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MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 16 1914
No 9
Bi? a man, don’t be a trucklinf.-: tool,
snifiiMg af a fellow for a dollar
Rev. Elnier U. Hoonshell, D. D will
locture at the (Jradod School building
on the oveninc: of April 20rd, on the
;;ubject of Oberamnierixau.
That Da^o Frank, one of the ele
ctrocuted murderers of Herman Rosen
thal says that he believes that Bccker
h ul nothing to do with the murder,
will in no sense alter our opinion of
l^i'cker's jruilt of planning the crime.
Hooker is a bad m:>n.
Lights Coming.
Mr. Woodworth tells us, without a
serious mishap, he sees no reason why
Mebane shall not have electric lights
bv week alter next. That will be
nioc. Can we not in some way cele
brate the event.
Teeth Pulling Made Easy.
Drs. Fro^t and Holt of Burli.igton,
who are well known in this and other
adjacent conr;munities on account of
their expert ability as dentists, are
now becomming more popular than
ever. They have recently perfected a
preparation which when applied to the
{^ums enables them to take teeth out
without pain! without making you feel
weak or nervous, and there are no un
pleasant after effecta.
To those who remember the methods
used a few years ago for the removal
of teeth, this modern method of re
lieving pain will be looked upon as a
great achievement in dentistry.
Appeal To Passion
(Ohio State Journal.)
following parp graph
is taken
a murder trial in
New Goods
New goods coming in is the announ
cement of the Mebane Supply Company j
for this week. See their ad in this i
j
weeks issue. Watch tlieir ad Vv'cekly
if you want to keep up with fresh
New Firm
A new firm has recently been or
pariized in Mebane it is the firm of
.Miles and Nicholson Lumber Co. They
will furnish all kinds of building mater
ial contract for anJ erect houses
all kinds.
ot
Dead From Excitement.
Tuesday morning at the Eriantrer
Cotton Mill just north of Lexington,
W. r. Childers, an employe of the mill,
shot C L. Kowe in the hand, fired two
more shots at him and then dropped
dead from excitement.
So, Hobson is going to support in the
general election a nominee whom he
charges with being the candidate of
Wall street and the liquor interests
By a large majority the democrats ot
Alabama repudiated these campaign
statements, and their author practically
admits that they are correct in so do
ing.
Mutual Segregation
Arrangement.
(From The Southern Pines Tourist )
In Southerr: Pines there are prac
tically no colored people, the only ex
ception being a narrow strip of terri
tory lying adjacent to the colored
settlement, from which the white peo-
i)le have almost wholly removed, while
the great mass of colored people live in
West Southern Pines across tlie branch
from the town. This gives the town
ample colored help and allows each
race to live its own life. All have the
advantages of the same stores markets,
railrojid facilities and postofRce, and
vet there is no white person living in
West Southern Pines and no colored
family living on streets in Southern
Pines tnat are occupied by white people.
The
from the account of
Chicago:
Prasecutor Malato, in his final ar
gument, engaged in frenzied oratory.
He pointed, shook his raised aloft
the hammer with which the crime had
been cojumitted. He pounded on the
rail before the jurors, stamped on the
floor with his feet. He ran his fingers
through his hair when it fell over his
eyes with his gestures.
The court ought to have stopped
that man and made him quit his
foolishness. What was he doing?
Trying to make passion and not Jaw
rule in the case. He was trying to
get the jurors excited and not in
formed. It was unfair, it was unjust
What was needed was to have the
judgments of the jurors awakened and
not their emotions aroused. \ppeals
of this kind are for the purpose of
getting the jury to ignore the fact and
t'^e law. There is no question about
it. No court should allow it.
Meeting of Civic League
The Mebane Civic A^90ciation held its
first regular meeting lest Friday after
noon with about twelve members
present, a total of about 40 enrolled,
with $16.00 paid in the treasury.
The President. Miss Mattie Johnson,
presided, 2.nd wide-awake discustiions
and suggestions were offered. i
The most important and enjoyable J
feature on the program was a beautiful |
and appropriate address by Dr. Huff ham
in which he mentioned his great hope’s
for Mebane’s future improvement,
through this association. Since the
address was too eloquent to be
accurately expressed in the speakers
words from memory, it is unfortunate
that more of the members', especially
ladies, were not present to hear it. He
iSWIFI SIAMP PRESS
I
I Machine Shown in Wash
ington Prints 3,500,000
A Day.
