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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01

In twelve marriages out of every hundred
one OF the parties has been married be-
fore.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01
HIS ONE WEAK SPOT.

Prominent Minnesota Merchan Cured 10
Stay Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills.
o C. Hayden, of o. G. Hayden K
Co., dry goods merchants. OF Albert
Lea. Mimi. says: II was so lame that
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01

Numerous arrests or editors in the Rus
sian provinces continue.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01

A big policeman can bluff almost
anybody-except his wife.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01

"a Switzerland males beETeen twenty
snd sixty. five are obliged to vote
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01

Fake Laxative Bromo Quinino Tablets.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure E.
". Groves signature on each box. 25c.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01
GOOD FOR &c.

All druggists. SOC. per box, or by mail
upon receipt of price. Stamps accepted.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01
NORTH STATE news
Items OF Interest Cleaned from
Various Sections
FROM MOUNTAIN To SEASHORE

Minor Occurrences of the Week ot
Interest to Tar Heels Told IN Para
graphs
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01
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AND -OTHERS.

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01

I could hardly walk.
There was an unac-
countable weakness OF
the back. anaconstant
pain aud aching. !
could Ind no rest and
was Very uncomforta-
~ at night. As my
saith was good IN
Every other way !
could not understand
was just as IL all the
one from my back
for some time | began
.idney Pills. rhe rem
nee upon the kidneys
al action Was restored.
D my back disa ppeared
any return OF IT."
III dealers. 30 cents =
Iiburn Co.. Buffalo. N. J
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01
PAINS
lNEnICaN WOMEN FIND RELIEF
The Case Of Miss Irene Crosby Is Oas
1fThousards Of Cures made BY Lyoie
= pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND

low many women reaiize mat
1t is not the plan of nature tfat women
shonld suffer so severely.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01

There were no silver dollars coined in
1909
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01
UTNAM FADEL ESS DYES

A State convention of tobacco
growers was held in Lynchburg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
Regarding Vacations.

1T has always been mystery to me-
remarked a business man yesterday that
Birmingham people display such poor
judgment in choosing the time for a trip
to a summer resort. Until about three
days ago the nights here have left moth
Ing to be desired in the way of comfort
There has nearly always been a cool
breeze blowing and especially on the
highlands and many suburbanites have
told me that they have frequently had to
sleep under cover this summer OF
course some days have been fairly hot,
but this is the case anywhere In the
South at this sea son of the year. From
now on, however. we are going to have
very fierce weather.
"In spite of these facts, however, a
great body OF Birmingham people are
already at the mountain and seashore re-
sorts, and will soon be returning to their
homes only to find the whole city swelt-
ering and perspiring. I am thanking my
stars that I didn't yield sometime ago to
the temptation to get away from work,
for now I have my whole vacation
ahead of me, and expect to enjoy 1t all
the more from thinking of the laundry
bills I will be saving by being out OF
town "
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
Doc DAYS Until Sepiemb

The Age-Herald is still besieged by
those who desire to know just when
1.-THE Canicular or dog-days are begun
Dand when they are ended. 1t is not
Ieasy to be dogmatic and definite In this
matter The books all say the period
ltn question relates to Canicula or
lSirius, the dog-star, but that would
Btar does not appear in all ATTITUDES
and In all years at fixed time. II the
period is not begun until the dog-star
appears, ii would he necessary each
year to consult an astronomer or
weather man. The star in question IS
the brightest one In the constellation
CAMS Major, and perhaps a high-school
scholar can point out that constellation
with its bright fixed star.
Still it will not do to leave the sub
dect in a nebulous condition, and Noah
Webster is a good enough authority on
the subject. Noah goes on to say:
THE conjunction of the rising of the
Dog Star with the rising of the sun
was regarded by the ancients as one
of the causes of the sultry heat of sum.
mer. and of the maladies which then
prevailed. But as the conjunction does
not occur at the same time in all lati-
tudes and is not constant in the same
region for long period, there has been
much variation in calendars regarding
the limits of the dog days"
The astronomer Roger Long states
that in an ancient calendar on Bede
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

