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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13

That Judge cartoon OF Ha"ri-
son in the role of Daniel in the
lions den, coatumed for the part
on the basis of a compromise
between one of the angels OF
Sistine Madonna and Baby Nc
Kee about to fog his hobby
horse, is playing the mischief
among the Republican states
men. They don't like the idea
of being cowed by the little die
tator, and want to know who
made Benjamin their Daniel,
anyway. The President may be
little Daniel, but he certainly
is not Joshua, as he evidently
cannot cause a sun to stand still,
not even make Son Russell
stop publishing such fool pic
tures.-N. Y. Star.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13

forty cubic feet Of air, the avail
able oxygen of which Is used
up by one person in half an
hoar.
What TO breathe, then, be-
comes the great question. esne-
cialiy for persons unacuuainted
with the only way of producing
good health and log life. Rreath
Is our life-nore TO as than food.
breathe pure. fresh air day and
night. You connot get too much
of it. Fresh air il the one
mighty disinfectant. 1t certain
ly Is its own purifier: nothing
can take the place of pure ven
lation.
We suffer most in winter for
want OF ventilation; the outside
cold makes us close all the APP
eratnres in the rooms, while In
summer the heat makes us open
all the doors and windows. |
think 1t preferable from my
standpoint, to have less heat i'm
the rooms, to air them every
two hours, to get rid of the fur
mace gases, and in the evenings
to get away with the deadly car
bon from our gas jets. Let
cleanliness be the watchword i'm
every home from attic 10 cellar.
Keep plenty of disinsectants
around the washbowls and wa
ter closets. In damp cellars
Keep charcoal always. 1t is
simple and cheap. Let in the
blessed sunlight everywhere you
can. Never mind the fading of
furniture or carpets; better than
that our lives and those of our
children be the forfeit.
Sunshine not only gladens our
hearts but it steals into the cor
ners and makes the surround
ings pure. Where sunshine en-
ters every room will be healthy.
Get the musty odor out of your
offices, stores. every place of bu-
siness. Better stand cold air
than breathe slow death. Live
in the open air all you can.
Take a brisk walk cnuntrywards
every day. Go to the hilltops,
bat remember "God breathed
into your nostrils the breath of
life" So learn to keep your
mouths closed. 'Tis a good
thing to practice. Breathe
through your nose at all times,
as mouth breathing is only an
acquired habit and brings thou
sands of evIls.-Boston Globe.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13
Make II Look Like one


Ned had ii watch, a very good
one, though little old fashion
ed. Thee was one thing about
it which displeassd him ; it was
d key-windcr, aud all the rest of
the boys carried -winders.
"Wby, Ned" said father, sey-
e-y jewcier says key-wInders are
the most reliable and durable.
Besides, there is no solid gold
i'm any watch cases I'm your
school"
But Ned insisted, and fathes
consented for him TO take 1T To
the jewele and have a stem
winding attachment put in. He
came hack with a doubtful look
on h:s faee.
"Fathe-, Mr.. Smith says he
can't change the watch to a stem
winder, but he can make ii look
just like one.'
"And you told him no ?"
@I-I-"
"Want your watch to lie? I
want my 10y to understand, ii
he never learns another lesson,
the difference between seeming
to be and being. And I want
him to understand that the bane
of society IS the contemptible
people who are always trying
| to appear what they arc not
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13

Ofthe Wilmington District, Meets
ut Maxton june 14--IGth.

At the State Convention of
the Y. NJ. e. A., which was i'm
session in Wilmington March
2lst TO oath, it was decided to
divide the State into 5 districts.
with headquarters at Wilmin-
ton, Charlotte, Winston-Salem,
Goldsboro and Durham respec-
lively. The committee that has
charge Of the work Of the Will
mington district, (inclnding An
son, Montgomery, Chatham,
Harnett, Sampson, Duplin and
Pender countless has decided to
hold q convention for this dis
trict, i'll MaXton, June 14th to
10th, at which time and place
the following subjects will be
discussed:
"Pastor's Relations to the As
sOcIation."
"Our District, it's extent, and
possibilities of work in it,"
"Definite work Of the Assori-
atiOns "
"Relation Of the Social to the
RpliyiOus work"
1mpOrtance of Association
work i'll small town and country
places"
First steps in organizing an
Associations"
"Committees and their impor-
tance."
"Pbysical culture"
"Woman's Auxiliary work"
Mr.. Il. G.. Mcqueen, the secre-
tary Of the committee, has writ
ten Col. W. L. Faison urging
him to give the good work his
influence and see that Sampson
is represented by delegates in
the Convention.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13

