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The Gastonia Devoted to the Protection of Home the Internets of the County. Vo\. XXI. GASTONIA, N. C„ TUUUSDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1900. ARP LOSBS TEMPER. TEAT IS STEEE EE BEADS SOME ■OSTEEBE PAPERS. toy They Mill Male ■•—■Ml Oeta «• ■ad at l.a. mf (k> Fllap at Um ■Mlk and ten K »«*. MUl Arp In Allaau ConMItulloti. Aj Patrick Henry aald, "It U dmIm to ory peace wheo there li no peace. ” Ileory Grady rarer loved the nation In to peaoa for more than about a wrek. Balter take tbat Inaorlptlou off bla monument. What alarm* me le the fact tbat th* northern paper* that are moat bitter against u* ara the moat popular with their people. Tbia I* a bad algn. Tba New York and Bruuk lyn ootnUoad and It 1* Increasing every day. It la ably and bitterly edited Not a dally Laaaa but ha* some fling or alandar again at tha aouth. I wouldn’t can for what an editor said If hla read dart didn't approve and Indorse It. and It 1* raaaooabta to auppoae that the mlllloa northern readers of The Preee halo os aa oord tally in does tba editor. I cant’ aooouol for Urii antlpatby, for we are not doing northing to them. In last Sunday's paper Tne Preee lays tbat we "should build a monamant to Panl Sloan, tha deputy sheriff of Lake Charles, La., baoanae ba lost bla Ilf* In trylag to protect a negro from a inob. ” Tbat li not so bad bnt ha continue* hla remark* sad lay* w* "mould set up hi* status In place of those erected to Calhoun and Taney nod Davis whom tbelr own follower* admit ware incur ably wrong iu every question of their tine nod the uorlharn mind reads Paul Sloan's title to a monument aa clearly aa John Brown’*." What la the naa trying to kaep calm and same under each provocation*. Chief Justice Taney and John C. Cal houn were dead before oar civil war and I did not know that any revpaot abt* eltlaan of th* Uolted d eta* would dace to dishonor their great names. They war* statesmeu, not polltlolaos, and tha tributes and eulogies paid to them by northern meu were full of and overflowing with national lamenta tion. Bvau Denial Wabater spoke with mooh emotion In bla beautiful eelogy on Mr. Calhoun. But now at tbli lata day tha Msma old ttnatleal ory I* beard that cauaad New England to sand John Brown on hi* malicious aDd devilish strand. Tba asm* malignant bowl that I aspired Jobn O. Whittier to writ* of Webalar: ‘■So f Alta I SoloetH Uw llcbt withdrawn which ohm bo worn Tbe (lory from bis (ray bair* gone for •▼armor*. AU aim la gone; from thorn great ayes the aool has fled Whan, faith la lost and honor 3lee. the mao la dead. And this because he honored Cal houn and In tie old age dared to aay In his apeeah at Capon Springs that a State had tbe right to secede from the anion wbeo the compact was broken, My father was from Masaanhoeettaand honored Mr. Webster above all aneo and waa Intensely Indignant at Whit tier'S fanatical purl tan loci verse*. That triuoararate Webster; Clay and Calbonn was bis Ideal of great aarn, patriots and auteameo, and it la mins today. My contempt for old Whittier la vary great and none of bla slanderous affusions shall dad a place In my oolta ttoo of poems. I was surprised to find a lot of them iu William Cnllen Bryant’s collection. Bur I am going to quit reading aocb newspapers sa destroy my serenity. I have to harry out Into my garden aod dig too hard end too ofieri this hot weather to keep my choler down. I’ve baan building a woodshed, and a chick en ooop with two apartments, one of which la for the Christmas turkey a, when the time ooicee, Old Uoolt 8em did die sure enough end I am now em phatically tbe boy—but I reckon It Is good for ma. My wife save it la. I’ve worn out my rorkad boa digging up the bard ground la the hose bed for tbe worse—I am Insulted tbe harder I dig. 1 don’t understand eome thing*. Gen eral Gordon and General Wheeler and of oar orators aod preacher* go op north and mix op with those yaokaaa and coma back loaded down aod rey; DO ■loot, bat I nottae that tba Grand ▲ray want* to ragnlata oar taboo! books, aod