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C ASIAN VOL. XII. GOLDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1894. THE CAU THE $25.00 PREMIUM WHICH Till. UK A'1 .IIHII ISI I; Mri.ll l I OK. Tlirt-f 1 .re !-! ! ---'! li ; i-i.m lia Mimk I In- Kf ) !-. No. 1. Tit.- -. t plan for .---iirl:cr elec-tioi,-, would lit- to .-'.' ii: ne-n wiiii would thin-. !"' liion aii'l principle, f-'i' !';"' UlllCCS, U- r 1 1 i - of t!i- Wolil'i-'s l.vtci ian- e!d-r- i" ' N ( r- r r,- ihi'; , men, Illiil :lilKi!lit true aii'l llol;e.-l w l.u ran- mi 'i' truth ami jilt- than fr J II IV t h- iii.- l party, an ior j :t i t ! rtial I v, and "t.ict .-. ra' .!. . Hoi i k. .No. ". .Mi:. Ki'iTon: -T)irr" i.- ; 1 1 (l!,l il II- irt h wav to .-- 'ire an Lone-; ci'i-ti.in iiiT tin' iiii-i-iit i-l. it loii law ot ( ;Ui.!lli;i. I.. t IVI V ot. HO III t - ti-r what hi- patty alii I lat ion- ( that ir. interested in t In-pn ri v of t In ballot box. In- on han! polls ojhiis, ilit inn i ui-i! w hen tin to have an lioln- A 1 1 . -1 1 i j oi I Ml T; t tin- -kull of tin- .-rouiiihv! that attfllipts toilotln .-teaiin. Aiul w li n tin- n-t 11 rn 1 1. hoanl m.- tf at tin- fiimtv -'-at, ! ! --rv oin- in- thi '.f al-o, lift' iniiti'-'l to ilo t he .-aim- t hi n i f tiny 'lo noi fount tin- rt'tiirii- hoin-.it ly. Al-o a 4imm coat of tar ami iVathtTr- woiihl i doth.- -i tiiimlr.lly county connni.-- j 1 1 .,. I,,k-Smit ii, S-civtary of t In-Mom-rri "-oimI 1 1 i;t t r.'fnwil to al;.oint lllt, . i. I i vt-r tin- oralioli at competent .Indies of tile election. 'J ii ii may not in- tin will liae to lie dnlie Inn e am t 1 1 r hoiiei-t iie.-t way, lit it tiefore We ever lection in thii htat. V o'in- .Im. I. .Mkai;- .No. ;. 1 1 1CN 1 K!;si N , N. C., I )ec. r.'vlnd. 1 s '.:. I Ion. M a i;ios l'.r i i.ki;, I k. ? Sit:: -I saw voiir notn in the p;i-pt-r. asking friends of the cati.-e to correspond with you as to tin- he.-i plan to count our ote next time. ' will snhiiiit tiie plan we partialh uorkid under in tiie last campaign, and if put in ojieratimi in every towtiiliip in the Nate. I helieve can count t verv vote. My plan is to have all the working machinery thai we had in the last campaign and .strengthen that in everv vav we can. and in addition to that ami out side of all our regular committees, t hau two iiiacliim-s if ou think ln-t to avoid respoiisihilitv ) mi account of tile People's paitV. To select dot l.-ris than live of tin- hest nun t ii.it j can he had in each township, and j select . if lu-cessarv, ami let these I iiK-Ji thorough ly po-t t hein.-e! ves as I to th" elrf ihmi la , .it. 4 1 v. -.,J ! with the task of M-eini: that not one; jot or tittle shall Ik- hro' en in any wav. Let t iu- men that -.re chosen ai'ive to .-ee that their voting dace or township is counted riiriit. ai d t.'ien after that is done, let all of tic m agree to go to t lie county seat and see the vote counted there as cast, and also let them agree to go to Kal eigh and have it counted right there. As there are from 8 to 1 voting places m each county, this plan will 'ive at each voting place from " to 50 at each county seat from ." to loo. and at Kaleigh at least ;.('(io. Have it understood that all Popu lists are to help if at any place theiv slumld be more help needed. It may be best to divide it up into congres sional districts to organize the clubs, so that they can be absolutely relied on. Have it also understood that if in any county it should be impossi ble to count our vote on account of rascality from any source, that enough will go from other counties to see that the votes shall be counted as cast. I am in favor at least of running any man out of the State who wiil deliberately steal votes. If vou think a plan of this kind will do. the details can be worked out hereafter. In this way we will keep the law on our side, and woe to him w ho breaks it. You can see what a compact 01 ganizatiou this wouhl make, we will have the quietest election ever seen in the State. We can get a fair election if we will allow no quibbling from any source high or low. Our freedom is at stake, and I am in fa vor of organizing under a plan that w ill count our votes instead of vvhin iug over lost votes after the election. Your friend, 1. 11. Oll.L. T11K NOKTH CAROLINA MASONS AiiMtial Session of traiul l.ottjgp at VVil miuutoii. The Crand Lodge, Ancient Free and accepted Masons were in session in Wilmington hist week. We un derstand that the meeting was very harmonious and largely attended. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Mos- Worshipful (I rand Master John W. Cotten, of Tar bo ro. Kight Worthy Oeputy I J rami Mas terFrancis M". Move, of Moyeton. K'ght Worthy Senior Grand War den Kichard J. Xoble, of Smith field. Right Worthy Junior Grand War deti Walter E Moore, of Webster. Kight Worthy Grand Treasurei William Simpson, of Kaleigh. Kight Worthy Grand Secretary William II. Haiti, of Kaleigh. The Grand Lodge appropriated 3.50U for the Oxford Orphan Asy lum. G. Kosentha'v of Kaleigh, was made a director of the Oxford Or phan Asylum. He (after seeing her home in the rain) Can 1 be of any further ser vice to you, Miss Brown? She Yes, I wish you would take Eido for a little walk: it does him so much good, rain. to have a run in the a !'