North Carolina Newspapers

A I'uivr-Cullrc,. IWUnrMvhlss ami New Jab Tye hvo bmi folded to our Job Offlcs ftnJ vro can now do work to ait ertn Ut mwt ftu Udeous. CVUl In and see fw tuples of th work wo have done In th but few day. taT Ad vert king rates nuwl known on application. r-rrvrr inr? ' T a i T a (nir A T l PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, Br MARIOX BUTLEB, Editor nod Proprietor. 1 JnLJtL U LtTH This week we give you a neatly printed iaper on our NEW PRESS AND WITH NEW TYPE. Now Hhow your appreciation by giving as 3,000 subscribers. ruro Domooraoy and Wlxito Supremioy VOL. VII. CLINTON, N. 0., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1889. No. 24. THE CAUCASIAN. THK EDITOR'S CHAIR. HOW TO STOP A PAPER. THE UPS AND DOWNS HOW THINGS LOOK FROM OUR STAND POINT. The Opinion of The Causasian and the Opinion of others which we Can Endorse on the Various Topics of the Day. "A canning factory could bo started In Wilson for $1,500 and it will do a irood business. Ob! for a better spirit of enterprise that will strike out in a new place." Wilson Advance. Two battle flags of the Fifth Pennsylvania Calva.y came into the possession of Senator Wade Hampton during tho Civil War, and lie lias just returned them to their original owners. It was a very un-Foraker-like act. N. Y. Star. Newspapers indicate very clearly the condition of society. Mrs. Spencer in First Steps in North Carolina History. Then Tun Caucasian indicates the condition of society m Sampson, so rally to its support and let us make a creditable showiug to the outside world. The business men of Salis bury Lave raised a largo fum of money to be used in advertising their town. In the meantime The Caucasian is doing all it can to let the wjrld know what we are and what we are doing In Sampson. Let every one as sist us by eubrcribing for the paper and advertising his busi ness. President Harrison, like Cleve land in '84 is taking his time in removing office-holders of the opposite party and replacing them with men or his own par ty, and certain Republicans have as certain Democrats did Cleve land, in the early part of his administration. We have only to hope lie will be such a mug wump as Cleveland. (Scotland Neck Democrat.) The following, from one of our exchanges, eo fullv and clearly expresses our views on the subject, that we copy it without comment: You have an undoubted right to stop your newspaper when you feel dis posed, upon payment of all ar rearages. Do not hesitate to do so on account of 'tenderness" to the editor. If you are not get ting the worth of your money or think the editor is not doing his duty that he is not showing for the improyement progress and dendopment of his town, county and State, then it is your duty to stop it. Don't you suppose the editor would quit buying sugar of the merchant, or mea t, clothing, dry good, &c , if ho thought lie was not getting his money's worth and why should you not exercise the same privilege with him? And when you discontinue a paper, do i manfully. Don't OF TIJ E N EW ADM I N I8TRA- Wanamaker Knows the Value of Advertising. Little Men in Big Places. JUSTICE STANLEY MATTHEWS DEAD. "We heard the question asked, a few days since: "Why do girls wear bangs ?'' This is a ques tion that has often suggested i self to us, and we dislike the unbecoming adornmenl(r) so much that we are constrained to "speak out in meeting," and give what we believe to be the answer. The great majority of Eve's daughters are not blessed with a beautiful brow, indeed it is a rare possession. Hence the "bangs." But there are not many with very ugly foreheads. Then let us have the bang only as a veil to a defect, as a screen to ugliness. Those with pretty foreheads, who wear them, we suppose do it out of compassion for their lsss fortunate sisters. be so spiteful as to throw it back to the postmaster with a contemptuous "I don't want it ?ny longer!" and have "refused" written on the margin, and have the paper returned to the editor. JNo gentleman ever stopped it that way, no matter ji his head is covered with gray hairs that should be honorable If you do not longer wish to re ceive a newspaper write a note to the editor like a man, saying so and oe sure that arrearages are paid. This is the way to stop a newspaper. New Era. The above applies to papers in general, but not exactly t home papers in every respect