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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-17

IL seems that one of the results of
their conference is to have Pritchard
to again change his position on the
financial question, hoping there by to
make it easier for any man who wants
to vote for him for consideration to
do so. But this last move to have
PrItchard to come out and declare now
that he is silver man will weaken
instead of strengthening him. The
public can have some kind of respect
for a mar, who changes his views, even
on the most important question before
the country, provided he can give
reasons therefor; but, for a man who
was elected two years ago as straight
uncomprOmisinS free coinage man at
the ratio of l6 to ], and who has made
loud professions Of his loyalty to this
principle until last summer, and then
suddenly to change to sound money
man and now, suddenly, to changeback
co free coinage man when it appears
TO be necessary to do so to get the
votes of certain members of the Legis-
lature, would not only destroy conf
dence in Mr.. Pritchard's conviction,
but would also destroy respect for him
as a man. North Carolinians would
prefer to vote for straight gold man
who stood unilinchingly by that posi-
ton than for one who nops and shifts
with every change Of the political
wind. We will see what we shall see.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-17

The next General Assembly should
carry out this plank in the Peoples
Party platform by passing an act
making it unlawful for a member of
the legislature Or any other State Off
Ger to accept pass. 1t is equally i'm
portant that the law that now applies
to judges should also apply to members
of the legislature and to other State
officers with perhaps the exception
of the railroad commissioners.
The duty of judge is to determine
what is law. The duty of the legisla-
ture is to make laws. If the legisla-
ture passes a bad law, or fails to pass a
good and needed law, then the most
righteous judge is powerless to mete
out justice under such laws. If the
law is bad, then the judge must decide
according to the terms of the bad law
and enforce it, no matter how great
the injustice. If possible, it is even
more important that Legislators should
be free from obligations to corpora
tions than the judges should be.
Let the next Legislature put an end to
this free pass business.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-17

Mr.. Cleveland il evidently getting
giddy about come things. 4 para
grsph in his message reads a. follows:
In the mean time no deficit that has
occurred or may occur need excite or
disturb Us. To meet any such deficit
we have in the Treasury, in addition
TO a gold reserve Of sloO,0O0. 00U. = sur
Mus of more than s1ss,000, 0QU appiica-
bic to the payment OF the expenses Of
the Government, and which must.
unless expended for that purpose. re-
main a useless hoard, or. ii not extray-
azantly wasted, must In any event be
perverted from the purpose Of its ex-
action from our people.
This falsity OF this statement 10
shown By the New York World which
says this surplus" OF $12S,00o. 600 il
| not a surplus at all. 1t is not an
unexpended remainder Of income.
Every dollar of it, and every dollar
also of the $l00,OO0,000 gold reserve,
is borrowed dollar. The only reason
this money is in the Treasury lie be-
cause Mr.. Cleveland's administration
borrowed 500, 900 On bonds OF 1904
ard $I62 ,3l5, 400 on bonds of 1925. In
issuing these bonds the administra-
ton earnestly protested that its pur-
pose was not to pay Government ex-
penses, but solely to maintain the gold
redemption fund in tact. Yet not only
has large proportion of it gone to
make good current deficiencies in rev.
enue, but the President coolly potts
to the remainder fortunately in g
Treasury" as available for the sal
purpose.
The President says that this use o.
, the proceeds of the bond sales sis mo-
at all to be likened to man living be
yond his income, and thus incurrini
debt or encroaching on his principal.
: But why not: If man borrow
money with which to meet outstand
, ing demand notes, and after redeem
, ing portion of them (and reissuini
themD proceeds to spend the "surpiu
, fortunately in his hands," what woul
q be thought of his prudence-not t
:, mention his honesty?
e The facts are, first, that but for tn
t borrowing of this 1862, 400 tn
n Treasury would be now bankrupt an
e debtor by many millions: secondly
e that against the $22s, 100000 to whic
o Mr.. Cleveland points as an availabl
t surplus there is an outstanding an
t overdue demand indebtedness of 1872
e 10, III, every dollar of which is subjec
s to instant demand. SO far, therefore
n from having surplus of s12S,00o,OO
y in addition to the s100,COO,000 gold re
k serve, We have in fact Treasury de
s felt of $lH,O0O,COO, In other words
e we owe that much more than we ca
= pay.
: We cannot recall any State pape
y that contains so fragrant or so obviou
u a misrepresentation as this of Presi
dent Cleveland's.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-17

