THE CAUCASIAN.
PUBLISHED EVERY Till'" SPAY.
MARION HLTLKR. Kdltor k Tropr.
HUIWCKMTION KATKrf.
ONE YKAIl,
SIX MONTHS.
tl."
COHON GOING DOWN.
!S CLEVELAND C AD OR IS HE OFF DUCK
HUNTiNG?
Enter! at the Vmi Ofikf at ;.l-boro N. !
;.. a conl-cla mail mattr.J
The Editor ha ltn away much
lor the past week, that he has net
been able to prepare tin t in
stallment of the chftion law. It
will Ik continued in next wek'u
issue.
The talk of the Jhmo -ratic pre..
about making the pension lit "a
roll of honor" will probably umount
to nothing more seriotid than an at
tempt to make it a roll of Demo
cratic voters. The taxpayer.- need
not grow extravagant expec ting any
saving along this line.
The Atlanta Constitution, after
its labor of electing Cleveland U
over, has again set up it.s jost-elec-tioa
howl for free coinage, nr. ore
money, and lets taxes. I he Consti
tution is making itself famous by
writinir very sensible articles and
voting very silly ballots.
It is rumored around that 'offen
sive partisanship" may he a valid
excuse with the new administration
for removing Ilepublican ollicials.
ji me administration aumircs con
sistency it will not appoint an ''of-
a a
fensive partisan" to displace an
oliensive partisan. It is narciv
tossible that the man who hollered
the loudest may miss the oflice.
The legislature failed when it
tried to cripple the Alliance hv at
tempting to stop lecturing. The
brethren all over the State .see the
mean and partisan puipo.--, so they
are offering to pay the expenses of
lecturers. If the legislature had
had the power it would probably
passed a law prohibiting Alliance
jiajiers from circulating through the
mails.
Prof. I'lummcr claims that there
are trees at the foot of Mt. Toconia
which are G50 feet high. It is
thought that Mr. Cleveland will
soon take refuge up one of these
trees to escape the hungry horde
who are now beseiging hi in for
oflice. Ten. million "Original Cleve
land men" have already applied and
the cars to Washington arc still
crowded.
viijii; to thin if
e w ee then
fclich oue.-t ions
ktow anv
Why
now,
w
we
Wliv
io a
didn't
J 'artisan sheets
J! V-KKI-Kli 'l;oil;('K WA.N'Tf T
KNOW AP THE I'KOI'I.K Allf. WITH
HIM.
U liat imthr Matter M Ith Thlnl Curly tulks
lltr ". awl U. IC.lt. Nrwnsrr
II. Ink of ll ln tentorial That He
I. ! t lt lirltuH That laimiu iiml In
f.iinoiK l-cilalur--lnl-Ilr-tul M.r-
r --!. ytn Him Woul.l IHe for Hi
l'rfj.
ti' r .It! 1
are i ii j.ieiiiiy askeu w nv we
were iii the Ht-inct ratic partv pre-
it be wrong.
tKe thoe
are
Utter.
don't tin
. i i . ..i.ii .i
come "ii ii he men anu leu me ih-o-
ple u hoin ( the jtolitieians and etli
tor.-i of Midi Mieets) consider honest
men? They commend only those
who Jiave no convictioi-s or. tlieir
own and wh i are the willing tools of
politicians and will steal vuUs or d
anv ining i-e ior the I'emocranc
party.
Weiieaiu a man .-ay the other
day that lie would die for his party
We would guess such a man as thi
would be willing to do but very lit-
. i f t . i t
lie lor m 1 1 1 via l a iningas nis prin-
ciple.
m m
Who are the most serville intel
M-cttial .iae. oi i n; age." .HMMheni
Ik .1 A I II
l 'einoeiai.s ie-ause uk v declare lor
owe thing this wi-ek and next week
at the behest of drover Cleveland
. 1 1' 1 1 ... i ii .. . . r i
or ian Min i, iney say ii won t do.
We heard a heinocrat remark the
other day that lie didn't know what
in the had gotten into these
Ihird party people. We can tell
him w hat has gotten into them. A
knowledge ot what the legislature
did, a knowledge of what boih Dem
ocratic and Uepnblicau Congressei
have loiie, a knowledge of what
Cleveland a'ld the Democratic 'ad
ministration expects to do lias got
ten into them. '1 hat is what has
gotten into these Third party folk-.,
We notice that He v.
bury, I.. I j. I), of the
r.
Last fall Ave labored under the
delusion (produced by the Democrat
ic press) that all the ollice-seekers
had gone into the People's party.
After sparing several hundred
thousand of these office-seekers the
Democratic party still has enough
on hand to materially block the
business of the new administration.
What a hive of office-seekers the old
party must have been !
The Kansas Free I'ress says: "A
Kepnblican exchange devotes a great
deal of space to show that its party
is growing better, and adds it ought
to be getting better it is dying." Its
quite fashionable "now a days" to
sieak reverently of the dead, and it
is not an unusual thing to hear
devils in life pronounced saints after
death. It would not surprise us to
hear it said of the defunct .Republi
can party that it was not so bad
after all.
NOTICE!
Every week we receive invitations
to address Alliance meetings, Unions
and Pic-Nics. The work in my of
fice is so heavy that it is no little sac
rifice to the paper and my business
to leave. But where expenses are
guaranteed I will make appointments
tor Dr. Thompson. the State Lecturer
He is now in the western part of the
State on a lecturing tour and the
Lodges desiriHg his services Tn that
section should notify me.
