The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-16
THURSDAY,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
4 Question of Time Mr.. Huggard-
All, darling, must / say goodnight?
Harsh Voice (from top of stairs, full
of sarcasm) Not necessarily, young
man; not necessarily! If you wish to
be truthful, you must say good-morn-
ing.-London Tit-Bits.
An Alarming Explanation. Country
PATIENT didn't expect that you
would call again before tomorrow, doc
tor.
Doctor-Well, you see, / had to visit
another patient iii the neighborhood,
and / thought / might as well kill two
birds with one stone.-Iondon Pick
Me-Up.
Curiosity Aroused. What two beau
tiful children Are they twins?" said
an old bachelor to an Austin lady with
two children.
"oh, yes. they are twins replied
the lady.
'.Excuse my curiosity, madame, but
are you the mother of both of them? ''-
Texas Siftings.
A Mugwump. Nav" said the little
boy, Johnny is such mugwump that
/ don't want to sleep with him any
more
"A mugwump?'
'Yes, mamma. Don't you tell me
thai mugwump vas some one who
would not take either side2 And that's
the way with Johnny. He always
wants to sleep in the middle of the
bed Cincinnati Enquirer.
Eyes, I told him that it was said
that kisses were much sweeter i'm the
dark
..And he turned down the gas?"
THE idiot did nothing of the kind.
He Just sat there like a stick and said
that If d girl were as handsome as i,
lie thought darkness would detract
from the pleasantness of the occasion.
1T Was very nice compliment, but
there is time to speak and to act. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
1T is a race war rather than politi-
cal fight that is now waging in St.
Landry parish in Louisiana. 1t is be-
tween the Acadians, the descendants
of LongfeIlow's Eyangeline and the ne
gro. st. Landry is the head centre of
the Aeadians and is the largest parish
900. and nine-tenths Of the white people
are Aeadians. descendants Of the unfor
tunate French settlers Of Nova Scotia.
They have no use for the negro, and the
national antipathy between the two
races is very strong. This is why St.
Landry is now an armed camp, con-
tanning more rifles. shotguns and pis-
tolls than any county of the same popu-
lation in the world.
1t the Arlington is Mr. Philip Rhine
lander d popular young gentleman
from New York, who has an inherit
ance in one &C the greatest estates in
America. Ills fad is the scientific study
OF the battle-delds OF the late war and
the collection of souvenirs thereof. He
is just back from Manassas, where he
got several very good additions 10 his
list OF war relics.
''The seareest things now said Mr.
Rhinelander, "are battle flags. Only a
few are left in private hands, and their
owners GENERALLY are 10th to part with
them. / have seen one or two that Id
be glad to have, but / hadn't the hardi-
hood 10 offer money for fear of hurting
the feelings Of the possessor. have
two Confederate haos-one Of the
Eighteenth North Carolina ard the 9TH
er of the First Mississippi shat | set
great store by. The North Carolina
flag tells yolumes Of the fiery ordeal
ii went through, and is so tattered and
riddled with shot that a glass case is
necessary for its preservation. - Wash
ington Post.
1T is said that In Alabama thousands
of voters who formerly acted with the
Democratic organization We're drawn
back into the party by reason of the
fact that the supporters of Captain
Johnston made their fight on the cur
rency issue. When Captain Johnston
is nominated on Democratic platform,
the principles which he is known to adj
vocate will call back into the party
thousands of honest Democratic voters
who did not participate in the prima-
ries. This movement back into the par
IN will be accelerated by the "a that
the Kolb leaders, who have heretofore
pretended 10 be engaged in a mission
t1 reform things, were found behind
Clarke y the primaries. The fact that
fheV dew their influence in behalf OF
II Barl who advocates the single gold
st Gard and who would add to the
rniseries Of the people by making that
standard a permanent fixture in our
system shows that they wanted that
kind Of o man nominated in order thai
he might be the more easily defeated
Atlanta Constitution.