last week by Mark Hanna and bisaliies
tocapture the Legislature in enough |
states 20 give Mckinley, sherman,
and their crowd a majority. It seems
that they feel sure Of capturing KEN
lucky and their efforts and attention
are chiefly directed TO North Carolina.
We clip the following which also ap-
peared in the Washington Post OF De-.
cember iIth.
Mark Hanna was al the Capitol again
yesterday. lie ia still worrying over
the complexion Of the next senate.
The conditions which prevailed In
the States where the Republicans hope
TO elect Senators continue To be the
subject Of interest. The Republicans,
as has been stated, hope and expect 10
see the return of Senator Pritchard,
and are basing their hopes on the In
formation, given TO them by M;htn-
ley's managers, that they have the
written pledges Of twenty three Pop
ulist members Of the North CaroiiDa
| Legislature 10 vote for Pritchard.
| These pledges are said TO have been
~ .de when the members OF the Legs
laiure were EaEGl1dlts DtlIfe risItsob.
II this be true. Dir. pritcbard's cleo
ton is assured, as only sixteen votes
are needed.
understood that Senator Pritch-
ard will meet the silver question By
4 publishing q letter at the lime OF the
Assembling of the Legislature an,
nouncing himself for free coinage.
It would seem that from the above
clipping that their first scheme Of buy.
ing the Legislature outright to vote
for a goldbug man (and it is under
stood that Hanna prefers the use Of
money instead of the use of patronage
to buy these votes has been some
what modified. They no doubt feal
that they cannot corrupt sufficient
number of Populists to elect mar
who stands on the st. Louis Repubsi
can platform, though they claim t.
have twenty-three P0pulsts in Nortl
Carolina pledged in writing.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-17

Well, you fellows Of the crowd"
above referred to, we have some little
experience ourselves noT-and espe-
cialiy with you. You need not waste
space nor bother yourselves about the
Reformatory. We will see to it this
time, and when it is established, you
need not try to appropriate any credit
whatever.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-17

There il nov some agitation for q
State Reformatory for young crimi-
nsIs. The agitation IN being pro-
NOTED By = crowd who had control Ct
the State nearly thirty years and
never made more i'm that direction.
Two years ago q bill providing for
such an institution passed the senate
branch Of the legislature. and il WAS
not until after the body had adjourned
that 1t Was discovered that il had not
passed the House. It vas confidently
thought that the measure naa gone
through all right. The fact that 1t
did not was due entirely to the f.lli-
clustering tactics of some old Demo
Gratis, saturated with political trickery
and sin.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-17

CUTplTdllODS or 10 OtnefS VINO Will
have Hobbies around the Legislature
seeking special privileges.
Recently on the train, the writer of
this article heard conversation of
two gentlemen, A and B, who were in
the seat behind us. They were dis
cussiDg the lease of the North Caro-
lima railroad, and Governor Russelps
interview.
THAT lease" said A, sis peculiar
piece of business to me. Here the
State has very valuable piece of
property. The Southern railroad
wants to lease or buy it, and it is worth
big money to them. Why does not
the State make the Southern pay what
it is worth, or not let them have it?"
"Iou must remember" said B, "that
If The State would not lease or sell the
North Carolina railroad to the South
ern on the terms they name, then the
Southern would simply build a par
allel line and let the State do what it
pleased with its road"
"But," said \, "yOu must remember
that the Southern railroad is simply a
private corporation, doing business
here by permission and sufferance of
the State; and the State would not al
low it to parallel and damage its own
property"
But, said Is, "the Southern already
has charter for parallel line, and
has all of the road built except link
between Mocksville and Statesville."
Yes" saidA, shut the Legislature
can repeal the charter, or prevent
them from building that link"
Yes" replied Il, sneeringly, "but
the Legislature would hardly do any,
thing of the kind"
"Wby?" asked A. Certainly the
Legislature can do it, and certainly
the Legislature should do it,
Maybe 1T should" said 3, sbut the
Southern will have enough ;nfuepce
with the members to keep it from be-
ing done.
This reflection on the present Legis-
lGture The CAUCASIAN wants to re-
fute. We no not believe that any rail-
road lobby will be able, either with
free passes, or through larger infu-
ence to swerye the General Assembly
from its duty 10 the State and the peo-
pie in this important matter or any
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-17

