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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12
The Feminine Observer.

Women desire sympathy; men pre-
fer help.
What lot of trouble we could avoid
il we only learned not to worry?
The average young man of the day
thinks himself about fifty years ahead
of the times.
Many really worldly women cannot
overcome their nervousness at the ar
rival OF telegram.
1t is either the very young woman
or the one who feels y youth creeping
away from her that treasures clip
pings of poetry.
A woman is quick to believe q man
cares for her, but man never seems
to be quite convinced that q woman
loves him until she wearies him with
her affection.
A woman can write the most exact.
ing essay in an awfully cramped posi-.
tion and with perfect terror of a pen;
man. on the other hand, must have
the most felicitous environment to be
able to even receipt bill. l.-Philadel-
phia Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

The naming of postoffices after mil.
itary heroes has been fad since the
outbreak of the Spanish war, and is
now beginning to die out; but after
Deweys, Roosevelts, Schleys and
Skaters had dotted the Union, flip.
pant Texas town with an admiration
for the Rough Riders turned up a
short time ago with a request that its
postoffice be named "Teddy," which,
after due deliberation, was done. On
the same day postoffice in Georgia
varied the usual procedure of securing
the names of the great and good by
naming itself Quilp. The fiippancy
with which some towns brand them
selves with opprobrious names is il
lustrated by Twobit, s. d. The town
is probably worth more than that.
Some of the names, however, eviuce a
lively and poetic fancy, as Blue Ash,
Ohio; Bonny Doom, Cal, and Gallant
Green, Nd.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12
Some Remarkable Freight Outfits.


All the reminiscent veterans of the
plains love to dwell nowadays ON the
wonders of the freight outfits of the
early sixties, when the transportation
business for them was at its height.
An ox-team freight train consisted OF
twenty-five wagons. Several trains
used to move together, making q
stream of OK teams and wagons more
than half mile long. Sometimes
freight train would be q mile long,
consisting of 500 OK teams, 100
wagons and about 130 men. The
earlier wagons were large and carried
from fifty to sixty hundred pounds of
freight, but later still heavier wagons,
with oval white canvas or loose cloth
tops, called prairie schooners, came
into use; each wagon being loaded
with from three to three and one-half
tons. The goods were protected with
two or three. sheets of ducking. Some
wagons had peep holes in the sides
from which the freighters looked out,
rifle in hand, when band Of savages
was menacing the train.
Each wagon required six yoke of
oxen for motive power, and twenty or
thirty head of extra oxen always ac-
companied the train to supply the
place of those that were lost or
crippled. The custom of trailing a
wagon came into use in later years
In camping the wagons were arranged
in a circle side by side, with the
tongues outward, and log cabin ex-
tended from the hind wheel of one
wagon to the fore wheel of the next
one, thus making solid pen.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12
Carrying Logs Across a Chasm

Eurore's unique transportation WY
is the Forst Rope Road. In the can
ton of Grisons, on the dizzy preci.
pice OF Via Mala (the bad way), a
deep defile of Switzerland along the
upper Rhine, walled in by precipices
in some places 1900 feet high, it is SO
difficult to get the felled trees across
the valley that wire rope railway
hangs from the mountain top across
the valley down to Rongellen. To
this cable are fastened big logs by
rope and pulley, which slowly are
carried across the valley. When se-
we're storms sweep down from the
mountain passes, frequently the sys.
tenn gets tangled, and then it is neces-
sary for some one to make the perilous
journey out on the rope to unravel
the mass.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12
JINCLES AND JESTS.

