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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

the south shore. Amateur scientists
advised the captain that the removal
of the pines would leave the sand hills
at the mercy of the strong Winds
which would soon blow them over into
the bay. He was so convinced of the
soundness Of the theory that he ordered
the island denuded of every tree.
Hardly a living thing was left upon
the sand hills. All one winter the
lumbermen worked, and when spring!
came the hills were bare.
Occasionally strong wind sent q
few basketfuls of sand into the marsh.
ana when the captain saw this his
heart rejoiced. By the following
spring, however, millions of red cedhrs
had obtained foothold. Two OF three
damp summers sufficed to clothe the
hills again in green, and before the old
man was taken to his grave he was
forced to admit that Long Point was
not to be removed by the hand of man.
Most Of Long Points fame has como
from its tragedies. The island lies In
- k'OS<NiOh 90 " NC Adt III NJ l6lndCe
to navigation, no matter from what
direction gale blows The prevailing
wind on Lake Erie is from the south.
west, and the long waves, getting their
Impetus at Toledo and paced by a
sixty-mile breeze, strike the south shore
with tremendous force. A ship caught
In strong wind cannot avoid being
forced from It's course, and If it fetches
up against Long Point there Is little
hope for 1t. All along the south shore
the bottom of the lake seems to be
quicksand, and a thousand anchors
could hardly prevent a boat from
drifting.
In the hundred years of navigation
1t is estimated, and the estimate is
probably low, that 1900 men have been
drowned near Long Point. Nearly
every year there has been a serious
wreck off the Misunderstanding Sun.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

Williamsburg is
begun Oct 2S 1885, mile
between terminals 1900 feet and its width 11S feet the Brooklyn bridge
being
The length
third miles
of the other LOGO long The
compared with
height above high water at pier head lines 2 feet minimum
height either
The height cable
Three thousand
ing each Of the while
diameter there
and 96 Of inch thickness
10000
buildings andh
Both
haitian anchorage until thew
reached solid foundation
rest natural sandstone The bridge
bicycle
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

OF the run had to be made through q
hostile country.
On her way up the Roanoke reached
the buffalo country about June l, and
for TOO miles the buffalo were con-
stantly In sight. The animals were just
coming from the south and were crops-
ing the Missouri by millions. In places,
Capt Duval says he could see a plain
five or six miles square black with
them. The thought never crossed his
mind that they could be exterminated
In few years. Sometimes there
would be such mass of the animals
swimming across the river that the
passage of the Roanoke would be
blocked and she would have to stand
to. 1t was on such occasions that ev'
cry man on the boat, a hundred or
more, would shoot into the herd 1t
was done for simple slaughter Thou
sands of buffaloes persisted in the
quicksands on the banks of the river.
When they would emerge from the
water they would Immediately sink
into the quicksands and go out Of sight,
others coming on top Of them.
The rate charged on freight from St
Louis to Benton at that time was 10
cents a pound or 5000 ton. The
Roanoke carried 800 tons. which at
that rate would mean freight bill Of
$4,000. Yet the owners of the boat
made little or no money, SO great was
the expense of the trip. Because of
low water the steamer was compelled
to land ninety miles below Fort Ben
ton, discharge her cargo and send 1t
up by wagons overland. Duvall and
Bixby brought the Roanoke safely
back to st. Louis in the fall Of SO, but
they never again went up the Missouri
to the head of her navigable waters;
the risk and worry were too great.
Capt Bixby is yet a pilot, hale and
hearty at the age of 10, and is now
on q government snag boat somewhere
on the Mississippi.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

What a jolly thing cold is when you
get it good and hardl
How 1t cheers the dropping spirits OF the
energetic bard!
Hear the cheerful way he sneezesl
How he pleases with his wheezes!
And his treasured nose he squeezes
While he rubs his chest with lard.
While the trustiest of nurses by his
verses never hustered
Makes n poultice, like a custard,
OF the haxseed and the mustard.
What a jolly thing a cold is with the
poultice In its placel
When your heart is filled with gladness
and the sweat runs down your
face!
Does the patient do some cussing
At the fussing and the mussing2
Nay He's learnedly discussing
The Improvement Of the race.
Never yelled and never clustered
When he felt that singing custard
Made of faxseed and of mustard
What a jolly thing a cold Is. Oh. the
liar that l ami
Am / gently philosophical and gentle as
lamb?
No, I'm notl I'm fercely cranky
At this measly hanky-panky.
Will I take that stuff? No, thanked
'Tis a snare delusionl shaml
Hang the doctors and the nursesl
Let the druggists hear my curses!
On their shelves permit to spoil
SIENNA, salts, and castor oil
Please to let me- carin' nofln'
Go a-coughin' to my coffln
With my body wrapped in worsted,
And poultice, like a custard,
Made of flaxseed and Of mustard
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
Between the Courses.

