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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
Baby Utilized by Shoplifters.

For several days past the foorwaIk-
ers at Houghton & buttons store have
noticed that a woman apparently about
thirty-tive years old, accompanied by a
girl about seventeen years of age and a
small baby in long dresses, came into
the store daily. Their suspicious were
aroused, and when the trio were seen
in the store yesterday fioorwalker
was detailed to watch their movements
This he did, and as a result he caught
them in the act of shoplifting
The girl was seen to select a couple
Of pairs of shoes and six handkerchiefs,
all valued ut six dollars, and pass them
to the cider woman. The latter was
then seen to place the articles in a bag
which was hid from view by the clothes
Of the baby, who was clad in long
dresses. The women we're detained at
the store until the arrival of Inspector
Dugan, who locked the woman, girl
and baby up on the charge of larceny.
Boston Advertiser.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
Western EnferDrise.

Many have read the announcement
which has been made that "Creede,
Colo, has electric lights" but few are
aware Of the phenomenal time occupied
in the construction of the plant. The
idea Of equipping the plant was con-
ceived at noon, Feb. l. Before the day
was over the Creole Electric Light and
Power company was organized and in
corporated, supplies were ordered and
placed aboard special train of cars at
Denver, and everything necessary for
the complete equipment of model cleo
trio light plant for arc and incandes-
cent lighting by midnight of the same
day were on their way to the modern
mining camp.
Creole was in sight Tuesday night,
Feb. 2, and by daybreak the following
morning a gang of laborers was put to
work breaking ground and getting the
foundations Of the power house ready.
The work progressed night and day, and
the electric current was turned on at
11:15 p. H., Saturday, Feb. 6. The ac-
tual time occupied in completing the
plant, erecting the buildings and placing
the machinery in position, was from
Feb. 3, 7 a. ~, to Feb 6, 11:15 p. m
less than week after the machinery
was purchased in Denver, over 800 miles
away, and this young town was given
the latest luxury OF civilization.-Elec-
triCal World
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
Indian Tradition of the Flood.

There was not, if early historians,
missionaries and theologians are to be
believed, single tribe of American In
dams who had st the time of the white
mans advent in the western hemisphere
the least smattoring Of tradition con-
corning the life, ministry and suTerings
of Jesus. But this does not hold good
in regard to the story of creation, the
Tower of Babel and the flood, many of
them having Evolutionary history which
almost exactly corresponds with the
stories of these great events as related
in the Bible.
One day Major Davenport, the gov
eminent agent for the Musquakies, was
telling some chiefs about Noah, the
food and the ark, when one of them in
terrupted him with Hump! We know
that long time. We WAS in canoes all
tied together. We float on heap water.
We send muskrat down o.e, two-many
times. He dive, come up. Last he 90
down and come up with mud in his
claw. We know water going down"
This was all the information MIR. Dav-
export could elicit from the dusky seer
st. Louis Republic.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14

my dear. yoa can write your book.
He looked up into her face and hope re-
yived. Life opened anew. lie seized his
f3.r and wrote his book. and wrote tn"
masterpiece Of his life, THE Scarlet Let
ter" The home is tbe secret altar from
which God speaks to man his dIyinest
message. in that earlier life when char
actcr Is being rapidly shaped for time
and eternity,
4 SACRED PICTURE
A mother IN New Hampshire reared a
family Of eight boys. They all left the
homestead aud went 10 sea. She Wa
heartbroken. The preacher visited her
home and had poured into his cars this
life sorrow. She said her boys were
good boys. She could not understand
why they had I'll gone 10 sea and left
her. She could not understand the fny-s-
terious WORK Of ProE ldence. Her heart
was desgIate, the home foTsaken. And
ghe said her boys had never seen the
ocean until they were grown. She asked
the preacher to explain y. tic looked
around the room and over the mantel
be saw q splendid picture Of great ship
under full sail Every white wing in
stinct with the message Of foreign ma
tons. Tho waves that dashed against
the keel speaking Of a thousand shores
that had been washed as around the
world they had been swept. The preach
er said 10 her: why, madam, this Is
the explanation, Your boys became
sailors because this picture told them Of
the ocean and led them around the
world" The very picture on your walls,
every inch Of tapestry-these are sacred.
They make and unmake character and
life. Gnard them well. The founda-
tions of every great mans character is
laid in these primal hours Of life. There
is no touch like a mothers touch. There
is no power to make aud unmako char
actcr like that touch.
Remember, the secular is the sacred.
That all things should be done unto the
Lord. That wherever man walks he
walks in Gods world, and that this
world is his great temple and that every
inch Of its soil should be made holy.
We call not for more church buildings,
more ecclesiastical machinery; but the
great need of the age in which we live
is for holy orders OF merchants, holy or
ders Of worlingmcn, holy orders Of arti-
sans, holy orders of lawyers, holy orders
of mechanics. In other words, the re-
deemed world is that world in which all
the relations Of man are made sacred.
~ saw no temple therein, for the dwell
ing place of God was among men"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
A Roasting Ear Like a Hand.