M. Butler, Pres't N. C. F. S. A.
THE CREED OF MODERN DEMOCRACY
If the following Democratic creed
is not correct we will cheerfully re
vise it :
All men who oppose Democracy
are office-seekers aiftl demagogues.
The Democratic party is absolute
ly right Therefore any means em
ployed to keep it in power are neces
sarily righteous.
If the Democratic party blunders
we should remember that no human
organization can be perfect. If the
other party blunders we should ex
pose its v nnboly designs against
American manhood.
Whatever the party demands must
be right and just, for it has always
been infallible. j
Whatever policy Mr. Cleveland
pursues is right (notwithstanding
our previously conceived ideas to the
contrary) and we have the loftiest
contempt lor the man who dares to
oppose with his puny intellect the
wisdom if so great a statesmau.
lunirs-
Wilminjdon
and Weldon Hail road Messenger
said not long since that the .Samp
son Democrat is the In-st paper that
was ever published in Sampson coun
ty. Head the Democrat and you will
very readily see why the "(Jreat I
Am" said so. Most of the Demo
crat is copied from the Messenger.
o you see any thing going the
rounds ot some little sheets that
would make any thing that has a
stomach sick? We saw an article
in a little sheet some time since by
a young chap that is noted a great,
deal more for his brass than for his
brains. He assumes the right to
tell tle fanners how they should
manage and the reason they are not
prosperous, is that they don't man
age well and don't work enough.
We dare say that this chap never
did a day's work on a farm in his
life and that lu never superintended
a farm a day in his life. Isn't he a
pretty mlvfter? Don't you think
that a man should be a success in
his own calling before thinks him
self competent to advise men of other
callings? Fanners have had enough
advice from city dudes and profes
sional street loafers. He winds up
with the same old taffy that the fann
ers are the most independent people
in the world. We would puess that
since he has fuiind out how little
inlluence he and his little sheet have
over them, that he does think that
they are a very independent people.
As a conspicous example of some
that. never existed, we would respect
fully call your attention to the wis
dom of certain editors.
Why do:rt the Democrats Sampson
county ce elm.! their victir ? Did
it take all of their spare money
buy it? J
AIM,.. .1 'i. n.. i . .
"UJ uou i me jemocratic papers
ten me pe:pie that the Jegisla
ture of 1MI3 spent $311,818,91 more
oi their money than did the legisla-
Of 1891? Whv dnn.t tW
- - ? Wll
meuear deluded people that the
JJemocratie party of North Carolina,
rather than bother the Attorney
General of the State, who is paid by
the State to attend to all such busi
ne:s as this, gave two lawyers $5,000
of the dear people's money to col
Ject $7,500 from the Seaboard and
lioanoke ItailroadJ Company? Why
do they remain as dumb as oysters
on such questions as these? Oh, we
forgot, they are trying to keep these
J party folks from fooling the peo
ple. They say that any man who
tells these is a demagogue.
Where, O where is.Mr. Cleveland?
The price of cotton continues to go
down. Is he deacfor is he off duck
hunting. They told us that his elec
tion put the price of cotton: then l
how unkind it was for hi m tn oro
on and let rh Tit i ro fif
M flirt'. j 'nl i. Hi
5?i -: t i i n nil
-fa dOk iTO
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HERBERT MORTON Ot-MCV SMITH
OARLISLC BISSELL LAMONT ORCSHAM PRESIOEWT CLEVELAND
A MEETING OF THE CABINET.
TJIE riJRIL 0FFHAKCE
REV. THOMAS DIXON TAKES A BCOK
FOR A TEXT.
TIIK ri:KSIIKNTS AIIS.
Tl.r n -aliiitrt and h1Iih-I In Ollirr
u iitri-.
The aeeoinjKtnyinir picture shows
a mectiiiff of President Cleveland and
his cabinet. The men who are con
sulting with the president, and who
will earrry out his plans in their re
spective departments, are the follow
ing :
Walter (iresham of Indiana,
secretary of state.
John (!. Carlisle of Kentucky, sec
retary of the treasury.
Daniel S. Lamout of Xew York,
secretary of war.
Hillary A. Herbert of Alabama,
secretary of the navy.
Hoke Smith of (Jeorgia, secretary
of the interior.
J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska,
secretary of agriculture.
Wilson S. Bissell of New York,
po.st master general.
Richard OIney of Massachusetts,
attorney general.
They meet at stated intervals and
whenever the president summons
them to the White House. Washing
ton originated the custom of consult
ing the heads of the various depart
ments on all imporfant questions,
and every president since has follow
ed his example. The term cabinet
was first used in England to describe
the body of men who particularly en
joyed the sovereign's confidence, and
w ho were considered to bu his advi
sors. There is a great deal of differenc
between cabinets abroad and in this
country. If the French or Knglish
pi emier resigns, the cabinet is bro
ken, and anew one must be formed
Such an event, too, shows that the
premier and his cabinet are not
backed by the favor of the country
as ezpressed through the chamber of
deputies or the house of commons, as
the case may be, and means the fall
of the existing government.
In America the secietary of statp,
who is virtually premier, or anv oth
er member of the eabinet may resign
without causing a ripple of excite
ment, and each member kohls his
onice regardless ot wnat congress
may think of his acts. The presi-
dent alone Has the power to appoint the world's life has been great. Th j sta
and to compel resignations. Abroad bility of every government of Europe
tne cabinet is considered responsible has been affected for a hundred years by
for measures proposed, but here the the theories of French madmen. And
president is the only one held account- some of them have been mad to good
Url mt ltllrtal Activity Wltfc
!-A KpllHi ! ImmII-Ti.
Air NeU Vnritfimt.
