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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
Beads.

Glass beads originated with the Egyp-
tians. Some have been found with
hieroglyphic inscriptions, showing the
date to be about 1900 B. G. Glass
beads and beagles for necklaces were
used by the Egyptians and many other
ancient nations. They were also used
on cloth employed for mummy wrap
pings. They have been long used by
eastern nations for devotional purposes,
being worn by Chinese, Tartars, Bud
dhists and Turks alike. The Chinese
rosary is composed of 108 beads of
corals, stones, etc, some of them being
as large as a pigeons egg.
They are mentioned by st. Angus
tine, a. D. 366, and by the Druids of
the time Of Caesar. Beads of copper
have been found in all of the ancient
burial mounds OF northern Europe and
Asia, as well as in the mounds of Amer
lea Gold beads have been discovered
in some OF the cliff dwellings of Arizona
and Mexico Whether these are earlier
or later than those of Egypt it would
be difficult to say.-St. Louis Republic.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14

have tie finger of time pointing to this
moment as the one most stupendous in
all your life. Would that / could como
all through these aisfes and all through
these galleries, not addressing you per
functorily, but taking you by the hand
as a brother takes "a brother by the
hand, and saying to one and all, to
each: Come, come; the door is open;
enter now and sit down III the feast"
CALL TO EVERYBODY
Old man, God has been waiting for
thee long years. Would that some
tear of repentance might triclle down
thy wrinkled cheek Has not Christ
done enough in feeding thee and cloth
ing thee all these years to win from
thee one word of gratitude3 Come, all
the young. Christ is the fairest OF the
fair. Wait not till thy heart gets hard.
Come, the farthest away from Christ
Drunkard. Christ can. put out the fire
Of that thirst. he can restore thy
broken home. lie can break that
shackle Come nov, today, and get
his pardon and its strength. Libertine,
Christ knew where you were last night
He knows all the story of thy sin. Come
to him this day. He will wash away
tby sin and he viii throw around thee
the robe of his pardon. Harlot, thy
feet foul with he'll, thy laughter the
horror of the strcet-O Mary Magdalen
Christ waits for thee.
And the one farther off, farther than
! have mentioned, case not SO hope
full AS any | have mentioned self right
eous man, feeling thyself ali right, hav-
ing no need Of Christ, no need of par
don, no need Of Eclp-O self righteous
man! dost thou think in those rags
thou canst enter the feast2 Thou
canst not. Gods servant at the gate
would tear Off thy robe and leave thee
naked at the gate 0 self righteous
man! the last to come. Come to the
feast. Come, repent of thy sin. Come,
take Christ for thy portion.
Day of grace going away. Shadows
on the cliff reaching farther and farthe.
over the plain. The banquet has al
ready begun. Christ has entered into
that banquet to which you are invited.
The guests are taking their places.
The servant of the king has his ha ID
on the door of the banqueting room
and he begins to swing it out. Now il
Jour time to go in. Now is my time tx
enter. [ must go in. You must go in
He is swinging the door shut. Now il
is half shut. Now it is three-fourth
shut. Now it is just aiar. After awhil,
| it will be forever Shut
| What will ye waste on trifling cares
That life which Gods compassion spares?
| While in the endless round of thought
The one thing needful is forgot.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
Boots in England Nearly n Century Ago.

Boots in England Nearly Century Ago.
In the early years Of the present cen
tury q number of members of the house
of commons wore top boots. What
contributed to break up the general use
of top boots was the introduction of
the Hessian boot as an article of walk
ing dress. It was worn over tight pan
falcons and was handsome piece of
attire. These in turn were superseded
by the Wellington boot, which was in
troduced by the Iron Duke as being
much more comfortable under the loose
military trousers. This species of boot
has been almost entirely abandoned in
consequence of the universal use of the
short ankle boots, but is still used by
some classes in this country, who stuff
the trousers loosely in at the top.
Louis Republic.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
\ Tack Trust.

