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Mebane Leader] Fug, igditar ^ ftitiMd a# MOoDd c1«m maUer Feb- •wy 9, Vn, «t th« Pott Offioe at lUbu%Il.a»«idtrtlM act of MaNb uw. Laaa«d Stott Thursday Morning. SUBSCRIPTION: Ona Taar,::- - . 51.00 eiix Month*, - • .60 Threa Months, - - .26 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE and CurrencT, PosUl lloneyXOrdeT or Stamps. CORRESPON 3 ENOsi We wish correspondents in all the nearby poet offices. Write at owp Thursdav. March 26 1914 AUCTION SALE OF HORSES AT HORNIDAYS STABLES, GRAHAM, N. G. WEDNESDAY APRIL 1ST. SALE BEGINS'PROMPTLY AT 10 O’CLOCK, A, M,. RAIN OR SHINE. We wish we had a man here like E. P. Whorton of Greens boro to manage our fly campaign, in fact we need such men as Mr. Whonon all over the State to encourasre the destruction of the fly. They would be worth much. Our sympathies are strongly experienced for suffering Dur ham. There were some splendid people whose property went up ill flames at Monday nights fire in Durham. We hope they will soon be able to rehalititate, and come again more prosperous than before. Hon. Oscar Underwood the able Representative from Ala bama must have climbed down far from his earie as a statesman to that of a truckling politician when he remarked “I consider the Major one of the ablest men on the Democratic side of the House.*' Before this remark was 'inade we thought Underwood was, now we do not know who. We sell one car load of Un-broke Mares and Fillies, one at a time, to the highest bidder, among which are some mares with mule colts by their sides, some mares with horse colts, some mares in foal We have some one and two year old fillies.INow is your chance to get some mares and fillies for breeding purposes, as this is a choice lot of stock. These are not draft hordes; they are driving and saddle bred stock, being sired by such stallions as the Hambletonian, Wilkes and Mont Rose. The mule colts are sired by Ken tucky Jacks. POUR SE/QtSr TH>S IS YOUR G:MNGE TO A BIG BAf8 N We will sell only ONE l/AY in this town so remember the date, ^ale begins at 10 a. iiL. JOHV KING & CO^:PANY FOR FURTHER INI ORMATION SEE At H jrniday or W. C. Moore. Spring is here and gradualy the earth will warm up and then the flowers will bloom again, but for sometime over a month past we have had a winter worth talking about. We do not re member when snows have been more frequent in this section of the South than in the past forty or fifty days. In cities a bit North of us where sleighing has been of rare occurrence, this year conditions have frequently been satisfactory for sleighing. This was the case through Virginia. While it usualy cost $100,000 to keep the snow re moved from the streets of New York, this year it has cost $3,000,- 000, and untold suffering among the poor every where. Opportunity I am the treasured hope, the dream, the deed; The livina: courage ar.d the faith yuu need To brave the even road of dailv toil. And master tritles that you else would spoil; I am the certain answer to your need. I am the sign from heaven sent to lead; The lonely star that waited through the night. Knowing that men would need my gleam of light, I am the dark that frightened them to prayer, And made them learn to call on God, and care For sonship as a little child should care. I am the mocking pain that follows vice. The flaming sword that shuts out paredise. I am the grief that sobs itself to sleep; I »m the sleep that all men’s sorrows keep. Safe from themselves—spotless, without a flaw. —Outlook. Something in a Name. Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The State says; “Let the creaking gates of the nomenclatural hall of fame once more swing open, this time for O. B. Goode, who has been elect ed police judge of St. Augustine,” If all the people of St. Augustine will do what the name of the new judge suggests, his judicial services will not be needed. Mr. Wilson may have done t e best possible under the circum stances in refference to the Mex ican question, but we believe a man with more nerve, and the, exercise of more will could have | accomplished much more thanj Mr. Wilson has accomplished, j He seems to have flirted back and forth with Hearta the assas- ‘ sin with Villa the brigand, hoping that one or the other would let him play in their back yard. It is impossible to secure a stable form of government under the administration of either one of these cut throats, and it should be regarded as decidedly humili ating to attempt it with either of these men. If an a(^justment of Mexicos present condition can not be deplomaticaly secured at once, then it should be done at the mouth of the musket. The vote in the United States Senate indicates that the matter of woman suffrage will be put to rest for a long while yet. There is no hope for the measure, despite agitation, or Judge Clarks opinion to the contrary. A pas sage of the woman suffrage amendment would open a political pandora box of such vast and varied evil, one that it is believed is fraught with such terriable consequences to the well being of the people, of this country that the wisdom and common sense of our statesmen will not permit its enactment as a funda mental law. The more England has experi ment with women as a custodian for the priveleges and right of a suffragette, the more she has been convinced that it would prove a dangerous experiment. Untill women was tried out in England she was given credit for greater int^gence and conser vatism. The wild emotional fanatical Pankhursts with her reckkss destructive tendences wt back woman suffrage to an indefinetd time. OutdcDrWbrld er RECREATION edited by CASPAR WmTNET IS distinct and entirely different from any other magazine pub lished. Its aim is to spread a knowledge of all that is attractive, lovable, enterteuning and beneficial to men and women who love the Great Outdoors. 