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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mrs. Pinkham Helps
Overcome Them.

> Mrs. MARY BoLLrNaER, 1 OF Mariana
st., Chicago, ILL.,, to Mrs, Pinkham:
81 have been troubled for the past
two years with falling of the womb,
leucorrh9a, pains over my body, sick
headaches, backache, nervousness and
weakness. / tried doctors and various
remedies without relief. After taking
two bottles of your Vegetable Conn
pound, the relief obtained was truly
wonderful. have now taken several
more bottles of your famous medicine,
and can say that am entirely cured.'
Mrs. HENRY DoRR, No. SOC Findley ST.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Pinkham:
"For q long time I suffered with
chronic Inflammation Of the womb,
pain In abdomen and bearing-down
feeling. Was very nervous at times, and
% weak was hardly able to do any
thing. Was subject to headaches, also
troubled with leucorrhea. After doc
toring for many months with different
physicians, and getting 10 relief, had
given up all hope Of being we'll
again when I read Of the great good
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was doing. decided immedi.
ately to give it n trial. The result was
simply past belief. After taking four
bottles OF Vegetable Compound and
using three packages of Sanative Wash
can say feel like q new woman. I
deem 1t my duty to announce the fact
to my fellow sufferers that Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable remedies have
entirely cured me OF oil my pains and
suffering. Ihave her alone to thank
for my recovery, for which am crate.
full. May heaven bless her for the
good work abe Ia doing for our sex. VI
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
a Ni,lish Nireet Qoaa.

Stylish street GOWNS Tor next season
are made of handsome lightweight
smooth finished costume-clc,h. VITA
simple decorations IL stitched straps
Of tie sane material. tailor-buiions.
and ane SILK cord. Very many OF
the skirts are cut In circular shape.
Caring considerably nj the foot. Ii.
plaits ut the back are closely under
folded. and The skirt fastens there Or
else on tie left side OF tie front under
conceaiing straps. The hasque-bod-
ice Is very short. very chic and FEM
inine in appearance, and there Is a
choiocc between double-brcasteJ
closely buttoncd model. one open
down the front and framed with
F, graceful rcvcrs. shape cut ont il:
the neck, with 4 fancy silk or other
gumpe above. OK an Eton style with
short back and tabled fronts. Many
OF the French jackets cat in double
breasted style are very much cri
away ON the fronts. which on the
upper part close diagonaily from tie
| ShnnlloF. 20 h.ln,.- tlan waist
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
An Eskimo Burial

The Eskimos bury their dead under
mounds Of stones on jutting promon-
tories. A year or two ago a yachting
ed near Cape Chidley, saw an Eskimo
burial. Four Eskimos hauled over tho
dry ground the komatik, or sled, Oh
which was the body Of hunter who
had been drowned in the killing Of a
walrus. After them came in irregular
order a procession of about thirty men
and women. On a high, rocky point
Of land. overlooking the sea they
placed the body in sitting position,
laid the hunters paddle, harpoon.
throw stick, and snowshoes beside it,
and then. with stones as large A.
could be handled, proceeded to build
a wall about the body. When the wall
had been carried above the head, they
rooted it with fat stones ard then
built q rounded mound over the whole.
But they left hole In the roof so
that the man could come out at airy
time il he wished. Then the party
ranged itself in semicircle before
the mound and one man sang a weirt
chant with chorus or refrain IL
which all the others joined. Thi!
done, they went back to their encamp
ment with no further show of grie1
and resumed their usual occupations
In tho Sandwich islands there II
spot called the Rock Of Refuge. !
the criminal reaches this rock beSor
capture he Is safe as long q he Re
mains there. Usually his family sur
ply him with food until he Il able I
make his sscsps. but he Il never I,
1owea - sstusn to bis own tribA
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23

