The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24

rank. He was not OF the second rank.
and possibly not ven OF the third rank
if a rigid and just selection was made,
but he was 4 true poet, and sang some
notable and memorable things that ought
to long survive. Let me reproduce a lew
OF his lines:
while memory watches DER the sad re
0 joys that faded like the morning dew
.'Tis the sunset OF life gives me mystical
lore.
and coming events cast their shadows
before"
and leaving in battle no blot on his
name
Look proudly to heaven from the death
bed Of fame
Whose lines are notices OF the heart,
Whose truths electrify the sage
On Burns.
Britannia needs no bulwarks,
No towers along the steep;
Her march Is Ger the mountain waves,
Her home is on the deep"
There was silence deep as death,
And the DOIQeSt ned MS breath
For Il time"
In life's morning march, when my bo
som was young
TO live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die
Wordsworth is one Of the greatest posts
Of England after Shakespeare and Milton.
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thoughtful, cultivated people than he vas
a half century ago. Scott and Byron, Of
their kind unrivalled, are read by the
hundred thousands as the many editions
of their works issued by many rival pub
fishers attest. SCOTS Lay of the Last
Minstrel is one of the glories OF nine
teenth century poetry. 1t IS indeed a
omanee most picturesque, most poetlcal.
filled with glorious strains OF enchanting
! melody. and rich IN high inspiration and
magic numbers. 1t is very original. 1t i.
fresh in plan, unique IN execution, maSc
terly in the splendor of description, and
unbroken IN the fascination Of it's ines
dents and in the flow of its pathos. A
writer of the past said of it that there are
many glorious bursts of truly Homerlc
fire when he gets into the full tide OF
minstrel Inspiration Scott revivifies the
past, brings before the reader most i'm
p~ressive scenes, and In the lively octosyl-
Liable ines he made 50 effective he gave to
the world one of the most moving, en-
thralling, energetic poems that glorify the
last century SO full Of superb poetry. But
/ can not say more now and must leave
"Marmion' and The Lady of the Lake"
untouched, which many regard as his
finest. most complete production in verse.
! Shelley and LyaatS 3 arp in Tnnrta I hut I car
not characterize them now, much less dis
cuss their exquisite inspiration and art.
Southey is not much read, but he was
very far below his great contemporaries
named in the perfection and interest of his
poetic compositions. l nave but recently
written of Byron and at length, and also
glanced at Southey.
1 CLEAN some happy snapshots as |
read. The Washington Post says: THAT
New York scientist who claims to be able
to make gold out of water should be
furnished with Mr.. Morgan's address at
once"
The Post says again: John Temple
Graves wants a State set aside for the
negroes and to have them d~isfranchised
outside of that State. If the plan is adopt
ed, here's a vote for Massachusetts,"
Mr.. Bryan's able paper, The Commoner.
makes a ten strike IN the following para
graph: Mr.. Rockefeller says that when
ever he wants anything he prays for it.
This recalls the story of the darkey who
prayed for a Thanksgiving turkey, but IN
vain. Then he prayed that he might be
sent out to get a turkey, and there were
feathers IN his back yard before sun-up."
England has lost within a few weeks
fn11t mon FconaNio,,o, ~, nIIxiI,,o1J- 100,
of character and accomplishments"-name-
~, Henley, Lecky, Whistler and Phi
May. The first two were gifted and emin-
ent men OF letters; the last two were gift
ed artists. Mr.. Lecky was the foremost
living historian, and the most philosophi-
cal. His History of England in the Eigh-
teenth Century, in eight ~octavos, is a
superb work-calm, broad, fair, strong
and in excellent style.
The greatest depth in the Atlantic
Ocean thus far found is 1862 fathoms. The
sounding was made by L. S. S. Dolphin
N January, 1902, latitude 70 degrees 80
minutes n, longitude 81 degree 43
minutes w, 60 miles north of the west
end of Porto Rico.
The L. S. n. Nero found the greatest
depth Of the Pacific to be 5,269 fathous
exceeding all oceans. 1t was found in No
vember 1893, while sounding for the Paci-
fc cable. It was a little to the South and
east of Guam.
All people have to eat when they can
get 1t, and are interested in bread, and it
is worth knowing what really the best
the most nutritious, and most economical
breads. Here is an opinion. but I do not
know whence it comes. It looks like a
scientific chat, and possesses no doubt a
certain value. 1t will interest BUYERS
housewives and d~yspeptics:
The most and least economical of foods
belongs to the vegetable kingdom. The
nutrltive value OF .breakfast-foods' is no
greater than that of flour or meal. While
flour is more economical than Graham or
Whole-Wheat fours. There is more protein
IN the bran and germ of wheat than in
the remainder Of the kernel, it is pointed
out; but flour containing the bran, while