(Washington Dispatch.)
A wonderful piece of macliinery
that prints, gums, perforates, counts
and coils postage stamps, eliminating
19 of 21 processes now necessary has
been exhibited t'> Administration of
ficials and members of Congress with
a view to th«ir formal approval and
assistence in procuring its adoption
for the Buieau of Engraving and
Printing.
Ten Burh machines, each turning out
has generously offered to talk again. ^ ^
« A -e r^.iKiw. * about 3,500,000 ifitamps a day, it is esti-
sometime, and if possible, a public ^ j „ ,
made in' produce all the stamps
have the • required by the Postoffice De-
I partment. Their installation, it is also
estimated, would mean an economy of
The Funeral of Mr. Pick=
ett Was Largely Attended
The funeral services of Chester Pick
ett who died in Bluefield, W. Va., last
Saterday, were Monday afternoon at 2
o’clock from the First Presbyterian
church. Rev. Melton Clark, pastor of
the church, conducted the services. The !
remains were laid to rest in Green Hill
ceineterv. The pall bearers W’ere: Whit-
rield Clary, Marian Dick, Ralph Lewis,
Forest Murray, Murray Tate and Mal-
calm Murray, all of whom are memoers
of S. Clay Williams’ Sunday school
class, of which the deceased was a
member until leaving the city several
months ago. The services at the
church were largely attended and many
beautiful floral designs covered the
grave.—Greensboro News
Concerning The Colored
Race.
Mr. Editor:-
Please allow me space in your paper
concerning the industry and economy of
the colored people West of Mtbane.
Amid the tight times and low wages,
a good many of them are striving to
improve their talents and make com
fortable homes for their families.
Mfssrs. Fred Mebar.e, W, L. Malone,
Emis W. Fulier, Eugene S. Richmond
and John A. Murray, have built and
added to their homes which is all along
the public drive way. Messrs. Frank
Mebane and Phill Tysor are erecting
two story buildings which will make a
beautiful showing when they are
compleeted, one North of the Railroad
other South of the Automobile
announcement of it will be
advance so as everyone will
opportunity of hearing him.
The Mayor, Mr. W, S. Crawfcrd
gave a short business talk which was
thoroughly enjoyed. His enthusiasm
and interest in Mebane’s growth and
civic improvement is indeed encour
aging, and, as Dr. Huffham said in his
address, “the best of all is, we have j
the Mayor behind the association”
which means everything for its pn^ress. i
It was suggested that the purpose ot |
the League be printed i»j the L*ader,
so that, if anyone should not be in
formed as to the character of its W'crk,
thev can become acquainted with its , , j- . i 4.
, . ^ . J . J .. . piece will be immediately put
object and understand its requirements. t*. u * i •
j drive. Mr. Swepson who recently lost
his lovely new home by fire will soon
I rebuild again.
We were complimented with a call
last week by Mr. Frank Mebane brother
of Mrs. M. B. Scott, it seemed as tho
he had not forgotten even his fathers
old friends.
By H. J. M.
To Dehquent Fax Payers
I must insist that all deliquent tax
payers 1.1 Alamance county settle up
for their taxes at once. I have been
more than indulgent, and the time has
come when yonr taxes must be paid.
Any further delay wiii make necessary
added cost. Settle up.
'R. N. Cook, Sheriff;
April 16th.
After examining the record of the
trial and the decision ot the superior
court. Governor Glynn has determined
not to interfere with the execution
next week of the four gunmen, sen
tenced to death for the murder of
Rosenthal. Any other decision would
have undone much of the good work oi
Whitman in rescuing Ne.v York from
the terroizing rule of gangs and hood
iums.
The Salisbury Circus.
j Officers Are Elected-Pres*
I sure For More Room
Continues.
