carolinian, which was
fatal to his chances. Out of the
whole faculty of the great ex-
perimcntal Institution there are
now only two North CarOlinians,
and they need must have left
the State for a while IT, be fit to
be called back.
\ few days before, the Trus-
tees OF the n. G.. University
elected a man to fill the chair
made vacant by the lamented
demise of. Prof. Graves. The
man, though a native Carolinian
had shown wisdom enough to
leave the State a number of
years ago. If Ee had in the
meantime remained in North
Carolina and put forth his eff
forts to build up his own State
he would not have stood a ghost
OF chance. If Dnplin's worthy
son, who was an applicant fol
the place had remained in Tex.
as little longer, he might haye
been the lucky man.
Would it not be a good idea
to import 10 men to fill oul
next Legisture? For certainly
we are by ourselves unfit to make
our laws, if we are unfit and in
competent to execute them anG
carry into effect our enterprises
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

Dress Parade of fashion and
FortuDe---Thea auction Matrimo-
nial.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, Aug. 30.
Here you are. Style, shape,
size, color, breeding and train
ing to suit anybody. Come,
gentlemen, make your choice.
Step up lively. Don't be back
ward. If you don't see what
you want, ask for it. If we
haven't got it on exhibition We
may have it in stock. Now's
your chance. You'll never get
them younger or fresher or
lovelier if you wait a thousand
years. Those who are here oply
to look OH or are already sup
piled will please take seats in
rear and give the ones who
mean business chance. You
sir, what would you like to
have? You, little fellow with
the hook nose and the narrow
chest, what can you bid? What
do you offer for this strong
limbed young amazon with the
sunny hair, shining eyes and
faultless complexion, gnaran-
teed not to kick over the traces?
Just look at her, not a day over
eighteen and as fair as a sum
mer morning. Five hundred
thousand and a house OH Fifth
avenue. IL carriage, and gowns
from Worth. Is that all? Why,
bless you, she's got a grand
father, she has, and a great
grandfather, too That's worth
another hundred thousand. But
you're a shrewd fellow, if you
are ugly aud ill-bred. You'll
make more money. That's all
she needs to make her perfect
What, young fellow! You bid.
too? Let's see what you have
got. Only a heart and brains
Pooh, pooh! Such things don't
20 here. Step aside. Come, my
beauty, walk out and show this
gentleman what a bargain he's
got.
r
And so they pass in review
the pretty ones and the plain,
the silly, trusting little geese
and the worldly wise, with their
warm, white nesh, their clear
young eyes, their lovely toilets
and their dollars and diamonds
Perhaps there isn't vulgar
loud-mouthed, shouting auc
tioneer at hand; perhaps it is al
so we'll understood that the low
fellow isn't necessary. but the
great matrimonial market i:
here just the same, doing bust
mess at the old stand and in the
tsame old way.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
MYROVER DID 1T.

We understand that the G.. F.
& Y. V. hand book which we
noticed last week is the work of
J. H. Myrover, now of the OBJ
server, in Fayetteville. We are
glad to see that one of the craft
Is the author of that book; it is
surely one of the best efforts OF
a newspaper man yet Put out in
this State. Knowing what such
work is ourselves, we congratu-
late the railroad on it's selection
of an author and Mr.. Myrover
ON his success in so very fully
filling the bill.-Jonesboro
Leader.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

Resignation is official suicide.
And, in the words OF Daniel
Webster, Suicide is confession"
Now that Nathaniel Jarvis has
confessed by resixning, it will
be i'll order for some Of the ma
tural sympathizers with rogues
to bring out their sneer at "trial
by newspaper."-N. Y. World.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

The must Industrious bakers
are declared to be loafers.-Bos-
ton Post.
Possibly they are, down yeast;
bnt down this way they are re-
coguized as well-bread men,
vii. Star.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

seaside" This is his excuse
for a dearth Of news this week.
THE CAUCASIAN is read here
every week with a great deal of
interest. 1t is justly regarded
as one of the strongest weeklies
i'll the State. It is always full
of interesting and instructive
The merchants ought
to advertise more literally in its
columns.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
SANITARY.

