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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-10-20
GOOD EVIDENCE.
GENERAL WEAVER AT
PULASKI.
I" Mother Said He aras q Gentle
man and a Kiad-Hearted,
Brure Soldier.

The Nashville Toiler sent a
reported to Pulaski, Tenn, not
long since for the purpose of
investigating Gen. Weaver s
private acts while he was sta
toned at that place. The fol-
lowing clipping should dispel
from the minds of our people
any doubt as to Mr.. Weaver s
character, and it is certainly
enough to prove to them that
it would be absurd to attach
any Importance to. the lying
newspaper reports concerning
Mr.. Weaver
''The first person interview
ed was Mr.. A. J. Ballentine, a
prominent citizen of Pulaski
and a director of the People, S
National Bank at that place.
He was seen at his residence
and our reporter, knowing that
he was an ex-Confederate sol
der, said:
'Mr. Ballantine, I believe
you are an ex-Confederate sol
dier and a good Democrat and
as such oppose the Peoples S
party He replied: Yes, sir;
am, and would do anything
in my power to defeat this
Third party
"'Then, Mr.. Ballentine, ]
guss you are the man I m hunt
ing. I want to know something
about this rascal Weaver, who
was stationed here during the
war;
Young man, if you want
to hear anything in the way OF
abuse of Gen. Weaver never
come to a Ballantine after it
AS for me, I never saw Gen.
Weaver, and was opposed to
him during the war, and am
against him now. With al
that, I can never say a WORD
against a man who protected
my mother and sister as Gen
Weaver did while he boarded
with them. He knew that my
mother had four sons in the
Confederate army, yet he treat
ed her with the greatest re
spect. I was in the army at th'
time and know nothing abou
Weaver as an officer or as {
gentleman. All I know thai
mother said he was a gentle
man and a kind-hearted, brave
soldier. So, you see, young
man, when my mother (she ha!
been dead two years now tells
me that this man was a nice
man, it is hard for me to be
lieve otherwise. / remembe.
one morning gfter the close O.
the war that she asked me tx
see after some papers she had,
They proved to be vouchers 70
supplies given to Weaver.
| took them very reluctantly ano
| told her she would never real
ize anything on them. A few
weeks later she asked me about
them, and I confessed that
| thought so little about then
| that I had lost them down a
the store. Gen. Weaver, how
ever, came to the rescue and
tried to get the money for us
My brother was with the Gen
eral in Congress and / have
heard him speak of Weaver
often
aMr. Ballantine is a loyal
Southerner and a courteous
gentleman, and his statements
are bound to carry weight with
them.
"He then saw Mr.. JAS. A. P.
Skillern, a son-in-law of Rev.
Robt. Caldwell, who was a
friend of Gen. Weaver's. Mr..
SkiIlern had heard since that
General Weaver was a hard
lot. Skillern was satisfied
that General Weaver was
a scoundrel, but had never seen
anything to bear him out, al
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-10-20
DEMOCRATIC CONSISTEN
CY.

