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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

The Democratic legislative caucus
of Virginia, nominated George II.
Helm, Of Franklin county, for su-
perintendent Of the State peniten
tiary, A. w. Hannah, for Treasurer;
Morton Marye, for Auditor; and Jo-
siah Ryland, for Second Auditor,
and Jas. Lawless for Secretary of the
Com mon wealth, all incumbents. Af-
ter a hot fight, hon. John E Massey,
the incumbent was defeated for the
nomination of Superintendent Of
Public Instruction, by DR.. joseph
W. Southall, of Amelia.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09
ANY PERSON

Wishing tn know the truth in regard
to their health should not fail tn send
Tor valuable and new 81 page Book
let which will be sent FREs for short
time to those who mention this paper.
This book i. published BY the celebrat-
ed physicians and specia:isis-Dr.
Hathaway & CO., Of 22l South Broad
way st. Atlanta, Ga whom you should
address. Write today.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

1t is often . mystery how . cold
has been Caught" The fact is.
however, that when the blood il poor
and the system depeessed, one be-
comes peculiarly liable TO diseases.
When the appetite or the strsDgth
fails, Ayers SaSsaparilla should b
taken without delay.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

Ayers Pills, being com posed Of the
essential virtue Of the best vegetable
aperienis, without any Of the woody
or fibrous material whatever. is the
reason Why they are 80 much more
effective AID valuable than any 9TH
er ca'hArtics. The best family
physe.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

Davidson Co. News.l

You can tell every one Of the Ran
s3mite papers in the State BY their
yell w ,urnal attacks on the true
friends Of silver. Senator Butler.
Butler has done more for the cause
Of silver than every one Of these
Ransomite papers in the State that
are continually abusing him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

Dandruff IN exudation from the
pores Of the skin that spreads and
dries, forming scurf and causing the
hair to fall out. Halls Hair Renew
or cures It.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-12-09

and engage the rest OF the week in
orlolng aldermen or getting up stock
Jobblng schemes TO defraud the
wldows and orphans, are the most
dangerous members of society.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07

The demand now heard from mer-
chants and manufacturers and bankers
and other intelligent observers in every
part Of the country is not for some re
pairs to our financial system, but for a
new system. No government paper can
be free from objection, because its vol
ume and redeemability will depend in
part upon the opinions of congress and
in part upon the opinions of the pres
ident. No one can be certain that these
will be correct i'll all years to come. If
we could be sure that they would al
ways be correct, we could not be sure
that the government would always be
able to maintain a sufficient reserve
for the redemption of the notes. If the
weight of a pound and the length of a
yard were liable to be changed at any
time by congress, the uncertainty could
hardly be so dangerous as the present
uncertainty regarding the unit OF value
This explains why so many Of the mou
who do the business of the country. not
alone in the north and east, but also in
the south and west, demand the with
drawal of the government notes. hon
Aoa
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
Three Cheers for SIN all

Rev. Sam Small, the temperance evan.
gelist, has been talking Prohibition in
Washington this week. Mr.. Small is as
radical as ever in his language, as may
be judged from the following, uttered
just after a lurid description of the awful
affects of the drink habit :sIt is to make
war on this moDstrous evil-this agency
of immortality and enginery of individual,
domestic, social and national deg radiation
that l have pledged Christ the most
devoted labor of my life. | am no tenn
perance man, however. l would as soon
be called a yellow dog !! Names degen-
crate by ill-usage and the change of pub
lie sentiment. 10 ancient Greece it was
the most coveted of honors to be called a
demagogue, but to day the lowest pot
house politician will resent the epithet.
SO it was honorable to be called a TEN
perance man, but since the distillere,
brewers and dogge1y. keepers of the
nation, in solemn conventions, have
resolved that they are temperance men,
L repudiate the name and declare myself
a Prohibitionist from the tip end of the
tallest hair iu my head to the tacks in na Y
boots" - From New Jersey Gazette's
Wash ingt on Letter.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07

