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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-22

LB0lSLAT1O1 AND 0THIIWIR
from three ssvenths to one-half Of the ma
tallic money Of the world is the most eiean.
tic crime Of this or any other age. The CON.
summation OF such . scheme would ulti
mately entail more misery upon the hn.
man race than all the wan. pestilencea
f:mines that ever occurred in the history
of the world.
The absolute and instantaneous de.t,nc
ton of half the entire movable pronertv Of
the world. including houses. ships, raii
commerce, while It would be felt more .s On
sibiy ct the moment, would not produce
anything like the prolonged distress and
DISCRIMINATION OF society that must inev;ta.
bly, result from the permanent annihilst;on
OF one-Aaf the metallic money of the
world. "a We
Mr.. Carlisle, your diagnosis was cor
rect. Each symptom of the evils YOU
then described appear with ALARMING
import and irresistible certainty. LEI
me again quote Secretary Carlisle. who.
standing on the floor of the House ne \
representative Of the people at an hour
before his eyes became dazzled with
the golden glitter Of Pluto's palace. At
an hour prior to ROthschild fixing \
golden halo above his head, portrayed.
in language stronger than any am
capable Of framing, the necessity for
patriotism to grid itself for the resist
ance Of powers financial and powers
executive. It seems to me that this
great mind has blazOned out q path of
duty that in the present hour Of dan
ger We may follow with safety:
The struggle now gong ON cannot cease.
and ought not to cease, until all the indus.
tEial interests Of the country ars
FULLY AND FINALLY HnAHcIPArrp
from the heartle0i domination of svnd;.
Gates. stock exchanges. and Other MT
Of money gabben In Fri
country and In Europe. Let u, II We caa
do no bsttef, pas bill after bill, embodying
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-22


STILL MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
who know not these false gods. lad.
plause.]
Yet another time the golden image
was set up. II you will take your Bible
and turn to the third chapter of Daniel
you will find that it will read about
this way: ACKNOWLEDGMENT the kino
made an image Of gold whose height
was three score cubits, and the breadth
thereof six cubits; he set it I'D in the
plain OF Dura in the province of Babv-
lOn."
"Then Nebuchadnezzar the king
sent to gather together the princes. the
governors, and the captains the Judges.
the treasurers, the cOunsellors, the
sherlffs and all the rulers of the Prov
inces to come to the dedication of the
image which Northumberland the king
had set up"
1t looks as though
ALL THE oFYIcK-HoLpERs
in the Kingdom Of Babylon had been
summoned to Dura to endorse the
kings idea. (Applause.l
Then an herald cried aloud: To Won
1t IS commanded, Oh people, nations
and languages"
THAT at what time ye hear the sound
OF the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,
Psaltry, dulcimer and all kinds of music
ye fall down and worship the GOLDEN
image &c &C."
And who SO falleth not down and
wOrshiPpeth shall the same hour he cot
ace"
Now, you just read the President,s
letter to Governor Stone of Nissinni
loud Applause. You will read tbe
same thing. 1t is pure Bible. tbink
ne must have modelled it on the ey.cf
lines of the decree of Nebuehad nezzsr
Perhaps he does not 20 far enon0h
with the story to tell us how the once
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-22

fered diminution year after year. Cot
ton and wheat have both gone up
little now and then, but not until After
the spectators owned these products
and the farmers had parted with them.
Now and then We hear of and see
some evidence 90 Of good times re-
turning" i think the silver cranks
who have agitated and who keen
urging this question are . responsible
factor for this evidence. The specnIs.
tors and gold monOmetallists did not
intend to offer this evidence OF 9ood
times SO soon. 1t WAS their purnose
70 keep the country on the rick TIN
some time near the election of lsg,
Then . few political manufacturing
concerns would have advanced va1rs
little. Other concerns would nav.
been compelled to follow suit or have
strikes and lOckOuts, and then there
would have been evidence of rood
times" and there would have been =
temporary period Of improvement. But
they have been compelled to make this
evidence one year earlier than tbey
expected. This spread Of silver seuei.
ment that threatens to sweep avay
party lines and all the old poiiticians
OF twenty-five years, has scared those
fellows. Tney said, we must let up."
