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THE MEBAJVE LEADER. AND RIGHT THE DAY MUST WI1N, TO DOUBT WOULD BE DISLOYALTY, TO PALTER WOULD BE 99 Vo'. 3 MEBAlfE. N,C.. amUBSDAY.' MARCH 7 1912 PERSONAL AND LOCAL BRIEFS I'E't 'LE WffO COME AND GO tm- of interest Gathered by Our ReDO'‘t*‘r L lophone ad elsewhere. !:i Miles spent Ttiuraday in s L Wv. Moll Thompson spent Friday- ill (ir;iham. "t'v. r. C\ Hackney ■ i J:'umlav. was a Mebane Mr. .Albert H. Whitefield spent Mof.- y in Burlington. Mr. :imi Mrs. Ed Wilkerson spent "turday in Burlington. .\Ir. J. W. Oakley spent Sunday with Ir. Zcb Oakley- Mrs. Roy Thompson who has been lite iifk is improving. ^Ir. Willie Dollar is improving some, I- arc' gl*'d to learn. Death ot Mr. John Long The many friends of John M. Long will regret to hear of his death which occured at the home of his father near j Hurdles Mill, Pearson. Co. Wednes-1 day evening February 28th 1912. The ; deceased was 39 years old. For twelve | years until recently he had made his ; h me here. The funeral service was conducted at j the home by Rev. Mr. Wilhelm of the Prjsbyterian church and his body laid to rest in the family burji ig grovni nearby He leave.-» a devoted wife and ■ an infant son with :nany relatives and friends to mourn their loss. He wus j conscious to the last assured the loved i ones around hin bedside that he was at' pence with God and that death had no , terrors for him. j Cousin Ann. The Meetins: of the County Comm issioners Graham N. C. Mardi 1912 Miss Annie Cook visitii in Mebane. from Spencer, is Miss Clytie Cates of Graham spent 1 St Tliursday in Mebane. Rov Charles Edwards after visiting hi:^ father returned from Ashvillo Sat- urdiiy. We regret to learn that Capt. H. A i>ason is quite sick. Ml- W.L.Briggs of Wake Fortst ad- ■ iressed the Y.M.C.A Sunday after- iii. (.-11. Mrs. J. W'. Ford spent a few days la^t wpek with her sister Mrs. E. Y. I- .rrell. Miss Vandora Cnristopher is spend a few days with her sister. Mis. ' i >rge Bradley. A "ttr spending some time with her • r Mrs H. B. Slack, Miss Richard- 11 turned last week to her home at ^ t'U .isant. Resolutions ot Respect Whereas, it has pleased God in His infinite wisdom to remove from the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Wilker son their baby “Athel, ” W'e the •'Friendship Councel D. of h,” extend to them our hear! felt sympathy and The Board of County CommiMioMra of Alamance County, icet in the Coart house at ten o'clock iau m. in legulur monthly meeting with the foOowiog members present. W. H. Turrentine R. L. Dailey T. B. Barker Tae following business wffs transacted; Geo T. Williamson chairman being absent and u pon motion duly «eeHKted W, H. Turrentine was elected fluttr- man protem. Oordered. That John T, Carter be relieved of $1.53 Giaded school t«X i& j Fairground Graded school same being I an over charge. I Ordered. That W. H. ShofTner be re- I lieved of tax on 85 acres ot land taL I $500.00 in Patterson township for 1909. •ame having been listed twice »nd tkt tac paid>6ne time. Ordered. That White Purxn^ure company be relieved of tax on $6000,09 same having been reliered tiM Cor* porations Commission. Ordered. That Mrs. T, J. Tebsaott THE MWiSTER TALKS SENSE. a&yn No One Thinks of Pmyins^ tor the News paper Man.' pray that God may sustain and com- relieved of tax ; on $2800.00 fort them in their sad bereave men. 1 That with sad hearts we submit to the will of Him who doeth all things right 2 May the winds pass softly may the birds sing sweetly and may the angels watch constantly over her grave. 3 That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Mebane Leader for pub lication, and to the bereaved familj, and spread upon the minutes of D. of L. Geo. E. Newman J M. Rimmer W. W. Whitefield Mrs. J. D. Hunt. Committee. Will Wilkerson and : !ey spent one day last rs. Ed Wilkerson and Mrs. Bob week with Mrs West- Are you doing the square thing by your neighbor? or are you nosing around 11-e some foul bird for something to i-esmirch a name with. Mr, I). A. Mebane and wife of 1 Seville returned last Wednesday •1 a tour through Georgia and Ten- : -e. visiting especially Chatano(^a ; ilingould Ga. M-. \ P Long and W. W White- ; n turned from Hurdle Mill Satur- r" ”ing where they attended the of John M. Long last Thurs- .'iinon mean insulting suggestion >• cmenated from the lips of a '^'oman of broad christain character, ■ lie ft her fellow, and there is never y