We were shown by our young friend,
Noble Merck, day or two ago quite a
curiosity in the shape of roasting ear,
which was gathered from his grand
mothers garden in this city. 1t was
almost as perfect model of human
hand and wrist as if it had been taken
from a plaster cast. The fingers
thumb, palm and wrist were as sym
metrically proportional and almost as
perfectly shaped as if they had been
modelled by an artist. 1t was covered
all over with small grains of corn,
which made it look very much like a
hand covered with a glove thickly set
with opaque glass beads. 1t was very
singular freak of nature indeed
Gainesville (Ga.) Eagle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
A New York Minister'S Toy.

There IS a certain up town minister
whose little son, having profited by
his fathers teachings, has a most
complete faith in God. The little
fellow spent some weeks in the coun-
try, and became much interested in
yoke of oxen which belonged on
the place on which he was staying
One day, DESTROYS of stirring the
creatures up little, he poked them
with a stick, but they didn't mind
that. Then he scratched them with
a hoe which lay handy, but still
they stood dTowsy, almost ifeless
Finally the boy stuck wisp of hay
up each ox's nose. That did the
business. The oxen stopped chewing
their cuds and began to look ex-
tremely frisky.
''Take care, Harry" shouted the
hired man. them beasts might cut
and run"
Couldn't you stop 'em if they
did?'' asked Harry.
well, perhaps I could, and then
ag'in perhaps I couldn't. Oxen is
powerful ugly sometimes"
Harry was silent for moment.
and then he said, Il know who could
stop 'em if you couldn't"
'Who2" asked the man.
"God," was the answer.
How could God stop 'emG"
He could say 'Gee-haw' at en-
was the triumphant answer.-New
York Times.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14

..e53g.esg rt.g..s d. 55.-14s--tsg-o CENTS.
T 3ssTteeu IJ:-s Of plas-tw-o ce-n-nts.s
In Vas q sa4rbl.gg CHI man and >
s1sara t5slag ola voice On Thirty-third
street. tie hal very peculiar gait On
bizu-lize horse with the stringhalt-
owing to tbs. sole Of his right shoe being
loose and tho necessity for Tapping tho
Piece well up and forward with every
step in order 10 bring it down in the
riyi1: place. He had a small and veil
worn satchel, carried a paper Of pins
aud kept his eyes strained on the upper
windows for customers.
Fourteen rows Of pins. two cen-ts!'
he cried somewhat n.ournfully.
4 window went up with bang that
made his heart jump. 4 redhea9ed
woman with flushed face stuck her
head out. Gimme one row" she
shouted.
"Wha-whaatY
"Gimme one row, you old fool" she
screamed. Bring it up!" She made a
gesture as if she would scoop him up
with her bony fingers.
Fourteen rows, ma'am, only two
cents" lie said apologeticaliy.
Gimme one row, | tell you, | want
TO let that good for nothing husband of
mine see whether I'm worth row Of
pins or not. I'll fix himr' In popped
the red head and bang went the window
down again.
Come up with row Of pins, viii T."
soliloquized the old man, shaking his
head. mot much She don't want any
pins She wants the neighbors to know
what her husband says about her-that's
what she wants. III bet he's up there
now layin for me with a club. Row of
pins. | wouldn't go up there if she'd
offer to buy my stock!'
Thus does age and adversely bring
wisdom. New York Herald.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
MiIliOnaires in New York.