(died 1851 the beginning of dog days
is placed on the 14th of July; that in
calendar prefixed to the Common
Prayer, printed in the time of Queen
Elizabeth, they were said to begin on
the 9Th of July and end on the 9TH of
September; that, from the Restoration
(1660) to the beginning of New Style
q752). British almanacs placed the
beginning on the 18th day of July and
the end on the 28th day of August; and
that after 1852 the beginning was put
on the Goth of July, the end on the 7th
of September.
The English calendars now put the
beginning on July 3, and the ending on
August II. A popular American alma
nae of the present time $500 places
the beginning on the 25th day of July
and the end on the 5th day of Septem-
Der"
Looking at the matter both going
and coming, The Age-Herald is com
PEELED to accept the last-named dates.
Our esteemed contemporaries gener
ally do. The present forty days of dog
star weather will therefore expire Sep
TENDER s.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
ALARAMA's SENATORIAL PLAN.


From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Senator Morgans approval of the plan
to select some proper man to succeed him
in the Senate in the event of death dur
ing his next senatorial tenure was no
more than the friends and admirers of the
distinguished statesman expected. Az
much may be said of his able associate,
Senator Pettus 1t was feared the Ala
bama plan of selecting alternates to sue
coed the two senators from that state
might Offend in some fashion, Senators
Morgan and Pettus though the simple
facts of the case. no less than the ca
reers and characters of the two men IN
, volVed, should have discouraged any such
belief. In a letter to Congressman Rich
ardson, Senator Morgan declared nothing
could be fairer than this plan, and ex-
pressed qualification over the fact that
distinguished candidates for senatorial
honors had declined to contest his own
or Senator Pettus' election to the Sem
ate; mo greater mark of confidence" he
said, cor higher compliment could be be-
slowed upon any man."
The virtue of the Alabama plan of Sc
that it permits the voters of the state to
make the selection. 1t is merely a legii-
mate extension of the direct primary prin-
cple, and the application of the rule in
Alabama at this time is entirely proper
because of the advanced age of the two
senator's whose right to succeed them
selves is unchallenged. In different cir
cumstances the suggestion would have
been inappropriate. AS 1t is, should either
one of the venerable senator's pass from
the scene Of their activities before the
expiration of their senatorial terms, a sue
cessor, duly and properly chosen by the
suffragans of Alabama, may step into the
position. Thus the fierce contentious be-
tween political factions and the long de-
lays which frequently follow changes Of
this character, may be avoided. The gov
ernor, or the legislature of the state. will
simply commission the man chosen by the
people for the place, and the local govern
ment will be left free TO attend to prob
lens of more intimate concern.
1t could not have been expected reason
ably that either Senator Morgan or sena-
tor Pettus would have offered objection
to a plan in such perfect accord with the
doctrine of popular rights. True, the sug-
gestion that the arrangement might Of
fend the two venerable statesmen, be-
cause of the advanced age they have
reached, was fine tribute to the sem
ators; but is it not also a splendid COM
pliment to them that their right to sue
coed themselves is uncontested even by
gentlemen who aspire to senatorial hon
ors? We quite agree with Senator Nor
gan that mo greater mark of confidence
or higher compliment could be bestowed
on any man. than this acknowledgment
Of his absolute right to succeed himself
in a position of great public responsibility
Senator Morgan's opinion on this ques-
ton will prove Of general interest because
Of its bearing on the issue of the direct
election OF United States senators. 1t is
an important concession to the doctrine
of popular rights.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
THOUGHTS ON Discomfort,
New York World