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Don't fail to call. M. H. NEWLIN, Prop. Burlinflrton, N. C. Powerful, but Timid, Th«y Rarely At tack Human Beings. Observations made throughout a number of years by oflBcers of the United States reveuue maflne prove ^at the polar bear’s llfult of range is St. Matthew island in Bering s?a. A few of these bears were at one time seen near the seal islands, being adrift upon a huge Ice floe. On St. Matthew Island the bears have lairs and dens among ^ the rock glens that abound upon the Island. They feed almost entirely upon seals, walruses and dead drift whales, and, though disdaining to devour the blubber, the flesh Is greedily consumed. A. carcass upon which a bear has passed his gastro nomic judgment reveals the skin and its fatty lining'torn asunder, the flesh being cut into strips and shreds by the powerful claws and teeth. A single blow of a bear’s paw upon a seal’s head suflaces to kill it, and, dragged out upon the ice, a meal is soon dis patched. In summer the hairy coat of the polar bear turns to a dingy yellow, and its pelt then becomes of no value. They have not near the courage of the Interior bears and will rarely at tack a person unless there are two or three In company. As soon as they scent a man approaching they, as a rule, will shamble off as fast as they can, and there are but few records of a bear killing any of the natives along the northern coast. The Eskimos are very partial to the meat of the white bear, but the blub ber they reject, and even the dogs, un less they are very hungry, turn up their noses at the oily mass. Ten years ago it was a hard matter to se cure the entire skin of a polar bear. The Eskimos formerly cut off the head and claws and either threw theni into the sea or buried them In the ground. One of their superstitions Is that should the head and claws not be disposed of the friends of the dead animal will see the remains and con sequently leave that particular district and will never return.—Juneau (Alas ka) News. SHORT ON MEMORY. Ampere’s Great Mind Had No Room For Merely Royal Affairs. Ampere, the famous mathematician and physicist, was one of the most ab sent minded men that ever lived, as the following story from the Taegliche Rundschau goes far to prove: In September, 1806, Ampere read a learned paper on bis researches before the Academy of Sciences in Paris. When he had finished his lecture and was about to take bis seat he found, to his surprise, that it was occupied. Greatly agitated, he went to Geoffrey Saint-HIIaire, the president of the academy, and said, “Mr. President, I must call your attention to the fact that some one who is not a member of this body has entered the chamber and taken my seat” The president replied calmly, “You are mistaken, my learned brother; the person whom you have in mind is, like ourselves, a fellow of the Academy of Sciences.” “How long, 1 should like to ask?” said Ampere. “Since NIvose of the year VI,” said the-president, who was now entering into the humor of the situation. “And in what class?” inquired the suspicious Ampere. “In the class of mechanical engineer ing, my friend,” answered Saint- Hllaire, laughing. “Well, that is odd!” cried Ampere, and, seizing a calendar of the academy, he opened to the date Saint-Hilaire bad mentioned and read: “Napoleon Bona parte, fellow of the Academy of Sciences, chosen in Nivose of the year VI.” Much disturbed. Ampere made all sorts of apologies and explained that he had not recognized the emperor on account of his poor eyesight “You see what haqpens,” said Na poleon, “when yon don’t get round to meet your fellow members. I have never seen you at the Tullerles. But now I shall command you to come and see me. Tomorrow at 7 o’clock you will dine with me.” • The next evening the emperor wait ed two horn's for Ampere, but he had long since forgotten the invitation. ALL IN THE ACCENT Words on Which Common Usage and Dictionaries Disagree. LINCOLN AND LIEN AND LION. GOLD DOLLARS Are Always in Demand So Is The Gharlotte-Seiiii-Weeidy Observer Published Tuesdays and Fridays. The best semi-weekly newspaper in th Carolinas. Announcement: We have just closed a elubbing offer with The Charlotte Semi-Weekly Ob server so that our readers can get both papers at a very low rate. Here is the price: The Semi-Weekly Observer $1 per year Mebane Leader $1 ^ Subscription price^rf both $2 per year Special rate for both papers $L 50 year. This offer is good only for New sub scriptions to The Semi-Weekly Obser ver, but our subscribers can renew to this paper and get the benefit of the Special rate. Now is the time to pay up your sub scription and subscribe for The Semi- Weekly Observer. Address all orders to THE Mebane Leader Mebane, N. C. Visible Molecules. The year 1913 recorded the first demonstration visible to the eye that all matter is composed of molecules, built up of atoms in crystalline forms. By passing X rays through a crystal an “interference photograph” resulted, showing the so called space lattice ot the crystal and giving conclusive ocu lar proof of Dalton’s atomic theory.