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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

A smart motor-car with young man
and pretty woman in it recently
drove up to tiny fishing village Oh
the Brittany coast and stopped at the
roadmender's cottage, which was
empty for the time being. The young
man sp.ang out with large bundle,
left il in the house. jumped into the
car again, and drove of rapidly in the
direction of Brest. The roadmender s
wife, on reaching home, opened the
bundle and found therein healthy
baby about eight days old. Having
babies enough of her own, she put the
unwelcome infant out Of doors, and
calmly left it there. A peasant woman
passing by, hearing the child cry, took
pity on it and carried it to her home.
Undressing the baby she found $1,000
in banknotes pinned to its clothes. but
not the least indication as to its iden-
tity. She is going to be devoted
second mother to the child, while the
roadmender's wife bitterly repents her
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Telegraph.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
For the Housewife.

Ever since our Colonial ancestors
instituted Thanksgiving Day, it has
been day Of rejoicing, and the good
old-fashioned dinner plays the all
important part therein. a detailed
and an interesting account of a
Thanksgiving dinner, as it will be SER
we'd by the young housewife who has
followed the story of ''The Making
Of a Housewife" in The Delineator,
is given by Isabel Gordon Curtis in
the November number. "Thanksgiv-
ing Day Novelties illustrate many
seasonable dishes, from the traditional
pumpkin pie, to choicely arranged
harvest centrepiece. Other articles
on "Nut Novelties" and "Maple
Dainties' can be made to advantage
at this season of the year, and will
add novelty to the family menu.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
M>JM0ryKoehne

Nervous exhaustion invites disease.
This statement is the positive truth.
When everything becomes a burden
and you cannot walk few blocks with
out excessive fatigue, and you break
out into perspiration easily. and your
face Pushes, and you grow excited and
shaky at the least provocation, and
you cannot bear to be crossed in any
thing, you are in danger; your nerves
have given out you need building up
at once! To build up woman's nerv-
Gus system and during the period of
change of life we know of no better
medicine than Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Here is an
illustration. Mrs Mary L. Koehne, 371
Garfield Avenue, Chicago, ILL.,. writes:
"Ihaveu used Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound for years in my family and it
never disappoints so when felt that was
nearing the change Of life commenced treat
ment with IT, | took in all about six bottles
and it did me a great deal of good 1t
stopped my dizzy spells, pains in my back
and the headaches with which | had suffered
for months before taking the Compound
feel that If il had not been for this great med
lcine for women that | should not have been
alive to-day. 1t is splendid for women, old or
young, and will sureis cure oil female di:or-
ders."
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, in
vites all sick and ailing women to write
her for advice. Her great experience
Is at their service, free of cost.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

Travelling agents and statesmen are
now sent from the home Offices Of tie
Chicago packers into all South Ameri-
can and Asiatic countries. They are
going into every land. no matter what
language may be spoken or what
money be used. They will exchange
their goods for cowries or elephant
tusks-anythlng to sell the product
and get something in return converti-
bic into money. 1t may seem odd t.
some folks. but travelling men, carry
ing cases with samples OF American
meat products, can be seen in the
desert Of Sahara. the sands OF Zanzi-
bar or in Brazil. "whefe the nuts come
from" Great is the enterprise of the
Yankee merchant. The greater the
market. the greater the price and sta
bility OF the price Of the product and
oil that goes to make 1t In Its various
stages,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12


