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The Caucasian., 1898-02-17
"THB PAMLICO
OYSTER CASES. F."
How a Big Claim 10 Brought
Against The State
SOME VERY CURIOUS FACTS
In the Creation Of . Big Bill Of Cos's"-
IL Ameuai. to - coo Dead Hen AsAs
to ftssrs in the sehsms-Livisg People
say They Wsrs Never summessA.

say They Wsrs Never samnessA.
For more than . year past, certain
parties have been trying to collect
from the State about s. COO on . claim
which the State Treasurer and other
present State officers do not think is
we'll based or fully legal. This claim
Is now known rs The Pamlico Oyster
cases. though Carteret county figures
very largely in the matter.
The claim was created under the
provisions Of Section 1, Of chapter 2s1,
Of the Laws Of 1898. The sense Of this
section seems to be that any person
holding . grant or license for an oy-
S6es bed may be summOnsed before the
court to prove that his grant or license
does not include any part OF . natural
oyster bed;" and il he fails TO show
such proof he must vacate the bed.
Acting under this section, certain
parties f1ve issued summons galore,
creating with each summons "biil Of
costs" which it is claimed must be paid
by the State. Something like one
hundred summons were made out in
Carteret county, and about eight hum
dred made out in Pamlico county. The
aggregate number of summons approx
imates nine hundred. and the total
aggregate of the "bills Of cost" exceeds
$5,6OO.OO. 1t appears that ALL the bills
OF costs have been presented to the
State for payment without regard to
whether ALL the summons we're ser, ed
or not and it is more than probable
that if all contingent facts could be
known in connection with tbs claim
made, the claim would assume an ap-
pearance of absurdity and ridiculous
ness.
In order that the public and parties
who may be interested may see some
thing of the process by which his claim
was Created a list OF names Of individ-
uals on whom summons is alleged to
have been served is given below.
IRE GAuCAaIAN ia in nos sasaiQn of
The Caucasian., 1898-02-17

PKEroKIA. Trarsvaal E-pashc.
Feb, 9.-Paai krrg.r as. beer r~-
elected President Of the Soath Aiu-
can republic
The Caucasian., 1898-02-17

tamueo C0unty.
Bili OF costs in the following cases
State tx Rel, BlOunt and Leary So
licitOfs VS.. the following:
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26
Whipped the Wrong Man.

An actor who was in Washington re-
Gently on his way to join the army of
stage folk who are trOoping into New
York to begin rehearsals played i'll a
Chicago stock Ncompany part of the
summer, says a writer in the Washing
ton Post. 1t wasn't an especially sue
cessful company and there were periods
when the ghost did not walk for weeks
at time. The actor I speak Of is what
they call on the stage handsome dress
er. He is especially addicted to clean
linen, and day dawned when he found
that all his shirts were at the laundry
and he was penniless.
He went to call on the Chinaman
who kept the laundry. In this instance
the Chinaman kept the shirts, too, for
no threats, no entreaties, no proffers of
watches and scarfpins as securities, no
arguments of any kind, suff1ced to move
him. He wanted money. Two whole
days the actor endured this state of
things. Then salaries were paid. The
actor marched to the laundry, laid down
the money, seized the Chinaman by the
collar of his pyjamas, jerked him over
the counter and rubbed the floor down
with him, horizontally, perpendicular
ly and spirally. The poor oriental sput
tered out a great deal of talk and one
front tooth, I believe. A policeman
happened to be passing, an eccentric
fellow, casually peered in and asked
the occasion of the affair The actor ex-
planned.
"Ah, thin,' said the officer sympa-
thetically, you'll have to do it over
gin. It's not him that kapes the joint.
Hop Sing is sick You've been doin up
the wrong man. But, thin, consoling
", "they all needs it. -
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26