— New York Times. Hard on the Clock. “Miss But how do people in your house ever know what time It Is?” “Why, Willie, dear, what a question! By the clocks, of course.” *‘But 1 heard ma tell pa the other evening that your face would stop a clock.”—Baltimore American. A Willing Worker. Mrs. Subbubs (to tramp)—Out of work, are you? Then you’re just In time. I’ve a cord of wood to be cut up, and I was just going to send for a man to do it Tramp—That so, mum? Where does he live? I’ll go and get jhlm.—Boston Transcript. Rare. A genuine curiosity would be a man who keeps his mouth shut and lives to regret It We have never seen a genuine curiosity.—Chicago News. For Sale. For immediate delivery one bran new 5 horse power peerless gasoline engine. Has a speed regulator, and is a tip top machine. See. A. M.Cook, Mebane, N. C* ^ An Amusing Verbal Duel In the Su« , preme Court In Which the Lean Lawyer’s Wit Came Into Play—A Blind Man’s Criticism of Irving. There are many w'ords so habitually mispronounced that the correct accent (1. e., the accent favored by the dic tionaries) would appear wrong if any body used it in current conversation. This, of course, means that common usages have overriden the dictionary and established a new standard which the dictionary of the future will have to respect, just as those of today respect the pronunciation of “lien” that they rejected in the past. Such words are cocaine and ptomaine, which the dictionary of the present recog nizes as trisyllables, thus: co-ca-ine, pto-ma-ine. Anyone familiar with French—a lan guage that may be said to possess no accented syllables—will understand \ Taine’s complaint about London res taurants that whenever be ordered potatoes the waiter invariably served ! him with buttered" toast. And of course it was another French man who made a jest of matriniony by pronouncing it ma-trini-ony. Mark Lemon records a story about Lord Chancellor Eldon and Sir Arthur Pigott. The first always pronounced the word “lien” In two syllables, as if it was spelled 11-en; the latter pro nounced It in one syllable, lean, just as it would be pronounced in ordinary conversation. On this difference Jekyll wrote an epigram: Sir Arthur, Sir Arthur, why, what do you mean By saying the chancellor’s lion Is lean? Do you think that his kitchen’s so bad as all that, That nothing within it will ever get fat? Lord Eldon’s pronunciation of this legal term was not unknown at one time in America. Witness an anecdote about Lincoln. He once appeared in the supreme court in a case involving a lien upon a piece of property. The presiding judge was noted alike for obstinacy and pedantry. -Lincoln, referring to the lien, pronounced it “lean.” This visibly affected his honor. “Lien, Mr, Lincoln,” he gently re monstrated. “Very well,” said Lincoln. But a little later he forgot himself and out came the pronunciation “lean.” Once more he was corrected by the judge. “As you please,” retorted Lincoln, somewhat nettled. “Not as 1 please,’’ came from the bench. “That is the pronunciation favored by Webster and by Worcester. It so obtains at Westminster hall and also at our own supreme cohrt in Washington.” Lincoln had now recovered his con stitutional good humor. Bowing to the court, he said; “Certainly, your honor, certainly. 1 only desire to say that if my client had known there was a lion on his farm for so long a time, I am sure he would not have stayed there even long enough to bring this suit, and I should not have had the pleasure of appearing before this hon orable court.” Of Henry Irving we are told that to heroic perseverance and hard study he added almost childlike eagerness to adopt any suggested improvement in his manner of delivery. A blind man once offered an illuminating criticism on his Shylocli. The sensitive ear of the sightless auditor detected a fault in Irving's opening line: Three thousand ducats—well! “1 hear no sound of the usurer in that,” was the blind man’s subse quent comment to Irving himse!f. “It is said with the reflective air of a man to w’hom money means very little.” The justice of the criticism was acknowledged by Irving. He revised his reading, not onljr of the first line, but of several others in which he now saw that he had not been enough of the moneylender. George Eliot in “Middlemarch” sup plies a classic instance of the value of the accent. When Lyndgate, sore distressed at the failure of all his pro fessional and financial plans, comes to his wifp for sympathy, she meets him with the query; “What can I do?’" Whereon the author comments; “That little speech of four words, like so many others in all languages, is ca pable of expressing all states of mind, from heliJless dimness to exhaustive argumentative perception, from the completest self devoting fellowship to the most neutral aloofness. Rosa mund’s thin utterance threw into the words ‘What can I do?’ as much neutrality as they could hold. They fell like a mortal chill on Lyndgate’s roused tenderness.” One of Du Maurier's best cartoons In Punch shows a deferential man of In quiring mind propounding this question to a professional beauty: “Ain’t you tired of hearing people say ‘That is the beautiful Miss Bel- size?’ ” “Oh, no,” the professional beauty re plies. “I am getting tired of hearing people say ‘Is THAT the beautiful Miss Belsize?’ ”—William S. 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