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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
His Holiday Reflections.
ATLANTA cOnst;tution.l

D OF folks enjoys de Christmas"
said Brother Dickey, but der enjoy
ment is what you mieEt call diffnnt.'
Dey eioys it kaze de iii folks makes
UNI. Hits de one season er de year
wen de rhiilnns own de house fum de
garnet cfar down to do front do, wild
nobody ter dispute de claim: wen dey
makes de days Sc lively de GROWERS
halter take ter de woods: an ez fer dc
nightS-weu, dar amt no res tive!
Sleep comes an coaxes 'un ter quiet
wild sweet dreams. Ter be sho' de oil
folks enjoys Christmas, kaze de chill
l"ns makes nm member what a time
dey use ter have wen dey wuz iii
chiliuns, an de Night Win use ter
skeer 'um ez 1t rur,hIed in de CHIN
bly,, an dey hearn Mister Sanity Claus
reindeer runnin' 'crost de snow-kiver-
ed shed. in de deep middle er de oil.
col night"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
COTTON.


Spot Quiet-Prices Ten Points Higher.
Liverpool, Dec. 4.-Closing cotton:
Spot quiet: prices 10 points higher:
American middIing fair, SIS: good
middling, 7.94; middling, 7.s2: low
middling, 7.72: good ordinary. 7.46;
ordinary. 7.21. The sales Of the day
were 1000 bales. Of which 500 were
for speculation and xpOrt and IN
cluded American. Receipts
$4,000 bales. including 1900 Ameri-
can.
Futures opened firm and closed
feverish. December. 1865: December
7.65; January-February.
9.68; February-March. ITO; March
April. 7.72 1-2: Aprii-May. TIA; May
June. IT'S IL: June-July, 7.73 IL:
.July-August, I'll IL: August-Sep-
tenber 1875 IL; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
SIS 1-2: October-November, STA IL;
Observation-Disclosures, 6.68 IL.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
COTTON MARKET
STILL ON ADVANCE
Net Gain of 2 to 8 Points
Yesterday
CABLES WERE HIGHER
Market opened at An Advance OF : to
; Points on Better Cables Than FIX
pectesi and Sold Higher on a More
Active Demand, Which Was Evil
denti, Inspired by US
Buiiish NJ .iOnal Ginners' Report
Realizing Had Little Effect.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York. Dec. 4.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at an advance OF
8 TO 5 points in response to higher
cables than expected. and sold about
6 to s points net higher during the
early trading on a more active gem
eral demand, which was evidently In
spired by yesterdays bullish National
Ginners' report n the visible supply
statement. There was heavy realizing
around 1920 for May. but the mar
ket remained very steady and within
q point or two OF the top during the
middle OF the morning. The market
closed steady with prices net 2 to s
points higher. Receipts at the ports
today were 23,471 bales. against A.
70s last week and 52.349 last year;
for the week 10000 bales. against
214,e20 last week and 412,867 last
year. Today's receipts at New Or
leans 500 bales, against 9.196 last
year and at Houston 8,S21 bales,
against 12,145 last year.
Spot cotton closed quiet. 10 points
higher: middling uplands 14.S5: mid
ding gulf 1910: no sales. Futures
opened steady and closed steady.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
THE DUCK

L have friends who sweat over the
rough. tangled trail
OF the deer, or the broad-artlored
moose.
| have others who beat through the
sleet and hail
To the haunts of the duck and the
goose:
To the marsh and the sound and
Where the homely old fishing hoat
lay;
And to meet them I'll frame up some
flimsy excuse.
And I'll join them ere night turns
to day.
There's a neighbor Of mine who's "A
hunter OF quail.
And regards it as chiefest Of joys;
From the house Of another | hear a
tap, tap.
AS he mends his last seasons de-
COys:
And | slip out to help him repair
| Tx on a head here and there:
| am keen on the job as a child Will,
its toys
And my heart knows no roubl nor
care.
A preserve that | know has its wood.
cock and Snipe..
With some partridges up on the
hill:
Aot1 1oi Hi0 a tOld oilfii@"itl d Iii
for my pipe
Near q place where the goose wrts
his bill;
Where I bark to the honk and the
Quack-
With no thought Of a bite or a
snack:
Oh. I'd live for a week on a dish
OF cold tripe,
For the whistle of wings at vy
back.
Now. I cannot conceive how the up-
lands appeal
TO the man who vas born with a
gun:
All need is a haunt of the mallard
And [ bloom like a rose in the
sun;
When the shores are lace-euged
With thin ice
With a furry Of snow to entice
A few duck to my stoOlS-to their
woe and my veal
on the nnarsh-where they seek the
wild rice.
When the wooden decoys are a-iump
on the waves,
And the drops on the gun barrels
freeze:
When the hunter the cold and the
cutting wind braves,
And the owl drive adown on the
breeze:
When the sky is a dark leaden
gray.
And decoys are we'll iced with the
spray;
Oh. it's then that the hunter his very
soul saves
! Living half Of q year in a 1ay.
H. FL. Brimley. in Charlotte Obser-
yer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
New York Produce.