From the New York World.
We know not what the meteorologists
may think, but the hot spell is perfectly
natural. The maddest dog days that ever
painted and hung their tongues were to
be expected From Georgia the bright
bronze pole of Tom Watson, like the red
planet Mars, fires the world and the Geor-
CLAN breast Between Chicago and New
York PUSHES the Hon. Jim Ham Lewis in
one wild whirl of pink fire. Hoke Smith
keeps all the cool air out with his opulent
and far-hung form. He and Me Moran
and LaFollette. revolving rapidly on their
own pin-wheels, apoplectic with motion
and emotion, disengage heat In fiery
waves unparalleled Mr.. Bryan boils
across the sea. The reception committee
boils in answer. Moses Cincnnatus Wet
more hammers the trusts to white heat.
Iowa is a sea OF flame. Perkins and Shaw
are burning themselves on a funeral pyre
lighted by the Decorating hand of Cum
Minis. Cannon is exploding with sulphur
Gus and tormenting flames. Winston
Churchill and Dickon Davis are making
bonfres of the New Hampshire railroads
and slngeing DIR. Jacob Gallingers time
tried mustachios. Gen. William Franklin
Draper and Col Albert Clarke are burn
ing Curtis Guild at the stake on Boston
Common. In New Jersey John Fairfield
Dryden is slowly consuming himself in
aromatic flames, the victim of his ardor
for uplifting the poor and lowly Sam
Gompers is heating the whole country
with his high-piled manifestoes. Grim
Jiggs and Oneida Jim are picking up
redhot dollars. The whole country Is
full of red devil wagons and red devil
fire and red devil eloquence and blazing
platforms and tocsins sounded" till the
patient metal melts.
Fire in the house, and on the lintels
fire. steep-down CULTS of liquid fire, Yet
while polar bears drop dead and patriotic
perspiration bedews the marble cheek
of Tom Johnson and all the nation willis
in this COMPOUNDED solar spree, it is good
to think of the GREATNESS heights and the
sheer awful peaks of Mount Fairbanks.
There is remote dewy thickets, where
only the cowbell breaks the stiffness, sits
the ongitudinous sage. swinging butter
milk nearly as cool as himself The steam
and fire of earth die away long before
tney reach tnose heisHts uhTouuen Oh
the sun. Angel voices chant: "Pone sub
ourru minimum propinqui sois and SO
ont
Settle me where It's hotter than &C.
henna,
He'll straight or Kansas City or st. Louis.
Honey CAB hopey-smile Buttermlk Char
ley.
I will be booming"
Around our restlessness let that great
calm flow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
The Southern Hub.

zone of the many evidences of Blr-
mingham s growing Importance as a bust
ness center is the fact that many large
concerns in the north and east have es-
tablished southern headquarters here
said a prominent citizen.
Atlanta has been the principal head
quarters town of the south, but 1t will
be outdistanced in a short while by Biz
mingham. Quite a number of the south
ern agencies for manufacturers OF. ma
chinery that have been established in At
lanta for years are being moved or will
be moved TO Birmingham shortly This
city is more centrally located ON the MAP
from southern point Of view than either
Atlanta or Memphis. and is therefore the
logical place for southern headquarters
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
Russell Saue's MIsfits.

The late Russell Sage is held up as a
marvel of business sense and shrewd-
ness, but his career was by no means
one long success. In the Grant-Ward
furry he lost six millions in one day.
The Vanderbilts unloaded on him the
Ponghkeepsie and Eastern and the New
York and Northern, and to the day of
his death he conducted the little non
profit-producing roads from his own
office. The executors will now step in
and manage the two little white ele-
plants
The dead financier also accumulated
another white elephant when he took
over the Chattanooga Southern which
extends from Chattanooga to Gadsden,
a distance of ninety-one miles. 1t ira
verses a peach belt, but still it is not
a dividend Garner. It is even doubtful
whether it earns interest on its bonded
debt No one seems TO want the road
as a connecting link, and the Sag =
estate will doubtless have to tote 1t
for several years to come.
These incidents in an active money
lending life do not perhaps detract
from his reputation, but they certainly
go to show that with his ups were
mingled some downs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
A Comedy of Accidents

