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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-16
THE CURSE OF THE ORIENT

Leprosy Making Rapid Progress in
Many Parts of the World.
Mr.. Boyle, a London sanitarian, re-
Gently visited Burmah, the Malay
native states, Sumatra, Siam, Borneo,
Java, Australia, New Zealand, Samoa,
the Sandwich islands and America.
OF all the facts noted by him as san
itarian, the most remarkable are
those relating to leprosy, a disease
which he believes to be spreading to
an alarming extent all over the world.
According to the London Nature, he
was particularly struck by the gigan-
tic proportions the evil has assumed
in Burmah. The steps of the great
Shwedagon pagoda at Rangoon, the
Mecca of the Indo- Chinese Buddhists,
he found to be 'closely lined from top
to bottom with lepers, suffering from
that loathsome disease in it's worst
forms and most advanced stages"
A number of the victims examined by
Mr.. Boyle "presented a most sickening
spectacle Yet no provision worthy
of the name appears to be made for
circumference or treatment ofthese
poor lepers, who are thus compelled
to resort to begging to keep them.
selves in existence. At Manda lay Mr.,
Boyle came in contact with horrors of
similar nature. During times OF
high festival the entrances OF the great
Arakan pagoda in that city are crowd
ed by hundreds of lepers, so that the
; visitor has to pick his way carefully
among them. In the Sandwich island.
also, Mr.. Boyle was strongly i'm
pressed by the terrible effects of the
curse of leprosy. which, he says, has
nearly decimated the native popula-
ton. He has g. curious theory to the
effect that tho propagation of leprosy
has been to a large extent connected
with cannibalism, the disease "being
spread wholesale through the eating
of infected bodies" He has frequent
ly seen in New Caledonia and the
South Sea islands human bodies
changing up IN the native huts, in
tended for future repasts, though then
in an advanced stage of decomposi-
ton and exhaling a sickening odor. |"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-16

It is a fact that one good anima.,
we'll kept, pays better than q half doz-
en- poor ones poorly kept. Get this
firmly fixed in your mind practice
along this line and you will find both
profit and pleasure in your stock.
The best condition powders" for
all sorts, OF stock are good food and
pure water. Add to these clean and
comfortable quarters and you will
have very little use for any patent
nostrums to keep your stock in econ
dition." It is easy to insure their
thrift by logical means.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-16
Weigh your stock periodically an,

Weigh your stock periodically and
weigh also the food consumed in each
period. Then you may know Il you
are feeding profitahly. If not, the
knowledge will set you at work to-
learn better methods.
Give y Dung stock, no matter what
it is, the food which contains the ele-
ments that make bone, muscle and
tissue. With good foundation Of
these secured, it will be easy enough.
to put on fat when the Tina comes,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-16
FOR EYES DAUGHTERS.
GOSSIP FOR THE
FAIR SEX.
About the House--Hints on Good
Manners--A Woman Riding Mas
ter Kerosene Lighting the
World--Children's Clothes
--Progress Of Women.
About the House.

The latest design for my lady;s
work table is as dainty trihe as any
we have had for many long day. It
is shown in white. blue, pink and all
the delicate tints with the commodi-
GUS bag placed ready for use, or can
be purchased in it's embryo state and
painted and fitted up at will.
The shape is the simplest possible
and consists of two sets of crossegs
and a folding top, but the advantages
are many none the less. The ample
bag OF silk that hangs below the top
is sufficient to contain generous
supply Of work and the top itself can
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-16


be opened or closed so AS to form a
writing table. as the owner may
happen to prefer. Altogether the
table is a most attractive one, and
would tempt the veriest idler to the
use Of bright-hued silks.
In it's completed form it is not too
costly to become general favorite,
and the frame can be completed by
any woman Of taste at very trifing
cost.
Cozy corners are not only fashions
latest craze, but a genuine comfort as
we'll. BY the simple device of arrang-
ing a movable crane at right angles
from the wall, a secluded spot free
from all draught can be curtained off
in any room.
The crane, which is only a pole that
requires support at but one end, al
lows OF erecting an impromptu parti-
ton at will and so provides for pro-
The couch can be built upon an ordin-
airy wire cot, or can be purchased in
the most elaborate form as may be
preferred. Any arrangement that be-
speaks ease and relaxation is thor.
oughly in place, and so long as soft
cushions abound, books are at hand,
and the curtain does it's work, the cor
ner will be an assured success.
Delicacy and beauty in table napery
have come to be recognised as essen
tial to every we'll equippedhouse
and the latest development shows
clearly that the fashion is still at it's
height. The triangular dolly is made
of fine white linen with some design in
either flowers or fruit embroidered as
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-16
Progress Of Women.


