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G THE WILMINGTON iVIBSSElTGEfi. TUESDAY. DEOZHUDEC 18, 1908. A FRENCHMAN'S VIEW OF AMERICAN PROBLEMS (M. Clam, the renowned Parisian journalist; becomes deeply impressed by the many problems which confront the American people, and in a letter to his .paper attempts their explanation.) Washington, if. S., 12 Dec, The people of these United States are in agitation always in agitation. It is their pleasure to have many mighty questions which threaten disaster un less they are solved instantly. Those eager Americans are eo different from the people of phlegmatic France. Stagnation is death. Excitement is the life. Variety is most necessary. Yet mighty questions are not always j at hand. Those politicians do their ' beet to find them. They rack their SVSA Va j V MV W V 11 V VVi MAAQMW questions. .Rich honors are piled upon those men who can invent mighty ques- tion's.' 'The president of the republic, , M.' Roosevelt, is thrice popular and ad mired ' because of his . genius in invent ing troublesome questions. Always he has . something new and threatening. For this he was elected by the delighted countrymen of his. Before he was president he was skilled in making great1 excitement, but now, with his splendid opportunities, his versatility is astounding. Everywhere I hear praise of M. Roosevelt. Those restless people are kept busy trying to solve those terri ble problems discovered by him. If they solve one, presto! he has another. Never does he keep them hungry for problems. So they arw charmed, ex cited, apprehensive! Now M. Roosevelt has made another grand problem for them. He declares that he will not be president any more! Tile people are frantic. He is obstinate. It is the deadlock. A crisis approaches The remedy is another sensation another problem which will threaten the nation. What will it be? Ah, M. Roosevelt will not yet tell! Many wonderful problems are before those people which are not solved. They are puzzles most baffling. Upon .them those people work, talk, think, write, night and day. Every man se lects his own problem, and then to work! In this way i&ose American brains are filed sharp. These prob lems threaten the nation by race war, revolution, luxury monopoly, suicide, prosperity everything! Wliat are ithe questions before those American people? I shall tell my ; countrymen. But first I warn France, j The questions which agitate me now j may not be the questions which will agitate me when my countrymen read this. The crisis is born quickly in America. Perhaps these dangers will j be. over in one week, k Perhaps they ' will make revolution. On one side I am told those questions will be settled with peace, on . the otaer i am torn tlat revolution will come tomorrow or nexjt day., I cannt tell. The outlook rs. black 'and sc'Wus. Yet I have hope. ' Weill That- first problem is called the prosperity,' These United States burs with .fatness'..- This nation has the gout, the apoplexy of the riches. Everywhere I see boils, carbuncles, tumors! , Many millionaires f-ombine to make the trusts. Those trusts men Opolize'all eatables,. aUrdrinkables, all. iwcarablea. all transportables, every thing! The millionaires become bil lionaires. The poor .people kick. There are threats of revolution! That-party called "republicans" says: "We make prosperity." . M. Roosevelt is' one republican. Those democrats Bav: "Put us in! We will equalize the prosperity." But do those people seize upon this solution? No! They iAv. "We might lose M. Roosevelt. Resides, that solution is too easy. Let us struggle -with (the prosperity a M. Roosevelt says: "Those billion aires are unhealthy. Let the nation take their blood by taxation, and all will be well." Those people say: "Not yet! Not yet! We may be bil lionaires ourselves tomorrow." So there is the problem. The pros perity swells the country to a balloon shape, but those people will not stop it. They make Digger iarius, mui. railroads, nigher buildings, grandeu trusts, more billionaires. As for mil lionairesbah! They are nothing! Each American says: "We shall burs'. We shall have revolution. But first let me become a billionaire. After that the deluge!" M. .Roosevelt has made one new problem. It is great delight to Amer icans to discuss this problem. It is that race suicide. Suppose there should be no children?. Ah, the