We forced their hands q little early.
They have been ying this game with
marked cards and stacked pack, until
Cleveland threw aside his diseuiee
and proposed openly to destroy sii,er
and greenbacks and treasury nutss
and put gold bonds in their place. The
restoration Of "better timess n due so
this silver agitation.
Weare no longer afraid Of these eold.
bugs. But in every community e
every kind described before, ana |
nad rather be wrong here on this oues-
tion ana see the good times continue.
tnan see what fear will come in fife.
l nave no pride, NO love Of party, no |
persona! account or honor that want
to sacrifice for party. / had rsther - |
wrong and zee the truth peevaiI. ana
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-22

Hoods Pills g. . = 80. % =; {:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-13

THREE EARGAINS-A splendid Tut
soda fountain complete and iu perfect
order; an excellent hotel rauCe-i0-holc-
complete and in good repair. paouo-
graph, in perfect condition. Zach viii
be sold at nominal figures compared 10
first cost. Can at Singer * DOuuelrs
furniture store, 209, 2lI y. Main STREET.
daS-tf
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calculated to give troops greater eff
cheney IN street maneuvers, and par
ticularly in dealing with labor mohs-
It Is the freely expressed opinion OF
the army corps in New York that our
soldiers work in the future viii have
very little connection with Indian war
fare, and more and more with sedition
and civil upheavals, in view of present
social conditions. This view of the
case is Endorsed by the incidents daily
Transporting in Brooklyn. where motor
men are no longer victims of organized
attacks, but are assaulted by strikers
in solitary places in the shelter Of the
night. No police system yet invented
seems capable of stopping these prac-
tees entirely. The army men in
adopting the new tactics. have aimed
blow directly at many practices COM
mon during a strike. and thus the
unions are active in opposition to them.
Many Of the unions are organizing
through the country for Il fight In con-
Eress against any further extension OF
the military power. The outcome will
be watched with interest bv army
men who have many measures of i'm
portance to them ready Tor introduce
ton into the next congress and who
dread opposition from that quarter
DAVID NECHsLER.
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tecting spurs OF the hills. Few houses
appear: high upon the hilIsides stands
an occasional cabin with an almost
perpendicular path, red amidst the
dense green, mounting up to it Beside
each. by way of lightningrod, towers
a tall cocoa palm, planted for this pur-
pose only, for the nuts do not mature at
this height, over two thousand feet.
Ten minutes after starting we are
whiriing through the little village of
BAN boo-two shops, a couple OF ca bins,
schoolhouse and chapel The chill
dren are at school and we hear the
roar of voices chanting recitations and
have a glimpse of rows Of benches
crowded with brown faces. At one
place large cattle pen occupies some
thousands of acres far below, and yet
the pastures looks like the finest
cropped lawn; cattle are like mush-
rooms; the great house stands on an
island knoll, commanding on one side
the sea, and monarch of all ii SURVEYS
On the other. Cattle ranches pay in
Jamaica. even the deaths due to oc-
casional drought cost less than it
would to make permanent ponds to
cbviate them.
HeroaboutS our road joins the main
road, wide, smooth and hard. And
long before this brings US 70 Brown
stone, lying n its little valley, the
houses peeping out from amidst mass
of palms, bananas, silk cottons and
trees of the banyan sort. We draw up
at the market house steps. in narrow
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-13
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laughing, pushing, gesticuIattng: many
OF the women bear on their heads huge
wooden trays heaped with produce
Tor sale or just purchased. Out OF
sight until you stumble over them
are the vendors squatting on the
ground amidst heaps OF yams. sweet
potatoes, plantains, cocos. cocoanuts,
chOchos, cabbages and such fruits as
are in season, mangoes, genips, cheri-
raoyas, oranges, poinegranates, sweet
sops. bananas. The vans are great
dark brown roots eight inches in diam
cter and two or three feet long; the
hairy cocos are also dark brown roots,
but more like sweet potatoes. These
are usually sold by men. The chOcho
is pretty vegeta Bile OF light green or
cream white hue, as big as two fists,
pear-shaped, but ribbed like a musk
melon, and hairy They are of the
squash and cucumber family, and taste
like vegetable marrow. Plantains are
larger than the average banana. and of
slightly different tinge OF yellow; but
SO much Ike them in appearance that
You know the two apart rather by in
stinct, than specification. Plantains
cannot be eaten raw like bananas, but
are frmer and better than the latter
when cooked. They cost five times what
bananas 80. and are rather scarce here;
we usually buy out the whole supply in
the market; and all the eggs go into
our basket also.