take about its being the other fellow. When in Durham don’t lorget to see ■ National Woolen Mill people. They i ve about one hundred different sty- • of weaves of goods from which they lU make you a suit, and remember I suits are fifteen dollars, no more, : less. Orange Urove liems Oh, the snow, the mud-making snow Mr. Ross Dodson who has been vis iting his parents for sometime will re turn to Indiana in a few days and it is rumored that another one of our young men will go wir.h him and try his fortune in the west The many friends of Mr. W. J. Teer will be greatly surprised to leam that he renounced the life simple blessedness last Sunday and was quite- ly married co Miss Jennie Maynor. j The young men oyer thirty years of I age who are unmarried are requested i to go into mourning for six months i Geo having been listed erroneously. Ordered. That the petition is re gard to the Road near IfebsM be tarned over the Supt. of the resdt fbr his inspection. Ordered. That the Supt of fiosds ba authorized to advertise ^and sell to the highest bidder the wood end log* cut on the public road on the, lands of J. D. Dason near Geo D«nile]r* utd the Sheriff of Alamance County W auth orized to summons a Jury to useMi the damage, if any, on said road «nd the money received for the sale loge and wood be applied to aettlinf the damage allowed, if any. Ordered. That the Stony ereek chordl road be changcM at a poinl near • wil> nut tree on T. R. Kernodiet land end running through T. R. Kernodles field to a rock in Stony creek; thence ;eroe- sing the creek and co.inecting with the Burlington road near ^rown Pinnix’e same to be laid over antil the next re« gular meeting of the Board. Whereas the duly elected constable in Thompson township at the election in 1910 failed to. qualify and whereas the place is now vacant it is hereby ordered that Geo Straughn be and is hereby elected by this Board as Ccm> stable for Thompson Township to ser ve until the next Regular election is neld, and that his official bond be fixed at $500,00. W. Straughn having been appoint ed by chis Board as constable in Thomp- The IUt. j. W. Eramber, in a ser mon is the First Ddptist church of Spokane, Wash, recentiy spcAe in be half of the newsi^pers and newspaper men asfollowe; eity without newspaper^ would be a city withoot colleges and churches. They are the greatest educators in the land. I believe that God guided the hand of Gutenberg to make movable tyrpe^ as1i»did Paj^'e to write the ep- ietle«» and that if were alive to day He would use the newspapers. belieye that it is pos«ible for a •nrapaper roan to get to heaven. Next fa tte »Sniater« no man is more mis- repsiyited t^n he. The journalist ie expafitsi to champion all causes and enccuvas^ all enterprises, but who •ffc thinki of •neouraging him? **Tet DO Journaltst can escape re- aonsibility. How would I ran a paper? Bun it info the grotfnd, 1 suppose. But theae things I know: That God never intended tite newspaper to bs a scaven- fer, aeewer, a keyhle reporter, cast ing about for skeletons in closets and puaping at domestic cesspools. While lam opposed to a Sunday paper, we preachers cannot fight it so long as we insert our church notices in it JtCfland Items. Miss Mattie Shanklin who has been seriously ill with pneumonia is improv ing we are glad to note. Mr. F. R. Brittian is able to be out again after a severe attact of grippe. Mrs. H, D. Brown has been attend-1 Farmington Valley [Conn.} Herald ing the bedside of her mother, ?«lrs. I whice approves without resale, the Talitha Boggs, who has been very sick | public career of Oscar Un^rwood, and with equal heartineas eommends him as a candidate for the Presidency Underwood and NeW Eiiff- lan d [From the Hontgomerj AdrartiseT] The Advertiser has roted wStb grat- fication and it publishes with pleasure, on this page, an editorial from The with grippe for the past several days. Mrs. Claude Bivins and little baby girl Lucille spent last week at ‘‘River ^iiJe farm" with her lath, r Mr. H. D. rown. Tobacco Notes over the loss of this brother. The pop ular couple have the congratulations • son Township and he presented his of ficial Bond in the Sum of $600. endors- by parties whose names appear in the of their many friends. ! Mias Lois Cates who have been at home tor some time returned to Phil adelphia Monday to again take up her duties as Supervisor of the child ren ward in the Woman's Hospital of that city. The first ball game of the season was plaved Saturday evening. This •‘scrub" game proved to be very in teresting. At night a box party was greatly enjoyed and the net sum of $17 was raised to defray, the expenses of the commencement. The young men and the young ladies who so mat erially aided in making this a success have tha hearty thanks and apprecia tion of the teachers. Owing to the lateness at whi-h the Orange Grove item were received we was unable to get air of them in Big Department Store. 