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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-10-17
1 CHILD'S TIMETABLE.

/ CHILD'S TIMETABLE.
Sixty Seconds in Minute;
Here's your task so now begin IL.
Sixty Minutes i'm an hour;
Do your work with sli your power.
Twelve good Hours in every Day;
Time for work and time for play.
Twenty-four for Day and Night;
Some for darkness, some for light.
Every week of Days has Seven:
All are good, since all from Heaven.
Yet the First, the Day Of Rest,
Ever must we count the best.
Lunar Months of Weeks have Four:
Calendar, few days more.
Twelve new Months in every Year;
Each in turn is coming near.
Winter, Summer, Autumn, Spring,
All their pleasant changes ring.
Century IA Hundred Years;
Leave with Heaven its hopes ard fears.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-10-17
SCHOOL ADVERTISEMENTS.
SCHOOL ADVERTISEMENTS
ANNOUNCEMENT
Kenansville Male : Female Academy.
hEA.4.fSVILLE, A.. C
E,nli oh .As,

E'ali Session Begins ssepternber 9th. Isslfs
Boys College prepared higher
Institutes Special Inducements desiring
teach for business Music by
and religious advantages unsurpassed Free
private families Ss.0e to si000 per
take pleasure of
Coege VIII assist
testimonials the President
where he served year. man
Character and decided literary of
land county, n. T.
For further particulars apply Immediately TO
". NJ. SHAW, Principal,
au@29-dn Or PROF. J. A. MACARTHUR, Asst
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-10-17

Some Questions for Our Young Friends
to Answer.
/. Who lived to be older than
his father, yet died before his
father?
2. What are the highest water
falls in the world and where are
they?~
3. In what State are the larg-
est trees found?
4. How many States and Ter
ritories in the United States ?
5. When was Sampson county
formed and in honor of whom
was it called?
6. What is the shortest and
what the longest day in the
year?
A Norwich school md'am put
the word Trust" in a spelling
lesson the other day. Trust
used to be a simple word mean
ing confidence-a word without
guile and within the grasp of the
youngest pupil. The effect OF
the times upon the word became
painfully apparent the moment
the definition was called for.
"Define Trust" commanded
the teacher.
The little fellow at the head
Of the class, who evidently read
the paper, replied, ''Truss is
big snake"
"Where did you learn that ?"
asked the teacher.
"In our newspaper" replied
the boy. "It said a Trust is al
anaconda %
"That wasn't what I saw in
my paper" spoke up a clever
pupil, for it said a Trust was like
a devil OF a fish J"
"lt's a monster" said the
third boy.
"Where on earth did you gel
that idea ?" asked the astonish
ed teacher.
"Outen the papers," replied
number three.
"I guess the papers Dunno
remarked the fourth, "for mine
said it was an octerpus!"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-10-17
SPECIAL PREMIUMS
OFFERED BY BUSINESS
MEN OF WILMINGTON
For Exhibit TO Be Made December
4th. 5th and 9Th, 1889.

One barrel "Princeas" Flour,
by Matt. j. Hyer, for the arges
exhibit in class f. Department
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-24

he had conversed on the passage that he
was not in a perfectly normal condition,
mentally as well as physically. He re,
turned to New York as quickly ns posi-,
bic, resumed his Business affairs and
everything went we'll again. But to this
day he has never been able to remember
the slightest incident that occurred
during that extraordinary period.
Another case, closely allied to that of
Mr.. Redpath, is related by o gentleman
who was at one time the managing editor
OF one of the morning papers. He had
been suffering for long time from
nervousness and overwork, and deter
mined, at the advice of his physician, to
discontinue his labor for short period
and rest quietly at home. He obtained
leave of absence, and the next thing he
knew was that he was stretched out on a
bench in the Champs Elysees in Paris
watching the vehicles and pedestrians
passing by. Like Mr.. Redpath it was
impossible for him to tell how he got
there. However, his total loss of mem
ory for a space of three weeks seemed to
act as stimulant to his overworked
brain, and he returned to his editorial
labors entirely restored in health and
strength.
Exactly what physiological changes
occur in the human brain to cause this
inexplicable condition of mind 1 leave it
for men who are better informed and
more scientific than to determine. We
know that we hear of such cases through
the newspapers every now and then.
Precisely how many occur of like
nature that never gain publicity it is im-
possible to state.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-24
General IIarriSOn's Capture.