HeapS OF manpOsS brilliant yellow
red and green, are here; small. but ex-
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mat son1apouy or Crner IN authority 6 !.
the vatican proposes to Look him up,
has summoned him from oblivion in a
trice. The brilliant man has been
severely frowned down by the authori-
ties of the Catholic church in America,
in spite OF the fact thai at first he was
received with open arms. lie is at
present living on ranch in California,
being tutor to lad whose mother is
anxious for his spiritual welfare.
The first rebuff he experienced here
was when he became convivial at the
banquet of the police captains in New
York Then came stories from London
that Capel had made deplora BILE fiasco
as a financial manager and was not IN
favor with churchmen there. When
he was in Philadelphia, the rnonsignor
;nade a scene in the cathedral there
by threatening 10 leave the pulpit in
the cathedral, If people persisted in
interrupting his sermon by moving
about and coughing. Then he made
enemies of the Catholic hierarchy by
alleged hauChtiness and general self
indulgence. So the brilliant fellow
drifted to the west and found his Lethe
in California. 1t is TO be noted that his
side of the stories was never heard
Some say he is too'proud to notice the
accusations against him. He made an
enemy of the New York police for one
thing by thoroughly exposing their
connection with the bunco swindlers
of the metropolis. This sudden inter
est in Capel mystifes churchmen over
here.
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cellent, pineapples, genips - small
branches tipped with round green
fruit with a skin that cracks when you
bite it and comes of, revealing q soft.
orange-colored pulp clinging TO large
stone, and tasting something like
grapes. Otaheite apples, pear-shaped,
bright yellow and red, with a clear,
white pulp, crisp, sweet and delicious;
acl1ees. used as vegetable, also bright
red and yellow, opening on the tree 10
show the big, black seed within, which
is poisonous. Salt fish and ec1ees
are favorite dish with the peasantry.
We examine critically the piles of
yam, select the best and say to the
dealer: Three shillings' worth-malle
them up" The phrase means that he
is to make them up in shilling piles,
four or five pieces. according to size, in
heap. This having been done, we re-
gard the heaps disapprovingly, pick out
an inferior piece that he has slipped in,
and replace it by better, shake our
head and look disconnected: he adds
another piece, perhaps, and finally,
after much hesitation, we take or re
iect the bargain as the case may be.
Everything is bought in this way,
though vans are only sold by the shil-
ling's worth \ quality IA penny-ha'
penny is the usual price of pile Of
mangoes, genips or chochos; the price
is constant-only the quantity varies.
Another measure of price is the
gill-three farthings, and you have to
make your own additions. That's
ouatty and gill. missy" and. there
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are proofs and TO spare that diving was
for centuries part of the athletic train
ing OF every healthy Mexican boy. Tho
boys of Mexico no longer dive for coins,
because the law forbidS it. So at least
a high official writes who was entreat-
ed TO send me a vivid picture Of Next
can boy diving. Now here is news. in
deed
In years not long gone by a goodlv
number of Mexican boys were, as soon
as they could toddle, trained to run.
They inherited supple hips, strong
thighs, tireiess legs and nimble feet
from their fathers and their grand
fathers, and their great-grandfathers
great-grandfathers. They had little
or nothing save poor humanity in com
mon with Hamlet; least Of all were
they ever '.scant of breath" nor
were they often fat" When they
grew to manhood and profession
al perfection they joined \ corps
which formed the only trusted, the only
reliable messengers Of Mexico. They
often ran $50 miles IL four and half
DAYS They made round trips Of 700
miles IN nine days, and were handsome
" renunerated By twenty-five or thirty
Mexican silver dollars. But this IS an
item of Mexico's past. The law-the
law of nature. not the law Of Mexico
has stepped in and said: Enough! No
more"' The Mexican runners are dead,
killed by their mad overTvork, and the
boys of Mexico are no longer trained
20 a livelihood that invariably proved
suicidal The boys who used to be
trained 10 this business were always Of
quite or almost unmIxed Indian blood.
