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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
CONGRESS
CONYBNES.
The Machinery Of Legislation
Again Started in Motion
THE FIRST DAYS SESSION.

Prs.sdsn, MekinIsv's MessAse-Advisss
Conxres. No. to Take Action Toward
Freeing CubA-Rs commsEds Currency
L. gisistton-A mt I alton of Hawaii.
WAsHIsoTcS. DC, Dec 6--Promptly
at twelve o'clock. aud simultaneously
at both ends Of the Capital, Nice-Presi-
dent Ii obart in the Senate and Speaker
Reed in the House. dropped their
gayeis and called together their re-
spective bodis, and the second session
of Congress was begun. The scene in
and around the Capital preliminary to
converting Congress was one OF the
usual hustle and confusion. The Sem
ate and House chambers were
filled with Senators and Congress
men, and usual retinue Of At
taches and employees, exchanging
warm greetings after an absence
Of four months. The corridors and the
galleries were crowded with eager
and curious visiting spectators, an
xious to witness SO important an event
as the starting of the numbering, intri-
cate machinery of legislation Many
| of the desks OF Senators and Congress-
men were covered with beautiful floral
displays, contributions from their
| friends. The ceremonies attending
the opening Of Congress, are compare
lively of a routine character, and are
devoid of dramatic incident, except IS
it marks the formal PRONUNCIATION of
| the policies of the admin stratiOn as
outlined in the Presidents message.
Immediately after the two houses
| were called together, upon motion of
member of the respective bodies q
com mittee consisting of two Senators
and three Congressman was appointed
! to wait upon the President and inform
him that Congress was In session and
prepared to receive, any communication
he might desire to make to it. The
committee consisted OF Senators Alli-
son and German and Congressman
| Dingley, Grosvenor and Bailey. They
reported that the President would make
written communication to Congress,
and soon after his message was received
and read by the Reading Clerks of the
House and the Senate. The message
was very lengthy document, and con-
sumed some time in its reading. II
was followed very closely by both Sen
ators and Congressman. After thu
reading of the message the two House:
adjourned for the day to meet at !:
O'Clock (noon) each succeeding day.
The Presidents message treats OF va
rious questions. He cOngratulates thu
country on the passage of the last tar
if bill, and says there is no need To-
further tariff legislation. He favors
revision of currency, and recommend
Secretary Cages national bank plan
: He deems recognition of belligerenc.
: in the Cuban matter as unwise and in
admissible, and urges prompt ratifica
ton of Hawaiian annexation treaty.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

passes, or to prevent the removal OF
cases to Federal Courts. These are
the most important questions that
could be settled by the next Iegisla-
ture, therefore the gold syndicate and
the railroads were willing to any kind
OF silver resolutions provided these
vital monopoly questions were kept
out OF the campaign and they could get
railroad legislature. Besides pre-
tending to be for Bryan and silver
now would help to fool the people and
keep them from suspecting what was
to be done.
The railroads helped the gold syndi-
cate in the last campaign when the
fate of silver was at stake, the gold
syndicate will now help the railroads
when the millions of profits of the rail-
road kings are at stake. We pointed
out this scheme months ago. This is
why the gold men agreed to buncOmbe
resolutions which left out the vital
economic reforms that the next legis-
iature can and should settle. Bat why
did the true silver men and anti o.
nopolists on the committee step into
the trap?
The old Ransom machine seems to
be still running the Democratic party
The so-called leaders, a ma jority OF
whom are Ransomites and siIyer-plated
goldbugs may take notice that they
can't sell out the State next year tC
the Rothschilds railroad trust behind
the niger racket or by pretending tt
be for Bryan and free silver in an of
year The people are determined tt
elect an 'anti-monopoly legislature
and they will 90 it niger or no mig
ger-any fusion of goldbugs and silve
men to sidetrack the monopoly ques
tion will he defeated at the polls.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
HOW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
-. CHENEY & Co., Props,
Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known +.
J. Cheney for the last Is years, and De,
lieye him perfectly honorable IN an
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
WALD1NG, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern.
ally, acting directly upon the BLOOD
and mucous surfaces Of the system
Price 75c. per bottle, Sold by all Drug
gists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best'
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