After a good deal of beating about the
bush the United States Senate has at last
to ratify the general arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain negotiated BY the Cleveland
Administration just before its retirement
from power last March. The vote was
43 to 90, and the rules of the Senate
require a majority of two.thirds for the
ratification of treaties. 1t is understood
that the opposition to ratification was
more marked than even the vote shows,
as several Senators voted in the aft rma
tive solely in Difference to public opinion,
though in reality opposed to the treaty
in its present form. One of the causes
of the defeat is said to be the feeling of
dissatisfaction at England's course in the
struggle of the Greeks to liberate the
Island of Crete from Ottoman dominion,
and the Armenian massacres, and with
the ''evident designs" of Great Britain
upon the Transvaal. These are some
weighty reasons it must be admitted, ana
if John Bull can be made to understand
that his course in the directions named
was the reason in part for knocking out
the treaty and thus lead to speedy refor-
nation in highlands treatment of the
Eastern questions, for the right determi-
nation of which she is so largely respon-
sible, it will amply repay for the delay in
negotiating a satisfactory arbitration
treaty between the two foremost ooun-
tries of the world, ever though such a
treaty is even now needed az an OBJECT
lesson for the belligerent nations of
| EurOne,
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
CURRENT TOPICS.

Themes Which Men and Women Dis.
course About on Street Cars.
A certain physician of this city, who
never neglects an opportunity to study
the traits of the people among whom
his business takes him, has been max
ing some observations recently that may
serve as a basis for estimating the char
acter of the average modern American.
Il have to travel on street cars a good
DEAL" the physician said in explaining
his course of procedure, "and I hear all
kinds of people talk. A short time ago
L thought I would keep a record of the
words most frequently used within my
hearing by people of all classes.
II omit names, profanity and vulgar
1ty, but otherwise this list, which rep
resents n weeks street car conversa-
ton, is absolutely correct. Here, then,
is a summary of what married men talk
about:
Dollars mentioned within my hear
ing, 407 times; business, 295; money,
206; dollar, 1914; stocks, 1853; bonds,
152; job, 81; son, So; daughter, IL;
wife, 4; literature, 0; music, O; art, 0.
Married women: She, 400; party,
1876; dress, 1924; splendid, 316; dol
lars, 201; trimming, 1877; cards, 1911;
prize, 151; society, 1870; baby, 1879;
clothes, "a; weather. 81; rich, 60;
lovely, SO; perfectly awful, 46; doctor,
43; medicine, "a; music, g.; literature,
0; art, 0.
young men, unmarried: Corker,
500; daisy, 467; girl, 416; beaut, SOL;
fairy, 300; winner, 800; sumner, 1884;
hummer, 251; dance. 1O4; party, 81;
old man, 50; fight, 70; money, ~; dol
lars, 90; no good, AZ; cigarette, 81;
college, 1; literature, 0; music, 0; art, 0.
young women, unmarried: Lovely,
500; just perfectly lovely, 491; horrid,
476; gorgeous, 463; fellow, 400; en-
gagged, 1857; dress, 371; stunning, $50;
love, 295; party, 291; wear, 284; she,
206; opera, 1903; ring, 81; mamma, %;
papa, Is; music, 9; mother, l.; picture,
/; poem, /; art, 1.
Il intend" concluded the doctor.
Ito pursue this subject further, and
may be able to give additional figures
that will be interesting Cleveland
Taadar
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
Creamridge, 9th Mo. 4tb, 1897.
OF MONEY

