The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-22
WEDNESDAY,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

fonoressman Skinner, of North
Carolina, moves that all salaries OF per-
sons in the public service, from Presl-
dent down to scrub woman, ne re-
,luced one-third until such tune as
Congress shall enact the free coinage
of silver This would BRING skinner
services down nearer to what tley
annear TO be worth. Boston Herald.
\ writer in a New York paper, who
has been studying up the KISS busl-
ness, says the reason why the oScuIa-
tory exercise is pleasant IS because Ihe
teeth, jawbones and lips are fnlI Oh
nerves. and when the lips OF 1naghetic
persons meet, an electric current -
generated. \ sort of electric plant as
# were. with match factory attach-
ment.
Speaking about political trimhers
who were angling for the pfesldeltlai
nomination, New York RepuDilcah
said. in answer TO the question:
what about Allison" parable IN
these words: "Oh, Allison IS all right
but he can't change the mental HABITS
and political methods OF lie. Nhy'
Allison could walk on piano keys from
New York to Omaha and never souiu
a note.
new mode of treatment for inter-
mittent fever has been proposed 10 the
Paris Academic de Medicine by Ut.
cr;tzmann. 1t consists III feeding the
patients with beef spleen and mario"
in order to increase the power OF the
phagocytes, the white corpuscuies III
their blood, to devour the haematozoa
that DIR. Layedan has discovered III the
blood of people living III sWalnpy
lands. which he believes to he the
causes Of the fever
It transpires that there ~ also d
s.Nrs Monroe doctrine" When MIS-.
Monroe was in the White House she
made the precedent OF steadfastis
declining to return social calls. u.
first her attitude occasioned great
stir. but she finally won, and 10 1hlS
dav the wife of the President returns
no social calls. Mrs. Monroe doctrine
led to a recasting Of the rules OF the
White House etiquette, and these rules
are said 10 be still in force
senator Blackburn's most valuable
belner i'm his campaign for reelection
10 the United States Senate was NJ
daughter Miss Corinne blackburn.
During the whole Of last summer,
when her father was engaged III ms
sneech-making campaign Throughout
lie state. she was busy in his den,
receiving letters and kilograms, sep
arafinp the important from the unlIn-
,,ortant. sending answers when heces-
gary. and communicating by telegraph
with the Senator when anything came
nm that was Of immediate and great
imnortancc, or when some political
aide Of the Senator wanted him at once
ia make a speech in another part OF
the State. She also received WIN
GRACE and cordially her father
friends and constituents who dropped
in for n call Whenever she accompa-
MED him on a trip he was the gamer
by her presence.
The St. Louis Republic says that
eyerxbodv in Kansas is buying corn.
Bankers. Spectators, grain buyers,
merchants. farmers, editors, and
others who can scrape together q
few dollars are pub1hE ~ - - T.
with their neighbors aud buying corn
with it, Empty railroad cars al are
standing idle all over the state. ne
railroads are not complaining, for they
know they will get the business some
time. Very little corn IS shipping on'
Of the State In the towns along the
lines Of railways new cornefio may
he seen at the rear of nearly every
home. Men and women who can raise
a few dollars are combining their capi
tai and buying corn. The lumber
companies are building cribs out 81
common fencing and storing away
last years crop. Lumbermen have
sold great quantities of common fenc
ing for corncribs. There isn't al
editor in the State that isn't taking
corn on subscription, and each has biz
...rncrib well filled. 1T is estimated
taai Of the 200, 100000 bushels of corr
,,a,cd in Kansas last year not more
than 10 per cent has been shipped on
of the State. The people will not sci
il for Is or 20 cents bushel if they cal
held it and get through the winter