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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
PeonIc Who Ncrer II-e1a Ynunr,

Il never was young" said g girl not
moro than % in our presence the other
day, and the words have kept ringing in
our ears ever since, bringing with them
visions OF many lives that have never
known a childhood and many faces as
old at 20 as others that have looked forth
upon years more than double that num-
Der.
In many homes the entire burden rests
upon slender, youthful shoulders. and
the heart Of girlhood, that should be
filled with joyous anticipation, is cloud
ed by an ever present anxiety for the
welfare Of those left in charge of isis
ter" or Is weighed down by worrinent
over ways and means and a hundred
cares that tend to change a child into a
woman with mona Of that happy period
of careless pleasure lying between the
| two points.
How our heart aches for those sorely
| tried ones who have no recollection of a
| joyous childhood to live upon when life's
| responsibilities come crowding in with
advancing years! How dull must be the
life that has 10 memory of hours of child
ish delight spentin innocent amusement!
Imagine, If you can. the wornout. aged
| feeling that such a state must necessa-
rlly produce, and with true womanly
sympathy do your best to bring little
more light into the life of some girl who
before she was more than baby in years
was made woman in responsibility
| Philadelphia Times.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
The --latest Celestial Vision,

The latest of celestial visions is an
nounced from Bohemia. Near Traute-
nau girl named Christine Ringel was
gathering mushrooms in a wood when
she saw tall lady in black who pro-
claimed herself 1.-The messenger of God. :"
Subsequently she appeared in gray and
white costumes. On the latter occa-
sion she descended straight down from
heaven. She said that she came on earth
to protect men whenever God wished to
punish them. Christine was good girl
Taking the vision at her word, she asked
that the village smith might be cured of
| his govt, and according to the peasants
the boon was granted.
Next the nineteenth century comes into
the tale. The proprietor of the wood
rallied off ...le spot with a view to a pill
grimage chapel and admission fee. Hop
| ing, it appears, to decide finally whether
there was money in it or no. the parish
priest arranged a meeting on the spot
last week. Christine, the elders of this
parish. a force of gendarmes and SONS
thousands of spectators went together to
the wood. The girl looked in rapture to-
ward the sky and murmured incoherent-
iy. The crowd is said to have been moved
to tears. but we must be allowed our
doubts about the gendarmes.- Pail Mall
BUDGET
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
Joan, the Female Pope.

One of the most curious Of the media
val legends Is that which purports to
give the life history of Joan (some au-
thorities give her name as Agnes and
others as Gilbertal the 'female pope"
That such person never existed and
that the story Is a fiction invented b. the
refor1ners in order to lower the Catholic
church in the eyes of the common peo-
pie there Is not the least doubt, yet the
narrative, from the standpoint Of this
department being a purveyor of curious
and out Of the way information, is very
interesting:
Joan is said to have been Of English
descent, bat born in Ingelheim or Mainz,
Germany. She fell in love with a young
Benedictine monk named Fulda, and i'll
order to be near him dressed in male
attire and was admitted to the monas-
terry where her lover was clustered.
Together Joan and Fulda studied both
in Athens and in Rome, and in the lat
ter place, her sex being unsupported,
Joan was made a professor. When Leo
" died, the cardinals, by general con-
sent, elected the professor to the pom
titical chair. Other authorities say that
she succeeded Adrian II, who die1 in the
year os2. Her sex is said to have been
discovered when, acting as pope, she
was leading procession to the Leteran
palace. Immediately upon discovery she
was stoned to death.-St. Louis Reoub.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
An Estimate on PHI TaEinp

The Chemist and Druggist recently
asked its subscribers throughout the
United Kingdom to supply it with esti-
mates of the number of pills consumed
in the kingdom daily. The estimates
were based upon the actual daily sales
by the correspondents of ordinary pills,
prescription pills and pills which are pat
ent medicines The aver8 of these es-
Inmates, which We're ser.ved from all
parts Of the kingdom hovs that the ex-
traordinary number =, : S,ett3. 9Gt pills is
computed to be the daily consumption.
This would give one pill per week to
every man, woman and child in the king
dom, and a little calculation shows that
taking the average pill to weigh three
grains a years supply for the United
Kingdom would weigl not less than lis
tons. or sufficient to fill So ordinary rail
way wagons, thus making trdinload
requiring two powerful engines to pull it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06