'ire glad to learn that the Meb- . company people have effect- ite plans and arranj?ements for ion of a large department . A'ork on which will began at iate. They carry in this, • • ader a half page advertis- ‘ -‘Hlling attention to the fact that ^ e thrown on the market a lar- ' : of dry goods, notions, cloth- ■ '.vhich they are offering at t VL-duction. More than a nundred vears have el apsed since Jefferson retired from the I Presidency and from acti>^ public life More than eighty-fiva yeprs have el apsed since his death. Yet Jefferson is still a living, vital force in American government. He lives not through the force of his personality, not through the force of his achievements, but through the force of his ideas and his ideals. He was the great standardizer of constitutional democracy, and his principles must persist as long as men believe in a government of the people, by the people, for the people. face of said bond: It is ordered that said bond be accepted approved and or dered recorded and filed. Upon roll eall all members of said Board voted aye. Whereas G.Ab.Fogl^man has been el ected by this Board as Supt. of loada and presents his official bond in the sum of two thousand dollars {and its ordered that same be accepted approv ed ordered recorded anQt^filed. ' Ordered that the contract for tke bridge near Mr. T. C. Fousts be given to the Southern Construction Co. at a price of $127.00 same td be completed and ready for travel the county to build the piers and furnish the floor. The Board adjourned to meet Monday March 11th to attend to.businesa claim ing the attention of the Board. The Dignity of Labor The trouble with most young men ifc that they do not understand the dignity ! of manual labor. They do inot fealiae I that honors and fortune may be more readily gaired outside of the so-called learned professions than in them; and that it is just as honorable to swii^ a hammer or to hold a plo# as it is to make a speech in courier to ampRitate a limb. The lesson yo&g men shMild be taught as early as possible is that it is is not so much what a man does for a living as how he does it, and thr« manual labor is as honorable aa any other.—Stanly Enterpris, The Ifebane Tobacco Market opened 0«^(ober 5, 1909. Sales the first sea ac ^ 600,000 pounds. Sales the second season 1910-1911 were 905,000 pounds, anir Tease of fifty per c^nt. Our eale this season 1911-1912 will reach J,’ 000 averafl^ng IScta.under adverse • dons; that is we have had the c aonefi arop of tobacco we have hau in this section in ten years, also a laage percentage of our best crop -vae bought at the bams by competi tive marketa^such an average under these conditions speak well for any market The Mebana Tobacco Warehouse Company {owners of both Piedmont and Planters Warehouses] composed of looal citiaens not tobacconist, have employed and experience j[)ractical tobaeco grower to instruct farmers how to raise tobacco, also making a free distribution of tobacco seeds to farmers who desire to make a crop of tebaccoi, A systematic and thorough canvass of thia section south of here where to baeco was oneed raised in large quan- titiee Is now being m«de to induce farmers in that section to plant a crop of tobacco the coming seasonr We are much pleased to say our patrons hare all been well |pleased with the prices obtained here. Every leading manufacturer and dealer in t»- baeoo haya ordsrs here for the pur of ftbbaeco. Prices on the Meb ane maritet are always equal to any and excelled by non. We predict sat isfactory prices the coming season. We are indeed fortunate in having clever, Well posted experienced lot ot tobacco buyera. Owing to our desir able location our market will easily sen thread-million pounds of tobacco next season.. Mr. John K. Turner of Durham vis ited his sister Mrs. Carl Forest last week. Mr. Robert. Sharp, jr. went up -to Greensboro Saturday night on a I usi- ness ttip. Mrs. Ira Lewis is very si’k with grippe, Dr. Mebane of