Gov. RusselIs fgnC Against INC Lenso Gu-
dorsed.
AT regular meeting Of Peacock
Alliance, No. 70, held Nov. 4th 1897,
the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted.
RESOLVED, That Peacock Alliance,
No. 70, heartily endorses Gov. Rus
sell in his manly fight against the
80 year lease of the North Carolina
Railroad, and that this and all such
like measures tending to the relief OF
the people from corporate greed
meets with our unqualified approval.
J. P. SMITH, Sec.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
County of Columbus, Nov. 70, ~
To his Excellency Gov. D. L. Russell:
By order of the Alliance as County
Lecturer, it affords me great pleas
ure to transmit the above slight ex
preston of the appreciation of your
| firm stand for the people, and the
right as the State Executive, ano
wish to add that last county meeting
in full, this purpose was favorably
discussed in nonpartisan way with
out dissenting voice.
Very respectfully yours,
J. F. HARRELL. M. D.
Lecturer.
Whiteyille. N, C.,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
$50 in Gold !!
Will be Paid to any Man or Woman

and specialists. DR.. Hathaway & Co., Irregular
Graduates Registered). to place genuine b4si.
ness proposition before the public, which has
never been made before.
We agree to treat any person afflicted with any
chronic disease and cure them. furnishing medi-
cines and everything necessary for their case Or
Forfeit SO 90 in gold providing the patient faith
tuliy follows treatment and directions, and the
case is a durable one.
This offer is plain, and there is no catch 70 It;
perfectly safe because We are financially respon'
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

DR.. Hathaway Co.'s
experience during the
last 2Oyears has proved
the fact that they have
cured thousands OF
cases where other doc.
tors have failed, and
this warrants them in
making this remarks-
bic offer. All persons
who are suffering from
any chronic disease,
have now an opportu-
nifty to test the treat
ment Of the acknow.
lodged leading physi:
clans and specialists Of
this country, with ar
absolute surety OF be
ing cured. Special d
soaSsS, such ~ catarrh
blood poison. weakness
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
IF The Rabv ia Cutting Teeth,

Be sure and use that old and WELL
tried remedy, MRS. WINsLow's SooTH.
ING SYRUP, for children teething. Ii
soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind collie and Is
the best remedy for diarrhG. Twenty
five cents q bottle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
VIRGINIA HAS MADE HEN fENIIEN
IltIN SUPPORTING FOX ZEN
MARS. WHY DID NOT HE
pINOCRATIC MANAGEMENT
rD THE SAME IN NORTH
CAROLINA =?


CAROLINA?
Tine Governor of Nigina in his re-
cent message to the Legislature says
thar for ten years the Commonwealth
has been receiving annually from the
prison q net revenue of from hlteeh
thousand dollars ($15O00) to nearly
sixty thousand dollars ($60,000). Dur
ing the last four years CT Democratic
management, the North Caroiiha
prison ran behind one hundred anc
four thousand dollars (SlOiOOO) IN
money and made an actual loss OF very
much more than that. in the deprecia
tur Of assets. THIS has been shown
by the report of Mr.. Thomas Evan, o
Wilmington, who is an experiences
and capable accountant, and Is MN
self Democrat. During the presen
year it seems that the prison has pee
more than self-supporting; so thae III
first wear after the expulsion of Demo
cratic machine managers the Penitei
tary has got to be self-supporting.
1t is hardly worth while to mentlc
in this connection the numberless IL
OF the tory monopolist press. Inc
-heets have teemed with assertio
that the prison was running badly
hind. when it was proposed to ma
a lease, the State reserving the contl
Of the convicts, the professional lis
shouted that this was done because
the awful state of the finances. OF
Institution.
Now it turns out to be seil-suppo
ing, but of course they will go on
ing lust the same.
There is reason to believe thaV
spite of the efforts of the Governor
enforce economy, there have been 81
bad management and some useless
penses. But as compared with De
cratic extravaganza and jobbtry,
paragon of perfection.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
SUCCESSFUL PHYSICIANS.