The twenty THOUSAND dollars now
annually given to the University does
aid perhaps as many rs two hundred
or say one hundred-young men to
procure higher education who would
not other wise get it. Certainly there
fore SOME GOOD IS DONE. Now take
the twenty Thousand dollars from the
University and give it to the public
school fund, and what is the result?
Let's see.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-17

We most heartily join the denomi-
nations in every demand they make
for better public school system and
longer public school terms. The re-
cord Of this State in this matter is
nothing to be proud Of and we wish to
see that record changed. But let us
80 about 10 right; and let us under
stand that it cannot be right to tear
away anything we may nov that
has any good In it, without replacing
It with something better.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-17

There are 1907 school districts in
North Carolina. Ii the twenty thou
sand dollars now given the University
should be divided among these dis
tricts, each one would receive 81 90.
This amount alone would not result in
any increase Of practical benefit in
each district, and the general result
would be this: The opportunity now
given one or two hundred young men
for securing higher education would
be taken away. and no practical good
would accrue to the 100000 children
OF school age in the various school
diatpicts
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-10
A PhilOsopher.

Miss Clara Howard is working her
way through the University of Califor-
MIA by selling newspapers. II believe
in work. she says, II think that any
woman does not need to allow any pc
=cuniary obstacles to interfere with it.
She can always reach an intellectual
object through manual labor. It is a
means to an end, and besides, it is
coducive to clearness of thought. I be-
lieve, also, in simplifying physical
wants for the sake of intellectual graf
iication and the demands of the I'M
derstanding constitute the highest i'm
perative." She says that she intends
to become philosopher, but she would
appear to be a pretty good one already.
New York Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-10
THE sUNsHlNY WOMAN.
That Brave Attitude Towards Life,
That Stevenson Wrote or.

Is ~ AZ
When we come to count over the
alities that endear our friends to us
almost all of us think first Of cheerful
ness, says a. writer in the New Orleans
Picayune. Sunshiny men or women
who bring a bright thought or word.
OF even glad smile, with them are al
ways welcome as the flowers in May.
Each heart knoWeth its own bitter
ness, each soul has its own troubles
and trials and yexations, and SO we
turn to the one who can Tighten our
sadness with the radiance Of a cheer
ful spirit Sunshine Of the soul is
largely matter of cultivation. for
there are but few so fortunte as not to
have had their sorrows. They give
themselves up to fits Of despon dency
and moodiness and are a kind of moral
wet blanket on the pleasures of all
with whom they come in contact. They
tell you their sorrows and bedew you
with their tears until it seems that
there must be a kind Of luxury of woe
in which they rejoice. After all, the
cheerful spirit is but an example Of
the brave attitude toward life" OF
which Stevenson wrote. It is a cour-
ageous bearing Of inevitable burdens;
determination not to fret and not to
add to the sorrows of the world the
grlefS OF ones own heart A woman
Wno had had many sorrows and heavy
burdens to bear, but who was noted
Tor her cheerful spirit, once said in ex-
planation: "You know l have had no
money I had nothing could give but
myself, and SO made the resolution
that would never sadden any one else
with my troubles. I have laughed and
told jokes when could have wept. I
nave always smiled in the face of every
misfortune. I have tried never to let,
any one go from my presence without a
happy word or bright thought to car
~ with them. And happiness makes
happiness. I myself am happier than
I would have been had sat down and
bemoaned my fate. = This gospel of.
happiness is one that every woman
should lay to heart What it means to
a man to come home at night to a
cheerful wife no one but he who has
had to fight the hard battle of life
knows. If he is prosperous it is an adj
ded joy, but it is in misfortune that it
shines like a star in the darkness. Al
complaining wife can kill the last bit
of hope and courage in a sorely troub-5
led heart, while cheerful one gives
new courage to begin the fight over
again. The mother who lets her chill
dren grow up to be moody and discon-
tented, subject to blues and sulks, is
failing in her first duty. She is handi-
Gaping them in the race of life. Cheer
fulness is one Of the prime requisites
to success and happiness. The sun.
shiny man or woman has every one
for a friend, for this sad old earth
must borrow it's mirth5 it has sorrow
enough of it's own.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-10
JOSH BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY.