Every man should have enougl of county pride to desire to have his county paper prosper. If the paper is not just what you would like to see it, then sug gest to the editor how he could improve it, and we are sure your suggestions will be kindly and gratefully received. It may b that he can't make such im provements in tho paper as he himself knows should be made, for the want of proper support. Then assist him in every way you can, especially by increas ing his subscription list. Do this, and the editor, if he is the right kind of a man, will giv you a paper of which you will be proud, and one which your family can ill afford to do with out. , There is one other view of the situation. We have often heard TION. Reg. Cor. Caucasian. Washington, March 2G, 1889. President Harrison doubtless eels that having been elected aolely because he was a grand son he is obliged to recognize he claims ot the sons oi emi nent fathers. It was for that reason probably that he gave Walker Blaine his present pro minent position aud ha3 now nominated Fred Grant to be United States Minister to King Milan, of Ser via, has ab dicated his throne. This fact within Itself is of no importance, but the result may be tremend ous. The great question of who hhall control the Balkan penin sula, which has disturbed all Europe for two decades, is vir tually reopened, and it may re quire a gigantic war, into which all he European nations will be drawn on one side or the oth er to settle the matter. Russia is greedy for control, England. Germany and Austria are jeal ous of the growing and encroach ing power of Russia, while France would probably join Russia out of spite to her neigh bors. Hon. W. R. Boardman of Gal Veston, Texas, while talking to a bew York reporter the other day about the abundance of game and fish along the coast of Texas, said: "Heretofore we caught them and Bold them in our wn market, but it wcurrea one day to a shrewd fellow mat a great deal of money lay in turning them tho same as the Chica go cattle princes can meat. Tho new industry has been remarkably sue ces.Mu, and now does a trade close onto a million of dollars a year, re gent turtle steaks, turtle soup, tarue eggs, canned turtle and many vmer kinda of canned goods to all ra f the United States, Mexico nd Central America, bouth Ameri- A word to the wise is sufficient. Is all tie stock for our Clinton annuig Factory subscribed yew persons say, -'I can get the New York Herald or Atlanta Consti tution for probably some other paper) for $1.00 or 1.25 a year, while my county paper, which hasn't so much reading matter costs 81 .50." Now it is true that these large papers often cost less and probably contain some matter which you enjoy reading that your home paper hasn't room for, but when you take such papers to the exclusion of your home paper, stop and think of what you are doing. You ar9 sending your money out of the State and contributing to support a paper that is (in nine cases out of ten) devoted to building ud some other section a paper which does not, will not, aud cannot do auy thing fo the improvement of the section or the development of the spec ial industries of the section of the world wbe:e you were born, raised, live and expect to die Your home paper alone can do this, in fact, this is the chief mission of a home paper. When you have any special interest to promote or advocate, or any thing to say to the outside world it is through your home paper that you must do it. Then give it your encouragement and sup port so that it may have more power and influence be better able to accomplish good. And, besides, these large papers 'al ways contain so much of crimes, casualties and sensations that it is not advisable to put them in tho hands of your children; and if you read such papers your self you will have to waste your time and read through column upon column of matter to find out what your home paper will condense and give to you in ten lines. In short, it is every citizens duty to encourage and support his home paper, a duty from which no good citizen can or should desire to excuse himself. Austria. But no matter what influences caused him to make these appointments it is truly to be hoped that he will make no more of the same sort. Neitlie? of these young men have ever succeeded in mining a living for themselves, and while there would be little ob jection to giving