Hillsboro is treating her. V/e hope Mrs. Lewis will soon be well. Miss Nora Pratt is visiting frienca in Raleigh. Mr. Jack Price of Burlington spent a few days with hit> father-in-law Mr. Jack Smith near here last week. Mr. John Trent is visiting his broth er in Salisbury. Kfland seems to be on a “boom” nowin the budding line, Mr. Joe Thompson is having a nice residence erected on Broad street, and Mr. Carl Forrest is having a large addition and forty foot glass front added co his store also Mr. D. E. Foriest is haying addition built to his residence Mr. John Freshwater visited his aunt Mrs. Mary Jordan last week. The Mammoth Minstrel show at Ef- land Saturday night was good and at tended by a large crowd, all seemed to enjoy it fine. Felix The Herald is a paper published fn a State which cast its rotaa for Samuel J. Tklden for President, whifeh twica cast its vote iRor Grover ClsTeland fcr President and which now haa * Demo cratic Governor. With^a sound lead er like U nderwood, enjoying the con fidence of the people of the country. Connecticut would kmeh itself in the Democratic column. To us in Alabama, the home State of Underwood there to aoeouiagmeht in the outspoken endoMament ef Mr. Underwood expressed in an influential journal published in the hsatt pf New England. The Herald is the home town paper for bine Connaeticut towns Farmington, Canion^ Builington, Aron, New Harttord, Fimsbury, Granby, Hartland, and Barhamstead. ARE yOJL YOUR WORK IN THE LEA DER CONTEST OOSliOlLEWlS tmmStROIISED WHiil- ERSHM'S mum Mrs, Martha Ward and son was in Efland Friday shopping. Winter has returned with her cold snowy weather and the ‘‘good old sum mer time” seems a long ways off yet. “Pat.'” SaJ will be the day for any man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life he is living, with the thoughts he is thidking and the deeds he is doing—when there not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger which he knows he was meant and madb to do because he is a child of God r—Phillips Brooks. Sends Sharp Letter to Members American Bar'Association, A decision the executive commit tee of the American Bar association to oust William H. Lewis, a negro and-an assistant attorney-generid of the Un ited States, from memt>erBhlp in the Bar aESoclation, has aroused Attorney- General Wickersham to the defiense of his assistant. In a spirited letter sent to each of the 4,700 members of the association, the attorney-general charges the executive committee with an arrc^ailce of power unwarranted by the body’a constitution; *Mn order to gratify a race prejudice entertained by some of its members. Kd^ars Eight Birth-Day I Edgar Ferrell son of Mr and . Iv Y. Ferrell, celebrated the an- : -ary of his 8th birthday last Thurs Februarv 29; Edgars birthday only around every fourth year, leap ■ ir on the 29th of February. y'Afu xr had quite a number of his i‘ frionds present to help him cele- i itethe anniversary of his birthday. : h rj was a number of games, and ■me nice refreshments served. Little i! rjiice *^itch succeeded blindfolded in minji- the tail to the donkey nearest whf-re it belonged. It was a gay II with the little ones. Among present were: •Mi.ss Delories Newlin, Burlington, Tss Annie Barnes Durham, Burling- ‘ i, Miss Ruth Crawford, Miss Vir- i.iia (’heek. Miss Clara Warren, Miss '!)l- ('ook, Miss Lena Foy, Mrs. E. .V. jl;irris, Mrs. J. S. vJheek, Dewey :;ndf'liude Bobbitt, Welber McFar- la id, Hernice Fitch, Zeb Whitefield, Welber Wilkerson, Paul Fowler, Frank H irris. New Postal Route Mebane R. F. D. No. 6 will start April 1st 1912 and R F. D. No. 1 will be changed. Patrons will please take notice and have their mail boxes ready Respectfully, S. Arthur White, P. M List ot Letters Remaining unclaimed at this office for the week ending Mar. 2. 