The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-24

"What is that English Earl WORTH
The question was asked by the beautl-
full daughter of wealthy Chicago pork
packer.
lone million dollars But we have
a German Count marked down to nine
hundred, ninety-nine thousand, nine
hundred and ninety-nine dollars and
ninety nine cents.
"You may wrap him up."-New York
World.
In the Woman's Congress at Atlanta
it was resolved that the country should
select some flower as the national en-
blem. One speaker, Miss Knight, clos
ing her address, said:
In these autumnal days:
"sThe grape has CLEAN like the breast of
dove,
And the haw is as red as the lips of my
love:
While the blue of her eyes. the blue gentain
And the Golden Rod glows like the gloss
of her hair.
An unfortunate young man and wo-
man w.re driven from a New York
theater the other day by the attention
OlfSu tutlu ny tuC 1uOiShSCs w nun
they left the building they were followed
into the street by the crowd, which left
the show on the stage to see the young
couple at short range, frightening the
young lady so she nearly swooned. All
this because the young people were mis-
taken for the Duke of Marlborough and
Miss Vanderbilt.
Speaking of rich men, Joe Howard,
the veteran journali,t says that their
wealth does not bring them happiness.
A man fifty years old with $4,000, 900
at his command has no more mental and
physical comfort than he had when he
was twenty years old with an income
just sufficient to keep him up in the
social circle in which he then moved. A
boy who has never felt the pinch of pow
erty does not feel any happier when he
grows up and is able to draw his check
for 100000.
Awriter in the Chicago News says that
in bis earlier life Lincoln had very
primitive method of keeping books. At
the time his law partner, the Hon. John
r. Stuart, represented the Springfield
district in Congress. Lincoln was forced,
much against his will, to keep an account
of some kind. The plan he adopted was
somewhat remarkable. When he re-
ceived fee he divided it in halves. His
half he put in his pocket. Stuart's por-
ton he put in an envelope and, labelling
it ''Stuart's half" threw it into drawer
until Stuart's return from Washington.
The New York Tribune of the 22nd
contains this item:
"When prices reached what appeared
to be the bottom, a report was sent out
over the ticker that John II. Inman be.
iieved the drop had gone far enough,
and reaction was in order. Mr.. Inman
himself was on the floor Of the Exchange
great deal yesterday, and he was
credited with buying back, at cent a
pound cheaper than ne sold it, the 25,-
900 bales he let an unsuspecting world
have on Wednesday at 81 81. Mr.. In
man, it is said, has cleared over $500, 900
by the drop in cotton, and is now in d
frame Of mind TO be bull. Mr. Inman
is versatile man"
The Rev. D. S. Gregory, editor Of the
Homiletic Review, warns American theo-
logical students against going to theo-
logical serniparies in Germany. Ii fire.
Quently happens, be says, that the theo
logical professor hates evangelical
religioa and God and earnest Christians
"becauss they are perpetual rebuke tc
the corrupt and beastly life he leads II
he fills professors chair in such theo
logical institution, where drunken
brawls are not unknown, and where
RIGHTEOUSNESS is rife and often open, tc
attract attention he must have something
striking to present in his teaching. Hence
the theological vagaries."