The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-15
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The London Chronicle, in leading
editorial, predicts that Valkyrie III. will
win, and adds: eff the cup returns it
will stay"
An act was recently passed under
which every French barrister is compelled
to take out an annual license to practice,
its object being to remove all the orna-
mental members of the profession.
Interested parties are now wondering
if the scientists warning against kissing
will interfere with the business any.
Well hardly, while the summer girl is in
charge.
The esteemed Kansas City Journal OBJ
serves that "there may still be Popu-
list party in Kansas, but it is unable to
show the head above the growing corn"
Then why not announce to the country
at once that the Pops are "corned"2
All employees of the Boston and Maine
Railroad have been forbidden, by an
order just issued, from using tobacco in
anyscorm while on duty, and when off
duty of wearing uniform or railroad
badge.
The Burlington News says that it,
with seven other North Carolina papers,
has been black listed by the Caucasian
for daring to express an opinion of their
own, and edit their own papers without
the aid of fusionists.
''Let the farmers agree not to plant
for one year, and the world will starVe,"
exclaims PETER. Very true; but the far
mers would starve along with the rest.
1t is not likely, therefore, that such
method of solving political and economic
problems will be adopted.
4 Buzzard's Bay correspondent says
that the new little Miss Cleveland, Mar
ion, was named by herlittle sister, Ruth.
For some reason, according to the chron-
icler, Ruth was particularly partial to
the name of Marion and gave each new
doll she got that name, with the result
that there were dozen or so of more or
less disfgured Marions around the nurs-
cry before the stork brought the little
sister. And when that event occurred,
Ruth pleaded that the new conner should
be given her fayorite name, and her pa
rents humored the whim.
In view of the fact some of the Phila.
delphia people are so greatly exercised
over the project to send one Of their city
bells, a cracked one, to the Atlanta Ex
position, the Charleston News and
Courier suggests that under the circum
stances 'Fit would be fair compromise
to send the fractured vessel half way to
Atlanta, and take it back at once, which
ought to satisfy all the demands of the
problem. Or, how would it do to send
a photograph of il, to be returned when
the Exposition is over? Ii the venerable
fetch can be spared, however, let it go
by all means. The exposition could
hardly be regarded as entirely successful
without either a cracked Pennsylvania
bell or a fake Mexican bull fight, and
the bull fight scheme has been definitely
killed in Difference to the exquisitely
tender moral sentiment of this country.
Let us hope that tIuetrue man fights
will go next They kill more men in a
year than the Mexican institution kills
bulls in a century"
On the goth day of the present month
the Democrats of Ohio will assemble in
State convention at Springfield. Not for
many years has so much interest been
shown in advance of the convention.
This is somewhat strange, too, IN the
face of the fact that last year the Repub-
licans rolled up the enormous and I'M
precedented majority of nearly 140, 000
This was due TO general dissatisfaction
in regard to the inaction of Congress and
Republican Misrepresentation as to TIE
causes for the hard times. The Demo
Gratis were apathetic and Indifferent and
those who did not desert their party
ticket remained away from the polls,
fully $4,000 refraining from voting. But
this year things are different. The Dem
ocrats are all back in line and the skirm-
ishes within the party preliminary to the
convention have been of the most ami
mated character.