.. -imi'.' ni'i r? t i': Din r- I t .lllll:ll l:OM MH!V OIAKIH! or i hi wmti.ii Ami ltrirll I ,!l I ..I 1 he ':41ien -i ii II !i 4fliT .f Til1 , rf 1 iM.fiti-' a. Mr. '! N-c'-t tarv ..-luhii and hi- . ! H r .f '-cir!l!ftirr ha- lit l i'l- (! to .-! p tin distributions of o tli' fat m-i'-i. i if !'! k- eed j cm- s U I!) 11)!- 'aoi'k nave le t Ii I in M H a i--.ii. u. . tlSO!i t he numbc h isJ i !i !a'iiif-r of I'. Iioitcii, of tli- late iol'lsi;oro. . tin n i. Ilea. I. llt it-!. tiii- Proprietor Ion 1'niifiiiLT Ilo'!;t', ami Mr. -I. A of th.- U. i lio wa nt jinhi'n t!'llllii-llt jos it io:i . (ioV- ,tt r tor t ii. ii i in 1 Ii-ii'li-r.-on on W t I ii. i lav. u a- of a-t K-k of Ji.-art 'li,-.a-f. cai - old. A ciiantv i ' i ll 1 whic i hal !n-(-n ar- ran-'i-'i lor . i;ni iav nijjht of la.-i , Ten li., was ilf f tlie fit y minis- nee at now i lioliiKri! hv .-;olll ! i-I' 1 ii-- hall romiiii'tt-t- projiost-il I., niii-of tin.- miiii.-U-r.s t) aliantloii lii.' iiall ami pa" -lnxi to cliarity if In- woiiM rai.-e a Minilar anioiiiit. rijt- mini-t' is i-oiiihiue'l and .'ai.-t'd the iiiom-v in a few limirs. This a--tion canst '1 ereat exciteiiK nt in .social and church i-irelt-s. the m t (oiiimincciiit'iit of the l.'ni- versity id' North Carolina. He is a North Carolinian and a ''Chapel llilliin." His father was for l- vears n-ofessor of modern lanuae f the 1' ni versitv, and occupied the lloU: now e in which resides. President W iu.-tun .Mr. lirmst L. Lanihrt, assistant etlitor of t he Forum, died recently it Soutliern Pi.,es, N. C, vvliere he had gone early in the winter, h iping to recovt i iiis health. I hiring his journalistic career he was connected villi papers as follows: The .New York World. Panama Star and llearld. The Montreal Ca'-lte, The Chieairo Times. The .New York Trih- I line and The Forum. I Tiie Investor's Review, published at London, has made an attack upon he (ioveinor ami court of tiie hank of Kiigiand. It predicts that unless i change is made ill the hank's meth ods id' business that a financial crisis will lie brought about. It also hints tnat there are yet secret facts to be known a- to the banks bad manage ment. 'I'll.. ( Ivmui Liubre ot .Mason North Carolina met with St. John's ! P. S. 1 he Xebraska State Alli Lodge of Wilmington last week. ance (Morton's own State) has also I Ins" was the first time the Grand j passed strong resolutions. They say .ot!-v ever met outsuie oi the f the State 'aoiiol, and it went to Wilmington this time on account of the hun dreth annaversarv ot St. John's Lodge. A blizzard prevailed almost every where in .England last week. The nieicurv stood at different points from P.i to s'o degrees below freez- iug point. The wind was so severe j that vessels had to be retained m ! port. X umbets of people froze to ; death. i The Florida State Teachers As- sociation. composed of (.! teachers, has passed resolutions denouncing the proposed tight between Corbett ana Mitchell, and urges the Governor to save the honor of the State by seeing that the men do not meet on Florida soil. Good for the teach ers. A tivi .i or four oai ed cars broke . loose from the toil of rope on the en-j clined entrv of a coal mine live miles ! from Fairinount. W. Va.. on the! :id and went crushing back where the miners were at work. One man was killed and two otheis fatally won nded. A drunken man who resided at Tuscunibia, Ala., weut to bed on the night of the 3rd inst. with a lighted pipe in h:s mouth. The bed cloth ing took tire and the house was burned. The wife and one child es caped. The drunken husband and two children were roasted alive. The Montgomery Iron Company, of Port Kenedy, Pa., has made an as signment for the benefit of creditors. The liabilities are said to be sooO, UOO, It is not thought that the company will pay 10 per ceut. to creditors. Mrs. Pha-be Johnson dropped dead Jan. 1st in a Methodist Par sonage at Patterson, X. J. just as Kev. Jas. S. Kobbiuson was a do ut to perform the ceremony that would have made her the wife of Mr. Juo. Cleaver. Because his sweet heart reproved him for drinking, Arthur Bopp. of Cumberland,. Md., shot a bullet through his brain, causing instant death. On January 10th, the Atlantic Coast Line put in service a thoroughlv eipuipped vestibule train to ply be tween Xevv York and Florida j.oints. The Homestead plant of the Car- .y , t. . neigie S leei V-O. lias ICSUUiCU. uria tious. About 2,500 men were giveu employment thereby. There was a $7 ",000 fire at IIot Springs, Ark., last Thursday. (Continued on Second Page.) The rule and regulation for ?ot -eriiintf the organization of the IVo-J'l.-'s Party Ciuo arc a; follows : First. There khall he neither fees, lues, .sius, if rip. Pas-words, or oh- iya'ion in a Club. Sei-oml, Cluits may be started in my loealifv by any reputable person. J and oraniztf with live or more uieru- -rs. ! iiiird, Tiie nieetinifH of the eluhs j -hall be public Those who are not j innnin-rs siiinild be invited to attend. ! 