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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-01
TIMES pARADox.

Old time works wonder, - they
eay;
Hes done 80 with 1T doa5, 10 day,
For from the Stage he's sent Way,
A man 90, bent and grayS
And with his scythe has signaIe,i on
A rosy youth Of 81.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-01
Beware of Ointment for Catarr,, that
Contains Mercury,

as Mercury will surely destroy the
sense OF smell aud completely de-
range the whole SYSTEM wIleii enter
ing it through the mucus surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from repu-
table physicians, n. lie damag: tEeg
will 90 are ten fold tn the good you
can possibly derive from them.
Halls cstaTrh Curss manufactured
by K. j. Cheney * Co., Tole4lo. o.,
contains no mercilry, and Is taken
internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and nlncus surfaces Of the
system. In buying Halls Gatarrh
Cure be sure you get iEc genuine, 1t
Is taken internally and is made In
Toleao, Ohio, by +. J.. Cheney & Co.
+ ~ Sold by Druggist price Zoe
per bottle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-01
THE EDITORS CHAIR.
HOW THINGS LOOK FROM
OUR STAND POINT.
The Opinion of The Editor and the
Opinion OF Others which we
Can Endorse on the Various
Topics of the Day.

We have already been convinced.
though reluctantly, that the News
and Observer was Railroad paper;
but we did not know until It aiding
its editorial Of December 23d, 80,
that it was an organ o! the National
Rank
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-01

The rates on the Raleigh q CASTOR
Road, we learn, are substantially the
same; and also on the Wilmington
and Weldon road. The IA es on the
Western N. Q. Road are somewhat
higher: that being weak road, with
small freight patronage through a
mountainous country would under
the Georgia regulations be allowed a
higher rate than 'sthe Standard -
These rates are local--and apply
coming and going.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-01

IF you suffer from Catarrh why
don't YOU take Hoods Sarsaparilla,
the common sense remedy? It has
cured many people.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-01
THE ANNUAL PEST.

OF all the Is The ncw year brceI4,
There none that tries $eur grit,
More ti:aa ih:' iitt!c note iBat read: /:
''Sir, viii yoa please remit %
FLoATIxG.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-01
JEWELRY AND CLOCKS.


have just rereived a large lot OF
Elegant Jewelry. This ] will guarah-
tee to the purchaser to be just AS rep:
resented. sell no cheap, ''lire guilt"
goods but carry Il STANDARD LINE OF
GOLD FRONT GOODS. The attention Of
the ladies is called to the latest styles
of BREAST PlNs--thev are ''thinSs OF
beauty"
The old reliable and standard SETH
THOMAS CLOCKS always in stock
in various styles and sizes.
i@r Repairing of Watches and Clocks
and mending Jewelry is IL specially.
AL work | dc is guaranteed to give en-
tie satisfaction.
Respectfully.
.ep5-tf G. Il. RAWLS.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-01

An addition to these rates is allow
ed to weak roads and those built in
mountainous sections.
The following are the rates for the
same articles, between all stations
on the North Carolina Railroad,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-01
CHAPTER VI.

WlLIGHT still lowered
over the broad expanse
of prairie when Lieut..
Perry and his little party,
after a brisk canter down
the valley reachad tho
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-01
.DUNRAVEN RANCH
A Story of American Frontier
Life.
By Capt. CHARLES KING, U.S.A.,
Author of"The CoioneEs Daughter" From
the Ranks, "''The Deserter,p Etc

Copyrighted 1853 by J b Lippincott Company
Philadelphia, and published by special arrange
n1ent through the American rress Association
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
AMONG THE POULTRY.

