The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-06-12

what was 10 see I'm that lIHs
Southern Indiana was great
disappointment II me. II i a
very hilly and a very pno- rnu
try. Farming in many sections
of North Carolina l. far ahead
of farming In Southern Indiana.
We dined at the city If Nincen-
mes in Indiana just across the
river fiom Illinois. The table
was waited on by young and
pretty white girls. This ought
to have made a hungry man
happy; but the dinner was not
to my liking. II may have been
good. bat IL was evidently
seasoned with everything men
ticaed recently in the Woman's
department of THE CAUCASIAN,
and many other things besides.
No doubt my taste was too un
sophisticated To appreciate 80
radical 4 change all at once. II
requires n gradual process of
education Ia bring one up 10 81
high Il standard even IN culc-
nary matters.
Passing into Illinois me
notices quickly the change in
the topography ard soil. Tho
country is far the most part
level, while the soil il black
and apparently very fertile.
The chief evidence Of the latter
are the perfect jungles of corn
stalks where corn grew last
year, for the wheat and oat crop.
are poor here as well 81 every
where else Here We saw the
farmers breaking their land
flush preparatory To planting
corn. The plow ing was done
with from two To four hourscs
all hitched abreast. Very few
mules are used. | did not see
but one single horse hitched to
a plow autsid- Of North Caro-
lima, and that was in truck
garden in the suburbs of St.
Louis.
On my return | was susprised
to see how little progress the
farmers had made. 1t had been
so wet they could not plant.
The entire country from East
Tennessee to the Mississippi
river Is a paradise for cows and
sheep. Grass and clover grow
even in the woods. | saw some
nilch cows by the ride Of which
the best i'm this section would
appear insignificant, and ! do
not care to risk my character
for truth by telling how large
the oxen were which | saw
hauling mill logs in Indiana
1t was everywhere noticeable
that the towns, the large ones
especially, are thriving at the
expense Of the rural districts.
How long this condition will
last before serious damage To
the entire people will result
remains to be seen. There must
be something radically wrong
in the economies Of a civiliZa-
tion that produces such a state
of things. Agriculture must be
restored to its normal status in
, our economy or the people will
, eventually suffer for bread.
What shall / sa Of the city of
/. st. Louis? Well, it has 100000
, inhabitants, fronts the Missi5
sippi river a distance of ii
, miles and Is miles wide at the
widest point. 1t is busy, bust.
: ling, hustiing city. The people
, are all on the move and in 4
. hurry. horses, loaded or un.
loaded, kept in a trot. There
are nearly 200 miles OF street
4, car track. and one eau see
I think as many as50 street car!
moving at once from any corne:
on Washington Avenue below
10Th street. Some of the cars
4 are drawn by horses, some by
. coolies, and few by electricity
= The cable cars sre the mos
q popular, their motion beini
much more upifcrm than tha
= of the horse cars. How thei
p, moved was a puzzle To me till
:ound out how it was, and theI
7 is was as simple as coula b-
. Tie street is tunnelled all TIN
; way under the track. In thi
|. tunnel a foot or 50 beneath tn
;, surface runs an endless cablt
@ propelled by a 800 horse powe
i engine located in a buiidin.
- VIII ch yor meyer see withon
. luoxing it up. The tu"el j
, coye:cG by parallel iron plate
:, between which ii III npenini
: about an inch wide. Through
This apenins is let down wha
;. IL called a grip" which
- managed by levers resemblin
. th ,se OF locomotive. III
:, 'grip" Is mode to seize the cabl
:. to move the ca and 10 let
,, loose 10 stop it, and that is a
:. there is of it. The impressio
:, one first receives On seeing thes
1 = . l.
"a pushing or pulling them, 50 ia
7 as one can see, Is one of wonde
20 at the ingenuity and progress {
- the age in which We live. Til
:, parks, the geological garde
:, and Shows botanical gardc
=, are all places Of beauty an
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