Um tditon dictate how wa ahall mac act oar oegroea. I’m doing my boat to barmontaa, bat wbao 1 road tbalr adltoriala I want to hlra a coatin’ man—ona that can’t be broke of It— aod 111 gtra blm M a day to uaa laa gaaga oo that editor. Ha woaldo’t mind bnleg ooaaad afar off and maybe II would rallava my faallnga Ha koowa that every follow* of Toaay aad Oalboao atlll glory la tbalr eooeUta Uooal teaching*. Ha koowa Dr. Ac drawn, who la tba honored head of tba puMIe aeboota of Chicago, declared to a public add ran that every principle tha ■oath maintained aod fought for had boon decided to our favor by Urn co pram court of tha United tittles be fore tha war and‘.has bean ciorn the war confirmed by tha promt court, Ho knoao all that aod bo koowa all •bowl Paoa and Akron aod Haw York otty’a treatment of Um oegroi end la foot of all Uile kodaraa to aplt out hit Ttcom at M. I don’t nndertiaad him dot what manor of a man bo It nor bow bo can alaapln pesos* enjoy sod dlgeet bta daily food. Bat we will got area ooat moth aod the* yoa will bear a ho»L Good gtra otowa t What a aoaatonmtloa—what waawlag aod walHag aad ghaahiog of mtb—Bryan aad tilavaoooo I Both and with a big H and that po«ab<na tion baa nor* I a llad yac Wall, I am workleg on that book now, aad my friend* art mdlag the nnaaa of tbalr favorite poem from all or* tbaaootk. It la already inlwert ■ng aad oariaue In aota the onea that .r* moot aopular. 1 ahall publish a Hot of thorn Worn long (la lbe order In wMeb they Wand. And am about that eariptoral aolg I have localeed aovrral letter* a boot Ik and but oca correct answer sod so I will have to give the so lution. aa sent by tbe MlMlaaippi flrla : “Von have heard no doubt, tbe oft-told tala Of Prophet Jonah and tbe whele His living soul was kept within Till he repented of bit sin. When tbe whale dim Its oil gives light Dlspetllug darkness from Out night.” TVBIIh Ulg UISIISAV. ■ r. Hwiaae WaUiisb llntail* la lha Ualvoatea aiorai. Unlike tbe prisoner ufChiUon, whose hair lamed white from inddea fonr. Is tus case of Herman Z let hen r.f Ho. 1713 Market street. Zietltec'a bait and beard turned gray In a single per haps Ike moat fearful sight that ever eloead over this country. Z to then, until three weeks ago. waa a resident of Galveston. He la married and baa four children, ilia eldest of whom Is U years old. and the youngest 9 In Claires too he conducted whet waa known aa “Mamma Zietheo’a Chile Con Oarne Palace ” He bed accumulated 90,4100. all of which, ex cept arluu was invested In Uiefurnltuiw and equipment of the pleoa. waa to cash. When tbe reout flood swept over tbe city ZteHie’s property and savings ware swept to aea. and experi ences of the single night brougbgray hairs where uone before existed. Zletheo lias now moved to St. Louis, and be says he never wants to see Galveston again, to speaking of lilt experience iu aiortn be tab): “About 9:30 o’clock in lha evening 1 beard a roaring sound lu tbe distance that resembled ibuodcr. About tbe aama time It grew very dark. I began lobe alarmed. Suddenly my watch dog oarne ruabtug Into tbe bouse, howling and barking exoltsdly. I drove It out. when It eome back. I walked to the back of tbe bouse to tee what it waa, found the doghouse was •floated. I hastened to gather up my family and take them apetalre. Tbta. I had hardly dose before the Storm broke In all lta fury. My house was a frame one, and It reeked like a cradle. I knew It oould notstand the onslaught of wind and wave, so I determined to move my family Into the next bouse, which waa of bciek. My wife took ooe ebild and I took tbs other three. To get oat of oar house we bad to wade through water up to our ueoks. A few minutes after we bad gotten out the house collapsed and was borne out to see. xne ugiiM we were in rooked like • •hip a: eta. Wa war* all Id iha back of tbe houaa, and fortunate ’iwu. for while there tbe frouot caved Id. Ev ery moment we expected to be our last, and you can I mag.ns our <uScringe “Oder tbe oircumatancae. Tbe storm luted with all ita severity until ahoot tJ) o’clock lo