KEEP the laying hens away from the
manure pile.
FEED the moulting hens light feed
of linsced meal daily.
IF picked regularly, geese will fur
nish four crops of feathers regularly.
PROVIDE some convenient nesting
places or the hens will hide their nests
out.
AFTER goslings get well started to
feather they need very littlo attention,
as they are very hardy.
= You've turkeys intended for early
market must be well fed in order to
make thrifty growth.
IT is not good plan to hatch out
turkeys late in the season; it costs too
much to winter them.
A LITTLE raw salt pork is good
remedy to give to hens that have got
into the habit of pulling feathers.
WHEN the hens quit laying and they
are not moulting they often need
change of rations, especially when they
are confined.
YoUNG growing chickens are vora-
cious eaters, and if fed viii eat dozen
times day, and often on this account
are overfed.
TIE style of house is not so impor-
tant as to have plenty of sunlight and
a dry floor, and with all cracks and
crcvices closed.
THE best and most economical way
of feeding meal TO poultry is by first
mixing it with boiling water; that
partially cooks it.
A FENCE feet high is sufficient for all
of the larger breeds of ducks, and a
house 10x2O feet is big enough for
twenty-five ducks.
If provided with comfortable shell
ter ducks viii begin laying in Feb
ruary, and keep it up regularly until
September They are better for eggs
than hens.
WHEN the turkey hen and her brood
of little ones are not fed regularly at
night they are liable to get careless
about coming home at night, and serl-
GUS losses are the result
BY beginning in good season and
saving up what in many cases would
otherwise go to waste there should be
no necessity for purchasing feed for the
poultry on the farm.-St. Louis Re
public
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
IN THE ELEVATOR.
One of the Trials of the Man That Runs
the Lift.

One of the Trials of the Man That Runs
the Lift.
Have you ever seen this?" asks the
Chicago News
She comes to the door of the eleva-
tor just as it is ready to ascend and
asks the conductor: lis Mr.. Whatyou-
maycallhim's Office in this building?"
The conductor says it is. "Is he imp"
The answer of the conductor depends
on circumstances, of course. Which
floor is his office on?" The answer is
given You don't know if ne is IMP"
The answer is given. We'll, | guess
I'll go up and see. Which floor did you
saw he is on?" The conductor says
the Office is on the fourth floor. He
says it distinctly The elevator starts.
Reaching the first landing the conduc-
tor calls ont: First floor" The wom-
an who held the elevator at the start
crowds to the door and asks: us this
where get Off" The conductor tells
her that she is to get of at the fourth
landing The elevator starts again
and reaches the second landing and it
is announced. The woman makes an
other rush to get out and is restrained
by the conductor, who takes her gently
by the arm. Isn't this the fourth
foor?" she asks. The conductor says
he will let her know in time. The
third landing is made, and the same
woman rushes again to the door of the
car and asks the same question she
asked at the other landings At last,
when she reaches the fourth floor she
is ayvav hack in the car and the con-
ductor has to hold the car an extra
part Of minnie for her to get out.
This sort of thing is being done thou
sand times day in this city and in 9th
err large cities.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
Mules Stronger Than Horses.

The chief reason why mule can
nearly always wear out horse, when
it comes to trial of endurance, is that
the former always lies down to sleep,
and the latter, in a large number of
cases, sleeps standing up. The habit
seems to come to horses which have
been hurt, especially when in the stable,
and they cannot be broken of it. Be
sides the absence of proper rest and the
constant danger of a heavy fall and con-
sequent injury, this habit of standing up
to go to sleep results in the giving way
of the front knees and gives the ami
NAL prematurely aged and crippled
condition. A walk through any large
stable at night will show number of
horses standing up, but fast asleep, and
whether these use three or four legs to
stand upon, the knees of the forelegs
are all baggy. With n mule, of course,
it is quite different, for Jack" lies
down the moment he finds work is real
" over, and a somnamtulistic mule Is
seldom ii ever met.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21

borer. and requiring not more than two
barrels of the oil, will cost s.. Our in
quirer viii decide whether he would
have such barn as in Fig. 2, for about
81, 600 or upwards, or one like Fig. l,
for 500, not counting the basement In
either case.
These figures are only approximate,
and are liable to much variation with
the prices of materials and lumber, the
degree of finish given to the various
parts, the ability of the carpenter and
the skill of the owner in directing the
work-Country Gentleman
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21

