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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-20
THE oguHcH IN POLITICS.

.yvhat do you think. DR.. Abbott. about
the recent entry OF the church into pom
tlcs?"
at cannot be called recent Since there
has been a church and since there mas
been politics, each has been more OF
less interested in the other. We cannot
forget Luther, for instance. Politlcs'
looked at from a religious point or view
and from a truly Democratic point OF
view. is only a part Of the general process
of human Development. / expect TO see
poiitics growing both better and worse,
or rather the fight between the best anu
the worst Will, | think, become more on-
ter and intense On the one mana we
have an enormous population, VINO are
inst waking up to the desraoillty anu
possibility Of material improvement Ior
themselves. They see that the govern
ment has been used to promote CLASS NJ
terests. and they win instncuVely uhi'e
not TO prevent all class legislation uu'
to get special favors for their own cia97,
We have yet to see the end Of universal
negro suffrage in the South and u'
not believe that the POpulist movement
in the South and West is mere tenn
porary epidemic. 1t means that Iarso
classes think, and with some reaso"'
too. that their interests have been neg
Iected. and that they are Wiling now w
get a promotion of their interests VIZ"
out much regard 70 the welfare OF otner
classes. II the mechanics, lahorers' hilh-
ers etc, ever unite in similar move
ment. and that Is not at all impossiD'e,
we shall have another great eruption u
nolitlcal selfshness. And we have lohS
had great combinations Of wealth cor
rupting the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT stat
and natlonal-for personal ends. on the
other hand. there is certainly an AWAKEN
ing on the part Of honorable men towaru
their political duties; some movement 10
ward better political education ana leau
crship and an unsehsh spirit maniesteu,
IN strenuous agitation for reform ""ISn
Is always a healthy sign, even wneh tne
methods are not wise. By the very au.
dacity Of his movement, Dr. FarKhu ~
has rendered invaluable service 10 TINS
community and to all others, by exam Exam
pie IN arousing its sleeping con Is'a'.,
to a sense of political responsibility
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-20
FUTURE MIRACLES.

ct will answer that in a general way.
consider the resurrection Of Jesus Christ
from the dead as a fact better attesied
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-20

such a proposal as that or the Epiacop"i-
ian church for church unity could NOT
have been made-bui for the influence Oh
American religious ideas and Inspirations
orgER AMERICAN GIFTS.
On addition TO these achievements there
have been. of course. notable contributions
10th to theological thought ana religious
life by American churches and thinkers.
For instance, there is New England IuFl-
tanism, and growing out Of it New Eng
land Unitarianism; then there comes
American Methodsm and the movement
probably known as Campbei.ism. The lat
ter is more important than most OF Us
IA the East realize. It stands for the
best Of liberalism and breadth in many
western communities The first OF these
movements Us in the direction of religious
activity. and the other IN the direction
Of religious simplicity and liberty. Then
and what could be more important
comes the American Sunday school life.
This is distinctive, and different from
ANYTHING elsewhere I'm the world. The
Democratic spirit which It has encouraged
has given great impetus TO such move
mcnts as the Young Mems Christian Assoc
citation and the Young Peoples Society
for Christian EndeavOr. These have, of
course. hourished IN England and certain
European countries, but their growth
there does not compare with their growth
here. Besides them We have had many
individual religious thinkers. There We're
the Bccchers, father and son; Bushnell.
and Finney. Of Oberlin. These names
would occur 10 every one. IL | do not
mention Edwards and Emmons, Hopkins
and Hodge. it is only because they hardly
represent product OF American thought
bat only vigorous American representa-
tons Of ancient Augustlnan theology.
our young American ihinliers-and young
IN this connection means youthful of
thought, not necessarily youthful Of years
have shown all along the same spirit
Of enterprise in theology that our young
business men have shown in commerce.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-11
HEREDITARY TENDENCIES.
One Phase in the Development of Human
 Character.