Sillicus-"A woman's troubles are
always extreme. Cynicus-"Yes;
shoes and hats"
There is chance for some genius
To spend his days In clover
By inyenting cloth for overcoats
That will fade alike all over.
Chicago News.
81 may have Wheels" said the
driver of the van, "but 1 move IN the
best society. ."-Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin.
Hoax-"Salary been reduced, eh?
That's hard luck. Made you feel
mad, didn't it?" Joax -"No, but it
made me feel cheap"
fear he will not rise to fame;
He has indeed u studious bent,
But all with ease may read his name
Wheneer he signs Il document.
Washington Star
Maude-"Have Bella and Jack ha
new quarrel?" Lena-"Oh, mol
but they've patched up their old ono
till it's about as good as new
Puck.
The Amiable Plutocrat - "But
riches do not bring happiness" The
Unamiable Pauper - "But amt
lookin' for happiness. All want is
comfort. indianapolis Journal.
Judge-"Have you anything to say
before the court passes sentence?"
Prisoner-"Well, all I've got to say
is, L hope you'll consider the extreme
youth of my lawyer, and let me of
easy"
Little Edgar-"Pa, what's lineal
descendant?" Pa-''He is generally
some one who is trying to get through
the world on reputation somebody
made before he was born. Chicago
Times Herald.
81 see by the newspapers, re.
marked Reeder, "that the miners in
the Klondike are sending out appeals
for wives" SIS that SOP" calculated
Hennypeck, in an eager whisper.
'"They can have mine"
"You are not Opaque. are you?"
sarcastically asked one man of another
who was standing in front of him at
the theatre. "Faith, an Dim not"
replied the other. ''It's O'Brien thot
Oh am. Chicago News.
Each man is apt to deem, we're told,
That fellowman his friend,
Who never asks to borrow gold,
But has some he will lend
-Elliott's Magazine.
They were engaged. 'Life," she
said, as she arose from the piano
stool, "will be one long, sweet song
after we are married." "That settles
it, then," firmly responded her lover,
as he picked up his hat aud took his
departure. Ohio State Journal.
'As 1 understand it," says Mrs,
Gazzam, "by the wireless telegraph
system the messages go right through
the air we..breathe." Eyes, that is cor
rect" assented Mr.. Gazzem. "Then
a person who has just filed message
in the telegraph Office may swallow
his own words on his way home."-
Harper's Bazaar,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

A critical rather than a confident
attitude toward immediate if not final
results ~hould mark American think
ing Lord Roberts has been a great
soldier, but is nota young man. Won
Moltke was the only old man who has
proved himself great soldier-unless
1t be J"~bert-in modern times. Our
own Scott was retired for the ineffi-
cheney of age at the outbreak of our
civil war. The Duke of Cambridge
ceased to be commander-in-c chief of
the armies of Great Britain because
of his years. The dignifed marshals
of the laird Empire failed France in
her contest with Germany.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12
SOUTH AFRlcA'S PLAQUES.
At Buluwsyo Boots Devoured by Ants-
The Rinderpest.

"South Africa imports hides, wool
and mohair, and the ranchman would
revel in riches were it not for the var
ious pests that decimate his focks and
herds. The most deadly one is the
rinderpest, q cattle plague which in
the last ten years has been slowly
creeping from Central Africa south
ward, leaving wake OF whitened
bones. In travelling through Natal I
saw fifty oxen lying dead about
spring where they had tumbled one
over the other, so suddenly had the
disease attacked them. 1t was almost
impossible then to get an untinged
piece of steak at restaurant, though
the proprietor resented any such
charge, and plethoric German trav-
eler who called in. loud tone for
roast rinderpest' in the railroad cafe
at De Aar Junction, Cape Colony, had
to be picked up in fragments. DIR.
Koch and other eminent specialists
tried in vain to stop this plague. The
country is now recovering from it
slowly.
Another pest is the tsetse fly, an
insect resembling our common house
fly, but three times as large. Its bite
will kill horse, COW or any other do
mestic animal in about ten days, but,
strange to say, does not affect wild
animal or human being. A less dan
gerous but more Troublesome pest is
the white ant, which is about one
quarter of an inch long and ubiquit-
GUS in many parts of the country.
They live under the ground, and can
only Re routed by killing the queen,
which sometimes reaches the size of
one inch in length. This insect is
particularly harassing in Rhodesia.
At Buluwayo my travelling companion
inadvertently left his boots on the
floor after turning in at night, and he
arose next morning to find the uppers
carefully separated from the soles.
Lucky you didn't leave your clothes
on the Hoor,' was the hotel keepers
only consolation. These ants will eat
through anything but metal, and for
that reason much of the building is
done with corrugated iron. The ant
hill is one of the conspicuous land
marks in travelling over South Africa"
-Ainslee's Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

