The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-15

Football is to be abandoned by George
town Cd. o. University, the students
having been forbidden by the faculty to
play it. The fatal injury to a student in
a football game last fall is the reason for
the prohibition.
When q man begins to cast slurs at
christianity, you may know that either
he is seeking notoriety- sse though it
be or he is pitiably ignorant of its real
worth to humanity. christian sun
This remark is commended to DIR. Cy.
Thompson.
Editor Charles Fl. Jones, of the ST.
Louis Post Dispatch, was member of
the committee on resolutions in the last
National Democratic Convention, and
now sends out a statement that the
money plank meant the re opening of
the minis to silver at some ratio or an
other. aud the opponents of free coinage
at the cid ratio must admit this.
The Columbus News, a strong silver
paper, is opposed to the Septem b4r 25th
Silver Convention, and says: tins Dem
ocratic party is the only logical free sill
yer party IN North Carolina. The Popu
lists favor, free silver incidentally, but
according to their platform and their
leaders, free silver plays a Very small
part In the Popnlist programme. :"
8 Garrett P. Serviss, the astronomer
got lost il ascending Mont Blanc few
weeks ago, in furious snow storm, mar
rowly escaping slipping into creyasse,
and was snow bound without food on
the Dromedary's Humps for night and
two days But he tried 1t again fort
night later, and made the ascent, VI hen
on his return to Chamounix be was So
luted with cannon and champagne in
recognition Of his pluck.
In his late speech before the Medical
Society meeting at Wytheyille, Va, DR.
Hunter McGuire. of Richmond, whose
reputation as surgeon is as wide as the
continent. stated two important facts as
to the character and treatment Of APP
pendicitis which seems of late TO have
become a very noted disease One Of
the facts was that in all the operations
that he had performed for this trouble
he had not seen a single grape tomato
or cherry seed as the cause; and the
other still more important fact is that
he has cured all of his cases without a
surgical operation or the use the knife.
In a recent address to an African
Methodist conference, Rev. DR.. Coffin, a
prominent negro preacher Of Philadel-
ohia. said. Eve do not ask for social
rights. There is no such thing IL
every walk of life there are grades Of
society. / ask no man to invite me &c
his parlor, but / do ask him to invite
me to bis workshop. / Do not ask for
social rights. ask for tcb of work
Every c0lored MAJ should bave three
things. They are a Bible, a spelling
hook, and back book. Without there
we are weak indees. We simply ask al
eoual Chance with the foreigner We
ask that the white people put us on tie
spelling bock side
Kansas ii q State OF freaks One
month Ego there was romantic mar
rage on the spur Of the moment Now
the bride, Mrs. Madison, sues fer dl
yorce. alleging that she oaly lived with
him two days and that the 4S hours thus
passed were simply a foretaste of the flu
fure punishment. She says she tried to
10 q dutisll vie, that she wanted to kiss
and tondle him, bat that he spurDed Ter
advances. He told her he would not
.,armit her to kiss him for $500 cash
This occurred within five hours Of tie
tme the wedding ceremon} Was rer
e.rmad. Mrs. Madison Is ye y preiu
..om3n. TIE heart broken woman asks
=, divorced from Nadi OF and z e.
e95 a montb Of MS larry
Roosevelt talks q great deal Of truta
IN . recent speech 10 d temperance gath
n;no he said: "Some years ago an EN-.
snan7 nolitioian said the decalOgue and
tha golden rule had 10 place in politics,
md That purity in politics was an brides
.aant dream. We have gone on the prin-
o;,,le that the decalogue and golden rule
belong to polite. aud that every man
.eorth his salt will do al he can topuriy
~olitics. / am not academic in politics
Anything less academic than the police
far:e cannot be imagined. have baen
in practical politics and have taken my
mare of hard knocks Aad more and
lore I have come to believe that CeceG cy
.n INV ,,oI;tsnS and that The most nrac-