Rufus R
Sparks’ circus is practically a Salis- Rufus R. Clark has returned from
bury i,roduct. It Winters in the fair i Morganton, where he attei (k 1 the
grounds at that piace, where the ani- 1 regular annual meeting of the ;.1 of
mals are trained and where the circus i directors of the State hospital ist
corps of performers is recruited for the j week. For the first time in b-v^ ral
Success seems to be that which forms
the disiirction between ^confidence and
conceit. Nelson, vihen young, (was
piqued at not being noticed in a cer
tain paragraph of the newspapers,
which detailed an action in which he
had assisted. “But never imind,” said
he, “I will one day have a gazette of
my own.”—Colton.
regular tour on the road The Winter
base at Salisbury gives that town a
commercial asset of considerable pro
portions each season, as inoicated by
the figures given in The Observer some
time ago of the money disbursed in the
community tor provisions and supplies
of various kinds, and Sparks and his
men have proved desirable transient
citizens. The outfitting of the circus
puts an additional sum of money in
circulation each Spring, and so the
circus is one of Salisbury’s substantial
institutions. It is practically a South
ern product, a cleanly combination,
educationally representing the best as
circuses go. The Sparks show is a
good thing in its line.
General Gustavo Maas, federal com
mander said that his government had
ordered General Zaragoza at Tampico
not to salute the American flag as an
•■'PoIo^y for arresting the marines.
Maas saia the salute was derogatory
to national d.'gnity and also uncalied for
as the American flag was not insulted.
He said that Zaragoza had made apolo
gies.
A photographer who tried to taKe a
picture of the weeping wives of the
condemned New York gunmen was
knocked down by brothers of one of
them. The photographer was doubtless
merely trying to turn an honest dollar,
but most people will agree that he
‘ got off tollable light.’’—Greensboro
News.
A Discouraging Record
It is anything but encouraging to
note from statistics just made public
that the fire losses of the United
States and Canada during March of the
current year aggregated a total of
more than twenty-five milhon dollars,
or an increase of nearly fiftv per cent,
over the record of the corresponding
month in 1913. While it is true that
the month was exceptional in regard to
the number of unusually destructive
conflagrations occuring, the figures
emphasize at once how little headway
efforts to minimize fire waste in this
country are making and the conse
quently imperative necessity of re
doubling efforts directed to that end.
Certainly there can be no iota of doubt
as to the urgency of the situation,
when it is considered that we are an
nually burning up property values
fully equalling, if not exceeding, the
sum expended upon new construction
in the United States every year.—
Norfolk Pilot.
yea*, every n.ember of the boar.: vvas
present. It being tne regular tim • for
the election of officers Jr. Davis of
Morg;in»^^on, was re-elected pre.^i.lc it of
the hoard, and Mr. Clark, of S. t"es-
vili«‘, was re-elected secretary. \...>srs,
Davis, Clark and A. E. Tate, ui High
Point, were continued as the ex3cutive
committee. F. M« Scroggs was. re
elected steward of the hospital and his
salary was increased from $1,500 tD
$1,800, and Miss Cilia Summers was
elected matron to succecd Mrs. C. A.
Marsh. Mrs. Marsh, who has been
matron since i he institution opened, has
been in feeble health for some years and
recently her mind has failed. She is
now a patient in the hospital.
The report of Superintendent Mc-
Cambell for the four months ending
with March 31 showed that there are
1,302 patients on the rolls. During the
four months 56 were admitted, two dis
charged and 17 aied.—Greensboro News
The following articles have been
copied from the Constitution end By-
Laws and cover the full purpose of the
Mebane Civic Association.
ARTICLE 2 FROM CONSTITUTION.
The purpose of the association shall
be—•
Plrst- The cultivation of higher
ideals of civic life and beauty in Meb
ane; the promotion of the town im
provement, the development of out
door art, and to make living conditions
in the town of Mebane more beautiful i
and attractive.
Second-To endeavor by every honor
able means to cause the permanent
removal of unsightly signs and bill
boards around the town, and where
removal is impracticable, to work for
such uniform legal regulations as shall
make necessary signs and advertis-
ments as inaffensivs as possible.
Th;id-To co-operate with the Mayor
and town Com,mic«i&neif. so as to
receive their assistance and approval
on matters, suggested at the meetings
of the Association, for Civic better
ment.