Congressman H. G. Burleigh, of
Whitehall, tells very good story of
Harrison. Several years ago dinner
party was given at Washington, at
which Senators Harrison, Palmer OF
Michigan, Warner Miller, Congressman
Burleigh and several other public men
were present, nearly all of whom were
accompanied by their wives. Mr..
Churchill, of Gloversville, and his
daught9r-a young woman of engaging
manners, mental brightness and rare
personal beauty-were also among the
guests. 1t SO happened that Miss
Churchill was the only unmarried
person present, and toward the close of
the repast she became the subject of an
imated conversation, each statesman
humorously claiming her as his own,
while she deity declined to manifest
any choice. General Harrison expressed
a determination to have a hand in the
matter, and said he felt sure ofhis preced-
ence in Miss Churchill's affections.
In the center of the table there was
very rich, large;and elaborate fruit cake,
quartered, and in each quarter a pea
cock feather was inserted. Suddenly
General Harrison jumped up, pulled the
feathers from the cake, ran around the
table to Miss Churchill's seat, and,
sticking the feathers in her hair, threw
his arms around her, and cried out,
'I've got the girl any way; she's mine. ,"
There was an outburst of laughter, and
the whole company good humOredly
acknowledged that the General had
fairly won the prize.-IrOy (N. ~
Press
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-24
ANTIQUE MARBLEHEAD.
A Glimpse of an Old-Fashioned Mas.
sachusetts Town.

Marblehead is one of those old-fash.
ioned towns which the tourist finds
perched along the rocky headlands oi
Massachusetts, and which cannot be
seen any where else in this country.
The sites were originally chosen mainly
for the facilities they offered to fisher
men, and it was from this hardy class
that they were principally settled. In
the summer the male portion of the pop
ulation were employed in fishing and
they filled up the short sunlight OF the
Writer days, by making shoes by hand.
It's importance as q fishing port long
since passed away, its chief industry
now being the production of machine
made shoes. 1t is these establishments,
with the new town which grew up
and around them, that the fire of last
week wiped out loss, though severe,
which foresight and energy can restore,
but which has attracted to it the atten-
tion of the curious and the lovers of the
antique.
For Marblehead is the quaintest of
the few quaint old towns that the Amer
iran craze for newness has left practii
cally untouched. Its little, narrow old
streets, beginning nowhere and ending
everywhere, and in which the tourist
experiences the delightful sensation oil
having lost his bearings, have never
been Strengthened by q surveyors com.
pass, and many of its antique houses,
perched in almost inaccessible localities
and carrying we'll their $50 and 200
years, still remain unchanged except by
time. Nowhere else in America can be
seen so many we'll preserved old speci-
mems of architecture, which strikingly
remind the European tourist of the an
tique fishing towns scattered aloug the
coast of Normandy. 1t is gratifying to
record the concern expressed MS to the
safety of these old relics and to witness
the evidence it bears that the love for
what is antique and whimsical has not
yet been crushed out of the American
people by the sky scraping style of
modern city architecture.
But the old legends and associations
which linger about Marblehead are even
more interesting than its quaint houses
md streets. They have been celebrated |
n song and story by some of Americas !
pest known poets and writer's. 1t was |
% Marblehead that ''Parson Avery" of |
Whittier's "Swan Song" sailed away
where duty led, and the voice of God
eemed calling to break the living
'read." In the Fountain Inn at Mar
'lehead, Agnes Swinage in 1742, first
anght the eye of Sir Harry Fraukland,
he royal Governor of Massachusetts
Bay Colony. Sir Harry's love for the
'arefooted maid, and his mothers re-
usal to consent to their marriage until
ears after, when Agnes saved her
overs life at the great Lisbon earth
Iuake in 1775, have been told in verse
" DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Tho
tories related of Skipper Ireson, Skip !
yer Flory, Captain James Mugford, |
Captain George Baker and other MR
'lehead characters are known to nea2 q
very youth and on visiting it the touffst
eels that ''every stone that trips you in
lor streets is instinct with the loyal
p1ISs ,thj.t IN So r~----- 49,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-24
A Hippopotamus Takes Turkish Bath.