1.-THE recent 'twenty-minute' revolu.
ton in Panama." said an American la
dy who has just returned from q visit
TO the isthmus, reminds me Of a revo-
luton l witnessed there one morning
while we were at breakfast.
I'VE were at Colon. One day we
had hardly taken our seats at a table
when | heard tramping Of feet and
men shouting in the street. l FASTENED
to the window and saw a half dozen
barefooted and barcheaded men in
greasy, ragged shirts running toward
the plaza. They were waving mach =, es
and muskets.
What is the matterT l asked, IL
great alarm, of our host. Raimundc
Gabrielle Cabrera y. Gutierrez:
HE hurriedly came to the window
and looked at the band of ragamuffins
who were brandishing their rifles and
shouting viva this and viva that, !
could tell what.
Why, l am afraid this is a revolu-
tlonr said he.
'Raimundo Gabrielle called the
smooth, unruffied tones of his sonora
who was still sitting at the breakfast
table, did 1 put enough sugar in your
coffeeY"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

LADY DunAND. to Sir Henry in
1875 and was with him in India for
almost fifteen years, during the time
he was connected with the Bengal
service. She is not only a most charm
ing hostess socially, but, like her dis
dnguished husband, she is very clever
with her pen. They have two chill
dren, a son, who is cavalry officer
in the British army, and a daughter.
Washington will be enlivened by the
addition Of this charming English wo-
man to its ranks.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
BUFFALO BLOCKED A RIVER.
Herds Crossing the Missouri topped
teamb,at in 1865.

Herds Crossing the Missouri TONED
Steamboat in 1868.
Capt. VILLAIN r. Duvail, once a pilot
on the Mississippi aid Missouri Riy-
ers, has been visiting relatives in War
rensburg, Mo, says the Kansas CITY
Star, for some time. For many years
he lived in st. Louis. Since his re Ii e.
ment from business he is often seen In
Warrensburg, and is always noticeable
for his scrupulously correct attire; his
habit Of good dressing, learned in the
old days when river pilots drew large
salaries and were the dandies Of the
country, has never deserted him.
Capt. Duvall was a pilot on the larg-
est steamboat used as a government
transport to carry Grants army to
Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee
River before the battle of Shiloh In
1862. He saw Grants boat come I'D
the river Sunday morning. April 6; saw
him Land mount his horse and ride
away to the battlefield from which he
did not return until the following
Wednesday.
Three years later, In the summer Of
1855. Capt Duvall and Capt Horace
Bixby took the steamboat Roanoke I'D
the Missouri River from St Louis to
Fort Benton, a distance of 5000 miles.
The discovery Of gold had been made
In Montana year or two before, and
the drst boat from St Louis reached
Benton In 1854. The trip was a hax-
ardous ono At Al times. but particu-
larry 70 In 1895, ~ the Sioux Indians
were On tie warpath, and 1000 miles
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
The Philosophio Snort.

1t was with some surprise that the
pedestrian was approached by stran-
ger with $40 bill in his hand.
why" he asked, suspiciously, after
the gift had been several times press
ed upon him, do you insist on giving
me S10?"
Because" replied the stranger. Gin
this way can get rid of it in a peace
full and comfortable manner, whereas
If take it to the races 1 shall be JOS
tied and trampled upon In the betting
ring and possibly sworn at by the
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

her Guelph predecessors had been.
The throne of Hanover, therefore, fell
to her next of kin in the male line,
the Duke of Cumberland, who was
succeeded by his son, the Queens
cousin. That King Of Hanover was
the last. In the war between Prus-
STA and Austria in 1860, which was
practically a war for precedence in
the German speaking lands, the King
of Hanover took the wrong side; that
is to say, he took the side of Austria,
and Prussia was victorious. The re-
suit was that he found himself crown
less and an exile, and Hanover be-
came part Of the North German Con-
federation. The exiled King died in
1873. but his Queen still lives. She
is now SO years old and lives quietly
on her Austrian estate at Gmunden.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
New STYLE of Gibson Girl.