THE MODEL, ITS MAKER, AND HIS
SON.
Gauge OF road, So inches; total
weight engine and tender, 1861
pounds; cylinders, 1kx2h inches;
boiler diameter, 5 inches; steam
pressure, 10 pounds.)
plate with the builders name and the
date.
The boiler is of the wagon-top type
The cylinder portion was made from
a 1ive-inch boiler flue, and the fire-box
is built Of three-thirty-second plate
ard strengthened in the regular way
with stay bolts. The flues are of BIZ
cycle tubing l 1-16 inch diameter and
NJ. 20 gauge. The front head of the
boiler, one-fourth inch in thickness,
is riveted and brazed. The tender is
as carefully finished as the engine and
carries drawhead and couplings. On
the tender are the usual tool boxes,
with complete set of tools, and In
their proper place are found a coal
pick, shovel, poker, etc. throughout
SAAS SAoaAAS pASsA oA0A Ado USSu maze
for taking up wear. The side rods are
CT the solid end type. All wheels are
turned with taper to facilitate round.
ing the curves. The rails are three.
fourths inch high and are laid on
one-half by seven-eighths inch rails
The engine, when backed up from the
track, has been run at speed Of owe,
1000 revolutions a minute. This
beautiful little model follows closely
the lines of the well-known express
engines of the New York Central rail.
road, of which No. 999 of Empire State
express is the best-known example. I,
carries the number $40, by which tn.
engine which is at present haulins
that train on the run between New
York and Albany is known. The let
tiers on the tender stand for the Kins
man Shortline railroad, a pro1ectef
road in which the citizens of Kfnsmar
and the neighboring town OF Farndal,
are interested. The fact that tn,
builder OF the model is not a railroa,
man and has never worked in a rail
road shop is another evidence Of tina
iact that the locomotive is an ever Mt
tractive subject for a machinist whe,
he is tempted to put in his spare hour
at model building.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
AGRICULTURAL. x
Bseeding Turkeys.

The best results in growing turkeys
are from yeariing hens bred to a
gobbler two years old, and three
would be still better. The young hen
will lay more eggs the first year than
she will in any year after, and If she
mates with a gobbler two years or
over the young turks will be active
and vigorous. Watch the hen turkey
carefully, and remove her frs. eggs as
soon a. laid, lest they become chilled.
Two and sometimes three settings OF
turkey eggs must be taken from the
young turkeys and set under common
hens before the hen turkey will sill
steadily herself. The hen turkey
must be confined mornings when she
has young chicks. or she will draggl<
them through the wet grass. and thus
kill them,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23

The additions TO the navy proposed
by the naval board on construction
contemplate an expenditure OF $780,
100000, distributed as follows, says the
Scientific American: Three 13,500ton
battleships. to cost 100000 each;
three 12.000-ton armored cruisers. to
cost 100000 each; three 6.0O0-ton
protected cruisers. 10 cost $3.50. goo
each, and six 2,50o-ton protected
cruisers, to cost $l.li1 900 apiece. Each
Of these vessels Is to carry ''the heav-
lest armor and most powerful ord
nance for vessels OF their class, TO
have the highest practicable speed
and great radius OF action" II the
nation has any conception OF the vast
responsibilities which the acquisition
OF the Philippines has placed upon 1t
there will be no difficulty in securing
the necessary appropriation for max
ing this addition to our navy. The
naval board shows wisdom in recon-
mending that every one OF these If
teen ships we wood sheathed and cop
rnrad
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
Ice Explosions.