"A party including myself started out
for a pleasure jaunt at East Lake to-
night, and we had funny comedy of ae-
eidents. finally landing safely at home
said a South Highlands man last night
1--WE first left home to catch the O'Clock
special car to the lake. but the cars
on the Highlands were tied up on ac-
count of lack of current After a time we
reached Twentieth street and Avenue B.
when the current failed again. We walked
to First avenue and Twenty-second street
and had been standing there fifteen or
twenty minutes when the fire apparatus
passed and that delayed the cars further
Finally we secured a special to East Lake
at five minutes to o'clock, and had the
bad luck To get behind regular car
which stopped at every street or cross
ing
AT the lake nothing happened, but
when we caught a special car back to
town we came part of the way and the
motor burned out. We had to get an
other car from the barn, finally landing
In Birmingham about twenty minutes to
Il o'clock. 1t seemed that luck was
against us everywhere"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
Mcclellan In Walker.

"I spent today In Jasper and Walker
county and must say that ! was agree
ably surprised at the great progress that
is being made along all lines of develop
ment in that county" said Thomas G..
Mcclellan, candidate for associate JUS
tlce of the supreme court, at the Hotel
Morris last night.
Jasper is growing rapidly and prom
ises to be one of the best county towns
in north Alabama. Many public improve
ments are in progress just now, and the
people seem to be prosperous, progressive
and happy Walker county is blessed with
many natural advantages. and | do not
wonder that large developments are be-
ing made in all lines of industry.
IL am pleased with the progress that Is
being made in my candidacy for associate
justice in Walker. l find that l have
many friends there who are looking after
my interests"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
Iapanese Seal Poachers.

About a score of Japanese were
caught poaching at st. Paul island
which is one of the Pribiloff islands
1t is a well-known seal rookery, and
the poachers had killed more than 200
seals, and had carried away 120 skins
The lookouts of the North American
Commercial company, to which the
island in question had been leased by
this country, fired on the poachers
and five we're killed, and twelve were
taken prisoners. The Japanese came
to the island from schooners. The
prisoners have been held for trial
Seals are recognized as property and
the government has right to control
the pursuit of them up to the three
mile limit Guards are maintained on
the Pribiloff islands to guard the seal
rookeries, especially during the breed
ing season, which extends from May 1
to September 10.
The rights of this country are with
out flaw, and the poachers simply have
no ground to stand on. This is why
the matter cannot well become an In
ternational incident. 1t may call for
courtesies and the furnishing of all
available information, but no apoogy is
needed. and none will be made.
The happenings in the Boring sea
recall the recent prediction of the
Novoe Vremya, a St. Petersburg paper
enjoying the confidence of the bureau
Gratis, that Japan is getting ready to
seize the Philippines, Hawaii and Cali
fornia. The esteemed Novoe Vremya
overshot the mark. Japan might, if
occasion justified the effort. be able to
seize the Philippines because the archi-
pelago is near Formosa. She would
have home base near at hand but
she could not seize and hold Hawaii,
much less California. She has plenty
of military sense, and also plenty Of
international or diplomatic sense. She
will attempt nothing of the sort. She
Is not an international bully, and she
never will be.
The long and short of this silly-sea-
son talk is this: Japan cannot come 10
this country and whip u.s. and we can
not go to Japan and whip her. The
distance is too great, and both sides
are plucky and full of resources.
There is no danger of any bad feel
ing arising between the two nations
Nothing calls for it, The Novoe
Vremya desires TO see the United
States whip Japan, but every wish of a
newspaper cannot be gratifled in this
world. The wish of the ST. Petersburg
paper is emphatically one that must
go unmet and even unconsidered ia
pan is our friend in the Far East. She
believes in the Open Door, something
Russia never did recognize while she
terrorized Manchuria and Korea The
Novoe Vremya should drink less vodka.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
IN EDWIN Wis KITCHEN.
Dishes Borne by Relays Through MIR.
ror Lined Corridors.
From what to Eat