The year 1892 has been q wonder
full year to the women of Great Brit
ain. It's greatest triumphs are the
opening of St. Andrews Univers-
ity to women and the gener-
osity OF the faculty in offering to the
women'students a share of the bursar-
les OF scholarships, one-half OF which
is reserved for women students ex-
clusively. The Council OF the Royal
Geographical Society has agreed to
admit women as fellows on the same
terms as men; and the British Medi-
cal Association called general meet
ing for the purpose of considering the
admission of the 14O registered wo-
men physicians in England. The i'm
portant place assigned to the women
at the Church Congress and the de.
cision of the Foresters' Club to admit
women on the same terms as men are
striking proofs of the tendency of the
times to acknowledge on the one
hand women's intellectual power and
capacity for scientific research and
on the other their right to. ningle
with men as equals in the more prac-
tical affairs OF life. ...si:. ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-16

wants or your domestic affairs is to
stamp yourself ill-bred. General con-
=versation is the only sort tolerated
in the best circles. Do not talk and
laugh at the theater or other places
ofsamusement, annoying those about
you who came to enjoy the perform
sance and not your conversation. Do
not stare at people and then discuss
them 80 that there is no possibility
OF their installing the topic OF your
conversation; in fact, let consideration
for others be your watchword and re-
tinement you code, and your manners
will improve steadily under such per
sonal discipline. '@
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-16
Point In Bridal Dresses.

- = 81 - - zts e..
Very few women look their best in
strictly orthodox wedding array. Of
tener than not the bride is eclipsed by
her bridesmaids, the sole reason be-
ing that while she Is dressed wholly in
unrelieved white, irrespective of it's
effect on her complexion, her attend
ants have chosen the tint or tints,
that best enhance their looks, while
in their various tones, dead white,
BLUSH white and silver white are,
when worn unrelieved by particle of
color, terribly trying to many. In
choosing white satin, six, lace, pearl
trimming, etc, even to the choice Of
white howers-those OF the magnolia
tint, j. g., showing a creamy glow, are
nine times out of ten the most com
plimentary" to the wearer.-Nsw
York Evening P est.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-16
Hints on Good Manners.


Many women, particularly the
more youthful ones commit through
carelessness or thoughtlessness many
breaches Of good manners which need
but a reminder to be speedily RENE.
died. To begin with, the sweet tooth
OF the average American girl .tempts
her to eat candy in the streets and at
the theatres, though she may be
Quite aware that to do so is not good
form. The same girl would scorn to
eat peanuts and condemns those deli
cacies as vulgar" munches away on
caramels or buttercups in public
vehicles, public thorougfares and pdb-
lie places of amusement. sgS...@ "
Many young women, the best-heart-
ed in the world, will wound their par
ents' hearts by openly correcting or
contradicting them, forgetting that
their own superior knowledge does
not show, up to advantage when par
AIDED at, Che expense of good manners.
This habit on the part Of the younger
members OF society is one that should
be nipped in the bud at once. Sup
pose father or mother do mispro-
nounce word, make q misstatement,
or fall into an error Of grammar,
does it make things any better by
emphasizing their faults SO openly
The first law ofgood manners iscon-
sideratien and respect for those older
than ourselves, therefore that, out
side OF any other promptings. should
restrain the fippant correction Of
parents before str Angers ct least.
TO discuss your clothes, your ser.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-16
A Woman Riding Master,