1t will be good day for the country
when there grows up an assumption
that the politician is naturally high
minded, though conditions may at
times cause him to act ques tionably,
and that, freed from those conditions.
his natural moral resiliency will cause
him to soar, observes the New York
Commercial Advertiser Under a
high moral public sentiment it is
easier for men to be good than to be
bad. In private life many man leaves
certain things undone, while commit,
ting other greater sins because some
are what gentleman would not do,
and the others the sin of the gentle.
man. Thus any advance in public OF
political standard is hailed as a bene
fit, no matter what its immediate M O,
tive.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

"Quarts at Dawson" will not be as
attractive Cry to the prospector as it
would have been over year ago.
Since that time Uncle Sam has found
the Cape Nome gold fields, on his own
side of the line, and the population
of the Yukon Territory has gone mer-
rily down. Dawson needs more men
and cheaper labor, and hence a new
crop Of ''mother-lode' reports.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

Some of the meanest mon in the
world are the fellows who stop in
front Of newsboy, pretend to feel for
a cent with which to buy paper,
sneak q glance at the headlines which
gives them all the news they want,
and then refuse to buy, saying, "Just
had one. New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

A distinguished authority was
asked, the other day. what was the
proper number of a good workin.,
committee. The reply was: '"Three-
if one is sick and another cannv.
come" That must not be regardea
as an example of one man power, be-
cause the author of the statement was
Clara Barton, who has exemplified it
more than once.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

Cording 10 Used on All Accessories.
Cording is more elaborate process
and is now especially in vogue for
yokes, collars, cuffs, belts and revers.
Instead of the fine or heavy cords
that were once used in rows between
rows of machine stitching, slightly
stiff featherboning is used, and put
on with machine attachme ent which
keeps the work even and avoids all
pulling. The prettiest of yokes show
cording in a rounding form, lower
in the centre, with a ruching of NOUS
seline on the edge--a fluffy effect for
one with fiat chest. In cording the
filler must be of fair size to show in
distinct ridges, which is the beauty
of all oording.
Sewing on button seems a simple
task, but it is one which many women
do in wrong way. A button used as
trimming needs but a few stitches,
as it is simply tackled on, while one
used as a fastener needs strength and
loose stitches enduringly put in. No
button fastens we'll that is sewed
closely to the dress. Use twist, and
wax it so that few stitches will suf-
fee. Do not sew on button SO that
the stitches disfgure the lining. A
tailor puts his stitches through the
upper cloth only, pointing the needle
back and forth, not up and down-a
process which is easily learned. A
button is either for use or ornament.
If for the latter purpose it should be
unique in shape or design. Ladies'
Home Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

She Qn affrighD-"Oh, Tom, why
do you make such awful faces at me?"
He (contritely)- can't help it, dear.
My eyeglasses are falling off and
don't want to let go of your hands. -
Stray 81 fories.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

The winter is to be decidedly fur
and velvet season. Entire gowns are
made of these materials, lightly lined
with silk or satin alone, to remove ali
bulky effect, and skirts and coats OF
Persian lamb or Caracut-the fine,
soft Astrakhan are the height OF
faahinn
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12
pennlllon OF l.rtc-n-nrnc.

Little Dick-Uncle Richard, what is
bric-abrac? Uncle Richard-Bric-a-
brac 3 anything you knock over and
break when you are feeling for
matches in the dark.-Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

Wild boars still abound in some parts
of Morocco, one hunting party having
lately killed over 100 in one week.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

you that you'll be better in the morn.
ing, and sure enough you are, deai
unselfish prophet that she is!-Har,
par's Bazaar
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-12

Make all money orders, checks, etc. payable
10 the Tribune Printing Company, Limited
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-15

In pursuance TO . resolution Of the
State Executive Committee, adopted
at its meeting regularly called and
held in this city on the 18th instant.
The State Convention of the Peoples
Party in North Carolina is hereby
called to assemble in the city of Raj
eigh on Wednesday, April the 18th,
1900, at 10 o'clock q. m; and . gen.
eral conference of members of the
party Is called to assemble in the
said city on Tuesday night, April,
| 17th, 1900.
The Convention will nominate can
didates for State Offices and elect
delegates to the National Convention
besides transacting such other bust
ness as may properly come before it
| While it does not come within the
province of the committee so to di
rect, it is recommended that County
Conventions. called for the purpos.
choosing delegates to the State and
District Conventions, defer the nomi
nation of Legislative and Count.
candidates until after the State Con
vention. CYRUS THOMPSON,
], Chairman P. P. State Elk. Com.
Raleigh, N c., Jan. 30th, 1900.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-15