The $4,000 hippopotamus, Caliph,
of the New York Geological Gardens,
has been an interesting invalid in his
quarters for the last two weeks, but DR..
Conklin, his medical adviser, brought
all his medical and veterinary skill to
bear on the Affections of Caliph. The
hippopotBmus became heavy and inditfer-
erent, and finally showed no desire to
take his daily baths. His appetite dis
appeared and his thick hide soon showed
that the flesh was falling away beneath
it, giving the skin baggy appearance.
Within one week he lost more than 800
pounds.
Last week the sick animal was with
great difficulty forced to enter tank of
water. The steam had been meantime
turned on in the water, which had at
tanned q blood-heat temperature. DIR.
Conklin determined afterwards to try
the effects of a Turkish bath on Caliph
as q preliminary step. The attendants
kept the animal in the tank as the tenn
perature of the water was gradually
raised; its heat penetrated the two inch
es of cuticle which covers the hippopo-
tamus and big drops of perspiration
oozed from his brows.
The building was also heated so that
the lions and tigers looked uncomforta-
bly, warm, and when Caliph emerged
from the water his enormous body was
steaming all over like an immense boiled
ham. The attendants scrubbed him off
with brooms, scrubbing brushes and
soft soap, and then, piling blankets on
him, allowed him to lie and steam quiet
ly. He is much improved from his
Turkish bath.-New York Telegram.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-24
A BarbarOus SclaYic Lover.

Among some of the Sclavic races a
strange custom prevails. Recently Kate
Knezevies, the belle of Possedara, iu
Bosnia, was tending her fathers herds
when troop of horsemen swept up, and
the leader, rejected lover ofthe maiden
sprang from his horse intent upon her
capture. Now, it so happened she had
sworn that this was a man that no earth
ly power should induce her to marry.
Crying for aid, she took to flight, and
finally, rather than fall into his hands,
she threw herself over precipice. Dis
covering that she was not dead, they
were about to carry her off, when her
friends came to her rescue and fearful
fight ensued, in which the raiders were
finally vanquished. The Vienna NecoS
adds: "There is honor even among re-
iected lovers, for had the raiders carried
off their prize, the girl, in accordance
with time sacrel principles, would have
been placed in charge of her future hus-
bands mother and sisters, and kept a
prisoner for one night only, after which
She would have been at liberty to return
to the parental roof, the fact of her alb
sence insuring the future nnptials with
the consent of all concerned"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-24
Luck Of the Rabbits Foot.

Congressman Dougherty, of Florida,
is an earnest believer in the rabbit foot.
He says that when he was first nomina-
ted there was great opposition to him.
One day during his campaign he was
training lot of young hounds and they
scared up a rabbit which ran into
burying ground and disappeared under
q tombstone. When he went home he
mentioned the circumstances, and his
friends decided that he must have that
rabbit. Some of them were so supersti-
tious that they vowed they would not
vote for him unless that rabbit was
caught. The moon was shining bright
ly, and party went out one night and
caught the rabbit. One of the feet was
cut off and mounted, and Mr.. Dougher
ty says he carried it and was elected in
spite of the odds against him.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-24
If a body meet body
Tramping through the snow,
There are no flies on Gallagher
Because he let them 70.
Never Strike at a Bee.

About thirty-eight or forty years ago,
when Twas eight to ten years old q have
been used to bees from childhood), held
up leafy bush for the swarm to cluster
on, while tin pans, bells and two sea-shell
horns were making the sweet music of
bygone days to induce the bees to clus-
ter. After circling around about the
usual time, prime swarm began to light
on the stem of my bush, on level with
my head, and as the cluster cnll sounded
the bees poured in all over my should
ers. Then my hat brim dropped down
over my face. I dropped my bush, took
off my hat and laid it on tho bush, and
moved out pretty quickly, with a pint
or SO of bees on my arms and shoulders.
l do not think / got " sting, but the
swarm clustered on my old hat Moral !:
Never strike bee.-IacLtc Farmer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-24
PRIZE DAIRY FARMS.
Encouraging e This Branch of Agri-
culture in France.

