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Something l;etter.

Prom the Cape COD Item.
well, Jones, how are you succeeding with
your temperance racket: Managing ~ Keep
from drink. ehy
Il m getting along pretty we'll. Don't ssse
morn drink two day nov. Fact i., n
taking 4 suSsu u:e.
That so, WHAT are you taking"
''SWeet cider.
"a know something better than that 10 tahs
IL you wag. 70 gIAe IP linking"
What
Take the pledge"
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What He Wanted.

From the New York Morning Journal.
Frank Ehret ATTENDS 10 great deal Of his
fathers real estate bdsiiess and recently rented
q small house in Harlem near the river 10 n
young man. Two days later the Young tenant,
wildly excited. came 60 him aud said:
SAY, do You know that house Won rented
me? Well. the cellars chock fun II water
well, what did YOU expect for the money
champagne calmly queIied Mr.. Ehret
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Could Not Account Cor Il.

Prom Munsey's Meekly
She You seem rather blue this evening.
Jack"
He-''Yes, have had a headache all day and
/ don't know how ! came TO have it."
She-"What were yOu doing last night, Ell,
sir
He don't know what Was doing after 10
o'clock"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-28
Fort Doneipon.

From the Memphis Appeal-Avaiancbe
Monday was the anniversary Of the fan Of
Fort Doneison. The lapse Of twenty-Isine years
Inns filed the trenches where armed men lay
and black jacks. weeds and wild flowers cover
all the ghAsfly scams 81 war. Gen. Sherman
lies dead aud the fsss are st half mast sasA
. life-sLd de.sk.
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He R@0nu n.

From the Chicaso Tribune.
Horri6ed rarent-"And you dare 10 tell
me you kissed that young Hsnkinson lsst
evening"
Weeping Daughter-'The-the mean thing
k-kissed me first -
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He Took the Hint

From the 81. Joseph News.
''oh. Charlie said the sweet young thing ss
she nestled trifie closer TO him, Il snl % glad
you are not one Of those Indians"
We'll, should hope so. But why, particu-
larlyg"
because they are disaruiing them"
And then be was glad it hadn happened -
him.
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Distributing the Credit.

From the g-nsas Ciiy star.
+ Without any intention. probably. of sighting
Senator German OF Mar! hand, Gov. Russell Of
Ma .sschusetts thanks God for the defeat OF The
force bali
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HOW . Cola Aa.cssd HIN.

From TIE Clsvsland Platndsalss.
A little 5fblsy street boy caught very severe
Geld while his msnns was out Of The city, and
on her return RUBBED up 10 her, eager for her
sympathy, and throwing his srms around her,
cried: "0h, mamma, both Of my eyes y rAinin'
and one of my moses won't 60"
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STRANGE BUG TALES.
Some Curious Superstitions and Myths
Regarding Insects.
ANTS AS BIG AS XES
Surprising Myths Believed the world Over
Curious Natural History Fact, -Cockroach-
e., f1refies, GLOW Worms. Resrhorses and
Beetles-tireflies ~ Illuminators.

YER SIN CE THE
world began mankind
has been engaged in
weaving a web Of myth
and fancy about the in
sects Of the air. the
earth and the water. ac-
corlinp to n natItralist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-28

NO lady wants 70 rec the cab she calls in. or
goes 70 church in, or drives 10 ball in loafng
around stree. corners. She wouldn't let her
own carriage do it, and We can. afford to let
our cabs do what private carriages don't do. I
tell you 9 man who wants to have . good bust
ices has TO keep his ewes open and to look
after ths reputation Of his cabs pretty near
as close a. he would after his own. He can't
have his Carriages proving round the streets
~ night, and when the CAV seasons over his
cabs at night are generally at home. OF course
you have 70 look sitter your drivers, too; IL
tnsy are not honest and reliable no one wants
them We have to keep certain ones to look
after the old ladies', TO answer all their oues-
lions. to listen to their perplexitie. without
getting mixed up In them But there isn't any.
thing 90 important in the trade as not 10 LOOK
public don't believe there's n public cab
man on the street that don't try TO yet tbs
mark Of the public OF them. Theyd gsx ths
numbers OF their lamps il they coul2. Ths
minute you get public, you know. then there 3
nothing you can refuse. You've got To 90 10
funerals, whether you want TO or not. Nov. no
frst-class stable ever lets its cabs go 10 IN
rerals, unless 10 is to obiige an old Customer
and when he has to do that be generally sends
10 an undertaken who has his own stables TO
borrow his"
AVOIDING rrNxRALa
Tho funeral. one discovers very soon. n
rather the bette noir Of the cabnaAn- At Chat
ham square. under the ehecksrsd shadows Of
the elevated road, where cabs are not cabs but
coaches and hacks, and the drivers in one
sense therefore. are not cabmen at all. some
eonviyixl spirit will occasionally open his heart
The winter season. he viii bemoan. is dull to
shesrinsss- Nothing going on anywhere but
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SPEAKERS TO ORDER.
Some Picturesque Features Of the
Gavel- WELDING Contest.
NO FREE RUM AND. CIGARS