From What to Eat.
A system unlike that TO be found any.
where else prevails in the kitchen whers
the meals of King Edward are prepared.
The royal chef is a Frenchman. paid a
liberal salary, and with free lodging near
the royal palace. 1t is his business to su-
perintend only the kings lunch and din
ner He has nothing whatever TO do with
the breakfast
When the dinner Is to be served the
scene in the kitchen is one of perfect or
der and readiness. The cold dishes which
We're prepared during the morning stand
on the table, surrounded II necessary by
ice the birds and other such dainties
which are to be served. cooked to a sec
ond. are ready to hand
Now the hors d'oevres are sent forward
to an anteroom, which in the case of
buckingham palace is nearly three hun
dred yards from the kitchen. The assist
ants are clad in spotless linen; they all
work by the clock and each dish is com
menced and finished within minute of
the appointed time.
The chef walks around and superin-
tends, but his assistants are SO we'll drilled
IN their respective duties that he seldom
needs to give an order, though here and
there he offers a suggestion for the fur
Their perfection of some little dainty. Dur
Ing this time he is himself thinking out
the final details of the masterpiece OF the
table, which he takes particularly under
his own care
Just outside the door of the dining hall
there is an apartment where the final
touches are given to the delicate and cost
ly preparations At Buckingham palace
1t contains a hot table, upon which the
dishes rest in readiness for their distribu-
ton to the table attendants.
The man who Yields authority here Is
clad in immaculate evening dress and
wears white gloves and in a voice which
is rarely raised above a whisper he gives
the minutest directions as to what is to
be done with each particular Item on the
menu from the moment when 1t leaves
the anteroom and passes finally from his
care. Relays of men and women bearers
convey all these dishes from the kitchen
to the anteroom.
The passage from the kitchen are long,
with awkward corners In them here and
there, and in order to prevent collisions
In the hurry OF the work an ingenious ar
rangement of mirrors has been effected
at these corners, so that the bearers may
see whether the road Is clear for them.
Attendants are strictly forbidden to en-
ter any other apartment than that with
which they are Immediately concerned
and even the dish bearers are prohibited
from passing down other corridors than
those which are set apart for their special
uea
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
Show. his eyes, and grieve his heart;
Come like shadows, so depart.
Macbeth.
Money in Circulation.

On August l the per capita circula-
ton had been carried to S32.52, the
largest amount to each individual re-
CARELESS of age, sex or previous conds-
ton that the country had ever known.
The aggregate circulation stood on
August l at $2,757OOO, 900, which is a
very considerable sum, and yet it is not
enough because of the prosperity and
active general business of the country
The gain in circulation is chiefly in
gold, but If business men were con-
suited the power to issue more paper
money would be lodged somewhere.
Our currency system lacks elasticity.
1t cannot be enlarged to more crops.
Some things must stand still until No
vember, when the heaviest demands
of the crops are met and satisfied
No one questions the solidity and
solvency of the countrys condition.
1t is solid and safe, but it is incon-
venient at times, and the present Is
one of those times
The remedy is not easily found.
What suits the south and west does
not suit the east, and so nothing is
done. The currency system Is practi-
cally the one we had after the civil
war had been eliminated. We have
progressed in various directions, but
we have not taken step towards pro-
viding for an elastic currency.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
NEW NURSERY SONG.

From the New York Sun.
This is our latest nursery song:
Close TO the shutters !
Bar the door!
Stuff the keyholes!
Pad the floor
Draw the window shades down tight,
Else we die of quivering fright
Set the watch dog on the loose.
The naughty Naughties play the deuce
(Though they say they are no prudes)
With anything approaching nudes.
Hence we fear Comstockian wrath
When our baby takes bath,