left my master within. When they de-
parted / entered. and. 10. they had filled
in {. t,a-ssgsway Of which ! knew nos
IN. existence / few - my hidden
Mace and since then have searched for
1cca..F f. ,f.js tunnel under the river.
Nas,. rss-4res / =aarcbed aud fossnd
,bee not. bar .vEeu fonnd the water !
kncw vas on the right trail They
have r9ade an oIs-uing on tie river
shore. aud into IL the water IL pouring.
ypey think the. dead, drowned Ike
al. Ai.ar' Old Li.tab fell to chuck
ling. mi,
palg'
In truth. / know nothing. by vow
euaaI today, bgt have spoken 10 no
MA vet until sax thee!'
..Tl.n We nus. Jo up AMI at work ior
thcv may Ie ~ danger also. Lead the
wav. Li-.ah. and let us get ont quickly
and h. "a, them.
"Nay." said I..tah, my master must
remain hidden while Li-rah goes forth
/ 70 discover what has been done. Bat
| fret We viii 20 70 more convenient
p,ace. wnere you may rest until l re-
/ turu.'
/ L.,fah took NJ the torch and led the
way u hia h.diu- place.
FRO ~ CONTlSCED.I
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
The T.E1 HAN C1siAkE.



The far il c~rrseeeI t5g one ~ cur e.
TENED cont alnp orarls-s a. the east that
the Worlds lair laay fasfen On the c0if-
try "lor god ard all the hsndsha&e
wl..ca has tie eauction q t3sa Prince Of
wales. Ward McAlli5ser and other celeb
ri.i.s. II would be great pity. o1e
can hardly cgac.i ya Il "A more ri1iculoTis
.v.aDtac,s than that which would be pre-
aer+.-I ty a nation 50 addicted as ours IL
to shaking 81 hands adapting the iatess
wrinkle. Americans, as a rule, shake
hands whenever they meet, and the sight
Of any considerable number Of them
standing on the street or elsewhere with
.aeir hands at the level If their eyes DO
ing the new thing ia snakes would b.
calculated 10 create the impression that
We are = nation Ok imbeciles. And II 1t
shou.d ever lie adopted 70 the extent that
il would prevail at presidential Iecep-
f;sus and other functions the extra labor
e1,t lied On entertainers and entertained
viii tend 10 make ItiOnal imbec-Hty
something more than imaginary.
In one direction there is hope. The at
tempt to establish the new fad may help
To bring al Manipulating into dlsrepute
and thus profit the nation. There axe
some haudshai:es with which we would
not willingly pare, but there are so many
which are an domination that for the
sake Il .eetting rid of the latter we can
well aftord to aacrilce them all. i mere
. is the yiseliLe clasp which the pcrpatra-
+ tor fonQiy believes exhibits IN an attract
i've way his affection for the recipient.
when !. only crashes the latter's bones
/ and makes him wish that the shaker had
p;Ia!yais. Cutie rs obnoxious. though
+ les painlul IN tie infection. is the shake
! Of iLe man or woman, though 1t Is often
/ or man than woman, who does not know
when the shake is over. These are they
who hang on to the hand with gentle
but tenacious pressure intended to ex-
press Il lingering fondness until you are
fairly wild for release. And the worst
of it is that they feel just as anxious to
be through with it as you do, but do not
know how to let go any better than some
men DO when they have bought in ''on
the ground floor" to a scheme whlc
proves TO have no other floor.
But, worse than all, there are the hand
shakers who simply invite you to take
their hands and never dream Of doing
their share Of the shake. With thumb
held risidly back from inclosing contact
they permit you to shake them and give
you about as much pleasure as you woulo
receive from contact for an equal length
of time with the fin of an inanimate cod
fish. If the new fad will only rid Us o.
this detestable form Of the handshake, i
will be thrice welcome with all its unat
tractivcness.- Free Press.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06

The rapid decline - the range business
of Wyoming began six years ago. Be-
fore that it had been of character to
tempt even the rich. AT one time men
paid 3 per cent month for money and
made 100 peF cent profits a year. That
was when cows came up from Texas at
a cost of s. each, sold in two years for
S22 and in three years for $40 and more,
when the ranges were not overstocked,
the pasturage was good, and all the con-
ditions, including boom prices at the
stockyards, We're favorable. The men
who did the best pushed into new terri
tory as fast as the Indians were crowded
off and kept finding new grass and
plenty of it. But the risks soon came
and multiplied. If one man was careful
not to overstock range, he could not
be sure that another cow outfit would
not do SO precisely where he had put his
cattle. Prices fell, fences cut up the
ranges and shut off the water, winter
losses became heavier and heavier, and
the good old days" Of this inhuman,
devil-may-care, primitive and clr'nsy
business came to an end.-Harper's.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
A New Locomotive.