Aqaor - An Eiectioneerine Aeeat-Rsnning
for serKesnt-st-Arms and Deorkeeper-
spssksrship struggles Matter e B.rssr-
; The Fight for the 0Avei.
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Snus HERE ARE A GOOD

many very pictur-
esqne aspects 10 . con-
test for the speaker
ship.as a sr.H reporter
discovered in = series
Of conversations at the
Capitol. Ii may be said
that the struggle for
that important post in
the next Congress be-
gan as soon as the re-
cent elections we're
concluded. The can
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From the Norwich Bulletin.
Prof. Brewer of Yale recently told good
snake story. Years ago he was in California
and had his tripod and other surveyors instru-
mens In the field. Stepping along in the
bushes he felt q movement under his feet, and
found that he was standing on . four-snd-a-
half-foot rattiesnake-a large. vicious and fight
ing fellow. But the snake was 90 pinioned that
lac could not strike the thick boot that held him
fast. Prof Brewer held tho rattler's head down
with his tripod and cut it of. Then he cut on
his ratties stepping aside, he saw the body Of
the snake, partly cooled. lying very still. TAX
ing GU. his rule TO measure It's length, the pro-
fessor took hold OF the serpent to straighten
him out.
Quick a. an electric shock" said Prof
Brewer, -'.that headless snake brought the
bloody stump over ard struck . hard blow
npon the back OF my hand" He added: II
knew that his head was of and that he could
not poison me. but that quick and hard blow Of
the RATHER made my hair stand on end"
Prof. Wiiiister. standing by, said. II have On
two or three occasions seen similar sudden
blows BY headiess rattlesnakss."
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phalanx of gesticulating men who greet her at
station or boat is one of the most alarming
objects she knows. And when to the wild pam
tomime il added chorus of fearful sound all
possibility Of independent choice and action
deserts her. There breathcs no woman who
could stop at that time for calm deliberate
study and choice And those who are wisest
take refuge under the protecting wing of a
policeman and leave the choice of the sub
ject with him.
III one. however really wants to stndy the
faces Of cabmen and drivers and TO know them
in all their varying moods, there are bet
ter places than the station and for certain
phases others better even than Chatham Square.
On the Long Island ferries, when the solemn
cortege of the funeral and the desultory cart of
the truckman collide, when inches of deck room
are worth disputing for, when no man can es-
cape his neighbor and high words and protests
are uttered in half-eubdued tones. with ghosts
OF solemnity haunting them. then it is that the
cabman shines out az revelation. No one
should miss him.
cABMAS's HARNISos.
To make money the csbman must average Sc
or % day. Certain of them, bent on private
speculation, will often rent cabs and horses
from different stables for S15 week and SO
ply small trade Of their own. No cab without
. license can stand in front Of the stations
waiting for chance customers. Hotels have
their own cabs. Those that stand in front
however, can be called by any one. No cab is
sent from . large stable in winter without hot
soapstones and rugs, making it possible for the
most delicate Of passengers to Be comfortable
The luxury OF the private conveyance, cspe-
cially those Of Paris, il never attained how
ever; that luxury made Of perfumed paddings,
cut-giass bottles and mirrors set in silver.
The cabnan has had share Of abuse in his
day and justice is seldom done him. yet he is
both careful and quick. He abuses few privi-
leges. He is often, and, if he has been long
with good stable. he is always man to be re-
he'd upon. Things lost in bis cab are returned
to their owners. Mistakes are seldom or never
made. He il compliment and amiable in sun
shine or storm; he sits unmoved on his box and
carries out our commands with cheerful good
humor.
OF course there are cabmen and there are
cabs about which little can be said, and dark
rumors noat; cabs that prowl at night without
lights or numbers, cabs that before the day Of
smbulancss carried strange things 10 hospitals;
cabs that drove at midnight to dark docks on
srrAnds never whispered. But cabs aud cab
men such as these have lost . certain inner
sense. Pride has departed aud for all their ss-
cret services that aspiration toward the private
which marks the better man 10 dead.
LILLE HAMILTON Fxxxcu.
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pIFFEkENr WITH raE sreAkrasarp.

