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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

kootoo Oy WAS mas gone oos kro0
Raleigh. We esa the following pro-
. sdin9s ii the Senate on Monday,
January 18th, from . city papsr.and
il 10 not . Pcpuliss or republican
either. Read il:
Senator Brown ruse to protest. .gainss the
number Of employ ess now engages by The
seaste- He sai5 that authority had beep
given to employ only SIX psges and hve II
borefx. and that he noticed thz; there we're
now on the pay roll twelve r=as~. snd ELEVEN
iaoosefss thss these we're many more than
reeded: and that IL Vas nos Just rs II vas
in lss3-one could not " ak afound the cap
isoi any where without running uo against
Q servant He tsid that unles. come sogt OF
action e1 planning was youchsafet he would
introduce . bill tomorrov to reduce the
working force and TO Tut the sxf~use OF
having these employees on the pers1n re
sPoSsibis.
SMITH WORKS WITH HIS PARTY.
There are four esgroes In the
House, aud enc IS d Dem cra'-Ai
least, he dos what il takes 10 be
one, viz: Vote with the Demo, rat
&c ps,fy. OF The II use proce. diugs
on Monday, the Times Visitor says:
Hoey made q report for the joint con, init
| tee on printing. recommending that the
| Joint committee be given authority {, con-
| tract for the printing and binding ut . rate
not in excess of that of 1898 81.
None of the printing il 10 be done outside
| of the State; this to be done until the lsgis
lature passes q Law regulating the public
printing. Han pton called for the yeas and
| nays on the ado ption Of the resolution The
resolution was adopted, yeas ~ nays 3.
Republicans and Pepulists voted no, except
Smith, Of Craven, who voted aye.
| GOOD sHuFLYERs.
The bills to Increase the jurisdiction oil
justices of the peace and reduce court COS
bills and thus benett the oyerburdsned tax
payers, seem to get lost in the shuttle, ant
be pigeon -holed in committee.
After reading the above in tn,
Times Visitor Monday night, q fel
low remarked: well, does yOu'n
think the lawyers what thinks the,
are specially cut out for judges an
solicitors and what wants more Judi
cial districts, will Sit still and let
maybe-some old magistrate Pop, O
! Radical, o. even Democrat farme
be. bet tween them and the pc couu
/ ter and cut off their possibilities ]
so, you'ns is a phool. They are to
good at shutting for that"
TAKE OFF NoRwooDs AND PUT o
0 ADAMS.
s We can't see why the Democra
q refuse to remove the name Of tn,
negro on the school building in Wi
. mington. We have been told .b,
q the rames on the cornerstone of tt
public school building In Whining
:, ton include the ns mes of the count
S board of education and also Il
: names of the school committee a
pointed By the county board Of ed
+ cation. They are as follows: Cou
ty board of educatiou: 81. A. Drag
. chairman; B. G. Worth, E L.Pierc
y School committeeman, j II Cha,
y burn. chairman: Samuel Northrt
y and j. Ct. Norwood. The latte
" Norwood, is a negro. They can't
- consistent and not remove it, if Il
10 latter was put there by Democrat
They ought to wash their own lin,
too. If they can't find a suitab
name for Norwood's, they should ,
1t back to the garden of Eden and raj
IS up the name of Adam and place it o
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

The present General Assembly will
be called upon to appoint. or elect a
code commission, to get out new
code. There has not been one since
the present one was ratified In 1888
1t is needed and, of course, it will be
done this time.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19
Reduction of Salaries and Fees.
Shelby Aurora

CUeIUy AUFOr6.
The action of the Legislature in re-
ducing the salaries, and the number
of employees in that body is commend
able, as it is practical declaration of
economy and retreBchment in the
very beginning of the session.
Now let us have reduction in the
fees in the county offices The fact
that they are Democrats should not
deter a Democratic Legislature from
doing it's duty and 0beying the will
of the people who bear the burden
Compensation for services of public
officials should be reasonable, but nat
more than is paid By we'll manage d
corporation, or 8 prosperous man in
his private business,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

The News and Observer is anxious
to know whether the sum the Fusion
lists stole or squandered at the peni-
tentiary is over or under 100000. Fun
ny Nay to put it. Let 1t be investiga-
ted haok for eight years.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

