The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-19

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
A Kentucky baby has been named VIM.
Jennings Bryan Blackburn.
1t is London now that has the but
ton fever. The department stores are sell
ing the motto nuisances by the thousands.
Twelve thousand feet of lumber was
unloadesi from a railroad car and piled
up in 20 minutes at Gardiner, Me-, the
other day.
Connecticut is casting about for some
way of raising more revenue, and is con-
sidering a proposition to establish an
inheritance tax.
To gain her liberty a negress man.
aged to squeeze herself between bars
only six inches apart at the Paris, (Tenn.),
Jail, it is said.
There are nearly 1000 building socie-
ties in the United Kingdom, with an ag-
gregate membership of nearly three-quar-
tiers OF million.
The annual value of the human hair
exported from China is said to be about
100000. 1t is taken from the heads of
paupers, criminals and the dead.
About 100000 cattle are now found
in the Argentine Republic, said to be the
descendants of eight cows and one bull
- De- I'll ~, Of no CT
teenth century.
An enterprising postmaster at Put
nam, Conn, has adopted free mail deliv-
cry at his own expense, his office not do
ing quite the business necessary to secure
the advanta &c from the Government.
Silas Young, of Wiscasset, who will
soon be 81 years of age, is the oldest
store-keeper in Maine. He has seen
Wiscasset rise and crumble away, but be-
lieves it will again be the premier seaport
of the coast.
Some time ago a Maine farmer sold
neighbOr a COW, on condition that he
should have the calf when it arrived. The
animal produced twins, and now there are
rumors of lawsuit over the new factor
in the uansaction
1t has been estimated that 10000 dead
fishes were cast upon the shore Of the lake
at Loring Park, Minneapolis, when the
ice melted this year, the unusual thick
ness of the ice during the winter having
caused the fishes to perish Of suffocation.
In 1894 Costa Rica exported 1,576,65O
punches of bananas, frst-rate bunch
being shipped at cost Of about % cents.
A single acre OF this incredibly rich soil
may yield 200 excellent punches. One
Costa RIGA banana plantation covers 3
All acres.
From Germany comes the news that
cycle stands similar to Gag stands are to
be started in Berlin. 1t is proposed to
put go ON hire in various parts Of the
city, and the fee for hiring will be the
modest sum of 1 penny for 20 minutes
during the day, and twice that sum at
night. ,,..,
y A Chelsea, Me, cow found wire to be
extremely indigestible, especially parasol
wire. One and one-eighth inches Of it
was recently taken from the cows fore
shoulder, where it had been apparently
for some time. A swelling formed, and
the discovery of the parasol steel resulted.
French society people have started the
fad known to American sophomores Of
appearing as supernumeraries ON the
stage A crowded society scene in one Of
the latest plays brought out by Sarah
Bernhardt gives them the opportunity,
the names of those seen being printed in
the newspapers next day.
His letters came so seldom that L some
how sort O knowed
That Billy was a trampin' on mighty
rocky road,
But never once imagined he would bow
my head in shame.
And in the dust'd waller his OF daddy's
honored name,
He writes from out in Denver, an the
story's mighty short;
! just can't tell his mother, it'll crush
her poor old heart.
An so Ireckon, parson, you might break
the news to her
Bills in the legislator, but he doesn
say what fur.
Will Carleton's Everywhere.