We heartily recommend DR.: Hatha-
wav & Co., Of 221s South Broad st: At
ianta. Ga, as being perfectly reliable
and andre remarkably successful in the treat;
ment of chronic diseases Of men ana
women. They cure where others fail.
Our readers if in need of medical help
should certainly write these eminent
doctors and you will receive free and
expert opinion of your case by return
mail without cost; this certainly Is
the right way to do business: Iney
guarantee their cures. Write them TO-
| day.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
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a.reabouts, winch Is Tess IMAM
ru. worth according 10 their own
-.... this Round Knob Commls-
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.u. ..u-aud dollars $4,000 mile.
-.... r.rv are paying less than one
.ng....t they ought to pay.
gr.... ol all the railroads in the State
cher .r' some that are paying more
thar .., ought to pay.
u. .rgnia, two thousand four hun
dt.. .ul uinety-one (2,49l) miles are
ta... at rurty-eight million, SIX hun
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forts. ..ur l3Oii) miles are valued. a
aap-...mately sixty. eight million dol
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tuur-.ud three hundred and thirty
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
THIS TELLS WHERE HEALTH MAY BE
FOUND,

and that is more important than ma
king money. If your blood is i'm
pure, Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
medicine for you. 1t cures scrotuta,
salt rheum, rhematism, catarrh and
ali other diseases originating IN OF
promoted by impure blood and low
state of the system.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT.

RERvADES every nook aud Granny
OF this active store. We've beef
preparing for THE, the event of all
events. for months. All Christ~ndom
celebrates thi. great annual festival
Its recurrence. H. always looked for
ward to with plea,ursbl- anticipation
5y young and old.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic- iOc or &c.
II 6. c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

No-To Bac for Fifty Cents
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes wesI-
nen strong blood pure. SC. - All p ;--is'@
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

HOOPS PILLS are easy to take,
easy to operate. Cure indigestion,
headache.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
WE EXTEND
TO YOU A CORDIAL
CHRISTMAS
GREETING

The giving the kindly helpful feeling one
festival wish ne could
gathered
bought articles all intended TO
and all priced modes' that the most ~
notco complain.
garb everything displayed 10 the
smile Of cheerful welcome
We selections early possible before
discomfort
throngs he IN
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24

honest effort and rake off the rubbish,
they may easily bring it to the surface.
1t was given to every man and woman
when they were created. Some have
neglected to cultivate and develop it;
that is why they are leading miserable
lives today.
Rum will drag man down to the
lowest depths of human misery if he
will let it. If he says no; if he uses a
little will-power, rum can do him no
harm. If he submits tamely and is
lead along by that subtle influence and
in the latter part of life finds himself a
despised outcast of society, he may
blame nobody but himself and his own
narrow mindedness.
Be manly men; do not ascribe all
your troubles to rum. Be honest and
acknowledge that it is your own idiotic
weakness and foolishness. Cultivate
will-power and appeal to your sense of
honor With these two requisites, you
will be enabled to throw off the power
of rum. F. J.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
TWENTY YEARS HENCE,
WE MAY BREAKFAST IN PARIS
AND DINE IN CHICAGO THE
SAME DAY.