Auditor Aver, in his report, sugges-
ted that his Office did not have suffi
cient help. The Morning Post rather
agrees with him, while the News and
Observer does not.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAR COUNTY, '''
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he
rs the senior partner of the firm of F.
j. CHENEY Il Co., doing business in
the city of Toledo, county and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUI NDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Ca
TARRH that cannot be- cured by the use
Of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK CHENEY.
Sworn to before me ard subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of Deem
Der, A. ID. 1886.
~ A. w. GLEASON,
Seal Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally and acts directly on the blood
and mucuOus surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
4. j. CHENEY IL CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

The Observer has given the negroes
to understand that it's columns are
closed against any more communica-
tIOns from them-until next fall
year any way.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

Capt. Kitchin is a candidate for In
surance COmmissioner-that is. when
such a place is provided. Only do
zen or so for it But they are not "of-
fee seekers, pie hunter" Oh, no!
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

How thankful some men are when
others are forced to give them justice,
forgetting much wrong done others
for one little kindness done them,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

Cascarets Candy Cxtl,xffic. ti,e mos Nsn
daful MEDICAL disco crv ~ ti'e age o 80
aot arr refreshing 20 The iAsie, aci Reiils
an lively on kidneys, liver atc tow -.
cleansing the entire syst ~. dislsl soids,
cure hcadscbe fever. hats...:--i uofIs'i ioB
and biiiouspess. Pl~ase bny and TRY i.uT
Of 4. q. q. to-day: 10 =, ~ rcnis. Ss,ld and
guaranteed To cure a., III drp, gisiA.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

To quit tobacco easily and forever. - mag
oetie. fun o' life. nerve and yigor. take SoTO-
Bac. the wonder worker. that makes weak men
stro-y All druggists. soc or d. Cure guaraB-
teed Booklet and sample free Address
sterling Kennedy 90. Chicago or New York
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

a.. -... are prompt, efficient and
hoods pills easy in effect Is cents.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19


With cstarrh of the head and feel en-
Outraged IN Relieve that continues
use OF Pe-rr-na will fully eradicate
disease Of thirty years standing
Yours sincerely,
ID MEEKlsoS.
The continued receipt of cndorsr-
ments like this for nr. Hartman
great catarrh remedy. prove its value
beyond question. Men Of promin-ncc
everywhere arr recognizing the merit OF
Peru ma and are willing ,o give EXPIRES
sion to their udgment bocausea certain,
absolute cure for catarrh is n public
good. All druggists sell fe-ru-oA
Ask your Drnggis' fos an 1872
Pc vu-na Almsnar.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

No one elected Senator up to M.
day In the North Dakota Legislator.
It's q deadlock
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

LaBoRERS AND PAGES.
We told you 20. You have been
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

On the 18th Memphis. Tenn, had q
$345 600 fire, mostly insured.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-01-19

Some Few Things we See snd Hear, With
Such Comment a. Will be of Gen. raj In
ferAat.
Gilpin observer., 1899-11-23
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
A Portable Electric LiGhter-New Brick
Design-Future Steam Speeds at Sea
Reason of the Scarcity of Rubber
Recent Inventions.
Future Steam Speeds at Sea.