New Yom. April 2. Rev. Tboraa
Dison. Jr.. devoted the nermon today i.
the diacu4ni of the subject of mod-m
cosmopolitan society a et forth in the
French nml Cosmop&Tijf," He ch.
for the text:
Sin. ben it U fuUrorn. brinfirtb frth
death. Jatnrs L l-V
The lok -tVusmopoUB" is undoubtedly
the latest nutstcrpiece of French fiction.
There is no doubt about its U-ing a
French book It is very Frenchy. This
brings as face to face with the fact that
France today is flooding the world w..ti
filth. And this is a most important fact.
It u a uiut significant fact. France
is doing this through the drama and
through the press. It is peculiarly sig
nificant becanse of the role which France
plays in the history of civilization.
The French character is unique for its
universality, and French civilization
seems to be the atmosphere for an inter
national propagation of ideas. France
has been the storm center of Europe
through the iast century. It has been
the barometer that has indicated the ap
proach of ioIitical. social and economic
storms. Fram-e has done a service to the
world as an experimenter, as a pioneer,
in a thousand wild theories. The reflex
influence on European society and upon
11 it i v
aDie, ana nis cabinet omcers are
merely lieutenants who execute his
Tommands, and whose eouusel he
receives u it meets nis approval or
rejects if it does not.
A 1. " . a 1
a cabinet crisis abroad snakes a na
tion, but the entire cabinet may re-
leu
to
go down again.
cotton
has never shown a white feather or
a pale face in any of the many bat
tles fought in the interest of tie
down-trodden and oppressed people,
our in every contest he has showed
himself master of the situation, re
gardless of who was his antagonist.
How his enemies do dread him, and
well they may, for he can show, as
few men can, how political dema
yo'rues have been working against
the people and in the interest of mo
uopolias and trusts.
Hut the hour having arrived foi
the speaking to commence, Bro. Hun
ter, after some appropriate remarks.
introduced Uro. Butler to the anx
ious crowd as the orator of the day.
Brother Butler then arose and ad-
lressed the crowd and the most of
them almost spell bound for about 2
lours. He showed in a clear, force-
able and masterly manner the im
portance of the organization of all
abor'mg classes. That it is neeessa-
y in self defense, and thev cannot
afford not to organize.
W e then had an intermission, du
rintr which time we feasfpil nn tho
many good things the friends and
Alliance sisters had prepared. And
et it sutnee tor me to say that the
dinner was all that the most delicate
or craving appetite could desire, i. e-
lounuant and good.
1 he crowd was so delighted with
Bro. Butler's address in the morning
hat they insisted that he must ad
Iress us again in the afternoon
bike a hero and a true friend to the
eople, he consented to do so. Airain
we had a perfect feast that was en-
yed, not only by the Alliance breth
ren, but bv manv who do r.ot llnnir
o the Farmer's "Alliance, It is true
hat there are always a few in al
most every public gathering whose
stomachs will hold far more than
their heads, and it may be possible
that there were a few of that class at
the pic-nic at liceds X Ro.nl Knt
with very few exceptions indeed, the
crowd was perfectly delighted, and
nearu mat some belonging to the
two old political parties said, after
the speaking closed, that "B
er made the best BDeecfr thev evi-
ard." No doubt this WAS the ver
dict of about all present.
Well, as I cannot do Bro. Butler
or the occasion justice, I will close
by saying we look for an abundant
Lharvest from the good seed sown bv
uio. ouuer ai neeos a Knic. m...
WHAT
HAVE
EARD
AND WHAT WE WITNESS HERE
NORTH CAROLINA AND AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITOL.
IN
STATE LECTURER THOMPSON ON ONE
PHASE OF THE SITUATION.
COMJKKSSKlXAL SALAKI KS
CREASED.
IN-
he long live to battle for tho neonle's
rights on the stump and by The Cau
casian, one ot the best papers now
puonsnea. Ueo. E. Hunt.
HEWS AND COMMENT-
Professed Love for the Farmers Uevelopes
Into tool-Hardy and Pusillanimous
Hate-The Sage of Duplin Koads and His
Im-onsistenry The Keed Congress Out
doneThe Tariff Hobby in the Lumber
Itoom.
The days of Jeffersonian simplicity
are gone, and we live in a time of
magniflcent splendor. The chief
magistrate of the nation no hm
attects the sturdy plainness of the
founders of the republic, but dazes
the strict constructionist in our own
land and rouses the quiescent fane?
of the foreign representatives. Read
ing of the magnificent special palace
cars of the presidential party, their
splendid apartments costing 475
per day at the Arlington, and the
royal grandeur of the iuaugnral
cerem.nies, you could hardly believe
you were on this side the Atlantic,
and if not roused from your reverie,
you would have sworn you were not
in the land of him who, suffering at
Valley Forge and seeing daily the
cruel snow stained with blood of
unshod feet to establish a simple
democracy, never dreanjed of a day
when "the.'con tempt of our people for
economy and frugality in their per
sonal affairs deplorably saps the
strength and sturdiness of our na
tional character." But the times are
changed, and we may not have an
other Washington of whom it can be
said:
purpose.
France is now leading tho way for a
great social upheaval. Tho future of
Freach society is exceedingly problem
atical. If I rench literature is an index
of French lifp, and it cannot be doubted.