'llio.se who attend should be urged to I j"1 " j Fourth, The conditions ff raeniber j.ship shaii be opposition to the ti I nani-i-l policy or (irover Cleveland j and the iJetiioeratic party and a promise to vote with the People's : 1'arty to .secure a legislature next tali that will jfive the people a flee Oaiiot a ml lair count. Fifth, Kai-h club shall hare a Pres ident. Vice-President, Secietaryand I ivasijrci-. In aii otiier matters each club rnav make its own rules and rejf ulat ions. Mxth, As .soou as a club is or:an i.ed the Secretary .should lili out tiie !"i;owii!g blank and send at once to Marion llatler, troid.sboro, X. C. Pkocle's Pahtv Ci.rn. 'ounty Towusliip Name of Club No. of Members President P. O Secretary P. Write very plain the names and postoiiice audress of the President ami Secretary. I will .send a com munication for consideration at the second meet iu ; of vour club. M AH IUX BUTLER, Ciim'u People's Party State Ex. Com. State papers please copy. OHIO AMI NKW ilEKSKY AKI'KK MOKTON. FARMERS Tlit Sfi ri tarv if Aricullure ('omlciiiiieil ly I-'arnif i-rt Alliances. Coll'm m's, Ohio, .Fan. i. The Oliio Farmers' Alliance in conven tion here adopted a resolution unan imously last night, demanding that President Cleveland remove J. Sterl ing Morton, Secretary of Agricul ture, because of his unfriendly and unjust treatment of agricultural in terests. IIasTixcs, X. J., Jan. i. The State convention of the Farmers' Alliance of this State adopted a res olution severely criticising Secretary of Agriculture Morton, who "so greatly misrepresented the leadiug industry of tiie nation," and "whoae ue "deserves their pitv tor his ignor ance, and unmeasured contempt ii he knew better." KOI'i: ELI AS OUT. Mr. M. E. Carter of Aslieville to Succeed Him. Kope Elias liudiug that he could not be cou tinned has tendered his resignation to President Cleveland. Cii. t V lu rtiir rf lif villi will w u'omi'uated in his stea d, it is said, iot.s this mean that Vance has given m to Kansom so that Simmons can be continued? The Washington dis- patches also say that Mr. Lane is to Me the collector ot customs and Jtaj. Matt Manly is to Xewberue. be postmaster at PROM INENT WILMINGTON IANS Indicted for Hank of New Hanover Irreg ularities. The grand jury of the criminal court of Xevv Hanover county brought indictments Thursday - . . . . I 11,1.1... t !.-. against oonu nun aimusuu, via,- ton Giles and . I. Gore, members of the hoard of directorsof the Bank of Xew Hanover, charging them with attesting to false statements of the financial condition of the bank, MORE "RED LE;iEl GRASHOPrERS. Among the last number of store keepers and caugers recommended bv Collector Simmons to are the fol lowing: James Moore, of Alamance: YV. -I. English and George F. Ingles, of Guilford: William M. Smith, of Richmond; O. E. Pemberton, of of Montgomery; W. R. Campbell, X. M. Mclver, J. Harrington and J. L. Boyd, of Moore; James J. Hunt, John O. Daniels, W. B. Allison and C F. Bradshavv, of Orange. ONLY YEARLY FA PER IN THE WORLI). The Eskimo Bulletin is the most unifjtie newspaper in the world, and is tne only journal published within the Arctic circle. It is printed at Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in atitude 54, degrees 40 mumtes, and is issued only once a year. Boston Journal. WHICH WAS THE Ll'CKY WOMAN? "I've been looking for my husband for the last two hours," said an agi tated woman to a calm one. "Don't be excited, madam." replied the lat ter. ''Eve been looking for a husband for the last twenty hve years. Har per's Bazar. SANTA CLAO ON AUVERTJSING. "How does it happen that you are so w ell known aud so popular ?" in quired Boreas. "How does it hap pen !" echoed Santa Claus, in sur- j prise at such ignorance, "Great Ut-f ms: i Scott, man ! Look at all the years I have been advertising." Washing ton Star. SfXearly every man who has advertised in The" Caucasian has taken the trouble to assure as that he was highly satisfied with the results. iv: :. ii.1 .a, j. YOU ARE CO'SG roco WORK. M SS CN4RY BIT HAVE THL UU KVl.t TO tiO TO THE IllMIIOl Tilt tIL- If it Is Nut B C'rliiir For t'lrvrlana to Kr puiliutt tlir t hU-ago I'latfurm Thru it l ot 1 or Mmiiiufia How to 1-f-Ht M111 luiiiK .ra' l'axt in tb l---ptioo 1J Kiiiiwin Fullrtl the Triperr Halilr VVillistiiiK a Fupil Aitti an I'nderliaif. E a v kttev i l i.E, Jan. 6, ''Ji. Editor Tin-: Caucasian: Mr. Hale is having much to 6av in the Observer about Chairman Sim mon's being a traitor to the Democra tic party and a disorganizer. His t-xt is the Clinton convention held in July, 1692, at which Hon. B. E. Gtady was nominated for congress. A strong case of political depravity is made out against Simmons in the proof printed in the Observer, but after all, it is only cumulative proof tnat fcimn;ons whole course, from the inception of the campaign to its fin ish, was dastardly, corrupt and in famous. It was a gam! of contemp tible deception at Clinton, premedi tated, pre-arranged and pre-determ-iued. He was not responsible for that infamy, but was oulv doing the dirty of somebody else. He consent ed, if he did not aid and suggest, the resolution repudiating the Chicago platform. The adoption of that pol icy, in his then expressed opinion, would mislead the honest voters in the Third District, and break the force of the revolt agaiust the cor rupt, machine Democratic organiza tion. Simmons got the hint from Washington, unless my information is greatly at fault. The man who plays the role of political Dictator