Although the contest for the speakership il
conducted with more outward show of dignity.
the methods adopted are pretty rluch the same
in most rsspsess as those applied 10 the CAM
gsagns for doorkeeper and sergeapt-at-armsL
The candidate, while permitting his Aspiration
TO % Advertised, carefully avoids the appear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-28

For years Lester wallack stuck persistsntly
and hopefully to the theory, which Is even now
heard reminiscently, that performances ON his
stage were more artistic than anywhere else in
America. But the hard logic OF dollars be-
came ct length convincing, and even the old
comedies, revived however carefully, did not
draw remunerative audienoes. Even then
Wallack would not personally acknowlsdge his
obsolete condition. He built his new thsaser,
a. late - 1881, on an old-faahioned model, With
the well-nigh forgotten row of tin shadss In
front Of the footlghts, with boys peddling pea
uata loudly IN the galleries and many other
usages which stiyal managers bad discarded.
When the Wallack fepsrtory was no
longer potspt to draw audiences, Wailack
did nos sw1bsly modify In policy Just
enough 70 hep up with fhs changing public
taste, bat focliihly assumed t1at the tasss was
altogether titiAsed. Therefore be went sud-
denly from cld-fashionsd good things 10 the
extrems OF neW-fashionsd bod onos. That 10 to
~, be gave up his stage TO succession Of the
cheapest and least artistic Of modern London
mslodramas- Several At tAsss ventures we're
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12
How is ThisY

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by taking HALLS Ca
tarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Tole-
do, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 16 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and finan-
cially able to carry out any obliga.
ton made by their firm.
West & TRUAx, Wholesale Drug.
gist, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, O.
HALLS Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucus surfaces of the system.
Price Toe. per bottle. Sold by J.
r. Smith, Druggist, Mount Olive,
i N. c., and DR.. r. III. Holiday, Clin.
, ton, N. G.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12
EupepSy.

This is what you ought to have,
in fact, you must have it, to fully
enjoy life. Thousands are search
ing for it daily, and mourning be-
cause they find it not. Thousands
upon thousands Of dollars are spent
annually by our people in the hope
that they may attain this boon. And
yet it may be had by all. We guar
antee that Electric Bitters, if use d
according to directions and the use
persisted in, will bring you Good
Digestion and GUST the demon dys-
pcpsia and install instead Eupepsy
We recommed Electric Bitters fol
Dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver
Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at 50t
and Sl.00 per bottle by r. III. Hoili
day. Druggist, Clinton; and JONI
K. SMITH, Druggist, Mount Olive.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12
In Defence of the Farmers Alli-
ance.

If those who are finding SO
much fault with the Farmers
Alliance would study the prin-
ciples OF the order and the
causes which have driven the
producing classes to organize in
order to defend themselves
agains. the expressions that
have been heaped npon them
by organized capital, and class
legislation, we do not think
that any fair-minded person
can blame them for their efforts
to obtain fair play. One of the
objects of the Order is to strive
to secure equal rights to ali
classes and TO prevent special
privileges being granted 20 any
class. This i, certainly a COM
nendable undertaking and one
that must meet the appreciation
of every one who is not intiuen-
ced by self-interest or by some
unreasonable prejudice. OF
course the members of the or
der make mistakes some times
and do things that are not in
strict accord with the objects
and principles Of tie Alliance,
but it must be remembered that
it is human to err, and we ought
not TO be too ready to censure
any organization on account OF
the mistakes Of its individual
members. Even the member:
Of christian churches do thing:
. sometimes that are contrary tt
the rules of the church; shall
we condemn the church On tina
account? We think not; doubt
r less many the E,istakes mad
I by individuals are mistakes .
I the head and not Of the heart
Some of the best men-yes
y may we not say all men-mak
q mistakes. Let the members Q
f the Alliance study the prime!
I pies of the order more CAREFUL
p and strive to live up to tn
, spirit Of these principles an
Il thereby show to the outside
e that they have been benetitte
O by belonging to the order. Blu
., if chose who have never becom
n members of the Alliance wi
study these principles and oil
IS jects closely and judge the O
" der by these, instead Of by tt
- conduct of it's inconsistent men
N bers, we feel sure there will
J. less prejudice against the All
- ance-ROb esonian.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12
The Tribune and the South.