ARTICLE 6
Committees
The following standing committ€ies
shall be appointed by the President,
each committee to consist of not less
than three members each, viz:
1. Finance committee.
1. Program and Publicity committee
3. Public Health committee.
4. Committee on strei ts, alleys and
sidewalks.
5. Committee on Railroads and busi
ness places.
6. Committee on Flural culture.
7. Committee on House Improve
ment.
8. Committee on Junior League.
DUES
Sustaining members shall pay an an
nual fee of $1.00, members 50 cents
and Li*'e members not less than 3^5 00,
to be contiibuted in one sum.
[: e .’.ssociation hopes to be able to
st*"ire several good speaker.-?, who are
expi! rx'i'd in League work, to talk to
the MebaiiO re >ple, a.i announcement
will be made in advance in the Leader.
$240,000 a year
B. R. Stickney, inventor of the
stamp printing machine and mechanic
of the Bureau, put it in operation and
i explains its process. His visitors
marvelled at the complexity and
j completeness of this piece of me
chanism.
The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing hopes to find sufficient funds
’ j in the appropriations available July 1
j for the construction of eight more
i such machines. The one now com-
i piece will be immediately put into
operation. It will take nine months
before any of the other machines are
ready for installation.
Many employes of the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving will be af
fected by the installation of the new
machines, it is said. It is expected,
however, that all such employes will
be provided with other emp oyment in
the Bureau.
List of Jurors.
List of Jurors drawn for May term
of Superior Court. '
FIRST WEEK.
A. J. Garner No. 12 J. G, Copelnnd
No. 12 F. W. Graves No. 10 T. E.
Faucett No. 12 S. B. Coble No. 9 J. P.
Pace No. 13 Jesse B Sharpe No. 13 C
j H. Roney No. 12 M. A. Reiizel No. 3
' N. P Wright No. 1 L W Roney No. 11
L W Love No. 12 W I Holt No. 12 W
J Graham No. 5 C E York No. 3 W.
L. Hutson No. 1 ^Solonr.on Love No. 6
J. S. Simmons No. 13 L. T. Johnston
No. 10 G. A. Foust No. 7 A L.
Tapscott No. 12 G. Willie Tickle No. 3
Jas. S. Mitchell No. 12 J. T. Welch
No. 6 w. M. Freshwater No. 13 R. B.
Newlin No. 9 J. M. Pugh No. 8 J.
Ernest Murphy No 3 John H,|Loy No,
3 H. G. Kime N. 12 J. R. Gates No.
12 B. T. Hester No. 11 J. P. Woody
No. 8 Larkin Moody No. 1 Sam Wellons
No. 5 H. L. Watkins No. 6 C. D.
Hinshaw No. 3 R. H. Jobe No. 10
Alfred Shaw No. 8 J. Wilber Overman
No. 9 B. T. Elder No. 12 S. M. Pickard
No. 6 H. F. Moore No. 12 M K
Robertson No. 12 S. Lee Bradshaw No.
9 Jas. T. Albright No. 10 J. F. King
No. 3 J. Hanks Mann No. 6.
SECOND WEEK.
W C Wichael, No 3, A M Cook Imo
10, A. R. Flinton, No, 6, Ben Rogers
No 6, F M Snipes No 10, T- Albright,
No 1, Newlin No. 8, D. F. Mont
gomery, No 13, John Durham No 5,
Henry Robertson No. 3, John F. Idol,
No. 12, J. N Thompson No 1, J. L.
Scott, No. 12, R. D. White No 12, L
T. Huffines No 3, J. G. Pritchett No 12
HH Willis, No 12, Joe Rumbley No 3
Dan White No 12, R. G. Walker No
11, E. Dodson. No 10, Dolph McPher
son No 8, J. E. Black, No 6, J C.
Crutchfield No. 10, L D Cook No 12,
J B Rogers, No 8, Geo Keck No 12,
B L Simpson No 4, C. W. Burke No 9.
No “Sting” In Death.