them $2,000 positions, there is a very deci ded objection to seeing them given positions out of all pro portion? to any ability ever dis played by them. Mr. Jolm C. New, Dudley s partner in the Indiana steal, has gotten his reward. He has been appointed Consul General of the United Stated at London, a position which is said to pay better than any other under this Government. And Whitelaw Re id. the edi tor of the New York Tribune, has obtained the wish of his heart. He has been nominated Minister to France.His appoint ment has stirred up considera ble feeling among a certain class of Republicans who have never lorgiven mm or me Tribune for supporting Greely in 1842. It is also remembered that in 1876 Reid in his fight on Blaine priitted the Mulligan letters and everything else dis creditable to Blaine that he could get hold f. However, it Blaine can forgive him, all others may hold their peace. The Senate confirmed his nomi nation by a bare majority only. If three Democrats bad not vo ted for him lie would not have been confirmed Wanamaker poses as head of the Postofiice Department but Clarkson is expected to do the work. The ofiice of the Post master General in nothing more than the private ofiice ot John Wan a makers Philadelphia store. The two are conn3Jt2d by a private telegraph wire so that ''cheap John" may be Kept informed as to the state of busi ness at the "five cent counter" and other bargain departments of his establishment. A gentle man who has known Wanama ker intimately for many years says of his appointment ' to the Cabinet "John Wanamaker knows the value of newspaper advertising better than any man living, with probably the single exception of P.T.Barnum and the whole business from the $100,000 campaign contribu tion to the present is, lam satis fied, regarded by him as a strictly business transaction whereby he pays out so much money and obtains in retnru au unlimited amount of valuable advertising in every newspaper in the United States. He don't care a snap about being Post master General except for the cultural Pep?rtment hav pre sented ex-Secretary Coleman with a handsome antique oak hall clock, eight feet high, as a token of the esteem in which he is held by them. Harrison and Blaine are, in the language of the street ur chin, "in tho soup." The trouble came through tho nomination of Eugene b'chuyler X. the As sistant Secretary of State. A more objectionable man to the Senate it would be hard to find, add it is surprising that the President and Mr. Blaine should not have known this Schuyler's principal offense was a book called "American Diplomacy," written by him some years ago, in which he took occasion to criticize Gen. Grant then Presi dent, in a very severe manner, also Mr, Washburne,atthat iiine Minister to France, and also the Senate of the United Stales. The President was informed that the nomination would be rejected unless withdrawn Blaine cabled the fact toSchuy ler who is in Europe, and the latter declined the nomination. The U. S. Supreme Court is in mourning over the dath of Justice Stanley Matthews. Judge Gresham or Secretary Miller will probably be appointed to fill the vacancy. THE DIFFERENCE. TWO FARMERS LIVE UN DER THE SAME CODI TIONS,ONESEES HARD TIMES, THE OTHER DOES NOT. TO WHICH CLASS DO YOU BELONG? THE HUCKLKUEKltY BILL. We give bel-jv the full text of Dr. Murphy's bill with re gard the huckleberry and other wild fruits as passed by the Leg islature. The General Assembly of North Carolina do Enact: i Section )., That it shall be unlawful for any person to en ter upon the land of another for the purpose of gathering and removing tnereirom any wiior tleberries, dog tougue (vanilla plant) or any other fruits or marketable products of the soil without first obtaining the con sent of the land owner. Section 2. That any person violating section 1 of this Act shall upon conviction be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars nor im prisoned more than thirty days Section 3. This Act shall ap ply only to the counties of Samp son and Duplin. Section 4. This Act shall be in force from and after its ratification. The following, from the Pro- gressive warmer, is sumewnai on the very line we have be9n writ' ig. We copy it to endorse it: FARMER NO 1. The first selects his best land for cotton. Depends on com mercial fertilizers. Buys his meat, bread, hay, fertilizers and