Writing in Casters Magazine on
Future Steam Speeds at Sea-" Mr.. ].
R. Oldham says: AS to the speed of
the future, remember reading an ar
ticle on mechanical impossibilities
written about twenty-five years ago.
1t was well written and possibly it was
generally correct, but one operation
which was cited as impossible of ac-
complishment was that of propelling
steamer at the rate of twenty-five
miles an hour across the ocean. At
that time the Atlantic had never been
crossed by screw steamer at so high
rate as fifteen miles an hour, the
Scotia being the fastest liner in those
days, she having crossed the Atlantic
at an average rate of IA 1-3 knots.
Steaming across the ocean at the rate
of twenty-five miles an hour might,
therefore. well have been looked upon
at that date as impossible, but today
there are steamers which have reached
that speed, and there are others in
course of construction which may
probably exceed that rate across the
Atlantic. Although, roughly speaking,
the power required to propel a steamer
varies with the cube of the speed, yet
before third of the next century ex-
pires, another increase of at least so
per cent in ocean speed may safely be
prophesied How this is to be accom-
plished it would be too hazardous to
attempt to surmise; but l may point
out how | think it will not be done,
and that is by carrying and handling
5000 tons of bunker Goals in a hull
drawing nearly 500 feet of water. The
model of the ocean mail steamer of
the next century will probably be that
of very much enlarged destroyer" of
great breadth and length and small
draught of water forward. Lighter
and stronger materials will compose
the structure, which may be moved by
multiple propellers, possibly working
in tunnel, so that number of wheels
could be worked by separate shafts.
actuated by rotary motors, as the sizes
of screws shafts and engines even now
under construction are perilously
large; or the motive power may be
produced by compressed air or gas
Then, the form of least resistance
probably being discovered, the hull,
broad and light in comparison with the
augmented dimensions, will rise on top
of the waves rather than pass through
them. The rolling and pitching may
be more severe than at present, but
with improved cabins and shortened
voyage the difference may not be no.
ticed. The construction of steamer
of 65,000 tons will probably not trouble
the constructors of the future nearly
as much as did the building Of the
Great Eastern those of the past There
will be infinitely less labor, both men,
tai and physical. than was required for
the construction of a great ship in
those days.
Gilpin observer., 1899-11-23

must have been fewer or lazier, for I
made no complaints about the scarcity
of chestnuts.
If l remember rightly, those l ate
were remarkably fine, either one great
chestnut in single hull. or fairly
large one with two little ones which
did not interfere with the expansion
of the fittest.
There was a popularity about the
weather of that November; very often
the skies were really cloudy and gray,
and the rain sometimes came down
with steady persistence. while the cold
and penetrating winds made people
think of heavy overcoats before their
appointed time. But these days OF
bad weather had very little effect upon
me or upon my spirits. 1t did not oc-
cur to me that the melancholy days
had come, and as for their being the
saddest of the year, that was impossi-
Bile. At that time some sort of sun
was always shining. If 1t were not
the ordinary sun about which our
earth revolves, it was particular orb
which existed for my especial salts
faction. 1t sometimes even shone at
night, after l had gone to bed-that
is, If l happened to be awake.
But 1t was not only nature that was
more than usually agreeable; the peo-
pie of this world, SO far as / knew
them. were very pleasant, remarkably
so. l do not remember quarreling
with living soul during the whole OF
that November 1t seems as though
my intercourse with my fellow beings
was unusually genial. In regard to
social progress and the steady better
ment Of the human race, / was an
ardent optimist. Even people l knew
as not being very pleasant of manner
or intelligent of speech seemed then
good company.
Politics did not trouble me at all.
suppose a good many people voted for
the wrong men, but l paid no atten-
tion to their misguided actions. 1t
was scarcely possible there could be
any candidates for office who did not
possess some virtues, and strong
disposition in the direction of general
altruism made me wish well to all
good people who had been selected to
administer the affairs of township,
county or state.
There was truly something excep-
tional in this Thanksgiving season.
Other people may not have noticed 1t.
but 1t impressed itself most forcibly
upon me. How could 1t be otherwise?
1t was time that my first book was
published.
Gilpin observer., 1899-11-23
FLEET RUNNERS OF BOLIVIA.
They Can Cover Great Distances In Very
Short Time.