Mary depositing the second load OF sn-
yer in the cellar. The constable wished
to arrest Mary at once but Harry re-
strained him saying: I'VE viii see the
play out"
AS the clock struck eleven she reap
peared in the kitchen and locked the
outside door. She then put short lad
der she had brought from the cellar
outside the pantry window. leaving il
open, probably meaning to show this
was the way the burglars had entered.
Then she threw the furniture about as
il there had been a terrific struggle.
From the cupboard under the sink, she
took out ropes and a gag Tying her
ankles securely, she adjusted the gag
between her teeth, then slipped her
wrists into the loops she had made in
the ropes, dextrously tightening them
by pulling them with her thumbs, and
threw herself on the floor as if flung
down by cruel hands My husband and
the constable excitediy watched her
proceedings. They now entered the
kitchen through the pantry window.
Mary turned her beseeching eyes TO
them, as she had done the first time,
when she had so excited our compass
sion. She must have been surprised TO
hear Harry say:
AT your old tricks, are you, Mary2
You have bound yourself very securely.
We will carry you at once to jail"
The gag was in her mouth so she
could not scream out, and quickly they
lifted and took her to a place of securi-
ty. Returning to the house. they broke
open her trunks, which were filed with
her belongings. The constable said
the family were well known in the
town as "bad lot" II seems. instead
of all being dead, as she so pathetically
told me, there were five brothers all
very much alive and giving the consta-
BILE constant trouble to keep them in
order They lived in little house on
the lonely road where we had seen
Mary handing bundle to one of her
brothers When this house was
searched, many other things of ours
were discovered, though our silver had
been melted and disposed of The
place was thoroughly cleaned out by
the police and the family left the town
to begin operations elsewhere.
We could not appear against Mary.
and before the trial came on Harry and
| were once more living in Philadel-
phia, content to board. Our experience
had satisfied us with housekeeping.
Harriette p. Butler. in Detroit Free
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
HORSES EOR FARMERS.
Many Seek "a Ceaeral Purpose Horse, Yet
SeVe. Obtain It


Strictly speaking general purpose
horse is one that can do everything
that horse Is called on to do. 1t is
impossible III the nature of things for
n horse To be so constructed that he
can do everything. A horse to be
general purpose horse should combine
all the quail .tic OF q runner. a urotter,
PAGER, roadstcr, a coacher, a sad
dler, hunter and draft horse, also a
ladies' driving horse and children's
pony. The greatest value in horse
comes from his possessing some partic-
ular quality, or combination of quail
tiles in the same line, and the ability
to do one thing and do it we'll The
better adantcl horse is to one thing,
the more valuable he is
The view that farmers take of gen.
eral purpose horse Is one that will be
heavy and strong enough to do all the
work on the farm and at the same
time combine enough speed to make
good road horse, both single and
double. No doubt such horse is val
liable on a farm. We have seen some
horses that would work with any
horse on the farm, draw two tons singly
on a good road and then, with a rest OF
a day or two, get out on the road and
travel eight miles an hour and mile
in three minutes or better. Such a
horse is an ideal farm horse for most
eastern farmers. Not one farmer in
1000 owns such a horse and not
one horse in 100, 900 can do that The
general purpose horse as found on
the farm is nearly worth
less in the great markets They are
too light for any draft work, not fast
enough for roadsters, not large enough
for coachers and so they are sold for
SlOO or S125 to go on the street car or
grocery wagon. Put 200 pounds more
weight on him and he will do for draft
work and bring twice as much money.
Add two inches more to his height and
draw his head up little higher by
training when he is colt and he will
do for coacher and bring three times
as much. Use a better sire and dam
and get your horse to drive well and
easy and go in three minutes or less
and he is worth four times as much for
q roadster.
The majority of farmers on 100
acre farm keep three or more horses
For farm horses they should secure
mares that weigh at least 1, 100 pounds,
and 1000 pounds or more is better. IL
these mares are strictly of the draft
type, they should be bred TO pure
blooded draft stallion of good weight
and size, and the colts viii be worth
something to sell Or if the mares are
tall and not so blocky they NAV be
bred to a good coach stallion with a
view of raising coachers One or two
horses weighing 1000 or 1,05o pounds
apiece could be kept to do the driving
and at the same time they would b
useful in drawing the moving ma
chine, hay rake, cultivator and doing
other light farm work The sooner
farmers get out of the idea of trying
to raise general purpose horse and
go in for special purpose the more
money they will make from their farms.
Farm and Home.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
Young Meat the Cheapest.

