The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-25
WEDNESDAY, November p. 1896
NOTES AND COMMENTS.


NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Mckinley babies are bobbing up all
over the country" says an exchange
They must have protection. Inc
country wants no deficit in that line.
The great-great-g grandchildren OF Slr
Walter Scott are seven in number, ana
four of them are boys. The eldest, wal
ter Joseph, is now in his twenty-hrst
year.
Chichen-raisers are encouraged. 1hefe
is q brisk demand for 'wishbones Tor
ornamental work, and the price rules SO
high as to boom the chicken market. n
large canning factory In Kansas hao
large order for ''wishbones' all the way
from Rhode Island.
"Nhatever else may happen IN Virginia
politics. one thing can be predicted Win
little risk, and that is the reelection OF
Hon. John w. Daniel to the United
States Senate" said ex-senator Marshah
Mccormick, of Berryyille, Va, to Post
man at the Raleigh.
ReV. Miles 1Tdllt, VI A'oSlottt bAAAAA
has solved the problem of living. lie
is a strict vegetarian, and never uses
meat. pies. cakes. tea, coffee, sugar, salt.
or spices. His daily food is unleavened
graham bread, vegetables, cheese, and
milk. and he says that he lives well at a
cost of 81 cents a week, the result being
that he is healthy and strong.
l,c,Na Cor Cthian GIRL A
Long Island man lately tumbled into a
tank fen feet deep, used for picking GU
cumbers, and. being unable to get out
unaided. was obliged to stand all night
in a foot of brine. In the morning his
feet were beautifully picked, and so
much smaller that his shoes wouldn't stay
on.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
III. Herman Blunt, the colored leader OF
the Republican party in Louisiana, talks
encouragingly of the realignment of POI
litical parties in the South. He says the
campaign this year has wrought
great changes in the Southern States.
For the first time the Democracy of
Louisiana has left the reference to the
eolored voter out of its platform and prac-
tically turned from its old position OF
drawing the "color line"
Before DIR. hansen started for the north
pole the London Chronicle agreed to give
him e.. 900 il he succeeded in reaching the
pole and gave the first news of his sue
cess to the Chronicle. In case he did not
reach the pole he was to receive f2,500 If
he sent the first news Of his failure to the
paper. AS it turned .out, Nansen's letter
to the Chronicle did not reach it until the
news was already published, and there
fore the question how much money he
should receive will be decided by arbitra-
ton.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is trying to learn
to write with his left hand. He began
to take lessons before he left Newport,
and it is understood that he is continu-
ing them in New York. 1t is his right
side that is affected with paralysis, and
consequently he is unable to write with
his right hand. He expects to be able
TO use his right hand again in the course
of time. but he and his physician are
both of the opinion that he may not be
able to do so for some weeks at least,
and consequently he determined to learn
to write with his other hand.
The following is from the Rlchmond
Dispatch OF yesterday:
''In Saturdays issue you published an
article headed, DIR. Curry on the Flag,
in which the Doctor is quoted as saying,
What has the United States Government
done for the public schools in North
Carolina to demand that the flag should
hang over them; it never gave cent to
North Carolina schoolsF
He also refers to the people of the
South as enemies Of the colored race.
Was the Doctor INDUCING in sarcasm, or
was he, in fact endeavoring to show the
sentiments of the Southern people?
HAS the government ever demanded
that the flag should hang q would pre-
fer the word float or 'wave) over any
other building than those owned by it?
And further: Is DIR. Curry to be under
stood to mean that we should show re
sncct. devotion, and loyalty to the flag in
proportion to the amount Of revenue we
derive from the government Treasury
would like to know. READER
we feel sure that Or. Curry was not
properly reported in the Geographic dis
patch IN question"
The Dispatch Of the day before took oc-
casion 10 endorse DIR. Curry's remarks
rs follows: Or. ]. Il. NJ. Curry is a re-
markedly clcar-headed man, and in no re-
speet more so than as regards the United
States flag over purely State schools, and
the matter Of the suffrage"
Now it seems to doubt the correctness
of the report. OF course we have only to
say that the report first made in this pa
per Of the address made here was prop
erly reported" without regard to any
vaazaaa sAsxt the views axRTessea