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tomentose, covered with soft hairs in.
stead Of velvets pubescence?
Why could not the writers of the past
ages composing their treatises and es-
tablishing laws by which the floral king
dom was TO be governed, set forth the
characteristics of plants and flowers in
terms that could be pretended by
the common people, and thereby benefit
all classes? But, since they did not see
fit to do this, and we are powerless to
amend these long established laws in
favor of our fower-loving friends, know
not how to help them, unless Tell then
where to find a key to unlock these semi
Greek and Latin terms used in connec-
ton with this most delightful and i'm
portant branch of science. Gray's How
Plants Crow contains botanical glos-
sary and great many other useful
things. The book is cheap, and would
advise all who are just beginning to get
it; it will help you out of many compli
cations.-Mrs. G. w. Flanders in Tran
script Monthly.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way TO cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an intiamed con-
dition of the mucous lining OF The Eu.
stachian' tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rum bling sound or
Imperfect hearing and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation Can be taken out
and this tub DE restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever,
nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrah which is nothing but an in
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred dollarsces
any case of Deafness &c used by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
~ -Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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pink, wheel-shaped flowers, which were
evening boomers, To our interested
query as to their name, the landlady re-
piled, Ground Flora" which then, as
now, was entirely without significance,
and as we have seen no duplicate, or a
similar one described in any floral work,
we emain in complete ignorance of
their true names, and hence are una BILE
to CRAFTY the ardent desire that has pos
sessed us ever since to procure seeds or
plants of those stranger beauties we met
and admired in the long ago. Can any
of our floral friends help US?
MRS. JENNIE 5. PERKINS.
Winter Garden, Fla.
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For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Window Gardens.


Those who are so unfortunate as to be
confined to the narrow limits of room,
or even suite of rooms, eagerly long
for a garden Of flowers, a small patch
ofground if only one yard square and one
yard long To these | will say, cease
longing for what cannot be and make
the best of the material you have on
hand. No matter if your windows are
east, west, north or south: no matter if
they are weather beaten, cracked or
dusty so long as you possess the window,
for the good Lord will give you light
and sunshine.
If your windows have neither deep
sill, inside nor out, have carpenter con-
struct wide shelf for you. If the SER
vices of a carpenter are out of the ques-
ton, purchase a pair of brackets and
fasten them to the wood work with
screws; lay wide board across the
brackets and your window shelf is COM
plete.
You can drape the simple shelf with
MOSS it looks very graceful and pretty
and is besides available. These sma all
items count in places where material
comes high and is not easily procured.
Now have some tolerably deep and
wide boxes made-tin cans will do, but
we will suppose that you have the boxes.
See that they have proper drainage, then
fill with rich, loamy soil rotted leaf
mould is fine.
| would not begin by sowing seed IN
these boxes. Have the plants growing
in small, shallow boxes that you can
procure from your grocer, and trans
window boxes when they are several
inches high. If you have no conve-
niences for this buy the plants from
your nearest florist, or send North for
them. Small plants are cheap and any
good florist will please you.
Many are not successful with seed.
To such | would say. buy your plants
by all means and run no risks. The
plants you require will cost about i've
cents apiece, SO if you have no garden
and depend on your window boxes for
cut flowers, it is decidedly better TO buy
the plants.
East windows are the best for flowers,
ut you Can raise flowers anywhere.
Now if you are fortunate in possessing
one or Two eastern windows you will
want some delicate, sweet-scented bios
SONS that will furnish you with bou-
quets the season through. Fasten strings
along each side of the windows for the
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North Florida.
For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Why Flowers Should Have Correct Names.

Why Flowers Should Have Correct Names.
In evidence of the need of botanical
names for flowers we will cite two in
stances where their absence has
caused much vexation.
More than generation has passed
since lady travelling through Arkansas
collected variety of rare flower seeds
and planted them at her Tennessee
home. One specimen with a malva-
ceous-shaped flower grew to be several
feet in height with leaves distinctly
palmate, and corollas of the loveliest
shade Of yellow with black stamens.
1t was very snowy and beautiful plant,
but persisted with the summer and in all
succeeding years we have found no other
like it or found 1t catalogued anywhere.
1t has been quite as long time since
we were visiting distant neighborhood
and were attracted by a bed of handsome
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Botanical Names.
Winter Garden. Fla.

