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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02
The Idiotic Giant Who Was Heir
TO the Earidom OF S,ratnmore.

Tie Strathmore family j. one Ut to-
oldest aud most historical of Scotland
They have been ears ,iuce l435 aud in
habit 10 less historical caste than thai
OF CLAIMS. associated with the Macbeits.
Ia 1885 Lady S~trathmore, fsise y accused
OF conspiracy by wItchcrait aEtlu the
.ife 81 klnx james ~. OF Scotlaa,., wa
burnt in the GrassemaIkets, Edin arsh.
Tier : u, duNea desperate hy - >,ca
ton. flung himself ute- a rock aut per
ished immediately. Tie tide reu aimed
-ome years j ruIaat. anu Wa revived by
james | Of EoeAui, VI OF Scotia i. Ii
Is said that The Lady OF StrathmoTa
cursed her family ton having abandoned
her 10 hel distress. BE this a. 1t NAV.
here i what has Recently u~an>puei 10
this ancient hot>e For tour generations
there has been 4 mystery at slam :
Castle which no one has ever been att
10 tathom. Some sand it was a ghost
others a m~ysterIOu>y hidden treasure,
but rumors OF q more or less uucanny
nature foatei r und the country ami
have dom 80 for about - Year. Foul
Earls Of ~Strathm1re have seated thcm-
selves in ancestral state OF Westminster,
AMI yet all The while the real ear, the
eldest OF the family. vas alive, hidden
in the vast I'D teuia. pal &C al . ami>
tie died only la,t year, aged g2 years,
and he vas a monster. lie t Oh eIghs
feet 10 height. lis head and the upp,
part OF h hdy se,ombied ths OF i
toad liz ska Mas marked with tta.A
and white >plotrn,> and hl> hands wee
webhsd. lie c.ud MOI speak, uvt .rs,
bur his Is Is We, bright, but Wiz liz
never showed : gus a. reason aud IT, olac.
% avoid lecaI difficulties AMI painful
reye alton this horror va, hid d 10 4
building erected on purpose HIS j5,lols
were paid handsome auuuitir~ O. ntep
Silent. ~ each earl succeeded u The
estate, be was taken t. see this terrific
creature, and ii said that ole 1t these
gentlemen almost lost his reason N lie
holding the loathsome aud Il ante hor
ror. Last year the poor wretch dIed aud
the secret has come out owing 10 diff
cultles conserving the d!sposa Of IN,
remains. The most extraordinary part
81 II all i, that the whereabouts Of TIE
monster earl was kept 80 wonderfully
quiet, and also that he lived to suen AZ
advanced age.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

DIDN'T KNOW IN WAS LoApED.-Wa al
Ransom, near Murttecsborough, Tenn
had been shooting a mark with his
cousin. Snapped a pistol at the latter
and killed him. Fearing he would be
convicted of murder he fled. - In Mad
lson county, says Ashevlle Ctt,zen, -
II. X. Gilbert was sitting on = fence
tourlshlng a pistol. His little child was
behind him. Il is said that he fred to
Tighten a horse passing By another ac
count Is that he II tol Wa, discharged
without objtc Ct At events, the bali
entered the brain OF the unfortunate
child, killing 1t instantly In Rocking
aounty. "a, Mr.. Harein Shifletts daugh-
ter, aged Is, was shot through the heart,
by The falling If a shotgun. In Mon
roe, two accidental -''didn't-kuow it
-was-loaded' casualties occurred last
week. The sdddest was the shooting of
Mr. +. Beckwith by Miss Rebccca West,
a young girl. She had p~layfully pointed
the pistol at one CT two persons, and Mr.
BeckwIth, one Of the men III the store,
t point that at mel" AL
most at the III the deadly missile
struck him
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02
For sh~ farmer sad Necha nls
Points from Pender,