paid TO the supervisor Of the town. who
is the custodian thereof. and is sc-
eountabIe therefore. and who gives a
bond for the faithful disbursement and
safe keeping OF this money. The mon
eys collected and received by the SD
pervisor are paid out upon the order
Of the Highway Commissioner for the
repair and permanent Improvement OF
the highways OF the town in such Tuan-
ner as the Commissioner of Highways
and Town Board may determine and
direct. The AttorneyGeneral has Civ
en- il as his opinion that under this
statute the Town Boar1 as a whole
has one vote a s to the manner in which
such highway money shall be used on
the highways and the Highway Com
missioner has another vote. and that
there must be an agreement between
the Commissioner and the Town Board
before such money may be properly ex-
pended The Town Board and the
Highway Commissioner, in passing the
resolution as to the expenditure OF the
highway money, are governed by the
following statutory regulations: First,
each mile of highway in the town must
be taken care Of prior TO June l in
each year. Each mile Of highway must
have the loose stones removed once in
thirty days, from April ! to December
!. Each mile Of highway must have
all waterways, bitches and culverts
opened and kept in order. The main
highways receiving the heaviest traffic
in the town are entitled to more money
mile spent upon them in their main
tenance than the roads having lesser
amount of traffic going over them. A
road district having a large assessment
and contributing largely to the road
fund, but with light travel in that dis
trict, is not entitled to have spent in
that district all the moneys raised for
road purposes in the district. Many
town boards try to satisfy each road
district by expanding in that district
an amount of money equal to the
amount that that district contributes
to the road fund. This treatment is
not contemplated by the statute and is
not good business for the town. The
payment of the road tax in money is
primarily for the purpose of creating
fund large enough to first take care of
each mile of highway in the town as
above described, irrespective of the as
sessed valuation of the property ada
cent TO that mile of highway. and, sec
ond, to place upon the highways hav-
ing the greatest traffic the greatest
amount of money per mile for their
maintenance because this directly ben
efits all of the taxpayers in the town
who have to haul their loads to mar
ket.-New York Tribune.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
Il
SOUTHERN : FARM :: Votes.
d-=p0d--p
7ops INTEREST PLANTER Ax0 1sDcx GROWER

How simple the question Is. and
how easy 10 decide. There Is ibe hen
and here is the egg The hen is worth
quarter in any market and the egg
one cent twenty-five TO one Is their
comparative value. Now, thep. shall
We sacrifice the egg AT the nominal
price OF one cent, or shall we convert
IL into the higher value by increasing
its worth twenty-five hundred per
cent. 1t has a life-giving principle
within ia germ that will terminate
and grow under favorable conditions.
Better and more practical 10 set II
and convert ii into a chicken that Six
months hence will be an egg machine
In q sense worth as much as the hen
that laid IT, Or, II we should elect to
attain an earlier success and quicker
dividend we may sell the chicken from
It as soon as 1t is old enough to eat,
and In this latter way increase the rev.
enue from the egg at least fifteen
hundred per cent.
Some may contend that the fall
chicken is out of season, and not as
desirable as the spring Matched bird.
Granted, in part, but not wholly. The
fall Matched chicken is naturally
part Of the fall growing season, and
every one who knows anything about
the country knows that there are many
things that may be brought TO success
full maturity after midsummer. Fall
chickens for market may be raised as
successfully as at any other time or
the year-we having need only TO OBJ
serve the maxim that the most profit
able time to sell chicken is as soon as
it is large enough to eat. Any one can
grow chickens to that age either with
hens or with incubator and brOOder i'll
the autumn and early fall. Likewise
any one Matching chickens of this class
may, by selling the young ROSTERS only,
raise to maturity a number of pullets
that will lay before the frost is out OF
the ground the following spring time,
and thus be continuous source OF
profit to their owner. These are such
as each the maximum of value in the
comparison between the egg and the
hen.
The autumn and early fall season is
also favorable TO the Matching and
growing of purebred poultry, either
with the fancier and experienced
breeder. or the new beginner. Indeed,
the desire is most pressing. Acticn
taken now will be just so much time
gained-so much advancement made
prior to the regular Matching and grow
ing season next spring. 1t means the
utility Of time that is valuable, and the
taking of a step that inaugurates now
a cherished plan, or purpose, instead
of postponing it until later season.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
Improvin. Heavy Red Clay Land.