A traveller In Siberia relates an ex.
traordlnary occurrence among the
frozen regions of that country. In tho
intensely cold nights. he writes In
Good Works, the silence was some
times broken by u loud report as OF 4
cannon. This was the bursting Of one
Of the Ice bubbles on q river; a phc-
nomenon I had neither heard nor read
Of before.
The streams coming down the hills
were frozen on the surface some six
20 nine inches thick. The water be-
meath flowed faster than 1t could cs-
cape. and the pressure Oh the principle
Of hydraulic press became irresistible.
First the elasticity OF the Ice was seen
by the rising Of circular mounds some
elk TO eight feet in diameter, aud from
four to five feet high. The bursting
point came ut last with Il report like
m explosion. The water escaped, hu.
soon froze again. j have seen scores
Of these Ice hillocks in few versts
or the river.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
woxArs LIFE N DAWSON


oSDO0toS 49,
Mrs. II. r. Hill has written an !ntes-
estsng letter 20 her mother at Nyack,
y. L.. from the Klond!ke. Mrs. HUI
after her marriage. went WITH her
husband 10 seek gold. She has had
many thrilling experiences aud gone
through much hardship. Mrs Hall Is
one OF the few women In the gold
region, aud aids her husband In pros
pecting. Her mother has received sew
eral gold nuggets. which Mrs, Ell
found,
Mrs. Hill writes from Dawson, on
December L.. She tells OF going from
Dawson 10 Stampede Gulch, dis
lance OF seventeen miles. one Sunday.
II was lust about freezing" She
cam back on "Wednesday and IL was
then 20 degrees below zero. II was -
below when they reached Dawson.
Il walked back In i've hours" she
writes. II had on a fur cap aud IL
came down around my neck and ears
and over my forehead to my eyes.
had q veil. folded four times. tied
around the lower part Of my face. l
wore a short dress, moccasins. leg
| gins and heavy cape. ] did not feel
| the cold. but I was just white with
| frost, and q neighbor had to tear the
! things from me. From that time on
the thermometer kept going down un-
til II got to the bottom, IS below. This
lasted for q week, and then il grew
| warmer, until now 1t Is about ~ the
freezing point.
Il believe We get little sun yet
but where ! am We cant see il. Ii Is
dark mt p. III. and light at a. VI
While waiting for spring, SO tina: w
can prospect again, we try to slceI
thirteen hours out Of the twenty-four
and then wonder what we will do thu
remainder Of the day.
I'VE have had some snow, but no
as much as usual. 1t Is about eigh
inches deep now. The prices OF pro
visions still advance. There is p!ent.
of food, but the companies keep III
prices UP. and it costs a miner S. :
day to live.
IL do not intend to leave here unit
have made fortune. This lif
agrees with me and am actually get
ting fat. The trouble with many her
is that they get discouraged too soOl
and give it up. am one Ct the FEY
women here who entered to stick to
until we strike it rich
"Our house it tent fixed up o
boards to make the walls six fee
high. 1t is 10x17 inside. Outside it
boarded up to the caves, and abou
seven inches Of sawdust packed III
tween the boards and tent. Then W
have six inches Of dead air space b.
tween the tent roof, and then anothe
canvas roof. We have n fat ceilin
Of canvas and a board floor. We hav
door and two windows, and manas
to live comfortably"
1t Is estimated that 5000 marriag
are daily performed throughout t
| world.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
8 GOOD ROADS NOTES.


Judge Monks, OF the Supreme
Court Of Indiana, Judge Wright, So
preme Court Of New York, and Judge
Woodward. OF Luzerne County, Penn
sylvsnia, are said TO have concurred
in the opinion that grand iuries are
legally able to indict Road Commits.
.ioners who fail to keep the roads OF
their districts in good and proper
order.
Judge Wright said, in charging a
grand jury at Rome, N. Y. Every
Commissioner of Highways Is answer
able il he fails 20 perform his duties
properly, and all who are guilty G.
criminal neglect should be punished.
1t is your-the grand jury's-duty to
Inquire into the conduct OF public
officers and bring bills against any
guilty Of criminal neglect. It will be
your duty, gentlemen, wherever the
DID labor system prevails, SO see that
the Commissioner do their duty faith
fully"
Continuing, he said that the people
, of Oswego County are helping to pay
for their good roads in other counties
OF the State which have taken advan'
tage Of the Higbie- Armstrong Law.
| Fifty per cent. Of the cost OF the con
struction OF road is paid by State
taxation, thirty-fve by the county IL
which the road is located, and tifteer
per cent. by the petitioners for the
improvement. He then explained tn,
Fuller law. which provides that GER
tain per centage Of the cost of high
way improvements in towns adopting
the money system is paid by tin
State. In this country the residents
of the several road districts work GU
their tax.
| Oswego County was paying its shar
for the improvements to roads il
other counties of the State that hay
adopted the system named, and
careful inquiry should be made to as
certain if the Highway Commissioner
and Pathmasters of Oswego Count
were honestly discharging their dutie
here.-Oswego Daily Palladium.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
Clean Road NJ etal.