The directors j. I'll, I'uiat Ca~wcil y
Clinton Railroad have cuie, IT, he-U
grazing at eaeh III the iropo>,d route,
end. BIDS were received at tie Ia,
meeting. aud tie cssn Il The team
whistle Nil soon r,veTlcrato along tAs
classic banks u tlc Cohagrlc's AM biaek
River.
capt. ii ( PsJl son SAYS an b,inl
prv>.dcu. 81 tie North Carulns tru
Growers Association le should * auU4u.
itl on tlie sulject} that IL, recent col,
snaps lave not materially injured Tie
fruit IA his section.
The farmers .re backward. >loW ~
lea the value 90 time. or the capar}t,
Of lu,ir soils. When NIL eur Board q
~. ultugc educate thc farming com
ma, y up - 4 more elevated stand
ara, Ii ; unfortunate llat So MANY u
our farmers are u~naC4ualutel With tn,
elements Of plant food. and unable I,
learn that SIX 10 ten dollars per acre in
vested u preparing the so.lwll increase
tile production forty 10 fifty per cent.
NJ. II.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02
The GOLDEN NORTH NEST

The GOLDEN NORTH WEsT.-We
have received with the compliments of
Col. i. Donan, "A Reconnaissance of the
Golden North West a handsomely il
iustrated pamphlet Of l04 pages, with
views as magnificent as earth affords. 70
say it Is written III the bes, and most en-
beli,hed st,le Of tie English vernacular
Is TO say Col. DOMAIN Is It's author. The
pamphlet Is gotten out under the aus
plccs Of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway.
Accompanying, is a speech, appropri-
ately illustrated, delivered on the 4th Of
July as which which he calls Screams
from the American Eagle 1t can't be
beat Thanks Tarboro Gmde.
We second the motion.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

Here is a study in human nature SO
overcome with grief was a Fall River
man at his wife's funeral the other day
that 1t took two men to restrain him
from jumping into the grave with her
On returning to the house her will was
read, and when he found she lad left
him none Of her individual property he
dried his tears and wept no more. One
month after TIN event he led "A freshly
made willow t. the altar, having first.
however, learned that her hushar Il had
gwen her al his possessions before he
died,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

SIATUS OF IL HiTs AND CoLoRKp
RACES ~ The UNTTEp STATES. Fred.
u uxas expressed the belief the other
Jay that the negroes, within two hun
lrti aud fifty years, wi! rule the
South and that amalgamatlon wi.
proceed "a rapidly that few fu.. byolci
ucsr e viii be found, IN TIVE r,t.mle>
ntic south Prot. Gillian and III.
sretentious Judge Tuurstc are q!
Ie same opini n canon kN8n.or.
" OK ord, a tcw year, axe advised
white Americans 10 compose the pt.r1
prob en- by freely ma5r,ine & ae
hen. Prot Gardiner. Of 4 nE. sass.
thar, one hundred y,als ituu, Ia day,
there viii tie iuur blacks 10 ,ut AhItc'
u the (arpiiua> @, orrla, tlor..a, Aa
bams Mississippi aud Louisiana ll.
conclusions are that the whites must nj
crate from tie South or ~amaigamat,
With the blacks, or forever remain AZ
inferior oie;ugn Mt aud submit 10 negro ~
premacy aud rule. Notwith-tandin9
these views OF Professors Gillian and
Gardiner, Judge Tourhee aui Fr T.
douglass, We are OF the cptni3n tllat
this country viii never witness negro "a
premacy i1the South. should Gard
ucr : vlcS If the negro increase DO re
allied, liat race woul. largely migrate
Vest ana ~SuuiHwe-t II vii be found
hat IN The future whcn he twenty ser-
en- Mexican stats become part of the
American Union, American negroes viii
settle there IN large numbers Gardiner
as>unIcs that there viii never le any
white immigration South. Ia this he i,
greatly mistaken The movement has
already begun. The cSsus shows a
rapid growth OF the negro population in
the Northern ; ate~, which now contain
nearly zoe. 600 ncgroes The next cen
sus vii show i large increase on these
figures a. IT will show a laggc increase
OF whites Ia The seven Southern states
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

Charles a. Vogeler 4 Co., Of Balti-
more, announce a series Of prizes, one
of $3.50, three Of 500 and four OF $50
each for the best humorous essa;. the
best humorous poem, the best dialect
sketch and the best humorous story on
the subject of the mother in-law that
American genius can produce. II e es-
says are to he furnished by July /, and
the decision to be rendered ia November.
The judges are to be well known our
~nalists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