The Raub locomotive is attracting at
tention in the railroad world. The dis
tinguislfing feature is that the pistons
are placed vertically instead of horizon
tally. They are three in number instead
of two and are located between two boil
ers which are wholly independent of each
other. The piston rods are attached to a
crank shaft, each attachment making an
angle of 90 degrees with the other twoso
as to avoid the dead center. The driv-
ing rods are attached to the crank shaft
and are lifted up and pushed down IL
stead Of being driven By force exerted
horizontally, as in ordinary locomotives.
The inventor claims extraordinary pow
er, and the two boilers give him steaEl
capacity to reach 100 miles an hour with
a good sized train without any trouble.
The cab is between the two boilers, and
the ends Of the locomotive arc right and
left duplicates of each other. SO the TO-
connective looks equally well fnd worsa
equally well running il either direction.
Exchange.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
An IusNnl Listener.

Several years ago, as captain in the
English navy was leaving his club in
London, he encountered an intimate ac-
quaintance, u baronet, on whose arm
was gentleman, evidently a foreigner
and a man OF distinguished air and man
ner. The gentleman was introduced to
the captain, but at the moment that the
strangers name was uttered an omnibus
ratified by, and the sotnd of the bar
onet's voice was drowned.
Sir Charles, pleading an appointment,
begged the captain to show the gentle
man over the club. The dining room,
library and other rooms appeared to in
terest the visitor, and finally the captain
began to point out the objects to be seen
from tine windows.
Foremost among these was the Nelson
column and the Englishman expatiatcd
upon the victories and the heroic deeds
of the great admiral, In the midst of
his enthusiastic outOurst, as he observed
an expression upon tho strangers face
which seemed to indicate that the sub,
ject had become distasteful, he instantly
changed 1t.
With many expressions of thanks the
foreigner was about to take his leave
when the captain asked the name Of hi:
newly made acquaintance.
de Nilleneuve," was the reply. ''Lt
| Comte de Villeneuve, son Of him wht
fought with Your gallant Nelson at Ira
falgar,' and with digniied air the
| count withdrew.
The captains mingled astonishmen
and regret can beimagined. He had I'm
Willingly wounded the feelings of ont
to whom he had intended nothing blu
courtesy and recounted the glories O
Trafalgar to the last man he would hav,
willingly selected as an auditor on sucl
a theme.-Youth's Companion.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
The First Postmtstress,

Chicago's lady manager at the fair is
Mrs. Chetlain. wife of General A. l..
Chetlain, who was for four years consul
general to Belgium. Mrs ChetIain is an
eastern woinall- She was born ut Low
ell, Mass, and lived there long enough
to remember it as the home of her child
hood. After her marriage to General
Chetlain and her long residence abroad
Mrs. Chetlain settled In Chicago where.
she is now one of the leading women in
all matters social and educational. The
Fortnightly club, of which Mrs. Potter
Palmer is an enthusiastic member, and
the Friday club both claim Mrs. Chef
lain In their ranks,
But besides being a club woii1ars anC
an enthusiast upon several topics hrs
Chetlain is and has always been al ear,
nest worker. In 1852 President Lincoln
appointed Mrs, Chctlain to one OF the
postofices In the United States. She now
holds q copy CT the commission si,nei by
him. Her appointment marked a new
era for women. It was the first time a
woman had been permitted to tread UPON
the territory SO long considered the prom
erty OF men. Mrs. Chetlain held tie office
of postlnistress for a long time and only
gave II up when compelled thereto by
family duties.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
Eucralc uerr Ano SUNLIGHT.