"HoW can we Best secure eco
nomical Disposal of Refuse in
our Towns" is an exec llent ar
ticle written by J. l.. Ludland,
c. E. He Classics the filth, to
be removed and disposed Of as
sewerage and garbage, starts out
with the principle that any
thing that will improve the
Sanitary condition is economi-
cal. We make all extract.
In the great book Of nature
we are taught that extreme
dangers attend the accumula-
tion of filth within communities
Of human habitations. We are
t9ught that the products of the
vegetable kingdom, having once
served the uses Of man as food,
and having passed from the
body as the waste product of
the animal kingdom, has be-
come a deleterious substance
unfit for the uses or surround
ings Of mankind, at least until
it has been given an opportunity
of passing through natures 5
transforming cycle, 10 reappear
as vegetable matter fit again for
the support of the animal king
dom.
This simple lesson has been
sadly demonstrated in many
cases of preventable sickness
deaths and serious epidemics,
until at last it is to be hoped
that the necessity of filth re-
moval and disposal has become
fully realized by every intelli-
gent human being.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

The surviving wives of Presi-
dents are Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Grant,
Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Cleve-
land. Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Ty-
ler have but recently died-Wil'
Messenger.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
Hog Cholera.

HOS CH0lefd.
Probably nothing, save the
fatal mortgage, has been as great
a curse to agriculture for the
last decade as hog cholera and
swine plague. The latter isl
similar to the former, but pro-
duced by a somewhat different
cause.) The loss to this county
alone has several years been pro-
badly as high as $4,000, while
the estimated loss to farmers of
the whole country has ranged
from fifteen to thirty million
dollars. Is there no preventive
for this fatal and costly disease?
We do not ask for a cure, for ex-
perieGce on a farm has taught
us that a cure is impossi ble, or
the hog, if it does not die, is next
to worthless and will have cost
twice its original value, to say
nothing of its deprecated value.
Eh erefore when d hog once has
contracted a genuine case of
cholera it is generally cheaper
to kill it and bury deep under
the ground. If this is not done,
the hogs that show signs of
cholera should by all means be
separated from the other hogs
and kept in pen or enclosure
with no water running through
it, for other hogs drinking from
the same stream below would be
liable to take the diseased that
is inside Of another Enclosure so
that no hog could get near them.
In the same way the sound hogs
should be put in a pen in the
middle of field. Immediate
treatment to prevent them from
taking the disease should at once
be looked after. The food given
the hogs should be cooked, the
water should have lime sprink-
lied in it, and tar freely used.
If one of these should show
signs of disease, remove it i'm
mediately to the sick pen. When
a hog dies by no means allow
the buzzards, other birds or ami
mails to devour the flesh, for by
carrying off and dropping bits
which might be eaten by hogs,
the disease would rapidly
spread.
By using some such care our
farmers could save thousands of
dollars to the county every year.
! The Injustice of Man-Made Laws.
| The United States produces
enough food to supply every cit
izen bountifully. Its factories
are able to furnish all the cloth
ing needed; coal, wood, and
I minerals are in the greatest
abundance, and the people in
!, dustrious and full of energy
yet want, destitution, hunger,
J and suffering are constant guests
in thousands of homes. Evi-
dently natural conditions are
!. not to blame, but the injustice
Of man, of mau-made laws, is.
J Is there any plausible reason
: why the people should suffer
from such laws and their result;
/ when they have the power tt
: alter tbem9 If the people suf-
= fer they have themselves alcne
: to blame. Let them arouEt
j themselves, study the situation
land act like men worthy Of {
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
Seine Questions for Oar ysGng Friends
TO Answer.
ENIGMAS.
No. 10.
BY 7. r. J.