New York. Dec. 4.-F1our dull at
the old level of prices. Minnesota
patents. $3.50 sos; winter patents.
$3.50 SIS: winter straights, s5.2oG
$50; winter extras. s4.3om $50; win
ter. low grades, s4.20@4.70.
Rye -four. quiet: fair to good. s4.2o
GAPS; choice to fancy, $3.50 40.
Buckwheat flour. dull.
Corn meal. steady.
Rye, steady.
Barley. quiet.
Wheat, steady; No. , red. SIPS 1-2,
red. $1.24 IL, nominal. f. o. b. aloat.
Options closed Lie. net higher TO
S-8c. lower; December. s1.17 Ia:
May. s1.12 SIS; July, s1.o4 IS.
Corn. barely steady: No. .. 72c. asked
elevator domestic, - Il, nominal,
delivered. and s. asked f. o. b. afioat:
options closed Ia TO 3-4c. net lower;
December. IS Il: May. SO Is.
Oats-Receipts. sass: spot steady:
mixed. 26Q32 pounds, nominals: na-
tural white. 26G32 pounds. As LA
46: clipped white. 34m42 pounds.
46 "a 40; options closed unchanged;
May, A. "a.
Lard. easy.
Pork. steady.
TallOw. steady.
Petroleum. steady.
Rosin. quiet.
Turpentine, steady.
Rice, steady.
Molasses, firm.
Sugar, raw firm; fair refining. s3.S1;
refined steady.
Butter, barely steady. unchanged;
receipts. 2,213.
Cheese firm. unchanged: receipts,
2.754: weekly exports. 200 boxes.
Eggs. slow, unchanged: receipts,
$3.50.
Coffee. futures closed steady, net
unchanged to 5 points higher. Spot,
quiet; Rio No. 7. SM IL: Santos No.
4. 8 81; Mild. quiet: Cordova. 90
II IL.
Potatoes and c~abbages, steady, IN
changed.
Peanuts and freights, unchanged.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Spot steady, lie higher; Futures Is
to 20 Points Higher Than a

Week.
New Dreams. La. Dec. 4.-Spot cot
ton steady Lilo. higher; middling IA
7-16c. Sales on the spot 1900; to ar
rive $50 bales.
Futures opened steady at an ad-
vance Of 2 to 4 points on better ca
bles han expected. The sentiment OF
the market was bullish from the open
ing, but what looked like quiet liquid
alton from big longs held prices down.
Much buliish comment was made over
the showing of the weekly stattstics
and the report from the National Gin
ners' Association of 100000 bales
ginned to December 1. attracted
much attention and caused some ner-
Vousness among bears.
The light movement was brought
into priminence by the weather fore
cast. which promised bad weather
nearly everywhere ia the belt OVer
sunday: such conditions may nave the
effect OF causing the movement TO
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
NEW YORK MONEY
Money Oh Call Misunderstanding Eek
change Firm.
(By the Associated Pre-:

(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Dec. Mooney on call
nominal. Time loans dull and steady:
so days 4 "a per cent and 90 days
1 IL a "a per cent; S months 4 Il
per cent.
Close: Prime mercantile ape s to
5 IL per cent. Sterling exchange
firm with actual business in bankers
bills at 484.10D a 4S4.15 for so day bills
n at 487.70Gp437.75 for demand.
Commercial bills 4S3M483 Sd: bar
silver 81 SIS. Mexican dollars As.
Government bonds steady; railroad
bonds firm.
IS ..ts" A HOODOOe
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
COttOn-Seed Oil.

New York, Dec 4.-CottOn-seed oil
waS lower on spot, but futures were
generally steady with a quiet commits
sion house trade. Trading was con-
fined to the late months. Closing
prices were nine points lower to
three points higher. Sales 1900 bar
re1s.
December, $50 to 6.83; January,
So to SCI: March, 6.99 to 7.O1; May,
7.08 to 7.09. Prime crude $50 to
5.87: prime summer yellow, SIS to
6.S5; prime winter yellow. 100 to
40: prime summer white, 100 to
T4O.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
Raleigh Spot Cotton.