One Phase in the Development of Human
 Character.
 Some insane instincts, as matter of fact do exist among us, revealing their destructive ferooity in a thou. sand forms of suffering, sin, shame and temptation. Not living soul has entirely escaped some injury, heredi. tary or immediate, direct or indirect, from their lerdships. Yet we are in- structed to retard them as scarcely modifiab ble factors of existence. They recall to memory the fabulous mon- sters of ancient story, who used to raw age and destroy whatever crossed their path. carrying terror to the hearts of men, until at length no hero went forth to slay them.
 The monsters of to-day, unhappily, do not permit themselves to be slain too easily. They spit fire, as of yore; they rend and pierce and tear, but they are no longer to be overcome in one sharp struggle, after the fashion of their more worthy ancestors. It is through the mysterious forces of hered- itary that the evil gathers such un- holy strength. It seems as if nature had some mystic storehouse wherein she garnered secretly, moment by mo- ment, the thousand influences of daily life; the lurings and compilations of circumstance; and that these, accumu- lating silently and inexorably, became transmitted into living passions. i'm perious needs, which we are wont to call natural impulses" and to accept in the same resigned spirit as that in which the Germans welcome typhoid fever as part of the divine scheme.
 There is something appalling in the knowledge that because mans grand father allowed evil habits to grow upon him, that man is to be cursed all his life with some awful punishment; tor mented, perhaps, with 8 strength of mere crude instinct entirely out of har- mony with his whole character, caus- ing him infinite struggles, unless the worse thing happen-again through the existence of some hereditary weak ness-and he surrenders the human side of him to the encroachments of l the animal. al.-Westminster Review.
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given us our written speech in such perfection carried their deep reverence for absolute cor rectness in language beyond long words and short words into the letters themselves and their formation. Not without profound lessons for careless speakers, writers and students is that legend of the Talmudical times, re- Iating how the small letter s'yod" being one day badly put upon the parchment raised itself up and .cried aloud to God"
 word is really one ot the most wonderful things of mans creation, and deserves to be respected, properly understood and carefully employed and pronounced. It may often hide within it's noble moving histories, though lightly used, just as the clod which the plowman turns may conceal treasure. Take, for instance, the term "colophon," :" which printers apply to the close of a printed volume. Which of them asks why it should mean s'the end," or re- calls the fact that Colophon was that one of the twelve Ionian confederate cities which furnished cavalry to the league, and these horsemen were so good and valiant that they always fin ished off battle victoriously, so that ito come to Colophon" was to put the last touch to business9 It is greatly to be desired that In the course of their teaching public and private instructors everywhere would give themselves more pains to explain and elicit for their students the inner history and force of words. Few, indeed, there are in any language which will not yield up to pa tient and enlightened analysis some Illuminating record of how they came upon the tongues of men. Some are as ancient as the first sound that was babbled by a child to it's mother; some have whole histories in them; some are new, ugly and incorrect, and, like "scientist," authoritarian" and "elec- troeution," vex the scholarly ear with their base construction. Possibly the new school of English literature at Oxford may effect something to revive and encourage the declining study of words 1t is only the ignorant and the foolish who think that it matters little how we deal in speech and script with these coins of the mind.-London Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-11

All authorities agree in stating tat the ancient inhabitants of Ireland must have been very familiar with gold and well accustomed to it's use. Ma tive gold appears in geological deposits in many pagts of Ireland.
 A big bouquet of Australian cut flowers, which had been frozen, was recently sent to Queen Victoria by Lady Duff. After the ice had been thawed the blossoms are said to have presented as fresh an appearance as though just gathered.
 So broad is the scope of modern charity that in many cases, particular ly in Europe, 1t has taken forms fanci- full if not absurd. London has three or four refuges for lost dogs. These estab- 1ishments are kept up by bequests and donations.
 The charitable endowments of the European countries have not kept pace with the increase of wealth. In 1887 the endowmeHts of Great Britain were s42, ,0o0, GOO; the wealth was f4, 100. .o00,- 900. In 1876 the wealth had risen to as, 050, 900, GOO; the endowments to e51,- GOO, 900.
 It is proposed to erect new build ing for the chamber of deputies in Paris to cost four and half million francs. The present hall is so small that members are much crowded. There are to be great many comforts and sonveniencesi in the new chamber which are lacking in the present one, and are badly needed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-11
Merely a Matter of Form.

Dentist-I'm afraid it's too late to save that tooth, miss. It will have to come out.
 Seif-Possessed Young Woman--Is the corresponding tooth on the opposite side sound one?
 Perfectly"
 No probability that it will get to achingP''
 None whatever
 And this one that's aching--is 1t nkeiy to keep my jaw swelled up as it does now9'
 Tt is"
 Then take 1t out. doctor. It destroys She symmetry of my face. ."-Chicage Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-11
Hadn't Guessed the Right Name.