in Xorth Carolina, opposed Cleveland's nomination at Chicago, predicting a disastrous campaign in the State as a result Fraud and deception were necessary resorts. The Clinton con vention and Simmons' manipulation was the beginning of a campaign policy that ended by debauching the ballot-box. Why did Mr. Grady accept a nom ination on a platform that repudiat ed the national Democratic platform? At the date of his letter of accept ance, Aug. 2nd, 1S)2, "the heat was so intense" in Washington, Mr. Gra dy could only indicate his approval of the principles of the Clinton plat- rorm, out atter the election when the mercury had fallen several degrees, he took the first opportunity to re pudiate it. mm bneving'irf "Hiseriect ilatAi ty believiug that betweea the Clin ton platform and Cleveland in the improbable event of his election, that he would stand by his own people. Left to himself he would not inten tionally deceive the people, but the "machine" used him and he owes h;s election to Simmons aud his methods of deception and fraud. INSERT THE PROBE DEEPER. If Mr. Hale is really in earnest in exposing Simmons, why not insert his probe deeper and show up his rascalities in the last election as chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee in their true light Xobody cares whether he was a traitor to Cleveland or not Cleve land himself does not care. He de livered the electoral vote of the State, and further, Cleveland doesn't care a continental. Suppose he did re pudiate the Chciago platform at the Clinton convention, how many Dem ocrats have repudiated it since the election ? In voting to repeal the Sherman law did not Senator Ransom repudi ate it? Mr. Hale is too sensible a man to believe that any such accusa tion against Simmons is available by way of defeating his confirmation in the Senate. The appointment of Simmons as Internal lievenue collec tor is a shame and a disgrace to Xorth Carolina, and the one man who is responsible for it will be unan imously repudiated by the people when the opportunity next presents itself. There ought to be decency and self-respect enough in the United States Senate to reject his nomina tion, without any regard to party, but his defeat and disgrace should be synonymous. Mr. Hale knows that Simmons carried the election in this State by unscrupulous, corrupt meth ods. He knows here in Cumberland county that money and fraud were both used to defeat the will of the people. He knows what methods were employed to effect this result. He can aid' materially in defeating Simmons confirmation, by shoving his probe in hp to the handle and courageously exposing the election frauds in this State. Senator Vauee is not so silly as to believe that he cm defeat Simmons on the line of Mr. Hale's opposition. The very assumption puts him in a ridiculous attitude. It is not easy to imagine Senator Vance in the role of protecting Mr. Clevelaad aarainst the appointment of a man who is charged with repudiating a platform that the President himself has lepu diated. Some very directand authent ic information has reached hear from Washington in regard to the pros pective action in Simmons' case. It is to the effect that Simmons will ult imately be rejected. This statement is based upon positive assertions made by Senator Vance himself. Everv effort has been made, through envoys, and others on their ! own account, to bring about an un derstanding between Senators Ran som and Vance, but without avail. At one time an understanding was probable, but it covered too much territory- and consequently, feel through. For instance, the collect- m JVU 17L.LI LII. Jlllt UAL iii the M-ttlnnent, and nonu thr :aMter wre ineideufly consider!. It niy be true that ESiau rejection if not Cfcr!srily dfpndent upon !:uiiiar action in Simmon' eae. but in the tnvs of the Sf nate, wbirb wa dili)f-utly made by both the X. C St-nator, that was the understand ing. Xo ebarges have U-eu filej againt Simuiou, and if this etatt uicut of the matter is not the tru one why Las he not been confirmed f What does the Republican and I'op ulisst opposition to Simmons cart whttherlie endorsed or repudiated the Chicago platform ! It is all non sense. Mr. Hale's zeal is misdirect ed. If Mr. Hale will hit square from the shoulder he can eatuly knock Simmons out. The tight he" is now making is childish. In one respect he is doing a patriotic duty. In expos ing Simmons duplicity and treachery he is doing a public duty. There can be X- CONPOXKMKNT OF THE METHOPS En. ployed by Simmons and others in the last campaign. The Fifth con gressional district furnishes another conspicuous instance and repetition of the Simmons' business at Clinton. Hy deception aud trickery Williams obtained the Alliance nomiuatiou four years ago and was elected. Like Simmons he repudiated the Alliauee, aud wheu a candidate a year ago he was defeated. Encourajrtd bv Sim mons success, he coutests the elec tion in the House, and has the braz en audacity to ask a Democratic com mittee to give him the seat on strict ly partisan grounds. lie has swal lowed every Alliance and Populist platform that has been made since the reform movement began, but in Washington he is a high-pedigreed, Simon-pure Democrat. He fooled the people, and