Orders have been issued at the Navy
Department providing for the removal
of Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard
on Sept. 80 on account of his having
reached the retiring age, sixty-two
years.
Admiral Sicard was in command of
the North Atlantic squadron at the
outbreak of the war and stationed in
and around Key West His health
was very bad, and he could not with
stand the effects of the climate. He
was compelled to relinquish his COM
mand to Rear Admiral Sampson, at
that time senior captain of the feet
and commanding the battle ship
Iowa.
He came north and was endeavor-
ing to recuperate when imperative
orders were sent to him to report in
Washington. Secretary Long made
him a member of the Naval Strategic
Board, and he afterward became it's
president.
The orders announced the promo
ton of Assistant Naval Constructor,
Richmond Pearson Hobson. to be a
full naval constructor. This promo
ton came through the regular channel
and was not due to his participation
in the sinking of the Merrimac. His
reward for this act of gallantry will
not come until Congress enacts legis-
d. =
in the line. His promotion dates
from June %. 1t was not announced
previously, as Constructor Hobson had
not had time to take his examinations
for promotion.
Capt. F. ]. Higginson, of the Mas
sachusetts, is promoted to be a COM
modore. His advancement is to date
from Aug. 10. This was also in the
regular line of promotion.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26
Smashed the Red Tame.

Major General Kitchener, the sirdar
of the Egyptian army, is opening Eng
lands eyes to what can be done with
few materials when common sense and
enterprise are used and the war office
red tape is dispensed with. The latest
manifestation is the arming of his field
artillery for the Sudan campaign with
quick firing Maxim Nordenfeldt guns,
while the war department is as far as
ever from coming to q decision as to
what type Of guns the British army
shall have
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26

In "the beginning, said the corn
fed philosopher, "man is much con-
cerned that his little wife's heart shall
always be light. Later, he pays more
attention to the weight of the bis
cuit.n
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26
CAS- TORIA

Bears the signature of CHAs. II. FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind Y0H Haze AZzOays Bought.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26

that cow some shake hands, but then
all will shake hands, throne and foot
stool, across seas, nation with nation,
God and man, church militant and
church triumphant.
The Human Foot.
Yea, the malformation of this fallen
giants foot glorifies the ordinary foot,
for which I fear you have never once
thanked God. The &c bones of the foot
are the admiration of the anatomist
The arch Of the foot fashioned with a
grace and poise that Trajan's arch or
Constantine's arch or any other arch
could not equal. Those arches stand
where they were planted, but this arch
of the foot is an adjustable arch,
yielding arch, flying arch and ready
for movements innumerable The hui
man foot so fashioned as to enable
man to stand upright as no other crea-
ture and leave the hand that would
otherwise have to help in balancing the
body free for anything it chooses. The
foot of the camel fashioned for the sand,
the foot of the bird fashioned for the
tree branch, the foot of the hind fash
toned for the slippery rock, the foot Of
the lion fashioned to rend it's prey, the
foot of the horse fashioned for the solid
earth, but the foot Of man made to cross
the desert Or climb the tree or scale the
cliff or walk the earth or go anywhere
he needs to go.
With that divine triumph Of anatomy
in your possession where do you walk?
In what path of righteousness or what
path Of sin have you set it down? Where
have you left the mark Of your foot
steps? Amid the petrifactions in the
rocks have been found the mark of the
feet Of birds and beasts of thousands of
years ago. And God can trace out all
the footsteps of your lifetime, and those
you made so years ago are as plain as
those 1Lade in the last soft weather, all
of them petrifed for the judgment day.
Oh, the foot! Give me the autobiography
of your foot from the time you stepped
out of the cradle until today, and [ will
tell your exact character now and what
are your prospects for the world to come.
That there might be no doubt about
the fact that both these pieces of divine
mechanism, hand and foot, belong to
Christ's service both hands Of Christ
and both feet of Christ were spiked on
the cross. Right through the arch of
both his feet to the hollow of his instep
went the iron of torture, and from the
palm of his hand to the back of it, and
there is not muscle or nerve or bone
among the 81 bones of hand and wrist
or among the &c bones of the foot but
it belongs to him now and forever.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26
The Beauty of Service.

That is the most beautiful foot that
goes about paths of greatest usefulness,
and that the most beautiful hand that
does the most to help Others I was
reading Of three women in rivalry about
the appearance of the hand. And the
one Redeemed her hand with berries and
said the beautiful tinge made hers the
most beautiful. And another put her
hand in the mountain brook and said as
the waters dripped off that her hand
was the most beautiful. And another
pluclzed flowers off the bank, and under
the bloom contended that her hand was
the most attractive. Then a poor old
woman appeared, and, looking up i'll her
decrepitude, asked for aims. And a wom-
an who had not taken part in the rivalry
gave her aims. And all the women re-
solved to leave to this beggar the ques
ton as to which of all the hands present
was the most attractive, and she said,
"The most beautiful of them all is the
one that gave relief to my necessities, "
and as she so said her wrinkles and rags
and her decrepitude and her body dis
appeared, and in place thereof stood
the Christ, who long ago said, "Inas-
much as ye did it to one of the least of
these, We did it unto me, " and who to
purchase the service of our hand and foot
here on earth had his own hand and
foot Iacerated.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26
Rright'S Disease.