Unwarranted Government interference
Prevents Easy Transition From One Sub
stance to Another.
Money is simply a commodity that is
generally recognized as a universal
equivalent, and its degree. of goodness
Or efficiency consists in the unanimity of
the recognition of the fitness of the COM
modify used as money to perform the
essential functions of money. Many
commodities have been used as money,
and they have remained in use as long
as they met the essential requirements
Of money among the people where used,
or until some other commodity p
ed the fitness of which commended it.
self to the intelligence as being superior
to the commodity then being used.
AS people have advanced in discrim-
mating intelligence they have discard
ed inferior commodities and adopted in
place thereof something that was supe-
rior. These changes kept taking place
until finally gold and silver became the
commodities that were recognized by
the people of most countries as being
the best for use as money. Sociological
transition is constant. Change is the
natural order of things, and changes
come about naturally and are therefore
effected easily, if the natural process is
allowed to go on undisturbed. Trou-
blous friction ensues only when there is
obstructive governmental interference
to delay Of defeat the natural order of
things.
In our own day the stagecoach has
been supplanted by the steam railroad,
and s~tagecoaches have practically be-
come a thing of the past. The tallow
dip was succeeded by lamps filled with
burning fluid or oil, and lamps by illu-
minating gas, and gas by electricity.
These and many other changes were ac-
complished with no serious disturbance
whatever, and so it would be with COM
modities used as money in the absence
of governmental obstruction. There
would be no threatening money ques-
tion in this country today, endangering
the continuity and p~erpetuity of all
business activity, if the United States
was not engaged in the banking bust
ness.
Among civilized people the days of
usefulness of silver as money, except in
subsidiary forms, are numbered, and
silver is going out Of use as surely as
have the stagecoaoh and the tallow dip,
and for exactly the same reason-civi-
l~ization has outgrown the conditions
which necessitated it's use. No money
has ever come into use at the behest of
government or because of statutory en-
aotments, but solely because of recog-
nized ability to perform the functions
of money .-Austin w. Wright in Sound
Currency.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
Farm Conditions in the West

BENZ. PATTERSON, EDIToR:-Spriug
very backward, cold and wet, no corr
planted; low prices for everything pro.
duced on the farm except cattle. One
cause for this is, corn raised through out
the northw est last season is fir only for
feeding, farmers paying as high as 81 25
par cwt. in Chicago for feeders, add to
this transportation both ways. it Looks
as though it will cost too much for tn.
object of feeding cheap corn.
The prospect yet is not very bright,
but farmers seem to be patiently waiting
and hoping for better times, but the
prices obtained are not encouraging.
Elburn, Ill May 8, 81. F. W. W.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07

"We cannot afford to advertise our
anxiety for the free coinage of silver
any more" the Philadelphia North
American (Rep.) declares. UNLESS
some of the nations want free coin
age at our ratio or ~thereabout, it is idle
as we'll as humiliating to be Emporium
ing the great nations to create a market
for our silver. For that is the kernel of
this nut, and but for the desire for a
market there would be no talk about
free coinage of silver here"
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
Government Currencv.

The reason bank circulation has been
decreasing through a term of years, and
why it is inelastic, remaining almost
without change from a to season.
is that the security for it is a deposit Of
government bonds. The bank capital is
in the treasury instead of in business,
The profits on circulation decline as the
bonds increase in value or the rate of
interest declines, and the redemption
process is slow and ineffective. The
dangers of the government currency
and the deficiencies of the bank curren-
cy are now pretty well recognized, and
every day shows increased -earnestness
in the demands of business men for a
complete and permanent cure.-Iron
Age.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07

According to The Voice the deman d
for a straight Pfohibiti)n Governor i in
Iowa is gaining in force every day. The
Temperance Monitor, which has hereto.
fore been a Republican paper. is out for
tho straight Prohibition N I'VE msnt The
Journal, of Topeka, the leading daily of
the State, will support only an unquali6-
ed Prohibition candidate in the next
campaign. The Fulcrum, of Topeka, is
doing good work, and many new con-
verts are reported Never In the history
of the state has the outlook for Prohibi.
tiJn converts been so a attering.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
Notes by F. E, W.

Several good people we're speaking
about tests of character and when they
had all freed their minds" a winsome
little woman who bad sat silently by
said quietly: 81 think the truest test
is whether you feel safe with a person,
and ! am never in any ones presence
without nncoDsciously applying that
test. say to myself, He Cor she) will
not go eff and speak about me in such a
way as would astonish and pain ms il l
v. re whore | could overhear the Words
It seeDs to me that with a great many
people we have an intuition that we are
safe with them aud | am sorry to saw
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07

Now that Japan is on the brink OF
replacing her currency on the exclusive
gold basis, we presume that we shall
no longer be worried with fearful vi
sions of her growing industrial supren-
acy, which was alleged to be due to the
silver standard. It was affirmed that
whatever goods Japan sold in this coun
try, being paid for in gold, practically
doubled the sellers income when the
proceeds were converted into silver
And this tremendous advantage the Jap
dnese now r~elinquish.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07