1t now takes brave man to be a mil
honaire with any comfort to himself, par
tlcularly in New York. Since the late
Mr.. Norcross took dynamite liberties
with Russell Sage, nearly every person of
conspicuously great wealth in the metrop-
oils has lived in daily and nightly fear of
cranks. Many of them have changed
their habits completely-they no longer
walk freely forth like other American
citizens, but cause themselves to be ac-
companied by body guards The private
detective agencies are booming, and
many deserving young mel earn their
eight dollars a day-which is union
wages for the work, so to say-by march
ing heavily armed before or after nerv-
Gus plutocfat and keeping an alert eye
small hand bags. A new style of We
hlcle for the opulent has even been in
tro'luced.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
poEr WHITTIER At HOME.


q
sew Ea-faud Aathor.
Making a Whittier pilgrimage l. no
short task II takes nj least thrse days
to even begin TO cover the ground,
while the pilgrim can proiltabiy spend
as mitch more time rs he can steal
from fae cares and fluctuations of this
pushing age The poet was born Ct
! HaverlliiI-tilat takes a ass; he lives
hall the year at his own house in Ames
bury--tiat is another day. and the
resi- of the time he Is with cousin al
Oak kf4oll, In Danvers--that is a third
day. Then there are Salem and Mar
blehead and Beverly and Newburyport
all the east shore, in fact, not 10
speak Of Boston. which are all full Of
interest TO tie Whittier pilgrim.
The house at Ainesbury is a modest
frame, two stories high, and standing
in street lined with maple trees. 1t
was the poets niece who received me,
and she told lie had To rait because
she had been peeling apples for a pie.
And then came Whittier. an old man,
bnt erect and strong. his deep set
brown eyes sparkling with an undilnin
ished brightness Tie fires Of youth
still burn in them. though the great
shaggy eyebrows are frosted with age
The poet has a cordial. simple manner,
and the visitor il at once put at his
ease. There is nothing stiff or formal
about him lie talks like man of the
people. He likes 10 use idioms
remember when my friend asked
to be permitted TO take kodak pic
ture in the house. he replied, 'All
right, shoot her Off" One of the
pleasantest memories that | cherish is
Of the half morning spent in lis Ii
brary. but before ! had seen his liter
airy workshop lie led the way up the
narrow back stairs end showed lie a
framed parchment hanging on the hall
wall. 1t was the declaration of the
antislavery convention of 1885, the
first held in America Signed to it he
showed me the names of Garrison and
himself
/ spoke of the difficulty of being
poet and good newspaper man at the
same time. and he referred to his first
journalistic work on the Hartford Re
view, where he succeeded the famous
George d. Prentice as editor.
Il was principally engaged at the
time" he said, lin keeping people from
learning how little | knew"
Like the rest of the house, the library
is plain and unpretentious. 1t is
warmed By q CRATE stove of some clever
Yankee pattern. The poets desk is no
mahogany affair, nor are his books
gorgeous with gilt and gold Most
business men would be ashamed to
have such an ink despatched desk,
while the volumes on the shelves had
for all the world the appearance of
Sunday school library. There were
a picture of the old house at Haverhill,
portrait of Emerson and a number of
photographs upon the walls.
Somehow the everydayness of the
workshop contrasted oddly with beauty
and the charm of what had been for
gotten there. Yet all was in keeping
with the poets life. By the side of the
desk hung a thermometer with pictures
of the tropics, the temperate zone and
the snowy arctic regions up and down
the tube.
Whittier was kind enough to write a
verse for me-the last stanza of MAUD
Muller. Cor Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
Berlin Getting Nearer tho Pole.

a few years ago it was suspected that
the latitude of places on the earth's sur
face changes. A number Of astronomers
agreed to make observations for two
years, and the result has just been made
public. Latitudes do change. Berlin,
for example, was fifty feet nearer the
north pole in September than it was in
March. The change is not, of course,
a shifting of any one point on the carth's
surface. 1t is a fitting of the axis of the
earth. Now York Journal.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
irish Wit.

An Irish peasant brought litter
Of kittens to q Protestant vicar in a
certain town in County Wicklow, re
questing him to purchase them. The
vicar declined Your rivrence, they
are good Protestant kittens" urged
Paddy, but his reverence remained
obdurate. A few days after the Ro
man Catholic priest (who had mean
while been informed of the offer to
his brother clergyman was APP
preached, and on his refusing to
make a purchase the would be seller
urged sale, Sure, father, dear,
they are good Catholic kittens. -"
But. how is this, my MANI" replied
the priest. You said day or two
ago they were good Protestant kit
tens" And so they were" said the
peasant, ''but their eyes weren't
opened. London Spectator.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
Europe's Old Rulers.