They Can Cover Great Distances In Very
Short Time.
When the Spanish invaders entered
Bolivia they wondered ut the manner
in which their movements were antici-
pated by the natives. Every act ap-
peared to be instantly communicated
over the entire empire almost as swift
ly as If sent by telegraph. After few
months they discovered that there was
an organization Of runners who car
ried the news with amazing speed over
the snow-covered mountains and across
the scorching sands. They were known
as chaQuis and We're selected by rea-
son of their physical qualifications and
trained for speed and endurance. When
they became incapacitated by age or
accident less arduous duties were Civ
en- them in the army or about the court.
AS the Incas had no written Ian
guage their messages We're always
oral, SO the memories as well as the
muscles of the chaquis Were trained.
Sometimes the Inca communicated
with his subordinates in other parts of
the country by signs-a ring, a piece
of moulded clay or n leaf might be
transmitted-which meant nothing to
the man who bore it to the people who
saw it in his hands, but was very por-
tentous to him for whom it was intend
ed. AS proof of the speed of the cha
quis it is said that the royal table at
Cusco was often served with fresh fish
caught in the sea fifty or sixty hours
previous-a distance that now requires
from six to ten days to travel by rail
ways and stage. Along the highways
and the mountain trails, at frequent in
tervalS, We're established station
houses, usually erected upon hillocks
and other points of observation from
which the approach of messengers
could be detected. AS one arrived, heat
ed and breathless, fresh chaquis
would be ready to receive the message
and carry it to the next station with
cut an instant's delay.
The chaquis still exist, but they are
no longer organized and there is little
use for them. In time of war they are
useful, as they have many of the in
stincts and much of the skill of scouts.
and being familiar with the byways as
well as the highways. are able to slip
through the lines of the enemy without
danger Some years ago l saw a cha
qui of the name of Quainapambo (bird-
chaser), who was very swift of foot
and almost incapable of fatigue. He
had been employed for several years
by General Caseras. then president of
Peru, and had carried n message $50
miles without rest or sleep through the
enemy's country, and had returned
with the answer within week.
The chaqui never carries food with
him, but depends entirely upon the co
"a leaf, nor are his movements impeded
by clothing. He goes as nearly max
ed as possible, but carries a poncho
and paints his legs with Il vegetable
dye as protection against poisonous
vines and the bites of insects.-Chica
60 Record.
Gilpin observer., 1899-11-23
MY MOST NOTABLE
THANKSGIVING
BY FRANK r. STOCKTON
a "a ~ y. n. u. n. 4. y. y. n. q.

1t was Thanksgiving time, nearly
thirty years ago. To the ordinary in
habitant Of that portion OF this coun
try where then dwelt the season was
very much like other seasons Of
autumnal fruition; there was nothing
in the earth, the skies, or the waters
that gave to this period any peculiar
ity which would distinguish it from
the similar period Of any other year,
past or to come.
But there was something that made
this Thanksgiving season very pecu-
liar In my eyes. For some time the
whole world had seemed to me to be
permeated by the knowledge that
something was about to happen which
had never happened before. and which
could not. by any possibility, happen
again.
l had always loved the Thanksgiv-
ing season. To be sure, much of the
brightness and color in which the land
scape reveled in October was lost.
but the rich browns of the oaks. the
heavy green's Of the pines and the
cedars. lighted up here and there by
some late hanging sumac leaves or
reddening ivy, with hill and dale
gently softened by the mists of Indian
summer. made picture in which l
delighted as much as l did in the
beauties OF any other season.
But In this year the late autumn foli-
age was much finer than l had ever
known 1t before. Van Dyke never
dreamed Of such browns as / now saw,
and the curtains of distant mist seemed
ever about to rise upon visions of
even greater beauty than those which
then entranced me.
l had always liked the first keen
winds which had come to us as the
avant couriers OF winter. making it
delightful to walk and be out of doors.
and also agreeable and satisfactory to
go into the house. But this year there
was sparkling spice in the air which
1t would have been impossible for
other people to understand. even II
Gilpin observer., 1899-11-23
Reason of the Scarcity of Rubber.


The scarcity of rubber is a matter
that'attracts the attention Of SO many
different people, in so many lines OF
applied science, that some facts from
one of the United States consular re-
ports bearing on the subject will not
be amiss The principal reason ad-
vanced to explain the lack of rubber
is the great difficulty in securing
enough men to go into the forests
along the Amazon and tap the trees.
There is no immediate danger of any
great shortage in the supply Of rubber,
but conservative opinion in the Anna
zon district holds that there is sure
to be steady diminution OF the out
put for two very cogent reasons; first.
the trees growing near the banks Of
the river are naturally the first to be
tapped and as a result are now be-
coming exhausted, the milk becoming
poorer every year; second, the river
banks have all been worked inland for
distance of about three miles from
their banks, and in order to reach the
fresh untouched rubber trees deeper in
the forest, much longer time and
very much larger number OF men will
be required. The finest rubber forests
are now said to be along the Purus
river. one of the large tributaries Of
the Amazon from the south.
Gilpin observer., 1899-11-23
Recent Inventions,