Mrs. o. {. Cole of Halifax, Mass, came
to see me last September. On examination
/ found a general bloated and dropsical
condition all over the body. Abdomen and
lower limbs very much swollen. Much
tenderness across the back I'm the regions
of the kidneys. Heart and circulation very
much dep essed. Urine half blood and
mucous and waste matter. She complained
awfully Of pain in the sides and ba * ,cholk-
ing and smothering sensations, oppressed
feeling in the head, numbuess of the limbs.
etc. The family doctor pronounced il
Bright's Disease and promised 10 do what
he could for her, but considered the case a
hopeless one. So did she, il seems, for this
is what she SAYS "My children would have
been motherless today If il had not been
for DR.. Barbrick. Signed, Mrs. O. C.Cole.
s'My wife and j both believe this certain
w would have been the case II she had not
have made one supreme effort and seen
this wonderful physician. DRILL G. Cole.
The reader will note that these cases are
given more as proof lof the arguments put
forth in the first few sentences than as testi-
monials. / have naturally chosen as tYpic'
case 70 represent each disease, but IL space
would permit / could cite hundreds of pco-
pie in Vermont who, like the above mention
ed persons, sincerely believe ] have saved
their lives / publish testimonials only by
request or permission, my motives being as
much in the interest ofthe sick and suffering
as myself. for l believe that IL point out 20
hopeless sufferers way TO healthandthereby
save life, am not only furthering the inter
est s of myself and my profession, but also do
ing grand and humane work.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26

Mrs. II. S. Smith, sister OF Ms. Nathan
Kendall of Enosburg Falls, came TO me a
year ago when / first visited Enosburg
Falls. On examination j found an oIen
sore in the right breast. The sore was
about two sizes larger than a silver dollar,
with ragged unhealthy edges, was dis
charging and odorous. She stated she had
had two operations for the removal of can
GERS from that breast, had showed IL TO
the family physician, who told her IL was
a cancer and that he was sorry for her as
nothing could be done. Today the sore Is
entirely healed and Mrs. Smith says she
feels ten years younger and never was IN
better general health i'm her life. She is 20
years old at that.
"Words cannot express my gratitude 10
DIR. Barbrick. ] want everybody TO know
what he has done for me, and will answer
all letters" Signed, Mrs. :. II. Smith.
hoI TorrpV ST RrQclt ton Mass
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26
pIgHtu, NVu. y, \
COuSUUnDtiOn.

Mrs. Mary Jacobs of Manchester, VT.
came to see me about eight months ago.
On examination / found the Bronchial
Tubes and capillarles of both lungs involv-
ed. Very weak and debilitated generally.
Cough almost constant. Very hard spas
modic attacks i'm the evening with smoth-
ering spells, and on retiring and arising.
Expectation very profuse. Sometimes
tough and stringy, then again frothy, and
at times streaked with blood. Night sWeats
She stated she had been examined by fam
lily doctors, also doctors i'm Rutland. They
told her she had consumption and was i'm
durable. The Rutland doctors said she
wouldn't live six weeks. She is alive and
tending to her household duties today.
Anyone can write her. "Dr. Barbric.S
saved my life" Signed, Mrs. Mary Jacobs.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26
Free to the Sick.

shall be in Barton at the Hotel Barton for
one day only, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5th, and
will consult with, examine and advise all who
call on me during this visit free of charge,
Also in Newport at the MemphremagogHouse
Tuesday, Oct. A.
Lyndonville, at webb's Hotel, Thursday,
Oct q.
Morrisville, at The Randall House, Friday
Oct. Z.
Hardwick, at Centennial. Saturday, Oct.s.
st. Johnsbury, at the New Avenue House,
Sunday and Monday, Oct. and TO-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-26
Catarrh, Consumption, Cancer
and BriSht'S Disease.
Can these Dread Diseases be Cured7
DR.. ]. FRASER BARDRICK,
BOstOn's Most Successful Nerve
and Blood Specialist, Says