His Poor SIsTER.-A man by the
name of Crisco who lives in the neigh.
Dor hood of Brewers Mills, Randolph
county, IN returning from the burial of
his sister, last Thursday evening, pro.
posed a horse race. When the race was
at its prime, Crisco's horse threw him
violently against a tree, breaking his
thigh aud arm, and bruising HIM up
horribly. Crlseo is In a very critical
condltlon.-Montgomery Star.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

Mr.. :. j. Smithcrauan was seriously.
but not fatally stabbed in the bowels bv
a young MAJ named Williams in Stanly
county, says Norwood ObSerrer.-
Tarboro GHide says; Two colorcd
men on J. W. Draughan's place. near
Whitakers, quarreled. VIM. Lett threw
Wilson Whitfield down. struck him with
his fist lirst, then got a piece of fence
rail and struck him twice on the head.
while LIVING on the ground. Whitfield
died in three hours. Lett is in Tarboro
jail.''
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

">Tis more brave to live than to die. .
Therefore don't wait till a slight Cough
develops itself into consumption. but
secure a bottle Of DIR. Bull Cough Syrup
at the small outlay Of % cents, cure your
Cough and live on happily.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

~ The is ne a%reuias a coward int
courage. But even tie coward may b
hlsve after trying Kilney-W OFT. thai
medicine Of wonderful eff acy il all dis
eases Of the liver and kidneys. 1t i.
prepa cd in both dry and liquid form
and can always be relied on as an effective
cathartic and dIuretic. Try it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

CHEAPEST FASHION MAGAZINE in
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

One Word from the Loved Ones al
iioltc. by Mrs. Eva J.. Il. Wlite-te
great Boston soi.-boing sun every
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ular Nocalists. To be had at music
stores everywhere. Price, 35.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02
N { W { c MES
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ID sston Saw, 1915.
Ratchet Feed, 500 extra.
Our Jet Pump viii raise water out of
a well 80 feet deep.
Wri e for circular. giving dimensions
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02
Cured When Physicians Give Up.

Our family phi stefan gave up our
child to die, wrote Henry Knee, ESi !,
Of crl,la. Warren 20 Tonu. 1t had
hts Snmar't1n Ac, cine las cu,e4 the
ehlid. 81 80.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

The State Board Of Medical Exam.
lners will meet IN farboro Ma, 2Oth.
Without a license from this Board, nc
physician who commenced to practice ii
North Carolina, after Aprii 18Th, 1859.
can collect his fees by law.
Applicants will be examined in the
various branches OF medicine. aud musl
give satisfactory evidence of good mora
character. (Sec Laws 1893 SO and 1870
III
PETER f. HINES, VI. D.. Pres.
HENRY L. BAHHSoN. Al D.. Soc
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02
FIRST PREMIUM AT RALEIGH FAIR, Is!
New Monarch Traction Engine,
ar-c- WITH q WITHOUT EcasEs

! other prom lent manufacturers. First Premium aud 90
With d ,lpls Soe,l. Travels to o miles per hSur - ~
IN AMI 10 Horse p YER, with or without Steering Gear lnie
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02
LOCOMOTIVE LINZ REVERSE.

Nsdas at Atlanta Exposition 1881. 1G N II Horse PrFer
~ without Independent Pump, Water Tank or canopy iop'
nendent Pump or Water tank.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02
FARMING Lahyo

o. the best quality for 'vrbs#-a rf.+-e.
a ~ cotton, On hard - sale. Csn r...g .a- ..
chaser with fL!! outfits Of l~rl.r as-a -.t 4
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02
DESIRABLE CITY REAL LSTAT..

