The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-15

A careful scrutiny of the bill conVlnces
Mr.. Dingley that the title is III gooo
state of repair.
This time the defaulting bank Official
is located at Columbus, Ohio. The short
age is but $4,000, and the brand OF the
typewriter is not mentioned.-Wa shmg-
ton Post.
What q silly young man that pretty
Miss Camington married.
"Yes: how did it happenT'
cit wasn't her fault; he was one OF her
mothers bargains"
From the present outlook it appears to
MS that the campaign slogan in North
Carolina next year will be white Su-
nremacy and White Metal" Secure your
tickets and get on the band wagon. -
Louisburg Times.
Quick Diagnosis-Stranger (aftef an
examination)-W doctor, what DO you
think? Have / the govt!
Great Physician-Hem! Er-what is
your income!
Twelve hundred year"
mo. You've got sore foot. New
York Weekly.
blessings of the bicycle.-Fm mighty
glad my wife coaxed me into getting her
a Wheel" said the lean passenger.
Makes her happy, eh!" said the TAT
passenger. :.
.She lis so stuck on riding that she ain't
going to clean house this year. INDIAN
apols Journal.
"My husband is so nice about explain
ing the war terms to me! l know l ag-
gravate him awfully. too, sometimes.
Why. only think! Ihad to ask him TINS
morning what the seat Of war was for!
"Yes?"
sWasn't it foolish! But he is so pa
tent. The idea that didn't have sense
enough to see that it is for the standing
army to use when it gets tired"-New
York Press.
A Georgia lawyer who had a case in
which conviction for his client seemed
certain, closed his argument with scrip
t,ral quotation. To the amazement OF
all the Jury returned a verdict OF mot
guilty" without leaving their seats. Al
ter court had adjourned the lawyer ap-
preached the foreman.
II am curious to know" he said Just
on what point Of law you based your
yerdictY'
'It warn't no law point, Colonel, re-
piled the foreman, "but we couldn't jest
git over that scripture
The towns Of Woodsdale, Moscow,
Springfield and Fargo, in Kansas, which
had a population of eleven hundred III
1890. have now only population OF
eighteen, according to correspondent
of "The United States Investor" Hugo
ton has three families out Of the four
hundred that used to live there. Nine
children go to the $4,000 school house,
and there is standing, like monument of
folly, water works system that cost
some Eastern plutocrat $4,000. The
town never paid cent of principal or in
terest on all this and never will.
A Comparison-"No said Mr.. Cumrox,
pensiyely, sit isn't the amount Of time
that thing takes that regulates its i'm
portance."
.'What makes you think of that:" in
quired his wife. -, -,
''Our daughter. When graduation day
comes it'll only take her fifteen or twenty
minutes to stand up and inform the
public about THE Inconsistencies OF
Modern Thought and the Ultimate Des'
tiny Of the Human Race But it'll take
her half an hour or more to make up
her mind as to what kind OF syrup she
wants in her soda water. '-Washington
Star. ut, 'i- 1,s.,s -;
In his eloquent address before the
Dental Society, DR.. /. N. Carr, OF Dur
ham, made two very interesting state
ments. First, his own profession mas
so kept pace with the progress OF thi
age, that the ancient excruciatint
tooth-carpentering with crow-bars ant
mauls has given place to such sklllet
dentistry that teeth may be filled o.
extracted almost without pain. Second
that as science and civilization con
tinue to go forward by leaps ant
bounds like prosperity in Mexico), al
dentists are apt to be without jobs, be
cause by the use of potted meats ant
extracts of beef and other patent foo'
preparations, mankind will be able t
eat without chewing, and the non-use o
the grinders will lead to generations o
toothless people Charlotte Observer.