terrible cala mity! Those Americans shudder. How to avert 'such a calamity that is the question. M. Roosevelt says: "Those Americans are great." They reply: "t T?nnsfvrelt is right." He says: "We' cannot have too much of one good . TTiov- rpnlv: "That is the i truth from M. Roosevelt." He says. "Some states give divorces too cheap ly to people who have few children. Other ;iates do not compel ti ven ule to' get married. This makes me f u- rious." uney repiy. , w"'j'v- i furiated. But what shall we do?' He says- "I shall mak4he great United States law for all states. All those people must get mat ried quickly and stay married until they have the large , families.- No" one" -r shall have that; blessing of divorce"uplesshe has earn- J ed- It. . wnen inai c" ' children, iei mem n,.. a"- """ freely-for nothing t l?..-'rra??-! prize!"' They repU'Hurrah for M. . Roosevelt! He hasPPl us from the race suicide at last! Yet I know not r. The' congress is a stumbling block. It stands against the great reforms of M. Koeseviit. i is jealous of M. Roosevelt becauhe in- t th. ereat problem first." The congress says: "Pooh! There is no race suicide. The babies are. plentiful, There is no trust. The'poor- have lar- ger families than those millionaires prosperity is witn us amoii&u" m . tWaco-i.oiircr.nnorc Amorii .are, in excitement. They are furious C'.iateKC-. . i i Lilt. IWU1C tt 11 1. ivi i.v 1 1 . 1 T7l II." J i I Winn nTVHlra TTVn.I C7.. . .p52?Ie"s' Z a2JI.nyL: Tar contains no oniates or dangerous f Laxative, stimulates, but does not ir- I of . - - : a. juiuw uativaKC. ruiey s niiiiY aim 1 jlo-.uc rtmi, qjiuu, luc up i uv-i v. jtfZr" i'iv". irugs and is the best cough and cold t ritate It is the est Laxative. Guar- ! with the congress for saying there is no'racw toiicide problem. They must have problems, or the people will per Ish of ennui. Therefore, they har made a problem of the congress itself. Shall the congress pass the race sui cide law, or shall there be a revolution? That is the problem invented by those newspapers. The people are delighted Excitement is high and wide. I, too, am frenzied. Yet I must be calm. The race war threatens America. It is the terrible problem, most perplex ing. When those Americans have no other problem convenient, they lynch a black, and thus have great excitement over that race question. Those blacks number ten millions, and they increase like grasshoppers, for they abhor that race suicide. I know not if the south those blacks, in the south they may work, but those politicians will not let them vote. In the north they may vote, but those unions will not let them work. The south says: "We under stand the black. Leave him to us." So they lynch him. The north says: "Wo do not hate the black as the south does." So they invite him to lunch, and then lynch him. There is great excitement in these United States between the north and the south over this black problem. Evory American snys he has a solu tion. I have heard many solutions, but each is different. When I find two Americans who agree upon one .solu tion I shall be more encouraged, i shall now tell you my interview with : M. Tillman, that great senator. 1 said: "M. Tillman, why do you ! lynch?" His reply: "Because that shotgun is the only cure for great crime. You do not understand, M. Clam. The ne gro question is thiice complex. Only a southern gentleman can understand that negro. We understand him." I said: "But he does not under stand you?" His reply: "Ye.. he understands us! He loves us." I said: "Why then is this one great problem? Is it because you do not love him?" His reply: "Why, we do love those blacks. I was raised with one. I had one black mammy nurse." I said: "Ah, you do not have that prejudice against the blacks. Some men of the south, they are angry whem M. Roosevelt has one black at his lunch." His reply: "M. Roosevelt? Bah! He knows not how to treat the negro. He makes that problem much worse." I said: "Ah! Then it is good to love the negro, but bad to let him know it?" His reply: "Yes, that is right. The right way to conceal affection, M. Clarn, is with that shotgun. The black man knows, when he does not see that shotgun, that we love him." I said: "What is your solution of this terrible problem?" His reply: "My solution is thrice admirable. Let every white man have on shotgun, and let every black man have one tag on