brutal treatment of Weaver
that he is a South-hater; that
he oppressed the people in
some parts of Tennessee dur
ing the war. To prove the hy-
pocrisy of this claim read the
following record of the party
upon that point. 1t is taken
from the Southern Alliance
Farmer:
Did not the Democracy vote
for Seymour and Blair in 1868.
And did not Frank Blair take
command of McPherson's COM
mand when Mcpherson fell at
Peach Tree. Did mot Frank
Blair command a corps under
Sherman; help Sherman burn
Atlanta; shell the town of
Jonesboro when Hardee was
evacuating it; accompany Sher-
mans march to the sea, and
help Sherman burn South Car
olina! And yet Weaver was
only in the service three years,
not in Sherman's campaign at
all. And yet with the ashes
of Atlanta and South Caro-
lina's desolation sticking to
Frank Blair's shoe soles they
gag at Weaver and have not
yet puked up Blair.
Does not every Georgian re-
member the famous order that
everybody must abandon At
lanta in thirty days! Did not
General Blair as a corps COM
mander enforce that order by
driving women and children
from their homes and then
burn their homes after they
were gone!
GENERAL HANCOCK.
When Stanton quarrelled
with Sherman because he tore
up Sherman's compromise with
Joe Johnson in North Caro-
lima, and Grant would not let
him arrest r. E. Lee. Why,
of course, Stanton had but lit.
tie use for them in his recon
struction schemes, but found a
Yankee of his kith and kin in
General Hancock, who invad-
ed the South, was in every
prominent battle On the Poto-
mac and in Virginia during
the war, and he became Stan
toms reconstruction general.
General Hancock sent bayonets
to Georgia; arrested Joe Brown
and many prominent Geor-
gians; run Bob Toombs out OF
the State; fed Jeff Davis on
bread and water at Fortress
Monroe. Yet when New York
told the Southern Democracy
to vote for General Hancock
in 1880, they, with the shrieks
of Georgians lying in Jail and
the walls of men and women
begging for liberty at his head
quarters ringing in their ears
the innocent blood of the
South upon his hands-they
voted for him-rolled him as a
sweet morsel under their ton
CUES, and now hold him and
Frank Blair in their stomach
not yet puked up. But,
| says the Democracy, they were
| under orders and had to obey.
| So was Weaver. But, say
| they, Weaver could have re-
| signed. Not while he was a
private soldier. But Blair
and Hancock could have re-
signed too.
HORACE GREELEY,
who was the od-father of the
Southern hatred, the discover
er of Mason and Dixon's line,
and for twenty-five years pour
ed forth through the columns
of his New York Tribune all
the abuse that tongue or pen
could portray, calling the
Southern people negro breed
ers, negro thieves, aligarchists,
blooded bigots. negro chasers,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-10-20
THE CAUCASIAN.
IF you WOULD LIKE

To communicate with about ten
thousand OF the best coansry people
IN this section Of North Carolina.
then do ]; throagh the columns OF
The CAUCASIAN. No other paper
N the Third Congressional District
has Is large circulation.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-10-20
EDITORS CHAIR.
HOW THINGS LOOK FROM
OUR STAND POINT.
The Opinion ofMe Editor and
The Opinion Of Others
Which Ue Can Endorse
on the Various Topics
Of the Day,

Weaver's trip to Pulaski has
thrown a boom shell into the
camp of the campaign slander-
ers and liars.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
The Origin of an Old Song.

There have been several versions of
the origin of "The Old Oaken Bucket"
says George M. Young in the Ne,o Eng
land Magazine. The most widely cir
culated and popularity believed is as fol-
lows: When Woodwork was journey.
man printer in an Office on the corner
of Chatham and Chambers streets,
in New York, nearby in Frankfort
street was saloon kept by man
named Mallory, where Woodwork and
several particular friends used to resort.
One afternoon the liquor was unusu-
ally excellent, and Woodwork seemed
inspired by it, After taking draught,
he set his glass on the table and smack
ing his lips declared that Mallory's eau
de uie was superior to anything he had
ever tasted. "No," said Mallory, "you
are mistaken; there was one thing
which in both our estimations sur
passed this in the way of drinking"
I" What was that?" asked Woodwork,
obviously. "The draught of pure spring
water that we used to drink from the
old oaken bucket that hung in the well
after our return from the field on hot
day in summer" A teardrop glistened
for moment in Woodworth's eye.
True, true!" he replied, and shortly
after quilted the place. He immedi-
ately returned to the office, took pen,
and in half an hour "The Old Oaken
Bucket" was ready in manuscript to
be embalmed in the memories of sue
ceeding generations.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
The Basis of Life.