To insure the complete closure OF a
gas key when turning out the light an
improved lock has been designed, COM
prising spring wire formed into a
double loop, which Is pivoted in the
fixture and presses against the side OF
the key to force either side back
against Its shoulder.
In newly designed self-igniting at
tachment for incandescent gas burn
ers the top of the chimney is fitted
with mica hood. having a hole in one
side in which piece of spongy plati-
mum is suspended, with a fiat plate
balanced on bar to be lifted by the
gas and close the hole after the gas Is
lighted by the platinum.
A combined tobacco pipe and whistle
has been patented by an Englishman.
having the mouthpiece screwed into
the end OF tube. with an opening in
the top OF the tube. in which a ball
valve Is placed to close the opening
when smoking. the ball rising when air
Is forced In to blow the whistle.
To insure a cut OF the same depth
on opposite sides OF board new saw
attachment is formed OF two independ-
ent clamping members which are ad-
justed on the back OF the saw and ex-
tend toward the teeth. being set to stop
the cutting when the saw has gone to
the desired depth.
Gilpin observer., 1899-11-23

who were in the habit OF migrating to
the south in the late autumn delayed
their journey this year, those OF them
who did remain made themselves
very conspicuous and agreeable.
1t was a great year for rabbits. In
earlier days / had given much atten-
ton to trapping these little creatures.
but seldom took much interest in the
sport until the snow had covered the
earth, and thereby induced game
creatures OF various kinds to cast their
eyes upon the delicate morsels ex-
posed in traps by men and boys. But
now, although | did not care to trap
the rabbits, l was charmed to gaze
upon them as they skipped about on
the edge of the woods, wagging their
little tails and sitting up looking from
side to side, with their little noses
nervously trembling, while their long
ears waved in the breeZes. The rab-
bits fur seemed very long and fine
that year. and | am sure that its color
must have been extraordinarily well
adapted for the adornment of human
youth and beauty.
crops OF corn that year, or tina. the
pumpkins had gilded to n greater ex-
tent than usual the brown, denuded
fields, but | felt the farmers ought to
be very happy people.
To me the country was pervaded
with an atmosphere of richness and
unsurpassed fulfillment. knew that
the apple crop had been very good;
at least knew that the trees had
borne some remarkably good fruit,
because | had tried good deal OF It..
and II had never possessed to n greater
extent the juiciness and sub-acid flavor
Of which / was so fond.
II was also a great year for chest
nuts. and very poor one for squirrels
do not wish II TO be supposed that
was not. and am not fond OF squirrels
| like them better now than | used to
in my earlier days. although they are
as active competitors in the business
OF chestnut gathering as when ! was
younger. But in this Thanksgiving
season Of which | speak the squirrels
Gilpin observer., 1899-11-23

before the patent authorities by an in
ventor Of Brooklyn. N. Y, who has
been granted patent. By this de-
vice the act of turning on the gas Is
made to temporarily close an electric
circuit and establish connection be-
tween source of electricity and an
igniting coil located near the tip of the
burner. The source of the electricity
is battery which may be carried in
the hand as shown. or may be con-
tained in the handle Of Lighter with
n jaw extension to engage the gas cock.
The essential feature OF this patent is
the construction OF the cock which Is
designated In such manner that one
part is insulated from the other. and
by this means complete circuit may
be established through the part COM
prising the cock and the pipe to the
Jet and returning by means OF an ex-
posed wire supported from the pipe
but thoroughly insulated from 1t. BY
this scheme any number of gas Jets
may be put into operation one after
the other without the use OF match
or flame.
Gilpin observer., 1899-11-23

laid. The popularity of this construc-
ton will be obvious at once, as the
bricks are held strongly against
spreading or cracking by the mortar or
cement which lies in the cooperative
depressions in the superposed bricks.
The cement is intended to fill these
spaces as well as between the edges
and center of brick, thus causing each
brick when subjected to strain to pull
against another, because of the square
shoulder or abutment produced by the
mortar located in it's depression.