There is a good deal of hu-
man nature in the average North
Carulinian, when it comes to re-
cording his worldly possessions
for tax assessment. With many
there is a sudden shrfnkage in
property and values about this
time that would entitle them to
sympathy if there was sympathy
enough to go round. But this
popularity is not confined to
North Carolina. The citizen
who is too modest to magnify
his earthly goDdsin the presence
Of the tax lister is somewhat
numerous and somewhat pro-
misCuous in other States as we'll.
If the citizen were relieved from
this embarrassing ordeal, and
the old system sill practiced of
"giving in taxes" abolished, and
assessors appointed to go round
and list the property, it might
work better and put an end to
the narrowing perplexities that
worry the list-takers. Star.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13

In speaking Of Ex-President
Jeff. Davis iu connection with
the Fayetteville Centennial next
November the Wilmington Mes
senger says:
eve hope all North Carolinians
who can will participate in the cere-
monies of the day. The fact that
the venerable and illustriouS Presi-
dent of the Southern Confederacy-
AN old man, broken with the storms OF
State"
but still of undimmed intellect and
with a heart as true as the needle to
the pole to the Southern people and
the noble cause for which they peril
led so much and suffered so long, will
draw an immense crowd. We con-
tess, that without having anything
OF todyism or the Boswellian hero
worship and servility, we could feel
glad to take by the hand the man
who stood forth as the vicarious sac
rifice of the South and was SO igno-
miniously treated. He didthe very
best he could and he was not sinner
above all his fellows who were true
to principle and faithful to the cause
aud the South. In our heartw hon
or the man Honest and honorable,
IA man of great abilities and large
experience in public matters;a a states
man well poised and earnest, true to
convictions and principles; repre-
sentative man of the South-sincere,
brave, affable and faithful, he is
worthy of the espect, admiration
and veneration ofall true Southr0ns. y
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13
CLINTON, N. G., THURSDAY JUNE 49, 1880

last week though this county is
in the district for the Raleigh
Asylum, which is filled up.
Miss Mary M. III. Carver was
conveyed to the Raleigh Asy-
lum the week before She is
an estimable lady and hopes are
entertained for her recovery.
The Fayetteville Cotton Seed
Oil Mills We're enlarged last
year and are to be still further
enlarged this summer. This
has been one of the most sue
sful..industries started here.
A large delegation from the
Y. NJ. c. A. will go down to
Maxton next Friday to attend
the District Convention Of the
Association. The meeting will
be in session three days, from
June 14th to 10th, inclusive,
The Association here is in a
most gratifying condition, the
membership being about two
hundred and fifty Of the young
men of the city. The General
Secretary will soon be here to
take charge of the work.
The Centennial Com mittee of
fifty met in the rooms of the
Cotton Exchange last Friday
afternoon andappointed the sub
committees.
An attempt was made last
Friday night to break into the
stores Of Messrs. A. Moore and
G. NJ Watson, On Market Square.
The policeman on that beat run
against them, but they escaped.
A special meeting of the
County Alliance is called to
meet in this city tomorrow. A
committee from the directors of
the canning factory is to meet
them to make plans to dispose
of the fruit crop.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13
TIE EDITORS CHAIR.
UDW 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.

I he sympathy of the entire
country goes out 20 the sufferers
nf the great JOhnstown calami-
ty. and funds 70, theit relief are
beng made up and forwarded
from all owe. the nation to Gov.
Beaver, or Pennsylvania Seve
raj towns in this State have no.
bly, csponded to the call for as
-i-tancc, and forwarded liberal
amounts. jacksonville, Fla, q
city that knows what it is to suf-
fer, not forgetting the generous
Gifts Of Northern friends and
.ymlathiZers during its late
yellow fever scuurge, has nObly
forwarded Il handsome amount
to the relief Of its suffering
nrighbors in the Keystone State.
such commendable acts are pro-
bably doing more to bring about
ha ununy and good feeling be
tween the North and South than
anything clHe. Tie people of
jacksonville will ever have Il
warm spot in Their hearts for
their synpathizers at the North,
and the whole people IF the
South will remember their kind
ness and be glad to return it
when the opportunity is presen-
tod
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13