Ii il estimated that the electric lights
AZ .l,e Wurld's fair have total iilurFli-
mating tsos-er equal - that Of nearly H.
u. go candles Of the kind used ro pro
duce the light adopted rs the unit CT IL
Iurg,ination. Ii = led 81 what dis
lsr.oe from the earth such a fnasslng o.
t:zht would be- visible. supIsosing the
SER 20 have a human eye. he distance
l. not nearly 50 great as might be sup
POSED. An observer IN zns moon would
iced telescope 1na~liifying about 100
rnes in order tn see the light as equal 10
J Ia3 reaching him from a star OF the
.izLl magnitude, some 100000 O.bU1
Of which wou1d give Us the same hight
that we receive from the sun.
The mode of reasoning by which this
conclusion Is arrived at is no: difiicEil. TO
follow or understand. Take 1900 feat
as lineal unit. that being the greatest
distance at which the light of a standard
candle could lie perceived IN otherwise
perfect darkness and under clear sky.
The nearly 1900 miles that separate
rs from the moon contain about 10000
Of those lineal units. and this number
must be- squared. because the intensity
OF illumination varies inversely as the
square of tho distance. The square is
little less than ) 1000. coo 900. which must
be used as divisor to the 1850. GOO of
candle power. The quotient is one part
in 400, showing that the light must be
telescopically condensed 400 times in
order that it shall be family visible at
the average distance of the moon.
The result shows that such light.
though grand to us, is insignificant COM
pared with that emitted by the sun and
stars. 1t may otherwise be computed
that at distance of ID yards the illumi-
native effect is equal TO the full blaze Of
sunlight, but the solar rays have tray
eled some 5000, 900 miles from their
source when we make the comparison.
That is nearly 400 times the distance OF
the moon, and by the same law of in
verse squares it must be decreased 49,
900 times more than in the journey be-
tween e.,rth and moon. The statement
may help to a better understanding OF
the tremendous initial intensity of the
| light from some of the stars which
reaches us after journey of several
years through space, while it occupies
but little more than eight minutes in
coming to US from the sun.-Chicago
| Tribune.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
Assailed by Wild HOGS,

was strolling along the bank oP tho
Wabash at some distance from nv broth
ers cabin when l suddenly heard con-
fused cracking of bushes, rafting Of
stones and crashing Of teeth, with loud
ooo-poo-oh from the ravine below. IN
SANITY realized the terrors of nv situa-
ton. 1t was one of the droves of gill
hogs OF which my brother had snoken
warnipgly. iAeA
took to my heels and ran to the suo-
NIT Of the hill, making for a ,aroa 81
Tree with the intention of climbing i
on my way seized a stout maple limb
Inc trunk was so lofty that / was nm.
aoie 10 climb the oak, but stood with
my back against it and faced nv assa;l-
anus winch We're now upon me. soueal.
ing and grunting fiercely, a dozen of
them, A Vi
l shouted for help and welded INV
piuogeon with good effect. The hogs
were eager to get at me. FIRST one and
.nen another would advance snaDp;ng
It's ugly jaws. A blow from INV club
would send it squealing to the rear. NV
brother had told me that these hogs
would make nothing Of devourinp q
man. clothes and all. If they got q
chance at him. :
TOT 10 minutes / kept them at bay
WIN my club. but they were becoming
ooider and fercer. One had torn q
piece from my pantaloons, and l was
fearful that I should be unable to bold
tnem on longer, when to nv relief +
heard my brothers voice.
ne soon came up, gun in hand Ha
nao neard my cries for help. The loud
report OF his gun frightened the hops
anu with many loud oophs and squeals
.ney scampered down the hill. But for
nls fortunate arrival I probably should
NOT DC alive to tell this tale.-"Rccol-
iections of the Wabash Valley
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
Prices of wild Beasts.

There IS rs much fashion in wild ami
mails as there is in ladies' dresses. Prices
are also rising and falling, according as
the market supply is high or low. A full
grown hippopotamus is now worth
S., 1000 A two hOrnedrhinocerOs which
was worth S., 900 il 1888, cannot now be
obtained at any price. Elephants vary,
according to size and training. from
1850 to $500. A good forest bred
lion, full grown, will fetch from $3.50 to
81, eco, according to species. Tigers run
from $500 to $50, according to their va
riety.
There are five varieties Of royal tigers
besides the tigers which come from Java,
Sumatra, Penang and even from the
wastes of Siberia. Snakes are very much
down in the market at present. Those
which formerly fetched $25 or $50 you
can now get for $40. Very large ones
sometimes run up to $3.50; leopards,
$50; black panthers, $500 $500; striped
and spotted panthers. sl25. 4 good polar
bear will fetch from $3.50 to $500; brown
bears, $50 to $50; black American bears,
$50 to $100. Monkeys run from $3.50
apiece. They are most expensive in the
spring, when they will sometimes fetch
as much as so. Giraffes are altogeth-
er out of the market, but four years ago
they could be bought for $8,000.-Mc-
Clure's Magazine.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
BEWARE OF oINTNExrs
C,AfARRH THAT CuN~,,1 "a
- MFKCrRy