In France the government gives each
year number of prizes of honor for the
best cultivated farms. Prof. James
Long, the well known English writer on
dairy subjects, has written upon some of
these farms that are given mainly to
dairying. In speaking of NJ. Marc, who
cultlvates about 266 acres, of which fifty
are devoted to lucerne, sanfoin, clover,
vetehes and maize; twenty to roots,
and the balance to pastures and mead
ows, he says: In addition to these crops,
most of which he consumes, NJ. Marc
purchases feeding st ifs to the value of
$3.50, being divided into grains, cake
and beet refuse from the sugar factor
les. Forty COWS of the Montbeliard
type are kept, and these furnish $1,000
lltres year for sale and 10, 900 litres, or
1900 gallons, for the calves and house.
The annual yield per COW is thus 45O
gallons. The milk is sold at the farm
at an average price of I'D. per gallon.
On another prize farm M. Leroy grows
thirty eight acres of sanfoin and lu-
cerne, and the same quantity of other
green food, which he gives to his twenty
COWS during the summer. In the winter
they get preserved forage, termented
and four and a half pounds of
bran per day. This farmer sells his
milk at the rate of SD. per gallon, and
his COWS give him an average of $50 gal
Ions per head. This is something like
a return, and one which we ought to
emulate in this country.
A smaller farmer, M. Gilbert, who
owns his land, occupies seventy-five
acres. He owns thirty milkiney cows.
tsif lSSlsn5 5rua EstfeFaa. gflyal3P. hog7ae, .end
here made of the variety known as Point
PEveque, the dairy being under the
the report says, has introduced fortune
into the house. The department con-
sists of three plainly installed rooms
well arranged for the manufacture.
Each day one hundred and eighty litres
(sixty-two gallons) of milk are con-
verted into cheese making something
like one hundred. This work, however,
is not maintained during the whole of
the year. The total number of cheeses
sold is about 81 900, and they
realize from II, 900 to $4,000 francs, or,
in round numbers, probably G700. This
is an astonishing result for so small
farm. l have seen this kind of cheese
made upon a Normandy farm of the
highest type, and believe it to be va
riety we'll adapted to this country. 1t is
necessary, however, to add to this sum
Gl6O pounds on account of the sale of
butter and skim milk and pork. In all,
therefore, the returns from the dairy
are at least $500, or, supposing one or
two heifers to be milked, more than
eos per COW. The total receipts
of the farm from all sources are 1850,
while the expenses are from e680 to
e72O, showing q net profit of nearly Gl0
per COW. 1t is very doubtful if this
could be exceeded upon any farm in
England. Forty-eight to fifty dollars
net profit per COW, would be considered
pretty good with most dairymen in this
country,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-24
BILL BRAZELTON.
The First and Greatest Highway
man of Tucson, Arizona.

A gentleman from Tucson, Arizona, in
the lobby of the National Hotel, Wash
ington, spoke of one of the desperadoes
of his town:
81 see," said he, "that some fellow
out in California has been holding up
stage loads of people by himself. The
dispatches speak of him as the Lone
Highwayman want to tell you that
TIE first and greatest lone highwayman
in this country lived in Tucson, and his
name was Bill Brazelton. 1t has now
been seven or eight years since he was
killed. While he lived he was the terror
of Southern Arizona, and he did all of
his work single-handed. He used to
work in livery stable in Tucson. He
was O young fellow who did not say
much, but was all the time practicing
with his revolver when he was not ut his
work. He was the most active, power
full young man | ever saw. He got so
he could turn a sOmersault with his
pistol in his hand, and rs he came mp,
hit half dollar every time, twenty-five
yards away. He could shoot in every
position, whether standing, running, OF
sitting, and every time he pumped
the bulls eye. Suddenly he left town,
and it was not long till we heard of his
robbing stages all alone. be had nerves
of steel, and did not seem to be afraid OF
any body or any thing. The greatest
efforts were made to capture him, but
he eluded all of his pursuers. He
seemed to be here, there and every
where at the same time. Finally it was
suspected that hoster working in the
stable where Brazelton had been en-
ployed knew something of him. He
was taken out on the edge of town and
hung up till he was almost dead, when
he agreed to confess on condition that
Brazelton should be shot outright, as
he would kill any man who betrayed his
secret at his first opportunity. The
hostler said he was to go out to meet
Brazelton that very night and take him
something to eat. He was to wait be.
hind o log in a certain piece of woods
A party of six well-armed men took the
hostler and went with him to the place
of rendezvous. They all lay down be-
hind the log and waited for Brazelton.
By and by he rode out of thicket into
an open space and camo slowly toward
the unsupported ambush. He carried
his pistol in his hand, rs if suspecting
that things were not all right. When
within thirty yards of the log the whole
party rose and fired, killing both horse
and rider instantly. 1t was one of the
most dramatic incidents that ever oc-
Cured about Tucson in those trouble
some days. Brazeltons body was rid
died with balls. He was brought to
town, and the next morning he was
propped up against an adobe wall and
had his photograph taken, and the local
photographer has to-day in his show
case CHASTITY illustration of the triumph
of his art.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-24
Tanning a Bird.