J. T. B., Atlanta, Ga, writes: l have
100 acres of heavy red land which l
have sown in cowpeas and intend sow
ing the land in wheat and grass this
fall. Will it be best to take the vines
off for hay or pillow them under? What
Is the best grass for permanent pas
ture, on high and wet land? Kindly
give me your opinion Of subsoiling
heavy red land
If your land is a heavy red clay and
you wish to improve its texture, ploW
under the cowpeas. You may regard
this as a great sacrifice, but humus is
one of the essential elements OF the
soil. Humus is of more Importance
than some Of the forms of commercial
fertilizers which are so generally used,
because it changes the entire mechan.
ical condition of the soil. allowing fir
and moisture to penetrate readily so
that the plants may breathe and the
process Of fermentation &C forward
with rapidity. which is quite as i'm.
rortant as a large available supply Of
plant food. You have often observed
that a low. swampy soil will often not
grow crops until 1t has been we'll
drained, simply because the air can lot
penetrate into the soil. The value Of
humus is not generally recognized. or
there would be less hesitation in plOw-
Jig under green crops. At the same
time, when it is possible, 1t is always
advisable to cut the pea vines or amy
other green crops and make into hay,
feed to live stock and reapply in the
form of farmyarl manure. Where
stock Is not kept on the farm green
manure must be resorted to and will
be found profitable if judiciousIy
handled.
One Of the very best grasses to sow
for permanent pasture on high uplands
Is tall oat grass. and you will not make
mistake IN using it. It will furnish
about as much grazing In proportion ss
any other grass You can grow. and 1t Is
eaten with relish by all classes OF live
stock. 1t is hardy and stands tramp
ing. but has one objection in that it Is
inclined to grow in tussocks and does
not make smooth and even sod. For
low. wet lands, there Is nothing better
than red top. which makes good graz.
Ing and a fair quality OF hay. These
grasses may be sown spring or fall. &C.
cording to the season and soil condi.
tons. Subsoiling Is advisable on heavy
red clay lands. It is best done in the
fall as it Is then not SO likely to puddle
the land.-Knoxville Journal.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
Pointed Paragraphs.

A woman who whistles is preferable
to one who whines.
A wise man doesn't waste any time
arguing with prize fighter.
A man is apt to feel put out when
he isn't able to pay his board bill.
Few men can refrain from boast
Ing of the good acts they do by mis-
take.
A woman never forgets her first
love-a man to manage an automo-
bile or mule.
Lots of people are liberal with their
sympathy because they can't turn it
into hard cash.
A girl who expects some man to
come along and propose to her after
the manner Of the hero in a novel
is bound to be disappointed.
If man is looking for trouble all
he has to do is marry woman older
than himself and then tell her she is
going tc have her life insured In his
favor.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
Draining Massach usetts Roads.

Nothing has occurred to change the
opinion of the members of the Massa-
chusetts State Highway Commission
regarding the use of Telford fOunda-
ton for road building. No return to
this method will be made. On heavy.
wet soils 4 centre V shaped drain has
been substituted for the side drains
and telfording. This idea of preparing
the foundation is unique, and will be
Of interest to other road builders. The
report says: The earth is loosened
and thrown out toward the sides so as
to give T-shaped trench, with its
greatest depth in the centre Of the
roadway. Narrow trenches are cut
through the sides Of this centre trench,
st intervals Of fifty feet or more. con-
Meeting its lowest part with the gut.
tiers On the side. and placed at depth
and slope thoroughly to remove all
water The centre and cross trenches
are filled with field or wall stones, the
depth of this stone varying from twelve
to eighteen inches in the centre, and
from six to twelve inches on the sides,
the thickness being dependent on the
character of the soil in the sub-grade.
The tops Of these stones are given a
crown to receive the surfacing mater
ial." Earth, gravel or broken stone Is
then spread in the usual way. This
method of draining has proved entirely
efficient, and so the question OF cost
between this method and telfording
with side drains becomes the determin-
ing factor.
The average cost Of side drains on
twenty contracts made in 1903 amount
ed to forty-sevep cents per foot, III
1900 the average cost Of telfording on
twenty-eight contracts amounted to
32.7 cents per square yard. Thus. the
cost per lineal foot for telforditig. with
two side drains was $1267. or SIS
cents for telfording and one side drain.
In building the V-shaped drain about
one-quarter Of a cubic yard of earth Is
excavated and about One-half a cubic
yard Of stone 10 placed for each hneal
foot of road. On seyenty-three con-
tracts the average cost OF excavating
was 43.9 cents per cubic yard; for the
stone in place the cost averaged 1861
cents q cubic yard. Thus. the cost for
the drain is 1913 cents per lireal foot
Of road Comparing these prices with
those for telfording, it is evident that
a saving of ia cents per foot Of road
is made over telfording and two drains
and $40 cents per foot over telfordins
and one drain.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
GOLD GOLD"
"Good," BE Says, "But Comfort Better