p 81
London has woman riding master,
a Mrs Hayes, who insists, notwith-
standing the traditional supremacy
Of the English woman 8 horsemanship,
that you rarely see an English woman
sitting gracefully and firmly in her
saddle, and that French women are
really the more graceful equestriennes.
Mrs. Hayes teaches in modest boy sh
costume without q skirt, and takes
five-foot gate on her lively charger
without holding her reins at all.
Her theory is that riding master
cannot teach g. woman to sit we'll on
a side saddle because he doesn't
know how himself except theoretically.
She is taught to rely first and fore
most on her reins, when it is not her
relns at all that save her when
her horse SHES or falls. The reins
should never be given to the pupil at
all until she is perfectly secure in her
grip on the clutches of the saddle by
the muscles of the knees and ankles
that gives her the firm seat. The
stirrups should be shortened until the
knee presses firmly against the leap
ing head. 1t is to teach the position
OF the legs that Mrs. Hayes rides in a.
boys dress, and when a woman
learns to use these members properly,
Mrs: Hayes claims that her seat is
more natural, more graceful and
more secure than if she rode astride.
This woman riding master is daring
rider, accepting most vicious mounts
with fearlessness, aud stopping short
of nothing, not even a zebra, in her ex-
periments.
On one occasian when they brought
her wild zebra from the menagerie
in u cage, she tanned the creature in
two lessons SO that he was sufficient
ly subdued to stand with her on his
back while the pair were photo
graphed.
Kerosene Lighting the World.
The kerosene lamp of the present
day is an object of artistic beauty, as
we'll as utility; while it possesses a
power for Illuminating purposes which
gives it a high place in the popular es-
TEEN. No other light has yet been
produced which is soft, steady, and
grateful to the eyes, as that of a mod
ern kerosene lamp, properly shaded
and directed. This is in measure
due to the duplex burner invented in
England in 1865, and since modified
and improved, by which the power Of
several flames may be secured from a
single lamp, giving an effect far super.
Tor to that afforded by the best gas
Jet American manufacturers have
given great attention to the per-
fecting of this class of household
goods, and several styles of
lamps have been put forth within the
past few years which have already at
tanned an enviable popularity on &C.
count OF their excellent qualities. The
| styles of the best makers, while end
less in variety, are without exception
handsome, and often superbly ele-
CANT; while their cost is so moderate
as to bring something really desirable
and ornamental, as we'll as highly USE
full, within the reach of the modest
purse. When one considers the pro-
gress which has been made within the
past few years, and the evolution
from the dim candle, whose feeble
flame served only "to make the dark
ness visible" there is indeed cause for
thankfulness.-Goo Housekeeping.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-02-16
THE TRIANGULAHDOILY.

q border to it's two longest sides. The
straight edge is fringed to the depth OF
one inch, and the embroidery, which
is button-holed on all it's outlines, is
cut on the edge.
The effect is not novel but really
charming, and the triangular bits OF
linen give promise OF becoming quite
as general favorites as are their
square and circular rivals. They are
used for finger bowls, for flowers, fol-
the dainty dishes of olives anc
sailed almonds, and in fact, for every
use to which g. dolly can be put.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-04
HOS. wAHIoN BUTLER IN BENDER
ADN.
lsreeiaI CorrnronsIenee. ]


VANCE Co., y. C.-Tbe 18th OF
April will he long remembered by
the AIlianeemeu OF Vance county as
one Of the most pleasant occasions Of
their lives. II was the day their be-
loved State President made one OF
the greatest speeches of his life.
thoroughly partisan from begin
ming to end.
4 few days before the writer re-
ceived letter from Capt. +. G.. But
Ter. 90. Secretary, inviting Bro. Ora
ham. Pres. of Co. Alliance, and my
self TO meet Bro Marion Butler at
his house the night of the 18th, as he
had promised TO spend that night
with him. Capt. Butler lives at Dab
ney. about three miles from Hender-
son, on the X. d D. II. X. We ar
rived there about half past six o'clock
p. III. and some time after eight we
heard the train whistle for Dabney,
and our hearts were filed with pleas
ure at the expectation of meeting
our State President again, who being
soon after together with Bros. u. I.
Garrett and Gill led by our worthy
host came in. After supper which
was an elegant one, we spent tho
most enjoyable evening we have
done for long time, for which to a
great degree we were indebted to
our polite hostess and host, no pains
were spared To administer to our
every want. Hon Marion Butler is
as entertaining a conversational as
he is gifted in speaking. About one
o'clock we reluctantly gave our con
sent for him to retire knowing that
he had full days work before him
on the morrow. We arrived in Hen
derson the next morning about s
o'clock and although it poured down
rain most of the morning, the true
and tried Alliancemen of Vance
came in spite of wind and weather,
and pretty soon there was hardly
standing room in the Office of the
large and commodious Alliance
Warehouse where tobacco is sold
at highest market prices aud lowest
charges the boys were coming in to
snake HaHuS WIFI lutlT ItSiuCH III
whom they ''love for the enemies he
has made" We had the largest
meeting I've seen of the county IL
lance we have ever had since l>have
been member. If thoSevwho tried
to kill our order-estfid have seen it
they surely would have thought their
efforts were in vain. After going
through the regular order of bust
ness, and | would say here that every
Alliance in the county was represen
ted-the doors were thrown open and
the house was filed, some were un-
able to get seats. | would say in
compliment to those who were pres
ent that it was the most orderly and
audience considering the
size of it that | ever saw. Their,
was a good many of the citizens of
Henderson present and some of hen
most prominent business men, who
listened attentlvely to the speech.
How any one could listen impartially |
to that speech and be opposed to the
Alliance surpasSes my Comprehen-
sion.
We need not fear what our enc
mics may say if we are true to our
principles. We are bound to win in
the end. L. A. EPPES, /
County Lecturer. |
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-04