An East Indian in one of Rudyard
Kipling’s stories, is made to say: “We
fear to be kicked, but we da not fear
to die'*—'meaning tnat at least in this
matter of the dread of death the Asiat
ics hava the advantage of their con
querors.
The medical men of England are at
tempting to show their countrymen that
death is one of the mildest, the most
natural, of nature's processes, having
no mor« of the c^^agony about it than
attends an ordinary case of over-eating
Man goeth to his long home with less
of protest than he goes to his daily
duties. The silver cord that is loosed,
the golden bowl that is broken-.there
is no consciousress of pain in the
slipping of the cord or the breaking of
the bowl and more often than not, no
I pain at all.
“I am well convinced,” says Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle, one Dr. Doyle, that
if the newly bom infant and the man
who had just died could compare their
experiences the former would have
proved to be the sufferer."
The subject is a gruesome one, one
that many persons consider almost in
delicate to discass, yet it does seem it
is something in the nature of a gain for
a people to learn that, for all their in
herited folklore and liturature and fear
to the contrary, death has no sting.—
Toledo Blade.
One Result of The Span
ish War.
Selling Well.
The Southern Investors Realty Co.,
pulled off a sale here on Thursday last.
It was the property on the South side
of J'-ibane belonging to Mr. John
Nicholson. The sale was conducted by
Mr. J. F. Fry President of the company.
It seemed by general consent to have
been regarded as a splendid
fact is property is seUing
Well in Mebane.
sale, the
unusually
(iive us an ever-living faith
■•'o gaze beyond the things we see;
And in the mystery of Thy death
Draw us and all men unto Thee,
Amen. —W. W. How.
Two Garrulous
J. Pierpont Morgan was always a
silent man and would some times
champion the silent with a story.
“Old John Bates, an upholster.” so
the story began, “was renowned for
his silence.
“A patron one day said to John:
“What’s the best kind of mattress?’
“Hair,’ was the reply.
“The patron, some 20 yesrs later,
had occasion to buy another mattress,
and again she asked:
“What’s the best kind, John?
“Cotton.*
“Cotton?’ the patron cried. ‘Why,
you told me 20 years ago that hair was
the best.’
“The old man gave a quaint sigh.
“Talking has always been my ruin,’
he said.”—Chicago News.
Working For Safety
(Cleveland Leader)
Few who have not given the subject
especial attention realize how much
ingenuity is being devoted to the in
vention of safety devices for the bet
ter protection of wage workers. Few
understand how much money and ef
fort are being spent by great corpor
ations and other employers of laber in
making the men and women on their
pay rolls less liable to injury or death.
These conditions exist in many lines
of industry. They are found in cities
and towns in many States and dis
tricts. There is virtually a nation-wide
movement to cut down the grim casua
lty lists of industry. It is beyond
questien that much progress is b ing
made. There are numerous evils still
to be overcome, but the rate of im
provement IS extremely hopeful.
' Before many years the chance for
the better in this vital matter of in
dustrial security will be so great and
so general that it can no longer be
said that the American people are care
less and callous in respect to guarding
and saving human life. No form of
progress is more creditable.
Spring Laxative and Blood
Cleanser
Flush out the accumulated waste and
poisons of the winter months; cleans
your stomach, liver and kidneys ol all
impurities. Take Dr. King’s New Life
Pills; nothing better for purifying the
blood. Mild, non-griping laxative.
Cures constipation; makes you feel fine.
Take no other. 25c. at your Druggists
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for All Hurt.
Underwood’s Victory.
Congressman
on The Salem
Dankhead
Graveyard.
The beauty of the Moravian grave
yard never fails to impress the visitor,
no matter what time of day it is
visited.
(Charleston News and Courier )
The recent outbreak of bubonic
plague in Havana and the practical
certainty that the outbreak will be
checked before it has done much dam
age there and before it can spread to
the United States send one’s thoughts
harking back to the Spai.ish War.
Perhaps that war was needless; per
haps it was even iniquitous; perhap-s in
many ways it was a bad thing for the
United States. But in one way it was
a good thing. It led to the cleaning
up of the most dangerous plague spot
of the Western world and it freed this
country from a danger which would
have continued to threaten us so long
as Spain remained in charge of Cuba.