The tack companies of New England
have met and formed trust. Several
years ago there was a larger tack trust,
the history of which is thus given in
Hardware, the New York trade journal:
When the tack manufacturers COM
blned several years ago they at FIRST were
satisfied with "a moderate profit. A high
tariff protected them, and all would have
been well, but 10 per cent. dividends
gave way to Is, cupidity took 20, and
then 1.-THE bit was taken" and 80 was
considered none too good. Capital dis
covered the golden mine, and almost any
one who could talk tacks found it posi-
BILE to obtain a Inoneyed partner, and
when the end came eighty concerns We're
uncovered to the light of statistics. The
impetus was on, however, and the num-
Der Gid not stop there. It was the kill
ing Of the goose that laid the golden egg
with vengeance not often seen.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
a Dead Shot and Man of Peace.

e. Z. Stanley, who recently died at
Milledgeville, it is said, had the reputa-
ton of having killed two men in duels
on the same day. He was very old
man, and tho dueis were fought sixty
years ago. At the time OF the duels he
lived on the line between this state and
Alabama. He got into controversy
with d man named Haiton and was
challenged He killed Halton, and on
the same day Halton's second chal-
lenged him, and the second duel took
place a fow hours after the first one.
Stanlcy-was again successful. He was
a peacefully disposed man. Atlanta
Constitution.
The new archbishop Of York, DR..
Magee, formerly bishop of Peterbor-
ough, is the first Irishman who has
ever become primate of England.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
N0lODOly in Religion.
,ccntinned from First Page. |

Cnllnt"h lroih FIFE 49,
c>crv man who IS opposed to tor eign
mission. - ignorance or stingine-S
and Of cn both. The only hope or
rculedv for such persons VII" refuse
70 know or 90 The will Of God is
through the power Of the Holy
Ghost.
White every christian should and
must pat hi s1uI in thi5 work OF
Slrcicn III s-iOna AUST 90 himself
or sad ~Oiue Of his means to help
accomplish the command oil his
Lord, yet especially il it the duty Of
Nalhodi7ts--if Ne'HCGI-ts are not
mi~-ioaary-inreign nlis-ionar in
spirit they are nothing. The great
iDJut,cr o. our denomination never
%as grandcr than when ha said ''The
world j. my parish" May God help
Il, 40 hasten the day when there will
be aD>olutc free trade in preach
ed word
THE sermon va, over an hour
long and was rich in instructive
truths. We have not reported it in
full, but that part only that pertain
cd directly and logically to the text
and sutjccl. Ed.
At night the Bishop preached
again. Text, Exodus 32nd chapter
10Th verse: "Who is on the Lord
side" Subject: "nxpediency. the
DEVILS most powerful weapon"
lie commenced Ivy saying that we
generally admit that every question
has two sides; but il is moi 50, There
are Questi, n8 that have but one side,
such as questions Of right, Truth and
dutV. They are closed questions,
they have but one side and that is
the Lords side. The Devil does not
dare to raise an issue against the:c
ques ions, but be artfully suggests
! tni.t under the circumstances this or
THAT would be NEST cXpcdient. When
! the christian man in the face of a
plain duty begins to consider eXpe
diency he is gCnn, he deserts from
! the Lords side. Yes, eXpediency is
the rock on which many Il christian
soul has been Wrecked, and by which
many d community has been cursed
with legaliZed crime. But remem
Der, on christian friends, | beg you
to remember that debauching and
crime producing influences cannot
be legalized into existence in ans
place, save by the c0nnivance OF
christian women and the votes o!
christian men, and your excuse can
be none other han cXpeiiency-thI
Devils motto.
THE above is not Il full report
but is the substance Of the whole
sermon. While there was nothing
original or striking in the sermon
for it was more Of & plea than III eX
position, yet it was we'll done and
served well the purpose for Whicl
it was intended.-ED.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14

Axes are lower this year than they
were last. Why? Because the trust is
trying to kill off the smaller manufact-
urers who arc not in the trust. When
its rivals are dead it will enjoy its Is per
cent. protection undisturbed
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14