Matthew Arnold is right when he says
sign here, if it sodesires, and no up- that the scepter of empire is passing from
ueaval will occur except in the news- tne I1 ranee of today. Jso nation can
papers. The members of the Ameri- worship impurity and revel in lust and
can cabinet cannot hold seats in con- not pay the jenalty of a degenerate man
gress,while those of the British cabi- hood and of corruption in the governing
net must be newly elected to parli- powers of civilization. The present
ment before talcing a portfolio. France, if her literature be a true reflex
or lire, is as certainly doomed to death as
(riot tlm nil 1 ltttci ia rvrvt'avn - j-v4-
mc iciliwiauv OI !OriIl VaiOrjia chance. "Kin when it is fnll irrnnm
r , i i, -. .... I r- l
ior tne farmers' Alliance "if 1 for- brineth forth death." The nresent so-
get thee, Oh, Jerusalem!" turned cial regime of France cannot last. There
suddenly into fool-hardy and pusilla- must be a new France, and the world is
nimous hate. To our amazement we Wi""u ,u oreaimess expectancy ior tne
bnour W a Tw,...,f: n . next revolution,
uuuu I. jyvulUViam; JVJU M i vo. ,
elected largely by its emphatic char
Qnffll-lToli'nn C 1 li: JI11...
FRENCH SOCIETY DISSECTED.
The book "Cosmopolis" is a merciless
analysis of modern cosmopolitan society.
acterization of Keed's billion dollar
vugicsa, lose auuve mat nign-water The groundwork of the book is the idea
mark of extravagance with the ut- of permanence in race. This is simply
most equanimity. We have seen the basis on which the characters are
Democrats, lately mad with the jov Dmlt- Th motive of the book is some
of their victory, turned suddenlv thing entirely beyond thartnere founda-
sick, as one who had swallowed flies,
and confessing the Teople's party
i: - ii. . i i .
a iiviug Luiug. vniy last year we
saw the Sage of Duplin Roads, fresh
tion work. In this book the author takes
the world boldly into the dissecting
room. But he cuts with a new purpose.
Zola and the school of so called realists
in France reveal riiranaa n-nA viia aA
tro n poverty and his constituents, nakedness because of their morbid in
introducing into Congress a bill to terest. They revel in filth because thev
reduce all federal salaries; and now j0'- and the result of their books is to
we behold his name recorded anion o- ms" e ve for the vicious m those
those who voted at the rdne rea1 tbem' Not 80 th Bourget
enters mt- uissecting room ana un
covers the naked Ixvly, but with knife in
nerve and artery and
ary. Abrupt the transition, as Pat- ough anl searchinz. and his nurnose ia
of the session to allow each
close
mem-
er ber as much as $100 a mouth for clerk hand .he lays bare :
De hire a virtual increase of his sal- diseased members.
caustic perch. II iw entcmt this
circle of uctoy, In which the ttnall bwr
of thi pcronal gossip Is IM tpie,
without expressing hi supreme disgust.
I wonder bow the Blanks are able to
keep a carriager a Udy once said to him
in hi own hotw. He at once turned to
nerrsnt ami said. "Go to Blank iuar
with Mrs. IVoctors and my compli
ment and ask how tho family contrive
to pay for tln ir carriage.'
In thi uiiu-k heap of degeneracy In
volved in thi tk the veneer Is removed
from our so calhtl aristocrwry. We m-e
thing they are. and it i t a sickening
rvvel.it Men U-forc n.U in w-ihh,
and we arvnlown bw t In-y Male it. Men
dressed the latot owtume of polite
cK-iety liv ooo life liefore the world,
snothrr life of adventure and of crime
beneath the surface. Falsehood an 1 chi
caner" t- the litmoDpher they d ily
breathe. Tlie destruction of home and
home life u ftngit conclusion. And
yet it ci !cj:t..lly we learn the fact, true
to life, b 'a-;!it out in the Uk, that a
lily may i.I.kvm.ui i: a dung heap.
In other w.rd-, we have recorded be
fore ns in the characters tho fact that
humanity i in itself i itrinMt ally divine.
The daughter of the highway roblar of
the Stock l-Ixchange Justus Ilafner is
as pure as a saint. The daughter of this
foul alventnn"ss is the incarnation of
horn-sty and purity. It is truo to life.
From the viht-t of the vile, agaia and
again, we behold the miracle of purity
and honesty emerging in its highest and
noblest developments. The truth is. man
is made in the image of (kxl. Yon may
deface and mar and degrade the image
in one life; it will rise triumphant to
ward the nun in the neTt. You may
burn the image to ashes in the fires of
ignoble tMsMous. und phu-nixliko the
child will rise in the image of the eternal
Uh1.
A Sl'AKK OK THE DIVINE.
Take your scrap of humanity where
everyou liml it. this divine characteris
tic is of its inherent nature. A poor
little African boy was sold into slavery
years ago. lie was carried to the coast,
and after varied experiences with mas
ters found himself at work in a store at
Lagos. lie was thence shipped with
other slaves to America. Tho vessel
was captured by an English cruiser and
carried its human cargo to Sierra Leone,
where they were freed. The boy re
ceived an education in a mission school,
was taught the trade of a carpenter.
He was baptized in 1825, visited England
at the age of 18 and returned as a
6tudent and afterward became a teacher
in the Fourah Bay college. In 1841 he
returned to England, after a period of
study wiis ordained by the bishop of
London and returned to the coast as a
missionary. He was consecrated the
first bishop of tho Niger in Canterbury
cathedral. The University of Oxford
alout the same time conferred on him
the degree of doctor of divinity. He
died in Lagos in December, 1891, a ven
erable man of God. scholarly, respected
by the world.