Kathleen had been put out to service, and Mrs Berry liked the face of the young Irish girl. One day Kathleen was sent on an errand to town. She was longer than usual. and Mrs. Berry stood on the porch as she came through the field. Kathleen was happy. and Mrs. Berry observed: Why, Kathleen, what rosy, happy, face to-day. You look as if the dew had kissed you. ]" Kathleen dropped her eyes and rnur- mured: "Indade. mum, but that wasn't hia nAme. -Hostop Budget.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-11
How She Worked Bobby.

Bobby is attending to his piano les sons very faithfully of late, said that youths uncle. "Yes," replied his mother. II don't have any trouble with him about them now" How ala you manage it2' Some of the nelghbors complained of the noise his exercises made. and I told him about It. Now he thinksit's fun practice. ' Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-11
THE STUDY OF WORDS.
fhsir Importance--The Labor Our Lan
 guaGe Has Cost.

&sH NtuPOFtancE-Iue LHbof Ouk N"h'
 guaGe Has Cost.
 In view of the prodigious impor- tance of words and the wealth Of self explanation which they carry along with them, bygone scholars, and even some now among us. have not thought 1t waste of time to give whole ex- istence to the profound study of them, as to accent, sound and inner mean ing. Some of the old commentators will bestow twenty pages of closely written Latin CT Greek upon a single particle. Nay, those earnest book, 2 1orms Rpd fxanaoriherS xlho have
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-11

My friend, said the solemn man,
 nave you ever done aught to make the community in which you live the better fer your living in it?'' II have aone much, sh," replied the other aumoly. ito purify the homes of my fellow beings ''Ah," continued the solemn man, with pleased air, you distribute tractspn No. clean car pets. .''-Pearson,s.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
THIS Is BAD.
Congressman Vote Themselves More
Money.
ATLANTA Journal.)

ATLANTA Journal)
The law allows members Of con-
gress mileage at the rate of ten cents
a mile for the distance travelled from
their home to the capital and the
same for the return trip. This is a
liberal allowance, since hardly any
railroad in the charges over three
cents mile, and since the average
congressman is not averse to the use
of passes.
The law provides that this mileage
shall be paid for each regular ses-
son" of which each congres. has
two.
At the recent extra session a reso-
luton was passed making availa-
BILE then the amount which would
be due for mileage at the regular ses.
sion.
The resolution appeared on its face
to be merely an anticipation of the
mileage for the convenience of mem
bers.
Just before congress took its
Christmas recess, however, an item OF
$175,000 was put in the urgency de
ficiency bill for the payment of mile
age a second time.
This is the first time that mileage
has been voted for an extra session
though dozen such sessions hav.
been held. We regret that a Dem
ocratic congress should have been the
| first to violate an established rule anC
set this bad precedent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18

the principles of Alliance were above
party, while | have been given that
privilege. but sad duty. Yes, the
action of Congress and the position
of Grover Cleveland on the iinan-
cial question, have shown that you
were right and was wrong.
Therefore | take this opportunity
of announcing to the public, that as
an Alliance man, who loves right
better than he loves wrong, who loves
principle better than he loves the
party of life time, which now has
the name only, that | can no longer
affiliate with the Democratic party.
| see no hope for the people through
II, but as an Alliance man, and as a
Jeffersonian Democrat. | shall III
the next election use my vote and
Influence whatever it Isl to secure
the triumph of these principles
through the success of the Peoples
party.
Yours Fraternally,
opu
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
TOM
JOHNSON
SHOWSTHE BAD FAITH AND HYPOC-
RACI OF THE DEMOCRATS ON
THE WILSON TARIFF BILL.
He shows Why Carnegie. the Republican
Manufactures, il Pleased with it.