The people of the United
States have virtually monope-
1ized the name "American.'
While there are a number Of
other countries not so great, it
is true in America, the lnhabi-
tants of each are known by the
name of their respective coun-
tries. If a man lives i'll Brazil
and goes abroad, he is known as
a Brazilian; if he lives in Cana
da, as a Canadian; III Mexico, as
Mexican; but if he resides in
New York city or elsewhere ia
the Union, and goes abroad, he
is known not as an United States
ian, which would violate all
rules of euphony, but an Ameri-
can. The country is great, how
ever, and the people who live in
the United States are distinct
lively American, and for that
reason entitled to the Ippella-
tion.-New and Observer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13
WONDERS OF THEUNIVERSE

What assertion will make one
believe that in one second of
time one beat Of the pendulum
of a clock, a ray of light travels
over $4,000 miles, and would
therefore perform the tour Of
the world in about the same
time that it requires to wink
with our eyelids, and in much
less than a swift runner occu-
pies in taking a single step.
What mortal can be made to
believe, without demonstration,
that the sun is almost a million
times larger than the earth +?
And that, although so remote
from us, d cannon-ball shot di-
rectly towards it, and maintain
ing lis full speed, would be 20
years in reaching it? Yet it
effects the earth by its attrac-
tion in an appreciable instan t
of time.
Who would not ask for de-
monstration when told that a
gnat's wing, in its ordinary fight,
beats many hundred times in a
second, Or that there exists ani-
mated and regularly organized
beings, many thousands of
whose bodies laid together
would not extend an inch?
But what are these to the as
tonish1ng truths which modern
optical inquiries have disclosed,
which teach that every point of
a medium through which a ray
Of light is affected with sue
cession Of periodical movements
regularly recurring at equal in
tervals, no less than five hund-
red millions of times in single
second. That it is by such
movements communicated to
the nerves of the eye that we
see. Nay, more, that it is the
difference in the frequency of
their recurrence which affects
us with the sense Of the diversi-
ty Of color? That, for Instance,
in acquiring the sensation of
redness, our eyes are affected
four hundred and eighty-two
millions of millions of times
Of yellowness, five hundred and
forty-two millions of millions
of times; and OF violet, seven
hundred and seven millions of
millions of times per second?
Do not such things sound more
like the rawlings of madmen than
the sober conclusions of people
in their waking senses? They
are, nevertheless, conclusions
to which any one may most GER
| tainly arrive who will only be
at the trouble of examining the
chain OF reasoning by which
they have been obtained.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13
TIL Il EDIFFERENCE BETWEEN
MILKING AND PARSING.

At a village school, not many
miles from Cente bury, pre-
cocious boy being asked TO parse
the sentence, "Mary, milk the
cow" went on accurately till he
came to the last word, when he
said: "Cow is d pronoun, feni-
nine gender, third person singu-
lar, and stands for Mary"
Islands for Mary % asked the
master in astonishment. Eyes,
SIR" responded the urchin, with
a grin, sfer It the COW didn't
stand for Mary, how could Mary
milk the COW v-London Stand
ard.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13
A Good Memory.

rhe verse that Sunday was:
"The Lord loveth a cheerful
giver," aud Merle knew 1t per-
fectly oh, yes, indeed!
DWELL, Merle," the teacher
said, "do you know the text to-
day ?"
"Yes'n," was the prompt an
swer.
But there was a long silence,
until the teacher began, gently,
"The Lord"
"T-h-e Lord" said Merle,
slowly. Another silence.
"Loveth," prompted the teach
er.
Loveth," chimed in Merle
"the Lord loveth-Well. the
Lord loveth suinp!n Il don't
member what"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13
60! the Wrong "lf."

Tommy's mother had had a
terrible time teaching him To
remember always to say, "f You
please" at the table. His men,
ory Is lamentably bad.
The other day this dialogue
took place at the breakfast Ia
BILE:
Tommy-Mamma, pass me
the butter.
Mamma.-If what, Tommy ?
Tominy-If you kin reach 1t.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13
The Little Cricket.

INC Lttttt NItNhrts
A little three year aid girl,
when her mother was trying to
get her to sleep one summer
evening, began to ask questions
about the noise outside. When
told that it was caused by a
cricket, she wisely remarked:
mamma, l think 1t ought 10
be Oiled"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13

We are no longer SD happy "a
soon as we wish 10 be happier.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13

Children are Gods apostles,
day by day
Sent forth to preach Of love, aud
hope, and peace.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13

To learn much, We must learn
6 little at a time, and learn that
well.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13

tHAELIksS ufINIaN.
There = such = cosafaFt in = sAl.sl
And such aaSssie In : die
wish that little pocket sass,
Would set Ia b. the style
Nv kstr may 6s up ia thss trrs.
NJ sled he stuck in mud.
Aud ali ny hapss ot digging wells
he nipTsed oa In the bud:
Hut with little box of nails.
A gimiei and scrrw.
I'm happier than any king;
I've work enough 10 do.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-13