Mrs. Gibson, the mother of Charles
Dana Gibson, says that a few days
since Dana's little girl, aged 7, came
over to see her. After playing con-
tentedly for some time she came up to
her and said:
Grandma, must go home now"
But why SO soon, dearie?"
"Well. you see, grandma, I must
look after papa. He's all alone there,
with nobody but his wife and the ba-
by."-New York Times.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

Hanover. When
Queen Victoria
came to the
throne in 1887
the Salic law,
which prevails in
German principal
tiles. made it i'm
possible that she
should be sover-
eign of Hanover
as well as ruler
of England, as
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

most aristocratic
families. She is
the daughter Of
Teignmouth San
dys Of Cornwall,
whose family has
lived on the same
estate at Saint
Kerern since early
in the 18th cen
fury.
She was married
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
Hard to Bear.

Mrs. De Style fond of novels)-Did
you do as 1 directed. and tell every
body who called that was engaged.
Domestic-No one called, mum
WHAT Not oneT'
mot a soul"
"Mercyl Such heartless neglect Il
outrageous."-Nsw York Weekly.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
A THRONELESS QUEEN.

Once Ruled in Hanover, Now Lives i'm
Exile in Austria.
There is a throneless queen living IN
Austria whose name rarely appears in
print She is the exiled Queen of
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
No Eye for Color. Z

never do.
Wife-Why not7 He used to be
chef of a fashionable club.
Artist-That may be, but can't you
see that he's just served spinach in
blue dish and tomatoes on "a pink
plate? Horrible!-New York Times.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13
A CHARMING ENGLISH WOMAN

Wife of the New British Ambassador
Yields a Clever Pen.
Lady Durand, wife Of the new Brit
ish ambassador to Washington, be-
longs to one of England's oldest and
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

When 4 man gets to the point where
he II too lazy to loaf without a salary
his friends get him q political job.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

1ne luea tnat cnerfy STONES, grape
seeds and the like are the cause of
appen dicitis does not seem to be borne
out by experience, says Medical Talk.
While these are sometimes found in
the vermiform appendix, there is no
good reason for believing that they
really cause appendicitis, Appendicitis
Is the result OF catarrhal inflammation
of the mucous membrane lining the
bowels.
Value of asticaton.-Scientifc In
vestigation has clearly established the
fact that when food Is masticated
thoroughly, or as long as 1t has any
taste and Is reduced almost to a fluid
condition, then a much more efficient
gastric juice Is secreted, and the food
remains a much shorter time In the
stomach, thus reducing the liability to
fermentation By thorough mastica
ton less food is required, as the sys-
tenn actually secures much more nour
ishment than when 1t is eaten. In the
ordinary or rapid way.-Cooking Club.
Catarrh- - Sanguinaria. hydrastin.
eucalyptol and guaiacol are now used
in combination for catarrh. Sangui-
maria canadensis affects the bile. in
creases uterine activity, and is priced
as an Alternative in intestinal catarrh.
1t is the powdered root of the flower
called blood-root. Hydrastis canaden
sis is famous for use in similar cond-
lions. Hydrastis is the active princi-
pie. Some caution as to dosage is
necessary, also care not to Increase
uterine action when this is hurtful.
Guaiacol Is distilled from guaicum
resin. 1t is contained In beech creo-
sote and is purifying and useful in
cases Of offensive catarrhs or in fatu-
lent conditions from offensive decom-
position. 1t can be given in a vehicle
like cod liver oil. 1t is useful in tuber-
culosis conditions. Eucalyptol is a por-
ton Of oil of eucalyptus. 1t is a mix
ture of turpene and cymene. 1t is pre-
ferred to crude oil for inhalers used
for nose and throat, as it does not
leave such a dry surface. 1t can be
mixed with these other remedies to be
taken internally In suitable quantities.
Any druggist can give the proportions
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-08-13

Black seems to be tho swell color for
eyes this season
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28

