The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-19

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Committeeman Cowles from North
Carolina is for Reed for President. He
and Settle are good lieutenants for the
Maine man to have. Both are
''Straight-outs." so-called.
BIobbs-Tow does Wigwag's wife
keep him SO well under control?
Slobbs-By threatening to publish
the poems he wrote her before they
were married. Philadelphia Record.
She-And YOU really attended the
Queens reception in London. The
men, | suppose, stand uncovered in
the presence of the royalty?
..Yes, but not TO the same extent as
the women. Life.
Say, paw
Paw"
"Oh, paw
What the what do you want?
IF a reindeer got froze, would he be
an icedeer Indianapolis Journal.
The Court of Appeals of New York
has decided that the power of punish
ment for contempt of court extends
only to acts committed in the pres
ence of the court itself or to disobedi-
ence of the injunctions or orders of the
court beyond its presence"
The Warsaw correspondent of the
Clinton Democrat writes: "In the
case of Mr.. j. b. Kelly and the State
VS.. Mr.. Jas. ID. Farrior's jacks, charg
ing the latter with being nuisances,
the jury gave verdict in favor of the
jacks. One witness testified that he
liked to hear jack bray. The YER
dict was something of surprise to the
judge, who reprimanded the jury that
returned it and discharged them for
the term"
John Sherman, writing as histo-
rian, certifies, with many others, to
the remarkable period of national
prosperity under the tariff of 1916. He
also says that a great mistake was
made in not accepting the lower rates
of duties recommended by the tariff
commission under Arthur's presi-
dency. This was prevented, he be-
lieyes, by the influence of the manu-
facturers who went to Washington to
effect legislation.
Republican ascendency in Kentucky
will be short-lived. The first official
act of Gov. Bradley was to pardon a
Republican heeler who killed a Demo-
crat who was soliciting votes for his
party in quiet manner He had not
even been tried for the crime, but was
simply under arrest ON complaint
and warrant. 1t would have been
scandalous to have pardoned the man
after conviction. but TO anticipate con-
viction and extend pardon is wholly
indefensible.
A correspondent of the Greensboro
Record recently visited the old grave
yard at Buffalo church, and after
cleaning off the moss read the inscrip-
ton above the grave Of s. S. Lecky,
who died in 1894. aged 50. and adds:
Below his name, age and date of
death, | found stanza of four lines,
which. for quaintness and touch of
grim humor, is rather unique. A YER
batim copy of it is given below:
''Deth cast me here beneath this stone
The first time ever was thrown,
But when Christ comes, tho now i'm
low,
j will give Death the rising blow
Sam Jones: "Drummond in his
book, Natural Life says a mans re-
lgion is judged by the attitude at
which he touches the Lord. / will live
and die "A prohibitionist and will go to
heaven as such, but you Democrats
and Republicans. you old red-nosed
sinners. will be damned. Politics is
running the country. man asked
me if | was a Democrat? ! answered
no. A Republican? No. Are you a
Populist? ] replied by asking him il
he was fool. / gave him to under
stand that was none of these, but q
gentleman | love my wife and chill
dren more than any political party
that ever cracked whip over human
slave. They call me u fool, but thank
God, | am happy fool. If the New
rk Fammany Democrats were to 90
to he'll in body the devil would LEI
them in one a month; for If they went
in at one time. they would caucus
elect their own devil and run hell like
they wanted it,"