Childhood shows tue Inaa, "A
morning shows the day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-05-24

The Kentucky mountain vernacular
has peculiarities which Charles Egbert
Craddock did not find or notice in her
Tennessee mountaineers. Here man
who wants to say he fired two shots,
says he shot two shots. The Western
expression of getting the drop is never
used, Il mountaineer saying instead
that he "throwed his gun furst." The
prefXes in and i'm are not known, I'm
being used instead, as .'unpossiblc,"
for instance. To "mislist" man is to
deceive and ill-treat him, and when
man says '.his word is his jint," he
wants to convey the impression that he
is speaking as truthfully as if under
oath. The queer expressions are so
numerous that it is hard to understand
all that is said. A dialogue that was
a gem in its way was INDUCED in by
two young mountain gallants, one ask
ing: "Be it mohe fur you to see Nance
this AFTERNOON. The answer was:
mo; | don't have bound to, but aim
to-" The man who has knocked on a
door, when asked what he wants, says,
al want in,n and in the same style he
would ask stranger, "How might you
call you?" They have no difficulty in
understanding each other, however,
for English is treated in the same man
ner by all, and even those who can read
and write talk great deal as do the
less learned. d.-Louisville Courier-J our
nnl
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-05-24
TIE EASIER BONNET.
photographic Report of II Conversation II
MILLINERY, SllnIl.

BtenOgraphic Report of n Conversation in
Millinery Shop.
Milliner- Something for Easter! Well,
let me see. There are so many lovely things
this year it's hard to-how do you like thisl
Jessie Lovcly-d you think so, Mabl
Mabel-Oh, beautiful!
Jessie Only never wear those shades.
Mabel--Thc bonnet is intended for a bru
ncttc, that's so.
Jessie Oh, decidedly Wish was bru-
nctte.
Mabcl-Do you. I've always wanted to
bc II blonde.
Jessie You havci How strange. You
bruncttes can wear such rich, royal shades,
you know.
Mabel Yes, that's true. Still 1 think
these delicate tints arc lovely.
Milincr-What kind of n bonnet would
SOU like!
Jessie Really, don't know, lay awake
half of last night trying TO make up my
MUD. But want something dashing and
striking. What shall get, Nab!
Mabel-Oh, mercy! Don't ask me! /
haven the least idea what to get for my
own self,
Jcssie-I thought something about having
combination of applc-green and sea-shcll
pink.
Mabel--Oh, that would be lovcly-just
lcJclW
,Jcssie-ThinlS so, Prettier than some
thing in gobclin blue and pink or cream
shades:
MaLcl- Really Idont know. Either would
be perfectly exquisite.
Miilucr-Wnat shape would you like.
Jcssic--I really don't know. No-not
that; I'm too long-fuccd 10 wear such high
hat.
Mubel-Why, Jess don't call your face
long.
Jcssic-You don't, Why, it's as long as
the moral law.
Mubcl-ob, it is not Anyhow, like
long face.
Jcssic--You do. Well, / don't.
Ailluer-llCrG's n bonnet we've Just
trimmed aftera pattern from Paris, and
Aaoei Isn't that lovelyi
Jcssie-But ] never wear red.
Milliner- or course, we could make you
| one In any shade you liked.
Jessie Oh, suppose so, but-oh, Nab
did you ever in all yourlifo sec moro cXqui5
ito ribbon than this!
Mubel-Oh, isn't that just sweeti How
| much is it II yard
Mliincr-Two dollars and sevcnty.five
| cents.
Jessie Mercy 1t ought to be pretty at
that price.
Mabel should say so.
Milliner-How would you like hatl
Jessie want bonnet for Easter. A
bonnet is more appropriate for church and
| then it's dressier than II hat. Don't you
think so, Mabi
Mabel-Ycs, really do. | shall have o
bonnet. Say, Jessie, now would you like
ono all whitei
Jessie-oh, I've too little color to wear an
all white bonnet
Milliner- Here is something in gray and
pink with
Jcssie--Oh, can't endure gray. I don't
want a bonnet already trimmed. I'm look.
ing Mt the trimmed ones 10 get ideas.
Mabcl-On, Jessie, did you know that
Nine, Satten has an opening tO-dayi
Jessie No; let's go right over there. No
no, wouldn't like bonnet. Come, Nab.
may come back If don't find any thing at
Nine. Satten's. Where is my hand. bag.
oh, here II Is, I'm always losing it. Com
ing, Mabi-Zcuas Dane, In Time
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-05-24

