The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-14

Senator Ben Tillman opens his mail
with a little silver pitehforl<, the gift
Of an admiring constituent.
William Blailkic, the old Harvard
athlete. saws running is a lost art
among American women. lie allows,
however. that the great majority Of
them can run fast enough to catch
man.
A fearless newspaper that viii cry
aloud against official oppression and
prostitution of public Office 10 private
gain is truly friend Of the people, and
cannot be too highly commended
Alamanee Cleaner
The Populists and Republicans, in
our opinion, are going to fuse. They
may fuss, fume and fight, but after all
they VIII fuse, because their greed for
Office exceeds, by far, their zeal for
nciple-Cleyeland STAR
They cab that man statesman
whose ear is turned to catch the slight
est pnIsafions Of a poclSet-book, and
denounce as q demagogue any one
who dares to listen to the heartbeat
of humanity. Bryan Of Nebraska.
Speaking IL the Senate Oh Monday,
Senator Smith, of New Jersey, said:
s.There can be no revival of business
until we retire to our homes, and the
only motion that we could pass which
would be received with unanimous JOY
by the people Of the country. would be
one to adjourn
a Bridgeport, Conn, man, IN the Sn-
perior Court last week asked for
divorce on the ground that for the past
thirteen years his wife has been in
the habit of throwing dishes at him.
As there was no evidence to prove that
she ever hit him, the Judge refused to
grant the divorce.
There Is now no doubt about it. Sen
ator 0uaY's name is to be presented for
the presidential nomination by the
Pennsylvania delegation. The formal
announcement Of this fact was made
last night, with the consent Of the SEM
afor, although he made no statement
himseIf.A Washington Post
Referring to the death Of Congress
man Grain. Of Texas. Jack Cohen
writes to the Atlanta Journals
Suffice ii to say that in the hey-dey
Of his youth he fell into the hands Of
the gilded Philisfineg Of the capital.
His talents were soon lying dormant
and his money went 50 fast that he
hardly realized that he had nothing
left but the confidence of his own peo-
pie and his congressional salary to
live upon. The moral o1 ii all is that
Washington Is a bad place fer young
men with money and talent coupled
with conviyial habits"
Referring 10 Rev Il. +. Peil, editor Of
the Bible Reader, who gives a lecture
in Richmond every week on the Sunday
school lesson, the Richmond State
says: air. Pell has been the lecturer
for more than two years. He Is not an
amateur in this line, having early iii
life conseerated himself exclusively to
the work Of stimulating popular inter
est in the Bible His comments on the
Sunday lesson are widely published.
and his paragraphs and articles on
Biblical subjects are quoted wherever
the English language is wBoWn. lie
the English language is known. He
leading papers both North and South,
and is said to be the most prolific
writer on religious subjects in the
country fact not generally known
on account Of the anonymous charae-
ter of his work.
The Hon. Marion Butler. the Endless
Chain Of Honeycutt's, seeing the inn
possibility Of uttering within finite
space and time the thoughts that arise
in him, has taken TO the pen. An adj
dress Of his. calling on North Caro-
linians TO organize a separate silver
party, is now burning over the State.
But new party would be only a tenn
porarY relief to Mr. Butler III he had
hundred new parties week to make
speeches. addresses, warnings, resolii-
tons and essays to. he would feel a
construction of the brain and throat;
be conscious still that most Of the loa3
81 sdom under which ne bows must
ren am undeliyered, and that he must
die with most of his music in him, al
though the years Of Methuselah should
be his. Wonderful but tangled End
lace Chain tNn4v York SIM