There is naturally no such a thinga as am in
durable disease. Disease becomes incura-
BILE by neglect and improper treatment
Improper treatment may damage the Rys-
TEN as well as cause loss OF time and Is
therefore as dangerous as neglect ImproDer
treatment is due rather TO inexperience
than to Inability or ignorance. III your
disease is chronic and puzzles the family
physician you need the experience OF n
Specialist. Many cases pronounced ineura-
bic blythe general practitioner can be cured
by the Specialist. quote few cases be-
low to prove these assertions.
Catarrh.
Geo. ID. Wood, Esq, Proprietor of the
American Poultry Farm, Hartland -Four
Corners VT, came TO see me August %
and fullness all through the stomach and
bowels, coated tongue, congested liver. lie
complained of gas in stomach and bowels,
distress after eating, soreness I'm pit OF
stomach. bloating, belching of wind. bad
taste in mouth, palpitation of heart, faint
ness and all gone feeling, and was very
weak and run down Diagnosis was Ca
tarrh of Stomach and bowels with ulcera-
ton. Mr.. Wood, who is Natl Deputy OF
Jr. O. u. A. M, also a member OF several
other fraternal organizations, i'm speaking
of his case says Il had been suffering with
a bad stomach for a number of years. ]
tried all our home doctors and different
patent medicines but realized little or no
benefit. My vituals did me no good. lost
flesh and gradually grew weaker until i
was unable to attend to my business. The
doctors l called gave me very little hope of
q cure, and l had fully made up my mind
that / could not live but a short time un-
less / received immediate relief. 1 COM
menced getting well the moment / began
taking DIR. Barbrick's treatments and the
first month ] gained twelve pounds. ]
continued to improve and today am en-
loving as good health as / ever did.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
ADOPTION OF THE CAT.
When 1t Was Introduced to Human
Society Is Mystery.

1t is impossible to trace the origin of
the domestic cat with certainty to any
existing species or variety of wildcat.
Indeed, the time at which the cat was
first domesticated and introduced to
human society is simply a matter of
conjecture. Prof. Shaler expresses the
| opinion that the domestication of the
| cat must have been much later than
| that of the dog, while naturalsts give
| reasons for believing to the contrary.
Some people agree with Prof. Shaler,
and for this reason: That dogs were
| probably first domesticated in order to
| assist in hunting, and, therefore. prob
ably in what is called the hunting age
| of human society, whereas the cat has
nowhere been generally used as hunt
| ing animal. The dog is essentially gre
| garious; he loves to hunt in packs. and
when introduced to human family, he
regards the family as his pack and
hunts accordingly, so that he is easily
made serviceable by the human hunt
er. The cat, on the contrary, is I'M
social; it lives alone and hunts alone,
| lily trained to hunt, either with men or
for men. In fact, the only member of
the cat family that has been known
to have been trained to hunt is the
! cheetah, though an ancient Egyptian
painting. which may be seen in the Brit
ish museum, represents cat which is
apparently assisting hunter to catch
birds.
There is another reason for thinking
that the cat must have been adopted
by man after the hunting age, namely,
the cats wonderful attachment to To-
calities. Animals like the wolf, with
which the dog is most closely allied.
follow their prey over vast tracts of
country, and seem entirely destitute
of local attachment. The wildcat, on
the contrary, settles down in particu
lar spot and waits for its prey to come.
When removed from its accustomed
habitat it seems to lose its skill. and
therefore would be useless to man in
a hunting age, because in that age
men seldom had fixed habitations, but
roamed abroad, where game was to be
found. OF course, much of this is con.
lecture. Whether the cat or the dog
was first adopted by man cannot now
be certainly known, but the cat was
well known as a domestic animal at
an early period of human history
Boston journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The average length of life is 81 years.
II is impossible to run at an alti-
tude of 1900 feet above the sea.
All the land above sea level would not
fill up more than one-third of the At
lantic ocean.
There are 40 mountains in Colorado
whose peaks are over $4,000 feet above
the ocean level.
The highest waterfall in the world is
Cholock cascade, at Yosemite. Cal,
which is 1884 feet high, or just half a
mile.
An elephant is possessed of such a
delicate sense of smell that it can scent
4 human being at a distance of a thou
sand yards.
curious fact has been noted by
Arctic travelers-snow when at very
low temperature absorbs moisture and
dries garments.
The right hand, which is more sensi-
tive to the touch than the left. is less
sensitive than the latter to the effect of
the heat and cold.
According to German publication a
chemist of that country has prepared a
fluid that has the power when injected
into the tissues of a plant near its roots
of anesthetizing the plant, not destroy
ing it, but temporarily suspending its
vitality.
1t is reported that Mr. William
Thorpe has presented to the British mu-
scum the shell of giant tortoise which
lived for upwards of 200 years in the
grounds of Plantation house, in the
island of st. Helena. 1t was frequently
the object of much curiosity on the part
of the great Napoleon during his stay
on the island.
Electric lighthouses can produce an
effect at an immense distance by their
| light reflected from the clouds, while
they are far below the horizon. Cher
bourg light has thus been indirectly
observed at a distance of Is miles. Capt
| Evans, L. S. n, in recent voyage on
the cruiser New York, found them con-
fusing, as it was impossible to deter,
mine in any way their distance. The
| indications would not tell whether they
| were ten or fifty miles away.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14