everything on a credit at ruinous profits. Is driven from the first of January to the last day of the year by his cotton crop, to the neglect of the improvement of his land, the improvement of of his stock, house?, fences,&e He is in debt, interest ia accum ulating and he feels that he must be able to count so many dollars iu greenbacks as the pro ceeds of his crop. His idea of good and successful farming is to see at the end'of the year a cer tain amount of money in actual cash as the result of hislabor.He does not calculate the ruinous cost at which this money is made. He does not see that for every dollar he thus re ceives, he has had paid one hun dred and fifty cents. But he sits down at the end of the year in a cheerless home wearied and dispirited and surrounded by ignorant children and complains to his faithful and overworked wife that the merchants have ruined him, that the seasons have been against him and tha he is living in the poorest State in the Union. He has worked hard, his family has worked hard and they have lived hard, but his moueT is all gone and he still is unable to lift the all devouring: mortgage. That man arid his family are slaves. farmer no. 2. The second starts out by fix- ing in his mma me determina tion to keep out of debt and to raise his own supplies. He does not believe that a farmer can Citizen (to Uncle Rastus). "So hat is the woman you're goin j tn marry, is it, Unci RasUu?" Uncle Rastus. " l es, eah, dat am de lady. She yaint much to ook at. "Citizen. "Well, no, not very much J Uncle Rastus." Uncle Kaslus. "But fhe hah got forty-seben dollahs in de bank, boss, an' she luvb promis ed to gib me de power ob attor-uey-generalship." Harper's Ba zar. STRAY BITS OF LIFE, OUR FAIIMKRS' COLUMN. As Picture! by the Press. A BOY'S COMPOSITION GIRLS. i" ON (Carthage Blade.) Tin following amusing com position written by some one of the smart youth of Carthage, and which was doubtless inten ded to be read at school, was nicked up on the street last Friday by a Blade reporter 'Girls is strange animals, not so big as their mamm'as, least ways they aint till they get grown. Most of them awful stuck up and wears bussels and cossets. Their bmsels is some times bigger'n they is, and I never could see no good in em, cepten to set down ou. Girls thinks they is mighty smart, and they get grown at 12, and chews chewing gum and looks sorter like a cow chawing her cud. Some girls is pretty and some is ugly, mostly ugly. But all of them think they is pietty and puts on airs and powders and paints and want3 to get married. Girls aint got much sense cause they loves boys and boys dont care nothing bout them. I'm mighty glad I aint a girl cause they can't go in swimming and have fun like bovs. And this is all I no about get rich in one, or five, or ten years. He does believe that he can gain and improve every vear. lie Knows inai manKina must have cotton. He land and stock and houses, orchards and other comforts of home are improved eyery year, that he is accumulating wealth in its most solid and useful form, whether he ever produces a single bale of cottou or not. If he makes his own fertilizer?, raises his own meat, bread, hay and stock and multiplies the little comforts which go to I. BEFORE M1RKI1GK. Hia heart o'erflow with happlne And an ecstatic thrill Run through hi very helii. aa He hears her sweet, "1 w 111." II. AFTER M ARK1AGK. Ala ! his heart ta heavy now, The world seeim ilark.and chill ; The second time in lite he' met A fragile woman will. Somcrvllle Journal. She (tremulously) George, pa threatens to turn off the gas if vou stay after 10 o'clock to night. . He (delightedly) Let him, let him ! Boston Uourier. 'Tis evidence quite certain, Of a wooing rat her rash. When you see a tinge of powder On a young man's dark mustache. Mer. Trav. Miss Travis. Don't you think my diess is loo sweet for any thing? Miss DeSmith. Oh, lovely- exquisite! I do believe your dressmaker could make a bean pole look graceful. Burlington Free Press. Robbie (returning from school avter a history lesson) "Mam ma was Charles II. an Episco palian?" "No, my son. Why did you ask that?" "Well, the history fays he did things he ought not to have done, and left undone things he ought to have done, and so I supposed he must be." -Christian Regis ter. not in this generation. Blotterwick I see that the bustle is no longer worn. His