While / pound of pork may be
made with 214 pounds Of dry food in a
pig weighing 100 to 10 pounds at six
months old, four times as much food is
needed to produce pound of beef dur
ing the second year of a steers life.
Some of the most successful feeders
in the country agree that no profit can
be made in beef after steer Is 21S
years old, because the cost of produc-
ton increases rapidly with the growth
of the animal The food of support Is
a heavier tax on feeder 80 months old
than on one only "a. Steers that have
been well cared for until 2 years old
may weigh IL to Is hundredweight
and the beef carcass seven to nine
times the weight of the marketable
hog has to be supported Many farm
ers feed steers to three years old or
over that do not attain to more than
IA to 16 hupdredweight- This shows
how great is the loss sustained from
the food of support during the third
wear. The food required to make
pound of beef makes 5 to 9 pounds OF
pork if fed during the first six months
during the life of the hog.-James
Cheesman. in Farm and Home
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
HONESTY IN FINLAND.
An Instance of the Heroic Truthfulness
of the Natives.

An Instance of the Heroic Truthfulnes5
of the Natives.
The Fins are an upright, faithful and
hospitable people. writer in the
Saturday Review speaks of their hon
esty as proverbial, and proceeds to give
some experiences of his own as illus
trative of the scrupulous and even
heroic" manner in which they tell the
truth, and the whole truth, under the
most difficult circumstances.
This seems to be exactly the kind of
apparatus am looking for" said to n
merchant in Helsingfors, as | looked at
an article worth about seventy-ive dol
lars; 81 will buy it at once if, knowing
what ! want it for, you can honestly ad-
wise me to take it."
mo, SIR" he answered; 81 do not
recommend you to take it, nor have l
anything in stock just now that would
suit YOU" And left the shop and pur-
chased what wanted elsewhere.
Here's your fare" said to peasant
In the interior, who had driven for
three hours through the woods in his
drosl1y, as l handed him four shillings.
mo, sir; that's double my fare" he
replied, returning me half the money.
And when | told him he might keep it
for his honesty, he slightly nodded his
thanks with the dignity of one of
natures gentlemen, from which defiant
pride and cringing obsequiousness were
equally absent.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
MEN WHO HAD TAILS.
Prehistoric Skeletons with Caudal APP
pendages Found In oil Mexico.


A discovery which viii probably
prove of immense interest TO ethnolo-
gists has been made at the little ham,
let of Sinaloa, Mex, within the past
few days while breaking ground for
large coffee plantation which is being
established by an English syndicate,
says the Philadelphia Times. The find
consists of thousands of skeletons
either of large apes or of prehistoric
human beings of a very low order. If
the remains are of apes they were
of gigantic size and of q variety no
longer extant, while if they are OF men
the men were provided with distinct
caudal appendages, very thick and
short and curled up like squirrels
That they are the skeletons of apes
can hardly be doubted, judging from
the arms, which reach nearly half
foot below the knee, and the thumbs,
which are also abnormally long and
curved, with exceedingly sharp and
powerful nails
The feet, too, show that they were in
tended for climbing rather than walk
ing, and are also provided with claws
and prehensile toes Of unusual length.
1t is probable that the large number of
skeletons found is due to battle be-
tween two bands of the animals having
taken place at this spot, which is
further evidenced by the number of
broken skulls and other bones among
them, and the fact that several of the
skeletons were found clinchcd in a
deadly embrace. No weapons, how
ever, were discovered, but as these
were probably of wood they have per-
ished in the course of time.
The work of searching for other re-
mains still goes on, every hour seeing
hundreds of more detached fragments
or occasionally whole skeletons un-
earthed. 1t is calculated that over
four hundred entire ones have al
ready been disintcrred. a few of the
most perfect have been sent to the
British museum and others win be pre-
sented to the Smithsonian institution
=
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
Some Florida Names,

did you go about much in Florida?"
asked a gentleman of an acquaintance
who had just come up from that state.
"Well, yes" was the reply, Il went
over to the Suwance river, cut over the
country, and shot gators on the Withla-
coochee, fished for bass in Tsala Apop-
ka, sailed on Thonotosassa, skipped
over to Ollonlokhatchee, walked by the
shores of the Weohyalkapka, plucked
flowers by Hicllpochee's limpid waters,
visited the sugar fields on Tohopekaliga,
sailed on the tortuous Kissimme, was
buffeted by the waves of Okeechobee,
and have also captured tarpou on the
Caloosohatchee expected to visit
Istokpogayozie, Lockapepka. Hatche.
neeha and Ecautockhatchee before |
left the state
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
nou.aaflc Lam