That some of my floral friends are
getting disguised with botanical names
is evident. One writer wishes to know
if there is any catalog published giving
the names of plants and their descrip-
tions in plain English, for" says she,
81 have only what is termed common
school education. Greek and Latin are
dead languages to me, therefore descrip-
lions like the following make me no
wiser: 'Populus grandidentata. Branches
terete, leaves round, ovate, sinnate,
toothed, hoary tomentose, covered with
a close, velvety freshness, etc. -
Iwant to tell this correspondent that
if she could find a catalog to her mind,
one excluding all Greek and Latin names
and perplexing descriptions from its
columns, one confined to the popular or
common names of plants, giving the
characteristics by which each may be
distinguished in our own simple lam
guage, [ fear her troubles would be aug
mented instead of lessened. ( believe
she would 1nd it as hard to get the par
ticular plants she desired, by ordering
| from such an indefinite list, as she now
! does to solve those complicated terms
without the aid of a botanical dictiOn-
ary, for the different species sometimes
have as many local names as localities.
We will take the balsam for an illustra-
ton. 1t is known botanically as Impa-
items all over the world, but in our re-
vlsed catalog we cross out the word and
substitute balsam Another florist gets
out revised edition and catalogs our
balsam as jewel weed; another as touch
me-not; and yet all mean the same spe-
cies. But we who buy them are not
supposed to know this, and favor each
with an order, getting in return the
same plant under as many names, or it
may be, we shall not get it at ALL but
something very unlike, for other plants
may also be known by these same cog
nomens in some other portions of the
country.
Such a catalog as my floral friends
wish would not be reliable one; to find
definitely any particular species under
consideration, we must have the scien-
tific. botanical names, for they are the
same all over the world, and for this
reason are given in Latin and Greek.
| We should be very unwilling to have
these Latin names dropped from our
catalogs, since they aid us so materially;
but what we would drop out if we could,
are the descriptions of our beautiful
shrubs and flowers that are unintelllgi-
BILE to the masses, for if they are not
Greek and Latin they might as we'll be,
and they are not really necessary to dis
tinguish plant. since we have terms in
our own mother tongue that answer
every purpose, and they are so plain the
humblest may comprehend. Would it
not be just as we'll for the few who I'M
derstand the terms, and better for the
many who do not, to say egg-sbaped in
stead of round ovate, pointed instead of
acute, teeth rounded instead of sinate
toothed, grayish white instead of hoary
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randYa, on the other red and white cy-
press vine. These are beautiful vines
and the foliage is so clean and delicate.
In the other box l would put Ipom@a
Learii and Moonflower, both of which
are beautiful. One opens at dawn and
the other after sunset, and the faint
odor of the Moonfower at night will per
wade your rooms and fill your heart with
pleasure
Mignonette, Sweet alyssum, violets,
Verbenas, Nasturtiums, Chinese Pinks,
Nicotina and Portulacca, are fine class
of plants for these boxes and you will
have some choice cut flowers.
In the center of one box plant laven-
der or deep pink balsam. They come
in exquisite shades now and are very
double, almost like Camellia. In the
other box plant good free-blooming
pink geranium.
There are so many choice and hardy
plants to select from that 1 only mention
few, but I think have mentioned the
most attractive list. Verbenas are very
snowy, fragrant and very abundant
bl oomers Keep the blossoms cut and
they will bloom until late in the fall.
Towards autumn it would be well to al
low few perfect clusters to ripen their
seeds, as home grown seed are always
fresher than those which we buy, and
the seed of one cluster will produce a
box of plants. Verbenas are certainly
fine when raised fresh from seed every
year They are finer in color, size and
growth, and the leaves are large, soft and
velvety, while the old ''grandfather"
stock gets scraggler and skrimpier every
year.
do not think that flowers have any
''old aristocracy." I notice that new
names and new shades are thoroughly in
demand by the fn-de-siecle flower dealer.
The Camellia belongs to very old fam
lily and few more of that class, but
Hollyhocks, Marigolds and Zinnias are
horribly old fashioned, and some say
common, but some of that name have
acquired new beauty and prestage
through money and q little push. And
where indeed is the heart so hardened,
the eye so perverted, but what they will
experience keen delight at glimpse
of an old fashioned garden where holly
hooks, sweet pinks, snap-dragons, zin-
Mas and marigolds run riot and the air
is heavy with their sweet aromatic fra
GRANGE, while the bees buzz noisily from
bush to bush and the gaily tinted but
tert1ies $50 beautiful in the Southland)
hover airilY over the sweetest blossoms?
"You may break, you may shatter the vase if
| you wills
But the scent of the roses will cling round it
still.'
'AIDA."
North Florida.
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When zephyrs blow from out the South,
And winters rigors all are fed,
And fields are clad in robes of green,
The violet lifts it's modest head.
Along the roadside how they TEEN,
And mead and wood attest their glow;
And thu ough the mildly tempered air
They on the breeze their breath bestow.
With joy we hail their blest return,
AS time rolls on throughout the year;
For while we view their lustre bright
They add unto our sense of cheer.
May we regard them on life's way.
AS blessings unto mortals given,
That dissipate attendant gloom
And tint the earth with hues of heaven.
CardlngtOn, .. JOSHUA MORRIS
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For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.