Comik writer's are allwuss expecte
to be phunny when they talk, and, ir
the effort to be so, are often very silly
4 Book farming il good, but too mutcl
ov it konkokts kruditys, which, have
been known to sour on the intelektua
stummuk.
What little I kno I hav larnt bi mix
ing with the medium and lower klass-
.es; dimonds and fine gold are oftenest
found cluss to the bedrock
Mi natur prompts me to make fust
advances. hav often been snubbed
ikrewelly for this, but / kant help it,
kan I? Il shall fite it outlon this line.
Yu kant allWuss judge bi appear
aEces. hay often known a whole
shirt to be #compozed entirely ov pa
per collar and a pair ov cotton wriss.
bands.
81 hav allWuss notissed that thoza
circles which are the most exclusive
hav hut little individual strength; mr.
tuai admirashun IL the pap that sus-
tains them.
hav generally notissed that the old
bachelors who Civ themselfs up en-
tlrelX to the service ov the ladys ara
allWus ov the nuter gender. The vim s
min never fall in luv with theze phel.
lows; they are too safe. s35
The saddest sight in all the world To
me IL q broken-hearted manly mai--ss.
proud and robust oak riyen bi liteniaS
from Heaven.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-10
THE COLD SPONGE BATH.
Not Only Delightful but in Every Way
s!Es Iii Beneficial. =.

Il. Beneficial. lI3ys
Bathing is chiefly for cleanliness,
but it should be practiced also for its
good effect upon the skin, the circula-
ton and nutrition.
It affords an excellent stimulus for
the skin, improving the tone of it's
minute network Of vessels, increasing
the excretion that is carried on by it's
glands, and thus relieves the kidneys
and liver of much of their work.
It acts as an additional stimulus to
the circulation by causing the blood to
flow more thoroughly through all the
organs of the body as well as through
the minute blood vessels of the skin
itself.
1t improves nutrition by causing a
more rapid removal of the waste prod
ucts from the system.
One Of the most invigorating forms
Of bathing is the cold sponge bath ta-
ken in the morning before breakfast.
Persons who do not react readily after
such bath, such as the very young,
the very old, or those who are serious
ly weakened by disease, should not
practice it. For a person of average
health, however, the cold bath is an ex-
cellent tonic.
= After a cold sponge bath of short
duration there is a feeling of well-be-
ing and exhilaration. The whole man
is refreshed. The mental faculties are
cleared, the muscles seem strengthened
and there is desire for both muscular
and mental work. There is also a feel
ing Of warmth due to the dilatation of
the blood vessels of the skin after the
contraction caused by the cold water
The exhilaration and warmth Of the
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ss g. co., a.
milk was obtaineds and this time Bulls
hoy needed no coaxing to drink it.
For the next six weeks Whitley and
the Indian fed the pup twice every
day. The pup would stick his head
out of the water, close to the landing,
ard look out for his nurses long be-
fore the feeding time. 1t was not un-
til the following spring that the actual
training of Bulshoy began to take def
mite form. Whitley one day said: L
am going to train that pup SO that
can drive him to San Francisco
He and Efteka were constantly to be
seen on the bay playing with Bulshoy,
who, by this time, had become so ac-
customed to his owner and nurse that
he would come to them whenever they
called him from any part of the bay,
and allow them to handle him at their
pleasure. While this process of tam
ing was going on Whitley had taken the
pups measure for a set of harness, and
10th he and his native spent the nights
for several weeks in making 1T.
The climax was reached on Friday,
September 20, 1895, when, for the first
time probably in the history OF the
world, four-year-old, twenty-five foot
whale was successfully put in harness.
When Whitley and Efteha, after putting
on his harness, started for the shore,
Bulshoy as usual started after the
bidarka, and in doing so made the dis
covery that everything was not as it
should be, and then he reared and
plunged around at a lively rate, lash
ing the quiet waters of the bay into
foam in his efforts to free himself OF
the offending harness. But the har-
ness was we'll and strongly made and
there was no shake-off to it.
Bulshoy kept up his antics for two
whole days. Next morning he refused
& to come to the call Of either Whitley
or the Aleut., Hunger, however, soon
brought him to his senses, and on the
morning Of the third day, as the ma.
tive was out on the bay in his BIZ
darka, Bulshoy came meekly slong-
side and seemed to beg for his break
fast, which was given him. From that
day Bulshoy made no trouble.
On October 1 Whitley and the native
took the long boat belonging to the
station and attaching tow line to the,
harness band Immediately ahead OF the
fore ripper, began to cruise around the
bay, and in a surprisingly short time,
according to Colonel Black. Bulshoy
would pull the boat in any desired di-
! reetiol.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-10
THE CHURCH MILITANT.