In his journal he describes a meeting
with his savage mother years after ho
received his education. He accidentally
met her in the market place after a sep
aration of 2.i years. He says: "When
she saw me, slio trembled; she could not
believe her cye We grasped each
other, looking at each other with silence
and astonishment. Big tears ran down
her emaciated cheeks. She trembled as
6he held me by the hand, and called mc by
the familiar names by which I well re
member I used to be called by my grand
mother, who has since died in slavery.
We could not say much, but sat still
and cast now and then an affectionate
a .
1.1 ?
in o
Nt,
"ESt
1 a
s?4
!.
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v.L,
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on reaching the
rick remarked
ground.
it?
GU'ina a ennnf ,J
.very animal, it is said, is the
mirror of the wr.tvr
tor from the sight i f
had grown to I an
Lifting tiimMf fr
turned to l.oV at J.:4
also lifted hu i. r
the mail thegnnnmc ) .
lie hal 'n fik-ti.;n
lives in such a w..rl 1 t,
end thcmwiviu. ai T. ; .
Tliird That phil,.
is a capital crime, ; '
titutkm is thennjur ! .
enne, as a -hra t. r. i,
of your u;o.ln i.
Tlie dim t nrult . f : .
He had obtained tl... i
for its own k1i ;. ,.
rature. The (3 w. r
have the right t ph-.,
the mystery of it : ,
pluck a fluwi-r and t, ..;
aliout togloitt nir i,',.
this is to violate tii--
r . .
naicn". nne iii.
vUm-s it not. if u nun i
the li;;h. he may U-. 4.
bebbud. wecuimet h ;
But if a i.i.:u know t
face of kloY2fd.;e a;
right dritt and tut!
Iardon.
A young msn wa r :
on in Ocorjoa l -.t. !y r.
Uce are lookii' n . .,
to Atlanta from C:.:.:;
all his money, Kit;k i
erty, fell into evil w.i.
arrest eJ as a tr.ti.i, .
stis'kadc. When h;.. t.
to avoid Atlanta m u..- !
deml away. I-KiLin t,
t inr 1:1 nis raj,s uu i
after his departure tm- i
taiuingan account of I ;
the hands of bis futln r
Una. He immediately
. .i .
on nunioi iiies, am.iu- i.i imxfj
leastnl and sent home, i !.
was gone; lu .;.s mfi rm. d -J
Tho son had run awi.y fr..mi,.
the family were ready t,i (,,-
and welcome hi in lw-k. S:!llT
i f. t... i i . .
It-li 111? I.at i.ii. i: tn ii io 1
erfy worth over $.(m,ihm. jj.
uot know of it. The LalarU-;
police to find him and n il ..
..... 1... : 1 l .
etlness and rsgs ho wand romtr j
of the earth heir to a f rtmir !
not know it. But the iu.t:i
mad u tne revelation ot in i
made to him and he pn U-tM
wander in rags and iovi ityHa'.:
Such is tho present status ;
oi r ranee, rrauco tii"w u.tl
a generation in the realm
. i 1
nas done iiotuing. iiorw-tuic tl
carnation of the modem Yu;:
It present attitude tow.ml dr
anomaly it is a crime. Tin v u
the truth. They play w ith t!y
sives of the moral world. It ii J
ous tastime. It is a criminal '
A man in the southwestern par 4fl
land had a dog which he 1.!
trained to bring him what vt-n,0
in the water. Early one
went to the tiond m-ar his !,'."'
t g a dynamite Ixanb, with h
wendeil to make a haul of tn
lKid. He lighted the fuspK
the bomb in tho water. lie L.
to noth-o or forgotten that tin-,
followed him.
In an instant tho faithful brc:
itto the water, swam to the but
it and brought it ashore to j!
master's feet. Tho man tried i;
command tho dog to lri.. theUrr
Ihodcj hhowed tliuintv
'i
lu S-.
-4
iiid. Consistency is a jewel, isn't
But don't look for "a jeTel in a
tect.
more than the mere display of diseased &t eacll.othfr ook which violence h.3 training by clinging toitudr.
anatomy.
Ihe impression one receives from this
certainly is not inspiring. It excites in
the soul of honesty and purity infinite
loathing and disgust. It may be an ODen
so oft, so blindly
KODRICK,
THE PIC-MC AT REEDS CROSS ROADS,
,
- Tlia Vonrs owl rK., .
-- " o ouu vuocrver, apparent
ly with great satisfaction, announces
that the Kansas city Times, formerly
a free silver advocate, has flopped
into the Cleveland gold-bug ranks.
It would be interesting reading if the
News and Observer would inform the
public just where it stands oii this
question. Has it, too, humbled it
self before the golden calf?
(To The Caucasian-)
I wish to say to the Alliance breth
ren every where that the pic-nic at
Tono X Roads' on tfae 2oth of March,
lb93, was a grand success. The peo
ple commenced gathering in by 9J
c'clock and they continued to come
until atternoon; all things consider
ea, mere was a good crowd. We very
uu.u icgieueu mat i5ro. K. A. Wil
son failed to come, and no doubt it
was because of affliction, as he was
suuenng very much only a fewdays
wcvic, as ue lniormea us by letter
and assured ns of his love for and
devotion to the Alliance cause. May
tho Lord restore his health, that he
may lone live to battle for the
of the laboring people, which he is so
well qualified to do.
I will say, however, that in frnnA
time many hearts were marie &WA
the arrival of our Stat AiHo
President and chamnion
pie's rights, Hon. Marion Butler, who
Little Rock, Ark., April -6.
The Senate passed the bill yesterday
conferring on the women of Arkan
sas the right of suffrage and making
them eligible to membership on
school boards.
And this in Democratic Arkansas !