"a violet by messy stone,
Half hid from mortal eyes;
Clear as a star, when only one
LIS shining in the Skies"
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10 whom all correspondence relating IA
this Department should be addressed.
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FLORAL DEPARTMENT..
TESSANINE.

EDITED BY WALTER n PIKE.
TEssAMINE.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
A GREAT BAPTIST EVENT.
The Golden jubilee of the Southern Rap
fists to be He'd in May.

The Golden jubilee of the southern Hap-
lists to be He'd in May.
The Southern Baptist conven lion
will meet IN Washington on May
lOfh.
The Southern Baptist oonven ion
is one of the largest delegated religi-
Gus bodies in the land. and perhaps
the largest in the number of dele
gates appointed to the different
atfilating associations.
The convention this year is called
the Golden Jubilee" Although
this is the iftieth year Of the South
ern Baptist convention, it is only the
thirty ninth session, as no conven-
ton was held from 1868 until 1866
Semi-annual conventions had been
held up to 1868. 1t is proposed, IN
recognition of the golden jubilee OF
the convention, to make special
effort to increase the contributions
of the churches to mission work.
The first session of the Southern
Baptist convention was held In Au.
gu-ta, Ga, on May 10th, 1915. The
cow ntlon met last May 10 Dallas
| Texas. The total number entitled Il
seats was l,l1o, and there presen
712 delegates.
The convention has connected witt
it Got associations, 9,6l0 ordaine,
ministers, II ,3i6 churches, > GA 80,
mem bers, and 93,S42 persons wer
baptized last year in the church es
The total white membership is 1868,
35l, and the total colored mem Der
Ship is l.29l .0i6.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
BEW ARE OF OINTMENTS FOR
CATARRH THAT CONTAIN
MERCURY,

AS mercury viii surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from repu.a-
bic phyaicians. as the damage they
will do Is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. }.
Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, o.. contains
no mercury. and is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. II
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure
YOU get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternally. and made i'll Toledo, Ohio
by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonial
free. Sold by Druggists. pric,
| 75c. per bottle. 2p.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
BlOODSHED IN BATH.
4 Mob of Drunken Negroes Take Posses
sion of the Historic Town.
Srrecial to the News and Observer

= MOD OF Drunken Negroes lake ROSES
sion of the Historic Town.
Special to the News and Observer
WASHINGTON, y. C., April 30.
Saturday night, about 10 O'Clock
news reached here OF riot and race
war at the historic town of Bath, about
sixteen miles from here.
|. seems that the negroes employed
at the r. r. and L. Company two miles
below Bath, and negroes from the
mills of \. Il, Covington, several miles
further on caused the trouble.
These negroes are paid OFF on Satur-
day, and usually go to Bath to spend
their money. On several occasions
they had been arrested for petty mis-
demeanors, and this had engendered
bad blood. and they had made threats
that they would goto Bath and take
possession of it.
Accordingly, early in the night. about
100 of the negroes. with several of their
most desperate leaders. went 10 Smiths
bar, in bath. and began TO fill up OF
mean whiSkey. BY nine O'Clock they
were nearly half drunk, and the trou-
BILE began. They grew bOisterous and
inuulged in the most profane and fou
language. intersperSed with threats %
serious character. Pistols were shot
Oft in the streets and the negroes Openl,
defied any attempt ar arrest and de
clared that they would do as the!
pleased and the whole town of Bati
could not prevent them.
| Two SkirmisheS took place between
the negroes and the town people IL
which several citizens were hurt. Som'
of he ring leaders were arrested an'
one of them is supposed - be fatal.
hurt. though he is at large. Durin:
the trouble, the military company a
| Washington was ordered To be unde
arms. The arrested rinsleaderS are il
| Washington Jail.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
FREE PILLS,