CTATE OF NORTH CARO-
y LIMA, BLADEN CO.-JUs-
TICE's COURT.
~ L. Handon, } :, Before
woodbury. Lennon. J.P.
elATE OF North CAROLINA
To any Constable or other
Lawful Officer, Greeting:
Yon are hereby commanded
to summons Woodbury. Lennon
To appear before me 1T my Of
flee in Elizabethtown, county of
Baden, Oh the 18th day of June.
1891, at Is o'clock a. M, TO an
swer the complaint of NJ. r.
nendon for the non-payment of
the sum Of one hundred dollars.
Herein fail not aud make due
return of this summons.
Il. b. CROMARrIE, j. p.
This 18th April, 1891.-my7-4t
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
CHOW to cure am Skin Diseases p

Simply apply ''SwAYNE's OINTMENT"
No internal medicine required. Cures
letter, eczema, itch, All eruptions on the
face, hands, nose, &C., leaving the skin
clear. white and healthy. It's great Zeal
isa and err tive powers ore posse >sed
~ ntllrr reirnGv Nsl ys'r tirug-
!. IT for SwAYNE'S Ointment.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14

The board of general appraisers, which
decides tariff controversies, seems to be
thoroughly possessed with the notion
that it must squeeze out the highest pos
sible duty in every case. Most people
would consider iewsharp toy; but as
toys bear duty of 30 per cent. in the
Mckinley law, and manufactures of
Emetap a duty of IS per cent, the jews
iharp iC decided TO be d manufacture OF
metal On the other hand, Japanese
kites are decided to be toys at II 30 per
cent. duty rather than manufactures of
paper" ut % per cent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14

The window glass men have been in
combinations of varying dimensions and
strength for some years to control prices
and keep down production, but of late
their combination had become rather
loose. Efforts to remedy this state of
things have been made for some months,
and these efforts were recently crowned
with success at a meeting in Chicago,
when forty-three manufacturers signed
an agreement to raise prices and keep
them raised. More than that, it is re-
ported that further advance is to be
made.
This window glass trust is a child of
the tariff.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14

FUR THE BLOOD,
Biliousuess take
BROwN's IRON BTTTERs.
It cures quickly. Fer sale by al dealers In
medicine. Get the genuine. =
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
DIR. TALMAGE1S SERMON.
Continued froEn fir~t Page. !

20 every heart. The air is full OF pray
ers. They are gong up this morning
from this assembly. Hundreds OF
prayers straight to the throne of a lis
tening God. The air is full of prayers
prayers ascending noon by noon from
Fulton street prayer meeting. Friday
night by Friday night all over this Lead,
going up from praying circles. Yea,
there is not minute Of an hour of any
day that there are not supplications
ascending to the throne of mercy. The
church is ready. And if you should
this morning start for your Fathers
house there would be hundreds and
thousands in this asseEnblage who
would say if they knew it, Make room
for that man, make room for him at the
holy sacrament; bring the silver bowl
for his baptism; give him full right to
all the privileges of the church of Jesus
Christ"
Oh, | know there are those who say
the church is u mass of hypocrites, but
they do not really think SO. 1t is
glorious church. Christ purchased it.
Christ built it. Christ swung all its
gates. Christ curtained it with uphol-
stery, crimson with crucifxion carnage.
Come into it. Come into it. do not
pick out this man or that man and
say, You may come" / say all may
come-whosoever will. Come with
us and we will DO you good. The
Lord hath promised good concerning
Israel"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
HOLIDAYS
80 s. Ty G. S g @ REI
ga STITCH IN TIME SAVES
NINEu'

Don't wait TO get sick, but when
you begin to feel bad come and get
a dose of medicine and prevent sick
ness. This is the proper use Of med
icine. If you will do this you viii,
scarcely ever have Doctors bill 10
nay or lose months Of time, and
put your friends aud relatives to
such q deal of trouble.
In addition to my complete line
of pure and reliable Drugs, I carry
Warmers Log Cabin Remedies, Il.
B. B., the S. s. S., Qulnine in small
and large quantities; Simmons Liv-
ef Regulator, Famous Specific Or
ange Blossom, Cuticura Remedies,
DIR. Pierccs Favorite Prescription,
the Golden Medical Discovery,
Horse and Cattle Powder Ct pound
packages prepared by the Herb Co.
of w. Va. Quaker brandt
Prescriptions carefully compound
ed Local and Office practice upon re-
quest. Respectfully,
aug1-tf DIR. r. III. HOLIDAY.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE OLD SAYING!
Goods Well Bought
A r Z
Half Sold.