the murnlug. When day broke I looked oat of the wlodow, and thought I aaw the form of two dead bodies floating by. “Ths waters bad now subalded, and as I looked up Poet Olfloe etreet I saw atrewc. Id all direct loos, among tbe wreckage of buildings, dead bodloa. It seamed to me then muet have been a hundred right la that square. I walked back to the bourn wile my wife aod children were, aod stayed there for the greater part uf the day. 1 seemed lo have loat my senses 1 waa lust eo bewildered t never thought of doing anything. And 1 don't be lieve I ever would have, bad not mum men ooma around me, and told ma my help waa needed. Thu night my hair turned gray, and I don’t think many of those wbo survived will get ofl without as many gray hairs aa I have." Z let hen said be Intend to spend the rent of hie days In bt. Louis and try to forget tbe terrible experteooe of lile last days at Galveston. •A ■iMWmu.ilK Mr. 0. W. Stereoi table book. “In ladle,’’ says that tbe Bret eight of tlMt country U amexlng end etopefrlng, cause ersrythlng is no noticeable that yea notice nothing. The oomaooo or owe ere Mae; lha oxen bare humps lu a dow life la a new world. In de scribing the satire life be glfee ibis story of their ladlOeoee to pooleh A simple riot the other day had aald goadby to his relsUree sad wan pin ioned, when suddenly he asked to speak BtfAlft to bli brother •Recollect” be nald, ‘its twenty kawa aura at barley that mao owe* me. Hot dawa sura”—which arc smeller. Toen be turned and was hanged with out mortng a musole Another Ban, a Pathaa, was being haoBed. when the rope broke. The warder bade him go op on tba scaffold a«aln bat be objected. “He” he aald. “I was sentenced to ha hanged, and hanged I re been I” “Hot an my friend," argued the warden. “You were eeoteneed to ha headed until- dead and run’re not It was a new rlew to tbe Pelbdn and be toraed to the superintendent ; -|i that right, aehlb T" “Yea thal’a right.” “Very well. I didn’t uadentaad,’1 aad ha want eemposidly ap ihe itepe and was banged again. Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plalofleld, III., makes the statement, that shi caught ootd, which lettled on hm longs, aha wae treated tor a month bj her family physician, hot grew worse. He told her ah* was ■ hopeless riotlw of imeeiwiatlim aad that so midlals* ooald ears her. Rnr druggist eaggea tod Dr. King's Hew Dteeueary for Cetv eampttoht she bought a hotels sod tc bar deMgat found berseU beocittel from Brat done, (the noetlnoed Re am aad after taking six bottles, found her self eeoad aad well: now dona her owe beoaawerk, and la as wen as the er« was. Pres trial hot! tee of this areal Mmeseer at J. K. Carry kOo., Draff star*. Large bottles K eeete sod M VBCLK uan M A HIT. I««l OtuSlw flavrla fwty—w a Trip «*jr«w Tertx (•rnian Bte Italy w a J ary aula. Atlanta Neva. to the criminal superior court tbla morning Uolay Walker, • negro, wai found guilty nf burglary. And "Uncle Heaue," Joel Chandler Harris, was ooeor tbe latlvo i£rkJ men and I roe wbo bslped make live verdict, which lnotdent has an amuetog story behind Until this week. "Uucle Remut," lo all hta long aud useful career, had novae served oo a Jury. 80 It wee tbe one thing he never expected to do. Wherefore, when he went to work last week and wade hte preparations for n trip to Hew Tork be foresaw all pos sibilities save this, end arranged for Umb. But this one he did not sea. Aud wben a euBmous from the court asms to tils (he day before he wis to depart, be wee taken at a slight disad vantage. However. eooenlUttlon with experienced friend* revealed bops of bale* excused by the Judge, But said these friends, you will have to sake a sis tea act of your position to tbe oourv Mat lag a statement la tbe last thing "Uncle Beni us" in real life, haa a fan cy for doing. And tbe more be de bated tbe Better in bis own Bind, the more be decided he wouldn't be able to do so. So he gave over bis projected trip, and Bleakly weeldown to tbeeonrt bouse, and jollied with Ms late dis tinguished fellow cllieene lo tbe perfor mance of Jury duly