Send your address to Il. Z. Buck
len &Co., Chicago, and get free
sample box of DIR. Kings New Life
Pills. A trial will convince you of
their merits. These pills are easy in
action and are particularly effective in
the cure of Constipation and Sick
Headache. For Malaria and Liver
troubles they have been proved in
valuable. They are guaranteed to
be perfectly free from every deleteri-
Gus substa nee and to be purely vege-
table. They do not weaken by their
action, but by giving tone to stom-
ach and bowels greatly invigorate
the system. Regular size 25c. per
box. Sold by J. r. Smith, Motive,
J. II. Hill, Goldsboro, and all Drug.
gists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
She Did Not suffer.

Three months before our first child
my with suffered 5, from cramps aid
pains she could not get in or out of the
house without help, and was often in
bed for two or three days at q time. l
obtained bottle of Mothers Friend"
and after the first application pains
and cramps ceased. She continued 10
use the remedy and suffered no serious
Inconvenience until the hour Of con-
tinement-at which time she suffered
but little pain-heF recovery was rapid
and canpiete-in fact, she suffered ITO
pain after birth. Her friends say hey
never saw anything ta equal her ease
Truly Mothers Friend" is blessirs
To eNpectant mothers, and my wife
shall never be without it.
f.. +. JOHNSTON.
| Eufaula, Ala, flec. s, "a.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
STATE NEWS.

Mrs, L. H. Nanc- will attend the
commencement exercises AZ >.irm
Female Academy. This fsmou, old
school has completed memorial
window - Hon. T. 10 Nancc. which
viii be Presented a, commencement
The case Of the State against tbe
North taroliEa railway vas argue!
AZ Greensboro before Il bert NJ
Douglass, special master IN chancrry.
Is to the question " neither its d,puIs
and certain other property shs. b.
taxed. james Manriug, OF Durham.
appeared fp- the Stat: Il II BAH.
and A. ". ii atwood for the privat.
stockholders Dnder Il recent Law
ih's road Is liable 20 taxa lou.
>aturda, iglt the country stor,
OF Boo krllln., Il ar Chalk L.v,l
harnstt county, VAS entered. piund-
red a:d burned. les,el day two
men named j -huson and Driver we're
arrested, cbarg d with the CT NE.
and the evidence against them il
alleged to be strong. They are ID
JAIL at Ellington. There was = tire
IN that comfy quite recently by
which a tobacco barn owned hy
james Philips vas destroyed PhiliTs
thought Tobacco stored In il had ber T.
stolen by the incendiaries and upon
A search Of the houses OF johnson
and Driver lot of the stolen tobacc
WAS found.
Ia fight in the lower enI Of
Cherokee county, two brother,
named Cr"Ss we've killed and y -al
Newman was dangerously wounded.
A dance was IN progress at the c -oss
home. Neal aud Mac Newm IL
were among the guests. Jake Cross.
the head OF thu family, ordered th.
Negmans out Of the house. They
went out and We're followed by lin
and Will Cross, brothers. Jake cross
also went ont and attacked Neal
Newman, who stabbed jun c -oss
fatally. Mac Newman shot anu
Killed Will Cros Neal Newmar
vas shot in the back, but was able I,
escape with his brother across II.
tennessee line.
The bituminous coal mines at
Egypt have started mp on full time
and with fine equipment through.
out OF new machinery. Fifty mer
are now employed and the daily out.
put is 100 tons. In sixty DAYS tn
force will be doubled. The machiner,
is working well. George W. Lacy,
of Illinois, has just been made Ell.
era. manager.
AT the commencement Of Oah
Ridge | stitute May q, p, and -,
President John G. Kilgo of Trinit,
College. will preach the sermon, ant
Hon. L W. Saunders, of the Vir
GINA State Senate, will be the orato
of the occas Sion. The school has heel
unusually prosperous this year. Tn
graduating class (literary) number
eighteen; the commercial, twcnt
two; and the short hand, eight.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
,orth Carolina Monumental Association

