The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-06
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND JOMMES >.
4 professor in the New York Dental
College questions whether we are not
becoming toothless people. Even
many young people are being driven to
wearing artificial teeth. And how
about the drift to eyelessness? asks
the Springfield Republican. 1t seems
as though every boy or girl one meets
is wearing glasses, let alone the multi
sudinous and growing army OF bespec-
tacled ones among adults.
Judge Schenck asserts that the
Southern Railroad is now stretching
out its octopus hands to gather in the
Cape Fear &c Yadkin Valley Railroad,
and that the Governor ought to. If
necessary. call the Legislature together
to prevent the contamination of this
crime. or the Baltimore syndicate
ought to postpone the sale till the next
Legislature meets in order to take ac-
ton. He further says that the South
ern is trying to destroy all the branch
es of this road.
Nothing about the Raleigh News and
Observer cotton mill edition is so en-
couraging as the statement that 'of
the money invested in cotton mills in
North Carolina, ninety-three per cent.
is North Carolina money and of the
managers of the mills eighty-fve per
cent. are North Carolinians." This
shows that North Carolinians have
faith as we'll as works; that they are
doing their own bossing, and that they
are also reaping the profits thereof
Asheville Citizen.
Henry Watterson writes in the
Louisville Courier Journal: HE who
favors a third term in the presidency
is a double died traitor to his country.
The man who would seriously contem-
plate the fourth nomination of Mr..
Cleveland by the Democratic party not
only proclaims himself an enemy of
that party, but at the same time ex-
ploits himself as man without con-
science. Such man were capable OF
any vilIainy If there be any such any
where, still claiming to be Democrat,
and having his senses about him, his
disfayor the Courier Journal invites,
because for him we hold positive alb
florence"
Hon. Stephen Clay, a prominent law
House OF Representatives, recently had
the misfortune to incur the displeas-
ure Of citizen against whom he was
employed in d lawsuit, and received
from the latter call to the field for
settlement of the "affair" according to
the code. TO this Mr.. Clay replied,
declaring that he was opposed to duel
ing because it was condemned by every
principle of our laws and every doc
trine of our religion; that he had
wife and dependent little ones, who
had higher claims on him than his
challenger, who himself had neither
family nor a future, and nothing to
risk but life without ties or associa-
tions to make ii worth living.
The Scotch are among the most val
ued and interesting class in our citl-
zenship. admire their canny spirit.
| admire their business qualities, in
which they alone of the nations of the
world are equals of the Hebrews. |
myself have Scotch blood in my veins
and am proud of it, although | was not
born in Scotland. Neither was ! born
III this country, but ones actual birth
does not make true, honorable man
or woman. Not every one is SO FORUM
ate as to be born in his own native
land, and am to be numbered among
these. I myself was born in another
country than this, and for that reason
cannot be president, as my friend, DIR.
Lorimer, suggested.-Gov. Greenhalge
at St. Andrew banquet in Boston.
According TO the best authorities the
only strictly honest and truthful peo-
pie in Asia Minor are the Yezidi, or
Devil Worshippers. Their particular
prophet is Lucifer, and they hold the
name of Satan in such veneration that
they are struck with horror when they
hear Moslem or Christian blaspheme
it; and when one of the Yezidi pro
nounces the name, those who hear il
are said to be bound 10 kill, first the
biasphemer, then themselves. But
Christian missionaries among them
unanimously represent them as far
superior morally to their HISTORIAN,
tiregorian or Mohametan neighbors
They are perfectly honest" says Re-
clus, showing a scrupulous regard
for the property of others. They are
also extremely courteous to strangers,
kind to each ether, fatlhflsl 70 the mar
rage VOW and OF Industrious hab s.
A Dretty rood character for devil wOr-