The basis of perfection is harmony;
and harmony is not an accident, but
| the perfect observance of and obedi-
ence to law the law of proportion.
Nowhere does this law show its strength
more than in the adjustment of the
family expenses to the income. There
can never be harmonious family life
where the balance is on the wrong side
of the ledger. Moral degeneration is
the one result. 1t may not lead to the
auctioneer's flag, but it turns freedom
to slavery. Not only must the proper
tion be perfect between the expenses
and the income, but it must also be so
between the demands of society, educa-
ton, clothes and the table. If charity
absorbs more than its share of the
whole, it loses its own beauty and be-
comes a blemish instead of an orna-
ment. Education purchased at the ex-
pense of health is never the power it
would be if it held its place in the re-
lation of part to a whole. Children
who are educated at the expense of a
fathers and mothers rights never
bring into the battle of life the strength
that they would bring if they wrestled
with the question to the point of bear
ing their share of the burden.
But the lack of harmony in most
homes is due to the sacrificing of essen
tials to nou- essentials. The parlor is
decorated at the expense of the kitchen,
the home toilets are sacrificed to the
public toilets, entertainments are given
at the expense of the family table, the
health of the mistress is sacrificed to
save servants wages, and self-respect
is less regarded than the neighbours
opinions. The chief sacrifice is that
peace of mind for which even the elo-
quent apostle failed to find fitting ex-
preston. What paltry thing life is
when it is lived without independence,
without truth How can there be de-
velopment where there is sham-where
every hour is an effort to cover up the
deceit of the preceding hour that il
may be prolonged? Yet does not this
represent many home lives? Is it not
true that the inside, the core, of the
family life is sacrificed to produce eff.
fects that in the end bring only ridi.
culep How can we maintain true
family life, harmonious because truth
is its foundation and keystone, unless
every part is balanced and in its true
place? Where there is proportion there
is knowledge and satisfied conscience,
and that means harmony; without il
there must be discord, and that means
disunion, arrangement. - Christian
Union.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
miscellaneous.
The Village Politician.

Sttin' on cracker box a barrel or a keg,
Chawin on tobacker he has been obleeged to beg;
Within Of splinter while workn of his jaw.
Sayin' what pity his opinion amt the law;
Runnih' the hull country twas run before,
Turnn out the rascals while he spts upon the floor
Shown of the President egzackly what to do,
Keepin' things in general from gettin' in stew
Grumblin' over Wall street, monopoly and work.
wife at home hoein' in the cornfeld like Turk.
Fig'rin on the comm nominations purity close,
Givin' TO the other side mighty sck'nin' dose
Talkin' tariff and REFORM Mckinley and protection,
Swearin' that the earth won't move peg before
election;
Givin' lazy Congressman a needed rakin' over,
Settln' there in Washington like well-fed pigs in
clover:
Gvin Gould and Vanderbilt pointer here and there
Shown Jest how surely one can be millionaire;
Payin' of the Nations debt easy as a wink,
Borrown dime to get himself another drink.
Spankin' little Chill jest to show her how 1t feels,
SaSsin' back Great Britain for pestern our seals,
Tellin of the Gear to let them Nihilists alone,
Helpn Kaiser William to prop up his shaky throne
Buildin' great navy with an hour or two of CUFF,
Lettin the whole world know that we're rabid, rude
and rough;
Gettin' off his high horse though, when home HI
goes to dinner,
Dodgn creditors like an ordinary sinner;
Jumps to hear his first-born yell, You BETTE
watch out, dadi
Flour md coffees plum give out md mothers mighty
mad" -Pdakee Blade
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
A Lucid Dissertation.

An old Indian fighter on one occa-
sion was called on to make statement
concerning battle 10 congressional
committee, and he was requested to
couch it in language Ineligible to the
statesmen instead of using the vernacu-
lar of the plains. "Will you be kind
enough" said the chairman, "to give
us an account of the fght?" "Course,
that's what I'm here for" he re-
sponded. "You see our company of
100 men set in game with about that
many Injuns, and it was our deal, fer
we had slipped up on 'em. They
stood pat, right from the start, and we
filed and went in at 'em from behind
the rocks on straight bluff, fer we
didn't know how many there wuz, and
they met us in the open and kivered
our ante, fer they thought they had us.
1t was hot in thar, shore, and both sides
was shootin' and slashin' and yellin'
when night settled down and ended the
game" "What was the condition of
the contestants at the closer" asked
the chairman. "That's hard tellin' :"
was the frank reply. "All know is,
after both sides pulled out, thar was
pile of reds and pile of whites on
the flat an nobody on neither side had
sand enough in his craw to show up
and claim EN-" The members of the
committee afterward stated that more
lucid and Ineligible testimony had
never been produced before them
Detroit Free Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
What Not To Do at Home.