that seat of his trous. ers, telling his name, his address, and that date of inspection. When one white, meets one black, let that shot gun be raised and that tag be display ed, if that tag is satisfactory, let the the black Y-un instantly to that addiess. If the black has no tag, let that gun be discharged. When crime is committed let the black select one who has not ' a tag and turn him over to those whites. If they fail to do this, let the first black fall before the first shotgun tag or no tag. Ts not that fair, yet simple, yet effective?" I said: "That is excellent, M. Till man. But why do you not make it the law in the Carolina?" His reply: "Well, 1 wait to see if there will be any Carolina after M. Roosevelt has increased those powers of the government." One time, when excitement was not high, M. Roosevelt seized the time be tween problems to visit Panama. He returned with fresh, new problems for tnose people to solve. Thev were de- lighted. Will that canal be excavated? What a fine problem! We struggled with that question in the Franco. Wre gave up in despair. Those eager Amer icans are happy over this great puzzle. Everywhere I ask: "What do you think of that Panama Canal?" One American will saj-; 'She will be through in five years if we leave her to M. Roosevelt." Another will say: "That canal will not be built in 5,000 years." of- - For myself I shall not fix the date read the message of M. Roosevelt. Soon he will tell the congress what style of canal commission he has selected for this year. If it is not impolite for . a Frenchman to criticise tho;?e American methods, I should declare that too much conservatism curses this thrice grand enterprise. Why wait one whole year to change styles of administra tion of that canal? The .first commis sion failed to complete that canal in six months. Very well! He should have been dismissed with violence, at once. The sencond commission actual ly went to Panama, instead of explain ing the canal to the congress. So he nearly failed to obtain appropriations.. wen; Why was he not dismissed for the political incapacity? They excuse themselves, and say: "Ah, but vou should see that dirt fly!" Bah! It is the mon money that flies: money, and time. But dirt? Not so fast. One month, I calculate, is sufficient for any canal commission to prove his total imbecility. Then he should be changed for another, without waiting. Only by rapid rotation of commissions can that canal be excavated. Those shovels that dig the money from the treasury work faster than those shov els at Panama. In clinging to canal commissions too long I find M. Roose velt guilty' of gross conservatism. But.it is notvfor me to judge. ' I beg pardon fpr expressing the opinion. Yet we In France know something of the Panama- Ah, yes, v - .. . (Copyright. 1908. I vlllVlULA.1 i CLAM, by S. S. Cline.) FOOD COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. The Minnesota Dairy and Food Com ssmn s analysis snows tnat Kenu( dys Laxative Honey and Tar and Bee mission's analysis shows that Kenne- Laxative Honey and Tar contained opiates and croton oil. Opiates are poisons and croton oil is a violent poisonous Dunrative. Refuse to accent any but Foley's Honey and Tar in a cure. Jos- G. Shftnard J. Hiclrs Runt i lng Drug Co; - ? FIRE IS CHARLOTTE SCHOOL. j yomur Cyrus Fink, Charged by ooe f uuess, me uitiie race Boy, With the Incendiarism, Proves an Alibi. J Cyrus Fink, alleged to have applied a match to Inflammable material in the basement of the North Graded school yesterday morning between 10 and 11 o'clock, which the janitor discovered in time, was tried before Recorder Shan nonhouse this morning and acquitted., the evidence offered being too weak to convict the young man. The state offered the evidence of little Charles Pace, who testified that he saw Fink placed the bags and other stuff under the building, strike a match and throw it in a hole the material blaz- mg up instantly. Prof. Graham testi- bed as to the statements the little fel- ol Z ', , conspicuous memher them he tnere wouid be no war. low made to five persons yesterday. ! f0511" fnJ furnish at I He &lid that the crisls was ar,iacial which were exactly the same. Prof. lSJety millions ff th total. Like j and would away He eTen Graham stated too that the place in S Nfes autun leaves, we have 1 ifed to Harace Greeley that his in which the fire