We notice that the News and Oh
server charges that Senators Pritch-
srd and Butler, in their speeches in
the Senate, have misrepresented
Senator Vance's position on manhood
suffrage. If they have done so, why
does not the News and Observer
publish exactly what they did say and
let the people see for themselves 7
We challenge the News and Observer
to do this. That paper dare not do
it, for if it did SO IT would prove that
it was disappearing them and
Senator Vance also. Besides, it does
not lie in the mouth of the editor OF
the News and Observer to attempt
to be spokesman for Senator Vance
The editor Of that paper was holding
fat joo at the Cleveland pie counter
at the time that Cleveland and Ran
som we're prosecuting and misrepre
senting Senator Vance. And tn,
editor Of that paper, while being fec
with Cleveland pie, joined them il
their infamous crusade. Indeed, tn
editor Of that paper tried to justif,
Ransom and Cleveland in repealin,
the last silver law on the statut
books, as the files of his paper will
show. Vance's opinion of the edito
of the News and Observer was n
doubt on par with the opinion b
expressed in the United States Senat
of Mr.. Simmons when he denounce
him and defeated his confirmation
for an important Office on the groun
that he was unworthy to hold q posi-
ton of trust or profit. They are tw
of q kind,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-15
Recently Mr.. Withers

Recently Mr.. Witherspoon, a
lawyer of Newton wrote an article
submitting some strong argument
and reasons why it was not safe to
adopt the proposed amendment. At
once the .mud-slinging mill started
up and Mr.. Witherspoon got vast
amount Of abuse but no answer to
his argument. Within the last few
days, Mr.. Thomas j. Hickman, a
Democratic lawyer, of Henderson
vile. has come out in an article
(Which we are sorry we have not
the room to publish in this issue)
giving arguments against the re-
striction Of suffrage and saying he
would rather see suffrage extend
ed than restricted. OF course he
will be met with. abuse and denun-
citation and mud-slinging, but no
one will attempt to answer his
argument.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-15
THE KEN UCKY SITUATION.

Law and order have not yet been
restored In Kentucky. he ballot
box suffers, having failed so far to
steal the State, have threatened to
go of and set up separate State
government of their own. A num-
ber of efforts has however been
made, 1t seems, on both sides
during the past week to Sc
cure some compromise or Sc
Element of their differences. 1t
is noticeable that the one condition
which the Republicans and anti
Goebel Democrats and Populists
have insisted upon is that the in
famous Goebel election law shall be
repealed outright, and that q fair
and honest law that would give all
parties representation on elections
boards should be enacted in it's
stead. Up to date, the Goebel ma
chine Democrats have refused to
accede to this. 1t seems that they
are ready to concede anything else
before giving up this Infamous,
thieving election law by which they
can stuff enough ballot boxes and
steal enough votes to overturn the
will Of the people. There is one
thing that a brave, free people will
not submit to, and that is to having
their votes stolen and their verdict
reversed by dishonest election off,
Gals. This Goebel election law is
the root and the cause Of all the
trouble that has occurred in Ken.
lucky. From the present writing
1t seems that II the Democratic
Machine would simply agree to
have honest elections and let the
people rule, that everything would
be settled peaceably and quietly al
once.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-15
WARRINGTON NEWS NOTES.