Hon. Tom johnson, a Democratic
congressman from Ohio, made a
ringing speech the other day on the
Wilson tariff bill. We make the fol-
lowing extract which is rich reading:
This was his exordium: I've, of
the Democratic party, went before
the county in 1892, asserting that the
existing tariff was wrong In principle
and Unjust in operation, declaring
the policy of protection fraud and
robbery, charging it with creating
trusts. sitting commerce, throttling
industries, causing enforced idieness,
lessening wages, impOverishing la
Dor and creating few monstrous
fortunes, and pledging ourselves to
abolish it if the American people
gave US authority. They did give
us authority and then our haste to
repeal oppressive taxes subsidized
and instead of flying at the throat of
protected baron and robbsr trusts,
the great Democratic party began,
as it were, to wag its tail and look
| for crumbs.
IL WI ClSNtlduNl Ildu SI1o " III tllS
sagacity and courage the situation
demanded, the ink would not have
been dry on the commission of his
secretaries ere congress would have
| been called into extra session to re-
lieve the country of its burdens OF
taxation. But, instead of that we
proceeded to est on our laurels and
| Il ~iIa ho enoilo ,nl tho {
treated to the spectacle of a Presi
dent and congress having power to
remove crushing burdens, devotine g
their energies to the discussion OF
personal claims to petty places.
And as the climax of all this de
lay come the shameful days we have
just passed through, in which the
House has stood paralyzed because.
despite our overwhelming majority
we Democrats would neither furnish
a quorum to be counted or count one
that was really present. But at last
the committee charged by this House
| with the duty of bringing in a bill
for the abolition of 3 system which
the majority Of us have declared a
fraud and robbery have been
heard from. They give us a Demo
cratic report and a Republican bill
The voice is Jacobs voice, but the
hands are the hands of Esau.' | an
like the man who could eat crow.
will vote for this bill if l can get
nothing better. But | do not like
it."
Mr.. Johnson proceeded to show
that the bill if enacted into law
would injure but one trust, the sugar
trust. The failure to touch the stee
rail trust was particularly disparag
ing to the Speaker. He is a manu-
facturer of steel rails himself, anC
he declared that the duty fixed in the
bill, albeit reduction of so per cen
from the Mckinley rate, would en-
able the trust to maintain prices a:
snugly as did the present law.
''Do you wonder that just before
Mr.. Carnegie went to Jerusalem tn,
other day he stopped long enough tt
say that he was perfectly satisfied
with our bill"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
Ne. S.
CARY, n. c., Jan. 5, 1894.
Duplin county.

CARY, \. c., Jan. ;, lN94
Before pointing out the plan | be-
lieye would lead to honest elections
in or State let me say that our peo,
pie, whether ai1iliatIng with the De
mocratic, Republican, PoPuIlst or
Prohibition party, are III the main as
honest in politics as IN other matters,
and the fraud, corruption and dis
honesty that has disgraced our cOun-
try and lmperiled our liberties, has
been perpetrated chiefly by 1t few
bold, uDscrupulous leaders, and their
hcnchmen, hence the evil may be
corrected by forcing 1t upon the at
tention Of our people and keeping It
before them throug hout the cam
paign.
There are three parties in the
State whose combined strength eN-
ceeds that Of the party in power, and
to a man, from self-interest If MOTH
ing else, the men in these opposition
parties would stand together for Il
free ballot and a fair count" while
a large number of honest, liberal
Democrats would unite with them if
the purity Of the ballot box was made
the issue.
Then call a convention of the Re
form parties, throw the issues of
Tariff, Finance, Laud, &c,, to the
winds, for the time being, take up
the only issues on which reform
forces of the State can unite, formu-
late platform with a single plank,
put in that plank thus issue only,
VIZ: every citizen of the Old North
State is entitled to cast one vote and
have that vote counted. Go into the
campaign armed with the data and
facts relating to the open, public,
notorious frauds that have been prac-
tiCed in elections Ill the past, parade
them in every political meeting ut
every cross road, school house and
voting precinct in the commonwealth,
rivet the attention of the whole peO-
pie upon the ballot box, impress upon
them the danger attending It's con
tinued corruption, keep up this fight
to the exclusion of all other issues
throughout the campaign and you
will arouse tHe latent political hon
esty of our people to a pitch where
not returning board in the State
would dare throw out a legal vote
or falsify the return at single pre-,
cinct, and We would have an honest
election.
JAMES MCPHERSON TEMPLETON
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
Jonathan and IIHCOHtinent.
By MAX 0RELL Author Of "John Bull
and His lslaad. John Bull. Jr.,"
Etc. aud JACK ALLYN