What would be happening in Havana
now if Havana were still a Spanish
city? Havana would be in the midst of
an epidemic of bubonic plague. The
sufferers would be numbered by the
hundreds, the deaths by the score. The
health of every American port on the
Gulf and Atlantic coast would be threa
tered; and even the most rigid quaran
tine might not avail to keep the disea
se from getting a foothold in this
country.
It is because the Spanish War was
fought that Havana is continuing on
the even tenor of its way, fairly con
fident that although a few persons have
died of bubonic plague, there will be
no serious epidemic
Chapel Hill News.
The State-wide discussion of the
measure of Initiative and Referendum
by the North Carolina Debating Union
and the attention giyen the political
topic by the recent Raleigh [meeting of
progressive Deniocracy attach signi
ficance to a letter received by the
Secretary of the North Carolina De
bating Union from the National Popular
Government League. This national
organization of Washington City de
creeing as its purpose ‘ to promote
Constitutional and Legislative measures
which will democratize our political
machinery and establish the control of
government by the people ’’writes con
cerning the trend of the measure: “It
may interest you to ktow that the
Mississippi legislature has submitted to
the people a first-class Initiative and
Referendum amendment along the
lines of the straight Oregon system with
up-to-date safe guards and improve
ments which experience has shown to
be necessary. The yote of the House
was 72 to 24. The final vote in the
Senate, taken March 20, was 33 to 2.
The amendment will be voted on at the
general election November 3 Some of
yonr boys might like to know this fact
as it will show them that the people of
the South, as well as the West, recog
nize the necessity for a greater measure
of popular control over matters of
legislation. Additional to the infor
mation on the Initiative and Referen
dum afforded the people of the State
through the agitation of the subject by
the 600 student-debaters, a bullentiii
exclusively of this subject was furnish
ed the secondary schools oi the State
by the Bureau of Extension of the
University. This handbook of som.e
sixty pages, traced briefly the history
of the movement for this form of
government. Articles on the affirma
tive and negative sides of the question
were furnished the schools. Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., E J Justice, Theodore
Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson were
quoted as authorities in their advocacy
favoring the measure. Among the
opponents of this form of government
appeared the names of S. kW. McCall,
Nicholas Murray Butler, H. C. Lodge
and W. H. Taft.
High Cost of Good Living
(New York Sun.)
When the high cost of living is under
debate it will be well to remember that
it is in part the cost of good living.
The people, or pbblic officials on their
behalf, are iasisting on high food
standards and naturally higher prices
are the result.
A report of the health department
of this city shows that 13,000,000
pounds of unwholesome food was
confiscated and destroyed during 1913.
No one will dispute the propriety of the
health officers’ action. Bad food ought
not be sold in New York. But it may
as well be understood that the people
paid for these 13,000,000 pounds just
the same.
The shippers of purveyors from
whom the seizures were made, and
who were the losers in the first i.i-
stance. we may be sure were not out
in the long run. The value of the
destroyed material was simply spread
out thin over the better food that
was sold; the consumers paid the price
and the dealers’ balance sheets were
none the worse on December 31.
One consolation remains to the public.
It did not buy doctors' and undertakers
bills along with its fruit, milk and meat.
When Mr. W. B. Bankhead, recently
i.rooklyn Eagle.
Oscar W. Under A’ood,
leader in the house of representatives,
has won his fifeht with Capt. Richmond
Pearson Hobson for the Alabama sena-
torship, by perhaps 20»000 majority at
the Democratic primaries, and
result is equivalent to an election.
The senate is to be congratulated on
acquiring or annexing a statesman who
will add much to tne wisdom of its
counsels, much to the wholesome
energy of its debates.
Mr. Underwood is to be congratu
lated on having proved that his State
is behind him, and on the opportunity
tor getting out of the house arena
with only one defeat scored against
him.
The president of the United States
is to be congratulated for compositely
interesting and interestingly composite
reasons, apparent to .Tiost politicians
and most lawmakers in both branches.
Hobson had the prohibitionists with
him. He had the woman suffragists
with him. We have hot heard defi
nitely, but we imagine that the vege
tarians were also backing him. Un
derwood had only the sane sentiment
of conservative voters, and the out
come cf the long and bitter contest is
entirely creditable to the State of Ala
bama.