rather Chan get up before a small collection of bis fellow ottiMns and deliver blmeelf of a few words. in this wlea, It tall out that "Uoola Hem us11 found himself one of the twelve wbo were selected to pern upon tbe oase of the negro Walker. Uolsy wee charged with having slipped into tlie house of fl seals Ueoderson while lleeele waa at tba oirous. and makiog way with a black silk skirt, a raaor, and such oilier things as be thought worth while. "Uncle Renans’' ualgbt have condoned tbe offense In a darky of the type ao daar to him and through him to oaarly all tba world. But Bojvy wasn't of that kind. He belonged to tba "smart nigger" claae. He was em inently a smart Digger coon—be ooa Id read a little and writes lulls, sod la pudenee was ble strong point. There waa nothing of tbs respectful and eelt rnapeellog darky about kla. So when be was arraigned be dfQn’t to be gin with strike a res pensive chord in "Uncle Demise' ” breast, any more lhau be did in the bra eats of lbs elevep, other jurors. And when proof poal-: Hue was adduced that that Bo ley was a* guilty as charged, "Uocle Ramos” did not for tbe lake of Auld LaagSyue make any effort to ttsDd between him aud tbe penalty at his misdeeds. Tbs public will probably be treated shortly to n story of Bolsy Walker, from Ibe peu of Hr. Harris illaaUatlng tbe work toga of tbe Jury system. UTTII VMM HI, issues tie Writes Is s KHtUfeAktM Ousel* mss Is PlUs After Iks Bases*. Wustllsetuo PuW. United States Minister Cuoger, writ log from the Isgalkm at Pektn, under date of September 1, to a relative tn this city, sere that than, for tha first time since the rescue was affected, he had found time to write sod say that all were well. During tbs siege be lost tweolv-Ove pounds of weight, but thought this bad done him good. He had Just received papers from the United States,giving detailed aeoounts of the botchery at the legation, wbloh, be aald, mast have bean horrible newt to relatives and friends, bot wbieb were now vrry amusing to Man. The family and members or tba legation bad had a bard Urns, and It WM indeed mtraauloaa tlmt any of them were alive. Pur two full months tliars waa aoercely an boar when they were not being Bred upon from soma point. But Urey were now safe and graesfol to all who aided In lbs rescue. At the titan tha letter was written there warn 40,000 troops in Pekin. Much of tba city, the minister said, waa burned. Tba legation waa over run with work. "Our borne,” he ad dad, “la overflowing with homeless missionaries, wounded uflSoera, and Qen. Chaffee and staff. Wo nre getting In better shape, however.” A MIM ckMta ndddnavr. K*w Tort UowacnUL "Self-preaeryatlon 1* lb* Drat Uw of nature.” Here, alter nearly airly year* of BrttWi MUdm of Uw whole leagued world aa eompatiton la bar own marfcat In maootwelnrlog llnaa, wa bare a bead of BrUiah Irootnaatara rlalng up and pretealing—even to Um point of threatening to make ao laaue of tba matter before the government — again at ooctracts for the tree and atoal material to be uoad In tba ax toaaiva railway and bridge construc tion contemplated la Booth Afrlaa being awarded to their good Amertoaa ooueloel We have tofd that “blood la tbiekar tbao water”—tbit oar Brltiab relallfea were willing to almoot anything to ebow tbelr regard for ua. But la the can of Umm Bril lab Ironmaster* Ilf* wonld loan IU attrae ttona for them If Americana should gobble many onntraot* In South Afrlaa. Thla la all vary natural. Bot, oh, bow reaagoda to the prinelpln of Blob ard Cobaa, wbnea portrait la mlota. tars waa long Moos aoppeead to be Hcbod on tba monular walla of aaab British Iron master’a han't! Wa repeat, “seifs'seer vat loo la the •rat low of aatura,” and our Brltiab klaamaa are ilmpty notorloua for their devotion to law, Urn aataral ' law aa well aa tba eommoa law. Trrt trade la waarlog oat In (treat Britain. m* mm Pmwinna me num asd Vara* a a kMk at aawar Taerauma Cnu Toast B U daily tsaa and r-*-1- la I'Mwba. Be aasa-a* »av. Mmbs irPUMCITU MMMWIIS. ClmlM* Mmi »I—gen la mm Is Urialolai, ir Mm IH1 rm«tlv# Mm m». Qavalsw* LmO«r. Tba “ApecdloliL 8/mpoalum” of tba Cuyboga County Medic*! Hoolsty at Iba ttedtoal Library building last cranio* waa ao Mitertaloiog that It will be ret one 4 two weeks hence, when tbs papers for wbloh liter* wai nut time last erasing will b* presented and tba agilcy dtaeuaalon oontinwed. Oo tba treatment of appandieltte oo th* adrialbllity of oottlog open people wbo bars tba disease oo tba usa of opium for It, and aran on tbe prooaa olatioo of tbs word Uie doctor* disa greed. Tba young doctor* siado fso of lli* old ooes and tba old oaoa mad* fuo of tba yoaog. Soma of theta pro oouDoad tb* word a* though It warn spelled AppendloerlU, and others Ap peodsoighil*." Paper* wer* read by Drs. Guy ft. Flizgerald. Charles B. Parker, Charles G. Foote, L. B. Tucket as an aud Joseph V. Kofroo. Dr. Parker told bow to tall laying that the patient’* stomaeb usually bad *‘'bo*rd llk*'’;teellug when fait. Dr. Foot* said that soma pa tient* got well anyway, whether any thing was doti* for tbsm or wot and that some died so matter how much was don*. He thought Uie patient's chaooas wars baUar if tbar* was ao op or.tlow. Dr. Tuokerman Mid that people had appsodiel tii yaara before tba dims as was •dlsooTMad” and oarned aopaodi eltla, sod that they gat wall of It be foi* all of tba modem dltoorcrtw* wees dreamed of. He thought there bed breu an Increase In the dlasts* since tba grip apQsole*. He said be gars oalumlla, tartar emstlc and opium for It and bts patients got wall without be ing ent op, although be realised that if n doctor refaand to oporab* on n csss it wonld saonllf go to aoms other doctor who would. Dr. Korroa Mid that 90 par asnt. of U>* oases of amedleUI* were in obit dran between 4 and 15 yaara of age and (bat 70 par cent, of them were boy*. Dr. E. P. Oniblug told of Ilia dla ooverir* of a French doctor that showed that all that bad baan said and written about tba cauaa of tba dtaaaM Uosuaed by geroM that ara present la all healthy ioaidas. but which ara anode cLralcnt and lamed Into dangerous appandlsl tu* whoo th* appendix g*U twitted and •topped up so that tbe bora in it are liolitld, Dr. Quirk thought that the statistic* a* to tne proportion of case* among men and women were all wrong, bs causa the women want to tbs gynaecol ogist* with Uielr append lent* case* aod them epeotaliets rears not included In the count of the number of cases trialed. Dr. Charts* J. Aldrich, tha president of th* society aald that lie would Ilk* to hear what soma of tba older doctor* did before tba appendicitis and tha op eration fur It war* disconred. l>r, A. 4. llart said that b* bad treated the disease for years before the name aud operation war* Invented; that be had oerar mm a eaaa in wbloh be thought it - nicissary that tbar* should be an operation, and that be bad neyer lo»i a ease. wuen it aetuea down in a Qgiit be tween tbe medical doctor and tbe sur geon*. Dr. F. B. Sawyer, who looked about aa ukl Dr. liert. aald be bad treated lota of oaam before the uew fancied name and operation were dD covered but that bow be wae afraid to band)# a eeriooe cun without advlalog an operation. I uaed to Rive eaatoc nil and opium and all tbo other thing* uld time doctor* gave, but now I think ap pend toll la la a emgleal dI*eaa*.” ha aald. Dr. F. J. Horton aeked Dr. Parker If It were poeatbte that ilia bunnl-llke feeling of the abdomen might beabeent In a oaae of appeodlelUa. Ur. Parker replied : “Anything t* poaetbl* to medicine.” Dr. B. E. Ealger aald : “I do not think It la right to tear* the young doctor* of whom a great many are preaeot Into thinking that every earn of appaodleltl* matt be turned over to a eurgeoo. lota of them get well without ao operation. Dr. Fred Harriot told of a earn of appendlettla that bad the oloaeet at tention of a Dumber of prominent pby atolane and Uieo turned out to bo jaua dloe. Dr. Boland K. Skoal aald be thought tbe eaeee tbe other doctor* bad been tolling about having bean cured lo M boar* without ao operation bad never been appeodlelUa. He aald bo waa a aargaon and a taadloln* doctor both and believed