Translated BY Nine Paul Eioaex Ccpyr4<hted
~ CAx-s!l Co. New lork. and rubl.-hssi by
Special arrangement through the AInsrsoan Pse=a
Association
Paul Rloaes CMax 0'Rell} Is a r-ularE ably ci~ver
Frenchiisan- who aAs devossd ats tSl+n;s uacsst,y
70 satiriEing the Anglo S4xnn rAoa The tzaak
from which the following extracts are made ts his
latest prni1ctioa and material for 1t gathered
during hss rscenI visit 10 America
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
GREENSBORO HAS 4 SENSATION.
[Special to The observer

GREENSBORO, Jan. 13.-Greens-
boro had an ugly sensation last night
in which two married women, two
young swells and an angry husband
figured. The husband shot one of
the "swells," who will probably die,
and would doubtless shot the other
but for the interference of the moth
er of the husband. The affair has
created great deal of talk here
The details are too disreputable fol
publication.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
HE MAKES AN ASSIGNMENT.


Capt. Il. P. Howell, who up to the
first of January was cashier of the
Bank of Wayne, at GoldSboro, made
an assignment last week. 1t was a
great surprise. The liabilities are
said to be $45, 900. The assign
ment was a surprise. Capt. Ho-
well is one of Goldsboro's leading
citizens and has good farm in
Wayne. lie has given up all his
property.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
VIRGINIA GRANGE CONDEMNS NOR
TON.
Resolution Adopted Protesting Agent His
Retention in the Cabinet.


Richmond, Va, Jan. 1O-At the
session of the Virginia State Grange
in Winchester to-day Acting Master
Il. Il. Hutchinson, in his anual ad-
dress, was severe upon the Secretary
of Agriculture, Hon. J. Sterling
Morton, who, he declared, had prov
ed himself a foe to organized agri-
culture and had lnSulted the repre-
sentatives of such organizations at
the Columbian Expos ton,
A resolution was unanimously
adopted condeming Secretary Nor
toms open insult to the Virginia
State Oranges, and protesting against
his retention by the President as
Secretary of Agriculture.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
II. l.. iOUCKS,

7
Later-AdviceS have been received
by Col. Duncan, National Secretary,
that the hotel expenses of the dele
gates will be borne by the city, and
that 1000 had deem raised to pay
their travelling expenses. Topeka is
the capitol city of Kansas and the
stay of the delegates will be made
both profitable and pleasant, Re
ports indicate that full delegations
will be on hand from every State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
No. 9.
Cove, n. c., Jan. s, 1894.

COVE, n. T., Jan. 5, 1894.
EDITOR CAUCASIAN: i see your
offer Of $25 to the one who offers the
best plan to secure a free ballot and
a fair count under the present cleo
ton law, | will offer the following
suggestion:
First, Let the fair minded voters
in every county in the State hold
precinct township and county meet
lngs and get up petitions and send to
the county commissioners asking
for the removal of all dishonest
Registrars, and that honest men be
put IN their place, aud also select
men that are known to be honest and
competent for Judges of election at
every voting precinct in their re-
spective counties and urge their ap-
pointment and do it immediately,
then let all true Reformers bestir
themselves and get reform papers in
the hands of the people and strive
with all their might and mein tc
educate the masses to the true cOndi-
tioE of the country, and work from
now until the count is finished Oh
election day and after then if needed
Fraternally yours,
j. W. KENNEDY.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
PLAYING MUMBLE PEG.
(Hon. Thos. Watson.1

We now know what the Democrats
wanted to do with their "Chance."
They wanted to play humble peg
with it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
JOE MANLY CHAIRMAN
OF The National Ex. Com. OF The Republi-
can Party.

The National Ex. Com. of the
Republican party has been in session
in Washington for the past week.
Mr.. Joseph H. Manly of Maine, the
intimate friend and lieutenant of the
late Jas. G. Blaine has been elected
Chairman.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
HON. ]. ]. LO\G
WRrTsS J sTPONG AND PATRIOTIC
LETTER
HE VOTED THE DEMOCRATIC
TIikET LAST YEAR.
rHI~kINC TIE rAHTY WOULD GIVE
tut PEOPLE HONEST GOVERN
MENT, But WAS HONESTLY
MISTAKEN.

IA" Party has Cruelty DeeeiVe ed Him and
Eetra, ed the Feople.---He Thought The
Caucasian was Wrong La l&92. Now He
tHdnT~es It, tour-f.---He will Fight for
RETURN Through the Peoples Party.