What will those campaign orators.
who grew so red in the face last fall
whenever they thought of woman
suffrage, say to this ? Can it be that
the Democrats of Arkansas are sj
wicked as to drag the fair womea of
their State to the polls and place them
on a level with the dirty cross roads
politician ?
An attempt was made by the Pres
ident last week to throw the veil of
secrecy over the appointments of the
Post-Offiee Department. The cause
assigned was that the newspapers
were annoying the department by
their flippant remarks concerning
the apnointments. It. wi a Ax
a. - utcwicri
ed a few days before that an ex-convict
had been appointed to a post-
omce in indianua. The newspapers
lurneu on the light and the Presi
w.i. utLcoiicu io cut on tne source
of the light, but he was quickly
overcome by the storm raised by the
reporters. The strange rule lasted
only six hours. "They love darkness
rather than light because Iheir deeds
"Fortune, who
sheds
The brightest halo round the weakest
heads,
Found thee undazzled, tranquil as
before,
Proud to be useful, scorning to be
more;
Less prompt at glory's than at duty's
claim,
Renown the meed, self-applause the
aim
are evil.'
J. E. S.
A 3-year-old little girl was taught
to close her evening prayer, -during
the temporary absence of her
with '-and please watch over my
papa. It sounded verv sweet,
but the mother's amusement mav hi
imagined when she added "and you
ulvci ,cru mi eye vn mama too.
All thou hast been reflects less fame
on thee,
F or less than all thou hast foreborn
to be!"
"VFe see a transition no less marked
man trom bolon to Pisistratus.
But there have been sharn
Hons inT all ages, and this is not the
oniy instance that butts against the
uususpecung oi tooay. Sir Thos.
nentwortii said. Jf I j0 no
x.LUJ.uiiy insist ior tue common
noercy ot the subect to be preserved
" ttUU enure, it is my desire tha
I may be set as a beacon on a hil
use lu wonaer at. and
men, admitted to the Royal Council
aiiuust j'umeuiateiy promises "to
vindicate the monarchy forever
iromtne conditions and restraints
of subjects." And even V.ero
JTorth Carol'na, hitherto famed for
me nonesty and fairness f l.
. t:
elections, we have witnessed onr
ancient system of election charged
to a system of counting. We have
witnessed the friends of the Chair
man oi tne btate Democratic Eveon
r . . - .
"ic mmiitee urging him into
notice for a cabinet nnsi';
then thankfully acquiescing in his
piomiseu appointment as Collector
Ul. Auiernai itevenue. We have
witnessea aouoie-extra Robbins el
wiug we vice-president in his
tour oi mis state, with themadlonir
mg to secure m the Mexican mission
an opportunity to talk Spanish to
wic, ouit-eyeu women of the south.
6-uvu j.uupportunitj to speak
puj bioiogu ai equation ot its environ- question in some minds as to whether
menus, ine icngtli ot hair, tail and this invasion of the dissecting room can
nose ot the common piney-woods ra- result in any good. For my part, I feel
zorbackwill be wonderfully trans- f hese things are facts it is time that
formed if, in his dailv walk- jind society knew the facts. It is time that
conversation, corn and good pastures
are substituted for the succulence
ot pine roots and gallberries. It
a poor norse that will not show his
keeping. The same is true of man
There mav be a man in the
but he is not like us because his sur
roundings are different A beffffar
n,.i il . .
uioul is one ming, a oeggar on horse
oacK is another,this last, it is said
win ride to the devil. Pestilence
and carnage put men on terms oj
familiarity with brutality and death
iv """"-cio iiul now reunea a man s
sensibilities, they may become blunt-
u oy constant contact with evil.
These things being so by nature,
who shall blame Mr. Gradv, or Mr.
Bunn and Williams (who "expects to
unseat Mr. Settle)- for demonstrat
ing, cuameleon-like the hue of Wash
ington City Democracy? Then, too,
pledged to economize, as Democrats
should, but failing because, as our
legislature also took occasion to
prove, economy is undemocratic, it
io ovaaiuie ne ieit oound to do some
thing for the benefit of at least one
s constituents and to let hi
approaching tho shore. Tk U
took to his heels. Tin- .Jo.7t.
more rapidly than In; i-oiM jt j
bomb in hi-j mouth, the fuaekr-a.
was a wild race for life to tiU
far away. The doL' gaimd
stant. Tho man was in tl&mi.
bomb should explode, ho wuuM j
to pieces. Ho re;u-lil fh wl
m
Spanish to the utter consternation of
his neighbor. We l-,, ,
We have witnesa
a peat party which had attributed
all evils to the tariff. imAi
gate its hobby to the lumber-room
declaring that the odmHa.
w the paramount issue before the
American congress. We have wiU
nessed a white Demnnr.'.
ture usurp as by force the negro's"
prerogative to talk W !
have seen the oft-repeated love of
see with his own eyes how impossi
oie it is to do sometbino- n
The Dutch miller, in a fit of insanil
ty, consigned to perdition all the
Ke craiKmen of his acquaintance
because they some times took too
much toll. He cleared himself of
the same crime on -the gronnd that
c gave ic an to the poor." Per
haps mt. urady may so excuse him
self, remembering too. that charity
Mvriup. me ume to make
hay is when the sun shines. "Make
UUto vnnrselrr.nl fy'n,1 , j-
. , - - -vo iikuuj ut me un-
righteous mammon, that when ye
rail, t.he-ir mar. ,. : ..
- y "x-j icueive you." iivi
dently Umpora mutantur et Gradv
"Gather ye rosebuds while
Old time is still afl vin or-
And these same flowers' that bloom
to-dav
To-morrow may be adying!