1912 1 Letter for Miss Annie Bradshr 1 Letter for Mr. W. C. Carter 1 P. C. Mrs. Mary Chonbers 1 Letter tor Miss Evvie Cheek 1 Letter for Mr. Simond Evans 1 Letter for Mr. Thomas Hester 1 Letter for Miss Emma Ivens 1 Letter for Mrs. Sarah Love 1 P. C. for Mrs. Lizzie Mebane 1 Letter for Miss Bychis Peram 1 P. C. Miss Eula Sykes 1 Letter for Miss A. C. Wilson. These letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office Mar. 16, 1912, if In calling for the above please say “Advertised” giving date of ad. list. Respectfully, S. Arthur White, P, M. United Confederate Veter ans Reunion, Macon Ga. May 7th, 8th,/and 9th, 1918. Very low round trip fares via Southern Ridl* way. Account the above occasion the Soi>- thern Railway will sell very low roar.f^ trip tick,«s to MACON, GA., and re turn as follows: From Round trip Henderson $9.35 Chapel Hill 8.50 Burlington 8.50 Hoodlums in Skirts The window'-smashing campaign of the London sufliragettes, who, under the leadership of an Amasonian veter an of a score of street conflicts, de stroyed property to the value of thou- sanda oi younds, is designated as “a movement to demonstrate that women can be a ilienace to trade.” The ar gument of the riotous equal rights agitatora ia that, **lf coal miners can gain Government recognition by thre atening the business of the country, ao can we. According to that logic, a political movement is just or expedient in pro- poHion to the amount of damage it can do. Why have the advocates of the initiatiye and referendum neglect ed to prove their case by smashing store frontsT Why not demonstrate the need of the recall by a series of street riots?—New York World. Bi'eeze Items. Too Late for last W’eeks Paper Mr. E. B. Isley, and Miss Martha Daniel attended the teachers meeting at Hillboro Saturday. Miss Mary Breeze and Mr. John Par rish, spent Sunday at her uncles Mr. P. Berry’s. ' Mr. A. W. Breeze, who got his foot cut at Mr. A. F. Breezes at the chop ping last week is some what improved we are glad to learn. Mr J. W. Blalock, and Mr. T. R. Breeze, called on Misses Minnie and Hattie Wilsou last Sunday. Mr. J. S. and R. D. Parker, called on Misses Emma and Pearl Weddings Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Berry gaye a so ciable to the young young people of this community last Tuesday night and was much enjoyed Miss Lome Tilley, who has been ill with Typhoid fever is some what im proved we are glad to know, hope Lonie will soon b^ at home. Little Miss Lizzie Blaylock who has been very sick with pneumonia is somewhat improved we are glad to learn. Mrs. Leonard Daniel, who has been sick fs improving. Mr. Billie Breeze is having a tough time this attending to business whil6 his father is hurt. “Mocking Bird” RoosEvar BT JUSTICE flOWARI>- Distinguished Kepubhcan Supreme Court Judge Qives Hift Analysis of the Man and of His Ideas« The weather has been bad, too disgreeable for much wH*k, and yet some of our contestants have made good time. How have you been getting on? we hope niaely^ i and feel sure that if you have been pushing, you have paved the way for good bus^ iness in the future if you., have not already gotten it Just make up your mind ihat you will go after a prize in this contest with the same spirit and earnest ness that you pursue certain . pleasures you are bent upon and see how satisfactory the results will be that follows. We are anxious for you to* win, and feel that you have a fair show to do so. The best canvassor for subscrip tion we know, in fact the best we have ever known ia a man who never takes no* He does not offend, but he goes after the subscriptions with such a persistancy that hp invariable gets his sub« scription every time. He came to Mebane ()ne day, and, while he did not seem to be doing anything much ‘but jollying his friends whea night came he had taken in forty dollars on a weekly subscription list', you are better looking than he is, you have a more attractive personality than he has, your friends would sooner help you than his would him then what is the trouble? if there is anything it must be that you lack that power to impress your self on the other fellow that you want his Isubscription and must have it, and it you do you Will get it. From Round trip Q^ord lO.lS Balaigh 8 50 ^urham 8.50 Rates same propdrtifin from all othor stations. ’ Tickets will be on sale Hay 5th, 0th, 7th and 8th, with final return limit May 15th, or if you prefer to stay lon ger, by depositing your ticket and pay ing a fee of fifty cents you can have final limit extended until June 5th 1913. Liberal stop-overs \^ill also be per mitted on these tickc^ For detailed information apply to any Southern Railway Agent or tb« undersigned* J. 0, Jones^ ' Traveling Passenger Agent^ Rahiffkr N* C Why Hot the Snufters One of the principal objections to Mr. Roosevelt's candidacy is that the newspapers of the country will be fk)oded daily with an account of his doings and sayings. There was never any man in the public life of the Un ited States who was more dependent upon advc^sing for his greatness. If the newspapers wouh) agree among themselves