Traces Of the old rushing national
habit are quite dizcernibIe 20 those who
study the children OF modern Mexico .
Those children, for al their stolid
faces and pathetic eyes, for 81 their
Latin languor Of motion, are wonder !.
fully quick Of limb.
In the cities Of Mexico the vast ma (
jority Of the children ere dressed very .
10 the children Of European .
cities
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alley; the big clock in the tower tells
us we are on time. Baskets are taken
out and handed 10 a robust colored
woman. We alight and the buggy is
taken to a shady spot hard by to await
our return.
The market house proper Is large
roof on pillars, rising from high stone
foundation; in ranks upon its cement
floor are the booths or stalls where
meat. bread. ginger ale and the like are
on sale. This covered place i seldom
crowded. but adjoining II on the right
Is walled Enclosure for the accommo-
dalton II 'bread-kiEd, The name given
TO vans. potatoes. fruits and all green
stuff. We are the only white folks who
come TO market: the others send serv-
ants, but we Ike the drive and rhc hui
mors Of the scene. The quality in
Jamaica viii d nothing for themselves
that they can get done for them.
Needing nothing n the house we
pass through. with 4 glance at the gin
Cerbread. the pretty. white bread
leaves. and the various dough prepara-
tionS. some Of which we know by expe-
ricnce - be not half bad. Now we
emerge from the cool shadow into the
ardent Sunshine OF The outer inclosure.
This IS as bewildering q place -
mortal ever stepped into. Crowds IF
women in bright print dresses. the et-
feet Of which n little distance Is white
in the sunlight. many children. and a
few men. throng the space till move
ment becomes difficult \ policeman.
with smiling black face and spot!ess
white jacket. stands aoout wherever he
can find room. Here and there q dom
key : being drawn through the press
by is owner. two heavily loaded pam
niers on It's stout little hack. E-erv-
body IS chatteTinC n a high KEY.
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ing to her preoccupation with prepara-
tions for the Gould wedding. So the
whole matter has gone over until after
Easter
The fact is that these affairs are not
looked upon as very good form any
more. Yet very strange reason exists
for this, namely, the fact that they are
popular in England among the aris-
tOcraCy. The extreme form of the an
glomaniac craze has experienced re-
vulsion and the pendulum now swings
the other way. Whatever is the rage in
England is tabooed in New York, be-
cause the Four Hundred are too proud
20 copy anyone any more. This inter
estiDg circumstance has been general
" overlooked. but, in truth, New York
society would nowadays scorn to be so
provincial es to do anything but origin
ate and lead. AngloInania may be all
very well for st. Petersburg and Wen
ma, but Gotham outgrew it long ago.
We have the Nanderbilts to thank for
that.
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One Of the most interesting specimens
in the National museum az Washington
is cast Of an egg Of most gigantic SIC,
which was found in q Eua1O bed ca the
Island q Madagascar about twenty-five
years ago. The shell - this erv VII
hold almost ezactly two gallons Of
liquid. which would make IL capacity
equal % rs average eggs laid bv the
common BARNARD fowl The bird
which laid thl5 TnsuEOtl egg Is 2o.v
extinct, and has been t9- probably 30
wears. To the s-.r1tst--w 10 knows e
b. it, bones and eSgs-it : known -
the epioruis- and rs restored skeletons
prove i % have been bird a. least =
feet IL height Arab sailors who VS.
tied Madagascar centuries ago. when
the epic-nis was stl living, arr BE-
i.eved % have brought back the stores
concerning &: which alzly ds~elop-d
into the fabulous narratives q re roc-
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AntlEOnR.

Once there was little girl, as the
saying goes. and she and her brother
loved to pose in tableaux of their own
conceiving. At the time when the
Greek play of 'Antirone~ was given in
the city. they heard much talk about it
from their elders. and We're al afire to
produce something brilliant them
selves, on their own little stage.