Mr.. Edftor:-PieAse allow me 10
say through the columns Of your
much worthy paper, that the peo-
pie Of Middle Creek Township.
which Is the township Of my home,
are becoming more and more dis
gusted at our present democratic
county government high taxes,
enhanced valuation on property i'm
order TO pay extravsgant debts and
many other things that / might
here mention. The red-shirt gang
have yelled "nigger" all along down
the line 50 much until the people
are tired Of such foolery. The Re
publicans know that they just want
the office. After they get the office
they respect the negro as highly as
any one. l have never offered my
self a. a candidate for anything,
but if my name should meet such
honor a. is mentioned in CAUCASIAN
of recent date / would accept /
have been trying TO serve my Lord
for "a years as best as l could, and
If my friends wish for my services
in legislature then / would do the
best could there also Good legis-
lation is the thing now most need
full and we can't hope for better
times and better laws as long a. we
send sinful corrupt and fire drink
ers and red shirt strife stireIs to
make laws for us to live under l
don't wonder at all a. our State and
ann county Indebtedness when l
ust think back two and four years
lgO of the wOeful laWle-sness that
walked the State like like a pesti
ence.
This | say to one and all stick to
he Constitution of our beloved
country for it is true patriotism to
10 so" These red-shirtites have
proven their disIoyalty already.
A word to all cook we'll to
where we have drifted 10 and what
uture results may be by electing
orrupt men to power". If every
nan this fall who loves his God and
he welfare Of his country will
meet at the polls and EAST in their
'Ote the red-shirtites will be a
hing of the past years for indie
endence and Republican success.
JAS. w. FUQUAY.
Fuquay Springs, n. G, !
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28

Richmond County Wants Some Lesis
HAMLET. n. G.
Editor Peoples Paper.
Sir: 1 notice in Charlotte
paper of the 18th the editor had
this to say about the independent
movement that is creating some stir
in the city. The much heralded in
dependent movement In this COM
munity. as far as its ambiguous and
equivocal purposes are discoverable,
has in view the defeat of the de-
mOcratic legislative ticket in this
county.
Now, Mr.. Editor, if that is the
idea, there are quite number of us
hayseeders that stand ready to join
in with the city boys. We are sick
of Waterbury clock legislation.
There are about 100 counties in
the State; they send from one to
three men each to the legislature
about ITO members. There are
good, honest, level headed: conser-
vative men in each county that
don't belong to rings and are not
controlled by town bosses to do our
The county wants some
legislation; something they have
not had for several years. We, in
this part of tho county, are going to
vote for men who will represent the
whole people, if we get a chance,
regardless of party collar.
DEMOCRATIC HAYsEEDER..
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28
just for Office.

just for Office.
Chatham Citizen.l
Editor Citizen:-YOur Collision
correspondence charge that demo.
Gratis stole the Popnlists platform
and now have stolen republican
platforms. Now as a democrat I
object to this charge. We favored
"free silver" because we wanted the
offices and we thought the people
would vote US in on that issue. But
they did not and as Senator Daniels
said eve must change front and get
platform on which we can win.n
The people have elected tht repub-
licans on gold standard so we want
to try that.
Before you republicans talk so
much about stealing platforms you
ought to think about our situation.
Suppose you were out of Office and
had no principles of your own, as a
party, would you not catch at any.
thing that promises a chance of
Office. We want the Offices and if
we can see which way the crowd is
heading, "them' our principles"
D.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28
"LAwLEssNEss WALKED THE
STATE LIKE A PEsTLENCE."

GOVERNOR AYCoCK STATED IN
HIS INAUGURAL Address THAT
UNDER, AND THEREFORE, BY I'M
PLICATION IN CONSEQUENCE OF,
FUSION RULE "LAwLEssNEss WALK
ED THE STATE LIKE PEsTILENCE,
CRIME sTALKED ABROAD AT NOON
DAY, SLEEP LAY DOWN WITH
ALARM AND THE SOUND OF THE
PISTOL WAS MORE FREQUENT THAN
THE SONG OF THE MOCKING Bird"
How STANDS TIL >sE TO-DAY
GOVERNOR? HAVEN'T THE ACTS
OF THREE RED SHIRT LEGISLATURES
AND MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF
YOUR OWN BENEFICENT RULE
PASSED INTO HISTORY SINCE YOU
PROCLAIMED THE FOREGOING?
WHEN YOU ARE CAvoRTING OVER
THE STATE wHOOPING FOR EDUCA-
TION AND ROADS DON'T YOU HEAR
OF MORE CRIMES BEING COMMITTED
IN NORTH CAROLINA THAN EVER
BEFORE AND DO YOU CONTINUE TO
ATTRIBUTE THESE TOFUsION RULE?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TouR

PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TouR
THE WORLDS FAIR. ST. LOUIS.
MO-, JULY 18TH, VIA SEA-
BOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY
Prof. John E. Ray, Principal of
the d. D. & B Institute, Raleigh.
n. o., together with Mrs. Ray will
personally conduct a party to the
w rld's Fair, St. Louis, Mo-, july
18th. Arrangement has been made
for special Pullman sleeping car
for this occasion which will be
handled through from Raleigh to
st. Louis. All hotel accommo-
dations etc, will be looked after
by Prof. Ray, and parties desiring
to take advantage of this opportu.
nifty to see the Worlds Fair can
get furthur informatio by apply
ing to Prof. Ray, or
q. P. SMITH, G. II, GATTTS.
L. r. A. C.. P. & T. A.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28
SAMPSON Is TRUE BLUE.

SAMPSON Is TRUE BLUE.
The Sampson Democrat is report
ed as saying:
$50 certain is Parker's election
considered in Sampson that already
it has begun to be agitated as to
who will be the hext postmaster at
Clinton"
And still the Democrats say thew
are not office-seekers. The Demo-
Gratis are not only after all the of.
fees in sight, but, as in the case of
the Clinton post-office, a lot that are
out of sight. Sampson County has
not gone democratic in ten wears
and will not this year. The only
way for a Democratic to get Office in
Sampson is for the legislature to
create the Office and appoint the
man, for the voters will never elect
one to Office,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28

After an unfruitful effort by the
democratic leaders to get German, of
Maryland, or one Sheehan or New
York State to accept the chairman
ship of the committee, they have at
last found one Thomas Taggart, in
Indiana. whoever he may be, to con-
sent to be their Chairman. Cor
man is a better politician than we
thought. He knew it would hurt
him politically to conduct a cam
paign when there was no hopes of
electing his men.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28

The Tarboro Southerner demo
cratic) says:
I'm some cases it appears that
silence is silvern and that speech is
golden"
The writer Of the above had re
ference to Judge Parker, of course,
which tents to prove that Judge
Parker made certain people believe
he was for free silver by keeping
silent, until after he was nominated.
while he was really a gold-bug.
And it may yet re discovered that
he is humbug
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28
ALLIED TRADES JOIN STRIKES.
General Strike at Chicago Stock Yards
Began Monday.

General Strike at Chicago Stock Yard,
Began Monday.
Chicago, July 25.-The general
strike at the stock yards is an &C.
complished fact. More than 1000
mechanics and laborers in the vari-
GUS branches of the packing indus.
try laid down their tools and walk
ca out this morning in sympathy
with the butcher workmen.
Added to the number previously
on strike the total number now idle
in packing towns is close to thirty
thousand men and women. Con-
sentative men fear the strike will
not stop now, but may extend to
involve thousands of workmen onlv
Indirectly connected with the mack
ing industry.
Railroad men, such switchmen
and freight handlers, are FESTIVE and
are ready to refuse to handle the
products of the packers if they are
but given the word.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28
STATES ROAD HASH-HOSEU AND
BATHROOM MUST BE SUPPORT


BATHROOM MUST BE SUPPORT
ED.
The Wilmington Chamber of
Commerce is very much wrought
up over the fact that Gov. Aycock
selected Morehead instead of
Wrightsville as the place for en-
campmeut Of the States Guard.
Several democratic papers have
criticised the Governor for this act
and say he did it just to throw the
travel to the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad, regardless of
which was the better place for the
encampment. Well the A. & N. c.
Road must pay off its big debt and
pay dividend to its stockholders
before this campaign is over, and
looks as though these dissatisfied
democrats would look at it in that
light. And then too the State owns
a hotel and bar-room at Morehead,
which they have leased fot the sum-
mer, and why shouldn't the State
government help to make it a sue
cess.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28

According to the Wilmington
papers that city is on the verge of
another revolution over the question
of a democratic dispensary. The
real question is who shall control
the political situation in Whining
ton. That question will be decided
today, Wednesday. Both sides are
they will come out VIC
toriOus.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-07-28
FREEl FREEI

Send us one dollar for q years
subscription to the CAUCASIAN and
we will seLd you the American
Farmer one year absolutely free.
We VIII give awsy only six hundred
free subscriptions to the American
Farmer and as we have several
times this number of subscribers
you had better renew your subscrip-
ton to the CAUCASIAN today and
ask for the Farmer one year free.