to put the snuffers on Mr. Roosevelt for a month, be would never be heard of again in the political or business life of the country. The news papers have made Mm and they could unmake him almost in a day if they would. He lives only by j-ublidty. Charlotte Observer Wants a Change *‘Roosevelt's platform la plain,'' aaid Supreme Court Justice W. O* Howard of Troy, a Republican, **and followed to a conclusion, it reads: ' **lst all things be decided, first, by -the State courts, then by the United States Court, then by a mob.' “Bryan' who perhaps believes; in it; Wilson, who, if it were wise, could easily believe in it>-neither of these promulgators possesses half enough courage to espouse thi»^ doetrine. But i Roosevelt is a genius, and he haa the daring of a madman, the instinct of a beast. “The temper of the populace he knows better than any other man aiive. He is actuated br a»n appalling ambition. It is his fixed purpose that neither the fame of Caesar nor the re nown of Napoleon shall edipse Mm. “He^^ignores all obstaeles, enemies, scruples, principle^ promises, frien(l8, criticism, commendation, pledges, the danger of disgrace. He is a stranger to cowardice. In battle he is ruthless. Opposition whets his ferocity. The hardest blows only make him grin. He is cunning, like an Indian; wise, like a wizard; tennacioul, ^Hke ^a bul- dog; magnetic, versatile, tireless, fearless, restless, relentless. In The LeaJer Contest The' following young ladies have been nominated to enter the Leaded contest, for the several valuable prizes offered, and are entitled to the votes placed opposite their names; From the way they arc messing things up it would appear that the rank and file of the republican party in North Carolina would have to get in the ring again and do some more cleaning away of the rubbish. A man should be selected for state* chairman who is not actively identified with either the Morehead or the Duncan faction—and the good reasons for such a step and as plentiful 38 jay birds i . morning I »u 'mo.t ./crd ^keberry time.-Western oarol.raj to wake up-wh.«-1 jiiig! ' Enterprize. j shin* out and heard The first bluebird of spring! The First Blue Blrd^' Jest rain and ' snowl and rafh isgain! And dribbler dHp aind blbwT Then snow! and thaw! and'sluah! and then \ * ■ - ; . ' Some more raia and anbw! ^ Miss Lena Philips 2,00S 4^ Nettie Cole 2,000 l( Carrie May ' 3,000 it \ Rachel Estlow 2,000 Gener Harris 4,500 Helen Warren 4,500 Elizabeth Cheek 2,000 94 Mattie Thoihpson "' 2,000 Sudie Miller 5,000 44 Lillian McCracken 2,000 it- Delia McAdams 2,000 ‘ §4 Daisy Ray 4,000 a Maggie Fletcher 2,000 Nettie Oliver. 2,000. Mrs Della Wilkerson 12,800 Miss Vivian Cheek 2,000 May Carter 2,000 44 Ida Lloyd 2,000 40 Gladys Scott 2,000 44 Luda Roach 2,000 44 .Georgia Stutts 2,000 40 Nannie Turner 2,000 • 4 Snodie Cole 2,000 Mrs. Florence Fitzpatrick 5,000 'Miss Emma Brewer 2,000 Miss Luna Breeze 2,500 Perseverance and tact are the two great qualitiea most valuable for all men who would mount ,but especially for those who have to step out of tr.e .fraw4> -^DisraeU. For Rent » I will rent the following buildings on the Bingham School grounds, namely: “The Cottage. ” This building con tains six rooms, 2 halls, pantry and porches. *‘Belgrove,” Containing fourteen rooms, pantries sni four porches. ^l rent to one or more families or to fDomers. Preston Lewis Gray. Mother she'd raised the winder some*- And in acrost the orchard come, * Soft as an anil's wing, A dreezy, treesy, deesy. Too sweet for anything! The winter's shroud wss rent apart— The sun burst forth in glee. And when that bluebird sung, my heart Hopped out o' bed with me -oJames Whiteome Kiley. 1 Oscar- W. U naerwood -V, , (Fro/n Charity'-and Chfldren.) ^Mr. Underwood is not a “spellbind er," He has made no great reputa tion as a speker. His power lies ia liSe wonderful mastery of mea, his com* prehensive knowledge of the science of government, his skill and tact as a de-: batw and his great fund of^ old-fash* ion^ common sense. He kliows how, to lead without gi\ ing off^se. He ia a master in bringing drd^r out o^ ehaos, and in subduing clamorous and warring factions and leading them sinillingly into peace. He is yet • young man, being just abou) fifty and whether or not he secures the prizar that outshines all others in ,the eyea of an American statesman, he is de* atined to occupy a position of growing power and influence in the life of Bation.