Tie New York Tribune's pro-
ect for threatening the South
with negro domination having
been abandoned, that distin-
guished newspaper has sent a
commissioner into the unknown
land south Of Mason and DixOn's
line TO discover its commercial
possibilities and write up its
markable industrial progress
The Tribune says:
beginning i'll Maryland, oul
correspondent will go through
each of the States south of Ma
son and Dixon's line, and vii.
faithfully and graphically por
try their recent advancement
Tie strides that have beer
made in this part of the coun
try during the last decade ar
wonderful testimony to thu
courage and wisdom Of South
erners. They have indeed learn
ed the uses of adversely. Their
was tie hardest fate that ha,
befallen a civilized people i,
modern times, for not only wer
they Impoverished and enfee
b1od, but the system -socia
20 itical and commercial-upo
which they had builded thei
institutions, and from whic
their habits and methods wei
drawn, had been destroye,
They were not only obliged
recover their industries, but
adopt new methods of conduc
ing them. They had not mer
ly 10 begin again at the begi
ming, but to discard the wa
and forces they had known f
a century and to substitute lie
ones in their places. This W
a Tremendous task, and the mt
al strength which accomplish
it is magnificent"
The Tribune roars as gem
as q sucking dove when it FISH
for Southern readers and adv
tisers.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12
STATE PRESS.

The cares OF Office killed
Secretary Window, it is said.
It is care or worry that Fills
and not mere work.-Wil. Mes
senger.
The WASHINGTON Post, Rep
saws the Force bill is a "bill TO
stop Southern progress" u ~
also a. bill to help kill the Rad
ical party.
Senator Frye will not see "a
bayonet behind every ballot.
but lie can see good many
more Democrats behind ballots
next fall.-N. Y. World, Dem.
"Put your own shoulder to the
wheel ana then call on Hercu-
les.' Progress is the order OF
the day. That State, County or
City that does not press to the
front with solid and attractive
improvements will be d.stanced
in the race.
The New York Herald says
the democratic party will come
into power again in 1898 and
in twenty years it will become
so corrupt that it will need
kicking out. We have great
trespeCt for the Herald's OPT
Mons but we do not see how
any party can excel the republi'
can in corruption.
The layout of Senators Hoar
Edmunds, ~ Co., on the Force
bill and gag business show:
that New England is not boss
ing the Senate much these days
The fresh and nimble West j:
coming to the front and whel
she shakes hands with The Soutl
the old fossils have tie drop t.
the rear.--WiJ. Star.
The Democrat C party has it
UPS aud downs-its triumph
and defeats-but it is always j
the field. 1t sees other partie
rise and fall, but it is Alway
here with its sound principle
and honest leaders. The Den
ocratic party will elect a Pres
dent in 1892. The Republican
will go out and will go to pit
ces.-Goldsboro Argus.
We are deeply in earne
when we say we want to see OF
farmers mS Ike their meat an
bread and clothing at hom
Any farmer can raise and kee
few sheep. The wool frol
these will make the very be
OF clothing for both men an
women; and the lambs come
splend:dly for FRESH meat du
ing the summer. Flax wi
grow splendidly in this latitud
and, in addition to furnishir
the wrap for jeans, the seed
very valuable as a marnet Gro
Let our farmers, then, rails
some sheep and swine, al
grow some flax, aud make the
own clothing, and live on t
farm, and live off the farm al
keep free of debt, and they W
become prosperous and ha
by Progressive Farmes.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