Raleigh Spot Cotton.
lReported by Iarker Bros & Coz
Yesterdays receipts. 128 bales.
Good middling, IA 3-S.
Low middling. IA IA.
Middling. IA.
Low grade. Il 1-2M14.
same Date Last Year.
Receipts. 30 bales.
Good middling. 8 IS.
Low middIing. s "a.
Middling, s IL.
Low grade, 8W8 IL.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
House Of LORDS Should study I'm.
[pw YORK World

The lords are crude and clumsy pol
iticianS who could learn & great deal
the gentle art Of taxation from
the protected industries OF the United
States. Instead of waiting until a
budget is adopted by the commons
and then fighting ii. they should make
liberal contributions to the campaign
fund n thus earn the right to die
tate the schedules thai affect their
own pockets. That is the way to deal
with the complicated business Of taxa
ton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
Experience of kentucky Convict
Would Not So Indicate, But Joe
Recess ExDerieHCe is Not So Clear.
Greensboro RECORD

Greensboro Record.)
The number thirteen is not always
a "hocdOO." The New York Tribune
tells his strange story-"A convict in
the Kentucky State prison. serving a
term Of twice thirteen years. was oar
doned by the Governor On November
-. The 'hoOdoO' number has played
an important part in the mans life,
according to his story. which relates
that he is the thirteenth child, was
born on the 18th day Of
month, and m the
crime for which he was convicted
on the 18th. and at his own re-
quest. was assigned to cell No. 10
When released he had S13.1S to his
credit. The man of whom all this fs
told. Abraham Lake-shOuld have
had two additional letters in his name
to make the story complete Sounds
all right, but The Records phone
number is Is. and soon after it was
put ia We were pulled" in a libel suit
for $500. We have some satisfaction.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07

III IsE1<htII cEt1NtI Nj Ut
indianapolis, Ind. has published a
book on cancer. which gives interest
ing facts about the cause OF ANGER
tells what to do in case OF pain.
bleeding. Odor. etc, inStruCtS in the
care of the patient, and is in fact a
valuable guide in the management of
any case. The book is sent free TO
those interested who write for il.
mentioning this paper.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
New York Cattle.

New York. Dec. 4.-Beeves, re-
ceiptS 2.O21; calves. receipts 1914.
Sheep and lambs, receipts, $40;
sheep 800 to $50. Lambs - to 80;
bulls $50.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07
Successful Operat.on.

Young Doctor (e~xuitantiy}. Well.
I've been successful with my first
patient.
Old Doctor. OF what did you re-
Iieve him.
Young Doctor-TWo dollars.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07

howeyer. in that the amount was not
thirteen hundred instead OF eight
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-05

u
An have o ha Y
s md dhaa amrg store vry n rather
No 0 " nd" ~
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
THE BLACK HILLS FLOOD.

1t Is Estimated That $4,000 viii
Cover the Loss Of Lawrence County.
1t is estimated that $4,000 will
about cover the loss sustained by
Lawrence county during the recent
flood which washed out most Of the
county roads and destroyed most
of the bridges. Immediately after
the storm all the available unem-
ployed men in the county were put
to work repairing, but it will be sew
eral weeks before the roads are In
anything like the former shape, and
still longer before the bridges are re-
built. A steel structure over False.
bottom, for which the county had just
paid $4,000, was wiped out of exist.
ence. The Reliance Mining company
on Annie creek lost its new $4,000
dam which held in the shines from
the mill. Little Strawberry and Two
Bit gulches were swept clean of all
bridges. The railroad companies op-
Grating spur lines to the various
mines were heavy losers and even
though the mines could be worked
at the preoent time, no ore could be
transported TO the mills, which are
necessarily idle. The question OF
coal for operations was at first seri-
GUS, but the speedy work OF the rail-
road relief crews has greatly lessened
this loss. Both the Burlington and
North Western railroads have accom-
plished more than they expected in
quick repairs, and both roads were
open to passenger and mail traffic
with but the loss Of two days. The
North Western is still compelled to
transfer it's passengers out of Dead
wood or into the town, while the Bur-
lington has just succeeded in restor-
ing service into Deadwood after COM
ing into Lead from Englewood via the
BLACK Hills and Fort Pierre road.
The Burlington trolley line between
Deadwood and Lead will be out OF
commission several days yet, as SO
much track was washed out.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
WEALTH HIDDEN IN OLD TABLE
Problem California Woman Left for
Public Administrator to Solve.