Lets play AntiEone," suggested
Bertha. 1T last. when tie old folks had
been again talking It over.
"tL right, responded Tom; III be
Aulirooe-"
NO, Won can't. She was lady. III
BE- An,igone-
"Au right. You may. I'll be George
Washington, and come n and tell her
about my hatchet."
50 the rehearSals were begun. and
things went s1vim1lin-lv. One da-.
however, Bertha Cot = Iitcle fractions
and lonEcd for change.
i guess I don't Ike Antirone very
We'll. She said I don't ike her
name"
An right, said obligire Tom, lets
alter it.
why. what can we call here~
MARY Tigoae. That's a real good
name
The prina donna approved the
change ard the play vent on
Youths Companion.
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Trained from appearing at any house
in which DraytOn is welcomed. The
people of assumed position can ask
this gentleman and defy the whole
Four Hundred, but persons like tho
Goulds dare not, in the present embrv-
onic state OF their social existence, run
the risk Of offending the house of Astor.
The enemies Of the house OF Aston. and
there are many OF them, and in high
feather socially at that, have been
very eiICsig- 20 Mr. Drayton. Mr.. and
Mrs Frederick Gabhard are the only
persons able to steer clear of cntangle-
ments, apparently, for they are ON
friendly terms with al the combat
ants. and. more rcI8ari5a BILE stiU, are
much liked by William Waldorf Astor,
who on the removal of bric-a-hrac and
other objects de vcr,u from his New
port villa, sent The young couple most
beautiful Se.reS vase. To be sure, Mr..
Gehhard may feel the necessity of act
ing dipiomaticaliy Just now TO every
one. lie Is rapidly making a name Tor
himself as a fnaneicr. and increases his
fortune daily. One of MS new plans Is
-he construction of elevated RAILWAYS
on new principle. They can be run
mp much more cheaplY than has hereto
fore been deemed possible. and being
built in tiers one above another. ara
adaptable for rapid and slow transit.
Russell sage Is now Interesting himself
IN the idea. That Gcbhard is raD.dlvac-
quirinC m immense fortune Is couceIcj
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GEAR. hopes that he
had permanently given up his books for
less severe delights. The Russian
itinerary of this man of millions Is
strictly academic undertaking. Mr..
Vanderbilt proposes TO make study OF
Russian institutions and dialects, and
through the influence Of MIR. Creighton
Webb. his l1insman, who gave him let
tiers to Minister Breckenridge and Con-
sui General Crawford, he viii obtain an
audience with the car, or more correct
Nv. with the emperor, since the Roman
offs have discarded the word car.
Mr.. Vanderbilt VIII spend several
months in q traverse on horseback
from the capital to the Crfmea, return
ing 20 Moscow by the middle of May.
Audiences with the sovereign are very
hard to obtain in the Muscovite realm
nowadays. particularly since the court
is in mourning. Moreover, Mr.. Wander
bilt will be obliged to leave his shoes
outside the door when he enters the
royal presence. but any pedal frigidity
he NAV experience win be rapidly dis
lsipated by the pair of slippers which an
attendant puts upon his Ieet.
II should not be inferred that people
who see the emperor in Russia must
necessarily take their shoes off. That
act is essential only on occasions Of
,snch special favor as is this one to the
rich New Yorker.
Mr.. Vanderbilt VIII rough it on this
"trip of his Only his cousin, King
Nissan, viii accompany him., and one
wallet viii serve both. A good deal OF
this iourr ev Will be made in the COM
lpany Of tIolstoi, who has for year
past been corresponding wilh young
Vanderbilt. the latter having deep re-
lspect for tine educational theories 81
ithe former. The great literary light of
Russia regularly travels on horseback
Through the country, and the party viii
go over some hundreds of miles to-
igether. II viii he a most Interesting
itrip and the New Yorker viii undoubt-
,edly return laden with trophies OF all
sorts TO enrich an already superb col
lection. This collection, by the way,
will be left, 1t is understood, to various
scientific institutions upon the death OF !
the owner.
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