IS mercury will surely da.,.
sense of smell and eomrl... =
range the whole system ny -
ing II through the mueoa. ts''s
Such articles should n,ya- 'asss
except on prescriptions fr,,, s'as
bic physicians. as the dsrz,..'7'''s
will do Is ten fold 10 III, :. GO
can possibly derive from thu !, -
Catarrh Cure manufactar,I l.. "a,
Cheney q Co. Toledo. O. !
no mercary. and Is taken "a
acting directly upon a., hr..5a.l2'.
mucous sarfaees of the >,.,.-, Al
buying Halls Catarrh Ell d
you get the genuine. II t.,.E ~
ternally. and made ia Todd, !.
by +. j. Cheney Il Co. T,.,,..,R.sas
free. - Sold by Dru,rr. '.@'s'
75c. per bottle. Pa
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
BURGAW HIGH SCHOOL,

o. J. PETERSON, A. b., PRrycpn
Next Session Opens Sept. 4,h, "a
Enrolment for First Session Va.
So, an increase of GO over the enrol
ment at beginning.
Eight counties represented, BoaS
81 per month. Tuition 81 - to3qI
according to grade. Music $50.
Write to the Principal for Caa-
logue. s. mayll- 5ms-9p
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
Magnolia High School.
(MALE AND FEMAlFa

The Third Term of this cnter,-.
ing School begins Sept. lth. liza
Thorough instruction given IN 81,
lish and Classic courses, prepara,as
for any College in the STATE. Az
scholarship will be given to tia, q.
who makes the highest average ma,
during the scholastic year. Bo.s
at reasonable rates.
l.. P. WELBORN, A. b.. PRIxcIpn
S. J. GuYER, u. n. c., A>Sis,,T
june 22-tf-2p.l Magnolia, u cf
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
Two Kinds of Married People.

Four young people were seated around
table in a restaurant the other even
ing. One couple had been married Il
years, the other one but two. Said the
man who had been married the longer,
Henry, let us take trip to New York
and have a royal time without the girls.
The women looked at each other and
laughed in contented amusement, and
the younger one, with a wisdom she
bands face with a look Of confidence
that all wives ought to wear and said,
You two men will never do anything
very wrong; you have too good a time
with your own wives" That's So"
laughed the men, and the jolly quartet
passed out into the night as happy and
gay as though they were not a party OF
married people.
In the same room were two married
men with groups Of gay young folks, but
their wives were not among the number.
The contrast was vivid one. OF course
we know not why one set OF married
men were not as happy IS the other, but
we do know why the first ones did not
have to go to clubs and other resorts to
hunt for the good times that men are
bound to have eithar at home or away
from it. The two little wives were wise
enough to be ]enient and overlooked GER
tain foibles which 80 many women con-
tinually nag about.
They kept themselves well dressed and
well informed. They made their home
place where the husbands could bring
their friends, and they entered heart and
soul into the interests and arnussments
of the two mon whom they had promised
to cleaye to until death parted them.
They We're companionable, that was the
whole secret, and the two men were hap.
pier in their society than in any other
that they could find. - Philadelphia
| Times
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
Tne hight KIND or Newspaper.

There are three kinds of newspapers
IN the world-the organ grinding news
paper, the free lance newspaper and the
newspaper that, seeking to avoid the ex-
trenes OF servility and recklessness rep-
resented by the two former, aims first Of
all to print the truth for truths sake.
fairly, fully. disinterestedly-and having
done SO. to fit its ratiocinations not to
some preconceived opinion or imaginary
hne OF consistency, but to the real facts
Journal. 0oaii oi-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
Nothing Like a Little Encours

"A clerk in a Market street store had
nls salary raised some time ago upon in
FORMING his employer of an increase in
the family. The next time he had oc-
caslon to report similar occurrence he
with pride and enterprise flashed nm
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06

10 YOU want your uc.ghbor. .
read THE CAUCASIAN. If 81 =.
another column how We will IL
you. Offer good for two weckso,,.
act at once. II
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
DO SoU WANT TWO r,r,

We viii send you for one y...,
CAUCASIAN and any of the ..,',-s'
papers for the amount oppu.l,..
Dakota Ruralist, 49,
Peoples Party Paper. -, -
Iowa Farmers Tribune. - 80
r.. r. - SID
send you two papers one Wear
Address
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