OUR STOCK IS WELL BOUGHT AND THEREFORE 1T
SELLS WELL. WHO CAN REFUSE TO BUY AT OUR
PRESENT PRICES
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
CAUCASIAN

Entered according TO P0staa =" y at
clinton. n. c., as second cia>' AZ
mater.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-14
NEW BUGGY SHOP.

l have opened a Buggy Shop
at the Warren Johnson old
stand. | make
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-06
DISASTERS ON THE RAIL.
Five Men Killed in Ohio-Many passen
gers Injured in Mlssissippi.

LIMA, O., Dec. Son the Fort Wayne & West
ern road, near Ottawa, the breaking OF a bridge
let construction train down a river bank.
Three Italians were killed and several other
workmen injured.
Near Ottawa tonight William MeadIove AMI
Harry knipe attempted 20 cross the Cincinnati,
Hamilton Dayton tracks before express
train Both are dead.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 5A north bound pas
senger train near Evansville. Miss, this morn
ing ran along the ties for 10 feet and on to
trestle over bayou. This gave way, and the
train, consisting of two day coaches one Pull
man sleeper and two baggage cars. was precipi-
tated thirty feet into the bayou, which is par
TALLY filed with water. No persons were
killed. sixteen persons were injured, some
quite seriously. Following is the list: Con-
ductor l. J. Thomas, c. Pennington, news boy: (:
Alfred Carr, Williams (colored), Thomas Carr,
w K Perkins, William Thomas tooioredl, Andy
Holmes, Godfrey (coloredl, F. I. Robertson, J.
Kinehe, porter J. r. Carver. Judge J. L. steele,
New York; W. II. Brakeman, Cicero Thomas a
(colored), Lawrence Plant, New Orleans. Tho
wreck caused by the breaking OF the truck >
OF the tender and, considering the speed at
which the train was running and the distance is
dropped into the bayou. il is miracle that no
one was killed.
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Efficiency of Government Clerks.

WAsHISGToS CITY, Dec. 5-The president has
sent the following letter of instruction to the
heads Of the several executive departments OF
the government:
In my message to the first session OF the
Fiity-iirst congress | said: 81 have suggested to
the heads of the executive departments that
they consider whether a record might not be
kept in each bureau OF all those elements that
are covered by the terms faithful end
efficiency aad rating made of the showing
relative to the clerks of each class, this rating
to oe regarded as test of merit in making pro-
motions" II is Intended 10 make provision for
carrying into effect the stipulation OF the civil
service law in relation to promotions IN the
classified service. To that end the rule requir-
ing com mpulsory examination has been rescinded.
In my opinion, the promotion OF those who pre-
sent themselves should De chiefly, II not wholly,
upon their knowledge OF the work OF the bureau
or department TO which they belong, and the
record of efficiency made by them during their
previous service. / think that records OF ef-
fciency kept from day 10 day should be open to
the inspection of the clerks.
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soari), Dearmond, Dockery, Hallowell, Heard,
Mansur. Norton, Riley, Shell. Tarney. Wilson
(Missouri)-H
For Steyens-O,Ns;Ii ~ na.s.oh,,.o.,.

