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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-14

@teat tie Baltic feet. whieh - eurs
Esrativeir snail. all att~mps the peril
3us iass % eagzEtng the large fapan
>se fee; ia the hops - disabling some
4 the IapAn@ss ships and thnN -
dastEg the japanese ~-@stixsne~s Sc
rording ts tie Russian Calculation
las Balllc feet Euas suffer arn4hilation
IN sut an unequal ootn ha; bat IL Will
bat. served a valuable snd 5. II - abi.
20 cripple sufficient runber - japan
rse ships "a reduce Admiral Txgus
rassl strength below tha, 0. Admiral
Makaror The foregoing information
In no part % cuTTen; speculative report
bu; credited from oraciaI sources The
authorities q, Washington will receive
slmiis.- Information shortly
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-14

sok HE first few thousand car
D. loads "f the twenty thou
4 TT o sand cars Of exhibits that
- X viii arrive ut the Worlds
1CR Fair in ST Louis withi&
next few weeks have been re
aud uuloaded. Large forces Of
b. are employed night and day i'll
k'ciying and placing the valuable
FUducts from many nations Of the
brld rs they come in. Any one who
L. not been over the Worlds Fair
Bounds cannot, with the widest
setsh OF his ima ginatiOH. realize the
Il gnificCncc Of this latest and great
4 of Universal EXpositions. With
thousand buildings spread out over
area Of two square miles. enclosed
six miles Of fence. the great
Forld's Fair glistcns in the sun. and
the centre Of interest 10 all this part
the country.
Thc management has very consid-
pAl exhibit palaces in a compact
Foup While there ar" more than
Rcnty-five buildings Of considerable
zc given up TO exhibit purposes. the
fry large buildings arc some fifteen
number: eight of these. the Palace
Transportation. Machinery, Elec-
betty. Varied Industries. Education,
Mines and Mctallurgy,
liberal Arts. are situated in the north
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-14
At The North.

Chicago last week elected Aldermen
and decided the question CT city own
ership Of street railways.
Mormons held a thanksgiving ser
vice at the annual conference in Salt
Lake City.
Governor Pennypacker, of PennSyl
vanla, announces that he will not be
candidate for Justice of the Supreme
Court.
The Democratic State convention O!
Kansas elected uninstructed delegates
to the national convention. The dele
gates-at-large are W. A. Harris. David
Overmeyer, J. G.. Johnson. S. T. Hale
and J. \. Haymaker. The delegation
according to personal preferences, will
stand 6 for Hearst and IA against him
it is said.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-14
Tornado Strikes Texss.

Calvert. Tex. Special-A tornado
struck the country FIVE miles west OF
here Thursday afternoon. unroofng the
residence o. e, e. Peters. president OF
the Texas Cotton Growers Association.
and wrecking number Of tenant
houses on his plantation. On the T. J.
Garrett plantation great damage vas
cone to crops. many houses destroyed
and r. F. brennan. the manager. vas
injured
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-14
S.yere Wind Storm

Natchez. Miss. Speeial-Natehez vas
thrown into great excitement Thurs
day night hy a severe wind storm
which amounted almost 10 tornado.
The wind. accompanied by terrific
rain ard hall storm. came from the
northwest. Part OF the city hall was
unroofed. Several warehouses and &
number OF residences were shorn OF
their roofs. Fences were blown down
and huge trees we're torn up oy the
roots BY the fierce wind. ST. Mary .
cathedral. was damaged and hundredE
Of electric light wires are badly dis
arranged. Horsemen coming from the
eoutry districts after the storm has
passed. report that the growing crops
have been destroyed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-14
Interesting,

To hear the music of sweet bells.
and also to test solid silver, take a
solid-silver tablespoon, and tie two
cords of equal length to the handle.
Hold the ends of the cords to each ear,
at the same time closing the ears with
the fingers. Then by a motion of the
bodT swing the spoon. letting it strike
the back of the chair Or like wooden
object. You have no idea what sweet
music you will hear. Try it. ana see
-Woman's Home COMPANION.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-14
Democratic Chairman.

Washington. Speeial-RepresentatiTe
N. G. Cowherd. of Missouri. was elect
CT! chairman OF the Democratic con-
gress!onal committee without oppcsi-
ton tonight. About 80 members Of
tie congressional committee were pres
ent at a meeting tonight in the mi
pority room at the capitol Ar. Cow
herd was not present. The question of
the election CT secretary caused con-
siderable discussion.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-14
North State itcms.