ia operation*. Dr. Deo B*lob told of a Karopaan doctor who ourad appeodteltM with nothing but opium. hV M HMMH *v MlfWII IVt doctor to wait aotll tha eaaa ta alia oat dead aod thee call a largooa aod pet tha raapooaibilltj of tba patiaatto life 00 him," oald Dr. 0. W. Crlle. wbo la a aargeoo. "1 Unak that tba madteloe practice ar of export anno baa Juat aa moch right ta Judge wbaa aa opcratloo ahoold ba per formed aa a yooe* apotett of a aargaoo hea,"aald Dr. Q. IV CampbaU. "I have bandied a few otaaa of appandlcHIa and operated oo a few, and par hope I hare had aa many caaaa of appeodieiti* aa Dr. Orila." “I hare operated oo MO aaaaa of ap paodlcItlA,’’aald Dr. Orila Quietly. aod had a great mao* otbara la which X did oot operate. All I ha*a to aay la that 1 believe a eargooe ahoold ba oelled In to eoeaeMattoe la tba early Man of the eaaa ao that ba My bare a voloe la deciding whether there aboold ba aa operation aad waea It *>ould ba per form ad. loataad of bate* givaa tha oaee wbaa the paUaot la pretty nearly dead aa aomatlmaa bappaat Dr. W. D. Porter, of Otoelaaatl wbo waa pnaaei aa a gaam Wad aaaw oil •blob ho pound oo the •atari that •an bacamlag Qolta troabUd. "I name ta mo," ba cold, ’that for •be aaba of tba patient aod the prefee •loo. tba amdlaal pnatloaar aad Die •argeoe ahoold work together Tfaaro la ao danbt that la many aaaaa tba anr gaaa la aaft oalWd eaUt tba patent la about (toad, aad than tba harden to thrown on tbo larnu for add artac tba petkm* Tbto baa a bad cCaet oa tba pnMJo mind Tbay all know about tba neighborhood that tba paUaat to wj UL They watah tba doctor ma* da; afur dap and aaa that UM aatlaat growa wont. Thao tbap aaa tba aar* •bob com. Per baas tba sargaoe baa an aaalitaot with him. Thao tba ns* dartakar ontace. to tbls wap tba aaa ptod gat an Ida* that on operation w a rtry much man damacoaa thing than it ntadbe,and when tbaptbaoMb*op erated on tbap xafaae to consent. I not be anrprtoad If In turn tba lorgaoea will rotoe* la taka aaaoa In wbtoh tka doctor haa sot called them oe ease aa be should, rafuaiog^or tha aake of tbalr own raputrttoat and for tbo rapotilloa 1 of tbolr urofaaaton.n Ooa Of tba young doctor* naked i “If tha append!! to saaeltir* aad patofal whcojnlgtUM. it it* aign of agpaadl “It 1* not" said Dr Toekerman, *1 hap* a moaMr* appendix nyaalf aad I tarn bad appeodielita." —— . . am momwMT m. ua a turm War* M lertkw* "Mow (ty OtnerO John a Gordon to AGaata How*. Tbe Haw York San, tba ermrea aad Miter orcao of a narrowminded, Mg* otao aet of Wall street milllooairaa, ?• now proteatiog agaloat aba piecing of Usneral Robert E. Lea’a asm In tba Amerlean Ilall of Fame. It baa printed tbto card, alleging that K cuidm from an old aoldtor: “To tbo Editor of Tha (fan-Sir: Can you Inform me wbp Hobart E. La* should bat* bla a am la tba Hall of Fame? “•What did Iwi tint do la mak* hto MM femoaa. outside of being a traitor to bla eountrr? Did be not laara bto goTtrnmsDt In lb* boar of mad? Ha real food bla oommtoalon, aad while It wsa being deb pared lie took oomaaad of an sitar In rebellion against it. Una making fauaeolf a domrtar from bto fl*r. ‘•Are The American people to onder ataod that Lee. Che oommaoder ef toe Confederate force*. to to be named with Mch men m Waalilugloc sod Llaooln? “AM Old Soldi**.” Tbe Sun's eoasmeot on this was: ‘ Our ooiraaiioadeal's summary of LOe facto regard Hobart X. Lae to cor rect. They were peculiarly Oagraat. Lee was ac offleer of tbe United SUlee army aud had reoelvad in* tralolog aa aucli at tlw Weal Point military acad emy, at the oeet of tbe American peo ple, ibiouglt their national govern mcnt, aod bad takeu this oatli aecurd Ingly. '•Howevery letrtoiit tbe oooald eratoou we may give to Hobart X- Lao beianaa of the perplexities of tbe situation In wbiah be eras pi toed at the outbreak of the eirll war. la bU name fitly chosen to I aspire among youth an emulation atlmelatlog to manly virtue aod eooduolye to tbe prcpetulty of tbe republic? If audar that name eould he put this autpreealou as oomlug from Lae * tips Its mUUen to tbe American (Iall of Fame would nol be lucongrous: 'I have served my 00 jo try uoder the flag ef tbe uoloo ter more than fifty veara, and aa long aa God permits me to live I will defend that flag with my sword, even if my own native state arealta if Bat this loyal and aoldiet ly sentiment. worthy of Immortal preservation, was uttered, not by Hobart X. Lee. but another Virgin lau. Win field Sett." Wbao thto wee shown General John B. Gordon, with the request that be answer It lu Tbe Hewa on behalf of tlw southern so Idler*, tbn general wrote this reply: “I am arnased to see a paper which to to ably edited as The Sun indulging In snob language Fortunately for tlie permanent fraternity, unity aud welfare of tbe republic, each eeetlmeato ee Tbe Sun seems to Indulge oauaot represent the prevailing thoughts of tbe great body of tbe oortban observation leads me to the be lief tbit the average man aod wooes among tbe intelligent mamas of the north bare a vary high appreciation of General Lee as a soldier, end booor blm as a man end eUiaso. If I am mistaken In this ai.d If Ttm dun repre sent* tbe pray slant Ideas of that sen* tteo. lbl* feet o«n bar* no poaatMe Influenee upon tbe pUoa which General 1 wo Win bold aa »o Idler, man and pa triot for ell time and throughout all other parts ef the oivlllsad world. Fortunate It Is also for posterity Itself that General Lae's lift will to es teemed by fati.ru generations as 4 model as nearly teulttose es that of any man who Iras lived In any age. So for aa my knowledge of aaea goes, gained either by parson el observation or by reeding, be bos no supertolr la tbe combination of attribute* that make a perfect mao. “What have I to say of the totter signed ‘An Otd boldwr?’ Wed, I prefer not te eaproM soy opinion whatever ns to that tetter. If I war* to Judge by what 1 have seen sod know of tbe Unly brave sad knightly men who really did bard fighting oo etthar aid*. I should sonelnds that the writer of that letter wee n 'soldier' who was sever under •re.'' Waa tba bat that bit O. B. toaad man, of Haowk, MM., Hi Um Otvtt war. It pan tad bocrtbta TJlaan that ao traataant twtpad fortOyaar*. Tbaa BaoUaa’l Armloa Malta eurad hlaa. Oaraa Cwta, Bculaaa, Barn*. BoHa. FllOQI, Corn#, l%fa XiupUooi. Rm4 Plla can oa aartb M eta a boa. Cura narmatacd. told by J. I. Curry and Company. Dragplata. a manat «a«M* Baton (ta Ma atotar*a baaaj—May Mr, Hufel alot you afraM o’ |«I| V Mr. Haatatf—Why na. What aw pat aatb ta tdaa lota wour baud f Baton—Pa did. I baard Mm aay la MB a IttUa nbtia a«o i -'l paaa LUt (at bU aoalp ratgbt Mba’a pm ap v ■at bar »*r potato*." «• * » POMMtaD MM. tblag uoWj** Might ban ton up«M ttaltobnu VTuJikzJSZE: yuWag tta MM of 'UMtabri *-fr, JUerntlr Mr. Cook, who te a —cdldeta for toe aotrloaUno for na r^*“*M*» te **• Iwirtantb Iklilit bought tta Too Umar SoUrprtaa tar Malay aod da ratal ttaoataa edition to bir ova latanata. Tta carieua part ef ttor prerrrdlag. apart horn ttalat nln baa lore oppaaad Mr. Otakte am bition. oo natUr a bat eta to night Mr. Ooak, rta«M aboat tUr pe culiar aatbod at campaigning, raid: ‘Ttor# ate *«•»■*• oTlao type. nado up of —Iter of ny ova oompo. ntioa, end ttatr’r oat a word of adnr tiring la tto paper limit aaa page, tta ten one. "I «*tla and te tSZt tta the plumbing berle— of my mb aad myaelf. I an oat going to lay aat aay nooay thin year axorpt la tta MMgrpea, aad I m sol golag to •tan anybody, at ttor. bot yon may ha prrtala I am aat golag to allow any body to abonr me. "Thin Irani al Tta Satapriae aoo talaa enrytblng It baa aaid about me for tta Ian tao year*. Itte alt ttor*. ■ad 1 ban replied to tta artWn. I ban bean frank aad apra. 1 aaM I Baa— right oat. Ute natMr. «o aad So. bat ftte Mr. wHb tta maate own' aa—aad wtatanr to baa nM. “I want to J. D. Milter, tta pcb.’lta at. aad aofcad btar what te waated tat bte or wapaper Cor one day to priot of ary word aaaoUy aa I wrote ». aad aat la dir age a word or tetter. Be told, — aad the arooay wao pat M dryoalt I for him et aeon. I ban ban oandid 1 aod npaa. la tta nry togteaiog X1 ban air*a Mr. Millar tta