souri,, Dearmond, Dockery, Halloweil, Heard,
Mansur, Norton, Riley, Shell, Tarney, Wilson
(Missouri)-I4
For stevens-o'Neill, of Massachusetts,.
In the next two ballots Lawson. Peet.
Smell, Stevens and Weadock broke to
Crisp, and Mansur and Williams to Mills
The Illinois desertions handicapped
Springer at once. Fithian, Forman and
Lane were subsequently joined by Wick,
Scott and Williams, who also deserted
their candidate and voted steadily for
Mills. During all the time, however,
Springer received the constant support of
the Michigan delegation and portions of
the Indiana and Wisconsin delegations.
and his loyal followers in Illinois for a
long time felt encouraged that this out
side support would ultimately rally the
deserving Illinois members TO solid
support OF Springer. On the ninth
ballot, Gantz, of Ohio, changed from
Springer to Crisp, in order, he said to
partially offset the action of some of
Sprlnger's Illinois supporters who de-
serted to Mills. 1t was after O'Clock this
evening when the tenth ballot was con-
cluded and the members began getting
weary, as ballot after ballot passed with
out showing material change. During all
these six hours constant pressure was be-
ing exerted by various leaders to scatter
the forces of Springer, McMillin and
Hatch, but the hardy followers of these
gentlemen stood resolute. On the twelfth
ballot Crisp and McMillin lost one each,
while Springer showed gain of three.
Bullock, of Florida, and Weadock, of
Massachusetts,, concluded to support
Springer, while Gantz. of Ohio, returned
to his first choice. The secretary drawled
wearily through the fifteenth pallot, and
Springer's seventeen votes showed an ap-
parent gain of three votes over the preced-
ing, but Holman announced that through
an error of computation Springer was
credited with fourteen votes in the previ-
Gus ballot, whereas the Illinois candidate
actually received seventeen votes. The
record of the fourteenth ballot was accord
ingly ordered corrected. After the seven-
teenth, which showed no change in the
situation, the caucus, on motion of
O'Neil, of Massachusetts, adjourned until
10 o'clock Monday.
The motion was carried unanimously,
those in favor of fighting it being in a
hopeless minority and offering no opposi-
ton. The decision to adjourn was the re-
suit of a prior understanding on the part
of ali five candidates. who. being unable
to see whether there would or would not
be any advantage in holding the caucus
together, agreed to adjourn and take
chances. The members quickly dispersed
to seek much-needed rest before beginning
the difficult task of breaking the deadlock,
for which a number of gentlemen find
themselves eminently lifted. Following is
summary of the ballots.
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and that he was resolved to go before the
caucus and stick TO the end. A great deal
of Indignation was expressed by Springer's
warmest supporters at the abandonment
OF his canvass by the members of his state
delegation.
Nearly all the delegations in the states
which have candidates for the speakership
held secret caucuses at the capitol shortly
after noon, to prepare for the last final
struggle. Only in the meeting of the
Illinois delegation was there any very
general interest manifested, as hopes were
still entertained by all the other candi-
dates that the Springer forces would go to
pieces in the first ballot. The meeting of
the delegation, however, failed to give
them any great grounds for this hope. 1t
was simply agreed that General Newberry
should present Springer's name to the
caucus, and no action was taken in bind
ing the Illinois congressman to Springer
under the unit rule. The failure of the
Illinois friends of Mills to openly desert
Springer is due to the action of the Michi-
gan delegation.
Whiting, of Michigan, waited upon
Messrs. German, Fithian and Wick, of the
Illinois delegation, and announced that
the Michigan delegation had decided to
give its entire support of seven votes to
Springer upon the first ballot, but that if
any of the Illinois delegation deserted to
Mills upon the first ballot the Michigan
delegation would vote solidly for Crisp
and endeavor to effect his election. The
same announcement was made to Hayes
and other Springer men of the Iowa dele
CATION, who were understood to be ready
to go to Mills upon the first ballot. A few
minutes later Hayes informed the Asso-
ciated Press that the Iowa delegation might
conclude to remain loyal to Springer
for at least the initial ballot The Ten
nessee delegation resolved unanimously to
support McMillin until such time at least
as his candidacy should be considered
hopeless. The caucus met and the first
trouble came with the question as to how
the voting should proceed, by secret or
open ballot. The question was referred to
the committee on rules, consisting of one
member named by each candidate. The
committee recommended an open ballot,
which report was subject to the caucus
and was adopted.
The hall of the House began to fill up
after O'Clock. though more than half the
persons present did not possess voting