- - 80
l am composed of twenty-five
letters.
My Is, IL, 20, 7, IL, was one of
our Vice-Presfdents.
My 4, 8, 15, S, %, is a girls
name.
My "a, %, 10, 16, 4, 25, was one
of the seven wise men of Greece.
My 3, 2, 6, is to deviate.
My !, IA, IL, "a, ia not slow.
My 20, 8, IL, Is a color.
My %, 81, 10, 5, is to command
silence.
My IL, IL, il a conjunction.
My whole was a demand In
tho war of 1872.
No. 20.
Am composed Of nineteen
letters.
My Is, IL, 3, 4, Is is a fruit.
My 4, IL, 6, -, 8 is a paragraph.
My Z, l, IL, 5, 8 are females.
My IA, l., 13, 10 is to have in
the hand.
My 2, Is, IL, /, 8 are fruits.
My whole the name OF an
American Poet.
My first is in chat, but not In
talk.
My second in hop, but not in
walk.
My third in point, but not In
cape.
My seconI in slncer, but not
in plate.
My fourth in dance, but not
in jig.
My fifth in gre It, and also in
big.
My sixth in love, but not in
pity.
My whole the na.ue of a West
ern CITY
Answers to Questions and EHigmas in
| East tssuf.
| /. 2,75U.
2. 35th verse of the llthckap-
ter Of John.
3. 9Th verse of the Sth chap
te. Of Esther.
4. st. Peters at Rome.
5. 21st verse of the 7th chap
ter Of Ezra.
| s. The 18th chapter of III
Kings and the 37th chapter Of
Isaiah.
/ Enigma No. 17-Josephus Dan
ieis.
/ Enigma No. l8-Never spur a
willing horse.
4 We have received answers
from the following:
Lille burlington, Ora.
i Eula Register, Clinton.
Alice johnson, Keyser.
Laura Harriss, Owenville.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
WHAT THEY CAUGHT.

Four defuded youngs,er.
un a summer ,iay.
Just 10 20 fishing
slyly ran away.
Willows. wcEms and tackle
To their work thcv brought.
Aud. II you believe iae,
This is what they caught.
Tommy caught = welttns.
lie was eScr-bold;
Jimmy caught a sooi,ilng,
Johnny esughta . cold;
Harry caught q whlppiag,
Much against his wish,
But, with all their truble,
No one caught ash :
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
The Raleigh correspondent of
the Wilmington Messenger says:

1He hdlelSn correspondents ol
the Wilmington Messenger says:
No jute bagging is on sale
here and it is said that not a
yard will be sold. Both cotton
bagging and pine straw bagging
are on sale, and some farmers
will use the Italian bags which
were so extensively used last
season,
This Is as it should be and we
hope the same can be said of
every town, hamlet, cross roads
in the whole South; and if it is
kept for sale at any place, farm
ers should have too much indie
pendenCe to buy it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

1t is bad for tea chers to make
such mistakes, and until they
learn that their is plural NUN
ber they will never feel the need
of a new prOnoun of the COM
mon gender, singular number.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

D~So many agricultural pa
pers are published and articles
written by men, who have little
or no practical experience as
farmers, that information and
suggestions through such medi-
ums have fallen into disrepute,
and does but little good. In
view of this fact, we wish to get
the views and tested plans of
practical farmers forthis column
each week. So farmers, send in
ali account of your success in
any branch Of Agriculture, for
the benefit of the profession. -sa
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Something Interesting to Young
Reader. of The Caucasian.

tFEVlArvd zach week hs ". A. JaHs@,S
Ia whom all e.mmuassaiiant iateusiesi tes
this column should t.e asislrr~.edl
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
ATTENTION.

VIII II pay you to advertise
in the CAUCASIAN
i<-oa 81 our ADVERTISING col
unns, and you will see how
many arr prnfisins by it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

Little ones have their sorrows
and trials, and the dear Saviour
is ever willing to listen to their
requests and prayers. How
tender He was, when on earth,
To the little ones. He took them
in His arms and blessed them,
aud so sweetly said "Forbid
them not" and He IL the very
same Saviour to day that He was
then; the tender Saviour hears,
and will answer your little pc
titions.
This morning | read this
beautiful extract, and | want t.
impress it on your minds: at
is not what We read, but what
we remember that does us good;
not what we earn, but what we
save; not what we eat, but what
we digest; not what we intend,
but what We do, that makes us
useful; it is not a few faint
wishes, but Il lifelong struggle
that makes us valiaL.t." This
struck me as all 30 sensible that
| felt it would do great good tor
all the children to study and
remember it.
Seine Questions for Oar ysGng Friends
TO Answer.
/. When was the first iron
steamship built?
2. When was gold discovered
in California
;. Which is the largest lake
in the world?
4. What city in the United
States is called the Monument
al City?
5. What is the average human
life in years?
G. Which is the largest steam
ship I'm the world?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
OUR FARMERS COLUMN
SOMETHING INTERESTING
TO THOSE WHO TILL
THE SOIL.