Mr.. Pearson Gets Favorable Report.--Col
Dockery's Hearing on l9th--Other Notes.
Special to THE CAUCASIAN.
WASHINGTON, D. G.
The Committee on Privileges and
Elections in the House have report
ed in favor of Ex-Congressman
Pearson in the contest against Mr..
Crawford.
Colonel O. II. Dockery was here
last week to attend the hearing be-
fore the Election Committee of the
House, but as that Committee could
not have a continuous hearing of
the evidence in the contest they de.
cided to postpone action until the
18th instant, when the case will be
acted upon.
The Senate Committee On Fish
cries has reported favorably. Sen
ator Rptler's bill to establi ma
rine Migratory at Beaufort, N. c..
The remains of General Lawton,
who was killed in the Philippines,
were brought here and buried with
military honOrs at Arlington Fri
day. The military display was
very magnificent and imposing.
The House has passed four of the
appropriation bills, and there seems
to b a disposition on the part OF
Congress to adjourn as soon as all
these bills 13) have passed. This
is national election year, and all
parties desire to enter the campaign
as early as possible. Some Of the
prominent members think Con-
gress will adjourn early in June.
The Financial bill has occupied
the attention of the Senate most OF
the time during the past week.
This measure will be voted on Fep
18th.
The President gave a reception
on the l4th to the officers of the
Army and Navy, and as usual, it
was a most brilliant function.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-15
SENATOR PETrIGREw ON THE
MENDMENT

On the front page Of this issue of
THE CAUCASIAN will be found
legal opinion from Senator &. F.
Pettigrew, Of South Dakota, on the
proposed suffrage amendment.
While Senator Pettigrew does not
write as full ande laborate opinion
as Senator Allen. whose opinion
was published In the last issue OF
THE CAUCASIAN, yet he Is equally
as clear and as positive that section
5 Is not only unconstitutional, but
that the Courts will declare it void
and sustain the remainder Of the
amendment.
He says that the we'll established
principle of construction which the
Court follows will make 1t necessa-
ry for 1t to take this course regard
less of any attempted instruction
to the Court by the Legislature
Senators Allen and Pettigrew have
no partisan interests to warp theil
legal judgment. They are great
lawyers and they look at this ques
ton from q purely legal standpoint
and therefore their opinion will
have the greatest weight with mel
who want to know the truth.
There has been such a demand
for extra copies of the last issu
containing Senator Aliens stroni
and forcible legal opinion that tn
, issue has been exhausted. In orde
to accommodate those who hav
not been able to get the last issue c
: THE CAUCASIAN, we will try to fin
y room to publish Senator Allen
opinion in the next issue. Send /
your order now for extra cOpieI
They will be furnished at one dOlla
I. per hundred copi-s, and we ca
e mail them direct from the office
= any addresses that may be furnisl
2 ed US.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-15


% say all who have tried 1t speak good
word for It. Dade Stegeman.
Pe-ru-na has become to be 80 universal
" recognized a. . specific cure for ca
tarrh, acute or chronic, coughs, colds
bronchitis, that 1t Is amazing that any
one should continue to suffer on with
such . terrible malady, neglecting to
take Q course Of treatment with 1t. OF
course It may be that some people have
not yet come to know Of this great
oatarrh remedy, but it is strange that 1t
should be so after such multitudes have
been cured by it and SO many papers
have heralded 1t from one end OF the
country to the other. But the news
travels faster and faster every month
and no one can fail to see that the time
is not far distant when Pe-ru-na will b
known in every household in the land
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-02-15
INFAMOUS ELECTION LAW PASSED
TO CARRY THE AMENDMENT.

.
When the amendment was pre-
sented to the legislature the Will
mington Messenger said that it
would not exactly satisfy many
Democrats, but it is the best that
can be obtained under the circum-
stances" And it will be remember
ed that the Messenger during the
'9S Campaign denounced as "bald
faced POpulist lie" that the Demo
Gratis would disfranchise anybody.
The Asheville Citizen comment
ing on the amendment when it was
preser ted, said:
The suffrage amendment to the
institution, which will be sub.
mitted by the present legislature,
will carry in North Carolina by SO,
90 majority, if it is voted for un.
der such an election law as that
body should not adjourn without
passing. The object of the amend
ment is to eliminate the negro vote
and there is no doubt about it &C.
complishing it's object unless the
courts declare it UNCONSTITUTIONAL
So the election law was passed
with the deliberate purpose to carry
the amendment regardless of the
opposition, at least.
The following editorial from the
News and Observer of Feb. 26, '99
removes all doubt their object in
passing such an unjust election
law.
~. Wiley Shook has written ar
open letter against the amendment
II ]. Wiley does keep quiet we may
not let him vote again."
| Mr.. Shook can "read and write
yet, the election law is to be used
to disfranchise such men who will
not vote for the amendment.