started was secret, ho i olones everywhere, colonels in the augural address woulJ settle all dif one ever going in. The bazrinir and ' atmosphere and colonels in the air." As trtnr itwn th nrth nn.i snnth stuff which was fired was evirtentiv carried there, as nothing of the kind vauas go marenmg down their crowd was known to be under or about the ed thoroughfares, let some excited cit- buildfng. The Pace boy testified that wnen Fink had applied the match, he got away as quickly as possible, leav ing the building in immediate danger of being consumed by the flames, cr of creating a panic among the SOO pupils within. Fink was placed on the stand and stated that he was at work all day yesterday at the Good Roads Machinery building on Church street, substantiat ing his statement by the evidence of Mr. Hollinsworth under whom he works. A brother of Fink stated to the courB that the officials of the company told him this morning that they would furnish every employee of the shop to testify to the fact that Fink was at work the entire, day, if this was C3n sidered necessary. The court did not consider the evi ence sufficient to held Fink and there fore he was released. Charlotte News. Roosevelt and Southern Republicans The cabinet soon is to be shaken up, but the South dees not appear in the new deal. Between the Potomac and the Rio Grande is grown the crop that takes care of the balance of trade, but that section is not represented at the council board presided over by Theo dore Roosevelt. William H. Taft is the southernest man on the lot, and he is as northern as a doughnut or a cod- ?sh; . Jh!Pre?i2lnt5!f.ms.t?l,?aIl1v0 Hp has JS, down there nre sided over by proconsuls who farm out., a brigadier generalship-. It is a harm the official patronage. Take the state less delusion. Let us forgive them! of Kentucky, for example. When ; It is a real pleasure now to meet and a republican is beaten for congress- iQ gnow a genuine, live colonel. We in that old commonwealth, when the vflVO in naiiuc fmir frpntlAmnn people reject him, that qualifies him for a satrap. He then becomes what they call a referee and nominates all the postmasters down there and chooses all the "still-house watchers" roundabout. He is not good enough to go to congress, but tie becomes Jora lieutencnt over a population of 250,- Cr-0. Ami another thing, a good many of tl fn in tho.r hearts think about matters and thir gs just as does Ben ( Tillman. There can be no free people without ' mg our civil war by this gallant sol home rule. Home rule did not pre- dier. vail in Vermont when Grover Cleve- p g Hunt land was president of the United States j Th ' ri wa1bc -p He forced on that population postmas- ion post mas- tore ffonivo t tm Withpr fln home rule exist in Mississippi when Theodore Roosevelt is president. They 1 A 1 A- 1 S nave postmasters uuvvn mere iiiey ue- spise. Now the otnee of postmaster is the closest to the people ot all func tions. It should not be political rner chandise, asset of a congressman or t? satrap. Everybody has business at the posteffice. It is an office that should belong to the people; bi belongs to the president belong to the people; but it actually v ' , m. v. j m. j wo. r If we had man for president, he could do monstrous things with official patroiV- age and there will always be danger SeItSUSta?esUto VXX litical nonenity the King of England is. If Edward VII should interfere with parliaments as Mr. Iioosevelt does with congress, he would be a king without a job in prett? short order. Savoyard in The Tar Heel. Women Who Carry Pistol? "You wpuld be astonished," said a .Wils "" luc iineieemn lexas manufacturer of firearms, "to learn j infantry. He was as brilliant a sol how many New York women carry pis- dier as he is a great lawyer. He bared tols. particularly in the suburban dis- ; his breast to the storm of war. When tricts. i don't know what number the , scarcely out of his teens, he was elect- recoras or me ponce department snow and I don't believe it is any indica!