The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-30

policy. while there has been criti-
cism Of his Mexican policy by Re
members of Congress and by
republican papers," said Senator
Thornton, Il believe that his criti-
cism is largely for political effect and
L am fully satisfied hat the great
majority Of the American people out
size OF those who have made invest
nlentS IN Mexico and therefore wish
tnelr special interests protected, and
thoSe who are acting for political eff |
iecI' are backing up the President in
MS effort to save this unit from
getting into wal with Mexico. Such |
a war would be of many years dura-l
uOn and would cost untold millions
IN money, and worse still. the lives
OF thousands and thousands of good
American soldiers
When Senator Thornton said fare
Well 20 the President last week he
assured him Of his sympathy with his
poilcles with regard to Mexico and
the EuTopes n war, and expressed the
nope that Providence working through
the President would continue to keep
our country out of war.
Beautiful SnakcWood Stick.
~ Thornton has a beautiful
snake-Wood walking stick which was
presented to him by the Louisiana
NOACSdtAott III SOIlSIoSS on tnc eve Oh
the expiration of his term. The dele
cation visited his hotel in a body, he
being too i'll TO be out, to present the
stick. Senator Thornton told his col
leagues that he had a dozen or more
sticks and canes at home, but had
never used n bncauSe he had never
needed it TO assist him in walking, and
was not fancy enough to carry it as
an ornament. The only stick ever
carried is an old North Carolina
hickory stick which belonged to his
father II is known to be over $50
years old. The Senator explained that
he sOmeSimeS carried this stick al
night to knock down dogs in case OF
an attack. But the new stick pre-
sented by the Louisiana delegation is
such a beauty n is SO highly prizeG
that Thornton promised The
donors to carry it, and he is doing so
When he called TO say goodbye t
Commissioner of Pensions S~altzgaber
Senator Thornton had the stick OF
; his arm and showed it to the Com
) missioner. The latter became Yer,
much interested in it and said he wa,
going to find out something abou
I snakeWood. His search for informa
= ton was rewarded and he has sine
mailed the following to Senate
Thornton: "Letterwood or Snake
wood-The heart-wood Of q rathe
: e. AIA 11 tASSg III III
! Aubletti, of the ordor arto carpacae
the bread family. 1t grows from s
to 70 feet high and acquires a dia
: meter Of from two to three feet. TIL
sap-Wood is white and hard; tn
harder and AWE heart-wOod, Whic
rarely exceeds seven inches in thicl
6 ness, is q rich brown, beautiful
notified with deeper shades OF brow
4 almost black. spots, arranged wit
!, much greater regularity than
= usually the case in the. markings
wood, and bee ring a slight reseIl
blancc to the thick letters of son
old black-letter printing. In Kuiar
it is used for small articles OF c.
e binet work and elsewhere only Il
, fine veneer and inlaying work"
~ The stick has an ivory handle,
e portion Of which is overlaid with
- gold plate which bears the folloWiI
/ inscription: John Randolph Thor
= ton, from his Louisiana Colleagues
"a Congress-