There j. no material progress that l. welt
based and permanent without agricultural
progress.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

better state; demand and see TO
it that these evils are corrected. !.
National Economist.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05
women point clearly to one way
in which wives can help to make
home next to heaven.

One OF the teachers party,
just returned from Europe, in
writing to the News and Obser-
yer, says:
"lf any member OF our party was
ever within ten miles Of Queen Vic
toria during their visit to Europe"
&c.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

l.lsTKS--sIfn subscribers I'm
lsSs l,5s5to day,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-05

We have received answers
from the following:
Lille burlington, Ora.
Eula Register, Clinton.
Alice johnson, Keyser.
Laura Harriss, Owenville.
G. K. Williams, Wade, N. C.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-12-04
DehOrning Cattle.

Six hundred and fifty steers are being
dehOrned this week at Col. Eldred s feed
lots, southwest of town. The work is
being done by two men from Mays
vile, Kansas, they using the Webster
chute, made for holding the cattle. The
animal is run in the chute, with his
head sticking out the front end, when a
rope attached to a pulley is twisted
around the nose and the head made per-
fectly stationery. The operator with
an ordinary meat saw then proceeds to
cut the horns off, and he is not very par
ticular about it for he manages to take
a portion of the skin and flesh with it.
the idea being to get below the base of
the horn. We watched the proceeding
for an hour and found that about thirty
could be run through in that time.
counting delays, for with the big, stout,
three-year- old half-breeds there is de-
lay. Several went through the chute.
carrying the gate before them; others
had such long horns that they could be
put III position only with difficulty.
Many think it is too late in the season
to dehorn successfully, but Col. Eldred
has no fears on the subject. The price
charged for dehorning is ten cents per
head. Z. l.. Gordon was present and
watched the work and said that next
March he would have the horns taken
from 700 head of his cattle. Many other
Barber county stockmen say that here
after they will dehorn everything. One
man present. however, said tnat his
plan was to breed the horns off, and this
would. appear to be the more humane
way. But horns must 60. 1t puts all
cattle on level and the weak ones can
not be hooked away from the feed by
the stronger ones.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-12-04
Hayelt0n Happenings,

During the time that Cleveland was
president A. H. Peck paid A. NJ. Claw
son $500 for COW; last Tuesday he
sold the same COW to the butchers for
$12-only 500 difference in favor of
Cleveland's administration. And only
last fall we were promised those big
prices. 1t begins to look as though
some one had lied. Everett Anderson
got home last Friday, and will likely
stay there after the lesson he has learn
ed during the last eight months. John
Duncan, living southeast of Hazelton.
sold his personal property at public sale
last Tuesday, preparatory to going to
Oklahoma, where he has claim loca
ted. The boys had big hunt Wed.
nesday. j. G. Tenant and f. a. Smith
were the captains. Tenants side led
in the count about 9 toll. DIR. Smith
is the first to finish cribbing corn in this
vicinity this season. i. F.. 1t only took nine
fat turkeys and other things In propor-
ton to feed the multitude at the church
on Thanksgiving day. The ladies of
the church clearned the nice little sum
of $50. Twins, boy and a girl, were
born few days ago to the wife of C. Fl.
Stewart. Corn is now being offered
for 10 cents per bpshel, That tariff
don't seem to add much to the price of
corn and wheat; but then Kansas voted
$1,000 strong for more tariff and they
can't kick at the present prices. :. Il. A.
Gleason rejoiceS oyer a 9-pound girl and
E. B. Salenberger 1O-pound boy
G. z. Kellogg is our newI.P, That
gives HaEeiton two democratic justices
and two democratic constables. Franz
DDrummond bid the Express readers
goodbye last week and packed his grip
for Nebraska. Geo. r. Follett, Mrs.
w. l.. Gamble and Mrs. Cook are all on
the sick list, but are not in any danger
"a. w. Poe has returned from his
hunt to the Territory, He killed an
abundance OF game, and among the lot
was two fine deer. The Christian
church people are conducting a series
of meetings at the old school house in
Hazelton. Who is it that sells tobacco
TO the kids under sixteen years of age ?
They all have it that want it, regardless
Of law. Quarterly meeting win be held
at the NJ. E. church in Hazelton the
third Sunday in this month. Rev. Gil
lam, of Harper, viii be here to al the
Elders appointment: and by the way.
Rev. Gillian is said to be the ahlest
preacher in this conference. W.C.A.