C. Thompson.
ve
may,
BR- CYRUS THOMPSON-,
State Iturer of the North Carolina Fara,
er' State Alliance.
Will speak at the fu :
and places: limes
ushy Hill, (Iredell County Alli
ice) Thursdav. Al n..
r i t-"" "iu, ioao.
Utner appointments to follow will
be made in next issue. 1
oone, lnursday, April 20th. ,
Lenoir, Friday, April 21st,
and oppression had long checked, an af
fection which had been nearly extin
guished by the long space of 23 years."
From a poor, ignorant, savago woman
sprang the bishop of tho Niger. From
an evil wretch of an adventuress comes
the child with pure mind, with unsullied
heart, with tho noblest aspirations. It
is the miracle of humanity. It is the
you iii us inai nasnes out in spite of all scrambled over just in time, U
us miserauie surroundings. And yet Instant the Cog camo to t!m U
upon this society the judgment of right- wall tho bomb explcxhil with f
u,ura "usi w pronounced in unqual- iorce. The dog was. blown to
lfied condemnation, and such is the The man escated with his life.
Inil'TYlATlf rt im ... 1 . 1 I ... ...
r-... wiuiuuu jwpie, me uuugerous inmg, it is a enrols 1-
peopie who oeiieve in common honesty, to handle infinite mental i-wen:
iiuuw, iu puruy, in womannood, in timing in tho moral world. Ta
mannooa. And as sure as there is a
God in the heavens, as sure as truth is a
reality, its day of wrath must come.
Second That purity and honesty must
prefer death to life in such a world.
ii.- . . . .
r 1,1 JUNl" ;"ieautnor nas very clear- ity, with all the narrowin g of i
ij incarnate! in bis characters. There ic adherents, looms up in mJkbb 4
"v voallM.lCf81u me Dooictnat ma grandeur when compared
lu ,c. vne oi mem seeks caricature of humanitv. TLi
we made a diagnosis of the disease that
affects it if we are ever to effect a cure.
And, after all. true morality may owe a
greater debt to France today than we
have hitherto been inclined to acknowl
edge. 1 certainly would not ask the im
mature youth to read such a book, and
yet the newsstands are flooded with
French literature. The people to whom
I speak are not children. With this
species of literature you come in con
tact. The book under consideration is
more than an average specimen of such
literature. In one sense it marks the
turning point in this class of French pro
ductions. Its purpose is higher and
nobler than anything we have yet seen eiuSerln a monastery, the other flees in figure of this book is the old w?
iom mo mouern scnooi or Drench writ- V ,T, tue' uuouier enters a ave Montfanon. He is nam
ers- , convent, and the heroine commits suicide, bigoted, be would persecute.!:
rat are ome of ihe lessons which " u inevitable tliat this should be the manly man; be is worth v tot
thbook presents to the thoughtful mindt F1' Honesty must prefer death to has reverence; with all his wvesr
First-That modern cosmopolitan so- m such a world. Fanny Hafner, To him life has a deei er mtuz
.3 rouen to tne core. The atmos- T"" realizes tne facU such a so- the naskinrr r., -i " ... rvi
tirh;H i
can only bo the destruction of tit 4
and, if not, surely the dwtrt'
those who are around him.
Fourth That such a sK-itje
unless born again. And that Ct
phere of this book leaves nothing to the W could not hve in It. She buried within hi Tbosom with all hta H.
imagination on this score. You feel il- Jerself to a convent. A light headed encie, of cuSSTl n! wW
stmcti vely the desire to hold your nose f.ntlc. .in erring to this book has said deems th k.a III t .Z i,
nn . 1 pm . . - I rhn l, av . A
proceea. inert, intrigue, adnl. .l"fc catastropne at the end was il.
tery. bloodshed, are the elements of which f01 that Alba Steno should never
me atmospnere are composed. And ret. uave co"nuted suicide.
ing In, with all iU sorrows, wsl
sin and all its darkness. Theoi!
mg impression of this bmk :
fcough this le true, the onHon i . il The man who wrote the h or l,us. Tt9Jk
the book to the life-does such evidently of this world and winca! mxMTX7m'
exist? I do not think that any man will of understanding a real moral is undoubted one t X nS
SenOUSlv disnntA tn-r Q r i. 4. . . motive. It n-na lntV.l ' .1. , . ltU1J 0118 OT Uw ln0D I
llS ?f th 5? SL S1 pS analysis of a's mSrTf
less mol' TT. i
eay when he has numbed
he seeks to portray. If it h a t she had but to see thin Kntv D s t
. . " a-a M.J Ull" I wa h- OO IL Ar I KM I IL
lJ one, it is C- Sncha life is the life of a salvanTin
C- T,- , 7- 14018 are "morse- .Ui ; . "anuy w divme. . Humanity The French author ls taught fe
H ttogS,Iudeou8)grim(lnah0tribl9 w intrmsiDy divine, and consci ous of by the"ea 'TrnXlwI.'
though they may be. If they are facts lts OTIin &nd- given the alternative h. n fwT mp f lti
pne half that micrht be told of tv. I soul prefers to Hi
Pty. u its real life and real sat. I and meet the n nn, o
nnfoldPrl ha iif i , 7. " outu modern world
todnretherevelann " the.nhn TZ Ui uu? uana or an honest friend-fee
The man Who reails this cbii
1 ------ . -X
uiouern world feels lue cm?