now, with Simmons as his examplai, he is trying to deceive the Democratic ma jority in the House of Representa tives. An Alliancemau, Populist or anything else in the campaign; as a contestant for a seat in congress, he is a Democrat. It is such duplicity a i this, which finds its precedent in Simmons pusillanimous course at the Clinton convention, that brings pol itics into disrepute and encourages fraudelent and corrupt election meth ods. Mr. Hale is doing good missionary work, as far as he goes, but he does not iro far enouffh. Examples ought to be made of such jugglers as Sim mons and Williams in the interest of public decency, but Mr. Hale must olf with his kid gloves and strike the iniquity above the belt. The Cau Casiax is doing the State an invalu able service in its courageous tfforts to secure honest elections and its fearless undertaking to expose fraud and duplicity, and during the new as in the year jut past, you will have the people's benediction. Cumuerlaxp. LAST OF THK LOUISIANA LOTTERY. Saturday, Dec. 30th, 1S93, marked the closing of what was in many ways the most remarkable institution the country has ever seen. We refer to the Louisiana Lottery. The com pany's charter expired on the 31st day of December, 1S03. after a quar ter of a century of such prosperity as would strain the imagination of Croesus himself. Its offices were promptly closed, its signs taken down, and, like some vision of the night, it vanished with the daybreak of the new year. It is safe to say that the history of the Louisiana Lottery, told in simple style and without the least exagger ation, would be more wonderful than any fiction from the Arabian Nights. The record of its growth, its opu lence, its power, would make the most fabulous epic that deals with man. For more than twenty years the Louisiana Lottery has had a foothold and an influence in every city, town, and village throughout the land. Metropolis and hamlet alike have paid it tribute. The rich, the poor, the indepent, and the needy have poured into its treasury the careless fragment of their surplus or the hard-earned product of their toil. Its ramifications were everywhere. It agents were legion; its transactions gigantic. In twenty years it paid out more than2,000 per cent, of its capital stock in dividends and that represented less than half its earn ings. It put to shame the myth of Eldorado. The charter was granted in 1SG8. The governor of the State, Governor Warmoth, vetoed the bill, but the Legislature passed it over his veto. It was the influence of the Alli ance in the Legislature that killed the monumental swindle. . HERE IS A GOOD POPCLIST SHOWING. The Dakota Ruralist has been fig uring out election results and gives the following: In Ohio the old parties lost 23,13. In Ohio the People's party gained "13. In Pennsvlvania the old parties lost 222,639." In Pennsylvania the People's par ty gained 1,446. In Virginia the old parties lost 149.299. In Virginia the People's party gained 6S.964. In Nebraska the old parties iosi 13.044. In Xebraska the People's party erained 2,951. In Massachusetts the old parties lost 30.095. In Massachusetts the People's par ty gained 2,909. In Maine the old parties lost 27, S42. In Maine the People's party gain ed fi.790. In South Dakota the old parties! lost 19,109. In South Dakota the People's par ty gained 9.S19. In Iowa the old party loss was 34, 210. In Iowa the People's party gained 2,910. The Tallest Man In 'orth Carolina. The tallest man in North Carolina is said to be M. J. Boiling, of Wins ton, who stands six feet six and one half inches in his stockings. Jonathan and IlisCooliocni l MAX 0'EELL Author of "Joka BaU and Ilit Ulaad," "John Btsll Jr. Etc.) and JACK ALLF3. Tru-Utl bj Mm Ptl Bkwrt Yr?jrtHd pt-ij mrrmageammt through U UuMma frm aakx-laijoa. ffcul KloiMC OUi Oftoil) to rwnarb Sm FVwvchman. ho ba drrtitod bu uurata to Mtinzui ih. AnsitvSMoo nu T bur from bh-h u fo)kio ntnni an ruu U t-. ta&nM pnxJortiua. iixl iuimui for It tmtMtni VIII-AMER!CN HOUSES. rarnitnr. I uiury. Cluhm - Tb l"bital lou. KttUoa-A Hull-. ;. j,hot American hous are furnished verv luxuriously, and for the msi urtu iih exquiu taste. Hereou ee the in- fluence of woman in the suullct dcUiL. of life. rKTorationa and furniture, in V York eH-cia!Iy. are dark. suUtantiai and artistic On all hide there U pleas ure for the eye. The tloors are covered with rich carjK ts. and the ceilings are decorated in harmony w ith the rest of the room. The reception rooms are on the ground floor. The suite is c .imposed of three or four rooms (sometimes more), divided one from another by portieres. Kach room is in a diifereut style. One con tains dark furniture and liangings. oil paintings, cowtly art treasures, majestic tropical plants; another, in Oriental style, invites the visitor to cozy chats among its divans and screens; another, .erhaps, lias books, etchings and antiquities of all kinds; another, in theetyleof a boudoir, will be strewn with knicknacks. light bric-a-brac, water colors, statuettes, etc., in artistic disorder; yet another may serve as music room here, no car ets, the parquet floor is waxed, the walls are unadorned, all has been thought out with intelligence. Flowers in every room shed sweet fragrance. When