Don't fret. Fretting irritates and an
noys listeners, without bringing COM
fort or cheer to the fretter. Don't fret.
Don't talebear. Talebearing is not
apt to bear good fruit, the product too
often being unhealthy, specky and rot
ten. Don't talebear.
Don't grumble. Whatever else you
do, don't grumbe, unless you have
something really worth grumbling about,
and even then don't spin your grumb-
lings out interminably. Don't grumbe.
Don't talk unduly. There is time
to talk and time not to talk, as de-
cidedly as there is time to laugh "
and 6 time to cry" Don't talk with
out you have something to say worth
talking about. Don't talk unduly.
Don't pout. Genuine pouters make
show of inflated breasts, but the imi-
tation article never makes even this
much of mark in the world. Pouting
should always be done in the ck-yard,
never l." before folks" Don't pout.-
Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
Can't Depend on What You See.

While it is very reasonable to trust the
verdict of our consciousness, yet it is
equally desirable that this confidence
should be accompanied by an under
standing of the conditions under which
the evidence is presumably valid and
when likely to mislead. Sense decep-
ton, faulty observation, exaggeration,
neglect, fallacy, illusion and error
abound on all sides and emphasize the
need of calm judgment, well equipped
intellect, a freedom from haste and
prejudice, an appreciation of details and
nice distinctions, i'll the determination
of truth and the maintenance of mental
health.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
The Earth Still Growing.

On clear nights, when the limpid at
mosphere permits us to observe to the
best advantage the innumerable splen-
doris of the sky, we have often seen a
luminous speck suddenly appear in the
depths of space, and rapidly tracing a
path of light, disappear as suddenly as
it flashed into view. Perhaps we have
had the good fortune to witness a
shower of meteors, and these appari-
tons have been we'll calculated to
arouse our curiosity and stimulate the
Imagination. 1t is well known that
falling stars, as they are called, are not
the only foreign substances which in
trude themselves into our atmosphere
In addition to the meteoric stones
which reach the surface of the globe,
large quantities of cosmic dust become
incorporated with our planet. The
track which the earth follows through
the heavens is to some extent filled with
this powder of worlds, which is con-
stantly sitting down upon the surface
of the earth. What is the effect OF
the meteoric stones and this cosmic
dust in increasing the mass of the
earth? Of course the earth, constantly
bombarded by celestial projectiles, is
slightly augmenting all the while in
volume and weight. One astronomer
has estimated at 10000, 100000 the
number Of projectiles, big and little
which annually reach the surface of the
earth. Surprising that each me teorit
stone has volume of a cubic mill
metre, or about third of an inch il
all its dimensions, and density sever
times as great as that of water, ou
globe would thus be annually increased
by volume of 146 cubic metres and ;
weight of 100000 pounds. In 10(
centuries the augmentation of the siz,
of the earth would thus be equal t,
l AGO, 900 cubic metres and the increas,
in the weight would amount to owe
255 800, 100000 pounds. If this cosmi,
dust were spread uniformly over tn,
entire surface of the planet, it woult
constitute in $4,000 years bed of abou
third of an inch in thickness. Blu
these figures probably fall far short o
the reality.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
The Tea Plant.

The tea plant is indigenous to India
When cultivated, the plants are set out
in rows at a sufficient distance from
each other to give room for growth.
The tea plant will grow on any eleva-
ton, but reaches its greatest height on
low ground. When plants have at
tanned their growth, they are cut back
to height of twenty inches and allowed
to branch out anew. The leaf is
always plucked from the top of the new
growth. The leaves are picked indis-
criminately, and spread out thinly on
canvas to wither. This makes them
soft and pliable. 1t takes twenty-four
hours to prepare the leaves for rolling,
which is done by machine whose sur
faces are of wood. No metal ever
comes in contact with the leaf. The
tea now looks green, and when 90 fired "
at once is sold for green tea. Black
tea is that which is allowed to lie in
drawers until it turns to light brown
before it is fired. The firing is done in
a machine heated to 1909 by means of
hot-air pipes leading from furnace.
Over this machine coolies pass the
leaves in trays, back and forth, until
they become crisp. After this the
leaves are separated into three grades,
and each grade is carefully freed from
dust before packing.-Kate Fields
Washington.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04

emptying out the feathers-always a
very disagreeable task-may not be
amiss. This is done by shaking all the
feathers into one end, and sewing across
the center of the tick to keep them
there. The empty portion can then,
by the exercise of little care, be
readily washed, rinsed, starched, dried
and ironed Then shake back the
feathers, repeat the process for the
other portion, and the task is done. 1t
is not an easy thing to do; nor is the
washing of a feather tick in any manner
particularly pleasant task. But il
sometimes has to be done, and under
circumstances which are extremely
perplexing to the housewife. Under GER
tain conditions, the method above sug'
gested might solve serious dilemma
Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
The Care Of Lamps.