There can be no question that rail
roads are public highways, just as
much as the old plank roads weeo
public highways. The people had 1t
pay toll on these public highways.
how did they abolish this tolls Sim
ply by the government, local and
State, taking them and running them
IN the interest of the people. Would
anybody like to return to the old
plank road system? Hardly. It is
the mission of the Populist party to
bring all the railroads under control
OF the government. It does not only
aim to make laws regulating rates.
but its ultimate object is to own and
operate the railroads, as the post
Office is now owned and one, ated
and give the railway service to the
people at actual cost. If there is
any profit in the railroad business
let US all have whack at it; if there
De loss IN their operations we can all
better bear the lost than to throw the
burden upon the poor Goulds and
fanderbilts. If the railroads could
be built and run exclusively upon
private property there might be
some excuse for letting them remain
In the hands of private individuals
for private profit, but no road can
be built except it be built upon pub
he property. We have, therefofa.
that which is the property of all used
for the benefit and profit of a few.
This is violation Of equal rights
Kansas Free Press.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-04
Are You in Orders

Cushings Manual OF parliamentary
rules is the only standard authority
on the correct government of all de-
Lucrative bodies. Presidents, vice
Presidents and secretaries In particu-
lar and Alliancemen in general
should have copy that they may
know when their business is con-
Quoted in a business like manner:
also when member is in or out of
order. Don't undertake to govern
unless you know you are right in
your rulings. 1t may be that the
reader of this will be called upon to
represent his county in the next
Legislature, if so, this manual will
be worth many times its cost. One
copy by mail post paid for ST. 90, one
dozen by express for 5000 pre- paid.
Mention the number of your lodge
when ordering and address
j. E. Rue,
Littleton, n. C.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-04
An Open Vision.

A young girl, some sixteen years
of age, had all her life been the VIC
tim of a blemIsh in her eye that him
dered perfect vision. At length a
surgical operation was agreed upon
and successfully made.
The girl was kept within the
house till her eyes gathered full
strength, and was permitted grad
rally and sparingly to go out of
doors. 1t SO happened that some
time elapsed after her recovery be-
fore she went into the open air after
night fall. One evening she rushed
into the parlor with her face aglow
with excitement. The JOY of Il great
discovery illumined every feature.
"Oh, come" she exclaimed, ''come
out quickly to the lawn, and see
what beautiful things have appear
ed in the sky!
Her friends hastily followed her
out of doors, wandering what might
have occurred. They saw nothing.
"What do you mean?' they asked
her.
"Look!" she said, pointing eagerly
heavenward, ''don't you see those
bright things up their? There they
are-and .there-sparkling all over
the sky"
"My dear child" said one who
loved her, 'those are the stars"
Yes, the stars, which she had not
seen before. Friends could hardly
take in the fact that for all the
years of her life, the dear child had
been moving through Gods world
with limited vision, seeing only
what lay close around her, utterly
obliyious that there were stars, hosts
of stars, all over the sky, and all so
very beautiful! How strange it all
seemed.
Yet how many there are who 90
through life with imperfect vision
of the best things that lie along
their pathway, The best of love,
truth, sympathy and goodness is
unknown to them, just because they
will not open their eyes to behold.
Let none imagine he perceives or I'M
derstands all of Divinity or of Di-
vine truth in the world till his eyes
have been opened by the truth that
points to and makes it plain the
highest in knowledge and happiness.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-04
AHE TELEPHONE MONOPOLY.