wife Where did you see that, my dear. Blotterwick (meekly) Well, when you see it in the streets let me know. - difficult to tell. Passenger (train just passing out of a tunnel) What a pecu liarly sour expression ttiat young lady ahead hasl Companion Yes; she's evi dently mad because the young man with her kissed her SOMETHING INTERESTING ; TO THOSE WHO TILL THE SOIL. B3So many agricultural pa pew are published and articles written by meu, who have little or no practical experience as farmers, that information and suggestions through such medi ums have fallen into disrepute, and doss but little good. In view of this' fact, we wish to get the views and tasted plans ot practical farmers fortbicolamn each week. So farmers, send in an accouut of your success in any branch of Agriculture, for the benefit of thefraternity.t&a VTHAT CT II ER PAPERS ARESAYI3U FERTILIZERS COXTIM EU. Compost. We give you thLs week four formulas for making compost, suitable for corn and cotton, which have proven successful. J. W. Powell, of Nah county , used the following : Ditch bank, 75 loads Stable manure, 10 busheln. Cotton seed, 2D bushel. Uses the above amount on about 75 acres. Intends putting cotton seed and lime on 10 acres that had cow peason. Is Increasing histdock as rapidly as possible so as to make all manure at home. The Experimental Farm uses tie following two: 1. Using cotton seed : Stable manure, 600 pounds. Kainit, 200 Acid phosphate, 800 Cotton seed, 400 One ton of Acid phosphate or bone meal, Ashes, Stable manure, Rich earth or yard scrapings, 2,000 " 600 pounds. 200 " . 600 " 800 " 2,000 " Mr. Thos. C. Cross, .of Moore countt. uses the following: Acid phosphate, 100 lbs. Cotton seed, 100 Stable manure, 200 " Lot manure (or woods mould) 1.000 to 1,200 " Ashes (or concentra ted lye), 50 " Car. Ft lt l tfce Oatf Itik!. Quwters havo been engaged for tho Governor and hU staff at tho Metropolltal hotl, Ner York, for tho inauguration cen tennial. Wil. Messenger. Wfcj W Ar rr. "Charlotte people," a learn tul by the New?, "a ro eating beef that was killed nd dratted in Kansas City, .Mo. it coms packed in refrigerator cars "and all tho butchers aro celling it." And this iu a State where gratM grows in the greatest luxuriance. We ship a little rot ton, then buy cotton good.- from Massachu setts, buy. beef from Kansas City, bacen froin Ciucinn&U, corn from Illinois, flour from Minnesota and then flt down and wonder why it is that we ore 80 poor. Stateville Land mark. Tax Uarhflom. The Chronicle cannot com mend tho Legislature for in creasing the price of marriage license. 1 1 ought rather to have decreased the tax. Every In ducement to marriage ought to be offered by the Leg slators. If the StMo needs tho revenue wo favor a law that will tax bache lors tax them so. heavy that they will bo glad to ge rnmrrlul " to escape the tax. The tax is now 3.00. State Chronicle! The Chiouiclo it a married man. Eu. Caucasian. Energy and Good Sf ne. Tho Legislature has adjourn ed. Little was accomplished there was little that we needed. What North Carolina needs she must expect and labor to secure by the energy and good net"" of her sbna and daughter Wilson Advance. ' ' " The ship canal which is to connect Manchester, England, with Liverpool, is being rapidly constructed, ten thousand men and a great number of steam excavators being engaged upon it. The canal will bo thirty-five miles long, 2G feet deep ami 120 feet wide at tin bottom. Wil mington Review, 90 40 10 CO 20 1,550 " ?2,10 i)ini:uMiNi:i to maikky. Itich and Itncy Marriage lit Halifax. County. Now can't some of our Samp son farmeis give some practical methods which they have tried? I You should be willing to give each other the benefit of your com- something besides S through the tunnel, or may believes that if hia J? slf 13 b3ause te dldn t Kiss tier. ripocii. A DOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT. Mr Fir-.tlphv To know. Miss experience Dewitt, you looked charming at the ball the other right? Miss Dewitt Nonsensejl don't believe it. jhe hucklekerrv and blue- Mr. lckieby un, out you H(irrv nPft the onlv ones of the TWO N ON PROGKIISSI VIS 151 :k K111S. did. Actually, I didn't recognize you at first. Buffah? Courier. make a home of pleasure and THE COMING CENTENNIAL haopiness and finds at the end nf thA vear that Ins orooertv lne aDDroacnincr commemo- has doubled in valua, he