all the euito is is lighted up. and the portieres looped back, the effect is enchanting, and w hen a score ot American women, elegant, handsome and witty, add life to the scene, I can assure you tliat you are not in a hurry to consult your watch. The luxury displayed at receptions, dinners and dances surpasses European imagination. At a bail given in New York in the month of February, 18S8. the walls were covered with roses, which did not cost less than $ 10,000. When one considers that the supper, and every thing else, was on the same scale, it be comes doubtf ul whether such luxury is to be admired. I was present one even ing at a dinner given in the large dining hall at Dclmonico's restaurant, in New York. We were eighty -seven guests at an immense round table. The center of the board was covered with a gigantic star of flowers: roses, arum lilies, and heliotrope. At that season, lilies were worth a dollar each, and all through the winter the price of roses was from a quarter to two dollars apiece, according to kind. The Americans at this feast esti mated the star of flowers at six or seven thousand dollars. a cnain attacneu, consisting or jearis and diamonds, and valued at $1,000. The principal clubs, in the large Amer ican cities, are princely habitations full of everything that can minister to man's well being. The. American clubs are as luxurious e.s those of London; but this is the only resemblance which there is be tween them. The idubs in large English towns are sad and solemn, those in the American cities are bright and gay. The doors of American clubs are now and then open to ladies, except in Boston, I am told, where no opportunity for the display of Anglomania is neglected. Americans amuse themselves gayly, and ladies are of the party, a9 a rule. They have not the English tendency to convert their pleasures into funeral ser vices. The hospitality of American clubs is thoughtfully and generously extended to foreigners who visit the States. A charming little club but this one has no pretension to luxuriousness is the Authors' club in New York. It has only three rooms very modestly furn ished, where one may meet some of America's ri)osl charming writers. Once a fortnight there is a reunion. A very interesting little ceremony takes place at the Authors' club on New Year's eve. At two or three minutes to 12 all the lights are put out and "Auld Lang Syne" is sung in chorus to bid good by to the year that is passing away. As 6oon as theclock has struck the midnight hour the lights are relit, all the company strike up. "He's a Jolly Good Fellow," and there is a general hand shaking and wishing of good wishes tor the new year. Then every one dives into his memory for an anecdote, a good joke or an amus ing reminiscence, and the evening is pro longed till 2 or 3 o'clock. It is impossible in speaking of Ameri can interiors to pass over in silence a cer tain eyesore which meets your 6ight at every turn. The most indispensable, it appears, the most conspicuous, at any rate, piece of furniture in America is the spittoon. All rooms are provided with this object of prime necessity; you find one beside your seat in the trains, under your table in the restaurants; impossible toescape the sight of the ugly utensiL In the hotel cor ridors there is a spittoon standing senti nel outside every door. In public build ings the floors are dotted with them, and they form the line all up the stairs. The Americans, used to these targets from the tenderest age, are marvelously adroit at the use of them, they never miss their aim. I saw some really strik ing feats of workmanship; but perhaps the best of all at the Capitol in Wash ington. The supreme court of judicature was sitting. As 1 entered an advocate was launching thunders of eloquence. All at once he stopped, looked at a spittoon which stood two yards off, aimed at it. and Kerrron craaahk pru! right in the bull's eye; then on he went with his harangue. 1 looked to see the seven judges and the public applaud and cry bravo! Not a murmur, the incident passed completely unnoticed. Probably there was not a man in the hall who could not say to himself: "There's noth ing in that, I could do as much."' IX SOCIETY JOTTINGS. Bine Blood aad Plotoerry Literature and Art Colonel aud Judge Family Sanaa Terrapin aad Caan Back Dock. A word about American aristocracy. "What, American aristocracy? Yes, cer tainly. I assure you that there exist in Amer ica social sanctuaries into which it is mors difficult to penetrate than into the tu iwniuin or 4 .tliIt.r aji4 IWi- gravia. ; Tlx re art. in pt.ilad. !jhL. n.ton. ! New York. Virmi. New Oralis, Amr- I h-anawho ui-in rotumm imvul w ith much uiv.-r p,j ajvj cmt mpt ta f tlx? MoctmnntM-y ,f i'ram-vur U Ilor- i ardsof IjiUnJ. j The Aim-rioan. not harins an klmr tOfc" them t,t!.. , f tji.Uhtr. tiVr cr j aled an arUMrracy for tht-m Ivra. Tlu m aristocracy Uwt ai y-t uoduke. mjr- j qm-. rarl) or Uirnnn. but th Ui t blood U lh-M-, it n!'!-ar-Dutch ; a a rule :uid t!wt u u.1m ici.L When a lluropoan tH4Utuan arrive In tho Mtjt.-s the American ant-racT h ave card upon him at the lioti-1 wht-rv he ha alighted. 