Problem California Woman Left for
Public Administrator to Solve.
Cunningly hidden In a secret recep-
tacle deftly carved in the leg OF an
antique table, the fortune of the late
Mrs. Jessie Fremont Dietsch OF San
Francisco, relative of the noted path.
finder, Gen. John c. Fremont, was
found recently by the deputy public
administrator, w. J. Hynes. The neat
~ fastened little bundle gave up q
bank book showing deposits of $4,000,
. costly collection Of time honored
Jewelry and countless shares in wild
cat concerns worth their waste paper
value.
The discovery Of the effects of the
srratic woman Of historic lineage ends
. search that Hynes and his men pur.
sued for several days with great ear
nestness. When Mrs. Dietsch died, ON
April %, alone and in seclusion. her
enects were taken charge of by the
public administrator In the absence
Of any near relatives. The officers
were informed that the old woman
was possessed of great wealth and the
stories came from such reliable
sources that 1t was deemed advisable
to make complete search of the
premises.
With this end in view Hynes and
his assistants strained every effort
TO locate the hidden treasure. Every
article In the house was overturned
and thoroughly searched without avail.
Even the carpets and tapestries were
ripped open In the hope that they
would yield some OF the glittering
gold which the aged recluse was SUP.
posed to possess.
Just as Hynes was about to abandon
the search he accidently knocked on
the hollow leg Of an ancient table.
In cleverly contrived cache the pub.
lilo administrator spied an old wallet.
Opening the bag, Hynes discovered
that 1t contained the bank book,
jewels and stock certificates
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
Mlssc uRI WILLOW FARM.
Tops as We'll as Roots Used IN Hold.
ting Shifting River Banks.

Tops as We'll as Roots Used IN Hold.
ting Shifting River BANKS.
East Kansas City IL one OF the most
important centers in the Missouri val
ley in the business OF shipping will
lows. In the last three months alone
the Kansas City Southern railway has
hauled from there lao fiat car loads Of
trimmed willows, and Is taking out
more as fast as the willow planta-
lions can furnish the crop.
The roots Of the willows keep the
sand from shifting along the river
banks; hut the use OF the tops of will
lows in fighting currents Of water 10
comparatively new. Government work
with willows requires that the trees
shall be more than twelve feet high
and between three-quarters and two
and half inches in diameter at the
butts. After a patch OF these trees
has been cut the ground looks like =
stubblefield of corn. The new sprouts,
however, look more like field Of
wheat-if wheat only had that pecu>
liar reddish tinge that willows take
on at this time OF the year. In two
and a half to three years after cutting
willows will grow up again to the size
required fer dilSes or for plating into
mats.
The willows now being bought by
the railway are for use In checking
the inroads of the Arkansas river be-
tween Spiro and Fort Smith. Ark. The
dikes that are being constructed run
out into the river $50 feet, and are al
willows held in place with large steel
cables. Since Dec. IL nearly 100 car
loads of trees-not all of these will
lows-have beeen dumped into the
river.
The sand filing the crevices be-
tween the bundles of willows makes .
strong and economical pier. The steel
cables insure the safety OF the pier
until the sand has done its work
In cutting and trimming the willows
tho harvesters use nothing but ordi-
nary cord knives.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
THE FAIRY HOUNDS.
Superstition Of tho Night Chases cf
the "Dandy Dous."

superstition OF tho Night chases cf
the "Dandy Dogs"
In some years stoats appear to be
more numerous than in others. and
they are seen not in ones and twos
but in dozens, hunting together in
small packs. The late e. T. Booth Of
Brighton, when shooting In East Lo-
THAN in the autumn OF 1888, met a
pack of stoats which attacked a ter
rier he had met with and would not
be driven off until he and the dog
between them had killed more than a
dozen.
Stoats will hunt together from scent
and in full cry like pack Of hounds,
one always keeping the line and fol-
lowed closely by the others. This
sight has been recorded by different
observers, who have also seen weasels
hunting in the same way.
There is popular notion in the
west Of England that hares are hunted
ut night by packs OF little fairy hounds
locally called dandy dogs" and these
are said to be weasels, which the west
country folks call fairies" pronounc-
ing the word VARY" and "vair." Some
of them declare that they have seen
and watched the chase with ave.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
VOTE ON NEW LAWS.
voters Of State viii Be Asked to Vots
on Six Constitutional Amendments.