A principle learned from MacAdam
was that "broken stone. pressed and
compacted, would cohere together aud,
by the mutual friction of its parts,
bear and distribute heavy pressures
as we'll as if it actually we're the smooth
ANA solid slab it seems" But when
earth is mixed with the stone the fric-
ton is reduced by nearly one half, the
material is less compact and firm and
is much less capable of bearing heavy
loads. Moisture affects the volume Of
clay. Roads in which it is used rut
badly in wet weather, even though
they are very thick, while thinner
roads in which it is not used, but in
which the stones are pressed together
by their own angles through adequate
rolling, remain firm and smooth. Road
metal should be clean, and free from
clay. The use of clay is attractive,
because, with it, light rolling seems
to give good smooth surface, but
this is only temporary and is unsatis'
factory and expensive in tho end
L, A. w, Bulletin.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
The Crusade In Brief.

Use clean road material.
Roads that "break up'' are bad
roads.
Undertake road Improvement sys-
tematically.
Appoint supervisor who will have
charge of all the road work.
Make road improvements in such a
way that they will be permanent.
Classify roads according to the ma.
ture and extent of the traffic over
them.
Do not scatter money in making
triiing repairs on temporary struc-
lures.
Make road. beats five miles in
length; choose the best men as path.
masters, and keep them in Office.
Roads. culverts and bridges will al.
ways be required; their construction
in the most durable manner is mos,
[ economical,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
Sherman Quite Ill.

A telegram received at the White
House Thursday from Mr.. Colgate
Hoyt, the travelling companion of ex-
Secretary OF State, John Sherman,
from the island of Martinique, says Mr..
sherman has pneumonia, and requests
that he be brought home in a govern
meht vessel Secretary ef the Navy
Long Immediately ordered The cruiser
Chicago, about due ct Havana, to nro.
seed immediately to Kingston, jam ..
lea, to meet the Paris there, take Sher.
mon off and bring him home,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
Overcame tho Obstacles.

When Mary Gregg's rich uncle died
in st. Louis he left her his fortune on
condition that she should never
change her name. Mary had sweet
heart whose name wasn't Gregg, but
after the old man died the young fell
low had his name legally changed to
Gregg, and now Mary has her money,
her sweetheart aud her name.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23

We offer One Hundred collars Reward Tor
any case of Cat irih that cannot t~ earea Z!
Halls Catsrrh Cure.
We, the undersigned. have known r. j.
Cheney for the last II years. ard believe hifn
perfectly honor bi. IN all business trsb.ac-
lions and financially able 10 carry out any
obligations m ade by their nrm-
MIST & TKuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toie-
wALpINo,~ KIxxAS & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio
HaiTs Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally.
acting directly upon the blood ana mucous
sold 10y all Urugg ST. Test Iaontais free.
Halls Family Pills arc the best
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
A New Nesting Arrangement.

To make dark nests inside hen
house is q matter involving not q lit
tie work. At even then the nests
often prove nuisance, since the
fowls roost on them and soil them
constantly. A handy continuance for
securing dark nests is shown in the
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
Total Deaths in the Army sa7l.