In fortnight four miles OF the
Raleigh and Pampiico Sound railway
will be graded. this being the ronghest
part of the entire line.
President T. p Hobsood, OF oAiofn
Female Seminary. says Work mas DC
gun On the new main building 'nere'
to replace the cne destroyed IN Janu-
arv. He says it will be much largef
and bandsonler than the old buiiaing
better in every way and Is greatly
nleased at the prospects OF the scnooL
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-14
Prosperous Yucatan.

Hucatan simply boils over with pros
perity. Her railways are paying. heI
banks grow fat dividends. and her
multi-millionaires are buying the hes,
there is to be had. whether it be lux
uries for the family or first-class
education abroad for their sons
Mexican Herald.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-14
Youngest Cayalryman of Civil War,

.The death of Oscar Arion Frost. at
Ftawa. brings out the claim for him
bat he was the youngest cavalryman
nliSted in the Civil War. He went
ITO the Third Missouri Cavalry at
3urteen years of age, and served
IrOugh the war. 1t cannot be claimed
pr Nj. Frost, though, that he was boy
RilE appearance. At the time of his
Etment he was six feet tall and
Ehed 100 pounds.-Kansas City
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-04-14
A Machiayellian Maxim.

advancement is the cause of his own
iiminntion.-From the Prince. =.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17
Melting Snow.

During the past winter new device
for removing snow from city streets
was put in use. 1t is called a snow
melter, huge machine for thoroughly
cleaning the streets. Popular Mechan-
les says that the melting is done rap
idly and economically by means Of
hot,air blast which is brought into di-
rect contact with the snow.
The melter consists Of double-end
furnace with large CRATE area sur
mounted by a horizontal water-jacket
and a crescent-shaped cross-section
with two inverted L-shaped 1ues. The
dimensions Of the melter are the same
as those of an ordinary truck.
The melter is mounted on wheels,
and can be easily moved from place to
place by a team of horses. The water
Jacket forms the bottom of an iron
frame or box into which the snow may
be shoveled direct from the street, or
into which a load of snow may be di-
rectly dumped.
The furnace burns coke, and is large
enough to hold a CARLOAD at time
The snow is placed in direct contact
with the heated fues, and is melted as
fast as a gang of laborers can shovel
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17

What terrific spectacle was this that
met his eyes?
The words of the boy were fully con-
6rmed; the most horrid creature fancy
could picture was surely dancing just
within the tower in full, plain view. A
hideous figure was jumping up and down,
amid q glare of what seemed sulphurous
tight, while every now and then it sank
down only to reappear, going through
the same wild motions and capers, each
one appalling enough to strike terror to
the hearts of the superstitious behoider.
But DR.. Elfenstein was by no means
q superstitious man. Ghosts, gobhns,
specters, all were to him mere vagaries
Of a crazed brain. Therefore, while
tartled and Mortified for one moment by
this singular apparition, the next, ne
coolly reined in his horse, and thus STOOD
STILL calmly contemplating the scene.
While still sitting there upon the back
of his horse, lost in conjecture, the de-
moniacal hobgoblin, apparition, or what-
ever the evil genius of the Haunted
Tower might be called, dropped from
sight; the strange, lurid light disappear
ed; darkness reigned over the place, e4
cept as revealed by the lightning nashes'
and the puzzled but undaunted physician
was free to urge his horse onward once
more towards the peaceful cottage that
he called his home.
Once within the cheerful shelter of the
library, he seated himself beside the Ia
BILE. drew nearer the wax candles. and
again took up his book to read another
Oh hapter before retiring for the night. But
he soon found that reading was impossl-
bie. for ever before the page fitted the
ho vvif
its flaming eyes and hideous contortions.
Closing the book then he leaned his head
against the tall back of his chair, and
thought long and deeply. At the close
of his cogitations, as he laid himself
down upon his bed for the night, one re-
sult alone was reached, namely:
"There had been a murder committed
wears before within Glendenning Hall
and the murderer was still unknown and
at large. For some unaccountable rea'
son the tower was made to appear II
the possession of evil spirits by some par
ties, also unknown"
Tn his soul DIR. Elfenstein believed ths
dreadful apparition he had himself wit
messed that night was the work of somt
wicked person. wrought out, probably, tt
keen nm the superstitious notoriety suci
a mystery would bring upon a place.
Finding sleep impossible, the docto
.rain arose and, drawing aside the cur
tain from the window gazed forth nn
the darkness of the night. But while tn
tenn still ragged furiously, and the SIX,
was shrouded by an inky pail. no hight az
peared from the direction of the hall T
whisper forebodingly Of the specter
the tower.
The young physician soon found him
aelf pursuing another and an entirely dii
ferent train of thought. This time tn
storm passing before his eyes was trans
ferred to the wildly lashed and foamin
billows Of the sea. His peaceful hom
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17