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". J. GREEN,
EayetteviI &, y. O.
Proprietor
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j. A. Froude, in the Contemporary Review.
Luther's mind was literally worldwide;
his eyes were forever observant of what was
round him; at time when science was
scarcely out of its she'll Luther had observed
nature with the liveliest curiosity; he had
anticipated by mere genius the generative
functions of flowers Human nature he had
studied like dramatst His memory was
museum of historical Information, of
anecdotes of great men. OF old German litera-
ture, and songs and proverbs. Scarce a sub
ject could be spoken of on which he had not
thought and on which he had not some
thing remarkable to say. His table was al
ways omen and amply furnished. Melanch.
thon, Jonas, Lucas, Cranach, and other Wit
tenberg friends were constant guests Great
people, great lords, great ladies, great learned
men, came from all parts of Europe
He received them freely "a dim
ner, and, being one of the
most copious OF takers, he enabled
his friends to preserve the most extraordna-
nv monument of his requirements and of his
intellectual vigor. On reading the ''Tischre-
dem" or "Table-talk," of Luther, one ceases
to wonder how this single man could change
the face of Europe Where the language is
itself beautiful il necessarily loses in transla-
ton. | will endeavor however, to convey
some notion of Luther's mind as it appears
in these conversations. First for his thoughts
about nature. A tree in his garden was COW
cred with ripe fruit. All" said he, 'if
Adam had not fallen, we should have seen
the beauty of these things-every bush and
shrub would have seemed more lovely than
if it was made of gold or silver 1t is really
more lovely; but since Adams fall men see
nothing and are stupider than beasts. Gods
power and wisdom are shown in the smallest
flower. Painters cannot rival their color. nor
perfumers their sweetness; green and yellow,
crimson, blue and purple, all growing out
of the earth. And we do not know how to
use them to Gods honor. We only misuse
them; and we trample on lilies as if we were
so many cows" Katie had provided some
fish out of her pond. Luther spoke of the
breeding of fish, and what an extraordinary
thing it was; he then turned to the breeding
of other creatures Look at pair of birds,
he said. 'lhey build neat little nest, and
drop their eggs in it, and sit on them. Then
come the chicks. There is the creature
rolled up inside the she'll. If we had never
seen such thing before, and an egg was
brought from Calicut, we should be all won
dering and crying out. Philosophers cannot
explain how The chick is made God spake,
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Notwithstanding in India.

Calcutta Dispatch to London Times.
Mr.. Graham, the gentleman who is about
to attempt the ascent of Kinchinjunga, when
last heard of. was still at Jhongri, nine days
march from Darjeeling. Nothing, however,
has been heard oil him since last month,
when he was deserted by all his coolies ex-
cept three. The supply of stores and money
sent to him from Darjeeling was lost through
the carelessness of a coolie, who dropped the
box over a precipice. 1t is believed that the
party, consisting of Mr.. Graham, two Swiss
guides and the three coolies, have now,
nothing to subsist upon except a stock of
rice sent out by the survey department For
tunately, that stock is sufficient TO prevent
any danger of starvation. Every effort is be-
ing made at Darjeelng to dispatch fresh
coolies and supplies; but great difficulty is
experienced in the matter, owing to the re-
luctance of the hillmen to undertake the
task and the exorbitant terms which they
6aO,on6
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One Piece of the Rebel Silver.

washington IGa.) Gazette.
There has been great deal said on the
question as to what became of tine confcder-
nte gold and silver that was brought 10
Washington about the time hostilites
ceased and the more that is said and written
the deeper the matter is yelled in mystery;
but there is silver haf-dollar of this money.
that the Gazette can vouch for, and it can be
seen at any time by calling on Captain J. 7.
Erwin. There was some silver that was left
in General Tombs's front yard by General
Breckenridge who insisted that the former
should keep it, General Toombs who re-
fused to let it be left for him. found that it
was in the yard and had it carried down
town to some of the authorities to be paid
out to the soldiers. Captain Erwin was
among the soldiers who were paid, and ne
received 81. so as his pro rata. He has sacredly
kept haf-dollar of this money because it
was the last the confederate government was
able to pay its men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-10
Luther's Psalm.