has ration of Washington's inaugu- 11. although durine that ration Dromises to oner one of time he has not had at any one the most imposing spectacles time as much as one hundred dollars in actual cash. He has time to sow grass and clover, wheat, oats and rye. He has time to look after his cattle, hogs and sheep. He has time to make, manure and to improve his lands. He has time to keep his buildings, shelters, &c, in repair aud to add to them, lie has time to look after his orch ard and other fruits. His wife, dear, devoted t oman, -instead of wearing out her life in cooking for a lot of "negroes to work cotton, has thne to look ever beheld in JNew YorK. it is said that all of the original thirteen States, together with most of those admitted since the adnptioa of the Constitution, have agreed to take part in the paiad According to the esti mate of the committee having charge of this feature of the celebration, there will be up wards of fifty thousand citizen soldiers in line, or about thrice as many as Washington ever marshaled in one body during the Revolutionary war. A still more impressive contrast to the newnaoer advertising it trives girls' cept ray girl, and she's a after the adornment and beauti- state of thing a hundred years him. When his name begins to drop out of the papers dur- . . 1 11 T ing the coming auu season, jl expect to see him create a big sensation by baviug some sort of a row in the Cabinet and then resigning, thus giving himself anotner Doom in tne advertis ing line. "Wanamaker's first daisy." AS TO BREATHING. (Youth's Companion.) The following heretofore un heard of information in regaj d to the breath and breathing was made public in Kentucky re appointments were ex-Poslmas- cently by a school boy of twelve ter Uenerai lyuer, oi ma laua, years, who wrote an essay on the subject. We breathe with our lungs, our lights our kidneys and our liver. If it wasn't lor our breath we would die when we slept. Our breath keeps the life a-aoing through the nose when we are asleep. Boys who' stfty in a room all day should not breathe. They should wait until they get -out in the fresh air. Boys in a room make bad air called carbonicide. Corbonicide is a poison as mad dogs. A lot of soldiers were oace in a black hole in Calcutta and carbonicide rut in there and killed them. Girls sometimes ruin the breath witn corsets that squee zes the diagram. A big diagram of to be Assistant Attorney Gene ral for" the .Postoffi.ee Depart ment and J. Lowrie Bell, of Pennsylvania, to be Superinten dent of the Railway Mail ber- vice. The Republican "clean sweep ers" are already disgusted with Harrison for his slowness in ma king appointments- They are particular as to where they do their complaining as they are not anxious to have them get back to the White House just yet. They still hope. The latest Republican scheme for reducing the Treasury sur plus is to double the salaries of Senators and Representees. The Senate has been already abound ed on this question, and it is in favor of it, as might be expected, is the best for the right kind of The employees of the Agri-1 breathing. aero, wilt De presemea oy ine in dustrial procsssion. When New York was made the first seat of the new Federal Government, it was but an insignificant town, without much foreign com merce, and with scarcely any native manufactures. Now, as a commercial centre, it is second only to the British metropolis, while, whether we look to the volume, variety or value or its fviner of her home, to attend to her milk and butter, eggs, gar den, bees, chickens and .other poultry, and with all this they have a little time to spare socially with their neighbors and. to go to church. Such a man is a freeman. He .is an honor to his calling. His life and methods elevate and digni fy the vocation. He has demon strated to his boys that farming is not necessaril v a life of drud- products, it is o&e ot toe lore gery and slavery. He thus edu- most manufacturing citien of cates his girls that the bronzed the woncu 11 we consiaer pop- cheek of the farmer-boy sweet heart is not a badge of dishonor.! Here is a picture of two 'classe3 of farmers. To which, dear reader, do you belong ? FASHION NOTES. Recently made pocket hand kerchiefs are very pretty and highly ornamented. Mori'ing dresses and tea -owns are now made with a band of fur down the front. New muslin underwear