which he meant not to fulfill, and now
he was sullen, morose and angry.
On, on they flew, past fountain, statu-
ary, groves and hedges. until they
bounded by the porter's lodge, and dash
ed into the open road away, away.
Suddenly a large dog reused from
drowsy mornig ap by the needless clatter
of the horses hoofs, sprang from
doorway almost to the fanks OF the
startled animal, barking savagely as he
did 50.
The suddenness of his appearing prov
ed too much for the nervous organiza-
ton Of young Tempest, who, at the sight
and sound, gave such a sharp, quick,
sideward jump that he dashed his rider
from the saddle, and pitched him over
his head, exactly upon pile OF stones.
that had been left by the roadside for
removal, where he lay IN moaning
heap.
While the horse paused not in his mad
course, human eyes saw the misfortune,
and kind human hands went to the as
sistance of the wounded baronet.
The slightest touch created the deep
est agony, but that he must be carried
home was evident to all. therefore lit
ter was easily constructed, and with as
much tenderness as possible the sufferer
was softly raised, placed upon it, and so
taken to the Hall, to which a messen-
ger had been sent ahead with the news,
while another had rushed off for the doc
tor.
Blythe time the sad procession had
reached the grounds of the mansion Dr.
| Elfenstein was on hand, ready to super
| intend their entrance, and to manage
their progress up the stairs to his bed
| chamber.
After a thorough and careful invest-
| CATION, which caused great anguish, mace
| evident by groans, mingled with curses,
the doctor hastened to reply to an impa-
tient demand, to know the exact truth.
81 am happy to inform your lordshlp
| that the injuries, while severe, are not
| necessarily fatal" was the honest reply
| .'Shall / soon be over themT was the
next question that issued anxiously from
the pale lips of the sufferer.
"You will not, l am grieved to inform
you. Your hip is so injured that you
| will be helpless for weeks, nay, months
| while your spine also has received ter
rible wrench"
/ "Doctor, cannot lie here single
night; must get up, and go around my
house." returned the patient in great ex
citeu,ent. striving to raise himself II
vain, while great drops of perspiratoI
gathered upon his pale brow.
} "You see yourself that 1t Is fmpossi
BILE. You must obey orders, and lie per
. fectiy quiet, II you ever expect to wall
again"
!. 81 tell you cannot lie here" shoute'
the sufferer, In the greatest agony
mind. ~You don't know what you 81.
when you demand it. l must, l viii b
around by night It is of vital impor
tance."
RI 81 cannot help 1t. The dealings
D Providence are mysterious. but also ar
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17
EACH COLOR TO ITSELF.
How the Cherokee Nation Gets Ove'
the Race Problem.

How the Cherokee Nation Gets Over
the Race Problem.
The race problem in the Cherokee
nation is solved to the general sat1s-
faction of the three races concerned
and the intermediary mixed bloods. In
the location of homes the Cherokee
fullbloods and negroes are mostly In
settlements. The intermarried whites
largely are in towns and territory con-
tiguous to each other. The Cherokee
speaking citizens much prefer to Asso-
ciate together.
In the nation there are thirty schools
attended by fullblood Cherokee chill
dren and seventeen by negro children.
The negro blood schools are not SO by
legal requirement, but as corollary
of their preference to live near each
other. The Cherokee and negro do not
intermarry or socially. mingle. Two
seminaries and an orphan asylum are
attended by fullbloods and mixed
bloods only, the colored high school by
negroes only.
In the incorporated school districts
whites and Indians attend the same
schools, and race prejudice and undue
feeling on either side are being lost in
fellowship and friendship cultivated In
the class room and on the playground.
Both sides are better satisfied in. the
combined schools than they were when
they were kept separate. Fullbloods
seem to mingle as freely with white
renters and their families Of good char
acted as they do with mixed bloods.
OF the $500 citizens of the Chero-
kee nation the best statistical informa-
ton gives about $500 fullbloods, $500
intermarried whites, 22,SOO mixed
bloods and 1000 observation-disclosures
City Journal. ...
Women Can't Remarry.
Good society in Korea has many
curious customs. One of these Is that
widows must not remarry. No widow
in the really "smart set would ever
dream of remarrying, however young
she may be or however soon the deatn
of her husband may have followed her
wedding. Married life in Korea IL
by no means an unmixed blessing 10
the woman, so perhaps perpetual wild
owhood might not be Objectionable II
If were not for the necessity of per
petually wearing mourning for the de
parted. This means that during the
whole of her life she is limited to blue
black. and green as colors for her cos
tunes.
Great minds must be ready not onl!
to take opportunities, but to make them
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17