seasoned with little salt. and drink oniv
little milk. l became so bad that a trife
too much of even these caused terrible
suffering in the regions of the stomach,
darling pains back of the eyes, attended
with dizziness and partial loss of sight.
The only way could get relief was by vom-
iting. Finally had such a severe attack
that the entire left side of my BODY felt
numb and partially paralyzed, and in this
condition, was taken to my room uncon.
scious. The physicians failed to help me,
and none Of the many remedies took did
me any good. At last a friend presented
me with bottle of DR.. Ayers Sarsaparilla
and before had used half of it, l could see
a decided change for the better. used
three bottles and was SO comple tely cured
that for four years have not been troubled
with the old complaint, but am rugged and
hearty and able to eat anything that can
be eaten. 1t would be impossible to say
too much in praise of Dr. Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla, and I would not give one bottle of il
for a dozen OF any other kind."-M. S.
SHIELDS, Meridian, Miss.
Try Dr. Ayers Sarsaparilla II you are
dyspeptic. If you want more testimony to
the value of the medicine, get DR.. Ayers
Curebook. 1t is sent free on request by
the J. c. Aver Co., Lowell.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14

Queen Margherita of Italy has made
herself responsible for the execution of
plan to build an observatory at the
summit of Mount Rosa, at height OF
1850 meters. The work on it has al
ready been begun. The queen, who,
as is well known, is an enthusiastic
lnountaineer, is in the habit of spend
ing several weeks each year at the sum-
NIT of Mount Rosa. The new observa-
tory will be higher than that at the
summit of Mount Blanc and the high
est in Europe. The cost will be about
So, 000.-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-04-14
BREAD, POTATOES and MILK.
He Lived on Lenten Fare.
A Dyspeptic's daily diet.

Dyspepsia Is one Of the most prevalent of
diseases. Thousands of people suffer from
1t in n more or less aggravated form. Few
diseases are more painful to the individual
or more far reaching in their effects on
human life and happiness. What the dys-
peptic needs is not local treatment, not
mere temporary stimulus. The real need
Is the toning up of the entire system. For
tify the system and it will do its own fight
ing, and promptly eject any iutrudiug
disease. The success of DR.. Ayers SarSa-
parilla In curing indigestion and dyspep-
STA Is due to just this quality which II
possesses, of renewing the vital forces
repairing the waste and loss of the body
The ordinary treatment brings the food
down to the level of the weak stomach.
DR.. Ayers Ssrsaparilla puts strength into
the stomach, and brings It up to the level Of
the strong food fit for men. 1t does this
by strengthening the entire system. The
stomach cannot stay weak when all the
other organs are gaining strength. what
DR., Ayers Sarsaparilla will do for dyspep-
STA is best illustrated in cases like that of
N. 8. Shields, Meridian, Miss. Mr.. Shields
had got down to the last level of dyspepsA.
But let him tell his own story -
"For years, I was afflicted with dyspep-
STA which gradually grew worse until
could eat nothing but bread and potatoes