Elsewhere appears an account
Of a Farmers Alliance conven-
ton held at Omaha, N6b., which
adopted resolutions in favor of
putting out a Presidential ticket
in 1892. This is only the con-
vention of the Nebaska State
Alliance. The Free Press does
not believe the Alliance as a
national organization fayors
suchNa p.ap, which would b.
rninolfs, to tie order.-Kinston
Free Press.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

New York is said to hay e
over 1000 millionairs. How
very unequal is the distribution
in this life.-Wilmington Mes
senger.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

The WITTY PARROT
Chappie Ito parrot) Polly want Il
cracker?
POlly-Yes-a nut cracker to crack
that chestnut.--Epoch.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

Senate adjourned, and the bill
went over for further discussion
Monday.
18th DAY, MONDAY, FEB. 9TH.
Mr.. Wilcox, a bill TO restore
burnt records in any county.
At the end of the morning
hour the President announced
that the Railroad Commission
bill would come up under unfin-
ished business. The contest on
Saturday aud the circumstances
under which the friends OF the
ill moved To adjourn has al GUS
ed conside. BILE interest and
made the railroad men hopeful
of crippling the bill. The lob
bies aud galleries we've crowded.
The Senators who were Oh the
side of the railroads made a
strong and cunning fight. They
Jail claimed TO BE- strongly in
Itayur of a Commission, but
wanted u "consel vative" bill,
though every amendment they
offered WAS Intended 10 either
cripple tie bill or to make
the Commission advisory. Tnere
were eight Senators absent who
were for the bill, but eve:E en-
envy TO the Commission was in
his seat. The friends Of the bill
were thoroughly organized and
had a certain majority of two
Thirty or more amendments
were voted down as fast as the
roll conid be callsd. They saw
tina, they were whipped, ant
l whe.l> the final reading OF th'
bill came only three Senator
dared to vote against the bill
, The same fight will be made o.
' the bill in the House, but W
q hope to see that body pass til
u pill just as it Was reported b.
the committee and passec b
q the Senate.
u On the same day (Monda.
= the House refused to recha~te
n the Z. w. & w. Railroad unle;
= the w. & w. Railroad woul
give up its claimed exemptie
" from taxation. The charter {
# this road has expired and it r
ally looks as if the Lcgislatu
v had a lever to bring the w.
It W. road to taw. In fact, Mo
IS day was a field day for the pc
t. pie in both the Senate and ii
ct House.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

Agriculture has never since
the days of Hon. E. @. Cincin-
natus been such a power in pol
itics as it is now.-Washington
Star, Ind.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

make single step toward the
reciprocity now extended By
the Canadian government. Well,
there's one consolation, Reed
will be a deposed Gar in a very
short time.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

The coolest aud most incemsn. part of winter is
vet to come Soma merv hunts feel that the
best part of tie winters trade is past because the
Holidays have come and gone. Not so with
We believe that he time TO sell goods is
TIME. Acting this belief we announce
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHRISTMAS GIFT!

Will ere long resouud through
every household in oIr prosper
Gus and happy SUNNY SOUTH
You know the demand must he
met, and You cannot complete
Your memora rdum any where
else as perfectly as ut the Ma,r-
moth Dry Goods E.tablis hmeEt
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

The Committee on Insane Asy-
lun left Monday night for Nor
canton. Rept. w. X. Pigford
is chairman of the House branch
Of the committee. Rept. Bell
is also a member of the same
committee.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

Senators Bryan, Of Duplin,
and Gilman, of Onslow, who
have been quite sick are again
back in their seats.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

Mr.. w. I. Lane, Of Clinton
was here a day last week.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

We lave received several let
ters inquiring about the $500
paid Mr.. G. NJ. Bus5ee. For the
information of the readers of
The CAUCASIAN we will state
that he was paid that amount
for his services as attorney for
| the Legislative Railway Investi-
eating Committee that was ap-
pointed by the last Legislature
This is the committee that Mr.
Kerr was chairman of and that
held several meetings last sum.
Iner to investigate railroads
Mr.. Busbee has done no work
for this Legislature and the en-
tire $500 was paid for his ser.
vices to Mr.. Kerr's committee
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-12

Mr.. B. S. Peterson, who has
been re-appointed as one OF the
fertilizer inspectors for the State,
is here and busy at work. We
heard the State Commission OF
Agriculture speak "f him as a
faithful and efficient officer.