UNIQUE Post Fuller.
Pulling posts by ordinary means ls
not an easy task, as any one who mas
tried it will admit, but when some SIM
pie device like that shown in the Illus
tration is used, the work is much SIM
plified. A frame about three feet nlgn
should be made Of lumber four 1nches
square; the frame should be ABOUT
eighteen inches wide. Make roller
six inches in diameter and fasten TO
the upper part Of the frame as shown
and a chain should be bolted to 1t near
one end as Indicated. This chain
should be about four feet long with
hook fastened to the free end. Near
the other end of the roller bore two
holes, as shown, about three inches
apart and each hole one and one-haif
inches in diameter. To operate the de-
vice place it near the post, hook the
chain around the post near the ground,
then use two bars, one in each hole;
turn the roller with these bars and
the post will yield readily, and with
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17
.Gulline" the Public.

Plovers' eggs are now in season,
and the managers Of the few remain.
ing gulleries of the United Kingdom
are doing their best to keep the mar
ket supplied, says the London Sport
ing Dramatic News. One cutlery
never sends less than 1000 gulls' eggs
to London every spring, and these are
all retailed to q creduous public as
the eggs of lapwings. OF course, the
men in the trade know better, and
equally, of course, they pay nominal
prices and make big profits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17
CHAPTER y-fContinued.)

CdAHIEh f.-tCOulluuCO't
The life of a physician is certainly
very unsettled and unsatisfactory one. NO
sooner, therefore, had Earle Elfenstem
retired to his library, after his lonely sup
per. and become deeply interested In
beok. that a severe thunder shower, now
steadily speeding toward them, ushered
In. by mutbered thunder, and zig-zag
lightning. than rat-tat-tat, came at the
door. and a call for services about two
miles off.
"Well," he thought, as he vaulted up
on his faithful horse Sultan, 81 can, per-
haps, have a view of his ghostship on our
way back, if we hasten"
He touched his horse and sped off in
the darkness. Before reaching the home
of his patient, the storm was indeed over
him.
He fingered fully an hour, hoping it
would abate, but instead, its fury seem
ed to increase with every breath. His
patient had fallen into a quiet sleep, and
he was anxious to be off. Donning his
rubber coat, with its protecting hood well
drawn over his hat, he started home
ward.
Pitchy darkness he encountered all the
way, relieved only by the vivid flashes OF
lightning that darted hither and thither,
over the inky sky, while the wind, eerie
like, soughed through the tall trees of the
grounds surrounding Glendenning Hall;
chen, seeming to gather force with each
lull. broke loose again into fury, lashing,
and thrashing the branches in a fearful
manner.
Suddenly a brilliant fash of lightning
caused his horse to shy to one side, while
q crash of thunder almost appalled, him
Raising his eyes instinctively towards the
sky, they fell by accident upon the win
dows of the Haunted Tower.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17

wide and fourteen inches long. The
stool board, B, is two inches thick and
nine inches broad and long and cut
round. A three-eighth inch bolt, G, is
put through the middle, the head sunk
and the nut left off so the seat will re-
yolve. The seat is eleven inches deep.
A hoop is fastened with staples on the
upright board, B, to hold the bucket
at a convenient height from the floor to
its upper rim"
Good Two-Year-O Old Mixer.
The Jersey Bulletin mentions a
c-year-old Jersey heifer which gave
2O4 pounds Of milk in seven days,
making over fourteen pounds of but
ter, with the temperature 80 degrees
on the bad side (below) zero" Where
could that have been? We saw about
the same thing accomplished in Hoods
herd. at Lowell, Mass, but the cows
were housed in comfortable barns.
When Sca1dinx Pigs.
When scalding pigs put three hand
fuls of pitch in the water and hand
ful in each succeeding heat Little or
no shaving of the pig Is required.
Smoke the meat three days, having a
yeyy hot fire the first day and using
two pounds of sulphur in the fire the
last two days. Neither flies nor mice
will touch the meat
Machinery of no kind should be al
lowed to remain exposed to the wealth
er any more than is necessary
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17
Practical Philanthropy.