- tion of the whole. Mrs. Mackay is the ! proud possessor of one of the most j beautiful revolvers in the world. Its , barrel is silver of a hard alloy, the chamber is silver of a purer grade and the grip is of gold, engraved hand- I somely. Needless to say, it was made ; to order for her. Mrs. Adolf. Laden burg, since the fright her little daugh- j ter suffered, goes armed when she ; rides along the bridle paths around j her Long Island home and she j would not hesitate to use her weapon, I am sure, if any repetition of the hold-up May Ladenburg experienced were to occur. Half the women of ! the Meadowbrook hunt know how to carry a pistol and to use it, too. A i well known society woman has had a brace of revolvers made for her auto motile. She carries them in holsters- one at each side of the tonneau each ready for instant use." New York Press 'Thou Shalt Know Hereafter." God keeps a school for His children here on earth, and one of His best teachers is disappointment. My friend when you and " I reach our Father's house, we shall look back and see that the sharpvoiced, rough-visaged teacher, disappointment was one of the best guides to train us for it. He gave us hard lessons; he often used th3 rod; he often led us into thorny paths; he sometimes stripped off a load of luxuries; but that only made us travel the freer and the faster on our heaven- ;ward way. He sometimes led us down into the valley of the death shadow; nut never aid the promise i read so sweet as when spelled out by the eye of faith in that very valley. Nowhere did he leave us so often, or teach us such sacred lessons, as at the cross of Christ. Dear old rough-handed I teacher! We will build a monument : the memory of Disappointment:" S?: ir.tAi ' leeted anteed or your monev back. Jos. C. Shepard, J. Hicks Bunting Drug Co. I M UllIL flllU LIILII All! bULUIiLLd ! Gallant Record of a Ilorth Cam- ! Ilflidll ID CMI Wflr ? Dallas Lawyer rays Kloqucnt Tribnt to Deeds of Valor of the Late Dr. S. D. Thruston lint red the War as Captain of the Smithville Gnards and Rose to Rank of Colonel. (Col. R. E. Cowart in Dallas News.) It is conservatively estimated that tfae census of 1910 will siv th finite j State, a population of eighty million, j It Is certain that the honorable army- ; tne nervous and ever active citizens of ! izen yel, "0h- Colonel," and at least a hundred men will turn around to answer. Even I, modest as I am ! known to be, lose a great deal of val uable time turning, and some times greeting, by mistake, a caller. As I have before said, the title "colonel" H no longer a military designation. Like the ancient title of "esquire," it is pure ly civil. It is a strange fate to over , take the most important' office in any army.. If an army if officered by effi cient colonels, it cannot fail. If a sol dier succeeds as a colonel, he is almost certain to prove successful in the high er grades of service. Many of the world's greatest commanders began : their careers as colonels. Cromwell, ' Marlborough, Washington and Wel i lington were colonels. Lee, Stonewall, ' Jackson, Forrest, Longsireet, Hood, : Sheridan, . Logan, Gordon and scores , of the brilliant soldiers of the civil war ; served their apprenticeships as colonels. The old evolutionary process of beating swords into nlowshares. is still soine j on and now in papers, in novels and in theworld's satire, the honorable title of colonel has become a mockery. This disdainful process has gone on until now, many of the surviving calo mels of the civil war have moved up ! their rank a grade and pose and try . tQ persuade themselves that at some ? time somehow, very mysteriously dur- S the dreadful struggle, they acquired who were genuine, bona fide colonels, durante hello. ROBERT R. LTAWTHER. Robert R. Lawther, of our city, was colonel of the Tenth Missouri cavalry jn the armv of the Confederate states. The record of the civil war is starred j . , . . Qf irt5fc V- J. A Lll 11 A - J 1 AXAAUiUW XsXk. W 4 Ul Ww Froissart never chronicled more chiv- 'alrous deeds than were performed dur- Unn. nQf i ' ! " ,luul' uu" wutl'u" ul 'ulclU(l' lc- nue in this district, who was colonel of ; the Fourth Kentucky infantry in the Union army during the civil war. A ! ruinous defeat. At Chancellorsville knightlier soldier never mustered in J he commanded Colston's brigade. He the files of war. I charged headlong into Howard's corps, PROF. J. R. COLE. routed General Deven's brigade and Our honored citizen, Prof. J . R. captured in person that doughty war Cole, is another. He was colonel of the ! rior's sword, uniform and horse. A;; i iwenty-nrst worth Carolina mlantry ! regiment in the Confedeiate armv. "When the summons came he rushed to Virginia in Anril -I8fi1. He surrpndpr- . ed at Goldsbor0j N c in 1SC3. he & her'S Part- - j WILLIAM L. CRAWFORD. ; That lifty intellect, that exquisitely organized mind, that incomparable ad- j vocate, the finest nisi prius, trial law yer on the globe, my very dear and long time friend William L. Crawford, : Pf1 rnTnr,Pl nf hie r0!Hm0nt nr. perilous edge of many battles, bore to victory, his country's flag. He was never commanded by any officer, his equal in ability, unless it was possibly, Lieutenant General Dick Taylor. It is my. purpose soon to give a sketch cf these very valiant colonels unless the threat' to do so causes me in the mean time to be lynched. DR. S. D. THRUSTON. At his home on McKinney avenue, through weary days and months there lay stretched upon his couch of pain the divinest sight this world is privil eged to see a brave, true, genuine man and soldier, fighting his "last battle. On Thusday last just as the victorious autumn sun was going down, in all his splendor. Ssephen Decatur Thrus ton heard his Great Captain's call. He ascended on high. He was colonel of the Third North Carolina Infantry. No braver man ever led a braver band than Colonel Thruston. . In I860 he was elected captain of the Smithville guards, a volunteer military organiza tion of Smithville, N. C. With a shrewd infallible instinct, on the 9th of Jan uary, 1861, more than three months be fore his state seceded, Captain Thrus ton, without orders, marched his com mand to Forts Caswell and Johnson on Cape Fear river near Wilmington and seized them in the name of the" secretary of war. Holt, wrote to Gover chlef magistrate of his state. Governor Ellis was terribly demoralized. He im mediately ordered the forts restored to the possession of the United States ; and wrote then to President Buchanan J a most apologetic letter. In. the light ' of subseouent events It Is amusing to I secretary of war.Holt wnote to Cover- nor Ellis. Captain Thruston was wiser than tnpm ft!1 HiSTnrian navA P'- than them alL Historians have ex- France on the eye of the French re volution. Not one of them had even the i dimmest anticipatton ot the awiul t earthquake ahead of France. They and danced on the thin crust of a rci- caaa Even that great genius, Vol taire, had not even a glimpse of the cataclysm. Dense as was the darkness which overspread France on the ere of the revolution. It did not exceed if it equalled the inexcusable ignorance and blindness of the meaning cf events which possessed all the leaders of the north and all the leaders cf the south, save John Bell and Jefferson Davis, in the months Immediately preceding the outbreak of the civil war. I know that Lincoln has been placed on a pedestal alongside of Washington. If anyone ! believes that Lincoln appreciated even I slightly the gravity cf the crisis which j j ?xistc1 he waTs Jf"1- 1 as hlra th .k ha hul j journey in February. 1S61, from ! Tg d ' Us inaugural address. In aP. of ! ferences between the north and south. He told General Sherman when he call : ed. in company with his brother, then ! senator from Ohio, and tendered his services to the government, that there would be no war. This was more than a year after the insane attack on Har pers Ferry, made by Jpnn Brown. , HOUR HAD STRUCK. After that criminal and dastardly as sault Captain Thruston and all the people of the south save the leaders, knew that the hour had struck. They knew that if they meant to preserve their civilization and their industrial system, their government and their self-respect, they must gird on their armor and do battle for their homes, their firesides, their wives and their children. When the storm burst. Cap tain Thruston hurried with his com mand to Virginia, He was in nearly all of the battles of the army of Nor thern Virginia. He was at Big Bethel, at Yorktown and in all the battles around Richmond. When General Lee by that most marvelous of all military campaigns, converted a dispirited mob into a victorious army, raised the I siege of Richmond and sent McClel- lan cowering to his gunboats for pro tection, Captain Thruston was ever in the van and his plume was always dancing on the red wave of battle. When Lee, by another of his most mas terly movements, turned upon General Pope, defeated him disastrously and penned his and McClellan's armies in the fortifications of Washington. Col onel Thruston was in it all. At South