The Greeks are fighting a desperate
battle, and though the Turks have been
winning Bull Run victories, the heroic
Grecians have determined to continue
the war and break the power of the
Musselmen if the Greek army has not
loss it's old-time valor. However, it is
not improbable that the war may soon be
terminated by the negotiations of the
two nations or by the Intervention of the
Powers. After all, Turkey has little to
gain by the conquest, for the Powers are
no doubt decided to prevent the Sultan
from reaping any material gain from the
success of his forces against Greece.
Nevertheless Abdul Hamid has proven
that he is a foe of no mean p%retensions.
It's a burning shame that the Powers
have allowed the abominable Turks to
ride rough shod over the followers of the
Cross so long.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07

ments; let US know whether you
were very young or middle-aged,
that we might know how your
inches were built up-and the suit
we'd send would fit as we'll as the
tailor's suit at first trying-on. Bet
ter, in all probability.
Now if you come for the clothes
it's better still, for we can do such
altering as the tailor would have to
do. In short. we can give you
really tailored clothes ready-made.
The popular price for dressy suits
(not full dress suits) is SIS. They
are such suits as almost any really
good tailor would charge $40 to $50
for. You see, it is vastly cheaper
to make clothing in lots-there is
economy of time. No waiting for
you to come and try the suit on
and talk it over.
The best suits are $40 to $25-
the difference is half and half
cloth and extra hand-work in the
tailoring.
The famous suit of the year at
this store is the all-wool fancy or
blue or black suit at $3.50.
Almost forgot the OVERCOATS.
The dressy ones are $40 to 500.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07

The Philadelphia Press declares that
Vice-President Hobart has already proved
himself the peer of the most experienced
and ablest parliamentarians among the
Senators. 1t is thus apparent that the
Republican party made no mistake in
naming Mr.. Hobart for the office which
he now so ably fills, and the confidence
OF New Jersey in her distinguished son is
fully justified. Before the debate on the
Tariff bill is over the ability of the Vice.
President as a presiding officer will have
been demonstrated 10 the entire satisfsc-
ton of the country,
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
wANAMAKER'S.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, May 8, 1891.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, May 8, 1891.
Four Millions of Dollars in Spring
Stock.
Present stocks in the Philadel-
phia store alone exceed in value
Four Millions of Dollars.
The goods were ordered when
days were darkest and money had
the utmost buying power. On very
many lines we could realize large
profit by holding the goods-for
higher prices will come as Prosper
ity's sun mounts higher-and that
regardless of what action or mac
ton occurs at Washington.
But we gather exclusively for re-
tail selling-never for speculation.
And in the face of higher prices we
name owest prices ever known on
many lines of goods, simply be-
cause they have been laid in dur
ing depressed times.
The news concerns everybody
who can come or who will write
promptly. Aggregate lots are large,
but of course of some lots prompt
corners will quickly take our all.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
Miss Wizards Addit ional PhiIan.
thropic Scheme.

Miss Frances E. Willard paid a flying
visit to this city, accompanied by Miss
Anna A. Gordon, who has been associ-
ated with her in white ribbon work for
more b twenty years and who has
charge of the Worlds W. C. T. U. work
among children, for the purpose of con-
ferring with the widow of the late
Frederick Douglass, in relation to her
purpose to make Cedar Hill the home
OF Mr.. Douglass, in one of the suburbs
of Washington, for N years previous
to his death, ga mecca for humanity; a
beacon of hope; a historic SHRINE" Just
how this purpose is to be carried out has
not yet been made public, but Miss Will.
lard has pledged her assistance and
promised to find coadjutors on both sides
of the Atlantic who will help to put the
idea into practical effect. Miss Willard
spent Sunday with Mrs. Douglass at
Cedar Hill," and Monday she held a
conference with the president of the
District w. G. T. u, and some of the
officers of the national branch of which
she is president. Misses Willard and
Gordon left here for the East, where they
will fill several engagements before re
turning to their home at Evanston, Ill.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
Bucklen,s Arnlca saIve.