Total Deaths in the Army s,37l.
The following statement has been il
sued, showing the total number Of
deaths reported to the Adjutant Gsner-
ais Office between May /, 1898. and
February 2e, 1899: Killed in action,
329; died of wounds. IL died Of dis
ease, 5,277; total, 6, 1881.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
Tho Eject Of Inbreedine.

Among the sheep the direct loss
from close inbreeding is the most ap-
parent. The degeneration of a flock
Is so rapid that you can almost see it
from one generation to another. It
naturally follows that the need of
thoroughbred rams from other fiocks
to add new blood to the sheep is
greater in focks that have been inbred
for q succession of years.
The first thing noticeable in the
line Of degeneration is the undersize
OF the lambs. The animals actually
show smaller size from one generation
to another, and if the inbreeding is
kept up they become small aud puny
creatures, or at least fair percentage
OF the lambs will be thus understood.
The loss ia of itself twofold. The
lamb that is understood produces less
wool because there is smaller surface
for 1t to grow on. In the course of
several generations the amount of sur
face may decrease by almost a square
foot. Count up how much wool is
produced on . square foot of the
sleeps hide, and you will get at the
exact loss. Then the understood lamb
yields 50 much less meat for the
butcher. The loss here, too, is con-
siderable, and when finally sent to be
killed the loss on the wool and the
mutton will make q rather startling
sum.
But this is not the only loss sus-
tanned from inbreeding. The woolg1 ad.
uslly grows thinner on the hide Of the
poor, scrubby sheep. Only one hair
is found where before two grew. The
inherent weakness of the animals
shows itself in the thin crop of wool,
the same IS an old man, or one suffer,
ing from long sickness OF insidious
disease. The quality Of the wool nat.
urally degenerates along with the
other things. Place the wool of 8
scrub on the scales, and it is found
wanting in weight. Place it then be-
fore the sorter and quicker, and they
| quickly mark it down as second class.
The fibre lacks something that expert.
can quickly distinguish.
| Here are the four losses: less NUT
ton, less surface for the wool, les.
wool to the square inch and inferio,
quality OF wool, which brings only til,
lowest prices in the markets. II. +
sNith. IN American Cplsivator.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23

In the circus: 'sThe tattooed girl is
Is pretty as picture. isn't she?''
''Oh, yes, whole lot OF pictures.
But, then, her beauty is only skin
deep. "-Phiiadslphis Bulletin.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23

Tire Mere Cruisers to Sail fof CHIN.
The Rome correspondent of the
London Mail says the government has
ordered three more cruisers to get in
readiness 10 proceed to Chinese waters
in connection with the demand ii italy
for concession at San Nun, province
of Che kianc.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23
aspiring Unlocks
= The FLOWERS

70 PxSui the Laughing Sol"
And not even Nature suould
ALLOW the flowers to g,oev
and blossom to perfection
<vthoat good sell. Now
Nature and people are much
allie; the former must have
sunshine. latter must haze
pure blood in order to haze
perfect health.
, Hood's Sarsapsrilla cures blood trou.
blss OF all sorts. II lie ~ the human
system what sunshine Is to Nature -
The destroyer OF disease germs. IL
H<rey disdppoints.
Poor Blood" The doctor said there
were not seven drops Of good blood In my
body. Hoods Sarsaparilia built me w and
made me strong and we'll" SCsIE h. BROWN,
~ Astor Hin. Lynn, Mass.
oyepepsla. otc.-"A complication Of
troubles, dyspepsia, chronic ca'arrh and
Inflammation Vt the stomach, rheumatism,
ETC., made me miserable. Hadsno appetite
until I took Hoods Sarsaparilla. which
acted like magic. arm thoroughly cured"
N. b. sErLEY. 1874 w. 18th Av., Denver, Col.
Rtnolmnatlern my husband was
obliged ~ give up work on account Of rheu.
natism. No remedy helped until he used
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which permanently
cured him. 1t cured my daughter OF ca
tarrh. give 1t to the children with good
results" MRS. J. s. MCMATu, Stamford. Ct