Food that fits is better than q gold
mime" says a grateful man.
Before l commenced to use Crane.
Nuts food no man Oh earth ever had a
worse infiiction from catarrh of the
stomach than had for years.
Il could eat nothing but the very
lightest food and even that gave me
great distress.
Il went through the catalogue of pre-
pared foods but found them all (e1cept
Grape-Nuts) more or less indisestibIe.
generating gas in the stomach (Which
in turn produced headache and various
other pains and aches, and otherwise
unavailable for my use.
"Grape-Nuts food have found easily
digested and assimilated, and it has re-
newed my health and vigor and made
me O well man again. The catarrh of
the stomach hao disappeared entirely
with all its attendant ills, thanks to
Grape-Nuts, which now is Inv almost
sole food. l want no other" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek,
Mich.
Ten days trial tells the story.
There's reason.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
Interesting Notes.

1t is easier for a girl to lead a man
to the altar than it is to make him
eat her homegrown biscuits.
He who says nothing is never mis-
quoted.
Gossips and monographs repeat ev-
erything they hear.
a bigamist is never free fsom wor-
~ until he finds himself behind the
bars.
A smile that can be bought for a
dime is soon swallowed.
Race prejudice keeps many a dollar
out of the bookmaker's hands.
A rolling stOnte gathers no. moss
but mossbacks are not attractive, any,
way.
1t is difficult to make a woman be-
lieve that compliment isn't the real
thing.
1t is possible to preserve a man s
body in alchohol, but some men s
besides are not worth the time and
expense.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
A Natural Conclusion.

A little New York girl, whose brief
experience OF life was confined to
existence in an apartment house, was
visiting in Philadelphia not long ago.
One afternoon, to amuse the child,
her cousin showed her a number of
photographs and views, meanwhile ex-
planning and answering questions con-
corning them. One of them was a
picture of Windsor Castle, which, she
was told, was the residence of the
late Queen Victoria. After looking
at it a moment she innocently in
quired, "What floor did she live on q"
October Lippincott s.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
So. A..
Two Fish Unaccounted For,

old" Gorton of Manchester was an
ardent disciple of Izaak Walton. On
one occasion he was sitting upon the
railroad bridge in company with some
Of the young men of the town, pur.
suing his favorite occupation. The
fish did not bite well, however, and
one Of his companions, becoming i'm
patient, unnoticed by the old man, got
up. wound up his line, and started for
home. throwing a couple of fish into
Gorton's basket as he passed.
After time Gorton, too, tired of
his poor luck, prepared for dearture.
Lifting the the cover of his basket,
he looked in, counted his catch, and
said, with surprised and disappoint.
ed voice: why, l had FIVE cunners,
and now there amt but seven! Where
the DEVILS tother two?"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12


Sous years aEo the husband q a
irish lady In Portland. Maine. fcusa
himself in eiAculty. requiring The ser.
vices Of IA attorney. So the wife.
who managed Affairs. veat 70 Q Lead
ing concern which she'd enployed be-
fore. only TO nn6 II had been secured
by the other side. inaairinx who
she'd better employ. Lawyer Peabody.
row justice OF the supreme judicial
court OF Maine. was recommended He
was engaged. but the opposite party
won.
A few days later an acquaintance
referring &c her misfortune. asked
the lady IL she had counsel.
Yes. did" she emphatically re
piled. Il had Paybody, aud I Nigh,
Just as well had nobody"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

several who had kidney trouble so Dad
~ they were agonized with pain in the
back, head and IONS, rheumatic at
lacks and urinary disorders. am
glad to recommend such a deserving
remedy
(Signed MARCUS r. MAYER.
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster -Milburn Co.. Buffalo, y. Y.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
Honey Ecrty-sour Years Old

A Brunswick. Maine. man has q
small glass case full OF honey which
he has preserved for forty-four years.
and IL appears 10 be as good low As
when Il was FIRST made. The package.
which originally weighed Ave pounds,
now weighs three and one-quarter
pounds. the shrinkage being due TO
evaporation.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
PERFECTLY CLEAR NOW.