Mountain he commanded the skirmish ers of Ripley's brigade and whea dark ness settled down upon him in the laurel thickets, there he stood, keeping at bay McClellan's vast hosts. At Sharpsburg, under Lcngstreet's eye, he stood in the very front of battle and as McClellan's mighty hosts surged up against him, he and nls brave com rades in arms hurled them back time ' and again in utter defeat. In the crisis j ' strPAt in nrson ordered him to hold I ' ' X -'-- - w - w his line as long as he had a man to of that dread battle, General Long every panel of the fence behind which his command was ranked. He told "General Lee's warhorse" that he had but one man to ten panels, -but that he would hold his line to the last, and he did. On the line at Fredericksburg he saw Burnside's army hurled back in a j tnere ne stooa in me aarKnebs. ne iaw ! the rities ot his own omrades Diaze out in the flame which sent his great ! commander. Stonewall Jackson, to his ! grave. In this battle he and two other ' 7$ T" wounded and at its close a captain j commanded the brigade, ! REJOINS THE COMMAND. As soon as Colonel Thruston was nursed back to life, he rejoined his command then at Mine Run. In the Mine Run campaign he was ever at the front. When Grant assailed Lee in the wilderness there was Colonel Thruston in command of his regiment, and al ways leading the brave old Third North Carolina to victory. At Spcttsylvania courthouse he was again painfjlly wounded. As soon as he recovered he hurried back to his command, then on the march to Washington. He was with Early in that ill-fated campaign. He stood in the lines and saw the dome of the capitol renr Its imposing front to heaven, and then, too, he b!az;d out in indignation because General Early did not seize the glorious prize which lay there ready for his clutch, the c-ty of Washington. When Sheridan, urge! on his remorseless pursuit of Early down the valley of the Shenandoah in August, 18G4, Colonel Thruston was desperately wounded at the battle cf Winchester. In a crazy ambulance, and over rough and uneven roads, he made his painful way to his home, then at Wilmington, N. C. There he remained until December, 18C4. When the Union army in the last stages of the war, ap peared in front of Fort Fisher, Colonel Thruston, then on crutches, reported to General Bragg then in command, for duty. He fought on to the end. He was in at the death of the Confederacy. COMES TO DALLAS. When the terrible nightmare of war was over, with his body plowed with bullets and stamped all over with the seal of honor, he came In 1872 to Dal las. Here, for more than a third of a century he lived honored and re spected and loved by all. His life here was a benediction. Over the couch of sickness and suffering and anguish, he hovered like a good angel. In the mad race for money he never entered. Here we have the footprints of a hero which as long as the record of the civil war is preserved will never be effaced. On the most striking, poetic and beautiful" expressions which the parting soul in It3 final delirium ever uttered, are the last words of Stonewall Jack son: "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.' To Colonel Thruston, and to every soldier of the army cf northern Virginia, these words had a sad, a vivid and a most pathetic significance. How often la many campaigns after long and tire some and dreary marches, did the foot sore and weary Teterans of that matchless army, cross over the Sheoan- doah, the Potomac, the Rappahannock and other bear&lful streams of north ern Virginia and rest on the other side under the shade of the trees. To Colonel Thruston the time came when he crossed over the river. OTer there the shades of Lee, of Loagstreet, and of Stonewall Jackson rose to greet him and as now he rests under the shade of the trees, the whole host ofs the brave confederate dead acclaim: "Soldier of Lee, well done! Hest from thy 'loved employ. The battle fought, the victory won Enter a hero's joy." Ori&ta of Indian Soramcr.M Th Spartanburg correspondtt of the News and Courier gives the follow ing interesting explanation of the term Indian summer: "According to tradition Indlaui sum mer is a warm, bazy spell of weather that follows tho first snow. It U said the first fettlcrs farther north felt that thev wen safe from Indian attacks when snow came. Th Indian know ing that the whiter felt tveurv. made their mot savage incursions after the first fnow had melted and th weather had turned warmer, lionet the name Indian summer. It is not often that we have a condition of wvather hero corresponding to that. During this month therr may bo a warm spoil af ter this cold weather, which is a fair Imitation of the Indian summer." Long Tennessee light. For twenty years W. L. Rawis, of Bells, Tenn., fought nasal catarrh. He writes; "The swelling and soreness in side my nose was fearful, till I began applying Bucklen's Arnica Salvo to the? sore surface; this caused the sevnta and swelling to disappear, never to re turn" Bast salve in existence. 