The use of lamps instead of gas in
our day makes the proper knowledge
of the care of lamps very important. A
dealer says that the two sources of
trouble are dirty burners and badly
fitting wicks. He gives the following
rules for the care of lamps: "The
lamps should be trimmed and filled
with oil every morning. Once week
the oil-container should be emptied
out and the small amount of dirty oil
thrown away. AT least once a month
the burners should be boiled few
minutes in soda and water. Be careful
that the wicks always fit exactly. If
possible, when new wicks are required,
the lamp burner should always be sent
to the place where the lamp was pur-
chased, to be fitted with wicks, for not
only is it possible to have the wick too
small, but it is always quite possible to
have it too thin for the burner" This
dealer advises a new wick at least once
month. From our personal expe-
rience we should say that this is not
necessary. 1t is said that soaking the
wicks in vinegar and then drying them
thoroughly prevents all chance of smok-
ing. In trimming the wick it is adj
vised that the greatest care be used to
prevent the charred part from falling
into the burner. Never turn down a
wick, this dealer says, allowing it to
glimmer. 1t is meant to burn with the
flame at full heat, and when allowed to
smOlder it will either smoke or smell,
probably both, and as it heats the lamp
very rapidly it becomes distinct source
of danger.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04

ment of stars is by the telescope and
the meridian circle. But there are
some movements which cannot be thus
measured. These are the cases when
the star happens to be darting directly
toward the observer, or directly from
him. In such cases the telescoping
method is simply inappicable, because
the observer would not notice any
change in the stars position. 1t is
just here that the spectroscope comes
in to ill the vacant place in the armory
of the astronomer. Formerly this val
liable instrument was used only to as
certain the chemical onstitution of The
stars. "-Globe-D Democrat.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04

A WONDER WoRKER.-Mr. Frank
Huffman, young man of Burlington,
Ohio, states that he had been under
the care of two prominent physicians,
and had used their treatment until he
was not able to get around. They pro-
nounced his case to be consumption
and incurable. He was persuaded to
try DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, coughs and colds, and at that
time was not able to walk across the
street without resting. He found, be-
fore he had used half of dollar bottle,
that he was much better; he continued
to use it and is to-day enjoying good
health. If you have any throat, lung
or chest trouble, try it. We guarantee
satisfaction. Trial bottle free at G.
Blakely's, Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
Fixed Stars Do Not Exist.

"The ordinary expression, fixed
stars so persistently used by nearly
everybody" said L. M. Gregory, SCI
enlist of Albany, N. Y, at the Lindell
" is misnomer that ought by this time
TO be discarded. When the place of
the star has been accurately determined
by measurement made with the me-
ridian circle, and when after lapse of
number of years the place of the
same star is again determined by OBJ
servation, it frequently happens that
the two places disagree. The explana-
ton is that The star has moved in the
interval; and it is Infinitely improbable
that any fixed stars exist. The usual
method of determining the measure
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-05-04
The True Artist.

Henry Norman gives the following
instance of modest self estimate in tie
case of man who is one of the most
skillful and original artifcers in the
world, and whose works are everywhere
admired:
This ivory carver sat in his little room
open to his little garden, chiseling upon
a magnificent tusk, from which was
just emerging a very graceful female
figure. The ivory he held between his
knees, and the tools were spread out at
his side.
GLOW long will this take your" 1
asked.
about four months" he replied.
'And what is the proportion between
the value of the material and the value
of the labor in such a work as this when
completed?"
81 paid $40 for this piece of ivory"
said he, and four months wosk, at $50
a month, is 5000
And this man was estimating his work
at less than forty American dollars a
month"; His was the true artists ten
permanent, for he was willing to accept
only what would supply him with the
necessaries of life, depending for his
actual reward on the joy of seeking to
do perfect work.
care you not very sorry sometimes,
asked 1, "to part with one of these works,
that have been companions and part
of your life for so long?"
He looked up for a minute at a great
white lily nodding above him in the
garden, and then gently shook his head.
mo" he said. II expect the next to
be more beautiful still"