The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-23

In the last fiscal year the Unlteu SJdJeS
imported 800, $50, 900 worth of coffee.
A New York woman has institut-
ed suit for $4,000 damages against
bicycle professor for injuries from a fall
while under his tutorship. She broke
an ankle She weighed 800 pounds.
In an address at Bennett Seminary,
Greensboro, on Monday, Bishop MALTA
lieu, on '.How to Get Along, said get
along we must get religion in the heart,
get learning in the head, get money in
the pocket.
It is hard to realize that Carlyle was
born a century ago. He seems more or
a contemporary than many men born
quarter of a century later. NeVerthe-
less, the centenary of his birth will be
celebrated in Edinburg December 4.
It is said that Sturgeon once described
Noah as sitting outside the ark at twi
light, reading his Bible. This reminds
the Springfield Republican Of the noted
picture by Dutch artist OF st. Peter
reading his own epistles bound in leather,
with big pair OF horn-framed spectacles.
The devotion of collie to his master
is to be rewarded by statue insCypress
Hills cemetery, Brooklyn. The dog was
owned by George Buckle, and when
he died, two years ago, it with touching
fidelity found ifs ay to the grave. So
it was decided to reproduce the dog in
statuary.
The Columbus, o., correspondent OF
the Washington News says: II have
passed through every campaign as
newspaper corr espondent that has been
fought in this State since 1879, and can
truthfully say that have never seen so
much real genuine, deep-rooted enthusi-
asm as is manifested TO day by the Dem
ocrats of this State" He predicts com
plete Democratic victory in Ohio.
The Critic of a week ago contained a
prize bicycle poem. 1t is by Robert
Clarkson Tongue, of Connecticut, and is
a splendid one. The first verse is as fol-
lows:
spun in some mighty wizards brain,
fhe potent spell that gave thee birth!
He questioned nature, not in vain,
And called thy being from the earth;
To share the task, he summoned fire
Aeolus at his bidding came;
He fashioned by his vast desire
The mystic bond of steel and fame'
Two unpleasant incidents at the Epis-
copal convention in Minneapolis were
the attack of Minneapolis paper on
Bishop Perry, of Iowa, on the ground
that he sold news to rival paper, a
charge which the Bishop Indignantly de-
nies, and the attempt of some person TO
circulate reckless charges against Bishop
Potter on the floor of the House. The
convention paid not the slightest atten-
ton to either incident.
It is said by Mr.. Leazar, snperintend-
ent of the penitentiary, that thus far the
drought has done no damage in the east;
in other words, that it has caused crops
to mature which otherwise would not
have ripened, and that all the crops have
been saved in the best possible condition.
The grade of cotton is the highest ever
known. In the western part or the
State the drought is causing much hard
ship by preventing the seeding OF
irain.
In bis recollectiC n, Senator Sherman
gyes the telegram he sent as soon as
he heard that there was movement to
nominate Garfield
WASHINGTON, June 5, 1880.
Hon. William Dennison, Convention,
Chicago:
whenever the vote of Ohio will be
likely to assure the nomination Of Gar
field. | appeal to every delegate to vote
for him. Let Ohio be solid. Make the
same appeal in my name 10 North Caro-.
lima and every delegate who has voted
for me. JOHN SHERMAN.
James J. Van Allen, who came into
public prominence some time ago by his
appointment to the Italian mission,
which he declined on account of vigor-
Gus protests which it called forth, is
again in the public eye. Colonel Colt,
OF the celebrated Colt revolver family,
has sued for divorce from bis wife,
naming Van Allen as co respondent She