every often, suppose" said the in
ouisitive person, lyon are deceived by
apparently deserving objects Of charity
whom you quietly help"
eyes, indeed" replied the wealthy
philanthropist; cts just like throwing
money away. Sometimes the very peo-
ple you think will advertise you most
never say a word about t-"-Philadel
phia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17
Passing of Saw and AK.

A United States Consul reports that
in France trees are being felled by elec-
tricity-not struck by lightning, as In
the old time way-the work being
done by a platinum wire made Whlte
hot with a current of electricity ana
used as a saw. A tree Is cut down III
one-eighth the time consumed by the
ordinary methods of saving or. chop-
ming IF trees can be felled in this
way their trunks can also be cut INTO
logs and the logs into boards by
slender wire instead of the cumbrous
saw. Is the coming wood or lumber
saving machine or mill to be Simply
a portable engine running a dynamo
to generate electricity to heat a wire
| that will 90 through tree or log eight
| times as fast as a saw? Quite likely.
Electricity Is yet an undeveloped IN
FAINT: what will it not do when fully
matured?
Buyinx Stock Swine.
Never buy an animal simply because
he has a pedigree, and because he 1s
/ on sale at q low price Pedigree alone
does not constitute merit, for there
are animals with pedigrees foot long
which would ruin any herd into winch
+hev were introduced. The next class
the farmers pig-is that which Is
not good enough for the breeder OF
hieh-class stock; this animal may be
bit coarse, and not up to standards
but he is a good growthy or prolific
sort. which the pork producer will be
glad to have. The next kind includes
the culls, runts and inferior speci
mems which should be turned int
butchers meat as soon as possible; un
der no circumstances whatever should
they be used as breeders.
American Farming.
An Illinois farmer says: Comparing
the composite picture of the American
farmer at the threshold of 1904 witt
his likeness in 1889, there is goo6
: ground for estimating his present
yalue as double that of fifteen year.
90. Potentially he is the coming man
All roads leading to the farm ar
he,ng more and more Travelled. Inter
coa,rse promotes development and thu
farmer is demanding larger share il
l tho life of the nation. In response t.
! thfs demand rising tide, Of effort ant
accomplishment, is seen on every hand
To Break Up Sitters.
/ The means of preventing hen from
, sitting seems like a very humble prob
, lem to occupy the throbbing brain o
an inventor, but the matter has beel
recently attacked by a genius Of Brit
> ish Honduras, who is so sure that n
. has found a solution of this might
: matter that he has gone to the troubl
. of taking out patent papers in this an
other countries.
The apparatus consists merely Of
q loon Of wire adapted to fasten to he
leg and encircle the limb In such
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17

the use of but small amount OF
strength upon the part of the operator.
Any one who is handy with tools can
easily make this device, and 1t Will pay
for itself in a single season II many
posts are to. be pulled.-lndianapolls
News
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17

had changed to the cabin OF an ocean
steamer, and the goblin of night into the
graceful form Of Ethel Nevergail, his
lovely fellow passenger of few weeks
before.
All, beautiful, lost Ethel! How he
longed to see her. to speak to her, to be
near her, but he knew that for him such
a pleasure would never again be, so with
a weary sigh he dropped the curtain and
turned to his pillow. but not to sleep
even, but to toss around, and strive in
vain to Danish from his mind thoughts
of the girl who had unconsciously sue
ceeded in leaving so indelible an impress
sion upon his heart.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-17

manner that the fowls freedom Of foot
is not interfered with in her ordinary
rambles about the barnyard in search
of food, but the moment she tries to 10
cate herself on a nest she finds yawn-
ing chasm between them.
She may hover around and over the
nest, but it refuses to receive her ro-
tund form. This is because the wire
prevents her from bending her leg, as
is necessary to assume the sitting pos
ture. 1t is said that after repeated eff
forts to find a hospitable nest she gives
up her task and forgets her dream ct
maternity.