25c at B. R. Bellamy, druggist. President Roosevelt has nominated a manufac turer of tabasco sauce for civil service commissioner. Going to make it hot for the spoilsmen! Philadelphia North American. ' Kennedy's Laxalire Cough Syrup drives out the cold and stops the cough. Contains Honey and Tar. Free from any opiates. Conforms to Iho National Pure Food and Drug Law. Pleasant to take. Sold by R. R. Bellamy. Bellamy Storer's recrudescing of an old sore prompts us to the almost crim inal observation that Bellamy's "look ing backward.' Boston Transcript. Millions of bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar have been sold without any person ever having experienced any other than beneficial results from its use for coughs, colds and lung troubles. This is because the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in tho yellow package contains no opiates or other harmful drugs. Guard your health by refu. ing any but the genuine. Jos. C. Shepard, J. HicteJ Bunting Drug Oo. President Roosevelt said that if the simplified spelling did not prove accept able he would abandon it. Well? Chicago Tribune. DANGER IN ASKING AI1CI'. When you have a cough or cold do not ask some one what is good for It, as thero is danger in taking some un known preparation. Foley's Homy and Tar cures coughs, colds, and pre vents pneumonia. The genuine is ia a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. Jos. C. Shepard, J. Hicks Bunting Drug Co. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder PI1U quickly drive the poisons from the sys tem and thus afford relief. A week's treatment for 25c. Sold by R. R. Bellamy. "My husband and I created Roose velt," says Mrs. Storey She may have lost her husband a good job but hc hasn't lost her nerve. And if they did, in view of the way they feel about it now, they would be more disiosed to disavow the job than to brag about it. Charlotte Chronicle. E. C. DeWitt & Co., of Chicago, at whose laboratory Kodol is prepared, as sure us that this remarkable digestant and corrective for the stomach coa forms fully to all provisions of ihe National Tiro Food and Drug Law. Sold by R. R. Bellamy. An eminent physician says that run ning is good for the health. That be ing true we fail to see why Mx. Black burn should need Peruna. Raleigh Times. Kennedy's Laxative (containing) Honey and Tar moves the bowels. Con tains no opiates. Conforms to Pare Food and Drug law. Sold by Root. If Bellamy. If you don't know how long It l to Christmas, ask your boy. Philadel phia Inquirer. Open the bowels -DeWitt's Little Early Risers aro recommended and sold by R. R, Bellamy. When you remember about avoiding temptation. It's too late. New York Press. earl Strength fleart Strength, or Item Weskne&i. metnM rr ?tr-rurth. or Nerve Wenss nothing more. i'o. Surely, not or? weafc bcrt in hundred t. ia is. lf. actually diseuMd. It is alms always hidden Usy liul nnre that really !x all at faali. Thii obscure mrrt this tfcrdiac ot Heart Kerr, fcimply need. auJ most bare, moan power, mora stability, more ootrolunr. mora gorerniA strmgth. Withcut that the Heart must con'Jru. to UdU and th stomach and kidneys also Lara' tbw sam mntrollinz nerves. This clearly explains why. a ft fiiedXcui. Dr. eboop's Bfstoctire has in the past dona so mods tor weak ami aifti Hearts. Dr. Shoot first ourht the cause cf all thu rinra!. palpitaUns. sc9ocW. in heart distress. Dr. Snoop's Iicetoz&tiTv thJa aopolar prvscr? ption L aktae directed to tlxs. weak and vra,tii5jr nerve center, It hoildat, ICstrenzUtens ; It oifrr real, ffesndae heart help. If you would care strung Hearts, strong dt-( resttao. 6tr3vthen thes taerrt re-establlsa-teem as needed, with Dir. Sloop's' ROBERT R. BELLAMY.