1L may pcrhai twnmnallv known t. r, .,. ..,t m ...v. biiuk-s are kuilio m ,-rvv. I, v The! llMTOK: At t be tatcment of Euroju-an iiobu-iuju. h.i ifun to f'" un corrrcpondrtit txncrrn Anienca lor a dowcr.sl w ,f0, i, tutu h inc the otoflirr appnintnient which ohlyod to them and rx turn all tho vua as copied tn your per on Sunday Irid ium j luiht give an'rrrvmeou imnnwiion. ,v . . oru iauy lol J me one day that ; -v iei vm otk a com;.! of uniy lot.r hutidrt-U ntim .Money ..r txlcbrity may allow ti to enter tlu i harmed cm U t you will never U-l-mg to iL You w ill "be ui it, but not of iL The desire to ej.tabl.sh an nrlstocra-T OI MllllM hrt M-1 t.itri 1 .. I .1 t.r.v..,::, ; . . , :z,::z . . . , . ; was the onlv ; thing that tlKirdoiUrmeduiLlo to trocuro tht iu Tho xind aristocracy U the aristoo ! racy of money, plutocracy. To Ulong ! to this, it not tu.'llcicut to Its u iniilion- aire -you must U long to a tlurd euera- o. mouona re, ur sucb ar the ; Ahiors. me v amicrnuti and company. ; m tin- ! lilttst tulli. in Iijivw Irnin tliirtv r f..r(t t.. t'ft.. t l i ti ; ' .v.,, fcVJ .J I , I 11, MiSiillli tlllllim ! I hu third amtix-ry is incontoMably the fin,t. if you wUl excuse the UiW j laniam. 1 do not think that one coul J find any. where, or even ii!iattnne, a society mors refined, more uHable, more hospitable, more witty, or mora brilliant. One of the con.svu,ueuccs of the joition which woman takes ia the L'niied States, is that in good American drawing rooms conversation is tiovcr dull. French women are the only ones I know w ho can comjiaro with the Ameri can lady in charm of conversation, aud even then the American women of intel lectual society are often more natural than their French rivals, and make less elfort to charm. Iu a word, with them you are amiablo without having to be gallant, and none of those tteit-otyjied compliments, which so often Bjtoil the cliarm of a conversation U tw ecu a man and a woman, are expected of you. In this society, the reunions ure not only veritable feasts for the mind, the heart ulao . lava Us part. You are wel comed with such cordiality that you feel at once anionic frieuds. The large towim of America, even New York, are provincial in thi eense: every one is interested in what the others do. Tteite Ji t fi '?kJ rifl tf 'ai v?Ue.ar '.VlA-w, and commented on right and left im mediately. You need only live a couple of mouths in one of the large American cities, in order to know every one, and all their doitgs. The mind of the Americans is always on the alert. They enter into every thing, everything interests th-m, aud there is always wirne fresh subject for conversation. If it is not a social event, a literary or a oliucal ne. it U a little scandal, a new n-liiuiis e-t, a new spir itualistic imposture, faith healing, mind cure; conversation never dies for want of subjects. Exclaim that it is eccen tricity if you like, but add thai it is life, and you will be rigbL The Americans, and that In every station of life, have almost always three names, one Chri.-tian namo and two family ones: George Washington Smith, Benjamin Franklin Jones. William Tell Brown. The celebrities do not escape it any more than the ret. Can one not see in these double names a title which the father thinks he confers on his child at the baptismal font? All new societies have the same weak nesses. On the morrow of the revolu tion did we not call our children Epami nondas. Napoleon, etc.? Every American with the least self respect is colonel or judge. Few escape i'.. an Mark Twain once re marked of th decorat ions of the legion of Honor. We are quits, Mark. Amer ica has a hundred times as many colonels as we have knights of the Le gion of Honor. When you are presented to a gentle man in an American drawing room, and you have unfortunately not caught his name, call him "colonel," nine times out of ten it is safe; if luck should be against you. call him "judge." If, however, pursued by the fates, f ou sliould discov er tliat your interlocutor is neither colonel nor judge, call him "professor." An American always professes some thing, an art. a religion, and you are risking nothing. I met a few American colonels who had recently been promoted "misters." They were so proud of their new title that they insisted on being addressed thus. American hospitality is princely. You are not often invited, even in houses where the daily menu is of the most ap petizing, to go and share the family din- i ner; a fete is got up for you. If this cannot be arranged, you may not bo in vited at all In good American houses the cooWng is excellent; you will not find better in London and Paris. The most recherche of American dishes is terrapin stew; when in season it fig ures at every feast. The flavor is so pro nounced that one is bound to think it either delicious or detestable. Am I obliged to tell you which I think it? An American once asked me whether I likec terrapin. "It is nothing but polite," I replied, "to bow to the customs of a country one vists. Terrapin is eaten in the United States and I eat it." Canvas back duck is a great delicacy. It is hung in front of a Cre for a few minutes only. The first time this purple meat is presented to you it horrifies you; but I advise you to try and surmount your repugnance, the dish is exquisite. The English have the reputation of liking all kinds