Among European rulers in a matter
OF age Pope Leo XIII excels, he being
the only ruler who has passed eighty.
There are seven sovereigns who have
passed seventy, these being Queen Vic
toria, Christian II of Denmark, the
Grand Duke Frederick William Of
Mecklenburg- Streilitz, Grand Duke
Adolph Of Luxemburg, Prince of
schaumburg-Lippe and Duke Ernest Of
Saxe-Coburg.- Exchange.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
A EOrtune Out of Tins.

Guests ct the Grand Pacific hotel in
Chicago MISS the familiar face of old
John Cullerton, who for twenty-five
years has been the bead porter at the ho-
tel. Illness compelled him to retire from
the position at the age of seventy, and
with fortune of 500, 600 accumulated
IRON the tips given him by travellers. -
New York World
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
ODDS AND ENDS



New Mexico claims meerschaum
deposits
The moon Is said TO move 3.SS feet
per second
November was the ninth month o'
the year At enc time.
The emperor Of japan lately ca
tered on his foTtlesh year.
II IS an error to think that any
poor creature can have "hne
heart
A lump Of coal weighing ton was
recently mined III Wyoming and sent
10 Denver.
4 new herring bank 100 miles long
has been discovered of the west coast
of Newfoundland.
The queens gganddaughters out
number her majesty's grsndsons by
almost three To one.
At the bureau of engraving AGO
people are employed all the time III
making paper money.
The interstate commerce commits
sion requires 1925, 600 and the federal
courts about 81, 900. goo for n year.
1t is on house cleaning days. not on
washing days, that wasl. z prepare
tons of all kinds are especially valu
able.
Some souls are like collins; their
confne., are too cra,nped and narrow
to hold anything but cold and rigid
creeds.
The Burmese natives delight in
huge, loosely rolled cheroots. vary
ing from six to eighteen inches In
length.
A new and powerful machine for
clearing wrecks on railroads has boep
invented and tried by citizen OF
Michigan.
By new system COMPOUND shoots
of platinum and gold are used 10
make crucibles for use in industrial
chemistry.
A Delaware farmer claims to be
able TO preserve watermelons for
winter use by coating the rind thickly
with varnish.
About half the railroad which is to
connect Jaffa with Jerusalem has
been completed The remainder will
be finished within a year.
All who care for the individual and
the home must desire that in every
land there be one day of the week
free from the eXactions of toll
An Augusta man has recovered a
verdict of $1,000 against bank
which refused to honor his check
although he had money there on de
post.
Before he came to America Mr.
Willard, the English actor, thought
that his was rather rare name, but
on one occasion at Boston he was en-
tertained at a dinner at which every
guest was Willard
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
Some Long Rei~ns.

According to the Almanach de Gotha
Tor 1852, Europe numbers at present forty
soVerelsns. Of these the longest on the
throne is Queen Victoria, whose reign
has lasted ffty-four years. After her
come the Duke Ernest of Saxe-Coburg.
who has reigned forty-seven years; the
Prlnce Of Naldeck, forty-six years, and
the Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria,
fortythree years.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14

A Curious Superstition Among Thieves.
There is a curious superstition com
mon among all classes of the genus law
breaker regarding the power of a can
die made from the body of a young
woman. The belief is that such can.
die not only renders the perpetrators of
robberies invisible, bnt that it throws
the victim or victims into a state of
deep somnolency.
Within the last two years four igno-
rant Russian peasants murdered a girl
and made candles out of her body.
Before the murderers were executed
they confessed that they committed
the crime to make themselves invisible
while perpetrating "A robbery they had
planned.
In the Scotch criminal code OF the
Eighteenth century there are express
penalties against this hideous candle
superstition -London It'll Bits.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
MOO RE COUSTY

VI tVni.ge. oSks',s |, 1891
Gentlemen: Your gzsao ? he Eo-,h
Chre!iua Farmers Az Ice Ga4pn
bought cf you lass ,W IL, las tnr
we'll, ana gives sslsf ct o, tos"r mn
hsrs 90 .sr MS ! cs1 Fl a! cat.
J w. Gle B. u No a22
Jon' eoro, August oGSt. lsg,
DUrlsm ier'ljZe. Crupn,: Noor
',uap and phosphate, b,urL: us ,og,
are giving Griyersa, s.tis.sN..sa a., far
AS have aeard frorI. | bsv. 10. tear 4
o! ono snESpce SEe,e IL dill nn5 rya /
9th .r ynano'. Several sal l. va; 70
best they had ever ,,sef.
DR. JOHN l. COX, fGENT
Greenwood A'laice N. 81
Lemon SprinpA Aux uet 80 Ia. gSpl
Durham F,r'il'zrc Com panys awli
tbar rhe mem oers a. cur l.e.s-,, wi,l
used Your fertilizer peak OF au aqaa.t
in the highest tcr,ns, and ns-,e oi uiiavr
believe tie repcfr circulated tia. Il was
an inferior goods, hut that ii WIS a
malicious fals.hood to Direct trade. &c.
j. q. SWAMI. b. a. PM
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14