The Rev. DR.. Fourthly-There are
apparent difficulties, of course. In 70.
conciling the seemingly contradictory
doctrines Of foreordination and free
will, but
The Rev. K. Mowatt Laightly-Not
now, my dear brother; not now. I
made all that as clear as MONDAY in
a sermon I preached six weeks ago.
Chicago Tribune.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
Revolutionary Cannon Ball.

While digging a ditch in the south.
east part of the town Of Bennington
VT, recently a workman dug up six
pound cannon ball that had been three
feet under ground and badly rusted. Il
was OIL the direct road taken by the
Berkshire county troops that came &c
participate in the battle of Bennington,
and on the lot where they camped the
night before reaching Stark's army.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

CoQuelin and other
famous singers and
actors. writes:
Gentlemen: | wish
as many suffering
men and women as |
can reach 10 know
the excellence OF
Doan's Kidney Pills.
/ was greatly bene-
fitted by this remedy
and know it cured
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
BABY ONE SOLID SORE
Could Not Shut Her Eyes to sIeep-For.,
BoiiS on Head-spent 500 on Doctors
baby Grew Worse-Cured by
Cnticura For &E

"A scab formed ON my baby's face,
spreading until it completely covered her
from head to foot, followed by boiis, hay
ing forty on her head at one time, and
more on her body. Then her skin started
to dry up and it became so bad she could
not shut her eyes 10 sleep. One month 5
treatment with Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment made complete cure. Doctors and
medicines had cost over 500, with baby
growing worse. Then we spent less than
% tor Cuticura and cured her. lSigned)
Mrs. q. h. Tucker, Jr.. 33J Greenfield
Ave, Milwaukee, Wis"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

When a man comes home late and
gives the excuse that he went to sleep
in the far from being worn out with
work and was carried out of his way,
his wife will believe him when she
tells it to her mother. IL
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

Use the great antiseptic preventative,
Sloan's Liniment. Six drops of Sloan's
Lfniment ON a teaspoonfui Of sugar will
kill yellow fever and malaria germs.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Natures great remedy-Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption,
and all throat AMI lung troubles. At drug
gists, 25c., zoe. and 81 GO per bottle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

A married man has great self-con-
trol when he always acts as if he was
clad Of it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

FITSpermanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Grea.
EerveRestorer, 12trial bottlesnd treatise free
DIR. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila. Pa
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
Avoid Yellow Fever.

The University Of California operates a
dairy school
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens thegums reduces infamma-
ton aliays pain cures wind collie 25c boftIo
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

The Toxic Street Railway Company
serves a population Of ! 500, 900.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

Ptso's Cure for Consumption is an inialllbl.
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w
SAMUEL. Ocean Grove. n. j., Feb. II, 1900
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

japanese publications are full OF Amer
lean articles on all kinds Of subjects.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

The Japanese have bought thiriy-seven
steam turbines with electric generators
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
GRATIFYING PRAISE.

ketts, From Marcus Mayer. the Great
Patron of Music and Drama.
Marcus r. Mayer. who brought 10
America Nine Patti, Duse. SalvIni,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
VIII II Pay:

A writer in the Southern Cultivator
asks this question and then proceeds
to answer it. We certainly agree with
his conclusions. In this climate it pays
to raise chickens whenever you can get
good fertile eggs to put under the hens
or into the incubator:
Will 1t pay-does It pay-do fall
chickens pay? Will 1t pay to raise
them? Has it ever paid any one to
raise them? This Is the silent query
in many a mind at this season-it is
an open question in many household,
1t is much more worth trying and
it is something worth knowing, and
solving for ones own knowledge and
satisfaction.
In mathematics 1t is a question 80
simple that 1t answers itself. We say
simple, because we have only to com.
pare hen and an egg to settle the
question-only 10 ask ourselves, which
is the most vaiuable-from which one
we may in the future obtain the most
value.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12
Advancing the Farners' Interests,

A cork tree is fifty years old before it
produces bark OF commercial value.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-10-12

Road Money!
SDER Section IS Of the
New State Highway law
all moneys collected for the
repair and construction OF
highways In any town are