" SsSS0 VIII DO ASKED 70 vote
on Six Constitutional Amendments,
With the close of business In the
ONCE OF the secretary Of state, the
closed season for referendum petitions
was on, and the list of propositions
which the voters will be called upon
to pass judgment on at the next gen:
eral election is now outlined, First.
there are six constitutional amend
ments, the principal one being that
which proposes radical changes in the
methods of assessment and taxation,
especially SO far as it concerns cor
porate property. The others are equal
suffrage; authorizing the legislature
to fix the salary of the attorney gen.
eral at a minimum of $500 a year;
authorizing the leasing OF state school
lands for agricultural purposes; re-
curing the location of any new state
institutions to be submitted to vote
of the people, and authorizing inde-
pendent school districts to increase
their limit of Indebtedness for the
purpose Of construction of school
buildings.
The laws submitted through the in
itiative and the referendum, are equal
in number to the amendments, that
brought forward through the In
itiative being the county local option
proposition. Those which come in un-
der the referendum being the militia
law; that dividing the state into two
congressional districts; the electric
headlight law; that abolishing the
state board Of embalmers; and the
one authorizing the governor to sus-
pend and remove minor officials of the
state and counties for cause, on hear.
ing. AS these close the list, the bal.
lot On which the voters will be asked
to register their choice under the new
law will be ribbon of paper ten
inches wide and somewhere about
seven feet long. There will be Sc
many propositions up that unless the
voter is especially interested in some
proposition down toward the foot OF
the ballot he will likely have that
tired feeling and stop after making a
few marks up near the head of the
ballot.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
EXTENSION OF THE MILWAUKEE.
The Question of What Part OF State
Will Be Covered Has Been Officially
CoffIad

The Question of What Part OF state
Will Be Covered Has Been Officially
Settled.
The question Of just what country
will be covered by the Milwaukee
road extension west of the Missouri
in the northern part of the state Is
settled by the official statement, which
gives the line as follows: Begin
ming at a point of connection with the
main line of said company as now
constructed, Immediately west Of the
Missouri river bridge, in the county
of Dewey, State of South Dakota, and
extending In southwesterly direction
to a crossing of the Moreau river;
proceeding thence southerly and
southwesterly up the valley of Virgin
creek to the plateau in township IL
north. range q east; thence In
westerly direction along or near the
north line of Armstrong county and
said line produced through the coun-
ties of Dewey, Armstrong. Meade and
Butte, to the west line of Butte coun-
ty. all in the State of South Dakota.
The estimated length of which line
is approximately 215 miles.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
State News of Interest
MAsoNS ELECT OFFICERS.

Royal Arch and Knights Templar
Hold Session at Watertown.
The grand chapter. Royal Arch Ma
sons. In their thirty fourth annual SEES
sion at WATERFOWL, elected the follow
Ing officers:
Grand High Priest-David A, Doug
las, Spearfish.-
Deputy-Frank A. Brown, Aber-
deem.
King-Jacob Nissen. Yankton.
Scribe-C. A. Christopherson, Sioux
Falls.
Treasurer--Louis Jacobs, Lennox.
Secretary-George A. Pettigrew, ire
elected for the twentieth time), Sioux
Falls.
The grand chapter closed it's ses-
sion with an exemplif1cation of the
work in the Mark Masters degree.
The Knights Templar held their twen-
ty-fourth grand commandry, opening
the proceedings with parade, in
which all local knights participated.
The Order Of High Priesthood, at
tached to the grand chapter, chose
the following officers:
Grand President. G. Levoy, Web
ster.
Vice President - Benjamin F. Ives,
Huron.
Treasurer - w. e. Milligan, Aber-
deem.
Recorder - George A. Pettigrew,
Sioux Falls.
Chaplain - Charles l.. Brockway,
Chamberlain.
Master of Ceremonies-H. ]. Rice,
Huron.
Herald-M. G.. Carlisle, Brookings.
Csnductor-F. A. Brown, Aberdeen.
Sentinel-L V. Schneider, Salem.
Steward-Clarence B. Wilt, Mitch
| ell.
No radical legislation marked the
| deliberations of any Of the orders, all
of which showed a most gratifying in
crease in both interest and member
ship.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-24
EiREBUG MAKES GOOD.
Jsbber Loses Building After "Mooch-
er" Warns Him.


A fire, undoubtedly of incendiary
origin, destroyed the two story frame
building occupied by the Barnes
Wholesale Crockery company and the
Burns Lard company at Aberdeen.
The fire started at night from guam
tity OF excelsior and other debris in a
shed in the rear of the building.
The loss of the Barnes Crockery
company is $4,000; insured for $4,000.
The Burns Land company loss is quite
heavy, with only 500 insurance. The
building is owned by the Aberdeen
Wholesale Grocery company and was
insured for $1,000.
The evening before the fire occur
red w. G. Wells, president OF the Alb
erdeen Wholesale Grocery company,
was accosted by stranger who ask
cd him for a quarter to get meal
with. When Wells refused, the man
warned him to '1ook out for fire."
The police are trying to locate the
stranger.