No creature is more jealous or sensi-
tive than bird, says Olive Thorne
Miller. 1t is easy however, to win tho
heart of almost any bird, and without
starving him or making him think he
has mastered you. Simply talk to him
good deal. Place his cage near you,
on your desk or work table, and retain
his choicest dainty to give to him with
your own fingers, Let him know that
he con never have that particular thing
unless he take it from you, and he will
soon learn, if you are patient and do not
disconcert him by fixing your eyes urOn
him. After this he will more readily
take it from your lips; and then, when
you let him out of his cage, after the
first excitement is over, he will come to
you, especially if you have n call you
have accustomed him to, and accept the
dainty from you while free. As soon as
ho becomes really convinced that yon
will not hurt him, or try to catch him,
or interfere in any way with his liberty,
he Will give way to his boundless curl
osty about you; he will pull your hair,
pick at your eyes, and give you as much
Of his company as you desire.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-24
DelaWare's Whipping Post.

The exact date of the introduction of
the "cat' III Delaware is not known,
but, according to the records, q whip
/ ping post IN connection with a small Jail
or city prison, was erected in Wilmington
IN April, 1740. At that time the bor-
Ough was considerably annoyed by va
grants, who seemed to come here in
hordes, having nothing to fear, as the
executive portion of the city's admins
tratlon was very meagre. Becoming
alarmed ut their depredations. the citi9
zens, by vote, decided to build city
prison, and provided ii rou-tabuIarv of
two or three men. Tile prison or
''cage, sometimes called "smoke
house, was small one story DFfcF
building, l2I12, and feet in height.
TnG-strIcTure must have been very odd
looking, as it had no windows or Chin
neys, and the only mode of heating was
byburning wood in an earthen dish III the
building. 1t was not intended to with
stand attack, for in 1892 a sailor who
was incarcernted therein was rescued by
four or five of his companions who bat
tered in tho door with spiles in the pres
ence of the officers. The whipping post
connected Herewith was used in cOnnec-
/ tion with imprisonment for Furnishing
/ various offences.
/ Many changes in the statutes have
! been made since the time of William
Penn, but never has there been an at
tempt to wipe the post out of existence:
/ The criminal who is to be whipped
has his hands clasped in irons above his
head to the post, while the rest of his
body is at "perfect liberty" The back
is laid b1re, and the "clt-o'-nine- tails
a whip with nine cow-hide lashes-is
then vigorously applied by the Sheriff
of the county as many times rs has been
specified by the Court, this being grad
uated according to the grade of the
crime. Many time the blood is drawn
with every lash, and frequently when
the Sheriff has completed the operation
the criminal is covered with blood from
head to foot, while the ground and post
round about bear the stains which, had
they tho power of speech, could relate
many heart-rending tales. Some cul
prits squirm and TWIST into all imaginary
shapes, while others never finch.
-Four criminal courts are held in New
Castle county annually, while each of
the other two counties have two sessions
year, and on the Saturday following
each term the whippipgs take place.
The post is ont of doors, and the day set
apart for the whippings is a sort of semi
holiday in the country town where they
take place,-N Y. UeyuLI.