The Best Salve IN the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores,
letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns,
and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price rs cents per box. For sale by Harry
Guest
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07

The terrible fire which occurred in the
Grand Bazaar in Paris, ON Tuesday, was
a regularholocaust, over one hundred
bodies having already been taken from
the ruins, and many of these being titled
persons. 1t was the annual charity fair,
and was held in a temporary wooden
structure, with many of the most promi-
nent society ladies as patronesses. The
fire started in a booth while 1900 or 1000
persons were present. The gay French
capital has been thrown into the deepest
mourning BY the sad occurrence.
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07

A good many Jersrymen are not aware
of the reputation of their Congressman in
other States. One case in point is that
of Charles N. Fowler, of the With
District, whose Banking and Currency
bill has attracted much more attention
elsewhere than in New Jersey, says the
New York Tribune. For instance, the
April number of THE Bankers Maya
zine" devotes more space editorially to
that measure than to any other topic
The purpose of Mr.. Fowler's bill is ste
effect the retirement of all the paper
money now issued by the Government"
and to provide ''for the practical Nation
alization of all the financial Institutions
in the country doing a banking business,
and if successfully carried into effect will
wipe out all distinctions between the
present National banks, State banks,
private bankers and the greater number
of the existing savings banks" After
reviewing the plan in detail the magazine
says that ''there is not one purely
currency feature of Mr.. Fowler's plan
which has not been proved to be feasible
and safe by historical precedent. . {.
1t IS hardly possible that any commission
that may be appointed can evolve any
better plan than that which has been
elaborated by Mr.. Fowler. 1t will be
probable to the banks, the Government
and the people of the country to have it
put in operation"
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07
Notes.

There will probably b. no microscopic
reproduction of the Corbe5t Fltzsimmous
tight anywhere, no as a result of pro-
hibitive legislation however, but because
the photog raphing is a failure. AS an
exchange expresses it, 'the sun yelled it's
face with shame and refused to be
part ScepS crimtnis."
The Monitor-register., 1897-05-07

IT,. IS years ago.
This departure from general
practice and his independence
of the ethical code excited
strong prejudice and unjust
criticism from other doctors.
DR.. FinlaW has been in &C
tive practice in the South and
West for a number of years,
which enabled him to study the
morbid changes taking place
in the human body under DIFF
ferent climatic influences.
Thus he gained a knowI=
edge of Chronic Diseases,
which cannot be obtained in
any other way.
Therefore, he succeeded in
curing cases from the first that
everybody thought to be in
durable.
His marvellous success soon
convinced the most skeptical
that he has no peer as a spec
ialist in curing Chronic Dis
eases in both sexes. Man.,
once hopeless, chronic sufferers
who grew worse under the
treatment of other prominent
doctors, are to-day living mon
uments to his skill.
DR.. Finlaw was the first
to discover the true pathOl=
ogy of Catarrh and demon
strate its cure. He declared
the disease systemic over 20
years ago; while others held it
to be local and confined to the
cavities of the head.
Even now there are those,
claiming to be specialists, who
still depend upon local treat
ment, This clearly demon
strates how little they know of
the origin or effects of this
loathsome disease. Ca
tarrh is a specific poison
that deranges every organ and
tissue of the body, and every
case must be treated speCifi=
cally, according to the present
condition of the patient. AS
the cure progresses the treat
ment must be changed, in
order to meet the improved
condition, or the improvement
will stop. Therefore Catarrh
cannot be cured by any one
remedy,
Catarrh is a constitutional
disease, therefore it is not con-
sistent to speak of Catarrh of
the Head, Stomach, Bow
els or Bladder. These are
only symptoms or the local
manifestations of the disease.
In the United States alone,
at least one hundred thou
sand die of Consumption
every year. Ninety per
cent. of which is the direct
result of Catarrh.
At least seventy-fve per
cent. of all Chronic Diseases
have their origin in a Catarrh=
al condition. Therefore, in
order to successfully treat
Chronic Diseases, Catarrh and
the many complications that
arise from it must be thorough
ly understood.
Unless the cause be removed
the relief will only be tempo
rary.
DR.. Finlaw has made this
a special study for years, and
has no hesitation in saying that
all forms of Catarrh and
are durable
any time before tubercular de-
posts take place in the lungs.
DR.. Finlaw treats all forms
of Chronic Diseases in both
sexes. Piles, etc. Consulta-
ton free and strictly contiden-
tial.
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