1t was my rare fortune few years
ago to have as companion, on trip
from New York to Boston, the author
of that popular work of fiction, "Look-
ing Backward" Mr.. Bellamy, upon
the occasion, was in very communica-
tive mood and revealed to me many of
the ups and downs of an authors life.
In reply to query from me, as to the
secret of the success of "Looking
Backward" Mr.. Bellamy said it was, in
great measure, due to the fact that
in dream he received the inspiration
and saw the vision that, wrought out
in book form, was to make his name
famous.
The dream itself was produced by a
peculiar application of an ordinary
narcotic. He also informedi me just
how to make the application so as to
produce these visions or dreams. He
further stated that it was his intention
to write new book and that the plan
and inspiration of this new work had
been received in the aforesaid manner.
A few days ago in looking over a re-
view of recent publications, L noted the
title of new book by Edward Bellamy,
and was thus reminded of the dream
producing recipe. Having a lot of
time on my hands that seemed to stand
only to the credit of "innocuous desue-
tude," determined to test the merits
of Mr.. Bellamy's recipe. o Without en-
tering into details, 1 willibut state that
the prescription was complete sue
cess. This is what I saw:
stood on great promenade on
either side of which towered:massive
buildings, like walls of the .Grand
Canon, of Colorado, whose tops:seemed
to pierce the ethereal blue of heavens
vault. People strolled by with leisurely
strides, no hurry, hustle and::jostle that
had seemed to me so necessary a fea.
ture of active life. All so strange and
natural, yet the topography of the city
seemed to suggest New York. Could
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
Vol. X.-No. 4S.
<>spoEFRfaM
S%yA~Gz@@S~ f.
LIES SCARS.

They say the world is round, and yet
I often think it is square,
So many little hurts we get
From corners here and there.
But one great truth in life I've found,
While jOurneying to the West
The only folks who really wound
Are those we love the best.
The man you thoroughly despise
Can rouse your wrath, tits true;
Annoyance in your heart will rise
At things mere strangers do;
But those are only passing ills.
This rule all lives will prove
The ranking wound. which aches and thrills,
Is dealt by hands we love.
The choicest garb, the sweetest grace
Are oft to strangers shown;
The careless mien, the frOwning face
Are given to our own.
We f1atter those we scarcely know;
We please the fleeting guest;
And deal many thOughtless blow
To those who love us best.
Love does not grow on every tree,
Nor true hearts yearly bloom.
Alas for those who only see
This truth across tomb.
But soon or late the fact grows plain
To all through sorrows test
The only folks who give us pain
Are those we love best.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24
THE FORMING OF FRANCE,
Paper Read Before the Ch0utduQud Circle.

AS with the individual, so with the
nation; each has birth, development
decay and dissolution. Egypt, once
wrapped in swaddling clothes, grew in
vigorous life, ruled, and died in spas
modic senility. Greece arose phoenix.
like from the ashes of oriental decay;
lived, and laid her fragrant blossoms
of progressive thought on the altar of
Chronius; while the embers of her civ
ilization, yet warm, were blown west
ward to fertilize the soil of Italy, nur-
ture the Fabian plant, produce Rome,
the mighty and magnificent, and i'm
mortalize the seven hilled city of the
Tiber.
"Westward the star of empire wends
it's way" After Rameses, Cyrus; after
Cyrus, Alexander; after Alexander,
Caesar. Slowly the guiding hand of
destiny moves forward the affairs of
men; leads out the past to battle with
the present; the king becomes lost to
the pawn; "Attilla, the scourge," van
dalizing vulture of progress, swept
down from the north, and Rome, the
mighty, fell, and all the naughty gran
deur of its patrician life sank to min
gle in the one perennial fount of life,
the leaven of change, the plebeian
Might.
Out from the chaotic shadows of
this era, so pregnant with the issues of
the future, there looms on history's
page. like stately oak oertopping its
fellows, withstanding the blasts of
time, the last grand figure in the pur-
pie lists, Charlemagne, the Frank, en-
peror of Rome. Vastly different the
Imperialism of Caesar, and his titulary
successor-yet in flavor, at least, if not
in essence,-the same. From him we
trace the forming of France What
ever of interest there may be for the
historian in the earlier Frankish kings,
that period has nothing directly bear
ing on France as a separate nation.
When CharIemagne came into power
76S-771, he began or rather was forced
to begin, series of active campaigns
against Spain on the west, the Teu-
tonic and Slavonic tribes on the east
and north, and the Lombardian king
dom on the southeast, ending in the
complete conquest of the territory
adjacent to Rome and the Frankish
kingdom. Throughout this empire, un-
der his wise rule, rapid progress was
made by schools, churches and courts,
strong central power was established
whose arms extended into every town
and district; agriculture and handi-
crafts were more widely distributed,
and the tribal and lingual relations
were drawn closer to their basic lines.
The valleys of the Rhone and Rhine
became the divisional line between the
pure Frankish people on the east and
the Roman Celtic mixture on the west,
and every successive band of emigrants
which from time to time, sought by
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24