The First Baptist church, Indian
apolis, has baptized 1O4 converts since
last October.
The membership of Woodward Ave
nue. Baptist church of Detroit has
grown to 1,O56
The Christian Endeavor society now
reports 100000 members There were
10000 present at the convention in
Washington.
Rev. Canon Murray, rector of Chisel-
hurst, England, recently celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of his settlement
in that living. =
The Rock River conference at Free
port, Ill, commencing Sept. 80, will be
a notable gathering of ministers Of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
One hundred and fifty ministers of
New York city have signed an invita-
ton to Rev. J.. Mcneil, the Scotch
evangelist, to visit their city.
a Methodist book room is about to
be Instituted and opened in Cleveland.
The Methodist Times Of that city will
have charge of the enterprise.
Rev. DR.. George L. Robinson, pastor
of the Roxbury, Mass, Presbyterian
church, has resigned to accept the pro
censorship Of Old Testament literature
and exegesis in Knox college, Toronto,
Canada.
In Minnesota there are 400 Swedish
fBaptists Of these, nearly 1000 are To-
Gated in Isanti county, and it is said
there is not a railroad, a telegraph. a
Roman Catholic, Methodist or Episco-
pal church, and not saloon in the
county.
An interesting side light on the re-
suits of the International Christian En-
deavor cow entions is given by a letter
just received by a young woman in the
Mort Invest territory. She writes: Il
am now z missionary among the IN
{ g ::sz.sis here. as g. RESULT of the missioa-
asy rally held s.sring the Boston con-
Yention.' z
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-10
Harness Rig.

have not miscarried, is now being
driven to San Francisco, harnessed to
boat and driven by his captors
down the coast through the waters Of
the ocean.
The whale, named Bulshoy, an Aleut
Word for immense, was captured in the
spring of 1894, when a calf of some IS
or 20 months old. It was then about
ID or 16 feet long, and, though so young
and small, was possessed of consider
able strength.
During chase for whales by whites
and Indians, it was driven into Pirate
Cove, the entrance to which is not over
100 feet wide, though it is fully twenty
fathoms deep. John G. Whitley, store
keeper at the island, Immediately
stretched across the mouth of the cove
strong wire net. Shortly afterward
Whitley and his native servant attempt
ed to feed the animal, and, were sue
8cessful. Whitley rugged up a walrus
bladder, to which was attached six or
seven feet of rubber tube. About half
a gallon of cows milk was put in this
improvised nursing bottle, and Whitley
and Efteha put it in a bidarka, or
canoe, and padded alongside the pup,
which by this time would allow them
to come alongside him with their boats.
After several hours of patient coaxing
the Indian succeeded in getting Bulls
hoy to drink from the rubber tube
When the bidarka turned for the shore
Blu Flowed close behind it. More
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-10
During the rest 81 the wear the Dun

During the rest Of the year the pup
was daily exercised. On May 81 Of
this l year Whitley and his Aleut took
the net away from the mouth Of the
cove, and, according to the programme
laid out, struck out in deep water for
the island Of Onga, is miles away. The
voyage was made without mishap.
They afterWard made voyage from
Popoff to Karluk Island.
sit is sthes plan Of Whitley and his
Aleut, according to Col. Black, to leave
for San francisco, going in easy stages.
It will probably be September 1 before
they reach San Francisco.