The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-11

A corresk ondent asks if the ladies have
to ride stf9ddle" on a bicycle. Bless
your soul, hSney, we don't know. We've
seen the deal creatures scooting along,
but they "a so fast and look sosweet that
we ha7Dt time to notice whether they
llsB Ia sidewise or whether they are
sitting straddle. Besides. what differ
ence does il make9 asks the Atlanta
Constitution.
Besides his daily walk in the Vatican
gardens Pope Leo takes only one form of
relaxation--C Chess. He is remarkably
skilful player, and his favorite antagon-
ist is Father Giella, who has played Chess
with the present Pope for thirty two
years. Father Giella, too, is a magnifi-
cent player, but is said to be so tenn
pered that the Pope often improves the
occasion by little homily on the virtues
of resignation and meekness.
O'Brien Moore writes that the new
tsAttorney General seems to have taken
the place of Secretary Hoke Smith among
the fun makers of the press, and will
have to bear the brunt of all Cabinet
Jokes until his real worth is proven.
Secretary Smith has so developed and
has so widely commanded respect that
his strong personality has by this time
fully overcome all of the funny para
graphs, concerning him and his unusual
first name.
.sChicago health officers" it is an
against kissing. 1t is pronounced dan
gerous. If, however, circumstances
make it necessary, the lips, according to
a Chicago health officer, should be pre-
pared by an application of carbolized
rose water. Vaseline has been sugges-
ted, but verybody objects to that. Every
lady is recommended to carry bottle of
carbolized rose water suspended from her
belt, to be ready for emergencies"
Tie newest question of German i'm
perial import is Has the Emperor the
right to preach from the pulpit? His
Majesty has always read prayers on
board his yacht, the Hohenzollern, but il
is not known that he has ever preached
a sermon from the pulpit-probably be-
so. As he is the head Of the Lutheran
Church, however, there seems to be no
doubt that be may, if he choose, preach
from any pulpit in any Lutheran Church
in Germany.
Ambrose Hileman writes to It. Gov.
r.. A. Cobb, of MorgantoD (sweet char
acters, they are , that the campaign Of
1896 will decide whether the young, pro
.pressiye. broad minded. liberty loving
and patriotic Pritchard shall be again re
turned to the United States Senate, or
some old fossilzed, mossback politician
shall again misrepretent Us, and sell us
ont 10 "Wall and Lombard Streets. "
Honest. honorable and open handed stu
esion' between the "Pops aed Reps
must be had in 1896 in order that we
,,4g enjoy IT, benefits of tho fusion OF
~.
one of the practical paradoxes of tbs
day is the employment of wood as the
most fire proof material obtainable in
the construction of vessels for the Uni
ted States navy. This realization is
novel but the idea is by no means Sc
rev as might be supposed. In this in
stance the wood is to be rendered fire
rroof bv what is called the electric fire
nroofing process. One of the lessons
however, taught by the great Chicago
fire was that iron is the least durable o
nnilding materials under the stress o
coufagration. As corollary to tha
r,ronosition experiments determined TIA
supporting pillars Or beams made O
wood or encased in gooden blocks, the
ends of the grain bling outside, wert
almost absolutely mIombustible.