The National Citizen Industrial
Alliance has forwarded to us blank
petition to the President Attorney
General and Senators of the National
Congress, which we publish as fol-
lows:
PETITION TO RELIEVE THE PEOPLE
FROM THE UNI UST AND EXTORTIoN-
ATE RATES AND CHARGES OF THE
CELL TELEPHONE COMPANY MONO
POLY.
10 the.
WHEREAS, The Bell Telephone
Patent has expired after enriching a
few stockholders of a private Corpo-
ration by over hundred millions of
dollars, extorted from the people by
exhorbitant rates and charges for the
use of that instrument, through its
monopoly by the Bell Telephone
Company of Boston. And as
This monopoly is still continued
by illegal and fraudulent Patents re-
issued by the United States Patent
Office, in violation of the Laws of
the United States, and in defiance of
the written protests Of the Attorney
General Of the United States, who
seven years ago, entered a suit in the
Courts to repeal the Bell, Edison and
Berliner Patents, as expired by Law,
and void, illegal and fraudulent,
which suit cannot be forced to trial
by the Acknowledgement of the Uni
ted States, as this monopoly, by its
great wealth and influence, can
block the wheels of Law and JUS
tlce in all our Courts and Halls of
Legislation, and own and control the
Ring in our Patent Office. who in
every case rule and decided in favor
OF Corporations, and against the
rights and welfare of the people.
BE IT RESOLVED, That we petit
ton the President of the United
States, the Acknowledgement, and
the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives to relieve the people from the
expressions and exactions of this
great and powerful monopoly. who
propose, in defiance of all Laws and
justice, the voice of the Press, and
the desires and will of the people,
to continue to rule and rob our citi-
zens who use the Telephone. by a
fraudulent use of this illegal re-
issued Patent, and by dilatory liti-
CATION IN our Courts of Justice.
Chairman.
Secretary.
AS President of the N. G. F. A.
we voice the sentiments of the mem
bers of that order in saying that we
stand committed as opposing mono
poles of all kinds, while we being
ruralists are not interested to any
great extent in the telephone bust
ness and do not conceive that a petit
ton bearing our signature as Prsei-
dent OF that order placed than at the
request of the order would have
much effect upon Mr.. Cleveland the
Attorney General and Senators, we
stand ever ready to enlist in and lend
our aid in any undertaking having
for its object the breaking down of
monopolies, rings and trusts and the
granting of equal rights to all and
special privileges to none.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-04

This little girl stands In "A chair where
she had eagerly climbed that her hat
might be tied on-eagerly, because
her hat and coat were both new and
she welcomed the opportunity of dis
playing them. Is 1t not often 50
with children of larger growth!
Guided by my picture almost any
mother could make the little coat,
which was of fawn colored cloth and
had band Of silk Of the same shade,
finished in front with rosctte.
Feather trimming finished the end
of the sleeves, and pointed derby
collar set of the neck. The large
hat was of felt, with bow and strings
of rose-colored ribbon. ESTELLE.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-04
The Tribalation of a Fellow Who Wants
appointment.
washington Post.l

ut is a dreadful thing" said a
Georgian yesterday, as he aimed at
a euspidor in the hotel corridor and
missed it foot, ito think how little
it takes to dash fellows hopes to
earth when the fruition of his desires
depends upon the temper of one
man who holds a position like that
which President Cleveland fills so
completely. Here am, and want
an office. 1t is not big thing, not
more than $4,000 a year, yet the
comfort of my family and ability to
clear myself of debt depend upon
my success, 1t is very important to
me. | have spent money to come
here and spend money to stay here.
When the executive reaches my pa
pers he may not feel well. There
may be eliot of undigested mustard
upon his stomach, or he may have a
slight cold In the head. Up I goi If
| had this thing to undergo again
would rather pillow seyen days in the
week and feed the mules myself