In fever the tissue rapidly wastes, and
great quantities of waste poison are
poured into the blood. These poisons
affect the nerves and are the cause of
quickened respiration, and often of
quickened circulation, which are neces-
sary IN order to get the excess Of poison
oxidized; when therefore unconscious
ness supervenes, we may say pretty con-
hdently that the rapid circulation and
the rapid breathing have not been suf-
hclent to oxidize and nautralize the
mass of poison which is being carried to
the brain.-Popular Science Monthly
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14

The idea that the color of the eye
has anything to do with expert marks
lnanship is a fallacy." said Captain H
c. Broun, who came over with the
Twenty-third New York regiment rifle
team to shoot against the Washington
boys at Fort Myer. He was talking
with a reporter at the Ebbitt, and the
question came up as to whether men
with light or dark eyes made the best
shots.
at happens, he continued, "that
nearly all my men are dark eyed, and
twice this year we have won the hon
ors-in the state shoot at Creedmoor
and the Second brigade's prize. There
is a popular notion that blue or gray
eyed men are the finest marksmen, but
there is no invariable rule. Some of
our men who are first rate shots use
glasses for long distance practice, but
the question of color has nothing to do
with sight. Washington Post.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14

A case of hard luck has just been re-
ported from Belfast, Ne. A man caught
a trout ten inches long, and was look
ing at it admiringly when there came
great rush of wings and something took
the fish from his hands. The despoiled
fisherman looked up in time to see a
big crow flying away with the prize
He chased the crow several miles
through the woods, but in vain, for the
bird finally perched in a tall tree, where
it calmly lunched off the trout.-Ex-
change.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
The Alternative

Harry-My great-aunt has lust made
her will, leaving me 500, 900 in case I
quit smoking.
Jack-Well, what are you going to
do?
Harry-It's {. disgusting habit, but I
suppose I've got to learn to chew
New York Epoch.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
Bucksen's Arnica SaEve.

The beet Salve IN the world ter. Cuts.
Brtis s. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, iHe-
vel Sores, letter, Chappea Hands, Chill
claims. Germs, and al Skin Eruptions.
and positively cures Piles, OF no paw
required. 1t is guaranteed H. give per
tect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price Is cents per box. For sale b,
Or. 4. ID. HOLIDAY, Clinton, and j.
X SMITH, Druggist, Mount Olive, N. G.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
Double Decked Cars for Pbi1aae1,b;a

A traction official who has recently
been to Boston, brought back with him
model of double decked street car, a
sample of the kind made in that city.
The upper deck is intended for the use Of
smokers and that portion of the female
community who do not object to the
use OF tobacco. The official who brought
the model said that it would not be
many months before Philadelphia would
have few double decked cars running
On On one or two of the principal lines
Philadelphia Press.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
Files. piles!! Itching Piles

'ol MPHoNs-Moisture; intense itch
ing and singing; most at NIGHT :
worse by scratching. IF allowed IN
continue tumors form. which often
Diced and ulcerate, becoming very
sore. SWAYNE's OINTMENT stems
me itchingand bleeding, heals ulcer
aueh' ana III most cases removes tho
Juniors. AT druggists, or by mail,
DIR. SwAfNE & Son.
oo Gu Philadelphia.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
Desirable Accuracy.

Schoolgirl-How many teeth has O.
hen?
Mother-A hen hasn't any teeth.
Why?
Schoolgirl am writing compost
News. N
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14

There is a discussion among the
Missouri newspapers of the proper
pronunciation of the name of their
state. It seems to be understood
that the plain people call it ''Mizzou-
rec" and the patrician folk "Mizzou
rah." Arkansas wisely settled a
similar dispute some years ago by a
statute which made the correct pro
nunciation 'Arkansaw, with the ac
cent on the first syllable. -Philadel
phia Ledger.