of meat very much un der cooked. They prefer their ruesit, on the contrary, very much cooked. One of the many jokes on the subject of canvas back duck which 1 heard was thisj . costixekb x rerRTH page. a year is to be in decent ,v,rty. To ! M ,''" arnmI ,n whington, lrc, have two or three hundrtnl thousoi'id dol- " 1 S..l. brsa year is to bo in easy circumstance, j it-lore this visit, iUnsom told me The third uristoi-racy the ariotocracy ; he was k rfi-ctlj well aware that I of talent, liurary and nrtL.tio society, j liad no intention toofler him a bribe. Tii ij third iit-i. i.v....... l . :.. . . .lt.i. .. - CA1T. OLDHAM'S STATKMKNT. riir wu.iMiitoi nintcu MOt I T rt HllM IT 11 II. Wit MtxoTos.Jan. f,Uu KniToa Tiik I'aivama jr.Th tol!.)mr is txjy of a lUtrmrBt which I wiil t the Mrrnrrr tut that paper did not publish it m I wrote iL 1 wnd it to jou for abla cation: I ,nt rl.im ... 71 ; virion of the matter, and iu what 1 . .-..,..... .... mu, w (i"e TOT " w - 110 I ilipuint- uu n influence, ! S nator Kanstun makes nit letter jof Sept. '2nd, ptrteit. ife neter : ititend.tl lht I .!...!. I ..... . r I . ,. t 11 i-t to prevent it. A a f.p i . t I. . .1 7 ... ; " " 'vi iiiv i uauu u i ni ion no uii.i iirit ',ltl,'r'', f thjn citj that Morton k''t the Wilmington OnUfTir. Not ithetanditiij this fact, he mado me all 6ort of promise, and COO tmilcil his efforts to make me Mitx (,at ,ollM lmu. th aiMHitntmeut I up to the time that I'armalre and .1 ... . . . . . that he knew I was too honest to do ut Uw (1 f0owinif thi. a. suninix he tiI, he feared it might become known that he had received kucIi a letter, aud it might injure him. So he felt in duty bound to lay the letter U-fore the Postmaster (ieneral, aud see if he could consent to my anjMjintment Now 1 learned while in Washing ton, that Ilansom was perfectly will ing to accept the offer contained in my letter, until he learned that the oflice of the custodian of the post oflice building had no ay attached to it. Then he Wains indignant, aud could see nothing but bribery iu the projHxiiticn. One of the .Senators told me that luinsoni thought I had tried to cheat and not to bribe him, inasmuch as he esjiected twy and the office in ques tion could not fiirn ibh it, Itansom'a talk to me about the large salary of the ostmaster lead me to beliere that a bonus was expected, and not me alone. An ex -member of con gress remarked: "The scoundrel of his aversion to paying his debts, and this lead nie U oiler to divide the pay of custodian. One of the worst features of the whole vnw is that luinsoni tried to shift the responsibility for my defeat on to Senator Vance, w ho had in fact been all along in favor of my ap jKjintnieut 1 had to make three vi sits to the house of Senator Vance before Kansom could be convinced that there was no truth in the alleged opjMMsitiou, and I even had to get a written statement from Vance. Hansom made fmpuent appoint ments to meet me, but jurid no atten tion to them. Indeed, he avoided me with much industry, lie never answered any of my letters though I sent as many as fifteen. He prom ised at the last interview I had with him that he would see to it that I was provided with a place. I asked how he com Id consistently recommend a person guilty as be seemed to imply of an offense which should disqualify him for public office. Accompanying this statement I hand you the type-written statement of my interview with the assistant I'ostmaster (Ieneral. Vou might add that Ransom is nothing more nor less than an office broker in Wash ington. W. V. Oldham. AKK IOC A CHAMK. New York Voice. 1 The governmental operation of rail roads is a ougfjestion that sends a chill down the backs of many who thinks it means the next thing to re volution. And yet to-day almost one-fourth of the railroad mileage of the United States is managed and operated by the public. When a railroad under the management of a private corporation makes a financial failure and cannot pay its debts, then the courts appoint a receiver, who. takes charge and manages the busi ness. There are to-day 125 railroads with an aggregate mileage of 43,218 miles and a capital stock oi wo'J, 504,000 and a bonded debt of $1,214, 190,000, in the hands of receivers that is to say, operated and managed by the public. If the publie ean op- . erate bankrupt roads to advantage, why not roads that are not bankrupt? We note, in this connection, that Mr. Gladstone in an interview the othei day remarked that there are parties in England which desire the govern ment to become owner of all rail ways in the country and to a certain extent he shares in this desire. Eng land has a governmental telegraph and the results seem to be leading her to regard a governmental rail way system with favor. It U bound to come. wtioiwASTiJiomaf The story is told that among th many office-seekers beseiging Mr. Lincoln was one who used as an em phatic argument in his own behalf the fact that he had done all the dir ty work of the party for twenty years. "Very well," the President replied, "when 1 hear of an office in which dirty work is necessary, I shall think of you first of all." Ram's Horn.
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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