OF the spiritual songs composed b. Luther
ne one entitled "Luther's Psalm is univers
lily regarded as the best. The following is
translation, as given by Thomas Carlyle
fty-two years ago, In Fraser's Magazine:
AAc5rsc,to' a l9if .aHr Gtesls&4ustill
He'll help US clear from every Ill
That hath us now oertaken.
The ancient Prince of He'll
Hath risen with purpose fell;
Strong mail OF craft and power
He weareth III this hour
On earth is not his fellow.
With force of arms we nothing can,
Full soon were we dOwnriddeD;
Bur for us fights the proner Man,
Whom God Himself hath hidden
Ask We, Who is this saine2
Christ Jesus is fits name,
The Lord ZebaOth's Son;
He and no other one
Shall conquer in the battle.
And were this world all devils Ger
And watching to devour us,
We lay it not to heart so sore,
Not they can Overpower us.
And let the Prince of Ill
Look grim as e'er he Will,
He harms us not n whit;
For why2 His doom is writ;
A word shall quickly slay him.
Gods Word. for all their craft and force,
One moment will not linger;
But epite of hell shall have its course,
IT'S written by his finger.
And though they take our life,
Goods, honor, children, wife,
Yet is their profit small;
These things shall vanish all
The city of God remRineth.
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Luther Relics.

The "Castle Church." which is called "the
cradle of the Reformation" was erected in
1899, but the original building exists no
more. In 1760, during the seven years war;
Wittenberg was besieged by the Austrians
and during the bombardment the church and
large part of the city were destroyed by
fire. In ITO the present building was erected
on the old walls by order of Frederick the
Great The old wooden doors, destroyed in
1850, on which Luther had nailed the theses
were replaced in 1857 by Frederick William
" with double bronze doors, ten feet high
bearing in Gothic characters the original
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Luther Chronology.

Nov. 10, 1493-Born in Eisleben, now town OF
Prnssian Saxony.
1501-Enters University of Erfurt.
1505-Graduates as NJ. A.
July H. 1505-Enters Augustine convent at
Erfurt.
- 1510-Makes journey to Rome in the
interest of his order.
15l2-Professor of scholastic philoso-
phy at Wittenberg.
Oct. 81, 1517-Nails the 50 theses on the door
of the church at Wttenberg.
july, 1519-DispntatiOn with Eek at Leipzig.
June Is, 1520-ExcOlnmuacatedb by Leo X.
Dec TO- 152O-Burns the bull.
April 1S, 152l-IS-fore the Diet at Worms
March, 1522-Returns from the Wartburg to
Written herg.
Jnne 1525-MarFies Catharina Won Bora.
1521-l 53O-Transates the Bible
1529-Attends conference at Marburg.
153o-DIet of Augsburg. Augsburg
Confession.
1537-Artices of ''6malcald."
1915 Leaves Nuremberg.
Feb. 1S, 1546-D1es in Esleben.
Buried near the pulpit, Castle
Church. Wittenberg.
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TimeIiness of His Birth.

Prof. Fisher, in The Critic
Luther was born at the right time. In that
year, 1883, when he first saw the light Co
lumbus was besieging the court of Lisbon to
get the means of undertaking a westward
voyage to the Indies Luther was only nine
years old when the New World was discov-
cred. But there was time before this CONT
nent could be settled and possessed for the
freedom and the faith of Professionalism to
gain strength enough to lay immovable foun-
dations Of mower and of empire in North
America. Had Luther been born later the
type of civilization among US might have
been that of Mexico and the South American
States, such as French absolutsm and
Jesuit propagandism would have developed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-10

and it was DONE he commanded and so it
was. But he acts in all his works rather
comicaIly. If he had consulted me | should
Jumps of clay, and to have set the sun like
lamp on the earth's surface that it might be
always day" Looking at a rose he saiG
Gould man make a single rose, we would
give him an empire, but these beautiful gifts
OF God come freely to us and we think
nothing of them. We admire what is worth
less if it be only rare. The most precious
of things is nothing if it be common" In
the spring, when the buds were swelling and
the flowers opening, he exclaimed: Praise
be TO God the Creator that now in this tins
of Lent out of dead wood makes all alive
again Look at that Dough, as if it was with
child and full of young things coming 10
the birth. 1t is a figure of our faith-wiu-
ter is death and summer is the resurrection
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Dramatic Information.

Wuukcsha, Wis, Special.
One of the lady members of the Ransome
dramatic company was bitten through the
nose by pet dog at the hotel last evening.
The unfortunate woman was greatly excited
and entertains grave fears as to the result of
the bite. as TWO OF her intimate lady friends
of the stage have died of hydrophobia from
similar decorations.