is re markable for the profusion of rich laces and tucks which dee- orate it. i ' ulation. the thirteen colonies had in 1989 fewer inhabitants than are now concentrated with in the circuit of a hundred miles' radius around"- the New York City Hall. To appreciate the magnitude -of - the changes wrought in the space of a single century, everybody who expects to witness the commemorative ceremonies would do weU to read the first chapters of He- Master's history of the Ameri can people, and the relevant sec tions of Mrs. Lamb's history of New York. Once a Week." Give us 3,000 8ubseribers and we will give yen a paper of which you will be more proud. noonlar berries, says a contem porary, that have not been im proved by cultivation. Middle aged men can recall the time when the strawberry and blue berry were rather poor, com mon place fruit, but they have been- cultivated, grown from seed, and the result is the tooth some berries which now adorn our tables. But the buckle berry we eat now Is the same which tickled the palates of our great grandfathers. Word has gone forth to improve this berry, to grow it in gardens from 6eed, seed, and select the variety which gives the best result. It is not generally known, but nearly all our edi ble plants aud fruits were origi nally weeds, or of so inferior kind as to be scarcely' fit for human use.- But for countless (fenerations man has been im proving his environment, bn more especially the grains and fruits upon whicfc he nor live? The human palate itself must have been greatly improved in sensibility, owing to the differ ence between what fruits and vegetable wers and what they are. There are those who think hat this process is to go on, and that other weeds will be turned nto useful plants, and that by scientific methods the quantity of lood will be at length eo great that no human being will eyer die of starvation. Scienti fic American. The Scotland Neck Democrat tells of a romantic story that shows "what fools these mortals " be." One day last week a young man came to that place wiv . "sweet tixteen" yeung . It was a runaway couple. The young man had to send back to Warren county for a certi4tl0 rom the girl's parents. Soon another fellow appeared on the scene, lie said that A he trirl lad promised to marry him and tho other fellow eloped with ler while ho had gone for li cense to marry. Now hero was a pretty howdy do. Two lovers both trying to marry the same girl. They all three pat down on a sofa the girl in the inid lde. Each lover careed the girl, each one holding with de termined grasp tho girl's hand and throwing his other arm arouud her neck. Ail three seemed to enjoy this hugging, for they kept it up some time, each of the fellows beurgin? the girl to marry him. This thing kept up all day and until Sun day evening, when tho girls father arrived and put an end to the nauseating scene by de ciding in favor of the fellow whose name was Jenkins. When the giil signified her willingness to marry Jenkins the other fel low embraced the girl, kissed her passionately, and said tliat hi, still loved her. The tom foolery came to an end or a be ginning (which?) by the mar riage. The girl was evidently anxious to get married and was like the old mail in the story. who said, "ALybody, Lord, so it is a man." State Chronicle. When writing the above the Scientific American must haye had in mind the little hard seedy New Jersey Huckleberry- The writen has evidently never tasted the large tender luscious "Sampson blue, which is now so delicious that science can probably do nothing for it but to preserve indefiritely by ran ning The New Jersey berry might be scientifically improved for a thousand yeara and f til? not approach iu flavor the aris tocratic berry of Sampson. "WILMINGTON IISTKICT. Methodist E. Church South, second iound of Quarte ly Meet- mgf: Fifth Street, March 30and31. Whitevllle, at Fair Bluff, March 30 and 31. Grace Church, April 6 and 7. Carver's Creek, Smith Chapel, April 6 and 7. Bladen St et, April 9 and 10. New Rivei Mission, April 12 and 14. Bladen, at Bethel, April 19 and 21. ' Elizabeth, Singletaiy's, April 20 and 21. Sampson, at Hall, April 26 and 28. Cokesbu y, nt Salem, April 27 and 28. Rev. R. O. Reamnn will attenrl at Fair Bluff, and Rev. W. 8. Creasy at Smith's Chapel. Let us make The Caucasian one of the best weeklies in North Caro lina. With help it can be so.