THE WHISPERED COXFKSKinv
There is a cathedral in SKn.i I eood fond rn
ine closer tn tha
in such a world mothers in old fashi.! wars,!
all their narrowness and all
row views, for there is fctrenPI
istnTi,; a :-7. s cioser to the old 1-
wZ t:ahowi by Christian fail
. ,. . nuen - Ul IOCO s world
the slightest whisner is all men xchn. ,nw , . la
feet distinctness from the "grt wS end mu a
uome to the mmiVo Kci,;, t, i- i , I t-t-tt . . . . .
tar. Thet: finUT. 1Jf.TO otry, there is nower in narrow
thos be carried 250fewaH mtwZ 7iIZ ASath.rrtm.sth
accidentally by a man wk Tennvson TJiT ZTX L"11 iUeT "Sin. when it isfu.
the confession of a fair sinner that has .T:" DBau
l-f L? the -rer hop. and passion into it, ttmSfSSiS
- " ulUUlltUl I r 1 frTl I. ,A -khv-M 1 I TtlA Ti V. I K .. i A
ts jm . . aav,au uo con- 4i u, ue uot true (that is im. mice
l.Z t1 of th moat pri rthty). then no God, but a mocking
J? Wme Public property in f?' c,reate1 and I would shake my
the most mvsterinn.. rvl! fist in bin alm.Vt,- j 7T. . Z
list,. v.-- I . .." "' ""iy a j, vr ou leu mm i
. .-7" T " vunosiiy more than t
SJS wifeWnfession
IZZf T. such a row that
ecame known, and tha
another na iiZZZT k . -: :r-. -'ww uie,
Wl OI "US AT
bringeth forth death." "Ve mr&
again" man and society.
SHAFT TO Kl '
WHttl-
Bethlehem. Penn., iV-'J
Za.t "edhim. I would sink myhoadto- fK?1 Iron Compady
toft in a chloroform handkeihTf and ?tW f air yerterfT
ir that Redone with it all.- So would anv S?' piece. .Vf S
tte secret h 1 1 " : . " Un tw 1,, . tb is connf t W
. . - - v muuWU jjj. iocs, I ..Maooujeeuse. 11 me elements I j --- . ,
tioaof theconfessioTialwo- .JLTr I of the brut ftr Tl tv. JillZZi1 dimeter. 45 feet 2 inches,
i the only logical end o? ' saSS 8g V ?S T
n a. . I IT nnnh a ,1 T t .. 1 Will IM Tlaosl aa U .. a flT u- t
vo. j L " vo usten tc r. " BU" woria every I r o . . -
f?!f k. Becrets from this world if that enough must km T?.ms,wheeI feet 1 V S
they do not affect us personally A Those who have ncT I 18 the invention of 0-
yet the
A Spanish Conspiracy Cheeked.
Madrid, April 8.-,Tb
ment has discovered an oi; "
. acat UilU2
conspiracy of the anarchists at Xere
eyidcnUy hanng, foir its object
insurrection against the authorities
Personal Iv AnAl 0 ac"- J-nose wno nave not mvenuon 01 o- , u,
nunwlin .an ii ... . I enone-h tr Ai - . I ris. of P;tfBtin tu Tirol4-!
" " "-ci ib iue large u""ry.
incr wheel, abont fiftv feet
my brottier's keeperr If these' dark J. Iong wesa7 peless strnggle. ?oney Island. The Ferri
preta about societv - Tl I It is the old Ua f , I be 264 fet hio-1, KnQpnde1. .
BUOUla DA ennnM...j t- . - I tha rfn.m, liij. . I if nI1 V. ,
. rami M rha n . , w - " " . 1 1 iiy ri i n ii m n - www . n aaa iii. whi. i.m a. m:
tarn that we should face the fact;w yUth te, armor encountered a strange Ecity .of 'ixt
the only possible cure lies in fairly enemy clad frm head to foot in The entire structure is of ste ,
lag the facts. l&Cr coat of maiL Thpv ir, JvSS: rJ somewhat resembles a hug? '
. . tuuusana otners txif- .""""S" ays ana weeks. Thel. f"" rhd
traving our modern nmnnn.iu - . weeks lensrthpnAil 4f u j I tween two steel towers. A" j
rcIeal a condition of brntaHtybe. th7 tonht- Seasons camed went, evhile enjoing fl
neath a tlim uv mA .i . . . . . I nAa will ha c o-hilo
. . vl iorm and, decencv J Pni- ears succeeded 1 yf.
which is an aTmalHn vr ' I Tears, anil hh I in a railroad train. Arr .
Tv. " --o-hsuui. me times. 1 : . ' wbuv wu-1 --nnos
Lruuux on - Tn a roas ' "
rv. " ueu w me tlmen. I . . ura iucuubu
AWRrTmnvaM.i: . . . i nnMAi rrri . . . .
. , v V"" "onoi mis world is ths AU' jouia grew restless as last I " . , . -ii hs i
brutal and material discussion of 1 wonde ort of beii was Frown.
Cher's rraonauty, gtanbVSS concealed the visor of his enemy, incandescent K&bts of vJ
thought of this wnrM . 8 . 1 And still thev taht 1 ors. which will alternately j
who pretend to respeckbmtyTcri ar. At length me youth kuishod and relighted, as the 1
in its rjersonai -. u,lJ w crlminaJ I .t .w .t ti,a 7 revnlv Tn -mn this wheel 1
Ro,' iiT". -aerous accent a'I yZZ f i nkmotion reven
vr vra, iiiii wimM.jM - t a . mt, . i An at f i niinin s-rv n
no Aiifanx uui w uarr mrifi hkh vm. iia t vuM,uca vi v-w -v
fid ho lifted jilfl tIso; and awto
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