,orth Carolina Monumental Association.
The North Carolina Monumental
Association was organized at meet
ing of the Ladies Memorial Asso-
ciat on in the Supreme court room IN
June 1892. Mrs. Armistead Jones
was unanimously elected president
and authorized to select a secretary
and treasurer, also to appoint vice
president in every county Ia the
State-making 96 in all. At sub
seGuent meeting Miss Meggle Cow
per was elected secretary and Hon.
Donald W. Balm treasurer. Shortly
afterwards he died and Col. S. Med.
Tate was elected his successor. A
lady vice president was appointed
in every county. An appeal was
made to the Legislature of 1898 and
by a rising vote it appropriated
/ $40 600. With this encouragement
the ladies went actively to work and
! in two years increased the amount
very laggely, The Legislature of
1915 then appropriated $40 900. The
monument when complete Will cost
about SIC 900. The cornerstone
was laid with impressive ceremonies
MAY both, 1898, being the day of the
secession of North Carolina and also
of her Mecklenbufg Declaration
Hon. I. w Mason was orator OF the
day. The hymns Let us Cros:
Over the River" (Jackson'S las
. Words and "Hcw Firm Founda
ton" (Lee's favorite) were sung a:
the old soldiers from the Home
J laid the memorable stone. The com
mittee of ladies most actively inter
. ested in the work and whose zeal lee
, to its compl.tio consisted Of Mrs
Armistead Jones, Mrs. Jno. W. Hlns
dale, Mrs. Garland Jones. Miss Meg
a gle Cowper.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
EuckLEN,s AKNIcA SALyE.

me t.c>i Salv" II the .os'i .oi
ats. BRUISES, Sog~-. Ulcers. SAli
ha~gHn' fcr'r >'F-,. letter. Chap. 81
hAnd>- 'hAA-Alrs ,"rus aud al
SAln Erurii"us, siai positively carcs
fiIrs or no pay repaired. III gaAr-
Nut"c'i g gave perfect satisfaction.
or money refunded. Puc. - sca;.
per box. For sale by J. X. Smith.
Mt. Olive. y. G., }. II. Hall & SOP,
Goidsboro. y. e. X II. Holiday,
Clinton. y. G.. aud al prurrsa,s.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25

Mr.. William c. Mccall, died at
II snroe last week. About a week
ago he vas helping up ali almost
worthless mule, As soou as the
mule had been heipe,i up, lie kicked
and It mex Mr. MeC-li IN the abdomen
with 30 b feet The injury resulted
ip death.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
ALL FREE.

Those who have used DR.. Kings
New Discovery know its value, and
those who have not, have now the
opportunity to try it Free. Call on
the advertised Druggist and get a
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we'll as copy of Guide to Health
and Household Instructor. Free. Al
of which is guaranteed to do you
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Smiths, MtOlive j. H. Hill, Colds
boro, and all Druggist
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
,as.can.I.. Alll.n-. n..,,rS-

Fuf The talg.s su
TARHoRu. y. e.. April 1t Edgr-
e"m"- County A!llAuc. will meet
WITH COCOA Alliance IN May 1t. II
Mi'i y" very import al meeting
Men oefs ~" ugg'st"d 70 eAGIy
baskets with them. 4 speaker Nil
., pre- a. 20 entertain the Alliance
on the living issues Il the dan.
JANES b LLuNu.
Sec Y EdEvcombe County Alliance.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-04-25
You've no Idea

How nicely Hoods Sarsaparilla hits
the needs of the people who feel all
tired out or run down from any
cause. 1t seems to oil up the whole
mechanism of the body so that all
moves smoothly and work becomes
delight. If you are weak, tired and
nervous, Hoods Sarsaparilla is just
what you need. Try it.
Hoods Pills cure liver ills, con
stipation, biliousness, jaundice, sick
| headache, Indigestion.