Judge Peterby said to his colored
servant:
You will have to quit. You attend
TO your work very well, but am al
ways missing things about the house,
and every time it is you that takes
them"
BOSS, don't send me off on dat ac-
count. Hit mus be cumfurt ter yer
when yer missing anything to know
right whar it am. m."-Texas Siftings-
why Johnny Didn't Graduate.
Define millennium, Johnny" said
the tired school-teacher, in the last
half of the closing hour of the last day
of school.
'sThe millennium" said Johnny,
promptly, lis the time when it will be
vacation all the year, and there wonti
be any old school-teachers around to-
ask little boys fool questions. ."-Somer-
vile Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
NEWTON BLACK.

~ Z w ON DLAONs
Atty at Law-Ofiice. on South side Of Diamond
Butler. Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
Don't STUFF the Hens.

The capacity of a hen is limited. II
You clog the machinery it will not
work well. If you fill her with food
that is unsuitable she will only store
up the surplus, waiting for the sub
stances that are necessary to complete
the product, and in so doing she does
not lay. Food that is unbalanced will,
of course, be readily eaten, but nature
canuot be cheated. The excess will be
voided and wasted; or il it abounds in
the heat-producing element (the cheap
est and most easily procured), she has
the power to convert it into fat which
is an obstruction to laying; but when
her ration is balanced, she is compelled
to lay eggs, because she cannot store
up supply in any manner over and
above the requisite amount required
for the co cps~-Farm and Firesidc.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21
puttinr SECTIONS on Hives.

In putting cases of sections on hives
it is best not to be too fast, and to put
them on the strong colonies first 1t is
worse than useless to put them on
hives where the bees are unable to
cover more than half their combs
Keep a close watch, and as fast as
hives become crowded put on the sec
tions and add more rs fast as needed
There is not much need of hurry In
taking them off. Better leave them on
until all the cells are capped, but should
there be a sudden failure in the yield
or at the end of the white honey crop
they should be removed without delay.
-Plowman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-21


US
on the stroke of the clock. Mary never
complained of the work, but lent a
willing hand to help in the houseworlx
as well as her own department.
She had no visitors, for she said she
was a stranger il the place. All her
family were dead long since and she
was quite alone in the world, she told
me, with tears in her honest blue eyes.
l soon felt / could trust her with
everything, she was so faithful and
careful and seemed to have our inter
ests SO at heart.
One evening Harry and l were going
to concert and / told Mary she need
not sit up for us, as we should probably
be late. 1t was after ten when we en-
tered our gate. was surprised to see
light in the parlor, when had left the
gas turned low. The front door was
bolted and could not bc opened with
our night key, neither was there any
response to our repeated ringing of the
bell, which we could distinctly hear re-
verberating through the house. We
waited several minutes in breathless
suspense, and as no response came to
Harry's last frantic efforts, which fair
ly pulled the bell out by the roots, we
went around to the back door to see ii
we could gain an entrance there.
1t stood open AS we came up the
steps we could see the interior of the
kitchen at glance. Everthing was in
confusion, chairs were overturned,
Mary's work basket and its contents
strewed over the floor, and Mary her.
self, bound hand and foot and gagged,
lying in helpless heap under the
kitchen table.
She turned her beseeching eyes to
us, hearing steps approaching, and we
flew to her assistance. My husband
carried her into the sitting-room,
while l ran for camphor and ammonia,
for she was quite hysterical and for
some time could not tell US connected
story. What we finally gathered was
this: AS the evening was warm, Mary
sat in the kitchen with her work,
leaving the outside door open to catch
the breeze from the west. She was
sewing quietly, never thinking of harm,
when she heard stealthy steps and
looking up saw two masked figures on
the very threshold In moment they
had seized and gagged her, and with a
pistol at her head compelled her to show
shem where the silver and my jewel
ry were kept. Not content with what