New members have more chance
nominated for Congress in Alabama,
epoke in the Twin city in the advocacy
fof Oscar Underwood’s candidacy for
majority Democratic nomina*^ion for Presi
dent, he was taken for a visit to the
Salem graveyard, and after looking
over its stately cedars and taking in its
serene beauty, he quoted the following
I beautiful words of John J. Ingalls,
entitled “The Democracy of Death ”
“In the democracy of the dead all
men at last are equal. There is neither
rank nor station nor prerogative in
the republic of the grave. At this fa
tal threshhold the philosopher ceases to
be wise and the song of the poet is
silent. Dives relinquished his millions
and Lazarus his rags. The poor man is
as rich as the richest, and the rich man
as poor as the pauper. The creditor
loses his usury and £he debtor is ac
quitted of his obligation. There the
proud man surrenders his dignities, the
politician his honors, the worldling his
pleasures, the invalid needs no physi
cian, and the laborer rests from his
unrequited toil. Here at last is na
ture’s final decree in equity. The
wrongs of time aie redressed, injustice
is expiated, the irony of fate^is refuted,
the unequal distribaton of wealth hon
or, capacity, pleasure and opportunity,
which makes life so cruel and inexpli
cable a tragedy, ceases in the realm of
death. The strongest has no supremacy
and the weakest needs no defense. The
Uncle Knew Everything.
(irom Ideal Power.)
Little Jimmy came to Toronto from
his northern Ontaro home, where ne
groes are hardly ever seen. One day
when he was out walking with his
Uncle Bob they happened to pass a
negro woman, > and the following con
versation took place:
“Say, uncle, why did that woman
black her face?” said Jimmy.
“Why, she hasn’t blacked her face—
that’s her natural color,” said uncle.
“Is she black like that all over?”
asked Jimmy.
‘•Why, yes.”
“Gosh, uncle, you know everything,
don’t you?”
mighty captain succumbs to the invin-
than they used to have in the United gjjjie adversary who disarms alike the
States, senate. Before long, we may yig^Qj. vanquished,
well believe, Oscar W. Underwood
will be a force that has to be reck-
aned with in the deliberations of that
distinguished body.
Wanted S'"
That a Brooklyn woman should be
suing her father for $5,000 damages
for whipping her four years ago be
fore she was married is in itself fairly
conclusive evidence that the chastising
process wasn’t begun early enough.
An Ohio minister advisef girls to
marry “plain, ordinary’ men,” and our
observation is that 999,999 out of every
million do.
Mr. Bryan is advising Americans not
to go to Mezico, and this is one time
when the American people can follow
Mr. Bryan’s adyice in all assurance
that they are making no mistake.
Nothing is less in our power than the
heart, and far from commanding, we
are forced to obey it^Rousseau
Is it war? The United States
has ordered a big fleet of battle
ships to Tampaco.
When Rainbows Fade
I once W’as sad to see the rainbow fade
Among the clouds on high
And leave the empty color wake it made
Across the lonely sky.
But now 1 would not bid it longer stay
To lose its magic lure—
For should it tarry through the livelong
day
its charm could not endure.
So nature bids the dewdrops wenr
Their opalescent hues
A little hour, to charm with jewels rare
The eyes which still refuse
The homage due to wonders that abide;
The wind blown waves of grass.
And fragrant clover blossoms scattered
wide.
Unmarred by throngs that pass.
Then wisely trills the bird his season
song
And wings him far away,
That memory in the silence may prolong
The music of his lay.
As wisely falls the autumn leaf.
When soft the death king calls-
Its charm immortal as its life is brief.
Departing ere it palls.
Like rainbow, dewdropa or the falling
leaf
My chastened spirit knows
Are half the heart’s delights, by beauty
stirred.
The falling petals of a rose
And yet would I not clip the golden
plumes
Of any winged joy-
But speed its gracious flight,
consumes
Its gift, or adds alloy.
—Ellen Burns Sherman
Sun.
No better water than Buckhorn
for keeping your kidneys in good
shape.
ere time
in New York