ortolt for my drfmu far oMoa right atralgfat along. “I’ll tot tto paper will make a ante tloa. Ute bouodte to nad all onr tto etata, tad then will to a whole let of editorial# printed In ettor nawapa pttn a bowl it. 1 oomporid carry word itat nawr in the paper aod my wife dM tta oopptng, aa tont It waa tor baadwritlag Itat want to tta aaaapa par total far tta printera." Ckteaw Bseoeam. Os tba highway helwaaa Bukaw and tU-gac la a wedge of Hones with a mart — Kle-tel-knao. Tba Hste-fal (major) Lu (ant a birthday pc react to tba Cbeo-fml (ooloael) at the saw no torious Kan-yatig fu. Tba Cbaa t'el famed on a telegram from tba Em press Dowager oonUlolag tiar ordar i “Wherever you meet with foreigners you must kill tbeu»; If they attempt to recaps: you still most kill thaw." The Hele-t'ai assured me be bad not •een tba telegram that bis anmaftr Mu bad brought, and allowed to bo freely copied. Da tent another maa Mngec to tbeKsoyaag&hen-falesklac lor drflulte ordar*. and promised to protect tu Bra day* longer. Ba gut hack a pralamatwo, a daapatoh, aad a tatter. Tha proclamatlna licensed riot. Tha daapatoh forbade protrelloa and added that Booan does not raoog ■taa too Yang-tee agreement. Tba lat ter ordered alter extermination. Ha permitted ear recaps next day aad pramtaad that all tba property aboat MOoasra for tba Ktaaa eudMbaiwl ste tlooa, aa wall aa our owa things, should ba preserved anises be won superseded ofm taad ware aaet purposely to work daatruetloa, aaob as tha governor had threatened against the Italian mission aries at Klan-ksng a foctldad vlllega aaar Nan-yang We purposed to se nega durlsg Urn ftva days' grace along with tha Daecaa-Sbcrraak party, bat the asauraooea of tba Hsls t'al, both to them sod to aa. psaatd us to delay ta help tha parttaa that ware following them a dav or two behind eaoh other. Tba third party, Mr. Polka's from Shansi, arrived aa hour later than tha retained messenger, sad we ta(t next morning with them. After oar boats started Urn Hste-fal gave tba Cbon-falto taMar to his subordinate, the TMen-iaoag (lieutenant). He Im mediately ordered twelve militia to moaat horses and tstoh aa task. Be fore dark tha Hopeh gunboat mao mat toe party. 10 that when the twelve horseman faaad that oar prataoteea weea more a amoroso aad hotter armed than themes tree, they returned and re ported that they did not data to at tempt the arrest. On the Bret day of the wreath awes, three day* after ear departure, all movables ware oonOoU anted and removed to tba Hate-fat's r»»eo. Later, east* bog was opened aad tha military odlotela mada their setectloue aad the msMlalag eon toots of sack hex was divided amongst the m I lit la,—ell Klutst-kaaa mas. It waa tha T*ten-tooag who brofca tha Hate-fafe tea) aad oommeeaed tha re moval of the boxen. TO# to. MU ■. A. roitntto iiian. J»y nbNM to tto oOcUl ootioa h ayoltoroatoMo.to ton to aaamtluu Lhna to* boao • dlaadatioa of Um Am ■A Daria * ttoaatoaaoa aaperlataoAanta •* tka KiDg't Mountain Military aead Im tto raaalt of tto dlaaataltoa. Cal* Boat Darla raUtaa tma tmvZc im neottoa totbtui ‘ - Meat at ita adalra, MUty lac all ywatoil fc'v. lDStitUllOO. Tte (HmliUnn bat agrtaabla oo both aidaa. log «•<« tto of OaSoaal Darla ibot Mato to to~Ma tataradto ntarn to Bleb Meed. Abo It ieetloM that tola aataa Maob to teratoad la Military aotoo! work to to U.onbtto ooaid. to. QO'tto ottoc along bad tto aotua MaaagtMMt of ttolattUuUoa, floaoeial nodasaeaUra to ao pltaaaO «it* tto pragma that too beea mada that bo la >Ud to tto ado prlacipaMrig. Oo toa tto mtaaa with obteb toaaxyoatto nt aa it atoaiA to oantoi oo, aad ttooo who bars toCBMa boat aaoadotaA vliattaMTrf bounty to MU** juat auoh a tatod aatoboa all along bad la daw. Odaoal Si a. Darla, tola, date gjSS^'S'tigsrxi SsssfissswttAawn: Yortribe aod their Arpartan la gtoer aRy lagtatted. • ailaTsi^w'S WttSJSg Daria. k^***"™ *"*** ** 0-,B %
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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Nov. 1, 1900, edition 1
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