The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-25
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
4 Minnesota paper asserts that IA
ton of corn will yield 25 per cent more
heat than a ton of coal, and says the
feeling against using a food product
for fuel when the price permits is
nothing more than empty sentiment.
Col Ingersoll wickedIy observes that
he feels toward those who have been
praying for him as the girl did toward
the young man who squeezed her
hand She said: 1T pleases him and
doesn't hurt me-" Better give him up.
The statesman or the politician who
really fears for the safety of his coun-
try is a fool. The statesman or poIiti-
clan who does not fear (because he
knows BETTER, and who yet breaches
of our weakness and our yuInerability,
is demagogue, and he insults the in
telligence of the American people,.
DIR. Depew.
Lionel Phillips, 1.-THE King Of johann
nesburg." probably the richest man
in the I'ransvaal. lives in pIincely
style in a stately mansion in the SUI
burbs of Johannesburg furnished with
every appliance of luxury and splen
did specimens of modern art. He is
an Englishman, believes in the future
of the Transyaal and intends always
to live there.
w. Roberts says that Of the l,300
books printed before the beginning Of
the sixteenth century not more than
300 are of any Importance to the book
collector of the $4,000 published in
the seventeenth century mot more
than, perhaps fifty. are now held in
estimation;" and Of the 10000 publish
ed in the eighteenth century mot more
than 300 are considered worth reprint
ing and not more than 500 are sought
after"
In Europe the ordinary color for
mourning is black, which, being the
privation of light, is supposed TO de-
note the termination of life. in China
1t is white, the emblem of purity, which
color was the mourning of the ancient
spartan and Roman ladies. In Egypt
it is yellow, which, representing the
color of leaves when they fall, and
flowers when they fade, signifies that
death is the end Of all human hopes.
In Ethiopia. brown. which denotes the
earth.
Prohibition does not appear to pro-
hibit to any great extent in Iowa.
Cerro Gordo county is said 10 he one
of the strongest prohibition counties
in the State There is not saloon
in the county, and every effort 10 es-
fabIish one under the Martin mulct
law has been Overwhelmingly defeat
ed. Yet during 1895, according to the
official report of the State Auditor,
G.121 gallons OF liquor were sold in The
county at a valuation of $4,000, and of
this only six gallons was credited TO
doctors.
A steamship bound for Ia Guayra
has just left New York with a ship
ment Of several thousand buttons,
similar to the ordinary campaign
badges. with small satin American
flag attachment. On the top Of the
button is picture of President Mon
roe and the words: America for
Americans; One Country, One Flag,
One God" The Toronto Mail and En-
pire says: This shipment would seem
to imply that there are a few live yam
kee 'fakirs' in Venezuela who intend
to- turn patriotic enthusiasm into pro-
fitable channels"
Lord Bennett, who recently con-
tracted marriage with a Marter, of
Tocoma, Wash, and who is the son
and heir of the exceedingly aged Lord
Tankerville, enjoys the distinction Of
being the first lord to become "A mem
her of the Baptist church. He was
recently baptized by complete INNER
sion by the Rev. +. II. Meyer. Some
complications are likely TO arise when
he succeeds to the earldom, as the
lords of 'fankeryille are the patrons of
two liyngs of the Church of England,
and they are entrusted with the duty
of selecting the rector of two large
and prosperous parishes. 1t is doubt
full whether the future Lord Tanker
Vile. in view of his membership in
The Baptist church, will be permitted
to exercise this right, and it is prob
able that lie will be subjected by the
crown 10 the same disabilities as those
which fall to the share Of Catholic
peers in such matters.