my supper with the old sergeant and the
boy, and thon, in the moonlight, on chat
Memorial Day, he and I sitting alone,
enjoying our pipes, old Color Sergeant Sam
told mo LIS story;
when We left the service, Colonel,
having neither kith nor kin, camo out hero
with Loftenant Foster, he needed me to
help hold him up in one way, and surely
needed him TO hold me of from somo of my
ways
"Well he'd been married, as you may re-
member, ON his leave of absence about a
year before we left, so VIC both went to
work to fix up this place for the wife and
little ono, and worked square and honest,
though still took my grog mighty regular,
and was mighty fond OF 1t, too.
"Whcn we got all things here ready for
inspection and review then tho Loftonant
he starts down to st. Louis to get his
back pay and final settlements and to bring
the wife and baby home. He had some
money of mine, and before he started he
gave II to me, and NIL that money and most
of my time spent at that tavern you SEQ
over there.
"You know what am, Colonel, when I'm
on the loose, and guess 1 got that time
worse than ever, having no commanding
officer whatever, and kept 1t up, day and
night, until was crazy as hoss In barn
fire
~ didn't have any idea Just when the
Ipftpnnnt wag coming home and SO ono
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-05-24

trudc, history repeats itself More than
twenty-five years ago my father loved your
mother. To-day / love you. Dearestl" his
cheek flushed rs my fathers fate to bo
mino also? Look at me. / love you truly"
She glanced backward across the ceme-
teiy-trcmbling
''See they have all gone. 1t is late"
Gertrude! DO you love mo?'
She moved rcstivoly "I-please-I am
sorry but the words died vaguely off her
lips and he saw her eyes fasten with sudden
intentnoss upon some distant object. Turn
ing, he discovered tall, alert figure step
ping briskly toward them down the wide
sand walk; Mordant's friend-and youngest
brother of the man asleep yonder beneath
Gertrude's roses
For one instant Mordant looked levelly at
him, then TUNED his eyes upon his com
panion, n keen pang at the sore heart of him.
"Gertrudo!" his appeal was quick and
sharp, "iS my fathers fate mine! is it my
friend, not me, You loveg"
There was no time for verbal answer, yet
as the new conner reached them, and, after
n cheerful nod to the man, turned with an
eager out-hcld palm to the girl, Mordant
read his answer in the dim pink that warmed
her cheek and the full, appeased content of
the sweet, upward glance accompanying
the shy hand she gave. Mrs. Y lNGE
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-05-24

It has been shown that In many cases IL Is
easy to successfully initiate.
Scarcely has n now invention been an
nounced before host of limitations spring
up on overy side.
No higher encomium can be paid the In
ventor or discoverer than to encounter
imitation, Notwithstanding such fiattery is
not acceptable.
In some cases successful imitation s rem
dered impossible, inasmuch rs tho imitator
is unable to lend complete knowledge TO
the subject or has not tho means at hand TO
aid him.
Perhaps no article has been tho object Of
attempted imitation moro than the world
wide specific for tho prevention and cure OF
kidney aud liver disorders, familiarly known
as Warmers Safe Cure.
In tho preparation Of this intensely popu-
lar remedial agent 1T Is claimed that it is
impossible to successfully initiate safe euro,
even II the correct formula Is known, be.
cause tho peculiar devices and highly ex-
pensive mechanism used in its manufacture
are beyond the reach Of the would-bo imi-
tator.
Adding to this tho lack of long expo
rience, which has rendered perfect every
step In its preparation which inventive
genius can suggest, together with the great
Sklu cNcTClSeu III tne SelcCIlOn OF only The
very best materials, the genuine article is
perfection itself
Some effort is also being made to initiate q
popular line of old-fashioned log cabin
"home cures" known as "Warnor's Log
Cabin" remedies, comprising a sarsaparila
for the blood, hops and buchu for the stoni-
ach and system, cough remedy for colds,
rose cream for catarrh, extract for relief
from pain, hair tonic, porous plasters and
pills.
Successful imitation is rendered impossi-
BILE for the reason that the same care has
been given in their preparation.
An expensive laboratory, costing thou
sands of dollars, has been specially con-
structed for their manufacture and is under
the immediate supervision of oneof tho best
chemists known.
Poor material and means employed would
be susceptible to easy imitation, but with
the best of material, machinery and skilled
labor employed, these household articles are
given to the public beyond the reach of all
successful counterfeiters.