Never deem it light or unimp0r-
tant matter to cultivate in the young
that internal sense and appreciation Of
beauty which gladly respond to all
real beauty, whether in nature, in art.
in life, or in character, for you are thus
planting seeds which may grow and
develop into richness of flower and
fulness of fruit little dreamed of,
The Philadelphia (Pa.) Saturday Eve.
Post.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24


Stopping passerby, put to him this
simple question of "Sockless" Jerry
Simpson, "Where am I at?" With a
whitening look of disdain, he replied,
"This is Greater New York, don't yer
know"
I told him that I did not know or
should not have asked the question and
thanking him for the information
passed on.
Then there stole over me a sense of
utter loneliness, such as one expert
ences when standing alone upon the
summit of some lofty mountain peak,
overlooking world of dreary wilder
ness. But a sign here arrested my at
tentiOn:
''THIs WAY TO GRAND CENTRAL
STATION"
And now, happy thought, will 60 to
Chicago, for possibly 1 may there find
some semblance of days that have
gone by.
Passing through the gate 1 am
ushered into small, brilliantly lighted
compartment, elegantly upholstered.
A gong sounds; the compartment drops;
a crash as of great guns, whizzing
sound; the car stops, the door flies open
and guard bawls out "Grand Central
Station, all out!'
Shades of my fathers! Bowling
Green to 42nd St. through pneumatic
tube, two seconds and half!
But where are the great Vanderbilt
train sheds? Where are the trains of
Wagner coaches? Where are the throb-
bing locomotives? Instead, find my
self in a grand waiting room of bur-
nished brass and onyx. Arranged
about the four sides are exits over
which are hung signs:- :-"Frisco Short
Line;' "Pacific Limited;" "New Or
leans Mall" 'St. Louis Special"
"Omaha Bee Line;" Seaboard Air
Line;' Buenos Ayres Express" "Asi-
attic Intermural;" "London and Paris
Submarines" "New York and Chicago
Limited"
All! here is something familiar.
Going up to the window 1 purchase a
ticket for Chicago. The price astounds
me; only fifty cents! Can it be that by
some miraculous agency Chicago has
become suburb of New York? But
l drop my ticket into the choppers box
and am seated again in compartment
of luxurious elegance.
am now joined by two Twentieth
Century ladies. and in the five minutes
we wait before starting, this is the
startling dialogue overheard.
"Why. Parthenia, where have you
been? | have really not seen you for
two days and 1 was just dying to see
you"
"Well, you know, Ophelia, how very
restless mama is. She would have me
join her and the boys in "doing" the
Continent for this tWo-hundredth time.
| left them this morning in Paris, just
after coffee, but they will all be at the
Auditorium for tea this afternoon and
you must join us and, the theatre party
[ have arranged for this evening, at
the Olympic, for mama said ~
Gall aboard"
Bang went the door. The car dropped,
crash w-h.i.Z.z-Zi
My heart stood still, respiration
ceased; if was not dead 1 soon must
be. Then tainted away and knew no
more till heard the stentorian call of
the guard:
END of the line! Chicago! All
Quill"
And as 1 opened my eyes I heard
Ophelia's merry laugh as she remarked
to Parthenia, "He must be a tender
foot"
Well, here 1 am in Chicago; twenty
six minutes out from New York, by
tube and three minutes behind schedule
at that.
Upon some other occasion will tell
you what I saw in Chicago.
i ICONOCLAsT.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-24

Truth is rock large enough for all :
to stand upon.